Choosing The Right Lane To Follow

In pursuit of Constitutionally grounded governance, free markets and individual liberty

"There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." --George Washington

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Reality Check A Must Watch: Are Calls for Stricter Gun Laws Really About Guns? Watch here

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Armed Protection For Democrats, But Not For Schoolchildren

Well, what is more insane: to ask gun owners to turn in their guns to the government, as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee did, and expect not only that good people will comply, but that people intent on killing will comply (“Aw, gee, I really wanted to shoot up that mall today, but the government’s asking me to turn in my gun, so nevermind”); to expect the government to outright confiscate guns, as MSNBC’s Ed Schultz suggested; or to have trained professionals at the entrances of schools? Better question: Why do Democratic politicians, who receive the taxpayer-funded protection of armed security, want to keep women and children from being protected by armed security?

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Lanny Davis, Organized Labor and Another Moment of Leftist Dishonor By Steve Pauwels

I try to be objective, honestly I do. So, much as I recoil viscerally from the tenets of contemporary Leftism, I have to acknowledge a few of its more adroit  proponents can impressively make its case.

Regrettable? Certainly; but a few of them actually manage it. Lanny Davis, former special counsel to one President William Jefferson Clinton, is another prominent Lib who does his wrong-headed cause proud. Oddly, if one overlooks his till-the-sun-burns-out, shame-free flackery for Bill and Hill and generally unqualified devotion to Progressivism’s abhorrent creeds, Davis comes across as a comparatively decent fellow. Occasionally, he’ll even allow  this or that aspect of his Democratic party is not altogether swell — but only very occasionally. So, when I heard the otherwise affable, silkily confident Davis –  when confronted with labor union violence against “right-to-work” opposition – exploiting a familiar and reprehensible Lefty canard? I knew the Left was plumbing new depths of infamy..  Most have heard about the knife-wielding mobs of “big-labor” troglodytes’ tearing down an “Americans For Prosperity” tent last week at a Lansing, Michigan protest. Video abounds of pro-union thugs jack-hammeringly shrieking obscenities and threats of physical injury. One frenzied demonstrator, opting to go beyond the merely rhetorical, charged and repeatedly punched conservative journalist/documentarian Steve Crowder.  Lanny Davis, appearing on Sean Hannity’s television program that Tuesday night, retreated to a play on the tedious, y’know-bad-things-happen-on all-sides-of-the-political-spectrum distraction. To his credit, the former-Clintonite Fox News contributor did plainly repudiate “the violent attacks on anybody who dissents” — but moments later he just couldn’t resist the knee-jerk Left-wing impulse to level a finger at alleged Right-wing atrocities, as well. We see it ad infinitum from the Progressives,  particularly since Barack Obama ascended to POTUS: the racist Tea Partiers! The dangerously angry Republicans! The menacing conservatives! “I’ve seen violence on the right,” Davis muttered passionlessly to Hannity.  When Sean dogged him, a number of times, to provide identifiable examples of Labor-like brutishness from the precincts of conservatism, Davis succumbed to a glaringly uncharacteristic loss of words. Stumbling around polemically for a moment — “Extremists at those Tea Party sessions about Obamacare were somewhat over the top” was the best he could sheepishly provide — he then, literally, invited fellow guest Pat Buchanan to chime in: “Go ahead, Pat.”. Which Mr. Buchanan mercifully did – maybe because he felt flatly embarrassed for the typically articulate, but suddenly clearly befuddled, Lanny Davis.   And embarrassment would be one appropriate reaction, to be sure. I genuinely don’t enjoy watching anyone — including popular, go-to Liberal apologists —  suffer open humiliation.  That’s not the only emotion I feel, though: exasperation at modern Progressives would be another. For their unbudging, ideologically-fueled refusal to denounce —  without qualification, without diversion — dishonorable behavior among their ranks .  Remarking during the Hannity broadcast on the foam-flecked punks bellowing junior-high-worthy profanities in front of Michigan’s State Capitol, Ann Coulter incredulously wondered aloud, “Don’t these men have daughters or wives at home?”  A  concise and devastating rebuke. Coming from politically Liberal Lanny Davis — or Barack Obama — it would have packed an even more stinging, more commendable wallop. 

