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By Dave Hitt on May 3, 2009 in Nanny Nation, Politics | 2 Comments
Lefties get very annoyed when their opponents refer to Universal Health Care as Socialized Medicine. This is because it is socialized medicine and the word “socialism” carries a well deserved stigma. In such discussions I like to ask the question: “Do you really want your health care to have the safety of Amtrack, the budgeting […]
By Dave Hitt on May 2, 2009 in Political Correctness, Politics, Religion | 12 Comments
Morewatch is one of the most popular anti-Moore sites on the net. A few years ago the wife of one of the guys who runs it got very sick, and didn’t have insurance. They announced they were going to have to shut it down. But then an anonymous check arrived for $12,000, allowing the proprietor […]
By Dave Hitt on May 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
When Obama made his Wednesday night speech he asked the four major networks to cover it. ABC, CBS and NBC did. Of course. Fox elected to run it’s regular programming. Of course. Back in the days before cable and Tivo, when there where only three networks we captured with rabbit ears covered with aluminum foil, […]
By Dave Hitt on Apr 25, 2009 in Religion, Things Atheists Didn't Do | 8 Comments
I’ve never liked the term whatever-phobe, which makes the usually spurious assumption that fear is the only reason to dislike something. I’m not afraid of Islam; I hate it because it is a vile religion that sucks in every way possible. I’m not an Islamophobe, I’m an Islamocontempter. I’m Islamodisgusted. Likewise, those who hate gays […]
By Dave Hitt on Apr 20, 2009 in Poker | 2 Comments
I was having a horrible month of bad beats at the sit-n-gos. I play $2 and occasionally $5 SnGs (yes, I’m that good) but wasn’t even breaking even on them. It was bad beat after bad beat. Kings beat by sixes. Kings beat by an A7 offsuit – not by the ace, but by their […]
By Dave Hitt on Apr 12, 2009 in Amusing, Religion | 1 Comment
What does a rabbit or an egg have to do with Jesus? I’d learned that they were hangovers from pagan fertility rites that were incorporated into Christianity to help make it easier for those filthy heathens to convert. But recently I discovered the real story behind these Easter icons. Happy Easter!
By Dave Hitt on Apr 3, 2009 in Bad Business, StartLogic Sucks | 2 Comments
I just got an e-mail from SiteUpTime which listed a monthly summary of all the times my site has been down in the last month. The list was blank. When StartLogic was my host I used to get at least one notice, and often two or three, every day. A recent comment to this post […]