Chicago is ramping up the propaganda machine before the fight with gun-rights activists in McDonald v. Chicago. Chicago public radio this morning briefly mentioned that homicides in Chicago were down in 2009 partially due to taking more guns off the streets. Then on the bus ride home, going past the NBC building I saw...
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On December 14, 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a lower court’s ruling on a case brought by four former Guantanamo detainees against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In the lower court’s ruling, it was determined that neither the Geneva Convention nor the Alien Tort Statute applied on the basis that...
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I must say, I agree 110%. The Constitution is crystal clear — there can be no mistaking that Congress alone determines if we go to war, how long we go to war, and how much we spend on said war. The President’s role in war is limited to Commander In Chief. In other words,...
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I live in Chicago; one of the most restrictive anti-gun cities in the nation and I am ever mindful of the fact that “gun control” is nothing more than a restriction on law-abiding citizens. Those who would use a firearm to break the law, demonstrate by that very fact that laws against gun use...
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Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. Barbra Walters’ most fascinating person for 2009 is Michelle Obama. When this ‘most fascinating person’ was asked what her personal paradise is she replied “just clicking through mindless shows” with her dog. How truly fascinating. Please, tell me more… I mean, if you think about this year,...
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President Obama has established a new interagency ‘Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force’ with the authority to “investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, address discrimination in the lending and financial markets and recover proceeds for victims.” Social justice indeed. The problem is that’s precisely...
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