Saturday, January 22, 2011
Map o' the Day: U.S. States to Countires based on GDP
A bit of a tangent. For those of you that are depressed because you feel China is going to take the US over by pure economic force, have a look at the map from The Economist below.
What Happened to the Anti-War Movement?
Even as President Obama maintains close to 50,000 troops in Iraq and continues to escalate and expand the war in Afghanistan, the antiwar movement in America continues to shrink (PDF).
So, what happened?
So, what happened?
Friday, January 21, 2011
Machine Guns in the Garden State
One would think a state with more organized crime than any would know the difference!
Strange Bedfellows: Joe Klein Defends Rick Santorum on Abortion
Dont forget to read the wonderful comment at the end ;)
Rush: Palin Would Wipe The Floor With Obama
The Left is terrified of [Sarah Palin]. The Left knows that she would wipe the floor with Obama. Our intelligentsia on the Right-Wing know that she would wipe the floor with Obama. That’s what all of this means. …
The point of this is that if Republicans are going to sit by and watch Palin savaged, they’d better be prepared to sit by and watch the next one get savaged; and the next one because that’s what’s coming.
The point of this is that if Republicans are going to sit by and watch Palin savaged, they’d better be prepared to sit by and watch the next one get savaged; and the next one because that’s what’s coming.
Philadelphia Horror: How Mass Murder Gets a Pass
The mainstream news reports about Philadelphia’s serial baby-killer Kermit Gosnell and his abortion clinic death squad only scratch the surface of his barbaric enterprise.
Pigford Update
Rep. Bishop blasts video
Jan. 21, 2011
A Buena Vista farmer stands by his contention that U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop was aware of fraud in a government settlement with black farmers. Terry Lewis, staff writer
Jan. 21, 2011
A Buena Vista farmer stands by his contention that U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop was aware of fraud in a government settlement with black farmers. Terry Lewis, staff writer
Border Patrol Reduced to Picking Up trash
If the Border Patrol isn't defending the border, what are they doing down there besides providing free police services to invading colonists and getting shot by Mexican bandits? National Border Patrol Council Local 2544 reveals the answer — picking up trash:
Former ACORN, SEIU Activist Moves From White House To DNC
Gaspard’s role in the Obama machine has been a target of conservative criticism in the past given his associations with activist organizations like disgraced community organization ACORN. Gaspard donated tends of thousands of dollars to ACORN in the past and worked for New York’s Working Families Party (WFP), a political entity “fighting for a more just world,” formed by a coalition of labor unions, ACORN and other community organizations. He also was an organizer for a New Jersey chapter of the New Party — a collaborative effort between ACORN and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Limits of Second Amendment Rights
Who could be upset over a few sensible, proactive “restrictions,” eh?
Bruce Thornton: Free Men Have Free Tongues
The brain police and their new catagory of social crime - "hate speech"
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Socialism is Back
‘Socialism” is a word that has vexed thoughtful conservatives since 2008, along with the related terms “Marxist,” “radical,” and the whole nomenclature of leftish extremism. In his painstakingly documented book Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, Stanley Kurtz dwells at great and profitable length on the president’s connections, and his coterie’s connections, with avowedly socialist and radical organizations. Glenn Beck, Jonah Goldberg, and other observers have with varying degrees of rigor pursued related lines of inquiry, locating affinities between Obama’s clique, along with mainstream Democrats more broadly, and the sinister fringe. The Left’s response to these investigations has ranged from the insane (e.g., Lewis Diuguid arguing in the Kansas City Star that “socialist” is a codeword for “black”) to the inane, protesting that “socialist” is being used as a mere smear word, empty of other content. The Left knows whereof it speaks, having spent half of the 20th century describing its critics as “fascists,” with no regard for the meaning of that word. (Goldberg’s deft reversal in Liberal Fascism, reconnecting contemporary progressivism with its pre-war authoritarian models, took away that rhetorical toy and thereby produced a symphony of delicious caterwauling from left-wing critics, one or two of whom may even have read the book.)
