Tag Archives: Current Events

Understanding the Republican Primaries – Pitchforks and Torches

I don’t like sounding like “Mr. I-Told-You-So,” but a Trump candidacy has been building for years.  I warned people back in late 2007/early 2008 that Obama was telling the truth about what he was going to do.  It wasn’t the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia

I don’t think people realize just how bad this is for the country. It’s not a matter of conservative or liberal, but of how one views the Constitution. I do agree on the kind of nominee we’d get from Cruz. … Continue reading

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Cruz victory but a long month coming…

Well now.  Cruz wins Iowa after taking a political assault the likes I haven’t seen since Reagan’s day.  The only thing that *really* surprised me was Rubio finishing as close to Trump as he did. That is actually the most … Continue reading

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Trumping Conservatism?

Something good is happening in the Republican Party.  The Party Leadership, the power brokers, the “Establishment” is being forced to make a choice that they prayed they would never have to make.  One between hatred and fear. On the one … Continue reading

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Democrats Are Lying About Their Gun Sales Ban

Source: Democrats Are Lying About Their Gun Sales Ban You need to read this article from The Federalist.  It confirms what I was predicting when this “No Fly List” idea first came out. Based on the proposed law, it means that … Continue reading

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Re: It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them | New Republic

Source: It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them. | New Republic by PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY First, Thank you Phoebe for being honest. While the rest of your ideological allies talk about gun safety or gun control, you have … Continue reading

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How Will It End?

One of my favorite TV series’ is Babylon 5.  In one scene during the second season, the dying Centauri emperor asks Kosh – a mystical alien ambassador from the Vorlon Empire – how will the turmoil occurring end. Kosh replies, … Continue reading

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“But What Can One Person Do?”

A lot, actually!  Progressives are becoming more and more shrill.  That’s a good sign.  It means they are in trouble.  I’m hoping current events have been getting conservatives fired up.  The thing is, you can’t just get fired up.  Actions have … Continue reading

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2016 election: Bob Dole endorses Jeb Bush – POLITICO

“I will do all I can to be helpful to Jeb’s campaign,” Dole promised. Source: 2016 election: Bob Dole endorses Jeb Bush – POLITICO Well now.  If a campaign could reach any greater depth of desperation, I really do not … Continue reading

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Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, Paul

The honor of it all aside, Rep. Paul Ryan would do well to decline the speakership of the House. For it is a poisoned chalice that is being offered to him. Source: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, Paul Party … Continue reading

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