Many of the best websites in the world are shut down today to protest U.S.Government plans to censor the Internet. At issue is free speech, which is inconvenient to totalitarian states and frustrating to government-granted media monopolies. I’m not that fancy, but put this information up as I fully support free speech and fully...
shoulda vs wanna
We have a new dog. Minor, among the rationalizations for getting her, was the inspiration to get out for daily walks. It has turned out better than I expected. She is definitely inspirational in that way and a heckuva lotta fun to be with. I think I’m putting in more time and more miles...
sticking my nose into facebook
I did it. I signed into facebook. I have spent five years educating and philosophizing at IdahoLiberty.com, but my audience has only grown to five or six hundred unique visitors per month, a small percentage of whom read much of it. My young KunaIdaho.net blog has quite a bit less than a hundred visitors....
Jazz
Yesterday we finally filled the void in our family with a new half Black Lab, half Chesapeake Bay Retreiver. A 1.5-year-old rescue from an abusive puppyhood. The foster family was great. We carry on the rehabilitation. The Newfoundland we lost after 10 years was about as perfect a dog personality as I can imagine....
face it
To facebook or to not facebook, that is the question… or to twitter, google+, myspace, etc. Incredibly, even to me, privacy is one of my concerns. I mean, with four websites where I scream my anti-statist politics and honest economics from the rooftops, and expose more of my life than anyone wants to know...
10th Anniversary
It was an event worthy of a no-holds-barred dinner. We did it up right from the start. I made reservations in Kuna’s finest steakhouse. I reserved a 9-year-old bottle of Château St Jean Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon they happened to have kicking around gathering dust. I even reserved a slice of Greg’s hand made...
the knights before Christmas
2245 hours, Christmas Eve, SW Idaho December 24, 2008 … Damsel in Distress calls from a snowdrift 1/2 way home from work at the medium security prison. Dang weather seems to have followed us south in our move back from Grangeville. Valiant Knight dons quilted coverall armor and mounts Trusty Steed (1/2T V6 4×4...
Idaho Liberty
This one is too big – too important. Most of my socio-economic-political commentary is confined to idaholiberty.com or kunaidaho.net. Yesterday Idaho’s two USA Senators and 91 of their buddies made a decision so awful that I REALLY WANT everyone to learn about it. READ HERE. Please share the link. Tell your friends.
Kuna commentary has moved
TedDunlap.net has begun another life. It is no longer running me for Kuna City Council, or for Idaho Governor…. just plain old Ted Dunlap once again. …. Of course I can’t ignore cultural, economic or political action, but I have two other outlets more specific to that purpose: KunaIdaho.net is the new home for...
book review
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ohmy gosh! Wonderful true-to-life while bigger than life characters, ACTION and SUSPENSE!!!! Evil and Punishment. Losing.. winning… Cleverly crafted and masterfully told. Absent are the major holes in facts that are such finger-on-the-chalkboard moments in so many action novels...
Kuna jazz band
I am working on building a local jazz band. It should be a fun, inclusive place for real music lovers of all ages to enjoy making wonderful sounds together. I’m hoping parents, children, grandparents, neighbors and friends can all enjoy some aspect of this stuff and that young and old can learn and play...
proper guiding principles
If someone comes to your door demanding your money or belongings it is easily recognized as not okay. If two of your neighbors arrive and make the same demand, it is still not okay. The principle does not change if there are 30 people or even 99% of the voters making that demand. Democracy...
moderate winners
In the Nov 16th Kuna Melba News, editor Scott McIntosh commends Greg Nelson for articulating a strong stand of change on many issues and thereby winning the election for mayor. He also calls the election of Brianna and Joe to city council a victory for the moderates and urges moderation tempering all decisions. In...
election mandate
What can we safely conclude from Kuna’s November 8th election? Many people will talk about “the mandate” for the elected to do this or that, but there are several things that deserve consideration. Today I’ll start by discussing WHO sent signals last week. Of approximately 10,000 adults living in Kuna, the polls returned the...
reflections on elect Ted campaign
Kuna won one for sure. Ex-mayor Dowdy is being replaced by ex-mayor Greg Nelson. I look forward to having a thoughtful, responsive leader guiding the city services and rule-making body of Kuna. Greg’s victory is a big one for the businesses here and those who would like to set up shop in Kuna, not...
Why are you running for city council?
Politics attracts those who would live at the expense of others as well as those who enjoy power over others. The worst political decisions transfer money and power personally to the politicians and their cronies. While morally superior, ignorant mistakes made with public money and authority is just as destructive of life, liberty and...
VOTE
In a typical election, 70% of Idaho’s adults do not vote; 30% speak for all. Do not let other people put foolish words in your ballot box on your behalf. In this Kuna City Council election, with 9 candidates, a few votes will be the difference between who makes city government decisions and who...
urban renewal
Just before the Idaho state legislature raised the requirements for creating urban renewal districts, the city council created one in Kuna. This is an additional organization to tax businesses and to stick their noses into how those businesses operate. Nothing could be more the opposite of what this town needs. We do not have...
Ted Dunlap biography
I am independent, thoughtful and creative. My word is my bond. I feel the most important thing a man has is his honor. Nobody can take it from you, but those who give their honor away don’t deserve it, or the respect of honest men. I earned everything I have with hard work and...
police services
Several of the non-incumbent candidates are strongly challenging the cost of Kuna’s existing police services. Me too. Take a glance at the bottom of the page for a list of personnel and salaries that we contract from Ada County. Past mayor and current mayoral candidate Greg Nelson and I are both open to a...
Tell me when you change things
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