Joe Biden Can’t Believe Republicans Would Filibuster Gun Bill
“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out,” <sarc>said undoubtedly the smartest VP we’ve ever had.</sarc> Actually, you DO need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how this bill would prevent even one of the shootings that’s already occurred, or any one in the future – because…it wouldn’t have, [...]
Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning
Rand Paul filibustered the nomination of John Brennan as Director of the CIA to make a point. One that the White House grudgingly got a day later, as Obama’s press secretary finally admitted that no, the president couldn’t unilaterally and without due process have an American killed on American soil. He’s right; the Bill of [...]
New White House Petition: Eliminate Armed Secret Service Details for Prez, VP, and Families and Establish “Gun Free Zones”
Hey – if “Gun Free Zones” are good enough for our protection, why aren’t they good enough for those guys? Go sign the thing. Sure, it’s ridiculous, and it won’t make any difference, but it will help make a point.
FBI: More People Killed Each Year with Hammers and Clubs than with Rifles
And, more than twice as many people are killed with hands and fists than are killed with rifles. Could it be that people really kill other people, with whatever they can find, and the Democrat’s attempt to ban certain types of rifles is really just misguided self-serving demagoguery? The Reverend Al Sharpton wanted to go after [...]
Behead All Those Who Insult Free Speech
Mark Steyn correctly identifies that respect is a two-way street. Why should we respect “the Prophet” when the radical Muslims want to behead us? Encouraged by President Obama’s and Secretary Clinton’s prostrations before the howling mob, the U.N.’s No. 2 honcho explains free speech: Free speech is a “gift given to us by the [Universal] [...]
It’s Time We Fixed that Silly, Antiquated Bill of Rights.
Frank J. Fleming has a completely reasonable suggestion for updating the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. So the Senate has voted down the effort to undo President Obama’s quite reasonable mandate that all employers have to pay for their employees’ contraception. I was shocked that there was a dispute about this — especially because [...]
December 15th is Bill of Rights Day in the United States
Before today, I did not know that this particular commemoration existed. December 15 is the date when the first 10 Amendments -the Bill of Rights- was officially added to the U.S. Constitution. Tim Lynch writes about the state of our Constitutional freedoms at Cato Online: The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the [...]
Texas Law Would Allow Concealed Carry on Campus
From Terrence Stutz at the Dallas Morning News: Stymied in his previous efforts to pass a handguns-on-campus bill in the Senate, Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, was successful on his fourth try Monday as senators agreed to add the proposal to a state fiscal matters bill that was expected to win approval. The door was opened for [...]
I Don’t Consent to Any Searches: What to Say to the Police
Interesting video from Reason.tv on Flex Your Rights, an effort to educate Americans on how you should respond in encounters with the police.
Two Geniuses Discuss Gun Control
Michael Moore figures that folks who own guns for personal protection are really just racist (what else would he say on MLK Day?). Rachel Maddow knowingly mmm-hmms. I love the way he’s mystified by the cause and effect relationship between gun ownership and crime rates: “if murder rates are so low in your town” he [...]
Speech is Not Tyranny
Image via Wikipedia Ken over at Popehat has a good post on all the “incendiary rhetoric” going on this week, and the claims of censorship by those who are criticized for employing it. No, you stupid, stupid woman, it is not [you'll have to read the whole thing to learn who this is. It's good]. Speech [...]
Those Callous Capitalists and “The Right” to Health Care
Don Boudreaux writes a letter to the editor of the Boston Globe in response to John Hill, who wonders how we can possibly put health care in the hands of “callous capitalists”: True enough. But why is a child’s right (or anyone’s right) to health care dependent on the free market? The free market has [...]
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