Archive for October 2014
Human Beings Are Extremists By Nature
People can become true believers in the cause du jour and turn what might have been a modest movement to reform some mistake or misjudgment into an insane crusade to upend all reason and logic. Examples abound, from the Salem witch trials in the 1690’s to the child sexual abuse hysteria of the 1980’s and…
Read MoreRemembering an era when racial terror prevented witnesses from coming forward
A newspaper account of a white man under grand jury investigation in the death of a black man contains the following sentence: Seven or eight ….eyewitnesses have provided testimony consistent with Wilson’s account, but none of them have spoken publicly out of fear for their safety… This has to be from a Southern newspaper, Mississippi…
Read MoreLooking for an honest Democrat: two found
Greek philosopher Diogenes lived 51 years, from 404 BC to 323 BC and founded the Greek philosophy of Cynicism. In his time he was thought of as a “crank” for his strange eccentricities. He would carry a lantern in the in the daytime and when asked why he would say, “I’m just looking for an…
Read MorePearl of Wisdom
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. — Albert Einstein
Read MoreISIS Schmisis, Ebola Schimola, to the links!
The country is in the best of hands with the 200th round of golf.
Read MoreGabby Giffords and The ad misericordiam logical fallacy
Former Democratic Congressman from Arizona Gabby Giffords was shot in the head at a campaign rally in 2010. We’re all glad she seems to have recovered from her physical wounds. We should not be glad she is now using that terrible experience in an attempt to force new gun control laws on law-abiding citizens who do…
Read More“Fast and Furious” revelations show you can’t be too cynical about Obama’s government
Eric Holder’s Top Deputy Resigns Amid Revelation Fast and Furious guns Used in Phoenix Crime The revelation is that an illegally purchased gun, a transaction facilitated by the ATF pursuant to Fast and Furious, was used to commit a crime in Phoenix. The revelation in contained in documents obtained through a lawsuit by Judicial Watch…
Read MoreObama has flubbed on protecting America from Ebola since 2008
In 2008, the incoming Obama administration failed to implement all of the CDC’s advice to prevent an Ebola outbreak The Centers for Disease Control told the incoming Obama administration in 2008 that it should establish 18 regional disease detection centers around the world to adequately safeguard the U.S. from emerging health threats like Ebola, according…
Read MoreFront page of tomorrow’s New York Daily News
Obama is having a hard time getting a grip because he’s trying to figure out how to blame Ebola on the Republicans. Glenn Reynolds: “If a problem can’t be solved by blaming Republicans, Obama can’t solve it.” This is not the conservative New York Post, it’s the liberal New York Daily News.
Read MoreJames O’Keefe outs another Democrat liar misleading his constituents to get re-elected
Alison Grimes of Kentucky is well known for her lies about her support for the Kentucky coal industry. She says she will do all she can to protect coal in Kentucky. She’s been exposed as lying all along to get elected. Once in office she will join Obama in his attempt to destroy the coal…
Read MoreFound: A smart mayor and 10 savvy county commissioners
In Loudon County, Tennessee: Loudon County commissioners voted 10 to zero Monday night to take down warning signs that prohibit firearms inside the county’s office building. This idea was pitched by recently elected Loudon County Mayor Rollen “Buddy” Bradshaw, who says this move is all about safety. “What the gun signs in effect did was disarm…
Read MoreThe email I received from “Speaker Boehner” today
Here is what it said: Our team at the NRCC sent me the spreadsheet of recent supporters and I don’t see your name on the list. We need all of our grassroots supporters engaged in these final weeks before Election Day. The Democrats’ campaign machine is desperate and it’s stepping up attacks – if we…
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