Constitutional convention: yea or nay?

Notable Quote – Society vs Government

Just as the Founders considered and created a Constitution that would guarantee the Separation of Powers, the philosophy behind it was to set up bulwarks to deny people the ability to aggregate power unto themselves and their special interests.

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One America, Two Perspectives

One America, Two Perceptions

Many are calling the upcoming election the most important in our history.  The two presidential candidates in this election clearly have diametrically opposing views of our country, the problems we face, and the solutions they offer.

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Standard of Living map

So, Now the Left Wants More “Economic Colonialism”?

All we’ve been hearing about lately is racism, incipient bias, BLM, oppression, unconscious bias, police brutality, equity (LeftSpeak for quotas), inequalities, the list seems never-ending. One word, however, that has only been mentioned in passing has been “colonialism.”

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Translating Outbound U-Hauls Into Tax Revenues (Downward)

San Francisco and California have made themselves shining examples. Couldn’t happen to a better City and State. When you make yourselves unhealthy to live in from a financial standpoint, no amount of “Best weather in the US” (frankly, Hawai’i is better).

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Keith Olberman

Bitter Clingers, Deplorables…..and now Maggots?

Yep, for sure – Keith Olbermann, who should really stick to reporting and commenting on sports, has decided to go all Jim Carey (who really should just stick to just acting), and showed us all how unhinged one’s TDS can make them.

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American ‘Exceptionism’

Suppose you checked your newsfeed one morning to see that a group of Syrian militia members had kidnapped democratically-elected Bashar al-Assad (who received 89% of the vote in his country), or that North Korean rebels has kidnapped democratically-elected Kim Jong-un (who received 100% of the vote in his country).

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Why Doesn’t the Government Pay for Your Guns?

A while back, a meme was going around that clarified an important distinction between rights and entitlements, and nicely illustrated what kind of nonsense you get when you mix those up.  It went something like this: What’s interesting is that if you change health care to education, it loses none of its validity:  

It Depends on What the Meaning of ‘And’ is

I’m mystified by Nancy Pelosi’s plan to use the 25th Amendment to wrest power away from Donald Trump — if not before the election, then after.  The amendment lays out three cases in which power might be transferred from a President to a Vice President.

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