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The Next One Out There
WASHINGTON -- Will we even pretend to do anything to prevent the next mass shooting by a crazed loner? I doubt it. We'll just add Aurora to the growing list -- Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson -- and wait for the inevitable. When that next atrocity comes, we'll tell each other we're shocked and stunned, knowing full well we should be neither. We'll probe the assailant's … [Read more...] about The Next One Out There
‘Transition GPS’ — Just Another Fancy Name, or Real Help for our Veterans?
As tens of thousands of our troops continue to return home from combat, they find themselves coming home to a nation in a dismal economic situation. They come home to a nation where the overall national unemployment rate is 8.2% and where the unemployment rate for veterans who have served our country since September 2001 is 9.5%. Worse, the unemployment rate for veterans aged … [Read more...] about ‘Transition GPS’ — Just Another Fancy Name, or Real Help for our Veterans?
Ride Sally Ride… On To The Stars.. You Earned It: Sally Ride, Astronaut, RIP
The first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61. Ride first launched into space in 1983 aboard the Challenger shuttle, taking part in the seventh mission of US space shuttle program. US President Barack Obama called her a "national hero and a powerful role model" who … [Read more...] about Ride Sally Ride… On To The Stars.. You Earned It: Sally Ride, Astronaut, RIP
The Ballad To Elect Mitt Romney (VIDEO)
First there was the Obama girl, but now the Sound of Music is also turning towards Mitt Romney. Here's one example, (h/T Buzzfeed) … [Read more...] about The Ballad To Elect Mitt Romney (VIDEO)
Non-Controversial Judicial Nominee Stalemate Worsens,Turning Conventionality Upside Down
By Scott Crass In a recent interview with the "Salt Lake Tribune,"Michael McConnell of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center asserted that "an unusual degree of unanimous support" typically leads to Judicial confirmations well into an election year. Unfortunately for advocates of rapid justice hoping to change the pace by which the Senate is confirming Judicial nominees, he … [Read more...] about Non-Controversial Judicial Nominee Stalemate Worsens,Turning Conventionality Upside Down
Colorado Shooting Suspect James Holmes Makes First Appearance In Court (VIDEO)
Colorado movie theater shooting suspect (a word based on news reports that is legally needed but at this point there is no doubt) James E. Holmes made his first appearance on court since the massacre that left 12 dead and 58 wounded. And the instant analysis began: He looked out of it, didn't he? That means he will have an insanity defense. Or -- wait -- maybe he was on … [Read more...] about Colorado Shooting Suspect James Holmes Makes First Appearance In Court (VIDEO)
Gunlobby USA
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Regulating the Regulators
As more corrupt activities by financial institutions are uncovered every day it becomes evident that this conduct would not have been possible were it not for the failings of the regulators and the regulatory agencies charged with overseeing these institutions and their personnel. Cheating is rampant within financial institutions and if traders or other personnel can skirt the … [Read more...] about Regulating the Regulators
I Admit It. I Hate “Success,” Too — At Least Some Varieties
In a recent appearance, as part of a long campaign speech, President Obama said that if anyone became financially successful, someone else along the way helped him or her get there. It was a flagrant challenge to the Sinatra song-based theory of success, "I Did It My Way" — a theory that holds that folks who made their pile did it without the help of teachers, employees, … [Read more...] about I Admit It. I Hate “Success,” Too — At Least Some Varieties
Amerigun
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Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney Told Olympians They Didn’t Get There Alone
Our political Quote of the Day gives us one more strand in the heaping-plate-of-spaghetti-of-hyocrisy called American partisan politics, where the accuracy of an assertion is not what matters. What matters is that you pick up something that can be repeated, and exaggerated and cherry picked but try to forget or deny or not mention what you yourself said. Via First Read, here's … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney Told Olympians They Didn’t Get There Alone
America Loves Small Business And Competition. Really?
A recent study titled "Out of Business; Measuring the Decline of American Entrepreneurship," from the New America Foundation, found that: "... America’s entrepreneurial sector is in deep trouble... Our self-image notwithstanding, the number of new entrepreneurs and business owners has been dropping – as a percent of the working-age population – for more than a generation, … [Read more...] about America Loves Small Business And Competition. Really?
Romney Praises Obama Visit to Aurora Shooting Victims, Saying It’s “Right Thing to Do”
Mitt Romney praised President Obama for his visit to Aurora CO to pay respects to the victims of the "Dark Knight Rises" shooting massacre by former medical student James Eagan Holmes. Romney said it was "the right thing" to do. Um, what kind of person says he's here as a "husband and father" to the grieving people of Aurora, in what is being described as the worst massacre … [Read more...] about Romney Praises Obama Visit to Aurora Shooting Victims, Saying It’s “Right Thing to Do”
The Moral Price of Movie Tickets
Looking for a good movie? A New York Times review reveals, in “The Dark Knight Rises,” the Batman auteur has taken “an existential drama and expanded that concept to encompass questions about power, the state and whether change is best effected from inside the system or outside it.” The British Guardian/Observer, after recounting its sleazy history, declares the film has … [Read more...] about The Moral Price of Movie Tickets
(UPDATE III) Penn State Is Fined $60 Million By NCAA & Must Vacate 14 Years of Football Victories
The plaza outside Beaver Stadium stands empty after workers removed a statue of Joe Paterno And so the penultimate act in the Greek tragedy that the Penn State University sex abuse scandal has become played out today as the NCAA fined the storied Nittany Lion football program $60 million, imposed a four-year ban on post-season play and vacated of all of the team’s victories … [Read more...] about (UPDATE III) Penn State Is Fined $60 Million By NCAA & Must Vacate 14 Years of Football Victories
Aurora
Aurora: Bloody Acts Like these ‘Cannot Be Prevented’ (Saarbruecker Zeitung, Germany)
Would stricter gun laws prevent tragedies like the Aurora massacre from happening? For Germany's Saarbruecker Zeitung, columnist Thomas Spang writes that in the U.S., Europe, or anywhere else, while stricter gun laws may be desirable, legislation can do nothing to prevent 'evil from showing its ugly face.' For the Saarbruecker Zeitung, Thomas Spang writes in … [Read more...] about Aurora: Bloody Acts Like these ‘Cannot Be Prevented’ (Saarbruecker Zeitung, Germany)
Two U.S. Military Service Members Dead in Aurora Tragedy (Update)
UPDATE: About the two military fatalities: Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress (Courtesy photo) Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress was stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. He hailed from the Palmdale, California area. He had gone to the midnight showing of the film, "The Dark Knight Rises," with two … [Read more...] about Two U.S. Military Service Members Dead in Aurora Tragedy (Update)
If I Were The NRA, This Is What I’d Say.
Like many Americans, I grew up with guns. My father was an avid hunter, and from a very young age he taught my older brother and myself the responsibility that comes with handling a weapon. Everything you did with the gun - from carrying it to cleaning it to firing it - was to be done safely. My dad (and later my brother) were members of the NRA. We got the magazine every … [Read more...] about If I Were The NRA, This Is What I’d Say.