Political Amishness

OK, a slower day than usual.

Having just come back from a trip through The Keystone State, I’ve been considering a rather unique part of the American cultural landscape.

The Amish.

Some thoughts come to mind about the Amish.

Pull up a stool, Kiddies, while Uncle Bit gives you a story of cause and effect.

Here’s the picture; Quick-stop chain decides they wanna be poliically correct, and starts posting signs saying concealed weapons carriers, regardless of whether they are

The Moody Blues fan in me cannot resist a blog called Eternity Road.

That aside, there’s some real content there.

Libertarians, for all their faults, are fascinated by logical structures such as these. If they sometimes attempt to over-apply

WaPo says;

Under provisions of President Bush’s 2006 budget proposal favored by Congress, the TSA will lose its signature programs in the reorganization of Homeland Security. The agency will probably become just a manager of airport security screeners — a

Jon Last over at Galley Slaves asks a question I’m sure some would rather he hadn’t…

If John Paul II had done everything exactly the same way during his papacy but had embraced gay marriage, do you think Andrew Sullivan

Captain’s Quarters reports that:

Justice John Gomery has lifted the publication ban on Jean Brault’s testimony, allowing the Canadian media to finally report the testimony to the Canadian public. As CTV demonstrates in its data-dump format, the facts as presented

You may recall I suggested Oil was going to drop, bigtime.

Here’s a reminder.

The AP business wire is now reporting the bottom’s falling out.

The reason: Simple economics.

“Emori said the current oil market remains “highly exaggerated,” and that

Ace of Spades HQ comments this morning on the news that the author of the disputed Shaivo memo was a legal council in Mal Martinez’s office.

This sounds (And looks, if you’ve seen the actual memo… I have..) like a

Bruce Ramsey’s really ticking them off in that bastion of leftist PCism, Seattle.  A couple weeks ago, he came out swinging in support of drilling in the area of ANWR designated for the purpose when it was originally set up.

Georgie Anne Geyer today, writing about Pope John Paul:

“His support of the Solidarity Free Trade Unions would seem to be, first and foremost, political. It was his trip to his native and beloved Poland in 1979, just a year

Ed at Captain’s Quarters says the Toronto Sun now has developed it’s own sources for Adscam info.

This keeps getting better.

Little Green Footballs notes the passing of Saul Bellow at age 89

Hey, Glenn;

Ya blew it…. Bigtime.

I’ve seen the Cornyn speech on C-span this morning.

Cornyn deserves none of the abuse he’s getting from the left… at least insofar as this subject goes. And you’re so far off base on

Here’s a switch hit;

I’ve always been mildly interested in player pianos, and Merry-Go-Round organs that play by player rolls. By extension, then, I’ve also been interested in MIDI files… since the days of the C=64 and SID files.
Here’s

Colorado Conservative says Prince Rainier of Monaco, has died.