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• S.E. Cupp vs. Michael Moore on Guns: ‘I Just Happen to Be Informed’

  May 18, 2013 at 11:56am

  In reply to alboomer.

  I wish no one knew what Michael Moore looked like. It seems to me that we should be opposing his liberal views, but his body mass index shouldn’t be part of the discussion. By calling him fat, we are resorting to the tactics of the left. By discussing numbers and facts, we are discussing things from a conservative point of view. Let’s not allow the “progressives” to keep dragging us down into the gutter to mud wrestle with them on their level. We’re better than that.

• Miami-Dade Police Officers Fired After Vid Shows Them Flagrantly Ignoring Emergency Calls

  February 5, 2013 at 3:50pm

  In reply to 19RANDY59.

  No. This is a “man bites dog” story. These stories are always big news, precisely because they happen so rarely. Unfortunately it is not rare to see the cop-haters come out from under their rocks to bash the police. They don’t get much chance to do that during normal news days. I suspect that many or most of these cop-haters have spent some time involuntarily inspecting the inside of a jail cell. Yes, these officers did bad things. No, most officers are not dishonest and corrupt.

• Tom Arnold’s Appearance on ‘The View’ Proves He Has No Idea What an ‘Automatic Weapon’ Is

  January 18, 2013 at 6:20pm

  I saw him on Jay Leno’s show one evening talking about his sleep apnea. He said that he had gone through a sleep study, and the results were that he was waking up 45 times per minute. Of course that is ridiculous, and he meant 45 times per hour. I believe that Tom is so eager to speak that he doesn’t think about what he’s saying. If he sat down and thought about it for a minute, he would probably realize that the hunter he saw didn’t have “hot firepower” after all. Although, on the same show he was talking about waking up with the sleep apnea breathing mask on his face, and when trying to take it off rapidly, he broke his nose. So maybe he really is an idiot.

• Oregon Men Openly Carry Rifles Around Portland Neighborhood to Make Point — Good Idea? (Poll)

  January 10, 2013 at 1:08pm

  They weren’t “marauding” or “brandishing.” They were exercising their Second Amendment rights, just as their detractors exercised their First Amendment rights to criticize them. These guys should walk around armed every day, until the hand-wringers stop being disturbed and upset and accept that open carry is a Constitutional right.

• SC Restaurant in Hot Water for ‘How To Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ T-Shirt

  January 8, 2013 at 2:02pm

  “Yes, our shirts are for sale to the public.
  Call Taco Cid (803) 794-4008. Or come see us for lunch or dinner.”

  http://www.tacocid.com/

• Revealed: Superman’s Real-Life Identity (Plus: Do You Know About the Superhero’s Jewish Roots?)

  January 3, 2013 at 1:44pm

  In reply to Metallicat.

  I’m submitting your name to the Guardians of the Universe for further processing. In the meantime, enjoy your Marvel comics, such as the Rawhide Kid in “Slap Leather.”

• Will Banning Guns Stop Homicides? Stats from England and Australia Show…

  December 28, 2012 at 11:22am

  In reply to Dorkville.

  Dorkville, thanks for posting. You’re showing us the problem with stories like these. There are no references given, just assertions. “After a school massacre, the U.K. banned handguns in 1998. A decade later, handgun crime has doubled.” Has it really? It doubled exactly? In precisely ten years? All an opponent needs to do is wander by and say “No it hasn’t” and we’re back to square one because we can’t cite any numbers.

  You’re right that it’s really not useful to compare crime and gun ownership in the US and Australia, or any two countries. Different countries have many other factors that figure into the equation. If someone from the UK says “You have too much gun crime in the US,” we can turn around and say “You should figure out how to stop all those home invasions.” We’re trying to compare things that have so many variables that there’s no way to make sense of the comparison.

• Furor Over ‘I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother’ Viral Blog Post Rages — But Is the Mommy Blogger Right About Guns & Mental Health?

  December 18, 2012 at 2:23pm

  In reply to thegreatcarnac.

  As I understand it, deinstitutionalization is part of the legacy of President Kennedy. It would be instructive to look at the number of deaths that can be attributed to homicidal maniacs who would have been safely locked away if not for JFK’s initiative. After the Tucson shooting, I talked to a psychiatrist who said that Jared Loughner’s actions should have put him behind bars long before the shooting. He said that there had to be multiple failures to report his actions to the proper authorities for him to be walking around free in that mental state.

  Liza Long should be able to tell the police “My son is out of control and I am afraid for my life and the lives of my other children because of him,” and the kid should be instantly whisked away to a supervised and secure mental health facility for evaluation. And if he’s found to be too mentally ill and too violent, he should never be released into polite society where he can hurt people.

• Police: Device Explodes at Social Security Office in Arizona

  November 30, 2012 at 3:06pm

  Officers say someone threw something out of a car window at the offices, causing a fire to start.

  The suspect is described as a Hispanic man driving a black Hyundai.

  http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20227478/2012/11/30/pd-explosion-fire-at-des-building-in-casa-grande

• Report: Laura Ingraham to Leave Talk Radio … For Now

  November 27, 2012 at 2:06pm

  In reply to bloomytoad.

  Agreed here too. I used to listen to her on one of the Phoenix radio stations, but only for a few minutes at a time. So much of her show was filled with fluff and nonsense. She used to have a segment called the “but monkey of the day.” It was someone she didn’t like who used “but” in a sentence, and she had the sound of a monkey screaming at least twice during the clip. And she would always take the time to make fun of an enemy’s name or **** or clothing, something that no one but her could care about. I don’t understand why she has been on the air for as long as she has, with all the extraneous stuff in the show.