Ann Coulter - February 27, 2013 - WHY DOES ANYONE NEED TO READ ABOUT CELEBRITIES?
The 2nd amendment to the US Constitution does not say we have the right to own revolvers, or semi-automatics handguns, or automatic weapons, tnaks, drones, or bazookas. It DOES say we a right to bear arms. It also says the federal government cannot infringe yupon that right. If they tell us we cannot own an AR-15 with a 20 round magazine, does that infringe on my right? How can it not? They would have placed a limit on the right to all but some kind of arms.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
George Will: Apocalypse fatigue
George Will: Apocalypse fatigue
During the years of the Obama administration, federal spending has increased 17%. Mind you, there has not been a budget passed since 2009. This year the 'lack of a budget' deficit will be $1.08T, or 30% of spending will be borrowed money. Meanwhile, President Obama wants you to believe that a 2.3% cut in spending, due to the sequestration, will be unbearable.
Whether it is unbearable or not, it is necessary, and it is not enough. You see, the cuts are not really cuts as the federal government will actually spend more money this year than last.
During the years of the Obama administration, federal spending has increased 17%. Mind you, there has not been a budget passed since 2009. This year the 'lack of a budget' deficit will be $1.08T, or 30% of spending will be borrowed money. Meanwhile, President Obama wants you to believe that a 2.3% cut in spending, due to the sequestration, will be unbearable.
Whether it is unbearable or not, it is necessary, and it is not enough. You see, the cuts are not really cuts as the federal government will actually spend more money this year than last.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Cultural Deviancy - Not Guns
Cultural Deviancy - Not Guns
"Today's Americans accept behavior that our parents and grandparents never would have accepted."
My father-in-law was a sheriff deputy, and always said the reason for what's wrong in America today is the break down of the family unit.
In the information technology community, all problems with hardware or software has a root cause. Finding the root cause and fixing it is how you resolve problems, and advance the technology. Putting that in terms of cultural deviancy, you must find the root cause of the deviancy and fix that. That root cause will not be the gun.
"Today's Americans accept behavior that our parents and grandparents never would have accepted."
My father-in-law was a sheriff deputy, and always said the reason for what's wrong in America today is the break down of the family unit.
In the information technology community, all problems with hardware or software has a root cause. Finding the root cause and fixing it is how you resolve problems, and advance the technology. Putting that in terms of cultural deviancy, you must find the root cause of the deviancy and fix that. That root cause will not be the gun.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Football vs Abortion
When asked about the dangers of playing football, President Barack Obama said this:
I tend to be more worried about college players than NFL players in the sense that the NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies. You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That's something that I'd like to see the NCAA think about.
The implication, of course, is that college players need someone to look out for them, to help them make decisions, to play or not.
Source: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41223022/
In 2001 when he was an Illinois state senator, Obama declined to take a position on two pieces of legislation that would have required parental notification for minors who have an abortion, voting "present" instead of "yes" or "no." But five years earlier, he had filled out an issues questionnaire for the influential Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization opposing such notifications. "Do you support parent consent/notification for minors seeking abortion?" the survey asked. "No," he wrote.…
Source: http://www.citelighter.com/political-science/politics/knowledgecards/obama-abortion
So we can summarize these conflicting points of view by saying that President Obama believes young girls are equipped to decide for themselves if they need birth control, the morning after pill, or an abortion, without the advise and consent of a parent. But young men are not capable of deciding to play football or not.
I tend to be more worried about college players than NFL players in the sense that the NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies. You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That's something that I'd like to see the NCAA think about.
The implication, of course, is that college players need someone to look out for them, to help them make decisions, to play or not.
Source: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41223022/
In 2001 when he was an Illinois state senator, Obama declined to take a position on two pieces of legislation that would have required parental notification for minors who have an abortion, voting "present" instead of "yes" or "no." But five years earlier, he had filled out an issues questionnaire for the influential Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization opposing such notifications. "Do you support parent consent/notification for minors seeking abortion?" the survey asked. "No," he wrote.…
Source: http://www.citelighter.com/political-science/politics/knowledgecards/obama-abortion
So we can summarize these conflicting points of view by saying that President Obama believes young girls are equipped to decide for themselves if they need birth control, the morning after pill, or an abortion, without the advise and consent of a parent. But young men are not capable of deciding to play football or not.
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