http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 19 May 2013 15:09:22 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com2625125noreply@blogger.comnohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifhttp://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/on-liberals-progressives-and-using-name.htmlprogressivesdavid nolanclassical liberalismlibertarianismdefinitionsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 19 May 2013 15:04:25 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-9030029700984691638 Here's something from one of George Will's latest rants: Liberalism’s agenda has been constant since long before liberals, having given their name a bad name, stopped calling themselves liberals and resumed calling themselves progressives, which they will call themselves until they finish giving that name a bad name.  I think of myself as a "Classical Liberal".  Hit this link for the reason why2013-05-19T17:04:25.142-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/where-would-you-prefer-to-live.htmlguns2nd Amendment rightspictures worth a thousand wordsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sat, 18 May 2013 16:16:38 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-8529188488059507358 2013-05-18T18:16:38.386-05:002http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-dfw-norml-april-meeting-video.htmlprohibitionDr Alan Beangood thingsatkins planShaun McAlistermarijuana lawsNORMLnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Thu, 16 May 2013 16:37:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-635479764503683093 Here's the DFW NORML April Meeting video, from the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the Fort Worth stockyards.  (Yes, they really do have a mock police car with a marijuana leaf on the hood.)  Shaun McAlister has done one heck of a job building this organization.  For anyone wondering what I look and sound like, go to the 12:00 mark.  My observations on form, not content, below the video: 1) I 2013-05-16T18:37:00.566-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-free-markets-are-better-than-quotas.htmlfree market rantscongratulationsworkdiversitycrazy peoplegays and lesbiansquotasnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Thu, 16 May 2013 15:34:43 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-1156796875606648564 I have a co-worker/friend at Jukt Micronics that I'm going to call "Jim".  Jim is gay.  He's not political about it, he doesn't go to the bars, and he doesn't crusade. It doesn't matter either way, and long-time readers of this site know that I don't care.   Jim just got one heck of a promotion.  He's been elevated into the stratosphere of the Jukt Micronics sales department where he'll be 2013-05-16T17:34:43.771-05:006http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-odious-chinese-nachos-story.htmlconvoluted storiestravelChinaMexicotravestiesgroceriesnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Tue, 14 May 2013 15:58:31 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-1601506474978785330 I’m not a picky eater. My father was a big advocate of “Eat what they set before you”, and my mother likes to try different recipes, mostly Southern Living Magazine’s fried salad/fried watermelon offerings. Good stuff. When I cook, recipes are nothing but points of departure – a suggestion on how the other person once did it. If you’ve never run short on ingredients and hollowed out a Pop-Tart2013-05-14T17:58:31.979-05:006http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-greatest-possible-accomplishment-of.htmlgreatnessGovernment Must IntervenepresidentsCalvin CoolidgeThomas Jeffersongood quotesrole modelsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Mon, 13 May 2013 05:48:32 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-2540296162057863590 2013-05-13T07:48:32.055-05:001http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/congratulations-mary-kelleher.html2013 electionsJohn BashamTim NoldMary KelleherwinningTarrant Regional Water DistrictFort Worth Star-Telegramnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 12 May 2013 10:37:16 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-7846390450243101803 Let me tell you a story. About two months ago, I got an email from my friend Layla Caraway.  She invited me to a meeting about the Tarrant Regional Water District board elections.  It was the most politcally diverse room I've ever been in.  There were Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, 9-12'ers, Greens, and environmental activists.  We had one thing in common.  We were all sick of Fort 2013-05-12T12:37:16.210-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-are-journalists-so-liberal.htmlmedia biaseminent domainFort Worth Star-TelegramJD GrangerTrinity River VisionKay Grangernoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Thu, 09 May 2013 15:01:03 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-4017666983332820112 Why are journalists so liberal? (For readers in the UK and elsewhere, I'm using the word "liberal" in the American sense, meaning that they generally support turning over the economy, education, healthcare and self-protection over to charismatic social-climbers who can win elections.)  Why are journalists so liberal?  They aren't.  Governments are.  