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Mass Shootings—What the Experts are Missing

Those who murder all have one thing in common, says Christian Answers® Team Member Ray Comfort—and producer of a new movie on the death of the Beatles’ John Lennon. A young man massacred 26 people—mostly little kids—at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. This is the second deadliest school shooting since the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre claimed the lives of 32 people. Just two days before the Connecticut shooting, a lone gunman had entered a crowded mall in Portland, Oregon, killing two people and wounding a 15-year-old girl, before taking his own life.  In what appeared to be a random rampage, police noted that the killer, Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, had no significant criminal history. His mother said that she had “no understanding or explanation” for what he did and that it was “so out of his character.” According to a statement issued by the shooter’s high school, “The motive for such a horrific act is likely to remain a mystery to us all.” Most experts are as baffled as those who knew Roberts. However, Ray Comfort, the producer of a new movie called “Genius,” believes he knows why people are willing to take innocent life. Comfort said, “His friends say that Roberts was a nice guy and that he lost his job and broke up with his girlfriend. No doubt the Connecticut killer suffered some sort of rejection, also. But those things have happened to millions, and they haven’t gone out and murdered people.”

The best-selling author and TV co-host added, “‘Genius’ points to what every murderer has in common, something the ‘experts’ either don’t recognize or avoid talking about. But it’s there.” In the movie, which is about John Lennon and why he was killed, 15 youths are asked if they would murder, and those who said yes all had one thing in common. “Something tragic is happening in our country,” Comfort noted, “and most people don’t know what it is. Those who want to understand why these tragedies are occurring—and are likely to continue to occur—should watch the free movie.”

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Emergency Motion Filed: National Archives Caught Altering Hawaii Arrival Records For 1961

WASHINGTON D.C. – The multifaceted litigation that Montgomery Blair Sibley has initiated in an attempt to get to the truth regarding the birth records of Barack Hussein Obama II has both produced fruit and met judicial stonewalling. Yesterday, Sibley filed an Emergency Second Motion for Order to Release Privacy Act Protected Records. That motion presented photographic evidence to Judge Bates that someone has tampered with the evidence related to Obama’s putative birth in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. Sibley had subpoena from the National Archives the “Arrival Records” for August 1 through August 10, 1961, of all passengers arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii to see if records existed that Obama and his mother arrived in Hawaii during that time frame. What NARA produced were two microfilm spools of the arrival records for July 28 through August 1, 1961 and August 8 through August 12, 1961. As detailed in the Emergency Motion, the original date on the box of “August 7” has been altered by “white-out” and a new date of “August 1” had been written on the box. Proof of that alteration comes from a photograph of the same box taken nine months earlier which reveals the date was originally “August 7”. Thus, indisputably the box has been tampered with – a criminal offense – to hide the fact that the microfilm for the August 2 through August 7, 1961 arrivals is now missing. Judge Bates continues to ignore Court Rules and stonewall the resolution of Sibley’s pending Motions for a Contempt against: (i) Obama 1st and Obama 2nd, (ii) Harvard Law School, (iii) the Social Security Administration, (iv) the Selective Service System and (v) the State Department.

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Leftists Exploit Pain for Political Gain

The last thing we want is a political fight. But even so, we won't stand idly by while some use Newtown's pain to justify taking away our Liberty. Evil exists in the world, and yet too many people seem shocked that an evil man would take the lives of 20 six- and seven-year-old children, six adults at the school and even the life of his own mother. That isn't to say that the horrific crime isn't shocking, but it is to say a sober view of reality is needed.  We must begin by considering the terms of the debate, and refusing to cede the field to leftists. For example, we must not use the Left's lexicon when referring to crimes where assailants use guns. The sociopath who used a gun to kill kids in Newtown was not a "shooter" or a "gunman." Such words only put the emphasis on the tool, rather than the perpetrator. When we head to the range, we are shooters and gunmen. That sociopath was an "assailant" and "murderer." When Nancy Pelosi warns hysterically of "assault magazines," or when Carolyn McCarthy refers to a barrel shroud as "the shoulder thing that goes up," they have shown themselves to be incapable of good judgment on the issue. Rifles such as the AR-15 are not "assault weapons." The Defense Department says, "Assault rifles are short, compact, selective-fire weapons [i.e., machine guns] that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between submachine-gun and rifle cartridges. The AR-15 is a civilian semi-automatic weapon that fires intermediate-powered rounds -- one for each distinct pull of the trigger. Such rifles aren't "high-powered," either. Indeed, they aren't legal for deer hunting in many states because their firepower isn't sufficient to reliably take down a deer.

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55% Favor Assault Weapons Ban, But 62% Oppose Complete Gun Ban

Most Americans favor taking semi-automatic and assault-type weapons off the market but also are wary of a society in which only the government has guns. Very few would opt for a neighborhood where they couldn’t own a gun. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% of American Adults think there should be a ban on the purchase of semi-automatic and assault-type weapons.

