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Certainly that has been much spilled on the Left about Town Clerk Davis “not following the Law” (and yes, much discussion on the Right as well, tempered with religious liberty), yet as this from the OC Register points out, it is under this Leftist administration, the Rule of Law for those in power seems to have been diminished in the light of that Party’s name and hyper-partisanship that is existent right now (emphasis mine):

The most disturbing aspect of the scandal around Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server during her tenure as secretary of state is not the former first lady’s penchant for secrecy. . . .What’s truly unsettling is that it has been widely taken as read among both the media and the general public that Mrs. Clinton will likely avoid serious legal consequences for her behavior because the Justice Department is ultimately answerable to President Obama – and Democrats will not use the instruments of government to destroy one of their own. Whether that eventually proves true, the sentiment itself reveals a troubling trend in American politics. . . .

Already, her aide-de-camp Huma Abedin   (wife to pervert Anthony Weiner, disgraced Congressman who texted naked pictures of himself) has been summarily cleared by Obama’s DOJ on a number of counts – you really think her boss is going to be indicted?  How about the IRS and the cover ups over the Lois Lerner’s targeting of the TEA Party?  Or Fast and Furious?  Or now, the EPA’s toxic mistake at the Gold King mine release of 3 million gallons of mine waste to the Animas river, used for irrigation and potable water – anyone even going to get fired for this?

I doubt it – to the winner goes the political spoils or so it seems.

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Rather, in a lot of cases, it is the leadership of those countries that are opening the door – not the ordinary people that will have these “migrant refugees” in their faces.  Leadership will safely be behind gates, government edifices, and armed guards.  One person tells their tale of her first

“Half an hour ago on the border between Italy and Austria i saw a huge crowd of immigrants. With all solidarity to people in difficult circumstances I have to say that what I saw arouses horror.This huge mass of people – sorry – but it’s an absolute wilderness … Vulgar, throwing bottles, shouting “We want Germany”. So what, Germany is now a paradise?

I saw an elderly Italian woman in a car that was surrounded by the immigrants. They pulled her by the hair out of the car and wanted to use it to go to Germany. They tried to topple the bus i was in. They threw feces at us, banging on the door for the driver to open it, spat on the glass. My question is- for what purpose? How do they want to assimilate in Germany? For a moment, i felt like in a warzone. I really feel sorry for these people, but if they would reach Poland – I do not think they would receive any understanding from us.

These are the kind of “assimilating” refugees

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I think it appropriate on this day, the 14th year anniversary of being attacked by Islamic Jihadists.  Have we learned from this event?  What have we learned?  Or is it safe to say, on this day where we honor that whose lives were taken by murderers who brook no dissent from Koranic teachings, perhaps not, given that our President and the Democrat Party have just agreed to an agreement that will allow hundreds of billions of dollars to now flow to Iran – a country that is ruled by Islamic radical mullahs who are the largest sponsors of worldwide terrorism.

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From Instapundit: how to stop Hijrah

F YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO COME, JUST LIMIT WELFARE BENEFITS TO CITIZENS: Denmark Places Anti-Refugee Ads in Lebanese Newspapers. But that’s not too far off:

The plain text flyer continued by informing readers that the Danish Parliament has just passed a regulation to reduce social benefits for newly arrived refugees by up to 50 percent. It then listed six other obstacles refugees would face, including a language requirement to obtain permanent residence and a waiting period of at least five years.

In addition, the ad informs readers that “foreign nationals granted temporary protection in Denmark will not have the right to bring family members to Denmark during the first year.”

There’s lots I wish to comment on the topic of what I consider to be a

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• 31. Belittle all forms of American culture…
• 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture – education, social agencies, welfare programs…
• 40. Discredit the family as an institution
• 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

And why aren’t the DC Republicans all over this?  Calling Frank Guinta!  Calling Kelly Ayotte!  As self-described conservatives, is this a proper role for the Federal Government – to feed the nation’s kids 3 squares every day for every day of the year? Emphasis mine, reformatted.  Question for both Frank and Kelly at the end:

Federal Government Looking to Feed Public School Students 3 Meals Per Day Year Round

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday that his agency is looking for “creative ways” to give public school students access to more meals, including a way to provide them breakfast, lunch and dinner year round.

