Archive for December 2012
Sky high murder rate in Venezuela where guns are banned to everyone except military, police, and apparently…criminals
Venezuela will probably end 2012 with more than 19,000 murders which will give it a murder rate of 73 per 100,000 population. By comparison, the U.S. murder rate for 2011 was 4.2 per 100,000 even though Chicago, Detroit, and Baltimore have homicide rates near 50 per 100,000. In nearly 80% of murders in those cities,…
Read MoreTime to bite the bullet
This is from an email someone sent to friends who have apparently circulated it widely on the internet: I’m going to bite the bullet, too!!!! Will you join me! President Obama ordered the cabinet to cut $100,000,000.00 ($100 million) from the $3,500,000,000,000.00 ($3.5 trillion) federal budget. I’m so impressed by this sacrifice that I have…
Read MoreBest violence against women quote of 2012
Dean: It’s almost as if we’re afraid to see women as human beings with the same flaws as men. Erin: Isn’t it awful? Because it’s so condescending to tell all women they’re victims. I’m not a victim. I made my choices and I take the consequences. And I used to often say that to a…
Read MoreObama wants to go over the fiscal cliff: If Republicans were smart…
They would do want you should always do when your opponent is making a mistake. That is, get out of the way and let him go. They can even justify their position in this case. Two months ago Americans voted for BIG GOVERNMENT. So let them have it, along with the taxes that are needed…
Read MoreChicago has the strictest gun control laws in the country — and 500 homicides so far in 2012
Chicago reaches 500 homicides with latest fatal shooting That’s up from 435 in 2011. Well, what would you expect when you’ve created a system where all the bad guys have guns and the good guys don’t. But of course most of the fatalities are bad guys killing other bad guys, but not all. There are…
Read MoreP.J. O’Rourke: Dear Mr. President, Zero Sum Doesn’t Add Up
Is life like a pizza, where if some people have too many slices, other people have to eat the pizza box? P.J. O’Rourke on the opinion page of today’s Wall Street Journal. I’m not sure if it’s behind the WSJ paywall requiring an online subscription. If it is go out an buy today’s WSJ, it’s…
Read MoreMaybe it won’t work this time
Liberals Panic as they lose the gun control narrative When you argue for a living, you can tell how an argument is going for you. The evidence and my gut both tell me that the liberals have lost control of the gun control narrative. Not for lack of trying – it was almost as if…
Read MoreSafe Six Shooter
Cartoon by A.F. Branco at Legal Insurrection:
Read MoreMaria Bartiromo smackdown of Senator Ben Cardin (D., MD)
Senator Cardin claims to be trying to reach a deal with Republicans on the fiscal cliff but Maria Bartiromo isn’t buying anymore of his Bullshit. Raising taxes on the “rich” is all they’ve got and Bartiromo responds: “That’s all you want to do. That’s it. It’s your way or the highway. Raise the rates on…
Read MorePenn and Teller on Gun Control
Turn your “assault” rifle into a harmless “kitty rifle”
Just change it’s appearance and nothing else. After all, it’s only that liberals think it looks scary that makes it an “assault” rifle. “Assault rifle” or “assault weapon” is not a term that actually describes anything identifiable, it’s only an emotion-laden political cliche designed by liberals to avoid having to confront facts, reason and logic…
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