Notable Quote

"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." – Suzanna Gratia-Hupp (H/T: Kevin)

Voters are willing to accept the political pain of deep cuts in government spending as long as they know the pain is being spread equally, Christie argued. It makes sense to shrink government in tough economic times, and politicians seem to be the last to get that message, he said. “We lost our way a … Read more

On Conservatives and Libertarians: Well, I think that the general philosophical divide between Libertarians and conservatives is the conservatives tend to rely on tradition, sort of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. And if it’s only a little broke, be careful of the fixing you do lest you make the problem worse. conservatives say … Read more

The National Mall and surrounding monuments to great Americans and this nation’s honored war dead were left trashed. Yes, literally, and there are pictures proving  the disregard and callous treatment of treasured American monuments. Seeing this made me realize that this is exactly how progressive Democrats and their Socialist/Communist supporters see America: They don’t see … Read more

If only people cared half as much about killing babies in utero as they do about someone burning a frakin’ Koran… And they miss the point entirely. Burn an Islamic holy book, and Muslims kill in retaliation. Burn the Bible, and Christians pray for the one who lights the match and for the crowd cheering. … Read more

"The secret to happiness is freedom. The secret to freedom is courage" – Thucydides (H/T: Tom)

We’ve fought revolutions before. There’s a difference though. In 1776 we had patriots who were willing to die for this country. Next month we only need patriots who are willing to inconvenience themselves for a few hours by going to their voting precinct. In 1776 we had heroes who left bloody footprints on ice covered … Read more

"Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but they don’t have to prove they are citizens". – Ben Stein (author, columnist, economist, actor, investor) (H/T: Paul)

President Obama, 5 days before ascending his throne Presidency: "We are five days from fundamentally transforming the United States of America!" ********** On reacting to Judge Walker’s ruling that California voters,  in voting to keep traditional marriage intact (along with a majority of other states in this Union) was unconstitutional with this pronouncement: “Gender no … Read more

On Vice-President Jo Biden calling a shop manager a "smartass" for simply asking for lower taxes: Bite me. When the powerful seek to work their will upon us and demand that we be nice about it, that’s the right response: Bite me.  Even if he were the one being nice about it, we shouldn’t have … Read more

A reason for the "wealth or income gap": Smart people keep on doing things that are smart and make them money while stupid people keep on doing things that are stupid and keep them from achieving. People who get an education, stay off of drugs, apply themselves, and save and wisely invest their earnings do … Read more

I do believe that socialism is entirely antithetical to the Constitution of 1789 as Amended. For a very long time the Supreme Court of the United States believed that as well. Now the Court is divided on the subject. A majority of the Congress is held by a party that doesn’t purport to believe in … Read more

This quote from Michelle Obama creeps me out. She’s talking about a guy that, when you really think about it, has never done ANYTHING in life, save run his mouth and point fingers… "There’s this beautiful thing about my husband," she said. "He thinks he can really do everything, he does, with his own power and … Read more