“Americans have no clue what socialism is,” declared the noted political philosopher Bill Maher during a seminar with the equally cerebral Larry King. Rep. Anthony Weiner used almost precisely the same words, thundering at a critic: “You don’t know what socialism means.” Conservatives should pay some careful attention to the formal meaning of socialism, because it is vital that we recognize it, understand it — and contain it. While Mr. Kurtz is right to worry about the radicalism of President Obama and his lieutenants, it is not “the untold story of American socialism” that most threatens our nation, but the told story. It is not hidden socialism that presently undermines our institutions, weakens our economy, and fritters away both present and future prosperity, but unhidden socialism. A sharpened definition of socialism, made more precise and reflecting the conditions of the 21st century rather than those of the 19th, is a necessary tool for understanding our current political crisis, and what follows are some notes toward a more relevant definition of socialism. continued
“Americans have no clue what socialism is,” declared the noted political philosopher Bill Maher during a seminar with the equally cerebral Larry King. Rep. Anthony Weiner used almost precisely the same words, thundering at a critic: “You don’t know what socialism means.” Conservatives should pay some careful attention to the formal meaning of socialism, because it is vital that we recognize it, understand it — and contain it. While Mr. Kurtz is right to worry about the radicalism of President Obama and his lieutenants, it is not “the untold story of American socialism” that most threatens our nation, but the told story. It is not hidden socialism that presently undermines our institutions, weakens our economy, and fritters away both present and future prosperity, but unhidden socialism. A sharpened definition of socialism, made more precise and reflecting the conditions of the 21st century rather than those of the 19th, is a necessary tool for understanding our current political crisis, and what follows are some notes toward a more relevant definition of socialism. continued
Meet Another Victim of New Jersey's Idiotic Gun Laws
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Meet another victim of New Jersey's idiotic gun laws
You can always trust the Keystone Kops of the Port Authority Police Department to keep New Jersey safe from legal gun owners. Utah resident Gregg Revell made the mistake of traveling through Newark Airport with a legally owned, unloaded firearm in his checked luggage. He was on his way to Allentown, Pennsylvania but missed his connecting flight when the plane from Salt Lake City arrived too late.
It didn't help that the airline had misdirected his luggage; the firearm which should have been checked through to Allentown was instead tagged for a final destination of Newark.
Then he met the crackerjack pension padding and taxi service squad we all know and love — the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police.
The next thing Gregg Revell knew, he was under arrest and in a heap of legal and bureaucratic trouble.
The airline wanted to bus its passengers to Allentown, but Revell realized that his luggage had not made it onto the bus and got off. After finding his luggage had been given a final destination of Newark by mistake, Revell missed the bus. He collected his luggage, including his gun and ammunition, and decided to wait in a nearby hotel with his stuff until the next flight in the morning.
When Revell tried to check in for the morning flight, he again informed the airline officials about his gun and ammunition to have them checked through to Allentown. He was reported to the TSA, and then arrested by Port Authority police for having a gun in New Jersey without a New Jersey license.
He spent 10 days in several different jails before posting bail. Police dropped the charges a few months later. But his gun and ammunition were not returned to him until 2008.
Can you say "over-reaction"? Like the Brian Aitken case, Mr. Revell was merely passing through New Jersey. He followed all the federal rules pertaining to the transportation of firearms. And he still spent 10 days in the slammer just for being the victim of an airline snafu.
Revell said he should not have been arrested because federal law allows licensed gun owners to take their weapons through any state as long as they are unloaded and not readily accessible to people. He said it was not his fault the airline stranded him in New Jersey by making him miss his flight and routing his luggage to the wrong destination.
Prosecutors said it doesn't matter whose fault it was: Revell was arrested in New Jersey with a readily accessible gun in his possession without a New Jersey license.
Gotta buck up those arrest statistics! A white guy with an "illegal" gun is prosecutorial gold. Fortunately a court threw out the charges but it still took the Port Authority PD three years to return Mr. Revell's gun to him. Three years of fighting an uphill battle against an entrenched bureaucracy!
Gregg Revell sued the Port Authority police for violating his Second Amendment rights. Even though various courts have sympathized with his plight they have refused to let his lawsuit against the police go forward.
For the average citizen, ignorance of the law is no excuse. For a Port Authority cop, ignorance of the law gets you a mulligan along with a wink and a nudge from your law enforcement buddies.
Today Gregg Revell's case went before the U.S. Supreme Court. And they denied him justice. In New Jersey your rights end whenever a cop says they end.
Yes folks, we live in a Police State. Gregg Revell is merely its latest victim. He surely won't be its last.
I want my freedom back.
UPDATE 19 Jan 2011 09:07:
Linked by Gator Doug, Theo Spark, and Larwyn's Linx.
Meet another victim of New Jersey's idiotic gun laws
You can always trust the Keystone Kops of the Port Authority Police Department to keep New Jersey safe from legal gun owners. Utah resident Gregg Revell made the mistake of traveling through Newark Airport with a legally owned, unloaded firearm in his checked luggage. He was on his way to Allentown, Pennsylvania but missed his connecting flight when the plane from Salt Lake City arrived too late.
It didn't help that the airline had misdirected his luggage; the firearm which should have been checked through to Allentown was instead tagged for a final destination of Newark.
