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Author: Jason Gillman Jr.
End of Year (or First, depending on post date…) Random Rants
As the year comes to a close, I felt it to be a bit of a stress reliever to deliver some short rants about various things. 2008 brought no shortage of things that made me go “What the @@#$$#?!!?”, so…
How Ironic: Flight 93 Families Ask Bush to OK Land Seizure for Memorial
After I got done slinging some code, I decided to take a look at what Fox news had in their RSS feed. What I found was disturbing. “I think the rest of the family members and I feel there is…
Some insight as to why people (and politicians) can be duped into supporting things like bailouts
Recently, my fiance and myself have begun watching more shows on HGTV in lieu of NCIS, Law & Order, CSI, etc (but not Family Guy – hell no I’m not gonna miss Family Guy – Giggidy). The other night, a…
Sue the government and the voters: They are the ones strictly liable
Strict liability is one of those nasty things which activist jurists such as Benjamin Cardozo and Roger Traynor had championed during their careers. That being said, this piece isn’t about discussing my criticisms of this abhorrent outcome of the Normative…
Gun control in India, and it's result in terrorism
The recently (and presently still unresolved) terrorist attack in Mumbai, India has been on my father’s 46″ Sony HD TV – Fox News of course. This of course lead up to a conversation between dad and myself about how gun…
In response to the passage of HB 6341 in the Michigan House
The following is a letter to the editor I had published in CM-Life, Central Michigan University’s school rag. I figure posting it here would be appropriate given that the Michigan House has recently passed HB 6341 – a hate crimes…
"Duh" Gun Rights
Got this from infidels are cool.
A glimpse into the mentality of GM UAW workers and it's admin
An article in today’s Detroit Free Press had this tidbit: When asked last week if she and other UAW members should sacrifice more now to save GM from bankruptcy, she has a simple answer: No. “I think we’ve given enough,”…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: Violating The Constitution in more ways than you might think
Being the proponent of firearms rights that I am, you’ll normally catch me complaining about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) and their ridiculous unchecked rules regarding firearms on a federal level. However, I’ll leave the 2nd…