Hmm, do I smell a bit of an overreach starting to build?

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The current Law:

1. A legal FFL (e.g. gun shop) must have all buyers fill out a Form 4473 which asks if that person is legally able to purchase the firearm. If a purchaser marks that they are a prohibited person, the FFL is not to sell the firearm under Federal Penalty of REALLY REALLY bad outcomes.
2. A legal FFL must also put the buyer through the Federal NICS system which is supposed to tell the seller if the purchaser is ineligible to do so.  Yes, consider “screwed” to the FFL to continue the sal.
3. A private seller, under Federal penalty, cannot sell to someone that they know is ineligible to legally posses a firearm – up to 10 years in the klink if you do so.

So, what does Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) do?  In the light of the recent murder of Gov. Cuomo (D-NY)’s lawyer at a NYC festival, he decides to create a bill that:

• Makes it illegal for an FFL to knowingly sell a firearm to a prohibited person
• Make it illegal for a private citizen to sell a firearm to a prohibited person

Yes, you read that right. Obviously, this esteemed lawMAKER of ours:

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Heh!

You may have heard on the news about a Southern California man who was put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and allegedly had 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored in his home [not shown]. The house also featured a secret escape tunnel. By Southern California standards, someone owning 100,000 rounds is considered “mentally unstable.”

• In Arizona, he’d be called “an avid gun collector.”
• In Arkansas, he’d be called “a novice gun collector.”
• In Utah, he’d be called “moderately well prepared,” but they’d probably reserve judgment until they made sure that he had a corresponding quantity of stored food.”

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From Gateway Pundit:

Hundreds of North African immigrants clashed with police in Bresso, near Milan, Italy last week. The immigrants were upset about their living conditions and the failure of authorities to issue residence permits. Immigrants in Veneto refused to eat the pasta provided by local officials. They wanted to be fed food from their home countries. They [sic] immigrants then slashed the staff workers’ tires.

Just a “thank you for your assistance”, eh? Sounds just like some of the illegal immigrants here in the US – they come unasked, get upset when they are not serviced according to THEIR standards (as opposed to what the country that is being invaded can do).  It is that “to be fed food from their home countries” as opposed to the native foods of their host country (and here, DEMAND citizenship to which they are not entitled – they don’t want to EARN it, just have it given to them…something about a Right or somesuch).

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That from ‘Grok friend Jim Hoft.  I would think that the Establishment Republicans would be ecstatic over that stat given all of the verbiage they have spilled the last few years on “reaching out to the minority communities”.  So, what should one be thinking when we hear that but ALSO now hearing that those same folks are trying to strategize on how to railroad Trump out of the race?  Again, I point this out not to bolster Trump but to point out the absolute hypocriticalness of the entrenched Central Command whose strategy of flooding the zone with folks to get their candidate elected (Jeb Bush whose seemingly failing ways are seeing a shift to Kasich?) along with the Papa Smurf Sununu rigged rules for the convention and nomination was supposed to “fix” the result.  And then along came Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina and a handful of “outside the beltway” Rs to, as I have said from time to time, throw “sand into the gearworks”.

Jim’s analysis?

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Writing in yesterday’s Washington Post, the great law and econ scholar Fred McChesney – who is also an historian of firefighting – asks why is the number of firefighters growing while the number of fires is shrinking.  (Hint: public-sector labor unions here, as elsewhere, successfully seek rents.)   A slice:

But oddly, as the number of fires has dropped, the ranks of firefighters have continued to grow — significantly. There are half as many fires as there were 30 years ago, but about 50 percent more people are paid to fight them.

The problem, IMHO, is “stat inflation” – more and more “instances” and claims that more and more is needed to handle them.  It is only when one looks into the details

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