Archive for December 2012
History matters: The “federal government” did not end slavery
Let me introduce you to Florida Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith. While speaking to a TEA Party group, Smith claimed the founders wrote into the U.S. Constitution that he “wasn’t a man.” Smith is African American and he oversimplifies the issue by 100 fold.
Read MoreCitigroup to to 11,000 jobs, media blames hurricane Sandy in headline
If you’re up early in the morning and wonder what’s going to be big news in the United States in the morning, one suggestion is to check out the UK Guardian. This morning, they blamed a hurricane for Citigroups plan to lay off 11,000.
Read MoreIllinois state senator has a carry permit – Tried to get on plane with gun
Of course, if you are a regular Joe or Jane in Illinois, you are completely forbidden from carrying a concealed weapon anywhere in the state. There does not even seem to be a process to apply for one … unless you’re a state senator who happens to be running for Jesse Jackson Jr’s (D-Ill.) vacant US House…
Read MoreDetroit City Council member demands quid pro quo – votes for bailout cash
As the city of Detroit contemplates bankruptcy, some leaders in the city don’t think they should have to go bankrupt and renegotiate the current contracts and unfunded future entitlements the city has. They want some of Obama’s stash.
Read MoreKrauthammer: Obama’s desire for tax rate hikes political – not economic move
On Special Report last night, Charles Krauthammer reminded us the Simpson Bowles Commission identified federal tax loopholes and deductions that totaled more than $1 trillion every year.
Read MoreMichael Walsh points out another disturbing Costas comment on gun control
Our friend Michael Walsh pointed out another issue with Bob Costas’ opinion on gun control. In short, Costas doesn’t know jack about firearms.
Read MoreObama’s “Arab Spring reformist” in Egypt leaves palace while 10,000 protest
“Egypt is free!” Not so much I guess. In February 2011 I wrote about the so-called Arab Spring in Egypt after then-President Hosni Mubarak resigned from office and the demonstrators partied in the street. The demonstrators are back…
Read MorePhoto taken of Zimmerman finally released by law enforcement
Certainly we can discuss if George Zimmerman should have gotten out of his car and followed Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. in late February, but that seems to be the only thing prosecutors can even try to hold against Zimmerman in their Murder 2 charge.
Read MoreBob Costas backpedals on gun control through a spokesman
I’m pretty certain the next thing we will hear from Bob Costas’ spokesman is that he has received death threats*. Late yesterday afternoon, we heard from a spokesman that Costas really did not say what we all heard him say.
Read MoreQuick response to ER physician who referred to the “5-times more likely” to be shot study
The ER physician who called into the big radio show today during the last half of the first hour referred to a “study” that showed you were five times more likely to be killed by a firearm if you owned one or had one in the home.
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