I've had a glorious time for the last 2013-05-09T17:01:03.251-05:0013http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-happens-when-you-ignore.htmlthieveseconomicscrony capitalismGovernment Must Intervenestimulus packagefailLibertarian PartyGovernment Wasteporknoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Wed, 08 May 2013 15:38:34 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-5297815712198790812 Here's part of the preamble to the Libertarian Party's Economic Platform.  The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society.   Back in 2008, the voters put2013-05-08T17:38:34.233-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-i-hope-youll-vote-for-basham-nold.html2013 electionscrony capitalismTarrant Regional Water DistrictJD GrangerFort WorthTrinity River VisionKay Grangernoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Tue, 07 May 2013 16:34:41 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-4787083153031666744 The Trinity River is a big, fat, hairy deal in Fort Worth TX. A small board of Fort Worth property owners controls a significant amount of the water supply for about 10 other counties. They're also instrumental in trying to turn the Trinity into something that we Libertarians call "Lake Granger", after Congresswoman Kay Granger, and her son J.D. Granger, a project that, if completed, will be2013-05-07T18:34:41.832-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-i-hope-youll-become-member-of.htmldrug warprohibitionbarack obamamarijuana lawsTristan TuckerNORMLnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:07 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-9206188578036855215 My fellow libertarian and fellow NORML member Tristan Tucker gave this speech at a liberty-oriented event about a month ago.  Tristan is a U.S. Navy veteran, BTW.    It's the best speech I've heard for marijuana legalization.  It won't work if we just de-criminalize it.  It won't work if the government artifically limits who can and can't grow and sell it.  We can only end the monopolies of 2013-05-06T19:39:07.656-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-nations-succeed-whats-secret-to.htmlgood thingsChinafree market rantsDeathnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 05 May 2013 17:57:49 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-8680789191901512819 Ever since I started going to China for work, I've been haunted by the bone-grinding poverty that my Chinese friends endured for decades while places like Taiwan and Hong Kong (with almost no natural resources but the same language and ethnicity) were able to thrive and prosper.  So I've been taking the Marginal University online course in Developmental Economics.  I want to know more about 2013-05-05T19:57:49.547-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-not-to-increase-black-employment.htmldrug waridiotsunemploymentbarack obama is a racistminimum wagesolved problemsbarack obamaBlack Peopleracismnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sat, 04 May 2013 11:58:08 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-2135698253497954084 This morning on the way to work, I listened to NPR's Scott Simon interviewing Darrick Hamilton, an economist from "The New School".  (I often listen to NPR since I'm forced by the government's men with guns to help pay for it.) The topic was the incredible disparity between black and white unemployment rates.  It's now a 2 to 1 ratio. I interviewed black guys for about four hours yesterday, so 2013-05-04T13:58:08.055-05:002http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/answer-very.htmlhypothetical questionsstamping out ignoranceobamacareCures worse than any known diseasenoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:08 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-6633530821053005388 Question: Go here.  2013-05-02T18:15:08.645-05:003http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-ultimate-libertarian-sex-fantasy.htmlgunsfantasiesjokesDan Mitchellnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Wed, 01 May 2013 15:30:19 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-7604732643543203191 This is the ultimate Libertarian sex fantasy, compliments of the great Daniel J. Mitchell of the International Liberty website: On the way home (an extreme libertarian) stopped at the gas station where a drop-dead gorgeous blonde was filling up her car at the next pump. She looked at the ammo in the back of his pickup truck and said in a very sexy voice, “I’m a big believer in barter. Would 2013-05-01T17:30:19.225-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/05/ron-paul-on-response-to-boston-bombings.htmloverkillmilitarybostonRon Paulpolicenoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Wed, 01 May 2013 09:25:07 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-7138572710962802212 2013-05-01T11:25:07.280-05:001http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/breakfast-at-tiffanys.htmltarrant county libertarian partyprivate academieslazinesshypothetical questionsLibertariansTexasrantsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:51:46 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-8021357827327394664 Someone named Tiffany who goes to a private academy in Dallas sent me some questions about the Libertarian Party Of Texas for a school project.  Since I'm feeling lazy this morning, I'm letting it double as today's blog post.  Thought it might shed a little light on how we work.  The rant at the end has almost been finessed into a liturgy.    Tiffany, I hope these answers are satisfactory. 