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A: Homeland Security may need guns to shoot down hijacked planes full of civilians
B: The Bad Guys have big guns: without arms, we'd be forced to call them Good Guys
C: Gun permits and hunting licenses are a dandy way to augment state revenues
D: Dialing 911 is like playing a state-run lottery with life or death consequences

Government interference in medicine has which of these social and economic effects:

A: Discouraging choices based on individual decisions and personal preference
B: Encouraging decisions based on collective choices or political preference
C: Medical costs and bureaucratic requirements spiraling out of control
D: A competitive, innovative, diverse, affordable, and efficient medical marketplace (Read the rest here)

Democrats Play Brer Rabbit on Medicare
by Sheldon Richman
The Future of Freedom Foundation

Is it cynical to think that the Democrats are playing Brer Rabbit in begging not to be thrown into the briar patch called Republican reform of Medicare?

Maybe. But I’m tempted to think it nonetheless. Democrats such as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy complain that the Republican approach to Medicare in general and prescription-drug coverage in particular is the "first step toward a total dismantling of Medicare." Their gripe is that the just-passed bill subsidizes private companies ostensibly to provide competition for the traditional fee-for-service Medicare. We’ll leave aside the fact that Medicare has been driving doctors into early retirement with price controls, suffocating bureaucracy, and threats of imprisonment for billing errors and other rule infractions. We’ll also ignore that Medicare will soon be bankrupt and will require huge tax increases. In other words, Medicare is dismantling Medicare. (Read the rest here)

Politically Incorrect Movie Reviews: Lord Of The Rings - Return Of The King
By RadioFree Rocky D

Want to make a room full of role-playing wannabe’s really really angry? During one of LOTR3’s many ponderous ahk-tors emooooting scenes, stand up in the theatre and shout, “Heyyyy … where the hell is Harry Potter?” Then sit back down and giggle as lonely geeks throw Pita Pockets and Twizzlers at you. Later during a barbaric war scene, stand up again and yell, “Middle Earth phooey, this looks like the Middle East!” To further annoy the Hobbit worshippers, every time anyone says the word “Frodo,” whip out a flask and chugalug. And why not? Nothing you can do can ruin LOTR3, which just may be the biggest, baddest and boldest cinematic sensation ever put on the silver screen. And the best part is that the star attraction is a CGI character so realistic that ahk-tors everywhere are wondering, “Am I obsolete?” Almost, my Hollyweird friend, almost … just be patient … preciousssss … (Read the rest here)

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