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From the book Power in the People by Felix Morley, as linked by Gary Galles at the Ludwig von Mises Institute:

Social strength can be diminished by a constant centralization and enlargement of governmental functions, the great majority of which are unproductive and…weaken the economic basis by the cumulative effects of regulation and taxation.

The weight loss resumes! Yay!

A respectable 6.9 (UPDATE: 2.3, not 6.9--I can't subtract today) pounds lost in the past week, after two weeks of mild setbacks, weight-wise. 241.8 pounds, and 17 days to go before Halloween. (Actually, the official weigh-in will be on Wednesday, Oct. 28, so that's just thirteen short days from last Thurday's clinic weigh-in.

The best guess for the two-week stall is a combination of a bit more water retention after stopping the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, plus perhaps adding a bit of muscle mass from working out and walking a bit more. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Speaking of walking a bit more, here are some pictures of what I've started to call the Deer Walk . . . it's about a 55-minute course around the next subdivision over from ours, the growth of which has been pretty much stalled by the current economy. And, since my particular neighborhood is right next to a county park anywhere, it's crawling with white-tailed deer--or "jumbo squirrels" as I've occasionally referred to them.

See after the "read more" for pictures of the Deer Walk . . .

From the book Power in the People by Felix Morley, as linked by Gary Galles at the Ludwig von Mises Institute:

Social legislation is a sign of retrogression, not progress. It should be obvious that there has been widespread individual failure if humanitarianism has to be enforced by disciplinary governmental action.

Everyone in the country should hear this:

My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind society where every individual is treated as a precious human being without regard to his race? Where football players should earn as much as they can and keep as much as they can, regardless of race? Those controversial racial views?

I am shocked, shocked that any person would utter these hateful words here in 2009. I think that people everywhere should rise up and condemn this blatant display of hatred and bigotry. Heat up the tar. Get the sack of feathers. Organize the lynch mob. This sort of thinking must be suppressed by any means necessary.

"Colorblind society." How naive. How racist. Disgusting, isn't it?

Stargate Universe sucks. The combination of the "stupid people doing stupid things" and the "we're all gonna die oh woe is me" plot lines is NOT compelling television. If I want to see stupid people doing stupid things, I'll watch C-SPAN. Or MSNBC. If I want to see "we're all gonna die" handwringing, I'll watch any of the interminable, never-ending global warming propaganda pieces all over the dial.

From the book Power in the People by Felix Morley, as linked by Gary Galles at the Ludwig von Mises Institute:

One should not require personal experience with ration cards and queues and bureaucratic bungling to appreciate the practical superiority of the free enterprise system over any form of State-directed economic planning.

Decisions have consequences.

The intolerant position of Roger Goodell and others associated with the National Football League, including and most especially the sports "journalism" community, towards Rush Limbaugh can not go unanswered.

So, henceforth, I will not watch or listen to any NFL game, will not purchase or wear any team merchandise, I will discard (not re-sell, mind you, discard) the NFL merchandise I currently own, and will actively avoid any "official product of the NFL" item I might otherwise purchase.

The new McCarthyism of the left must stop. Until it does, I see no need to continue funding or supporting in any way an organization which so cravenly caves in to the new lynch mobs of the left.

From the book Power in the People by Felix Morley, as linked by Gary Galles at the Ludwig von Mises Institute:

Enlargement of the area of State authority therefore does not enlarge, but definitely contracts, the condition of economic freedom…this false god over every form of social organism is enormous and devastating.

Has the ongoing, slanderous attack on Rush Limbaugh (and all others who dare to oppose the reign of Obama and the Democrats) risen to the level of a "hate crime?"

And not just an isolated "hate crime," but a vast, loosely organized conspiracy of like-minded people colluding with one another to deprive Limbaugh of his Constitutional right to free speech, let alone his right to the fruits of his labors. A virtual lynch mob, actually--whipped up into a righteous frenzy by agitators and provocateurs, many of whom hold prominent positions at this country's Old Media outlets.

These vicious critics of Limbaugh (and people like me, actually) continue to play a very, very, very, very dangerous game.

When enough people conclude that their input into public political discourse--their advocacy of particular political ideas will not only no longer be tolerated but they will be actively hunted down and "purged" from the national psyche, then the people advocating those banned ideas may be forced at the last resort to turn to "politics by other means."

A very, very dangerous game indeed.

Does "freedom of speech" really mean so little to the partisans of the left?

There is still time to halt this mad rush towards the cliff of rabid intolerance by the left. Not much time, maybe, but still time for anybody on the left who still believes in the freedoms for which America was founded to speak out against this seemingly out-of-control witch hunt.

From the book Power in the People by Felix Morley, as linked by Gary Galles at the Ludwig von Mises Institute:

The tendency of the American people to turn to political authority for the solution of their economic problems was tragic…because there is no solution…in this fancied remedy…once a people are lost in the recesses of this blind alley, they will learn that it is almost impossible to find a way out.