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What They Thought March 18, 2007 Alan
Caruba Click here for columnist bios |
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I’ve always taken some pride in the way I was raised and have striven to conduct my life. I am no moral paragon, but I regard my sins as fairly minor and certainly no problem to anyone around me. My bad habits tend to be a fondness for good cigars, the occasional sip of cream sherry, and indulgences such as a daily dose of ice cream and a bit of candy. I am, moreover, suspicious of people who harangue the rest of us for our bad behavior when, it seems, they often end up being exposed as hypocrites. That said, I think we need our priests, our pastors, and our rabbis to remind us of how beneficial a life devoted to clean thoughts, good deeds, and proper behavior can be. Read the rest... |
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My wife and I decided to go and greet the nice Sheehan/ANSWER crowd as they marched on the 17th in Washington DC. It turns out that they march every year in protest of the overthrow of any tyrants, unless of course it is a liberal that started the war. It is quite different to see it in person rather than on the Internet or to read about it, so here is my impression: Never in my life have I seen anything more amusing. Now I have to admit I found it to be a little sad at the same time. The only reason I felt any sadness was that the peace protestors were actually sincere. Every one of them had the same level of sincerity etched on their normally blank faces as one might see on a three year old wondering if it would really hurt if he rode his tricycle down a four hundred foot flight of stone steps. Read the rest... R.A. Hawkins Web Site Contact Back to Top |
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Ah, the presidential election. It feels sort of weird to be discussing the 2008 presidential election. After all, it’s only March 2007. However, that’s what’s in the news, and the news is what I write about. What I like about this particular election is that the main discussion so far seems to revolve around all the candidates being inherently unelectable. This makes sense. To me, anyone who would actually want to be president should probably be disqualified. Read the rest... Jonathan David Morris Web Site Contact Back to Top |
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Last Friday a federal appeals court in Washington DC issued a ruling that hopefully will result in the restoration of 2nd Amendment rights in the nation's capital. It appears the Court rejected the District of Columbia 's nonsensical argument that the 2nd Amendment confers only a "collective right," something gun control advocates have asserted for years. Of course we should not have too much faith in our federal courts to protect gun rights, considering they routinely rubber stamp egregious violations of the 1st, 4th, and 5th Amendments, and allow Congress to legislate wildly outside the bounds of its enumerated powers. Furthermore, the DC case will be appealed to the Supreme Court with no guarantees. But it is very important nonetheless for a federal court only one step below the highest court in the land to recognize that gun rights adhere to the American people, not to government-sanctioned groups. Rights, by definition, are individual. "Group rights" is an oxymoron. Read the rest... Rep. Ron Paul Web Site Back to Top |
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The debate over the US military’s engagement on the Iraqi battlefield is raging on Capitol Hill with congressional Democrats attempting to defund the campaign through back-channel means. Simultaneously, reports are coming from a multitude of sources – both inside and outside of Iraq – that testify to the overwhelming success, to date, of President Bush’s “surge” initiative. Why are our elected officials wasting taxpayer dollars, allocated in the form of their salaries, to debate turning a victory into a defeat? Anti-war activists, the mainstream media and liberal Democrats like Harry Reid, David Obey and Ted “Hope Floats” Kennedy are no strangers to ripping defeat from the jaws of victory. A perfect example of this can be found in the Vietnam War where politicians interfered with the generals to literally hand the Communist North Vietnamese a victory. Read the rest... |
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No column this week. Nancy
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