Two other quick inauguration notes: 1. Seriously, does Joe Biden EVER stop talking? 2. Dick Cheney?
Archive for January, 2009
“Literally” every time he was on camera
Posted in 2008 General Election, Politics, tagged Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, literally, Mr. Potter on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blue State Eleanors, Red State Kaitlyns
Posted in Culture/Trends, Names, tagged baby names, Blue State, Joseph, nell, Red State on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A more comprehensive theory for “The Joseph Map” – this one in honor of the inauguration… Right now, I’m digging Joseph and Nell.
The era of post-partisanship is (momentarily) here
Posted in Politics, tagged Bill Nelson, Rocket Man, Tom Coburn on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First post of the Obama Administration, and I felt like I could do my part to usher in a new era of bi-partisanship (at least for the week). Really, it just gives me an excuse to post a link to the Coburn-Nelson duet. More on that whole inauguration thing later…
Top 10 Populist Movies
Posted in Libertarianism, Majoritarianism, Media, Politics, Populism, tagged Dave, Erin Brockovich, Field of Dreams, It's a Wonderful Life, libertarian films, Norma Rae, populist film, Roger and Me, Seabiscuit, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Wizard of Oz, Wall Street on January 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Earlier today, I posted a blurb about some of the movies claimed by the Libbies. Turns out, in the late ’90s, the Orange County Register published a list of the Top 20 libertarian films as determined by the editors of the paper. The criteria they used? They looked for films “that encourage individualism over tyranny, [...]
Can I be a pacifist in the culture wars?
Posted in Communitarianism, History, Libertarianism, Majoritarianism, Politics, Religion, tagged gay marriage, Harvey Milk, Prop 6, Prop 8, Rick Warren, traditionalist on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I rarely weigh in on social or cultural issues. If all connotations of labels could be removed, I would definitely consider myself a traditionalist. I believe in strong families, in the value of putting family responsibilities above personal desires, and a culture that doesn’t worship at the altar of the individual and their unending freedom. [...]
I never liked The Matrix
Posted in Communitarianism, Libertarianism, Politics, Populism, tagged Ayn Rand, Free State Project, H.L. Mencken, Iowa, It's a Wonderful Life, Libertarians, New Hampshire, Nolan Chart, Ron Paul, Serenity, The Matrix, Traffic, V for Vendetta on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had so much fun researching those posts from December that I haven’t really stopped. Of course, in order to research anti-libertarian movements (majoritarianism, communitarianism, populism, or, as the Nolan Chart dubs it, totalitarianism) you have to actually read up on the thought process of the libbies themselves. I would pretend this was a painful [...]
