LIBERAL EDITORS - Finally, Bob Richter, public editor for the Express-News and his liberal editor pal Robert Rivard admit they're Democrats. Both of these whiz boys had columns in the March 16, 2008, Express-News issue.
Commenting on the downfall of New York's ex-governor Eliot Spitzer, Richter said, "For readers who claim - sometimes rightly - that the Express-News only reports the political affililation when the person committing a stir is a Republican, Spitzer is a democrat."
Big deal. So the liberal, we love Democrats, Richter is patting himself on the back for running a few Spitzer articles. It was a big story Bob. There wasn't a paper in the entire nation that didn't run it front page. Many however, couldn't bring themselves to identify Spitzer as a "Hillary" Democrat. It must have been tough on you to type Democrat after Spitzer's name.
Richter's pal Robert Rivard wrote a farewell article on Gen. James Peake Ret., secretary of Veterans Affairs. "It's too bad a person of such accomplishment will lose his job early next year, but after four months in office, James Peake knows he is on his way out," said Rivard. Really. Says who, besides Rivard.
Rivard is assuming that a Democrat, Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton, will win the White House. Should McCain win then Peake may well be kept on as top gun at Veterans Affairs. As Rivards said," It would send a powerful message for the next occupant (please let it be a Democrat) of the White House to leave a few good people in place at the top."
Bush kept some Democrats (a big mistake) on board when he won the White House. Most notable was George Tenet, CIA director (a Clinton appointee).
Tenet told Bush that the case for Saddam possessing WMD's was a "slam dunk."
Well, there you have it Bob and Robert finally admitted they're big time liberal Democrats. Actually, all you have to do is read their leftist slanted E-N editorials. Too bad E-N is the only printed newspaper in town. In case you want to check out a more conservative news source check out the San Antonio Lightning News on your computer. As Ricky Ware would say, "It'll knock your hat in the crick."
PET KILLERS - People who torture and kill pet animals, dogs and cats, for fun are sickos in my book. They should be whipped in public and run out of town. Paying a fine and spending some time in the county jail would also be fitting punsihment.
However, animals are animals not humans. No one should face long prison sentences or exorbitant fines for killing an animal. That punishment should reserved for humans who kill humans. And don't get me wrong I love animals, especially cats and dogs. I often said I prefer my little dog "Cookie" to some folks I've met. It shouldn't be against the law to "stomp" someone's butt for mistreating animals.
Timothy Michael Gereb, 48, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on sex trafficking. Gereb lured teenagers and young women in Mexico to San Antonio and then forced them into prostitution. The scumbag should have received a life sentence.
Justin Allmon, 23, also faces 10 years in prison, but not for forcing Mexican teenagers and young women into prostitution. Allmon's crime? He killed his pit bull after the dog attacked him. A witness called the police and SAPD Police Officer Arturo Rodriguez showed up and questioned Allmon. Rodriguez let Allmon go saying,"I didn't think it was and offense. Texas law allows an owner to kill a vicious dog. End of story.
Unfortunately for Allmon, someone called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Allmon had killed the dog by stabbing it several times with a knife. "Torture" they cried. How terrible. The Bexar County district attorney's office charged Allmon with animal cruelty.
Prosecutor Nicole Thornbro told jurors in Allmon's trial, "He jumps on it and stabs it over and over and over again." I guess if Allmon had only stabbed the dog a couple of times he wouldn't be on trial. His lawyer said Allmon was only defending himself after the dog bit him. "Justin, to defend himself, pulled out a knife and stabs the dog," he said. Sounds like a defense to me. What was he supposed to do let a vicious dog continue to attack him.
What's next in the "animal rights" crusade - capital punishment, a life sentence? The criminal justice system is out of whack when animals are put on the same level with humans.
KEN ALLARD - As a fellow retired colonel I applaud retired Col. Ken Allard for the insightful articles he writes for the Express-News. Most articles deal with the military and are "tell it like it is" backed up with a long and distinguished Army career.
