The Ponderosa: 10/01/2005

The Ponderosa

Death before Dhimmitude

Energy Independence

He will be more likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favour, and show them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he requires of them. Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
--Adam Smith

Monday, October 31, 2005

We return from hiatus with, fittingly, Gratuitous Mockery

"Police apprehend transvestite who pilfered tarpaulin from stadium"

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

BACK SOON WE (MORE OR LESS) PROMISE!

Our current project is close to being "feature complete" ... Expect us back with a vengeance -- to paraphrase Spinal Tap: The Ponderosa Mach Two ... hope we go over better than they did opening for the puppet show ...!

The Ponderosa

Monday, October 31, 2005

We return from hiatus with, fittingly, Gratuitous Mockery

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

BACK SOON WE (MORE OR LESS) PROMISE!

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