2013-04-28T09:51:46.324-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/kevin-is-democrat-dachshunds-are.htmldogCatsdaughterrepublicrats and demoblicansdachshundsunlikely analogiesnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:36:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-821887124333282427 Several years ago, my daughter, The Aggie, took in a Labrador Retriever puppy.  She named him Kevin.  As a puppy, Kevin was fine in her dorm room.  As a full-grown beast, he was a disaster.  She brought him home from Texas A&M to live in Fort Worth.  He'll be in Fort Worth until The Aggie graduates - probably sometime during the Rodham administration.  It took Kevin about 20 minutes to 2013-04-28T09:36:39.074-05:004http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/grocery-school.htmlDepartment Of EducationchoiceWaiting For Supermanhellpublic schoolsunions and other monopoliesprisonnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:12:29 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-1439349251811807592 I've watched the documentary "Waiting For Superman" twice in the last few weeks.  The damn thing haunts me.  Go here for details.  Basically, the film follows five or six kids from failing or inadequate public schools in their effort to be accepted in charter schools.  It comes down to a drawing.  A lottery. Pure, blind luck.  Imagine being trapped in a public, bureaucratic hell-hole 2013-04-26T16:12:29.104-05:001http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/obama-to-observe-moment-of-silence.htmlTeleprompter Jesusterrorismleaving on an ego trip and not coming backsilencefunnyhubrisbostonMeaningless Symbolic Gesturesput up or shut upnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:11:34 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-131870750457170689 Barack Obama will observe a moment of silence in honor of the Boston bombing victims, with no one present, no press, no outsiders, no one except the White House photographer who will be there to document the moment when Barack shut the hell up.  Go here.  Tragic moment last week or not, that is funny.  I don't care who you are, that is funny.  Picture of Barack using Teleprompters to 2013-04-26T16:11:34.350-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-great-debate-on-tcu-campus-guns-in.htmlGun Shows2nd Amendment rightsgun controldebatesgood thingsargumentsTCUlon burnamNRAYoung Americans For LibertyDemocratsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:03:37 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-2141846242958934558 TCU's Young Americans For Liberty and The Tarrant County Libertarian Party proudly present "The Great Debate - Guns In Texas". This event will feature the Democratic Party's State Representative Lon Burnam, Texas House District 90 debating 2nd Amendment activist Scott Harmon, National Rifle Association volunteer coordinator. These two fine men will be debating some of the central issues of 2013-04-25T17:03:37.108-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-earth-day-well-leave-lights-off.htmlKoreadictatorsgetting what you voted forBig Brother Is Watching Youearth daynoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:36:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-2405028178582713190 I'll never tire of posting this satellite picture contrasting free-market, hog-stomping capitalist South Korea with its more "enlightened" big-government, top-down, control-freak, regulatory hell, benevolent Big Brother worshipping neighbor, North Korea.  North Korea - Where Every Day Is Earth Day 2013-04-22T08:36:51.469-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-statist-outrage-generator.htmltrickle down economicsFox NewsFacebookargumentsThe Statist Outrage GeneratorGeorge BushSarah Palinclichesnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:03:25 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-6359370073142482553 I often find myself in website, blog, Facebook, Twitter and bar arguments with the advocates of more and greater Barack'n'Boehner activity.  They come back at me with the same talking points with a startling degree of consistency.  Especially the "trickle down doesn't work" and Sarah Palin and Fox News responses.  To save my online opponents a lot of trouble, I've created The Statist Outrage2013-04-21T11:03:25.527-05:002http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/another-modest-proposal.htmlobviousidiotsminimum wagesarcasmObamathematicsnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:49:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-8957523548127302340 Go here to see a list of the misfortunes hitting young workers in the ObamEconomy.  Sad, isn't it?  And research suggests that the longer you go without that first job, the more you'll exponentially fall behind those who were able to get a job.  But I have an idea.... Let's make it illegal to pay workers less than a certain dollar amount per hour.  That way, there will be more earned money2013-04-20T11:49:39.450-05:000http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2013/04/globalization-whose-wife-will-she-be-in.htmlThe Biblelines on mapsworkracismunlikely analogiesglobalizationnoreply@blogger.com (The Whited Sepulchre)Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:42:19 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-7878367139474934212 This is from the Gospel Of Luke, Chapter 20:27  Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.  Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless.  Then the second.  And the third 2013-04-20T11:42:19.329-05:000nonadult