Allard tweaked a few political noses in a Feb 27, 2008, E-N article "Who has what it takes." In the article he brings to question whether Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama are prepared to become commander in chief.
Sounding like an old, crusty first sergeant, Allard said," No and hell no!"
Hillary, says Allard, talks a good game but has tied her presidential ambitions to to the defeatist MoveOn.org wing of her party. He goes on to point out that any flag officer comtemplating serving under her command should recall her icy contempt with which she sneered that the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus required "the willing suspension of disbelief." I couldn't agree more.
Allard says Obama is even worse, with no experience or competence in defense or foreign policy. Obama, he says, believes 9-11 represented nothing more than chickens coming home to roost, would not have used the military to stop Saddam and regards Iran's nuclear ambitions with "ambivalent equanimity." Amen to that.
Allard also had some harsh words for Republicans for not learning from Bush's mistakes in handling the Iraq War. Mistakes that could put a Democrat in the White House.
Allard believes Republicans have forgotten the principle lesson of Ronald Reagan: that the voters who really matter are not the country-club high rollers but the blue-collar Bubbas driving pickups. He's right.
In an E-N letter to the editor entitled "Dump old toolbox," Bill Celaya takes Allard to task. Celaya, typical of most liberals, says "this country is in its current foreign affairs debacle because well-intentioned Americans have been hoodwinked by jinoist writings such as those of Ken Allard."
"Experience" is the key, he suggests McCain has it, Obama doesn't Celaya writes in his letter. He says Allard and McCain remind him of the old saying, "When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."
He concludes by saying "What the country desperately needs is leadership with a bigger toolbox." Maybe but we tried that with a carpenter by the name of Jimmy Carter and you see where that got us.
What we don't need is a leader who wants to blame America first, surrender in Iraq, meet with dictators like Mahmoud Amadinejad and Hugo Chavez, and disarm America.
Kudos to Col. Allard for standing up for America.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Cop Haters
Regardless of what SAPD Chief William McManus "Big Mac" does it just isn't good enough for the Express News and their liberal, anti-police editors. If they're not busy bashing Bush, knocking the military and the war on terror they're working overtime trying to make SAPD look bad.
SAPD has had its share of problems to be sure but Big Mac has been on top of them from the day he arrived in the Alamo City. When police officers have been up to no good he has been quick to discipline them. He hasn't led the department from behind his desk. He's on the streets and in the communities talking to people and putting the bad guys on notice. Big Mac is "walking tall."
In an effort to combat violent crime, and let's not kid ourselves San Antonio has had it's share of murder, armed robberies, and assaults, Big Mac formed the Tactical Response Unit (TRU) to deal with the problem. TRU has 65 officers assigned and operate in high crime areas. Target areas where criminals "ruled' the streets dealing in drugs, prostitution, and assaulting and murdering anyone that got in their way.
Big Mac summed it up this way," Consistent and aggressive traffic enforcement reduces crime. The people who are out there committing robberies and doing drive-by shootings, and selling drugs, they get around by car. So if you're making these kinds of stops, you're eventually going tostop some of these people." Make sense to me.
TRU officers have one hell of a tough job on their hands. They're on the front lines facing some of the most vicious and dangerous criminals in San Antonio. Sometimes they have to play rough in dealing with these scumbag criminals who would knife you in the back or shoot you in the head without thinking twice. It takes a special police officer to deal with the vermin running loose in the streets day and night. It takes guts to do what they're doing.
Many of the criminal scumbags they encounter on a daily basis happen to be blacks and Hispanics and that always leads to complaints that TRU officers are "picking" on minorities. The Express-News always manages to find a few isolated cases where the TRU arrested someone whose case was later dropped for insufficient evidence. I guess the TRU should arrest a few whites just to make it look more "fair."
According to the Express-News Officer Kristopher Newman a TRU officer, tried to detain Christopher Cook, a black, and when Cook ran Newman caught up with him and hit him on the head with his flashlight when he struggled with Newman. Cook, who had several prior criminal convictions, was arrested on charges of resisting and evading arrest and for two outstanding warrants. Kudos to officer Newman for getting another scumbag off the streets.
