Congress of Criminals
By Ted Lang © 2003

Mark Twain had it right back around 1910 when he identified the only criminal class in America: specifically, the Congress of the United States of America. If there is any doubt left in any thinking person’s mind as to the oneness of our so-called “two party system,” even they should by now be alarmed at the one track agenda that has US well along on the road to serfdom towards the global workers’ paradise envisioned by Communist vagrant Karl Marx.

No longer do we need fear Hillarycare! No longer should we take pride in having the finest healthcare system on the planet! No longer will the sick and infirm in Canada and England suffer alone! The patient in dire need of kidney dialysis slowly and painfully dying in England because of workers’ paradise socialism incapable of delivering a service so easily available in America need not suffer and die alone; Americans too will shortly participate in exactly the same kind of suffering thanks to the United States Congress of Criminals and its Godfather, George W. Bush. (Read the rest here)

Thanks and Giving
By Lady Liberty

It's that time of year again when some of us mentally compile lists of those things for which we're thankful, while others of us are too busy composing lengthy gift giving - and gift wanting - lists to consider much else. Personally, I'm caught up in both at the moment, and in the interest of time-savings, I'm going to share my lists with you as this week's commentary.

I am thankful... (Read the rest here)

The Economics of Pokemon
By William Stone, III

Like many similarly-aged children, my nine-year-old daughter is heavily into Pokemon. Being an engaged parent constantly on the lookout for pop culture that undermines my attempt to turn my children into gun-toting individualists, I've watched a number of episodes and three of the four movies that have been released to date.

For the uninitiated, "Pokemon" are "Pocket Monsters," the marketing creation of Japanese animation or "Anime." They are single super-powered life forms and nominal pet/companions of the "Pokemon Trainers." The lead human characters of the program are pre-teens who spend their time collecting Pokemon in the hopes of ultimately becoming the greatest Pokemon Masters in the world. (Read the rest here)

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