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Archive for July, 2008

Please Die

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Randy Stroup has an 80 year old mother and five grandchildren. He has prostate cancer and needed chemotherapy treatment. He applied to Oregon’s government run health insurance program. Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup’s request with a letter saying the state would not cover [...]

Hands Free?

Monday, July 28th, 2008

On July 1, 2008, a new law went into effect in California that requires people to use a so-called “hands free” device when using their cell phone while driving. This video is hilarious while making a great point – none of the other behavior in this video is specifically prohibitted. (There was already a law [...]

Democrat Only Gas Tax Holiday

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

If more proof of Democrat elitism was necessary – and it isn’t – we certainly have it now. The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has used the city’s gas pumps to fill up and apparently avoided paying state and federal fuel taxes. The practice, which began four months ago, may have ended hours after [...]

X-Files: I Want to Believe … in anything but God

Friday, July 25th, 2008

There’s little need to waste more words on this movie than has already been done. Dad 2 Eight’s review is spot on. I would only add that the film contains yet another not-so-subtle swipe at the Catholic Church as being anti-stem cell research. Of course, no distinction is made between different kinds of stem cells [...]

The Dark Knight: The Impossibility of Sanctity

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The Dark Knight, sequel to Batman Begins, is perhaps one of the most hyped movies of the summer season. This time, however, with good reason because Dark Knight is one of the best movies I’ve seen this summer – perhaps even this year.