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Middle of the road piece on guns. Both sides will find
things to hate here. ~bob.
Good News: Harkin won’t seek another term in Senate
Excerpt: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) will retire from the
Senate at the end of 2014, the five-term senator said Saturday. (He was exposed
in the great book Stolen Valor as
another phony Vietnam
Immigration reform
could add millions of people under Obama health law
Excerpt: Comprehensive immigration reform could make
millions of people suddenly eligible for assistance under President Obama's
healthcare law, assuming a final deal paves the way for undocumented immigrants
to receive papers. Illegal aliens are now prohibited from purchasing coverage
through the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges, which will launch next
year.
Cato Institute study
says armed citizens prevent thousands of crimes
Excerpt: Researchers at the Cato Institute have reviewed
eight years worth of news reports about shooting in self-defense and conclude,
"the vast majority of gun owners are ethical and competent, and tens of
thousands of crimes are prevented each year by ordinary citizens with guns." The libertarian Washington, D.C. think tank
has released "Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from
Citizens," just a few days after Wisconsin's first
instance of a concealed carry permit holder shooting at an
armed robber, at a Milwaukee grocery store. In fact, the incident is already on
the Cato Institute's interactive map that accompanies the report.
Former ‘Brain Dead
Liberal’ Filmmaker Pens Scathing Column On Gun Control: ‘A Political Appeal To
The Ignorant’
Excerpt: Pulitzer Award-winning author, producer and
director David Mamet has been extremely open about
his conversion from “brain dead liberal” to conservative, and
in the wake of President Obama’s latest push for stricter gun control measures,
Mamet has penned yet another column setting the record straight as he sees
it.
Pulitzer
Prize-winning playwright David Mamet: Obama’s gun control policy is Marxist
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/27/david-mamet-obamas-gun-control-policy-is-marxist/#ixzz2JDq17oZc
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/27/david-mamet-obamas-gun-control-policy-is-marxist/#ixzz2JDq17oZc
Excerpt: In a recent column, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
David Mamet suggested President Barack Obama is a Marxist who seeks to
determine the “needs” of the citizenry. “All of us have had dealings with the
State, and have found, to our chagrin, or, indeed, terror, that we were
not dealing with well-meaning public servants or even with ideologues but with
overworked, harried bureaucrats. These, as all bureaucrats, obtain and hold
their jobs by complying with directions and suppressing the desire to employ
initiative, compassion, or indeed, common sense.
If ‘Assault Weapons’
Are Bad…Why Does DHS Want To Buy 7,000 Of Them For ‘Personal Defense’?
Excerpt: The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to
acquire 7,000 5.56x45mm NATO “personal defense weapons” (PDW) — also known
as “assault weapons” when owned by civilians. The solicitation, originally
posted on June 7, 2012, comes to light as the Obama administration is calling
for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
232 die in smoke,
stampede in Brazil
Excerpt: BRASILIA, Brazil — A blaze raced through a
crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the
air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the
exits, police and witnesses said. It appeared to be the world's deadliest
nightclub fire in more than a decade.( Maybe it's time to ban nightclubs. --Jer.
If we can save one life... ~Bob.)
Dues And Deep Pockets: Public-Sector Unions' Money Machine.
By Daniel DiSalvo
Excerpt….Public-sector unions also differ from most interest
groups in their allegiance to a single party and a single agenda in debates
about the role of government. They are focused on a few key issues relating to
the government jobs of their members: more government employment and thus
higher taxes and more government services. …. And public-sector unions give
money, volunteers, and other support almost exclusively to candidates of the
Democratic party.
Additional Morsi,
Muslim Brotherhood Anti-Semitic Statements Found. By John Rossomando
Excerpt: The New York Times' January 14 report on the Middle East Media Research
Institute's (MEMRI) videos of Egyptian Mohamed Morsi's 2010 anti-Semitic
statements inexplicably omitted the larger story of the Muslim Brotherhood's
decades-long intrinsic anti-Semitism. The Investigative Project on Terrorism
has uncovered comments going back to 2004 showing a pattern of pure
anti-Semitic comments made by Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
(Can't say I find any NYT whitewash of enemies of freedom
"inexplicable." ~Bob.)
Court Slaps Down
Obama On NLRB Appointments-Decision Could Invalidate Hundreds Of Labor
Decisions
Excerpt: However, the Court agreed with the argument put
forth by a Washington
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/27/louisiana-stops-sale-cheap-milk-at-market/?test=latestnews#ixzz2JDu3cPqX
Government intervention in the economy screws the consumer
and limits liberty. always has, always will. ~Bob
Attack on family in Compton
Excerpt: A Latino gang is intimidating blacks into leaving
the city that was once an African American enclave. It's part of a violent
trend seen in other parts of the L.A.
Media Ignore
Hillary’s Bombshell Benghazi
Excerpt: During the Senate hearing on Benghazi
yesterday, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed she did not know
whether the U.S.
NYPD to Receive
'T-Ray' Vision to Detect Concealed Firearms: The New York Police Department is
testing a new device that can detect firearms concealed beneath layers of
clothing.
