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Ted Cruz Set to Infuriate the Left With Immigration Bill Amendment

June 17, 2013 at 7:17pm

In reply to The Third Archon.

Ok Seth, calm down before we publish your personal info from the NSA database.
Bill Maher: It’s ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘Quaint’ & ‘Nonsensical’ to Think 2nd Amendment Can Prevent Tyranny

May 4, 2013 at 5:09pm

At some point, this won’t be a theoretical discussion, but I suspect ‘ol Billy will be proved wrong.
If ‘Assault Weapons’ Are Bad…Why Does DHS Want to Buy 7,000 of Them for ‘Personal Defense’?

January 26, 2013 at 2:54pm

In reply to texanpatriot.

Yep. That is the most dangerous department in the government.
Why doesn’t the Posse Comitatus Act apply to them as well ?
So What’s the Story Behind the Air Force’s Failed $1B Software Program?

January 26, 2013 at 2:51pm

It would have been cheaper to purchase the source code from some commercial off the shelf software.
GOP Official in Pa. Symbolically Hangs U.S. Flag Upside Down on Day of Obama’s Second-Term Inauguration

January 22, 2013 at 6:45am

I respect your rights under the first amendment, but I will still follow the “Patriotic Customs”, United States Code – Title 36 Chapter 10 . But I will put a flag below it with multiple curses on that man’s name.
Sen. Chuck Schumer Says the NRA Is an Extreme ‘Fringe Group’

January 19, 2013 at 7:30pm

I suppose, to both coast liberals, the entire middle of the country is “fringe”. Besides, progressives that ignore the inconvenient parts of the constitution aren’t “extreme” ?
Tom Brokaw: It’s ‘Far-Reaching’ to Think You Need Guns to Fight Back Against the Government

January 18, 2013 at 6:52pm

In reply to Ronald Wilson.

You may have missed my point, deterrents was what I was trying to establish, both foreign and domestic ( as was stated above ), not exactly successful armed resistance. That would require an armed populace in addition to state militias; national guard and/or commandeering of federal resources at a state or local level. It’s not impossible that resistance would go that far, look at the recent declarations by state governments and local authorities, in addition to defections from the federal forces due to the violation of their oath to uphold the constitution.
Tom Brokaw: It’s ‘Far-Reaching’ to Think You Need Guns to Fight Back Against the Government

January 18, 2013 at 5:48pm

It’s not a matter of the government showing up at your door, at least not yet, but an armed citizenry is a deterrent to government overreach. It’s much less likely for them to show up at your door for any trivial reason if they know you have the right to ( and possibility of ) armed resistance. Once they disarm the populace, then all bets are off.
White House Responds to All of Those Secession Petitions: There’s No Right to Secede

January 12, 2013 at 4:32pm

In reply to Ronald Wilson.

I probably should not have used the word “subsidizing” to describe the difference, “official” numbers using dollars as the measure do not bear this out. It’s much more complicated than that. The creation of wealth is much more important than it’s (re)distribution.
White House Responds to All of Those Secession Petitions: There’s No Right to Secede

January 12, 2013 at 11:28am

It will come down again to the matter of “the makers” vs. “the takers”, those ( red ) states subsidizing the ( blue ) states, particularly if there is any kind of state or states bailout ( such as California .. ), there will be civil war again. Texas may be the first to go, but won’t be the only one by far. God help us all.