Monthly Archives for January 2013
“Colorado GOP bill would nullify possible federal gun limits”
TweetThis is how every state should be acting. Unfortunately, we have in Colorado a Mayor who has glommed onto Mayor Bloomberg’s line of thinking — and an “educated” urban elite that has migrated here like locusts from liberal states they’ve … Continue reading
Things I learned today
TweetOn the IRS building in New Carrollton, MD, etched into one of the pillars, is this quote from Civil Rights leader Barbara Jordan: The Bill of Rights was not ordained by Nature or God. It’s very human, very fragile. This … Continue reading
If Ezra Klein were any more stupid we’d have to elect him to public office
TweetI mean, honestly. It’s like they’re not even trying any more. Klein, “Government is hurting the economy — by spending too little”. Now, ordinarily, this is the place where you’d find an extended quote from the linked piece , followed … Continue reading
Stalinesque
TweetThat’s the contemporary leftist intelligentsia summed up in a single word. Sure, they’ll protest, become sneeringly indignant and makes a show of histrionic outrage when you point out that their current attempts to label gun-rights activists “crazy” is quite clearly … Continue reading
“A Debate: The Future of Firearms Laws in the U.S. “
Tweet“On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Cornell Law School, Alan Gura, a partner in Gura & Possessky P.L.L.C., and Michael Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law debated the 2nd Amendment and state gun control laws. Professor Dorf is … Continue reading
ZOMG!!11!1! Hot weather causes gun violence!! [Darleen Click]
TweetJust as everyone has been convinced, in Jeff’s earlier post, that the writer who believes Chicago must have a lesser crime because of tougher gun laws was engaging in parody, along comes Christie Hefner to knock that into doubt as … Continue reading
SHOCKER: public support for “assault weapons” ban tracks closely with public ignorance over what an “assault weapon” is
TweetJacob Sullum, Reason: Although arbitrary distinctions are a defining characteristic of “assault weapon” bans, recent polls indicate that most Americans support them. New survey data suggest one possible explanation: Most Americans don’t know what “assault weapons” are. Feinstein’s bill would … Continue reading
Poll: 41- 44 percent of people polled are morons
TweetAt least, that’s my takeaway. On the plus side, though, 52% of people get a moron pass. Which, all things considered, is a minor improvement, given that in November, 51% of the electorate who bothered to vote came away, one … Continue reading
Manufactured consent: US Pravda is enabling a coup
TweetMeanwhile, David Brooks identifies a dislike of Big Government as the problem with Republicans and conservatives, while the “conservative” National Review summit brings in John Podheretz and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough to discuss how best to fix conservatism so that it … Continue reading
If this isn’t parody…
TweetThen parody is dead. Officially. Like, put pennies on its eyes, seal it in a box, and shovel dirt over the rigored thing-dead. From Weasel Zippers, this editorial from the Carteret County News-Times: TO THE EDITOR: Republicans and “so-called” conservatives … Continue reading
