Shall Not Be Infringed!

McDonald vs. Chicago ruling came down today. For McDonald 5 to 4 (and thus incorporation of the 2nd Amendment via the 14th Amendment ... which basically means that state and local government are forced to abide by the 2nd Amendment, much like they must abide by the 1st, 4th, 5th, etc).

We've been waiting more than a century for this.

Its worth noting that the real reason for most gun control laws in the US was to keep newly freed blacks from owning guns they could use to defend themselves against white men in hoods. (good read on the Racist Roots of Gun Control here)

You can read the entire 214 page ruling here (PDF)


Lets hope some enterprising New Yorkers can take down the Sullivan Act next :)

U.S. Constitution - Twelveth Installment

Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Story of Stuff - The Critique

There is a leftist/environmentalist/marxist propaganda film worse than Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth being shown in American Schools called The Story of Stuff.

What follows in four parts is a critique and rebuttal of the lies, distortions and propaganda in The Story of Stuff.

If you have grade school children in public school (or even private) there is a good chance they have been shown this film (the non-critique version). Even if you buy the lie of global warming you should be offended by the lies and indoctrination masquerading as education in The Story of Stuff.

Try very hard not to allow blood to shoot out of your eyes while watching this.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Was "Another Idiot Democrat" is now "More Leftist Censorship on YouTube"

Well I was going to post this wonderful video of Milwaukee Wisconsin County Board of Supervisors member Peggy West defending her position against Arizona and in support of a boycott of Arizona saying that basically if it were Texas, or some other state that shared a border with Mexico that she wouldn't have a problem with them having strict immigration laws. But that since Arizona is no where near Mexico they shouldn't be writing immigration laws.



But as you can see, the leftists that run YouTube are hiding behind some sort of bogus claim that posting the video was a copyright violation and took the video down (they often take down conservative videos, or more to the point videos that embarrass liberals. Fair use be damned). We need a good alternative to YouTube.


Anyway, Mark Levin comes through with some audio (along with some entertaining pics).

More proof Red Eye is the greatest TV show ever

Great video about the capture of a couple of idiot jihidists.



Red Eye comes on at 1am here (mountain time) so its hard for us to watch regularly but for you folk with DVRs you should DVR it and enjoy the insanity of the best conservative version of a news/talk/comedy show out there.

35 Inconvenient Truths

The following article was written by Lord Christopher Monckton (former Science Advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) back in 2007 and points out 35 major errors in Al Gore's Oscar winning faux-documentary An Inconvenient Truth (which has become the basis for most of the Anthropogenic Global Warming Alarmist/hoaxist argument).

The data in this article helped convince a British judge to rule that Al Gore's movie (which was being shown in British schools) could no longer be shown without several of the errors being pointed out to the little school children. Of course the left is all upset (how DARE we point out to the intended victims of dishonest propaganda that the propaganda they're about to ingest is, well, dishonest).

Click here to go on to the article.

If you have an hour and a half to kill, Lord Monckton gave a tremendously good speech on the subject in St Paul Minnesota on October 14th of 2009. Click here to watch (really his delivery makes the hour and a half speech fly by).

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Quote

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

U.S. Constitution - Eleventh Installment

Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Debating Leftists is Like Debating Charles Manson

I for one have attempted to debate a liberal many times. It never goes well. I am sure most of you have watched a FaceBook debate with a conservative and a liberal and end up wondering "what the hell" when the liberal goes berserk. This should explain it, debate at your own risk.

Debating Leftists is Like Debating Charles Manson
Posted By Leigh Scott On October 12, 2009 @ 5:04 am In Entertainment, Featured Story, Politics

Keith Olbermann’s recent hour-long commentary was quite revealing. Like Michael Moore’s “capitalism hasn’t done anything for me” comment, the outpouring of support and sympathy for serial pedophile and admitted rapist Roman Polanski, and President Obama’s shenanigans at the U.N. and G-20, it drove home a simple, powerful point…

These people don’t know what they are talking about.

They do not know their kiesters from a hole in the ground. They are a few fries short of a happy meal and a few cards short of a full deck. Their phasers are permanently set on “clueless.”

Once you come to this realization, as many of us have, you are forced to approach their ideas and spokespeople from a position of reality. Not from some sanctimonious position of civility and “debate.”
For an actual debate, two things are needed. One, there must be a logical and factual distinction between two separate positions. Two, there must be equally matched participants, each one prepared and versed enough to intelligently present their side of the issue.

We don’t have that. We have one group of people who live in a fantasy world, full of twisted facts, backwards logic and wishful thinking. You can’t debate that. There is no factual, honest, or logical way to support their positions. It’s like arguing the best way to take a cross-country trip with a delusional Dungeons and Dragons geek. You want to reroute to avoid traffic on the I-10. He wants to “avoid the realm of the Bugbears.”

The other side of the “debate” isn’t operating in the same reality. They do not operate in reality at all.

Michael Moore has no business lecturing anybody or making any film about “capitalism” because he can’t even define the word. He doesn’t understand what capitalism is!

Moore grew up middle class in Flint, Michigan. He wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Under a Socialist system, the young Moore would never have been able to grow (and I mean really grow) into the ultra-rich toast of Hollywood who has a net worth in excess of $50 million. The jarring juxtaposition of the bloated, classless Moore, with his mustard stained T-shirt, Midwestern droll, and soiled baseball cap, noshing in swanky Manhattan eateries is a snapshot of Capitalism in action.

There should be no irony in Michael Moore making a film called “Capitalism: A Love Story.” Michael Moore should love Capitalism as much as he loves White Castle slyders.

