| Bush’s War on Civil Liberties James Bovard, <!– put date below, before tag –> October 10, 2008 On June 6, 2008, James Bovard gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. James Bovard is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy (St. Martin’s/Palgrave, January 2006), and eight other books. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New Republic, Reader’s Digest, and many other publications. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Korean.
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Archive for the ‘Men’s Issues’ Category
Bush’s War on Civil Liberties
October 10, 2008
John McCain is in trouble..?
October 7, 2008For some strange reason I never thought John McCain was never out of trouble with conservatives. Lets run down a list of the reasons why beginning with his ratings on gun control from GOA since 2000 he has never garnered better than a C-and more recently F- has been the case. The list against McCain is long so I will post links to those things that are the most important to me.
- Gun Grabber
- The George Soros connection
- Class Warfare
- McCain’s Gun Control ad
- The Constitution?
- Reform..?
- Columbine High School comments
- Dealing with the devil?
Those things are only a few of a very long list of why he is not good for America…
Grades & Endorsements Now Available On NRA-PVF Site!
October 5, 2008This year’s elections may well be the most important in your voting lifetime! The stakes are enormously high, and you need to be fully informed. For up-to-the-minute campaign information, and to see what you can do to help elect pro-Second Amendment candidates, members are strongly encouraged to visit the NRA-Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) website, www.NRAPVF.org.
This official NRA campaign site will serve as your one-stop campaign reference guide this election season. The site is loaded with all of the critical information you’ll need to make informed decisions on Election Day, November 4. Included on the site are news stories, articles from NRA’s magazines, NRA-PVF press releases, and a complete listing of NRA-PVF candidate grades and endorsements!
Research trumps rhetoric
October 5, 2008This is something that all the gun owners that I know were well aware of, but it is nice to have some solid research to back up your beliefs.
NEW STUDY SAYS GUN SHOWS DO NOT BOOST HOMICIDES, SUICIDES
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauded a new joint University of Michigan – University of Maryland study that says gun shows do not contribute to higher murder or suicide rates.
“We’ve known all along that gun shows are not the arms bazaars for criminals and lunatics that anti-gunners have claimed,” said CCRKBA Legislative Director Joe Waldron. “This important research has now confirmed that such gatherings are not connected to homicide or suicide rates. The study reinforces earlier research done for the Department of Justice that found less than one percent of armed felons get their guns from gun shows.
“Gun control lobbyists are already claiming the report is flawed,” he continued. “What else would they say about research that demolishes one of their most hysteria-driven platforms? The tide is turning on the gun rights issue, because research trumps rhetoric every time.”
The study, released Wednesday by the UM’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, compared data from Texas and California, two markedly different states. Researchers gathered crime and suicide data from the periods surrounding more than 3,400 gun shows to determine that restrictive regulations had no impact on murder or suicide rates in the month following those gun shows.
“This research punches a gaping hole in the argument by gun control fanatics that a mythical ‘gun show loophole’ contributes to crime and suicide,” Waldron stated. “Thanks to this study, the anti-gun rights lobby loses another cornerstone of its agenda. For years, no matter what the crime, gun banners have invariably reacted by suggesting that added restrictions on gun shows would somehow have prevented it.
“As our friends at the Michigan Gun Owners have noted, we wonder why it took someone this long to conduct such a study,” Waldron noted. “Our hats are off to the UM’s Prof. Brian Jacob, along with the University of Maryland’s Randi Hjalmarsson and Mark Duggan. Theirs is a significant accomplishment.”
Copyright © 2008 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, All Rights Reserved.
Amendment 46 and Gov. Ritter
October 2, 2008Bill Ritter gets it wrong yet again. Treating one group of people differently than another is not a moral thing to do, and using the power of the state to enforce laws that do that very thing is immorale.
DENVER – Gov. Bill Ritter announced his opposition to a ballot measure that would ban affirmative action in the awarding of state contracts, employment and admission to Colorado universities, calling it a California import that doesn’t fit Colorado.
Ritter on Monday said Amendment 46 would destroy years of progress in education, health care and work force development. Supporters say affirmative action based on race and gender is no longer needed.
Amendment 46 is similar to initiatives bankrolled by former University of California regent Ward Connerly and approved by voters in California, Washington and Michigan. A similar measure is on Nebraska’s ballot.
Full story here
Political Quiz’s
September 28, 2008Political Quiz’s are something that I mostly just laugh about. They most often are simply polls that are even more twisted than actual polls are. Two stand out though from the usual crowd. This one deals with, you guessed it, Barack Obama!
The other would be The World’s smallest political quiz.
Try taking both, and you might be a bit supprised at what you learn!
U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
September 28, 2008This week’s Outrage comes to us courtesy of U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) who recently lashed out at Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin (R) while trying to muster support for anti-gun Presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Hastings has a well-deserved reputation for opening his mouth and speaking his mind. But this week, when he opened his mouth, he put his foot into it. Way into it.
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
September 28, 2008Any and all hunters should be aware that HSUS is endorsing, well, you guessed it!
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