Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Letter from an ANGRY Reader

A Letter to the Editor of Esquire Magazine
from Chip Elliott


The streets of America...are as dangerous as the roads and alleys of an earlier century. But before we resign ourselves to helplessness, this reader urges us to listen to the story of how he took up arms in defense of his life and property.

As they say, read the whole thing.

I was surprised at first to read about the waiting time for his permit, considering this was mid 1970's. And then I realizized I was confusing permit with the waiting time to purchase a handgun. Times have changed.

Monday, January 26, 2004

What Should We Do?
By Edward R. Murrow
Washington, D.C.
December 8, 1941


Victor Davis Hanson post on a fictional account of the Roosevelt administration after Pearl Harbor.

Rand Simberg posted this in July 2003. It has morhped into a 'true' story from Reuters, instead of Routers.



Administration Split On Europe Invasion

April 3, 1944


WASHINGTON DC (Routers) Fissures are starting to appear in the formerly united front within the Roosevelt administration on the upcoming decision of whether, where and how to invade Europe. Some influential voices within both the Democrat and Republican parties are starting to question the wisdom of toppling Adolf Hitler's regime, and potentially destabilizing much of the region.



Friday, January 16, 2004

Killer Squirrls

Picture the scene. You are a cop. You and your partner have pulled off on a quiet residential street and parked with your windows down to do some paperwork.


Suddenly a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a torn t-shirt flapping in the breeze, and wearing one leather glove, moving at probably 80mph on one wheel, and screaming bloody murder roars by and with all his strength throws a


This is some funny shit. Like laugh out load at work funny.