I recently posted about the city of Cary, NC allowing a small flock of hens within city limits. The idea that keeping animals is a decision that should be up to the property owner not the local federales. I was impressed with Cary, a notorious regulatory city, in allowing the chickens. We’ll see if the ordinance passes.
It is in this spirit that I was discouraged to read a related issue in the town of Louisburg. However, rather than granting the freedom, the city restricted it.
A Chicken Hen
Who knew that Cary, NC of all places would be the rebirth of Libertarianism in North Carolina? Heck, perhaps in America the rate we’re going these days.
It used to be that you could grow your own food. Most likely, you HAD to grow your own food. Then, like minded people got together and said that you could no longer grow your own food.
And now, they are changing their mind.
For those of you not gifted with my humor; this is funny.
I’m gonna be running a race in March. They call it the Tobacco Road [half] Marathon.
I’m running because I’m getting older and I’m fighting Father Time. And I’m losing. And I hate losing.
So I’m running.
It is my earnest desire to do better than the last race I ran in which was 5 years ago: The Twin Cities Marathon:
I’m 4763 if you couldn’t tell.
Wish me luck!
Tagged Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Tobacco Road, Twin Cities Marathon
My son turned 6 just some time ago. I’m cruzin’ through the store stockin’ up on loot for the little guy. I’m near done but wouldn’t mind a little stuffer; like a stocking stuffer but for birthdays. I come across Squinkies.
How cool do THEY look. Well, little did I know that these little things come as a game. A simple game. Start to finish like 3 minutes! Perfect.
I’m hooked.
An excellent gateway drug to Dungeons and Dragons.
I was shopping for some wine the other day and I decided to get a bottle for my wife; she like sherry. While looking in what I thought was that section I came across some local stuff and found this:
I have no idea how good it is, but it’s a local wine by gawd and I’m gonna give it a shot.
But not tonight. Not in the mood for a sweet muscadine wine right now.
Anyway, you can find the wine here. If you’re in the mood, support the Tar Heel Red!
I make no secret that my wife is bigger, faster, stronger, smarter and more able to survive in the wild than I am. She is gifted, really and truly, gifted.
I am not.
And a recent stat from the Harvard Business Review reinforces what I have always believed:
I am a trophy husband!
More Older Women Marrying Younger Men
The proportion of male-female partnerships in which the woman is at least five years older than the man increased sharply in the UK and the United States in the 1980s and 1990s: Having remained at about 3% for decades, it rose to 8.3% in 2000 and is likely much higher now, say Melvyn G. Coles and Marco Francesconi of the University of Essex in the UK. Today’s wider career choices give women the opportunity to increase their desirability through financial success, an option that once was limited to males, the researchers say.
My wife is older than I am, sshhhhh, and her success in the world has afforded her the luxury of marrying me!
Well, I think we can put aside the argument concerning God’s love for Tebow. Lest there be any doubt, please consider that Tebow had 316 yards passing.
John 3:16 anyone?
Further, I wonder if any other famous athletes took time on the field of play to give thanks. In more than just a personal small “look in the sky” thing?
I think that Mr. Bavaro would often pray. Here, in this iconic photo, you can see him genuflecting and what seems to be a motion of crossing himself.
That is if you believe the Democrats when they say that Voter ID laws are discriminatory. See, the logic goes like this:
The very young, poor, rural, urban, minority Democrat citizens in our nation are disproportionally unable to obtain State ID. Further, this inability to obtain such ID is based solely on cost. State ID’s are prohibitively expensive.
I checked. Here in North Carolina you can obtain State ID by:
With some combination of these documents a resident of North Carolina can obtain a state ID. That and $10.00.
The burden to obtain an ID is not significant or overly burdensome.
So, anyway, back to Illinois. How is the state of Illinois now discriminating against the young, elderly, urban, rural Democrats in the state?
They are requiring the discriminatory practice of providing state ID to purchase…Liquid Plumber. Hat Tip Dan Mitchell
CHICAGO (CBS) – A new state law requires those who buy drain cleaners and other caustic substances to provide photo identification and sign a log.
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The law, which took effect Sunday, requires those who seek to buy caustic or noxious substances, except for batteries, to provide government-issued photo identification that shows their name and date of birth. The cashier then must log the name and address, the date and time of the purchase, the type of product, the brand and even the net weight.
What possible excuse could the Republicans of the state make for such discriminatory practices?
State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock) obtained passage of the new law following attacks in which drain cleaner was poured on two Chicago women, badly scarring them.
Truly unbelievable. Democrats feel perfectly okay to require state ID to buy Draino but not to vote.
Politics anyone?
Posted in Fun, Government, Idiots on Parade, Liberty, States Behaving Badly
Tagged Illinois, North Carolina, State ID, Voter ID