Lasers in the Jungle Somewhere.

This sort of thing makes me happy. Why? Because men like to blow stuff up. Or burn through them rapidly with really big lasers...

Presenting: the first REALLY BIG LASER!!!

Disarming Pilots?

So there is this story in the Washington Times about how the current administration is hampering the program where airline pilots can carry weapons. The program is a good one: pilots must take a gun safety training course so that they KNOW what they are doing if they need to use the gun inside an airplane; also, it provides a last line of defense in case of a hijacking of the airplane by some wacko.

There are a lot of wackos in this country, many of whom aren't Islamic terrorists. I'd still rather not have them hijack my airplane. Let us imagine the scenario: a paranoid schizophrenic manages to conceal a razor blade in his luggage. He kills the stewardess, there is no air marshal, and he breaks into the cockpit. Does it sound like it would be a good thing if he were able to kill the pilot and take over the controls of the plane? It doesn't sound good to me.

And what was the worry about the pilot? That he was going to use the gun to kill someone on the plane? The pilot is flying a multi-ton machine filled with highly flammable liquid 45,000 feet above the ground. If he wants to kill everyone on that plane, he can. The gun would be quite incidental.

What a stupid policy decision by this administration, one among many.

The Mountain Grows...

David Brooks is apparently a slobbering idiot. This frequently happens to those in love. This is what he had to say about Barack Obama.



"I think what struck me is how incredibly even he is. And how frankly reassuring he is. It is like you’re camping, and you wake up one morning, and there is a mountain. And then the next morning, there is a mountain, and there’s the next morning, there’s a mountain. Obama is just the mountain. He is just there. He is always the same, he doesn't hurt himself. McCain can sometimes lob a cannonball at the mountain, but the mountain doesn't move, and the mountain doesn't care. And so I think his steadiness, his temperament has been the dramatic theme of this campaign, dramatic in being undramatic. And it was on display tonight. And the good part of the mountain is that he is reassuring and reliable."



I rather think that the mountain is growing day by day. Sort of like a volcano. Before it blows up...


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And that alarms me. Am I foolish to be paranoid by something that is of tremendous force and power which looks like it is about to blow up?



So which is the volcano? The president and his foolish spending habits with the nation's money, or is it the United States economy itself? I think it's the former that is going to cause the destruction. Certainly, though, I will be among those struck down, along with thousands around me.

Some "Creative" thinking about stimulus money

Today, I was reading an interesting article about the town of Union, which received half a million dollars to help it counteract its homeless problem, in spite of the fact that there aren't any homeless people living there.

Now that's government efficiency for you.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is encouraging the town of Union to "be creative" with how they use the money. Now, if ANY person running a town in a America (especially my own) which is in a similar situation wants to have my advice, here is a creative solution for you:

Drop the local sales tax to match the amount of money you have received. The drop in sales tax will stimulate sales, which in turn boosts the economy. A good economy means well-paying jobs. And that, in turn, means that people can pay for their houses.

Creative, huh?

What about if you don't have a sales tax? Then if you have an income tax, drop that one to match the amount of money you have received. It will have a similar effect, though instead of stimulating sales, it will stimulate more start-up businesses. The overall effect is the same though: people can pay for their houses, and they don't wind up homeless.

I'm not a genius, but this idea is definitely one of genius. It should be pursued.

What I hear these days:

With a nod to the original article (Thank you Politico.com), I read such stuff these days and hear the following:

Wormtongue: Rush is the GOP's brain
By MIKE ALLEN | 3/1/09 12:11 PM EST
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White House Chief of Staff Grima Wormtongue charged Sunday that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is “the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party.”

Wormtongue, speaking in deliberately soothing tones, told anchor Bob Schieffer on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Limbaugh has been up front about “praying for failure” by President Saruman.

“I think that’s the wrong philosophy for America,” Wormtongue said. “What Americans want us to do, and what President Saruman has been very clear about, is work together setting our goals …

“Our goal, Bob, is to continue to reach out and it’s our desire that the Republicans would work with us and try to be constructive, rather than adopt the philosophy of somebody like Rush Limbaugh.”

Wormtongue’s comments were in line with a new strategy by White House allies in the private sector to make Limbaugh synonymous with the GOP.

The union AFSCME and Americans United for Change began airing an ad late last week showing a clip of Limbaugh saying “I want him to fail,” along with quick cuts of top Republican congressional leaders saying, “No … No. … No … No … No … No.”

Asked by Schieffer if the GOP really pays that much attention to Limbaugh, Wormtongue replied: “I do think he’s an intellectual force, which is why the Republicans pay such attention to him.”

“He has been very up front, and I compliment him for that – he’s not hiding," Wormtongue said. "And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood.”

Limbaugh, appearing in Washington Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, defended and even amplified his earlier remark.

“This notion that I want the president to fail, folks — this shows you a sign of the problem we've got," Limbaugh said. "That's nothing more than common sense. And to not be able to say it? Why in the world do I want what we just described — rampant government growth, indebtedness? … What possibly is in this that any of us want to succeed?”

Wormtongue pointed to the fact that Limbaugh was a major speaker at CPAC as a sign of his status in the Republican Party.

Earlier in the interview, Emmanuel foreshadowed a future White House line by accusing critics of the president’s budget of using “scare tactics.”

Thank you also hotair.com for directing me to the article.