Archive for September 2013
Not to worry — If the government shuts down tomorrow you’ll still be able to buy a gun
Whew, that’s a relief. This must be an oversight on the Obama administration’s part. Your Second Amendment rights will not be impacted by a government shutdown. The FBI has told gun retailers that government shutdown or not, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) will remain alive and ready to handle gun purchases. Read the…
Read MoreToday in History — Women get right to vote in Wyoming
On September 30, 1889, Wyoming legislators wrote the first state constitution granting women the right to vote. Wyoming gained statehood in 1890. Wyoming has been known as the “Equality State” ever since. So, why did they do that, give women the vote? Actually women had been voting in Wyoming for 20 years before the state…
Read MoreStrength of character, sacrificing to do what you think is right, the Pat Tillman story
Bill Bennett’s American Patriots Almanac: Football season is a good time to remember Pat Tillman. As an Arizona State University linebacker he weighed barely 200 pounds, but he gained a reputation for bone-rattling hits and helped lead his team to the Rose Bowl in 1997. His teammates nicknamed him Braveheart. After college he turned pro,…
Read MoreWhat would happen if the government gave everyone $20 Million?
We’d all be rich, right? The economy would take off like a rocket ship with all the consumer spending that would result, right? Jobs would be plentiful…Oh, wait. We wouldn’t need to have jobs. We’d all have $20 Million! Why would anyone want to work when they already have all that money? So, screw jobs.…
Read MoreDe-Federalize the drinking age
If Republicans were smart and not so lazy there is a great opportunity for them to make inroads on the youth vote, and do something constructive for the nation at the same time. Right now the drinking age in America is set by the Federal government at age 21. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act…
Read MoreBuchanan is brilliant on Obamacare and the Republicans
This is goood… Dan Henninger has an alternative plan, Daniel Henninger: Let Obamacare Collapse
Read MoreHollywood bites the hand that fed them with tax breaks
Hollywood is a welfare client of the government because of tax breaks given to them by Ronald Reagan. See Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2013: The Hollywood Tax Story They Won’t Tell At The Oscars) No matter, their false narrative of race in America is more important so they must slander Reagan as a racist…
Read More“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
On this day 237 years ago, September 22, 1776, American patriot Nathan Hale was hanged on the order of British General William Howe, at a spot near where Central Park is today in New York City. As a British soldier was about the loop the rope around his neck Nathan Hale spoke: “I only regret…
Read MoreSarah Palin does politics with humor and Alinsky’s fifth rule
Sarah Palin is effective because she could not care less what liberals think of her and she is a master at using Alinsky’s rule No. 5. Here she is also making application of Alinsky’s rules 6 and 8. More Republicans should learn this. They must use Alinsky’s rules because politics is conflict and in any…
Read MoreMaybe we should just legalize pot throughout America and then all get stoned…
These words are found in the middle of the scariest thing you’ll read all week: But that speech Wiggleroom gave, that statement he made. It reveals a level of thinking — if “thinking” isn’t too strong a word — appropriate to a college dorm or the faculty lounge. It is so far removed from reason…
Read MoreDrunk driving quiz
Question: If an individual comes out of a restaurant or bar and realizes he has had too much to drink, what do we want him to do — if we are truly interested in preventing a drunk driving accident? Answer: We would like to see that person get into the back seat of his car…
Read MoreWitch hunts alway find witches
Does NSA surveillance violate the Constitution? Yes, of course it does. It’s a general warrant. You don’t catch bad guys by going after the innocent.
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