Author Archives: Brian Gallimore

FairTax

I listened to a pitch for the “Fair Tax” tonight. It is a consumption tax (sales tax) that would replace ALL other federal taxes. I’m convinced taxes on consumption are a much better idea than other forms of taxes in … Continue reading

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Jetta TDI ECU Hose

A common problem with these cars is that a little rubber hose inside the ECU housing gets old and splits. I’ve been taking things apart to see if I can find anything that got wet and decided to take the … Continue reading

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Milton Friedman: Capitalism and Greed

A 2-1/2 minute excerpt from an interview with Phil Donahue in 1979 where Milton Friedman explains that capitalism and free markets are the only systems in recorded human history that can bring people out of grinding poverty. Milton Friedman – … Continue reading

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Broken Promises of Social Security

If you knowingly participate in a scam, you shouldn’t feel entitled to the spoils of the scam after it gets busted up! Any nitwit with a few brain cells knows that social security is a scam and a ponzi scheme. … Continue reading

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Bryson Day 1 of Bicycle Riding

It turns out training wheels are yet another bad idea passed down from my elders! The modern theory says never use them, instead let the child learn to balance the two-wheeler first without worrying about working the pedals, then upgrade … Continue reading

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Federal Reserve in 60 Seconds

Here are the top 3 things that are wrong with the Federal Reserve, answered in one minute: John Jay Myers demolishes The Federal Reserve in 60 seconds Fractional Reserve Banking Open Market Operations Artificially Control Interest Rates

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Big Sugary Drinks & Raw Milk

“In a free society, you will always be able to buy a big drink with a lot of sugar in it.” Those of us who attended the 1st breakout session at the Texas Republican Party Convention will never forget the … Continue reading

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Uniting the Republican Party

So I got a little taste of some of the internal conflict within the Texas Republican party this past week while I participated in the Texas GOP Convention, which was the largest political convention in the world to date.  It … Continue reading

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All My Peaches are Gone

Something (birds suspected) ate every bit of every peach that was on my tree.  All they left was the pits, hanging there as if my tree only grows peach pits.  Dang birds.

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We’re all packin’

One of the best speeches from today at the Texas GOP convention was from Jerry Patterson, land commissioner and 2014 lieutenant governor hopeful.  Here was one of his jokes: Patterson, the author 17 years ago of the state’s concealed weapon law, … Continue reading

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