Solution:  raise taxes on “the rich” that, as a practical matter, will fund the government for less than half the time of Obama’s latest tax payer-funded $4 million Hawaiian vacation; continue spending and larding up the government dole by killing private sector industry; then pat yourselves on the back for reaching a compromise that you’ll pretend is balanced, when no spending is actually cut, and all you’ve succeeded in doing

And while I know many here are pro-law enforcement without reservation, it’s stuff like this –misinformation from someone you’d expect to know better — that makes me less willing than ever to hand domestic security over to police alone.  Speaking of the ex-con who set an elaborate ambush to kill two firefighters, the NYPost reports: Cops believed [William Spengler Jr, who isn’t allowed to own a gun, being an ex-felon,

Interesting piece from Ron Paul, who argues that when it comes to the fight over gun rights and legislation, both progressives and conservatives are wrong: The senseless and horrific killings last week in Newtown, Connecticut reminded us that a determined individual or group of individuals can cause great harm no matter what laws are in place.  Connecticut already has restrictive gun laws relative to other states, including restrictions on fully automatic,