Friday, June 25, 2004

The Most Expensive Axe, Ever

”... Blackie, Eric Clapton’s favourite guitar, fetched almost $960,000 in a New York auction staged to benefit a drug treatment centre in Antigua and Barbuda."

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 09:54 AM
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Hardly, Monica

"In the process he destroyed me, and that was the way he was going to have to do that, to get through impeachment,” Lewinsky added. “I was a young girl and to hear him saying some of the things he was saying today—it’s a shame."

While I have no love for Clinton, the above statement, uttered by Lewinsky, is such a load of baloney I can hardly stand it.  If Lewinsky’s life was “destroyed,” she’d be a nobody, who just happened to have worked in the WhiteHouse, rather than a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig and host for Mr. Personality.

“‘Destroyed’ Lewinsky Speaks Out on Clinton Memoir."

Via Drudge.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 05:59 AM
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I've Often Wondered the Same Thing

The Anal Philosopher has a post up titled Liberal Envy. The post considers the statement, if conservatives are greedy, then liberals are envious.  It’s the following question, asked by one of Burgess-Jackson’s readers, that I’ve often mulled over myself.

”...If liberals are concerned about the plight of the disadvantaged, why aren’t they doing what they can to alleviate it? Most liberals have more resources than they need; many of them have far more than they need. Some liberals, such as George Soros and Ted Kennedy, are filthy rich. If they pooled their resources, they could feed every malnourished child, prevent every childhood disease, provide basic medical care for those who lack it, and educate every child to exacting liberal standards."

Not an unreasonable question.  Burgess-Jackson considers the question, and states the following, which I fully agree with.

"Instead of taking the initiative, privately, liberals try to commandeer government to force everyone to promote and subsidize their values. This suggests that liberals care more about imposing their will on others than about helping people. It suggests envy. “Why should I give up my wealth if others aren’t giving up theirs?” Uh, because those others don’t share your values? And what’s the moral worth of an action motivated by self-interest? I pay my taxes to avoid punishment, not because I support the social programs funded by my tax dollars."

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 04:29 AM
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A Lovable Canine Saves the Day in Toronto

"A Canadian man, driving a car packed with weapons and ammunition, was intent on killing as many people as possible in a Toronto neighborhood but gave up the plan at the last minute when he encountered a friendly dog, police said on Thursday."

Good dog.

Via Yahoo News.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 04:22 AM
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Rough Drawings for Terrorist Killing Laser

Via Dean’s World I was alerted to an investment opportunity. Complete with space monkey.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 04:17 AM
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I'd Like To Wander This Site

"For more than 50 years, rancher Waldo Wilcox kept most outsiders off his land and the secret under wraps: a string of ancient Indian settlements so remarkably well-preserved that arrowheads and beads are still lying out in the open.

Archaeologists are calling it one of the most spectacular finds in the West.

Very cool.

“Rancher unveils Indian site kept secret for years."

Via Gary Cruse at The Owner’s Manual.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 02:56 AM
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Photo of German Superboy?

The other day I linked to the German muscle boy story.  Here’s another story on the young lad, with a photo, which I can’t tell if it is genuine, or not, but, it is kind of cute, in a super Aryan kind of way.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 02:47 AM
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Mouse Trap

Remember the game Mouse Trap? Well, this isn’t about Mouse Trap, but the video I’m about to link to is the coolest teevee ad I’ve seen in quite some time. It’s a takeoff on the Mouse Trap concept, but way more refined.  It’s for automotive maker Honda. Check it out.

Via Fred Lapides.

Update: Repaired link to ad.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 02:35 AM
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Smoked Out

Here’s an interesting reading opinion piece written by Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado.  Campos is a non-smoker, or reformed smoker, which ever you prefer, and he is commenting on the difference between going out to the bar, or bowling alley, in Kalamazoo, Michigan versus Boulder, Colorado.  An excerpt.

"A generation ago, a few libertarians joked that things like anti-smoking legislation were the first steps on the road to the serfdom of the Nanny State, in which red meat would be available only by prescription and a Twinkie would be treated as a dangerous weapon. As is so often the case, a previous generation’s morbid humor is rapidly becoming the official position of all right-thinking people."

“Creating a nonsmoking ‘Nanny State’."

I wonder if he had time to visit the Kalamazoo Brewing Company? They craft some wonderful beers, and their little onsite pub is treat to spend an afternoon in.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 02:22 AM
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