Muslim extremists living among us bomb a foot race with pressure cookers, nails, ball bearings and chemical reactions — and the first reaction on the left (and the risk averse right) is to hide away the pressure cookers, then, having defended a city-wide shutdown to accommodate a militarized police presence, call for “re-interpreting” the Constitution to create a surveillance state, along with measures that would target gun ownership, gun powder,

Jim Geraghty is so spot on this morning that I don’t have anything much upfront to add.  Save that the reaction from the left to the Marathon bombings has been so predictable that even many liberals are privately (and in some brave-ish cases publicly) rolling their eyes and letting out tiny, pained groans.  So.  From “They Always Blame America First”: Jeanne Kirkpatrick had it right. In Tuesday’s New York Times,

See also:  language matters. Sorry, but I’ve been preaching this for over a dozen years here, and I get a bit tired of repeating myself. Maybe a macro is in order… (h/t Libby)

FOX: A West Virginia teenager who was arrested and suspended from school after he refused to remove an NRA T-shirt is back in class. Fourteen-year-old Jared Marcum of Logan returned to Logan Middle School on Monday after serving a one-day suspension. His father, Allen Lardieri, told 13 News that the situation was exaggerated and said, “I don’t see how anybody would have an issue with a hunting rifle and NRA

And it’s one two three what are we taxing for? Don’t matter we don’t give a damn we prop up Uncle Sam… Reason: Yesterday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to allow a vote on The Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to start forcing online retailers with no physical presence in their states to collect sales tax. The vote will happen this week and the bill will likely pass the

Almost a tech fall but not quite. Too bad. Would have made the domination that much more complete. I post this here for several reasons, first, because the people voting it down on YouTube are precisely the types who love them some Daily Show and believe they’ve cornered the market on contemporary humor (well, save for the redneck variety, which they sneer at); and secondly, because the disclaimer attached to

But remember, you aren’t “allowed” to suggest that the 24/7 cable news fixation on the terrorist manhunt in Boston — coupled with a militarized police presence in the streets while citizens were strongly urged to hole up inside their homes, having first been stripped of many of their gun rights over the years —  has potentially caused many anti-gun advocates to silently rethink their positions. Because that is a perfidious

Language matters. You can’t combat what you can’t name, because what you can’t name, you can’t identify. So let me help out:  “jihadists”; “Islamists”; “Islamic radicals”; “terrorists”; “unlawful enemy combatants”; “Muslim extremists”; “foreign nationals”; “illegal aliens”.  These are descriptive terms that those hoping to shield our enemies — along with those hoping to project their own phony righteousness  —  demand we not use.  Just as they demand we not ascribe

Because everyone just knows you can’t send a “Thank you” to Boston’s first responders without your email and zip code On Monday, the DNC set up a page for supporters to “Thank Boston’s First Responders,” referencing those who responded to the bombing of the Boston Marathon last week. The site asks people who want to sign their name to a thank you note from the DNC to submit their name,