Allow me to Speculate
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Capitalism, Guest Authors
I work with a decent bunch of guys, and during a conversation today, one of them brought up a really good point. He said, “Right now, even if congress opened up all of the oil fields for US exploration and exploitation, none of the Big Oil companies would jump at the chance.” How many of [...]
Tags: Capitalism, it's all about the ooooiiiillll, where's my flying car?
Run the Bastards Out
Posted by Captain Aaron Sheffield | Filed under Guest Authors, Idiot Legislation
Run them right the hell out of town on a rail, stripped naked, and tarred and feathered. Now I know that Ted and Hazel like to keep a clean house here, so I apologize if I intrude on anyone’s delicate nature. Ya’ll can just go somewhere else for a bit. For the rest of you [...]
Tags: 2008 election, electric cars, take back your government, where is the outrage?
Hero of the Day
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Guest Authors, Heroes
Eduard Burceag, a Romanian immigrant, software engineer, experienced mountaineer, and loving husband, was climbing Mt. Rainer with his wife Mariana and his friend Daniel, when a freak blizzard struck the volcano. The three quickly dug a snow trench to provide shelter from the wind, and Eduard, knowing full well what the likely outcome of his [...]
Tags: Heroes
In Honor of Summer…
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Ephemera, Guest Authors, Patriot's Journey
And to help brighten spirits, and in keeping with the spirit of Ted’s Patriotic journeys, I thought I’d post these photos from my area and tell a short story about them: Click on the photo to embiggen. Taken from the top of the Seattle Space Needle in 2006, on a warm summer afternoon. In the [...]
Thank You Mr. Eastwood
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Buttinskis, Guest Authors, Heroes, In Uniform
For not engaging in racial politics, and for not apologizing for keeping some basis of fact in your historical productions. Coloring history to reflect a political or social ideology serves no one. Portraying African American soldiers as though they had more of an role in events than they did serves to cheapen the later efforts [...]
Welcome to New Frontiers
Posted by Captain Aaron Sheffield | Filed under Guest Authors, Liberating Liberty
Hi. I’m not shy in the least. I am too old for that kind of crap. I’m convinced of my opinions. I may be wrong, but I’m sure. I think our government has screwed up so badly for so long that the only other case I can think of in the written history of mankind [...]