The Express-News doesn't think Newman did a good job and said the police need more than a "hunch" to stop someone. Really. Newman had a damn good "hunch" that Cook was a bad guy. The areas that TRU patrols are known hangouts for thugs and they know who the bad guys are. When they detain someone it's based on surveillance and not just a "hunch."
Gerald Reamey, a liberal, bleeding heart, law professor at St Mary's University doesn't think Newman did a good job either. Reamey says such stops can strain a police department's relationship with a community. I wonder if the victims of Crook's crimes agree with Reamey. I'll bet the families who have lost children to drive-by shootings by roving gangs of thugs appreciate the efforts of the Tactical Response Unit.
Give 'em hell Big Mac!"
****
I see where one of my favorite preachers, John Hagee endorsed John McCain for president. Hagee is a real bible thumping, tell it like it is Texas preacher. His fiery sermons have congregations sitting on the edge of their seats and
radio and TV audiences across the nation applauding his every word.
Hardly a Sunday goes by that I don't catch Hagee's Sunday morning radio broadcast. Usually I'm at my small ranch in the hills north of Hondo with my little dog "Cookie" and an old stray gray cat that showed up one day that I named "Smokey." I listen to Hagee's radio sermon over a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Of course the liberals aren't too fond of Hagee who preaches family values; returning God, bible and prayer to public schools; opposing same-sex marriage; supporting the Iraq War and standing up for America. Hagee is also a fierce defender of Israel and has made numerous trips to that nation over the years.
Hagee has been doing something right as evidenced by Cornerstone Church that he founded and boasts almost 20,000 members. Hagee just celebrated his 50th anniversary as an envangelical minister. Hagee's son Matthew is also a minister and Hagee's wife Diane is an active member of the church and frequent speaker on religious values and issues.
In the eyes of the Pelosi/Reid crowd John Hagee is a threat to their liberal view of America. Hagee has taken Pelosi and Reid and their cohorts to task time and again for their anti-military stance and support of abortions.
McCain, contrary to what the liberals say, is fortunate to have Hagee's endorsement. Here's what he had to say: "I'm very honored by Pastor John Hagee's endorsement today. He has been the staunchest leader of our Christian evangelical movement in many areas, but especially, most especially, his close ties and advocacy for the freedom and independence of the state of Israel."
"Victory is within our grasp because John McCain knows it's never wrong to do the right thing," said Hagee.
It's now up to Sen. McCain to unite the party and campaign on conservative values and issues. He has his work cut out for him.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say: "GIT R DONE!
SAPD has had its share of problems to be sure but Big Mac has been on top of them from the day he arrived in the Alamo City. When police officers have been up to no good he has been quick to discipline them. He hasn't led the department from behind his desk. He's on the streets and in the communities talking to people and putting the bad guys on notice. Big Mac is "walking tall."
In an effort to combat violent crime, and let's not kid ourselves San Antonio has had it's share of murder, armed robberies, and assaults, Big Mac formed the Tactical Response Unit (TRU) to deal with the problem. TRU has 65 officers assigned and operate in high crime areas. Target areas where criminals "ruled' the streets dealing in drugs, prostitution, and assaulting and murdering anyone that got in their way.
Big Mac summed it up this way," Consistent and aggressive traffic enforcement reduces crime. The people who are out there committing robberies and doing drive-by shootings, and selling drugs, they get around by car. So if you're making these kinds of stops, you're eventually going tostop some of these people." Make sense to me.
TRU officers have one hell of a tough job on their hands. They're on the front lines facing some of the most vicious and dangerous criminals in San Antonio. Sometimes they have to play rough in dealing with these scumbag criminals who would knife you in the back or shoot you in the head without thinking twice. It takes a special police officer to deal with the vermin running loose in the streets day and night. It takes guts to do what they're doing.
