Category Archives: Current Affairs

Democrats Propose Law To Limit On-line Ammunition Purchases

While I think it might be a worthy goal to stop crazies like James Holmes from being able to make such a huge purchase, it also effectively hamstrings honest citizens. (CNN) Two Democratic lawmakers took on the hot-button political issue of gun control Monday, introducing legislation that would effectively ban online ammunition sales. Longtime gun […]

Philly Mafia Plans Resolution Against Chick-fil-a

Did I write “mafia”? I meant the Philadelphia city council, which, like many other political leaders in big liberal cities, is acting in a manner reminiscent of organized crime, declaring that a privately owned company must change its behavior in order to operate in those cities, which is a tactic similar to what organized crime […]

Boehner Dares Obama To Make Gun Control Recommendations

A double shot from the Washington Post this morning, which says that House leaders open to gun law debate ….The comments echoed the sentiments of lawmakers and the president’s own aides, who said this week that Obama is unlikely to push for new gun legislation because of strong opposition in Congress. But House Speaker John […]

Full Proposed UN Arms Control Treaty Released

Is it really as bad as some are making it out to be? (CBS News) The first draft of a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade sparked criticism Tuesday from campaigners seeking to keep illegal weapons from fighters, criminals and terrorists – and demands for changes before Friday’s deadline for […]

NY Daily News Blames Romney, Obama, And NRA

If you thought some of the other typical calls for gun control post-tragedy were irresponsible, this one takes the cake from the NY Daily News’ Editorial Board Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and NRA! The police chief in Aurora, Colo., said he is confident that massacre gunman James Holmes acted alone. The police chief […]

Good Grief: Nanny Bloomberg Calls For Gun Control In Wake Of Aurora Shooting

The Other McCain pulls out a great quote from Chris Rock “What, you can’t be crazy no more? Did we eliminate ‘crazy’ from the dictionary? . . . When l was a kid, they used to separate the crazy kids from everybody. When l was a kid, the crazy kids went to school in a […]

Chick-Fil-A President Causes Liberal Apoplexy After Saying Company Supports Traditional Marriage

On the bright side, this could mean that there will be no more unhinged liberals in Chick-Fil-A’s stinking the stores up (The Blaze) The president of the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A has ignited a social media firestorm after saying his company opposes gay marriage. “Guilty as charged,” Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press when […]

GOP Effectively Kills Law Of The Sea Treaty

My question is, why aren’t all GOP Senators against this boondoggle? We know why Democrats love it: it puts quite a bit of American sovereignty in the hands of the United Nations as well as other issues (Daily Caller) With 34 Republican senators now opposing a United Nations effort to regulate international waters, the Law […]

Hmm: 83% Of Doctors Have Considered Quitting Thanks To Obamacare

The obvious solution is to mandate that doctors keep working under Comrade Obama (The Daily Caller) Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their practices over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, according to a survey released by the Doctor Patient Medical Association. The DPMA, a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, surveyed a […]

DHS Study Brands Those Who Believe In Individual Liberty As Terrorists

The study isn’t particularly new, at least in terms of today’s media. It was authored back in January, but it is just hitting the public domain (The Blaze) Are you “reverent of individual liberty?“ Are you ”suspicious of centralized federal authority?“ Do you think there is a ”grave threat to national sovereignty and/or personal liberty?” […]

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