I heard an interesting interview this morning with PA Attorney General Tom Corbett. He discussed something called a Severability Clause. Apparently severability clauses are typically included in legislation to allow one part of a bill to be thrown out in court without impacting the rest of the legislation. In other words without a severability clause [...]
Now boarding on track 1600, the Fiscal Train Wreck Express, making stops in Kickback Nebraska, Purchased Louisiana and a town near you! Amenities include IRS audits, statist coverage mandates, a crushing tax burden and fiscal instability. Ladies and gentlemen, please note a schedule change: this train will not be stopping at Freedom Junction. All aboard!
Congratulations to Susan McClaren, of Phoenixville, our latest Preening Twit Award winner for this example of leftwing mental puffery.
Imagine what it would be like to be able to see a doctor when one is not feeling well; not to fear care because of cost; and not to be funneled into the overburdened emergency room just [...]
The following was a letter submitted to the Inquirer in response to this letter.
A recent letter challenged anyone who has studied history to identify even one founder who would have agreed with Justice Scalia on guns. I’ve studied our history and here are just a few.
James Mason: “to disarm the people is the best and [...]
It seems to me that one of the big mistakes that supporters of gay marriage make is that they begin with the assumption that gay marriage and traditional marriage are equivalent and interchangeable. In other words, they simply begin with a civil rights argument without ever establishing its applicability. And I actually agree, if gay [...]
Pres. Obama has signed into law the Matthew Shepherd Hate Crimes Act. This is a big step in a very dangerous direction. The left apparently believes that prosecuting ideas is a good idea. If someone is murdered it is a crime regardless of who they are or why it happened. Are they somehow more dead [...]
Today’s WSJ correctly identified the motivations behind Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, there’s an element of hope, change, peace and all that unattainable nonsense. The real story is an end to American Exceptionalism.
What ideals are those [promoted by Obama]? Well, the Nobel citation declares that Mr. Obama’s “diplomacy is founded in the concept that those [...]
Alex Tabarrok, in discussing business cycles, made an interesting observation. He wrote:
In the United States, for example, sales of the top 100 firms account for about 30% of GDP. (The share is even larger in most other developed economies.)
What caught my eye was that the 100 largest corporations represent a higher percent of the economy [...]
At what point does it become reasonable to describe the left as adhering to an ideology that is not supportive of freedom? I think the time has long since passed but it is difficult to press the case without sounding like a bit of a lunatic.
A couple reminders of this crossed my screen recently. First [...]
In today’s Wall Street Journal is a devastating piece on the deadly ideas pushed by Obama’s healthcare advisor, Dr. Zeke Emanuel (Rahm Emanuel’s brother). Zeke is not a fan of the idea that physicians should do everything they can for their patients. He argues that society’s needs have to be factored in. In practical terms [...]
Right of the heals of a previous post about disturbing priorities at the Justice Department, we get the shocking (NOT) news that Bill Richardson will not be indicted after a year long investigation of pay to play allegations. The money quote:
“It’s over. There’s nothing. It was killed in Washington”
Justice well-served yet again. How long until [...]
I decline to celebrate the life of a man who wanted to give away my hard earned money and take away my freedom.
In reading about the increasingly angry town hall meetings that politicians are facing courtesy of the Obama agenda, I am reminded of an old B.C. cartoon where the king’s advisor says “Sire, the peasants are revolting.” The kings responds “They certainly are”.
Well, the peasants are starting to revolt and I’m sure there’s many leftwing politicians [...]
It’s amazing how if you just hand them a microphone, they’ll often take care of things for you. Cue John Conyers…
One year ago the Supreme Court confirmed what should have been obvious: the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right that actually means something. We still have a long way to go in rolling back the many unconstitutional restrictions on our gun rights and Heller will be an important piece of that. [...]
Wayne LaPierre and Ed Rendell locked horns this weekend over reinstating the assault weapons ban. Rendell is a good debater but this one was no contest - LaPierre won easily. The facts are not with Fast Eddie on this one.
One thing that stuck out was the issue of “high capacity” magazines. LaPierre pointed out that [...]
Here’s a great overview from Dave Hardy of key data that’s been assembled on post-Columbine mass shootings.
incidents last about 8 minutes
the murderer deliberately targets and ambushes defenseless victims
the murderer has no interest in hostages or negotiations
the murderer “typically fold[s] quickly upon armed confrontation”
All of these underscore the fact that people who are armed and able to defend [...]
This gem was tucked away deep within the bowels of the Inquirer today. To summarize, the U.N. Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling for countries around the world to prohibit criticism of religion, particularly Islam. This is a direct, frontal assault on human rights, modernity and western civilization. When will our so-called great thinkers and [...]
A quasi governmental group called the Missouri Information Analysis Center has published a list of warning signs that someone may be part of a militia.
Here are some highlights:
People who supported former third-party presidential candidates like Texas Rep. Ron Paul…[and] Bob Barr.
Uh-oh.
Would this be an inopportune moment to admit I was a Paulestinian who eventually voted Libertarian?
Other potential [...]
We often here anti-gun activists argue that should depend on the police to keep us safe. They also say if we have a specific security concern we should get a restraining order.
So how, then, do they respond to incidents like this? A woman was murdered by her estranged husband despite the fact that she had [...]