Ha ha ha ha! Via ROFL Razzi

When we decide that public funds need to be used to finance the education of children, we force parents to send their children to government run schools if they want to use that money.

When we decide that public funds need to be used to finance the feeding of the poor, we allow them to go to a private grocery store to spend that money.

For those who believe the first is preferable, why don't you advocate for the creation of government run grocery stores?

Heck... at this point, why not?

From the always amusing Megan McArdle:

People tend to be overconfident about their own abilities and the outcome of their plans.  Something like 90% of people think that they are above average drivers less likely to get into an accident than the average joe.  This is so pervasive that there is actually a scientific name for the few people who accurately assess their own future, their abilities, and what other people think of them:  clinically depressed.

I was reading this article on Reason about the demise of Real ID, when I came across this interesting paragraph:

Wood and Molepske drafted legislation that took Wisconsin out of Real ID. Sensenbrenner, fuming, said he would travel district to district and campaign against any Republican who opposed the federal law. "I said ‘go ahead,'" says Wood. "I offered to pay for his gas." Wood and Molepske aren't feeling much heat before their September primaries; by the time Sensenbrenner made his threat, no one could mistake which way the wind was blowing.

This would be the same Jim Sensenbrenner that during his one and only debate with Jim Burkee, talked extensively about how he supported other Reupblicans, and never bad mouthed them, because they're better than Democrats.  Apparently that is unless you oppose a law which was passed with limited debate as a rider to another unrelated bill, which grossly expands federal power at enormous costs to states, invades our privacy, and will do nothing to stop terrorism.  In other words... cross Jim Sensenbrenner.

I was catching up with my sister Sarah last night, and she chastized me for being so serious on my blog lately saying "Why do I always have to learn stuff when I read your blog?  Can't you be funny too?"  Sorry sister dear.  This one is for you, via ROFLRazzi.com:

They were handing these out at Starbucks last week.  When I first saw them, I thought it was "Good Carbon Emissions"... like there is "Good Cholesterol" and "Bad Cholesterol".

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day.  Now I just have to figure out how to use the bathroom with this hook on my hand without hurting myself.

I was at Trader Joe's not all that long ago, and happened to see some bread there called Ezekiel 4:9.  I thought that was a strange name for bread... because the first thing that came to mind was from Pulp Fiction:

Now why would I want to buy bread that would lay down vengeance on my colon after the tyranny of kung pao chicken?  Or is the bread the righteous man, who will shepherd my bowels through a good movement?  It was all very confusing to me, until I went to their web site and saw this explanation:

Inspired by the Holy Scripture verse Ezekiel 4:9., "Take also unto thee Wheat, and Barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and Spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it..."

Oh... wrong verse.  Well then... that's much more harmonious on my digestive system.

Do you ever get the impression when reading some blogs go back and forth on certain topics, that the authors both think... "If I just say this same thing one more time, that will convince them!"?  I wonder how often I do that without even realizing it.

This cartoon reminded me of this bit by Jim Gaffigan.  Personally I think Peter and George Carlin are laughing it up right now:

... Hillary Clinton had an absolute lock on the Democratic nomination?  Yeah, me too.  So much for predictions.

Activist judges only affect the law when a case comes before their court.

Activist legislatures can pass stupid laws whenever they see fit.

I have a theory that the guy who invented Velcro had a scruffy face and a wife or girlfriend with long hair.