Henry Louis Gates Jr., VIP, was also clearly a VIW... a victim in waiting. He has probably spent his entire adult life waiting for an opportunity to play the victim card, and now an unsuspecting professional has blundered into his trap. Sgt. Crowley should be commended for doing his job, and doing it well. But he's trapped in the morass that is our politically correct society.
To top it all off, Obarrassing decides to set race relations back by about a decade by opening his mouth with absolutely no idea of the specifics of the case, armed only with his own racism and a desire to help Mr. Gates wave the victim flag.
Shame on you, Mr. President.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Supporting the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Lots of liberal-minded folks want us to believe this is intended to mean that the states can arm official militias, not that the average citizen (that's you and me) have the right to bear arms. Well, here are just a few quotes from some folks who might have had some insight into the founders intent:
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.)
"The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)
"The advantage of being armed . . . the Americans possess over the people of all other nations . . . Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several Kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, author of the Bill of Rights, in his Federalist Paper No. 46.)
I, for one, don't see a lot of ambiguity in these statements. Personally, I don't consider the 2nd amendment as simply bestowing upon me a right; I consider it a call to exercise my responsibility as a citizen. Exercise your 2nd amendment rights - and responsibilities - while you still can.
Lots of liberal-minded folks want us to believe this is intended to mean that the states can arm official militias, not that the average citizen (that's you and me) have the right to bear arms. Well, here are just a few quotes from some folks who might have had some insight into the founders intent:
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.)
"The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)
"The advantage of being armed . . . the Americans possess over the people of all other nations . . . Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several Kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, author of the Bill of Rights, in his Federalist Paper No. 46.)
I, for one, don't see a lot of ambiguity in these statements. Personally, I don't consider the 2nd amendment as simply bestowing upon me a right; I consider it a call to exercise my responsibility as a citizen. Exercise your 2nd amendment rights - and responsibilities - while you still can.
Where will we go?
When your doctor points to his federal healthcare treatment guidelines manual and says "I'm sorry, Ted, but I'm not allowed to authorized any more chemo," where will you go? You won't get the help you need in Canada, or Mexico.
When "cost-cutting" kicks in under Obarrassing's proposed health care plan, it will be in the form of cutting back pay to doctors and hospitals, fewer choices for medications and treatments, "negotiating" lower prices for medications with the drug companies, and in rationing care. Don't think it won't happen here, it's happening everywhere else where there's socialized medicine.
What's worse here is that the sheepification of the American people has rendered us, it seems, unable to look out for our own best interests. By the time everyone glued to American Idol realizes what's happening to their country, it will be too late. We're like frogs being brought to a slow boil.
MAKE SOME NOISE. Call your representatives. E-mail them. Speak out... while you still have the right to do so.
When "cost-cutting" kicks in under Obarrassing's proposed health care plan, it will be in the form of cutting back pay to doctors and hospitals, fewer choices for medications and treatments, "negotiating" lower prices for medications with the drug companies, and in rationing care. Don't think it won't happen here, it's happening everywhere else where there's socialized medicine.
What's worse here is that the sheepification of the American people has rendered us, it seems, unable to look out for our own best interests. By the time everyone glued to American Idol realizes what's happening to their country, it will be too late. We're like frogs being brought to a slow boil.
MAKE SOME NOISE. Call your representatives. E-mail them. Speak out... while you still have the right to do so.
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