Then he met the crackerjack pension padding and taxi service squad we all know and love — the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police.
The next thing Gregg Revell knew, he was under arrest and in a heap of legal and bureaucratic trouble.
The airline wanted to bus its passengers to Allentown, but Revell realized that his luggage had not made it onto the bus and got off. After finding his luggage had been given a final destination of Newark by mistake, Revell missed the bus. He collected his luggage, including his gun and ammunition, and decided to wait in a nearby hotel with his stuff until the next flight in the morning.
When Revell tried to check in for the morning flight, he again informed the airline officials about his gun and ammunition to have them checked through to Allentown. He was reported to the TSA, and then arrested by Port Authority police for having a gun in New Jersey without a New Jersey license.
He spent 10 days in several different jails before posting bail. Police dropped the charges a few months later. But his gun and ammunition were not returned to him until 2008.
Can you say "over-reaction"? Like the Brian Aitken case, Mr. Revell was merely passing through New Jersey. He followed all the federal rules pertaining to the transportation of firearms. And he still spent 10 days in the slammer just for being the victim of an airline snafu.
Revell said he should not have been arrested because federal law allows licensed gun owners to take their weapons through any state as long as they are unloaded and not readily accessible to people. He said it was not his fault the airline stranded him in New Jersey by making him miss his flight and routing his luggage to the wrong destination.
Prosecutors said it doesn't matter whose fault it was: Revell was arrested in New Jersey with a readily accessible gun in his possession without a New Jersey license.
Gotta buck up those arrest statistics! A white guy with an "illegal" gun is prosecutorial gold. Fortunately a court threw out the charges but it still took the Port Authority PD three years to return Mr. Revell's gun to him. Three years of fighting an uphill battle against an entrenched bureaucracy!
Gregg Revell sued the Port Authority police for violating his Second Amendment rights. Even though various courts have sympathized with his plight they have refused to let his lawsuit against the police go forward.
For the average citizen, ignorance of the law is no excuse. For a Port Authority cop, ignorance of the law gets you a mulligan along with a wink and a nudge from your law enforcement buddies.
Today Gregg Revell's case went before the U.S. Supreme Court. And they denied him justice. In New Jersey your rights end whenever a cop says they end.
Yes folks, we live in a Police State. Gregg Revell is merely its latest victim. He surely won't be its last.
I want my freedom back.
UPDATE 19 Jan 2011 09:07:
Linked by Gator Doug, Theo Spark, and Larwyn's Linx.
How To Repeal ObamaCare in the Senate
This week the House will pass a bill to repeal Obamacare. Congressional experts will argue that the Senate won’t pass a full repeal. They are correct to argue that full repeal will not be passed by both the House and Senate in the next few months, but they may be wrong that a full repeal bill will not pass in this Congress within the next two years. If Senators don’t take two procedural steps this week, they will make it virtually impossible to ever get a vote on the House-passed full repeal bill this Congress.
Bill Would Let Nebraska Teachers Carry Guns in Schools
A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill to allow school administrators, teachers and security staff to carry concealed handguns in schools.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Rand Paul to Unvail Budget Proposal with $500 Billion in Cuts
Now this is what we like to see from conservatives in Washington!
Union Goons Again Target a Businessman for an Attack
Will one of the targets have ot die before the SEIU and other union goons learn not to target private residences?
Labor's Last Stand?
A new accounting rule will either sink private sector unions or trigger the next major bailout.
Alternative Names for the "Repealing the Job Killing Health Care Law Act"
We can never be too politically correct you know! :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Cradle-to-Grave health insurance burying the U.K.
Prime Minister David Cameron trying to fix second rate U.K. health care
Another Democratic Public Union Sucess Story:
Detroit may have to abandon half it's schools to pay union benefits
FCC vs AT&T: What's at stake
if decided wrongly it has the potential to transform the government's freedom of information act into a powerful anti-business weapon in the hands of the left.
The "Secret Ballot Protection Act", It's Time We Make it Law
Lets put the whole card-check debate to bed once and for all. See enclosed...
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Obama Orders Military to Prepare for Spring Food Riots
Obama and Sarkozy have "agreed in principal" to create a joint US-European military force to deal exclusively with a global uprising expected this spring as our World runs out of food
Marxist Democrat Cringes as Russian Immigrants Compare Communism to Democrats
Many aligning with Republicans!!!
Islamic Genocide of Christians in Iraq:
"Religiously motivated people who engage their victims in theological conversations about Islam"
Revolving Axis of Evil
....a pew servey found that 8% of approximately 7 million Muslims in America belive suicide bombing is ok...
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