Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Dr.Frist the Educator

December 22nd, 2005 - No Comments »

Dear Dr. Frist. I just received your e-letter in which you describe your program to expend taxpayers’ money munificently, lavishly, extraavagantly, on students who maintai9n a 3.0gpa. Teachers will dish out B’s with largesse they learn from you, Sir, I have no doubt. I do doubt the students will earn those marks.
Doubts aside, there […]

Pledge of Allegiance

December 18th, 2005 - No Comments »

I Pledge Allegiance to God.

Spying, Prying

December 17th, 2005 - No Comments »

How long do you imagine it will be before a charismatic leader, or perhaps a slightly more subtle J. Edgar Hoover reincarnated, permanently usurps political power in this country?
Most people already want the government to take care of this, protect them from that, dispense “charity”, deter zealots of other religions, and so […]

Unabashed Theocrats

December 13th, 2005 - No Comments »

Bet thirty pieces of silver on this:
These Theocrats get their 501c3 tax free-bee!!

Congressional Salaries

December 12th, 2005 - No Comments »

They get “COLA” Cost Of Living Allowance raises regularly, and they don’t even have to vote for them, as that would leave them politically susceptible to mud-slinging, which almost all of them richly deserve.
Here’s an idea:
The people of each District decide how much they are willing to pay prospective Representatives. $1/year? OK! […]

Arafat

December 11th, 2005 - No Comments »

Good Riddance, may God have mercy on his soul.
Get your tonsils ready for some esophageal fricatives, here’s that scoundrel’s real name:
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al Qudua al Husseini

Winnowing JRPottery Patrons

December 11th, 2005 - No Comments »

From a recent correspondence:
> Heh heh… Someone Googled up the following:
> 30 pieces of silver 501c3
>
> Your blog comes up #3
As I wrote in my essay on ethics, I’m doing JRPottery no favors by blogging. That’s OK, I don’t mind continuing to live frugally. I do truly fear what this country is becoming, a […]

Ethics

December 10th, 2005 - No Comments »

Borrowing from Hippocrates: “First, Do No Harm.”
We can summarily dismiss as unethical the actions of those who harm others, whether for personal gain, through negligence, or through base spite.
“Second, be sure that what you are doing is good.”
We will all correctly discern, on Judgment Day, whether we have been right or […]

Gun Purchase

December 8th, 2005 - No Comments »

Recently I purchased a gun. I completed the forms, until I got to the line that asked for my “Social Security” Number. The form emphasized that this information was (boldface) VOLUNTARY. The salesman told me it was voluntary on the federal form, but in Tennessee that information is required.
Dirty, cynical “shell game”. “Land of […]

“Gay Marriage”

December 8th, 2005 - No Comments »

[Bugsy and Daffy, holding hands as they skip off to the courthouse]: “We’re gonna have a wedding, we’re gonna have a wedding!”
[Elmer Fudd, addressing Yosemite Sam]: “OOOOHH, that wascally wabbit’s gonna mawwy a duck! Theyre gonna push the ‘Wed’ button, I told them never, never push the ‘Wed’ button”!
Both sides correctly call […]