A lot of people have been writing about Robert Anson Heinlein recently. This isn’t surprising since he was one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century.
But most of the people mentioning him don’t seem to:
a) Have read Heinlein
b) Have understood what Heinlein wrote
I was never lucky enough to meet Heinlein. I wish I had, his writing has had a huge impact on my thinking, and writing. I’m going to try and, well, untangle things.
2013 has been an interesting year. Or, as Mr. Spock would have said, “Fascinating.”
Continue reading “2013 in Review – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
OK. I’m going to tell an allegory. This is inspired by a blog post written by Sarah Hoyt. Sarah and I disagree on some things. That’s fine, I disagree with just about everyone.
What matters more than our disagreement, is understanding why we disagree. In my opinion too many people view the world in a simplistic fashion. I suspect that they think I view the world as too complex. Our opinions are based on the sum total of our experiences, and I was looking for a way to explain that. For that, I choose allegory.
I know Barrett Brown. Not well, but we’ve spent time chatting online, and he’s a nice guy. A damned nice guy. I wasn’t online the night he got raided, but I could have been.
Continue reading “Barrett Brown – Hurting the Government by Believing in the Constitution”
Believe it or not rape doesn’t happen in Canada.
This is one of those ideas that sound so simple and logical. Why wouldn’t it work?
Continue reading “Give the Girls Guns to Protect them from Rape”
It’s rather amazing how many Americans freak out about Marxists, and spend huge amounts of time thinking about Marxist plans for a revolution. What they don’t realize is that the revolution began in 1969, is still ongoing, and that it wasn’t the Marxists, or any of the other ‘ists’ who started it, and it won’t be any of them who wins it.
Someone sent me this. I like it. And yes, I’m that far behind on reading my email 🙂
Thanks to Open-Site.Org for hosting it.
Regard
Wayne Borean
Saturday February 23, 2013
I guess I’m a dinosaur. Someone forwarded me this, expecting me to get upset. Hey, I grew up on these gun ads! To me, they are normal.
Which doesn’t mean I don’t think that gun control is a good idea. I think that properly licensing snowmobile drivers is a good idea too.
Regards
Wayne Borean
Saturday February 23, 2013
Over on his blog, The Sacred Cow Slaughterhouse, Michael wrote an article about gun control, one of probably ten thousand that have been written since the slaughter at Sandy Hook. Michael is getting the mention because I think he’s a damned good writer, and I can kill two birds with one stone.
Tell you to buy his books (link here) and short stories (Michael is in the Sha’Daa and Heroes in Hell anthology series).
Now that I’ve done my advertising for the day, let’s take a look at what the United States Constitution actually says, and what an activist court has done to it.
Through the Looking Glass 
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