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Limited treatment is an issue by Dr. Paul Keck is president and CEO of the Lindner Center of HOPE

The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting was a horrific tragedy. Tragedies like this should not have to occur in order for the country to turn its attention to the root cause of violent acts of this caliber – untreated mental illness. The United States would have fewer mass killings if individuals with severe mental illness had access to and received proper treatment. Whether a serious mental illness was involved in the Newtown tragedy has not been confirmed. We do know that mental illness exists in every part of the United States. One in five adults reported suffering from mental illness within the past year, with one in 20  reporting serious mental illness that resulted in “functional impairment,” according to the latest annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report. Of the 7.7 million Americans with severe mental illness,  only half are getting treatment. Of the half of those with severe mental illness not receiving treatment, 350,000 become societal problems, as they account for one-third of the homeless population, one-fifth of the prison inmates and one tenth of those who commit homicides. Since 2009, four shooting rampages have occurred, while mental health care continues to be negatively impacted by budget cuts, closures, stigma and lack of coverage from insurers. Mental illness is our country’s No. 1 public health problem. Conservative estimates from the United States epidemiological surveys indicate that 2.5 times more  Americans will suffer from a major psychiatric disorder in their lifetimes, compared with cancer, heart disease and diabetes combined. Mental illnesses are not a hazard to society; it’s untreated mental illness that becomes dangerous. Mental illness is highly treatable, yet access to care is growing increasingly limited. Of the 60 million American adults suffering from mental illness, only about one-fifth will receive adequate treatment in their lifetimes, the National Institute of Mental Health said in 2009. Isn’t it time we make a shift toward addressing this issue, rather than continuing to turn our focus on the wrong issues?

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Gallup: Americans Think Armed Police at Schools More Effective Than Assault Weapons Ban

A new Gallup poll shows the majority of Americans believe armed police stationed at schools would be the most effective way to prevent and stop school shootings. They also believe spending more money on the mental healthcare system would help prevent another Sandy Hook. Americans are most likely to say that an increased police presence at schools, increased government spending on mental health screening and treatment, and decreased depiction of gun violence in entertainment venues would be effective in preventing mass shootings at schools. Americans rate the potential effectiveness of a ban on assault and semi-automatic guns as fourth on a list of six actions Gallup asked about.

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Gun-ban Chicago: Nearly 15,000 murders since 1990

Oct. 28, 2012, the city of Chicago surpassed the previous year’s number of murders (433), when a man, identified as 68-year-old Bariffe Fitz, was found shot to death in a home on the city’s South Side. A few hours later, another man died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after being shot multiple times. Following the grisly milestone, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CBS Chicago:

“We have other milestones. One is, overall crime is down 9 percent in the city, the single-largest drop on record. Second, we’re tearing down the 200th building where gang bangers and drug dealers hang out.”

Obviously, the fact that life in Chicago is as cheap as the guns that are illegally sold in the streets of that city has no bearing on the mayor’s conscience. The following is the number of murders which have taken place in Chicago since 1990: 1990: 851, 1991: 927, 1992: 943, 1993: 931, 1994: 929, 1995: 827, 1996: 789, 1997: 759, 1998: 704, 1999: 641, 2000: 628, 2001: 666, 2002: 647, 2003: 598, 2004: 448, 2005: 449, 2006: 467, 2007: 442, 2008: 510, 2009: 459, 2010: 436, 2011: 433, 2012: 489 (As of Dec. 21) Since January 1, 1990, an astonishing 14,973 people have been murdered in Chicago. Even worse, many of the victims have been children. There have been 62 school-aged children murdered in that city in 2012, alone. Of course, it could have been worse, since an astounding 446 children have actually been shot this year. The following case is fairly typical in the city that is now more dangerous than Baghdad: In July 2010, a 13-year-old boy was shot 22 times by a masked gunman. The killer emerged from a darkened, overgrown vacant lot and pumped round after round into rising eighth-grader Robert Freeman Jr. while he was riding his bike. Was this guy mentally deranged?  Ya think?

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NRA’s LaPierre: ‘Monsters' on Streets Pose Threat, Not Guns By: Amy Woods

The country does not need “one more law on top of 20,000 laws” that aims to control gun ownership in response to the mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the CEO of the National Rifle Association said Sunday. Wayne LaPierre, who participated in a lengthy interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with host David Gregory, said the root of violent outbursts in the United States remains “monsters walking the streets” who instead should be institutionalized by a failing mental-health system. “I’m telling you what I think will make people safe, and what every mom and dad — will make them feel better, when they drop their kid off at school in January, is if we have a police officer in that school — a good guy, that if some horrible monster tried to do something, they’ll be there to protect them,” LaPierre said. “If it’s crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy. “I think the American people think it’s crazy not to do it,” he continued, “It’s the one thing that would keep people safe, and the NRA is going to try to do that.” “I know there’s a media machine in this country that wants to blame guns every time something happens,” LaPierre said. “Let’s make our kids safe. Let’s not argue about this endless argument about gun control.”

