Senate vote – House vote Salon: Our Constitution was written to restrict government’s power and to ensure our rights as citizens. I don’t care what a United States citizen has done, we are guaranteed the right to a trial. Terrorism seems a cause just enough to codify such a venerated document, eh? Not when it [...]

Yes, even Book Clubs! WTF?

Media Matters’ David Brock claims that Glenn Beck is responsible for three assassination attempts. Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert links the Tucson shooting to Rush, Fox and Breitbart. I just saw a video in which Barney Frank joked about Dick Cheney’s death… but hell, that’s all good fun, isn’t it? Alec Baldwin ranted about killing Republicans [...]

Lawmakers Consider New Curbs on Incendiary Speech Scares the hell out of me, a notion like that. Who decides what is “incendiary”? It’s another slippery slope towards the loss of freedoms in our country. A phrase I am fond of comes to mind: I am not responsible for my thoughts, but I AM responsible for [...]

Here we go again. My heart goes out to the victims of Loughlin’s insanity, as well as Carolyn McCarthy. But I choose to exercise my Second Amendment rights responsibly. And I will take no responsibility as a gun owner, as a member of the NRA, as one who identifies with the Tea Party, and as [...]

It sounds as if DHS is trying very hard to link Loughner to the Right, the Tea Party, and demonize both in the process: New details emerging about the suspected shooter behind Saturday’s deadly rampage reveal a 22-year-old man with a troubled past who law enforcement say may have been influenced by American Renaissance, a [...]

As a former member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, I haven’t had much use for unions and their members. I was less than impressed with my fellow union workers, and went on to self-employment as a contractor. But sometimes, union members have the right attitude.

Thoughtcrime in the new regime:reporting the truth. From Big Journalism: WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill. Video of the broadcast tells a different story: According to several of McKelway’s colleagues, [...]

Otherwise known as H.R. 5175. “Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections” Give me a break. Official Summary 4/29/2010–Introduced.Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or DISCLOSE Act – Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit: (1) independent expenditures and payments for electioneering communications [...]