Archive for August 2014
Political correctness is a tool liberals use to fret about trivia
Liberals on America’s campae have been trying to ban the word “freshman” for some time, wanting to replace it with the words “first year student.” Lately they’ve defended that bit of silliness by claiming the word “freshman” is not inclusive because it contains the word “man.” So how long before the word “woman” is declared…
Read MoreHickenlooper’s squishy stance on the death penalty
Nathan Dunlap has been on Colorado’s death row since 1996 for a mass murder he committed on the night of December 14, 1993. Murdered were Chuck E. Cheese Restaurant employees Colleen O’Connor (17); Benjamin Grant (17) Sylvia Crowell (19) and night manager Marge Kohlberg (50). Dunlap was also convicted of the attempted murder of another…
Read MoreShowing us what the world would be like if we’d never been born
Here is a well-written story in just 350 words of how the blood and labor of generations built a general peace, and how an ideological and historically illiterate President of the United States, with the support of an uncomprehending electorate, tore it all down in a matter of months. They fail to understand that weakness…
Read MoreDouglas Carswell’s defection to UKIP from the Tories is delicious pudding for political junkies (such as I)
First of all, a defection from the party banner under which one was elected is much different in a parliamentary system than it is the United States. Here, a Democrat can defect to the Republican party by merely declaring his intention and stepping across the aisle. Bang, R’s have one more seat, the D’s have…
Read MoreAn ideological numbnuts is at the helm of American foreign policy
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They want to hear more Obama, and they can afford his policies. Obama does not understand the nature of the challenge that oppresses us. He is obstinate in his view of the world. He is not about to learn anything.…
Read MoreGovernment unemployment figures are wrong
From CBS Money Watch: The [National Bureau of Economic Research] report notes, “It is possible that unemployed respondents who have already been interviewed are more likely to change their responses to the labor force question, for example, if they want to minimize the length of the interview (now that they know the interview questions) or…
Read MoreWolves and the balance of nature
I don’t know how factual this is, but it seems plausible. It kind of makes sense. It’s also sort of beautiful and if it’s true, then it’s good. Good, true and beautiful. We’ve found it, at last. Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is suffering destruction from an over population of elk. Get some wolves…
Read MoreOne of the best sheriffs in America weighs in on Ferguson Farce
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Sheriff David Clarke just beat back the Bloomberg gun ban machine and the Milwaukee liberal establishment to win a third term as Milwaukee County Sheriff.
Read MoreCurly, Moe, and Larry…and Barry
res ipsa loquitur, but this isn’t fair, really. Curly, Moe and Larry were funny.
Read MoreFranklin D. Roosevelt on Government Unions
Excerpt from letter dated August 16, 1937 from President Franklin Roosevelt to Luther C. Steward, President, National Federation of Federal Employees: All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.…
Read MoreThe search for the Great White Defendant goes on
Tawana Brawley, Duke Lacrosse, Jena Six,Trayvon Martin and now the Michael Brown crisis centered in Ferguson, Missouri and spreading across the country; the media’s search for the “Great White Defendant” goes on. In each one of these cases left-wing race hustlers from the Democrat party along with an ignorant and over zealous media stir up…
Read MoreThe “even if” versus the “moreover” way of arguing a point
“You heard Mr. Jones testify that he doesn’t allow his dog to run loose. Even if Mr. Jones’ dog was running loose it could not have bitten Mr. Smith.” “You heard Mr. Jones testify that his dog did not bite Mr. Smith. Moreover, Mr. Jones doesn’t allow his dog to run loose.” Before I retired from law practice I…
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