Cast Iron Beats Fancy Schmancy

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:00:00 GMT

From The Federalist:

"Americans have never been against sin in and of itself. Rather, we've always believed in sinning the right way. Racism, for example, is utterly evil, unless it involves denying slots at Ivy League schools to people who've made the tragic lifestyle decision of being white, Asian or Jewish---in which case, racism becomes the Lord's work." -- Michael Graham

and:

"I know people who hate Wal-Mart. I've interviewed the founders of anti-Wal-Mart web sites and leaders of protests... And whenever possible I try to interrupt their petition gathering and sign waving and protest marching to get them to answer the same question: 'Why not just shop somewhere else?' The simplicity of the question seems to startle them. They act as though I've asked a starving Ethiopian family why they don't just send out for pizza." -- Michael Graham

and:

"President Bush was at the Mexican border recently. Apparently his poll numbers are so low, he was thinking of making a run for it." -- Jay Leno

From muth:

"But even if you buy into the myths, there's no getting around the fact that somewhere out there, millions of people are spending billions of dollars on what Wal-Mart puts on its shelves. No one is making them do it. To the extent that mom-and-pop stores are threatened by Wal-Mart, it's because the same people who supposedly so value their Main Street hardware store find that Wal-Mart's selection, or prices, or parking lot--SOMETHING about it--is preferable. Wal-Mart can't make mom and pop shut down the shop any more than it can make customers walk through the doors or pull out their wallets. You don't sell $300 billion a year worth of anything without doing something right." -- Wall Street Journal

# Cranky-Bastard at The United American - Did You Ever Wonder What 2000 Looks Like? - Flash animation. Soundtrack from Pink Floyd's Meddle album. Portraits of soldiers killed in the war for the Busheviks' lies. Took about five minutes to load over my DSL line.

# suijurisfreeman at The Claire Files Forums - Grand Jury Indicts Winston Ward Johnson - 4 felony counts of stalking in the 1st degree. Don't know if he's still in detention. In case you don't remember Mr. Johnson, read The Unsung Ballad of Suijurisfreeman. [clairefiles]

On November 11, 2005, I was moved to the Grayson County Detention Center in Leitchfield, Kentucky. I was finally arrainged in the Monroe County Circuit Court on November 23, 2005. At my arraingment I filed four motions: 1.) Motion for Pro Se Representation 2.) Motion for discovery, exculpatory evidence, Grand Jury minutes 3.) Motion for speedy trial 4.) Motion to preserve evidence. All four motions were granted. All discovery was ordered to be computed by 12/21/05. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for 1/8/06 and a trial date of 2/17/06 has been set. I welcome and look forward to defending myself against these baseless charges. I did not "stalk" Wesley W. Stephens (or anyone else for that matter), I was merely exercising two of my fundamental, inherent and inalienable rights as a free human being, my right of self-expression and my right of self-defense. You who claim to love freedom/liberty, this is where the rubber meets the road! I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul!

# Fred Reed - Getting Apart - we don't need no friggin' gummint coerced diversity. [pournelle]

Diversity causes nothing but trouble. Think about it. Do old people want to hang around young people? No. Do young people want to hang around old people? Generally they would rather take poison. Do liberals and conservatives want to get within rifle range of each other? No. Except conservatives, because they have rifles. Southerners and damyanks cordially detest each other, except after a few beers, when they stop being cordial. Urban folk and country folk loathe each other. Management and labor, Marine boneheads and army pukes, dogs and cats, on and on, don't nobody much like nobody.

So why do we spend so much sweat and money trying to force people to do what they don't want to do? It's all bass-ackwards. What if we tried...well...freedom? What if the gummint just left people the hell alone?

Naahhhh.

# Mark Bittman at The New York Times - Ever So Humble, Cast Iron Outshines the Fancy Pans - I'm with Mr. Bittman. I love my cast iron skillet. I rub it lightly with steel wool under running water in the morning, cook eggs with butter, and leave it, unwashed, until the next day. Who needs fancy-schmancy no-stick surfaces? Seasoned cast iron works better. [lew]

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Government doesn't work. Never did. Never will. Can't. But there are lots of good people. Love them.

-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair