Category: Current Affairs
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The Problem: Gun Culture or Liberal Culture?
Without wanting to deny that there is a 'gun culture' in the USA, especially in the red states, I would insist that the real problem is our liberal culture. Here are four characteristics of liberal culture that contribute to violence of all kinds, including gun violence. 1. Liberals tend to have a casual attitude toward…
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Why Would Anyone Need a Semi-Automatic Rifle?
A sweet old lady in the pool the other morning asked me this question. Actually, she asked a much stupider question,"Why would anyone need an assault weapon?' I smiled indulgently and refused to engage her. I knew she wasn't baiting me, and I like her, and 'tis the season to be jolly, and so in…
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On Calls for a ‘Conversation’ About Guns
Liberals often call for 'a conversation' or a 'dialogue' about this or that. Didn't Eric Holder a while back call for a 'conversation' on race? What have we been talking about for 150 years? Same with guns. Our liberal pals must know that the gun debate has been raging for decades. So what does a liberal…
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Topical Insanity: Guns
Another old post that makes points that need regular repeating. Enjoy! …………………. There is temporary insanity as when a middle-aged man buys a Harley on which to ride though his midlife crisis, wisely selling the bike after the crisis subsides. But my theme is topical insanity, that species of temporary insanity that can occur when…
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Speech and Guns
It is time to trot out my old gun posts to counteract the tsunami of leftist Unsinn washing over us because of the recent massacres in Oregon and Connecticut. Here is one from December of 2010, slightly revised. ……………. How should we deal with offensive speech? As a first resort, with more speech, better, truer,…
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Shysters of the ACLU At It Again
"Following a complaint filed by the ACLU, school officials in Cranston, R.I. have ended gender specific activities like father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with state gender discrimination laws." Story here. I've often wondered about the etymology of 'shyster.' From German scheissen, to shit? That would fit well with the old joke, "What is…
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Yes, Vote Fraud’s Real
There is no need to play the 'numbers game.' The photo ID requirement is a matter of principle. Anyone with common sense ought to be able to appreciate that voting must be conducted in an orderly manner, a manner to inspire confidence in the citizenry, and that only citizens who have registered to vote and have satisfied…
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Voter ID Laws are Not Like a Poll Tax
Here we go again: First, a voter restriction is like a poll tax when its authors use voting fraud as a pretext for legislation that has little to do with voting fraud. Second, it is like a poll tax when it creates only a small nuisance to some voters, but for other groups it erects…
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First They Came for My Chicken Sandwich . . .
Here. I have honestly never eaten a Chick-Fil-A sandwich. So tomorrow I am going to try one. This is in keeping with my maxim, 'No day without political incorrectness.' Each day you must engage in one or more politically incorrect acts. Some suggestions: Smoke a cigar Use standard English Practice with a firearm Read the Bible…
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Photo ID: The ‘It Would Disproportionately Affect Hispanic Voters’ Argument
Here (emphasis added) we find: In March, the Justice Department denied the Lone Star State the necessary clearance for this new law, arguing that it would disproportionately affect Hispanic voters. Texas officials appealed. To preserve the access of all citizens to the right to vote . . . the District Court should follow the Justice…
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Photo ID: Eric Holder’s Assault on Common Sense
I was shocked (shocked!) to hear over breakfast a while back that my friend Peter L. will vote for neither Obama nor Romney. All my posts about how politics is a practical business, how it's always about the lesser of evils,and about how foolish it is to let the best become the enemy of the good…
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Pessimistic Thoughts on this Fourth of July
Is there anything to celebrate this Fourth of July? Not much. Maybe there will be cause for celebration in November. But I'm not sanguine about that either. Our founding documents have become merely ornamental. They are interpreted to mean whatever those in power want them to mean. The Commerce Clause is to be found in Section…
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Arizona Can’t Do It; Washington Won’t
Debra Saunders' article begins: President Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court's 5-3 decision Monday that struck down most of Arizona's 2010 immigration law. In a statement released by the White House, however, the president said that he remains "concerned about the practical impact of the remaining provision of the Arizona law that requires local law…
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Was Obama Himself the First Birther?
Amazing. Well, he's one cool dude, and how cool to be born in Kenya! No, I am not a 'birther' nor is the author of the article. Read it.
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Obama’s Historical Howlers
Here. The funniest is Obama's reference to the construction of the "Intercontinental Railroad" in the 19th century. That would be something, a railroad that crossed oceans. Think of all the pontoons that would be needed to float the tracks on. The article documents Obama and his gang's unconcern with truth — as if we needed…