http://zenandtheart.com “In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'” –Chuck Klosterman Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/24/why-is-the-department-of-education-buying-27-shotguns/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/24/why-is-the-department-of-education-buying-27-shotguns/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:25:03 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=643 the IRS is buying 60 shotguns at a time, but now the Department of Education?!]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/24/why-is-the-department-of-education-buying-27-shotguns/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/09/an-unfortunate-but-not-unexpected-denouement/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/09/an-unfortunate-but-not-unexpected-denouement/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:43 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=638 An Open Letter to the Economics Department of CSB/SJU While it's unfortunate that my proddings did not have the desired effect, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. After all, people on both sides of this debate have been going back and forth for a century...]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2010/03/09/an-unfortunate-but-not-unexpected-denouement/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/02/03/irs-to-purchase-60-shotguns/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/02/03/irs-to-purchase-60-shotguns/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:52:05 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=629 "FedBizOpps.gov":]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2010/02/03/irs-to-purchase-60-shotguns/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/successful-charity-audited-three-times-in-2009/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/successful-charity-audited-three-times-in-2009/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:04:39 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=619 http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/successful-charity-audited-three-times-in-2009/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-congressman-paulsen/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-congressman-paulsen/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:00:01 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=616 (Salutations and closing omitted) I just received a 2010 calendar in the mail from you. What in God's name are you doing sending calendars to constituents?! Apparently the bitter irony of the US Constitution superimposed on the cover was completely lost on you. How was this calendar (and the surely countless others that were sent out) paid for? I can think of only three possibilities:]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-congressman-paulsen/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-representative-zellers-and-senator-limmer/ http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-representative-zellers-and-senator-limmer/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:27:20 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=613 (Salutations and closing omitted) I would like to take the opportunity during this (relative) lull before the next session to share with you a few of my thoughts and concerns. As I'm sure you're aware--and as more and more people are becoming increasingly aware--we, as a state and as a republic, are in dire straits. One could go on endlessly listing all of the seemingly-intractable problems we are facing. The combination and synchronization of these endless problems would appear to be catastrophic.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2010/01/06/letter-to-representative-zellers-and-senator-limmer/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/11/05/a-little-boys-explanation-of-god/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/11/05/a-little-boys-explanation-of-god/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:24:23 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=599 A Little Boy's Explanation of God -- Fabulous!!! Out of the mouths of the Babes--I certainly don't think an adult could explain this more beautifully!]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/11/05/a-little-boys-explanation-of-god/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/10/priceless-bought-and-paid-for/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/10/priceless-bought-and-paid-for/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:03:54 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=592 Nice article (over at HuffPo, of all places) detailing how the Federal Reserve has the entire economics profession eating out of the palm of its hand.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/10/priceless-bought-and-paid-for/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/twenty-minutes-with-the-president/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/twenty-minutes-with-the-president/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:58:20 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=585 Charlie Sheen sits down with the president...and BARRAGES him with inconvenient truth! Holy shit, batman. I wish there was a video--I would have liked to see him squirm. His response, or lack thereof, is extremely telling. Hope? Change? Nope. New puppet, same puppet masters. Update: Stupid. Just saw the small print. Cool article anyhow... Pretty much how I would expect it to go down.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/twenty-minutes-with-the-president/feed/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/unnecessary-and-immoral/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/unnecessary-and-immoral/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:55:46 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=582 Great article by Jake Towne over at C4L. The list goes on and on and on. I'm baffled that people continue to think that we somehow need the federal income tax... Wake up.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/08/unnecessary-and-immoral/feed/