Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve been making the point in the last few posts that the issue we should be debating is violence limitation, not “gun control.” This video makes the point perfectly: Don’t let the 12 minute video run time deter you from watching this. And please . . . share it. And
Continue readingA deservedly popular White House petition is available for you to sign, one that reminds those who serve in government that they are our employees, rather than our “betters.” Here’s the text: We petition the Obama administration to: Eliminate armed guards for the President, Vice-President, and their families, and establish
Continue readingA friend pointed me in the direction of a New York Times article that argues that both Second Amendment supporters and Abortion supporters are too quick to panic whenever the topics come up for debate, thereby precluding all rational discussion. After describing the way VP Biden’s mention of Obama and
Continue readingWords matter, President Obama once said. He’s right. How we choose words gives a very good insight into our feelings upon the subject under discussion. In the current debate regarding the Second Amendment, conservatives have made the mistake of ceding oratorical control to the Left. How? By accepting the phrase
Continue readingYears ago, during the Bush administration, Terry Gross, of NPR’s Fresh Air, interviewed a writer who was in an absolutely tizzy about Bush’s use of executive orders. Sadly, for the life of me, I can’t find that interview. What I also can’t find is any evidence that this author has
Continue readingI knew everything in this video, but this is the first time I’ve seen it put together so neatly, if you will. The only thing in the video to which I object is the length of Nick Gillespie’s sideburns — trim them back, dude. It’s not a good look. Here’s
Continue readingOne of my Facebook friends posted the following: The libertarian in me agrees with a lot of the post. I’d like government to stop playing nanny to people. It would make for smaller, cheaper, and less intrusive government, not to mention more individual freedom and personal responsibility. But, as the
Continue readingToday’s question: Can President Obama use an executive order to override the Constitution? Today’s answer, courtesy of Matt Drudge is “yes, he can, but it won’t be pretty.” (Click on image to enlarge.)
Continue readingGawker, an internet gossip site, has now published a 446-page document identifying every licensed gun owner in New York City. Judging by the comments left at Gawker’s site (which I will not dignify with a link), people are not happy. And they have reason to be unhappy: Referring to the
Continue readingMy day is winding down, and I’m tired enough for two people, so I won’t blog at length here. I just want to direct your attention to Wolf Howling’s post about guns and gun control, complete with statistics and loony New York Times theories. Put one of my favorite writers
Continue readingMarin County raised a sharpshooter. Honest. A young man who was raised in bluer than blue (and richer than rich) Kentfield discovered his grandfather’s Lee-Enfield WWII rifle in the family’s wine cellar and knew that he’d met his destiny: Growing up in Kentfield, James Macmillan failed to take to any
Continue readingDuring the Bush era, a lot of Progressives engaged in faux civil disobedience. They marched and screamed, periodically hanged or burned Bush effigies, and even allowed gay marriage, secure in the knowledge that they’d suffer virtually no consequences. Actual vandalism might get imprisonment or a fine, but everything else allowed
Continue readingI did a Costco run the other day and, as I always do, I glanced at the book display. This time, they had two books by one of my favorite junk/romance novel writers: Linda Howard. Both of the books were at prices comparable to what I’d pay for them on
Continue readingThe following is the entire text of Frédéric Bastiat’s magnificent Parable of the Broken Window, which is as relevant today as it was when he wrote it in 1850. As you read it, please note carefully the highlighted language: Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James
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