Archive for February, 2011

And speaking of…

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

..gun control this is an interesting link Just Facts.com on Gun Control.

Obama prosecutor seeks conviction of citizen urging jury rights

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

My favorite liberal-progressive Sam Smith has a good write up on a case of an Obama prosecutor seeking a conviction of a citizen urging jury rights. In this case “rights” means the right of the jury to judge the defendant but also the law. In what is often (wrongly) trumped as being the most divisive [...]

Making teachers unions the enemy

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

But Walker’s argument – that greedy teachers are putting their own interests over the interests of the public – resonates in part because in recent years, many Democrats have made that argument as well. via Gov. Scott Walker can thank Michelle Rhee for making teachers unions the enemy.

“Project Gunrunner”

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

I mildly impressed that CBS News actually covered “Project Gunrunner”.

Right Wing Incivility

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Stop the right wing incivility before a liberal kills someone… heh.

Inquiry

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

If oil is $120/bbl now, at bottom of the demand curve, where will it be come Memorial day when demand heads up sharply? Tuesday gasoline here in Indiana was $3.08 which is still astronomical for the demand this time of year. Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning prices jumped to $3.36/gal. Then Wednesday evening some stations [...]

Wasting the Labors of the People

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. … I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” –Thomas Jefferson

Gunshow

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

I always miss the really good gun shows. I can’t help but think what Bloomberg thinks of this gun show loop hole….

So, where is this Ba-Ha-Rain?

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Anyone else annoyed by the media pronouncing Bahrain as Ba-Ha-Rain, or the Klingon sounding Bach-Ha-Rain? I mean are they just trying to be cool, start a trend, or just to lazy to look it up?

Coward Redux

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The Indy Star story just posted and it seems this is over the right-to-work bill. You know, because giving workers the choice of whether they want to join a union to get a job is just anti-American!


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