I didn't read all the comments but many talk of abortion as being a sin, and I agree, it is. However, abortion is the SECOND SIN. We would not be talking about the second sin if our society taught properly against committing the FIRST sin. Too many people excuse the first sin saying, "kids will be kids." Perhaps the REAL first sin is that "parents refuse to parent."
@MaryCrum @Batsin_Bellfry Mary, the reference to 'jhp' has to do with the 2 Billion rounds of 'jacketed hollow points' (a type of bullet designed for maximum damage) that the federal government has purchased in the last couple of years - most of which for the DHS.
@Truckman @rosie46 @HelloUsa Pin 'em to a buisness card printed with explanation of "skunky govt."
"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." The empirical logic of that statement should be sufficient to bury any and all liberal arguments in favor of infringing on the 2nd Amendment.
I've thought for decades that many "Republicans" were, in fact, DemocRAT infil-traitors. Let's face it, the "win-at-all-cost" mentality is evidence of an unprincipled individual and to become a "spy" in the other political party is not unrealistic.
With regard to disability, I know a lot of people who are just exhausted trying to find a job and if they can get it, they throw their hands up and quit looking for work in favor of going on disability. My question is: have the "qualifications" for getting disability gone down over the last decade?
Many comments here say we are a republic, not a democracy, and I would like to agree. However, I contend our republic was clandestinely converted into a democracy in 1913 with the alleged "ratification" of the 17th Amendment. When U.S. Senators became popularly elected as opposed to being appointed by state legislatures, our country moved strongly in the direction of democracy. Not instigating an argument - just curious about contradictory opinions.
I repudiate all guilt-ridden, non-pigmented, impotent, testosterone-deficient non-females of questionable parentage who are in complete denial of American history and heritage. Any such irrelevant, insignificant and ignominious individual deserves neither U.S. citizenship nor the privilege to breath the same precious air as I. I can only hope this sorry excuse for humanity enjoys his (its?) eternity in hades.
In other words, I hope the whiney, white, limp, liberal putz burns in hell.
Brilliant article, Mr. Greenslade. Thank you! The most important words in the article, IMHO, are in the first sentence: "...American citizens have once again displayed their total ignorance concerning the Constitution..." The Constitution and Bill of Rights were created as "the chains that bind" our federal government. If Americans refuse to understand and defend these documents, the federal government WILL continue to add "the chains which bind us all." If you know anyone who votes who does NOT understand the Constitution (friend, family, neighbor or coworker), slap them for me and then shame them incessantly until they DO understand it!
Will "head bonk" cause memory loss on Benghazi-gate?
No question, the degradation of morals (and virtue) have assisted in the increase of violence in our culture. However, mass-shooters are CRAZY people. "Mental illness" is a politically correct label which denies the dangers of these crazy people. Until we remove the politically correct blindfold, the blind will always blame guns. GUNS DON'T KILL - CRAZY PEOPLE KILL! If we want to stop mass-shootings, we have to find a way to identify, and quarantine, the crazy people in society. Sorry, but that's just the way it is.
His father should be shot for raising the thug to be a thug. A lot of people will never agree with me, however, the unpaid cost is by the parents who create the criminal. "Oh my! Those poor parents losing a child! What a shame!" NO! I don't buy that bovine feces. It's time parents get the same as the thugs they raise.
The length and negativity of the Republican Primary doomed ANY candidate. How much money was wasted fighting amongst ourselves? We slit out own throat! Republicans were stupid to allow the primary fighting to go on so long. Republicans need to have their convention MONTHS ahead of the general election so effective arguments can be established and repeated, repeated, repeated. Due to LSM leftist bias, the Republican message MUST be presented long and loud. I was no fan of Romney but he unquestionably would have been better than another 4 years of Blow-bama.
"Smoking is bad for your health; everybody knows that." Really? People who have never smoked or been around smokers die of lung cancer every day yet we automatically assume smokers who die of lung cancer must have gotten the disease because of smoking. Why? We have been propagandized into believing "truisms" for which far too much is yet unknown. "Eggs are bad!" "Fatty foods are bad!" "Salt is bad!" WHY?!? Because someone who claims to be an "expert" says so? I contend every so-called "expert" has FAR more to learn than they have already and much of what they THINK they know today will be proven wrong tomorrow. "Question with boldness" ... especially when someone says, "Everybody knows..."
Great Ghandi quote! Got to remember that one...
8 out of the 10 wealthiest counties in this country voted for the Marxist. Hey, with a majority of millionairs supporting BHO, go ahead! Tax the feces out of 'em! Then watch 'em run like rats from a sinking ship taking their wealth and investments elsewhere. Who gets taxed more then? You and me, only we can't afford to escape. Taxing 250K+ people more will NOT make our economy any better and then the envious takers will be back for more.
Wrong topic. No "getting us united" any more. Get prepared. Learn how to survive on your own. Team up with like minded and get your plans down pat. We don't have to worry about who wins in 2016. We need to figure out how (if?) we survive that long. I guarantee those who have bought into the government taking care of them will not be around come 2016.
My Grandfather, God rest his soul, was a big fan of FDR despite being a Republican (at least in his Golden Years.) He was not a dummy. He owned his own independent insurance business and was Vice-President of the small town bank. He, like so many of that generation, were sold a "bill of goods" by the media and academia. Like the author of this article, I too have been "re-learning" American history for the last 3 decades. It was NOT the history taught by my liberal teachers and college professors. All I can say is, please, PLEASE, learn the history of this country for yourself. These United States will never recover from the last century of lies without a lot of hard work on the part of all Americans to learn to think critically and question all you have been indoctrinated to think is true. You think with your head, not your heart. Question with fearlessness. The truth shall set you free.
Hey Ronnie, back to the troll shed at Huffpo for you. Nobody buying your commie kool aid here.
Besides voting BHO & Co. out, we need to "EXPOSE & EXPEL" all the socialists, communists and Marxists from our educational system. BHO would never have come close to the White House without decades of indoctrination in schools and colleges. These domestic enemies must be identified and called out.
Not mentioned: ID means no multiple voting. You can't vote for the dead guy down the street. I know some DemocRATs who keep track of every obituary in their voting district and show up at multiple voting sites to vote using the dead people's names. DemocRATS are evil, immoral cheats. It matters not to lie, cheat or steal an election. DemocRATs are domestic enemies and should be treated as such.