Absolutely mind boggling. And these people vote.
Proponents of a more refined First Amendment argue that this freedom should be treated not as a right but as a privilege – a special entitlement granted by the state on a conditional basis that can be revoked if it is ever abused or maltreated.
While surfing around the intertubes I came across this interesting article in The Telegraph. “UK is Violent Crime Capitol of Europe.” It begins:
Analysis of figures from the European Commission showed a 77 per cent increase in murders, robberies, assaults and sexual offences in the UK since Labour came to power.
Now, yes I know. It’s very crass of me to blame the Left for Britain’s violent crime rate being so high. I’m not blaming them. I’m not pointing to causation but correlation. Discuss.
… but I have a social engagement that I can’t miss.” This seems to be a common theme with President Obama. Whether it’s going out of town and leaving Vice President Biden to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or what have you. Now, he’s leaving press conferences and letting Bill Clinton try and explain why he, Barack Obama, is doing a President.
Go here, read and watch video, then return.
Okay, you’re back. ”I’ve been keeping the First Lady waiting for about half an hour, so I’m gonna take off.” What? WHAT?!!! You’re the President of the United States of America. You just worked a deal with your Lex Luthors and you won’t even explain yourself at the press conference? You’re base, which is quickly unraveling and seeing what conservatives were screaming about in 2008, deserve an explanation. Oh, and Barack, Michelle and the Christmas party can wait. You’re the President and I don’t think they’ll be angry if you show up late.
If you’re a first time reader to this blog, welcome. If you’ve been reading me for a while then you know that I didn’t vote for Obama. He will be a one term President and he knows it. It’s interesting that Obama filled his cabinet with old Clinton appointees, now he’s letting Bill clean up his political messes.
We do not elect Kings, nor appoint prime ministers. We elect executive officers. If Kerrey or anyone else, including Obama, thinks that the task of chief executive of the United States is too messy, too difficult, or too hard for Obama, he should never have run or been supported for the job.
This is what differentiates the European Model from the American Model. Obama doesn’t need a COO, America needs a President!
Multiculturalism doesn’t work!
… the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other… has failed, utterly failed.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel
It is an indisputable truth that the left becomes violent when wanting to enforce what they feel is morally correct. I’m sure that you all remember Audi’s Green Police commercial.
There is a group called 10:10 and they advocate cutting your carbon emissions by 10%. However, they want you to know that there’s no pressure. But they advocate blowing up anyone who doesn’t agree with them, including grade school children. Here’s a video of some of their propaganda:
Also, I take issue with you blowing up Agent Skully. On the other hand, if she was willing to participate in this garbage, then she deserves what she gets.
Now, by way of editorial. This is absolutely REVOLTING! It is not funny, it is not cute. It is horrible and disgusting. Shame on 10:10! No apology that you can issue, even though you have tried, can ever make up for what you advocate – you’re honest intentions of saying “join us or die!” You’ll see just how funny these ads aren’t when you’re burning in the afterlife.
In a world where the President of the United States doesn’t have to actually do anything to win a Nobel Peace Prize, it’s not surprising that a person with ZERO judicial experience can be nominated by said president to the U.S. Supreme Court and actually get seated. Congratulations, America. You wanted hope and change – you got it.
Three separate branches of government each intended to be a check and balance on the other two. The lines are becoming more and more blurred.
You’d think that the Honorable District Attorney Eric Holder would have read the Arizona Immigration bill before speaking out against it. Problem is, he hasn’t.
I’ve only made, made the comments that I’ve made on the basis of things that I’ve been able to glean by reading newspaper accounts, obviously, looking at television, talking to people who are on the review panel, on the review team that are looking at the law. But I’ve not reached any conclusions as yet with regard to. I’ve just expressed concerns on the basis of what I’ve heard about the law. But I’m not in the position to say at this point, not having read the law, not having had the chance to interact with people doing the review, exactly what my position is.
It seems to be a growing trend in Washington D.C.
Tam on the porch points to Mark Steyn:
Don’t worry about Iran’s nuclear program, but if you meet a tea-party supporter waving some placard about the national debt, try not to catch his eye and back away slowly without making any sudden movements, lest he put down his placard and light up his suicide belt.
ObamaCare to cost more than expected.
Really? No, it can’t be. He promised that it would contain costs! Heh. And some people actually believe him.
Hooray for Hope and Change!
One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama administration is more often citing exceptions to the nation’s open records law to withhold federal records even as the number of requests for information declines, according to a review by The Associated Press of agency audits about the Freedom of Information Act.
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Major agencies cited the exemption at least 70,779 times during the 2009 budget year, up from 47,395 times during President George W. Bush’s final full budget year, according to annual reports filed by federal agencies. Obama was president for nine months in the 2009 period.
Joe Huffman has it – “A threat to safety and democratic rights.”
I find it very telling CSGV calls the repeal of the oppressive D.C. gun laws ”a threat to … democratic rights”. I didn’t know we had “democratic rights”. We have civil rights. We have voting rights. But “democratic rights” is something new to me.
As with everything Joe writes, it’s a must read.
The EU now claims that travel is a human right.
AN overseas holiday used to be thought of as a reward for a year’s hard work. Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidised by the taxpayer.
Add this to health care, housing, the internet (no, I’m not making that up), not paying for carry on luggage, and anything else that you want.
The Founders got it right when they wrote:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are… endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,….
Endowed by their Creator, not endowed by the State. If the state has the power to grant you something, the state has the power to take it away. Let’s use health care, for example. If the state grants you the right to health care then the state has the power to refuse you medical services. If the state grants you internet access as a human right then the state can censor or shut down the internet at any time. They gave you the right, they can take it away. And don’t fool yourself by saying it won’t happen.
If the state is granting you rights then you are a slave to the state and you are no longer free.