Similarly, Olbermann’s diatribe was a brave stand against…death? You know, that inevitable thing that happens to all of us. Somehow, he managed to make the leap in logic that government-run health care is some sort of magical insulator protecting us from the Grim Reaper. It doesn’t make sense.

They stopped making sense awhile ago.

Imagine, if you will, a group of people who state that clouds are made of cotton candy. Children love cotton candy. In the sky, there is an unending supply of the sticky treat. To harvest the cotton candy, we must spend billions of taxpayer dollars to create machines that pluck the confection from the heavens. We must do this for the children.

“Ludicrous” states half of the population. Clearly, clouds are not made of cotton candy. In fact, we know exactly what clouds are made of. We also know the exact ingredients in cotton candy. The two are completely unrelated. Recipes and scientific data are presented to prove the case. To build a machine to collect non-existent cotton candy is a waste of money and resources.

The cotton candy cloud advocates respond. Anybody who claims that clouds are made of water vapor must want to hoard the cotton candy. They must benefit from the sales of cotton candy. Having free cotton candy would destroy their merciless pursuit of profits.

Oh, and obviously, they hate children and are probably racist.

This is what we are dealing with.

By acknowledging and accepting these laughable, false and dangerous ideas as simply “the other side” of a logical debate we bestow a validity to them that is unwarranted and ultimately unfair. I scoff at people like David Frum who call for civility and intellectual debate.

Who do we debate? Where are the other intellectuals?

Debating leftists is like debating Charles Manson. It’s crazy talk. When you debate a leftist you never get to debate the policy. You debate their intended outcomes and their perception of who you are. That’s a serious lapse in logical and critical thought.

World peace? An end to poverty? Proper medical care for all? Equal opportunity for all men and women? I agree. Great. Fine. We all want that. Appeasement? Wealth redistribution? Government controlled economy? Pre-occupation with race and gender? Whoa. Wait a second, how does that work? How do those policies equal those results? When has that ever worked?

President Obama is fond of saying “the debate is over.” My question is, when did it really start?

Many on the right are concerned with the “fringe.” They worry that people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck turn the discourse into a circus. Have they not been paying attention? Was the decision to elect Obama based on his experience, policy ideas or general grasp of the issues? Or was it based on entertainment and feelings?.

Those who call for the reincarnation of William F. Buckley to do battle with intellectual lightweights like David Shuster and Paul Krugman do not understand the Twitterverse in which we live. They ignore decades of indoctrination through public schools, universities, and Hollywood. Presenting entertaining, emotional, and “relatable” personalities is the only way to convert a populace conditioned to think that conservatives are cold, greedy, and uncreative.

James O’Keefe dressed like Superfly and Hanna Giles in that skirt are more effective than hundreds of Heritage foundation studies.

So I say crank up the Rush Limbaugh, stick Glenn Beck in a cage with some lions and put Sarah Palin on the trapeze. Let the circus begin. I’ll be first in line to buy a ticket.

I know Joe Biden already owns clown shoes.

U.S. Constitution - Tenth Installment

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Citizen DARES to question Congressman. Gets beat down he deserves.

When will these citizen/serfs realize that its not their place to question their betters (no matter how politely they do it)?


Seriously though, Congressman Etheridge needs to be visited by DC's Finest

Washington D.C. Criminal Code §22-404(a)(1) “Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.”

Additional Oil Spill Perspective

Not all the oil on the Gulf coast is from BP spill

CNN had an interesting article on the oil spill.

It may be hard to fathom, but even with gallons of oil spewing every minute from BP's broken well head in the Gulf of Mexico, not all the oil pollution in the Gulf is BP's fault.

First, blame Mother Nature. And that's actually good news, but we'll get back to that.

Second blame many of the ships that criss-cross that area. . . .

But even though many millions of gallons of crude oil have leaked into the Gulf, much of what is washing up on beaches near in and around the Gulf is not from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

"We've done a number of tarballs from Florida, Key West, Miami and so forth, none of which so far have matched the Deepwater Horizon," Gronlund said. "The tarballs that have been found on the beach in Florida are fuel oil." . . .

Now back to Mother Nature.

Some of the oil in the Gulf is natural seepage from the sea floor. The Coast Guard's head of research and development, Capt. Matt Sisson, explained that in the Gulf and other oil-rich spots in the world, crude oil bubbles up through the sea floor and into the Gulf Waters. . . .

Red Tape Slowing Oil Spill Clean-up

Waivers to the Jones Act were granted by the administration of George W. Bush in the days following hurricane Katrina. And today, the Obama White House said waivers might again be considered.
“If there is the need for any type of waiver, that would obviously be granted,” said White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs. “But, we've not had that problem thus far.”

Of course the reason Obama won't waive this is because it would not be the "union" thing to do.

Here is the whole article for you to read.

U.S. Constitution - Ninth Installment

Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

Plato Quote

This quote was brought to my attention by my mother-in-law.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato

U.S. Constitution - Eighth Installment

Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Public Schools; a waste of money AND bad for kids

These are the kind of stats that make me angry.

We're constantly told that the solution to [insert problem here] is for government to take more money from the productive by force and give to the unproductive (read: union members) and at the same time limit the liberty and choices of the people.

Perspective on the oil spill

While clearly I'm not saying there's anything even remotely good about the oil spill in the Gulf, I am tired of people in media constantly beating the "Worst ecological disaster EVER!" drum.

Stumbled across this chart (put together by Climatologist and former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer).

While this is still not good, even if its twice as bad as Dr Spencer assumes, its still no where near as bad as the IXTOC-1 oil spill in the Gulf in 1979, so its not even the worst in the Gulf (let alone EVER!).