Many of the criminal scumbags they encounter on a daily basis happen to be blacks and Hispanics and that always leads to complaints that TRU officers are "picking" on minorities. The Express-News always manages to find a few isolated cases where the TRU arrested someone whose case was later dropped for insufficient evidence. I guess the TRU should arrest a few whites just to make it look more "fair."
According to the Express-News Officer Kristopher Newman a TRU officer, tried to detain Christopher Cook, a black, and when Cook ran Newman caught up with him and hit him on the head with his flashlight when he struggled with Newman. Cook, who had several prior criminal convictions, was arrested on charges of resisting and evading arrest and for two outstanding warrants. Kudos to officer Newman for getting another scumbag off the streets.
The Express-News doesn't think Newman did a good job and said the police need more than a "hunch" to stop someone. Really. Newman had a damn good "hunch" that Cook was a bad guy. The areas that TRU patrols are known hangouts for thugs and they know who the bad guys are. When they detain someone it's based on surveillance and not just a "hunch."
Gerald Reamey, a liberal, bleeding heart, law professor at St Mary's University doesn't think Newman did a good job either. Reamey says such stops can strain a police department's relationship with a community. I wonder if the victims of Crook's crimes agree with Reamey. I'll bet the families who have lost children to drive-by shootings by roving gangs of thugs appreciate the efforts of the Tactical Response Unit.
Give 'em hell Big Mac!"
****
I see where one of my favorite preachers, John Hagee endorsed John McCain for president. Hagee is a real bible thumping, tell it like it is Texas preacher. His fiery sermons have congregations sitting on the edge of their seats and
radio and TV audiences across the nation applauding his every word.
Hardly a Sunday goes by that I don't catch Hagee's Sunday morning radio broadcast. Usually I'm at my small ranch in the hills north of Hondo with my little dog "Cookie" and an old stray gray cat that showed up one day that I named "Smokey." I listen to Hagee's radio sermon over a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Of course the liberals aren't too fond of Hagee who preaches family values; returning God, bible and prayer to public schools; opposing same-sex marriage; supporting the Iraq War and standing up for America. Hagee is also a fierce defender of Israel and has made numerous trips to that nation over the years.
Hagee has been doing something right as evidenced by Cornerstone Church that he founded and boasts almost 20,000 members. Hagee just celebrated his 50th anniversary as an envangelical minister. Hagee's son Matthew is also a minister and Hagee's wife Diane is an active member of the church and frequent speaker on religious values and issues.
In the eyes of the Pelosi/Reid crowd John Hagee is a threat to their liberal view of America. Hagee has taken Pelosi and Reid and their cohorts to task time and again for their anti-military stance and support of abortions.
McCain, contrary to what the liberals say, is fortunate to have Hagee's endorsement. Here's what he had to say: "I'm very honored by Pastor John Hagee's endorsement today. He has been the staunchest leader of our Christian evangelical movement in many areas, but especially, most especially, his close ties and advocacy for the freedom and independence of the state of Israel."
"Victory is within our grasp because John McCain knows it's never wrong to do the right thing," said Hagee.
It's now up to Sen. McCain to unite the party and campaign on conservative values and issues. He has his work cut out for him.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say: "GIT R DONE!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Of Madmen, Meat Cleavers And Firearms
I don't know about the rest of you folks but I'm fed up with of Mansour O. El-Kikhia's raving and ranting about how terrible the United States is. His anti-America "poison pen" articles that appear in the Express-News makes one wonder whose side he's on. America or its enemies at home and abroad.
His slanted articles, from the war on terror and the econmy to politics, have certainly been encouraging to Al Qaida and foreign governments hostile to the US. It makes me suspect that he's an undercover reporter for Aljezeera, the largest Arabic news source in the Middle East and mouthpiece for Al Qaida.
He says Barack Obama is his choice for president and slammed the door on Republicans. "Electing a Republican for another four years would be disastrous for the United States. Obama can represent the new world order," he says. