REFLECTIONS

What with the most recent tragedy, the calls are coming again for more and tighter gun control. I would like to point to a (rather lengthy) blog post by an ex-gun shop owner, ex-concealed carry trainer, and current author. He says it all far better than I ever could. And backs it all up with [...]

I hate people telling us that we must vote for the one who is the most “electable” candidate.  Because, when it comes to Republicans, “electable” is code for “most like a Democrat”.  They think that only a democrat, or one who is like a democrat can get elected.  I am TIRED of  actual conservative candidates being tossed [...]

Last week the wise and Solomon-like President Obama declared that the Palestinian/Israeli conflict could be solved by the simple act of returning Israel to the borders it had before it was attacked by the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The man is a genius! However … and this must clearly be my own [...]

The Reverend Phelps and his gang were thwarted in Mississippi recently, prevented from disrupting the funeral of Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers by a little illegal parking and some tow trucks which were conveniently busy elsewhere …

“The Weapon”, a book focusing on the struggle between an increasingly restrictive world government and a colony based upon libertarian (some might say anarchic) philosophy, was published in late 2005. It’s author, Michael Williamson, maintains that he thought he had been writing fiction when he wrote this (emphasis mine): “If it’s not in your training, don’t try to do [...]

There are some things that just leave me too speechless to comment rationally upon. This is one of them. Fayetteville, North Carolina,  home of Fort Bragg, is planning a 10-day celebration and homecoming this November to honor Vietnam Vets.  As part of this celebration, Fayetteville Mayor Tony Chavonne has decided to “honor” the Vets by [...]

It almost always is. In the case of the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate however, this quickly gets lost amongst the “we have a right to build it” vs. the “it’s hallowed ground, move it” arguments. Sure, they may indeed have the right to build there, but the key really is this: they ask — nay, [...]

One thing that many Americans forget is the people from different cultures are, well … different. What we see as cooperative and supportive some others see as weak. If we are going to be true to the multiculturalist ideal, then we have to learn to address those other cultures on their own terms. For example, [...]

Representative Pete Stark at a townhall meeting asserting that the Constitution places very few limitations on the goverment, and that the feds can do pretty much anything they want to. Click Here

I am sure you have all heard about Obama’s recommendations for the Gulf, and the review panel saying “those aren’t the recommendations we signed off on”. What is being lost here is the implications of one of the biggest of the recommendations. Obama wants to stop all offshore drilling for six months. Sound good? Sound [...]

California Penal Code section 834b reads (in part, there are three more paragraphs I am not quoting here): 834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United [...]

Ad for Dale Peterson, candidate for Agriculture Commissioner in Alabama. Now this is the kind of fire we need to see in our candidates!  I hope some of the other Republicans learn from this man. Of course, they need to keep that fire after being elected, and not just produce empty ads and campaign promises.  [...]

In WWII millions of Jews were killed because people just could not believe that such a thing could possibly happen.  This tendancy towards disbelief is one of the most valuable human traits for those who would do such things again. This is a video clip taken at an appearance by David Horowitz at UCSD.  The important part [...]

Ok, I can not seem to embed the clip, so hop on over to Hot Air to see John “Gramnesty” McCain’s new TV ad. Warning: your head will explode upon viewing this … travesty. I feel sorry for the border patrolman in the ad who had to say what he did at the end.  Maybe they [...]

Former President Bill “Bubba” Clinton just weighed in with an opinion so divorced from current reality that it makes my mind boggle.  He says that to reduce the deficit we need more immigrants.  Clinton said that one key to avoiding massive debt is to maintain a good ratio between people paying into the system, and those [...]

Consider this a facepalm moment.  I knew all of these things but I had never put it together quite this way before.  I was listening to a caller on a National Radio Call-in Show.  He was talking about  talking about how we deal with illegal immigrants and he said: It’s “don’t ask don’t tell” when [...]

A recent army excercise at Ft. Knox was held to prepare a defense against terrorist threat adversaries identified as “Local Militia Groups / Anti-Government Protesters / TEA Party”. Ft. Knox command staff reports  The command staff informed me that the alterations were not approved at the command level and that the individual who circulated the [...]