http://www.redstate.com/kyle8 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:56:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The little fables, parables, with a moral at the end, are the complete antidote to left wing ideology. Want to know how to think about welfare and redistribution? Remember the stories of The Grasshopper and the Ant, and The Little Red Hen? Wrestling with the Idea of global warming? How about ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/11/04/everything-i-need-to-know-about-liberalism-i-learned-in-kindergarten/ Lately there has been a big hue and cry from the usual sources about the continuing inequalities and failures of capitalism. What they are pointing to are two statistics recently published. One which purports that the average compensation of executives in Financial institutions increased from below 100k to about $140,000. The other ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/10/16/lying-with-statistics/ When debating someone on the pros and cons of either the stimulus or the Health Care bills, here is some important information to remember. A brief history of big government programs: 1913: The income tax is made possible via Constitutional amendment. Critics protest that there is no top rate set, ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/07/22/lessons-from-history/ I took this right off of Fark.com. it was posted by ALANOCU: Obama Apologizes for Declaration of Independence WASHINGTON (AP) - Just in time for the document's 233rd anniversary, President Barack Obama has issued an executive order apologizing to Great Britain for America's Declaration of Independence in 1776. "It's time to move away ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/07/03/this-is-all-kinds-of-funny/ Well, Micheal Jackson, the so called King of Pop died yesterday of heart failure.  Micheal and I grew up together as I am also fifty years old and remember watching him and his family in their first ever appearance on the old Ed Sullivan show. He suffered the fate of ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/06/26/micheal-jackson-what-the-hell-is-this/ It seems that Richad Posner in his blog with Gary Becker, is all concerned with the anti-intellectualism of the modern conservative movement.  Hat tip to Hawkins at Right Wing News for this one. Here is the excerpt and my reply I sense intellectual deterioration of the once-vital conservative movement in ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/05/13/another-concern-troll-waxes-eloquent/ Doesn't seem too good to me. Consider the following;  On top of their powerful special interest groups, and the aid of the mainstream media and academia and the celebrities the Democrats will soon be able to add more to their arsenal. This huge slush fund will give billions to Acorn to fund ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/02/05/what-are-the-odds-of-conservatism-making-a-comeback-in-our-lifetime/ Here are some interesting excerpts from the Senate report. “I am a skeptic…Global warming has become a new religion.” - Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever. “Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical.” - Atmospheric ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/01/15/the-wheels-continue-to-come-off-of-the-global-warming-hoax/ Just a little NON-politics. Years ago, I floated through high school and college without reading many of the classic novels of literature.  I did read Moby Dick, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Animal Farm, Anna Karenina(more about this one later), and Ivanhoe.  That is about it. For all the rest of ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/12/18/maybe-we-should-just-stop-teaching-the-classics/ The End of an Era *From 1661 to 2008, It was a good run. * From time to time in the course of human events there exists new Ideas and new ways of thinking. These can have a profound effect upon history either for good or bad. It is my belief ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/11/20/the-end-of-an-era/ According to this: bbc(hat tip to Q&O) The Cubans might have a hoard of Black Gold next to them. But of course, we can't develop our own, that might hurt the planet. Here is my prediction of a possible future: Reeling from one self imposed financial crises to the next, a ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/10/17/massive-oil-reserves-found-in-cuba/ McCain has only one shot at winning now in the last month of the election. He has GOT TO go negative, and he has got to do it in a big way. There should be ads going out non stop showing him trying to pass his Freddie and Fannie reform Bill, ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/10/02/only-chance-for-victory/ It is almost gone, Noo ne can spend the time anymore fighting this thing. http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/09/18/500-internal-server-errors-are-killing-this-s/ Well, just got my power back. I was right in the path of the storm. Houston has really pulled together. Just after the storm I went out with a detail of neighbors and we cut up the trees that had fallen across the road. Then yesterday we had a big ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/09/15/dont-like-ike/ During the primary battles, and shortly thereafter, Some of us said they would not vote for McCain due to his many apostasies from conservative dogma. Since I am not a pure conservative myself I only said that I would support him IF and only if, he comes through with a decent ... http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/08/30/squaring-the-circle/ here is the link, This is sad, Prayers and wishes to family here here is the link, This is sad, Prayers and wishes to family here http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2008/07/12/tony-snow-just-died/