He stopped short of saying the NRA would help foot the bill for the extra police duty and instead pointed the finger at the federal government. “Why can’t we protect our most precious resource,” he said. “With all the money in the federal budget, if we can’t come up to do this, there’s something wrong in this country.” The school-based armed-security force could comprise a voluntary corps of retired police officers, military personnel and Secret Service agents, La Pierre suggested. When Gregory asked whether the NRA would support any new gun laws, including limits on rounds of ammunition and high-capacity magazines, LaPierre countered, “It’s not going to make any kid safer.” He called for an overhaul of a “mental-health system completely and totally collapsed” and the creation of a working database to keep track of adults with such illnesses. “You can’t legislate morality,” La Pierre said. “Legislation works on the sane. Legislation works on the law-abiding. It doesn’t work on criminals. There are monsters out there every day, and we need to do something to stop them.”

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 ‘Three Strike’ Mental Illness Violence Law May Have Prevented Adam Lanza Slaughter by Kevin Fobbs

Why purposely avoid holding the gunman’s mental instability responsible? Should any dangerous behavior factors or legislation that could have been in place to prevent this terrible murderous outbreak be considered? What if there had been a ‘Three Strike Rule’ in place for Adam Lanza, which allowed automatic involuntary commitment by mental health authorities? Mothers, fathers and siblings need this kind of solution that will not make them the next horrific headline in America’s homes. Yet, it has been the mainstream media, along with the urgency of the gun control first responders to keep overlooking the obvious. This disturbed gunman may have used guns as weapons to kill, but it was his mental illness that was the true deadly assault weapon! The harsh reality is that in America, there are tens of thousands of families who hide in their bedroom, kitchen or basement praying that someone in law enforcement or the mental health community will intervene. These are the first victims. They desperately wish someone would help restrain, or intervene when their mentally unstable child, or young adult, continues to threaten or be abusive. Why wait until he takes the possible next step toward nrestrained deadly violence? The individual who perpetrates the criminal act should be the legitimate focus, not the weapon he used. When this type of violent behavior is identified the person should be involuntarily removed before murdering family members and other innocents.

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NBC Reports AR15 Not Used in Sandy Hook Massacre, Only Handguns

Original reports were that 3 guns were found at the scene of the Sandy Hook elementary school mass shotting in Newtown, Connecticut. Latest reports are that 4 handguns were found inside the school.

Video shows authorities retrieving the assault rifle from the trunk of Lanza’s car outside the school. But at a press conference today the Medical Examiner said, “All the wounds I know of at this point were cause by the long weapon.” A reporter then clairifed, “So the rifle was the primary weapon?” The Medical Examiner replying, “Yes.” So the assault rifle found outside the school in the trunk of Lanza’s car was used to kill every single person? And the 4 handguns found inside the school weren’t used at all?

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Historically, Whenever The Government Grabbed Guns, It Went Bad for the People

·       In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

·       In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

·       Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

·       China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

·       Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

·       Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

·       Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million. You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens. Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late! The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson. With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!
SWITZERLAND’S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

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How Much Do Americans Know About Christmas?

If we only believed as much as we celebrate!

When I was kid a long, long, long time ago in a state far, far, far away, everyone knew that Christmas was the celebration of the birth of Jesus.  Yes, we had Santa and presents and a tree, but the main focus was still on Christ. Several centuries later, secular commercialism has taken over and fewer Americans know what Christmas is all about.  Some don’t even have a clue that it all started with the celebration of Jesus’ birth.  Many who do, have little other knowledge like where was Jesus born, who were the three wise men and what did they bring as gifts. How much do you know about the true meaning Christmas?  Do you know why Jesus was born in Bethlehem?  I would have been very curious to hear how those few who properly identified the gifts the wise men brought, responded to the question of why those three gifts.  You see, as our nation drifts further and further away from its Christian roots, we are also drifting away from the real meaning of Christmas. Myrrh was an oil commonly used to anoint the crowning of a king.  The gold was a common tribute to kings and rulers.  But the frankincense is the gift that confused many.  It was a strong perfume that was commonly used on the dead to offset the smell of death, which made it an odd gift to present to a newborn.  The wise man or king who brought the frankincense knew that the baby they were honoring would end up sacrificing his life and suffering the taste of death that we all must experience.  Christmas is not just a celebration of Jesus’ birth, but a window to His future death on the cross. As you gather with your family and friends this Christmas season, please take time to read the account of Jesus birth in the Book of Matthew as it is the only one that mentions the Magi and their gifts.  Take the time to explain the importance of their visit and what their gifts were and why they gave those specific gifts.  And don’t forget to link in Christ’s future death on the cross for OUR sins.  It will add so much meaning and richness to your holiday if you do