Zen and the Art of /.*/ http://zenandtheart.com “In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'” –Chuck Klosterman Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 IRS To Purchase 60 Shotguns 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/ Successful Charity Audited Three Times in 2009 (Updated 1/13/2010) 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/ Letter to Congressman Paulsen 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/ Letter to Representative Zellers and Senator Limmer 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/ A Little Boy’s Explanation of God? 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/ Priceless: Bought and Paid For 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/ Twenty Minutes with the President 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/ Unnecessary and Immoral 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/ Generation Sloth http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/07/generation-sloth/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/07/generation-sloth/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:25:08 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=580 Great article by Jeff Tucker over at LvMI.
Do you see what is happening here? The minimum wage, subsidized college loans, child work laws, and other interventions are conspiring to prolong adolescence as long as possible — to the point that these young adults are seeing as much as a full decade of life experience pretty well stolen from them.
Once again, well-intentioned people are exacerbating the very problems they are trying to solve because they lack a fundamental understanding of sound economics.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/07/generation-sloth/feed/ Take Heart http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/04/take-heart/ http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/04/take-heart/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:05:13 +0000 Mike Phenow http://zenandtheart.com/?p=578 Ten Reasons to be Happy I think I wrote this article. I agree with it completely and I am anxiously awaiting the day that the statists take that one step past the tipping point, they lose all legitimacy, and we all just go about our lives again--as free people.]]> http://zenandtheart.com/2009/09/04/take-heart/feed/