Can you support Ron Paul?
What do you value more, freedom or empire?
The Ron Paul candidacy has become a conservative values litmus test for me. On one side are the Ron Paul supporters, the happy throngs that see a man articulating the failures of the government that has been running their country (and lives) for decades. On the other side is the puzzled Republican establishment that can’t see how anyone would want to walk away from a foreign policy that had been successful since the cold war began.
Who wants to go to Mars?
Note to Steve Nielson, you do not need the permission of the President of the United States to go to Mars.
In the CNN/YouTube Republican debate on November 28th, Steve Nielson asked if any of the candidates would sign a pledge to the Mars Society to send an American to Mars by 2020. Being the flavor of the month and a big government Republican, Mike Huckabee got to deliver the first non-answer. Governor Huckabee enumerated the benefits of space exploration while remaining noncommittal on which projects he would fund. Tom Tancredo got to respond and play the traditional Republican. Still his answer focused on our inability to pay for a trip to Mars. It would have be a pleasant change of pace if someone pointed out that the President doesn’t have the authority to send anyone to Mars and that Steve doesn’t need to ask permission if he wants to go to Mars.
Why I Hate “Free” Healthcare
Giving things away is the best way to make them less useful and more expensive
It didn’t surprise me at all when I didn’t get a return call from my doctor. The results of the test should have been in for a week when I finally called. Nobody thought to look at them. There was no insurance company form to prompt a call to the patient. This is what happens when the customer is not the person being treated.