Archive for December 2012
To all a good night…
A Clockwork Orange — Updated
I saw the Stanley Kubrick movie years ago and probably understood little of it, so I’m in the midst of reading Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange 50th anniversary edition edited by Andrew Biswell. It’s a future fiction dystopian novel written in 1960 depicting teenage fighting, violence, looting, muggings, arson, and all sorts of petty crime…
Read MoreThe truth is that politicians are lying to the voters — Big government is simply unaffordable
“The promises that governments are making to their electorates are not just misleading: they are unforgivably dishonest.” — Janet Daily in the Telegraph Read the whole thing. A big crash is coming.
Read MoreChristmas season Obama quote sums up his governing philosophy
“You get nothing,” the president said. “I get that for free.” — Obama’s response to John Boehner when he told the president, “I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?” Instapundit calls that “An entire governing philosophy in one sentence.” The account of the negotiations is from a…
Read MoreWe won the gun control argument already — it seems we will have to win it again
Larry Correia, An Opinion on Gun Control: I didn’t want to post about this, because frankly, it is exhausting. I’ve been having this exact same argument for my entire adult life. It is not an exaggeration when I say that I know pretty much exactly every single thing an anti-gun person can say. I’ve heard…
Read MoreMore good reasons to oppose new gun controls
Woman calls for help, says she’s trapped in trailhead bathroom by mountain lion Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. Liions in the front range foothills are aggressive, often approach hikers, don’t seen to fear humans much at all. Years ago a young man was killed near Idaho Springs, Colorado and a pre-schooler was taken by…
Read MoreObama’s Hypocrisy is on Stilts
From DustinStockton, a blog of grassroots conservative activists “fighting to make this country a better place.” Well, John Kerry got his riches the Democrat approved way. He married a rich woman. He didn’t do anything so low and dirty as to actually earn it himself. Besides he’s a liberal and it’s OK for liberals to…
Read MoreObama and Bloomberg should give up their guns before they ask us to give up ours
Because our right to life is equal to theirs. They are liberals who claim to believe in “equality”, so they should start by recognizing that our right to life, along with liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are unalienable rights endowed upon us by our creator. They certainly believe this is true for themselves and…
Read MoreTwo views of how to protect children from maniacs
NRA membership surging since Sandy Hook massacre
NRA membership is surging since the Sandy Hook massacre according to an internal document that was made known to James Rosen of FOX News. They are gaining roughly 8,000 new members a day which is unlike anything they saw even in the wake of Columbine. If you aren’t yet a member, please join today and…
Read MoreThe future of gun control
A link between the liberals’ war against boys and mass shooting sprees?
Rush Limbaugh received an interesting email from a female listener and read it on his radio show on Monday, December 17, 2012. Here is the text of that email: Dear Rush: I have not watched a second of news on the school shooting over the weekend, mainly because seeing the reporting makes me cry and…
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