http://federalistpaupers.com Constitution Fanboys Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the funniest video I've seen in ages. I'd pay five, maybe six dollars to hear the guy with the mustache describe what he was thinking during this whole thing. [youtube z-kjM1asH-8] N.B. If anyone still has their panties in a wad over "her" clothes, note that her scarf is a ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/21/live-action-family-guy/ John Dingell is no longer the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  It's the end of an era.  He was elected in a special election in 1955 (coincidentally, the year both of my parents were born).  He became chairman in 1980 (coincidentally, the year I was born).  For ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/20/end-of-an-era/ Hurricanes and Hitler are often cited as the most difficult challenges to the belief that God is good.  A more compelling answer is He has deprived us of the chance to have a young Clint Eastwood play President Andrew Jackson. Old Hickory Young Easty Why, God? Why??? http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-missed-opportunity/ Some years ago, Camille Paglia rightly ripped gay activists: For gays to demand that sincere Christians cease lobbying Washington about the increasing liberal drift of government policy shows colossal historical amnesia. For pity's sake, it was the flamboyant, thunderous activism of evangelical Protestant ministers in the 19th century that powered the abolitionist ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/20/disagreeing-without-being-disagreeable/ Considering the history of its constituents, a reasonable person might think the gay rights community would understand the benefits of a live-and-let-live mentality.  As the whole Proposition 8 business in California -- from the suit that led to the court ruling to the continued protests this week after losing at ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/20/what-total-jerks/ From Lifehacker: After all, give a man an answer, and he'll come back tomorrow asking for more. Teach a man to search Google, and you'll have to offer tech support when he ends up downloading malware while cruising shadier purveyors of adult entertainment and file sharing software. http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/19/modern-day-futility/ Over the last week, I've gotten a strangely large volume of wrong number calls. At least one a day, sometimes two. On Friday, I got a misdirected text message from a number I didn't recognize asking me to engage in some criminal activity. Note to readers: if you're going to ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/19/wrong-number/ Somehow, it gets more embarassing. P.S. Wikipedia has this to say about Keyes's lesbian anarchist daughter: She states she is an anarchist, and reportedly believes things such as access to health care, education, housing, food and jobs should be considered human rights. Under what sort of anarchy does one have guaranteed access to ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/19/alan-keyes-go-home/ Seriously, it's 2008 and we can't stop pirates. Not "quit stealing my intellectual property" pirates - though we can't stop them either - but "quit stealing my oil tanker, ya scurvy ridden sea mutts" pirates. It's bad enough that it's 2008 and I do not have a flying car, but also ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/19/paging-gnaeus-pompeius/ Well, the economy's bad, so not only are people turning to Spam, they're also turning to pot pies.  Thirty-dollar pot pies, that is.  We're not talking about the cheap 3-for-a-$1 Banquet stuff, but these: Twin Hens(TM) has experienced a record 300% growth since 2005. Their ... http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/when-we-have-no-bread-we-eat-brioche/