Excerpt: The New York Police Department is testing a new
device that can detect firearms concealed beneath layers of clothing….We still
have a number of trials to run before we can determine how best to deploy this
technology. But we're very pleased with the progress we've made over the past
year," said Kelly. Chief spokesman for the NYPD, Paul Browne, said the
police aimed to get the T-Ray technology in a device small enough to carry on
an officer's gun belt, but provided no timetable for when any version of the
device would be deployed.
Hensarling
Statement on President Obama’s Unconstitutional Recess Appointments
Excerpt:
"President Obama’s administration has too often demonstrated a disregard
for legislative authority and the separation of powers. In making these
appointments, he essentially tried to erase from our Constitution the
requirement – placed there by America’s founders – that senior executive branch
officials be appointed only with the “advice and consent” of the Senate. This
Constitutional requirement is a check on the abuse of executive power, and
clearly President Obama overreached.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday declared a state
of emergency in three provinces hit by rioting which
has left dozens dead, warning he was ready to take further steps to confront
threats to Egypt
Obama Threatens Fox News, Limbaugh
Excerpt: “On climate change, it's a daunting task. But we
know what releases carbon into the atmosphere, and we have tools right now that
would start scaling that back, although we'd still need some big technological
breakthrough. So the question is not, Do we have policies that might work? It
is, Can we mobilize the political will to act?
(Gee, sounds like
eliminating a lot of cows, horses, pigs and humans to me….we all exhale
CO2. --Barb.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/ahead-of-2014-pullout-afghanistan-fraud-corruption-money-lost-2013-1#ixzz2JEFWgBPL
Excerpt: The U.S.
Excerpt: According to a report from the Thessaly Journal,
the ship "Alexandretta" -which was flying the flag of Saint Vincent-
was from Turkey
Excerpt: Think all those job
losses over the last five years were just caused by the recession? No: “Most of
the jobs will never return, and millions more are likely to vanish as well, say
experts who study the labor market,” according to an AP report on how technology is killing middle-class
jobs.
Muslim abuser who
'didn't know' that sex with a girl of 13 was illegal is spared jail
Excerpt: A muslim who raped a 13-year-old girl he groomed on
Facebook has been spared a prison sentence after a judge heard he went to an
Islamic faith school where he was taught that women are worthless. dil Rashid,
18, claimed he was not aware that it was illegal for him to have sex with the
girl because his education left him ignorant of British law.
Unqualified Teachers Cover Up Their Incompetence By Helping
Students Cheat. By David L.
Goetsch
Excerpt: As a former college professor, dean, provost, and
vice-president, I am familiar with the problem of high school graduates being
unprepared for college or the workplace. This, unfortunately, is a widespread problem that just seems
to get worse and worse. In fact, America’s community colleges do a booming business
providing college-preparatory courses in reading, math, and writing for high
school graduates who should have developed these skills before applying for
college admission but didn’t. (The old Roman question went "Who shall
guard the guards themselves?" Now the question is "Who will teach the
teachers to teach?" And more to the point, how do we make sure the
teachers really are qualified to teach? I started reading about the GA scandal
maybe a year ago, and it was really bad news. Not only did teachers get charged,
people all the way up to the superintendent got charged with crimes. Corruption
top to bottom in the school system? If there's one way we know a society
declines, that would be it. Houston Del
http://politicaloutcast.com/2013/01/missouri-proposes-law-requiring-students-parents-to-inform-schools-about-their-guns/
Excerpt: Generally, conservatives understand that taking people’s rights away is not protecting them. Liberals however equate complete control with safety. If they can just know everything about everyone of us, where we live, how we raise our kids, what foods we eat, etc., they’d be able to keep us and everyone else safe.
White House Responds
That Court’s Action is ‘Novel and Unprecedented’
http://MinuteMenNews.com/2013/01/white-house-responds-that-courts-action-is-novel-and-unprecedented/
http://MinuteMenNews.com/2013/01/white-house-responds-that-courts-action-is-novel-and-unprecedented/
Excerpt: In response to a ruling today by a three-judge
panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, White House spokesman
Jay Carney called the decision “novel and unprecedented.” This could be one of many instances in which
the co-equal branch of government, the judiciary, will attempt to check the
powers that President Obama is attempting to exercise. And it could also be a
test of how far Obama is prepared to go in terms of ignoring the courts and the
Constitution to achieve his goals.
Obama's Abuse of
Power
Excerpt: President Obama has shown increasing contempt for
the constitutional limits on his power, and the courts are finally awakening to
the news. A unanimous panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on
Friday that the President's non-recess recess appointments are illegal and an
abuse of executive power.
Excerpt: The significance is that the Chinese spokesman
precisely and in detail contradicted the North Korean NDC statement. This
indicates that strain in relations has escalated to tension. China is likely to either send a high level
trouble-shooter to Pyongyang or summon a North
Korean senior official to Beijing Middle East .
Ron P.)
Obama Asking US
Military Leaders Will you Shoot on Americans
I don't put a lot of faith in "unnamed sources."
Rate this unverified. ~Bob
Excerpt: Defenders of the Obama administration insist that
he is not anti-gun. They are right. The truth is, the current administration,
as well as all of the left wing liberal progressives, are not
anti-gun; they are anti-armed citizenry. From their point-of-view, it’s
perfectly all right to be armed– as long as government forces (military
and police) are under control and citizens are loyal to the government.
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