My Statist Friends…

211006 — “That’s a good thing!”
Many of my statist friends who remember passing Philosophy 101 object to my comparing the government to the Mafia. They say I’m trying to compare apples to oranges. They may have a point, over-broad comparisons can often be more distracting than helpful, so they should always be used with caution.
However… apples? oranges? These are both GOOD things!
Comparing government to other criminal organizations is more like comparing hemlock to nightshade.

210921 — The Trouble with Logic
Did a wicked God create cancer, diabetes, and mosquitos,
Or is a weak God unable to protect the innocent?

171227 — A Puppies and Rainbows Act
American partisan politics has been replete with lies since its inception. America’s first political party consisted of centralist nationalists, and they called themselves “Federalists”. That left the actual federalists (including the authors of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions) to call themselves “Democratic Republicans” (surviving unto this day as the Democrat party, the oldest living political party on Earth).
Just as the names stuck, so too did the mendacious traditions of our partisan “Representatives.” They constantly flaunt their falsehoods, from the “PATRIOT ACT” to RomneyCare 2.0 (“If you like your policy, you can keep it!”) to “Net Neutrality”.
Rest assured, if the Congress were to pass a Puppies and Rainbows Act, a careful reading of it would reveal its true designs to incinerate enough puppies so as to pump enough particulate matter into the atmosphere as to render rainbows impossible.

171202  —  “[Do you] take EBT?”
This question is actually better than arrogantly assuming that we DO accept your Electric Biscuit Ticket, so thanks for asking.
The QuikkStopp does NOT accept “food stamps” or honor your EBT card because it is already annoying enough to be paying for your groceries. Obliging me to participate in my own abuse and to witness your squandering of my stolen money on candy, chips, and “energy” drinks just makes it worse.
Buy your own crap. I know you have cash, I just sold you lottery tickets.

020630  —  “Campaign Finance Reform…”
.. is a cynical fraud. It constitutes an Incumbent Protection Racket by erecting unreasonably high hurdles for challengers. It is particularly unjust to independent party candidates. I prefer the First Amendment. Hard money or Soft, let any person give any amount to any candidate, any party, or any PAC.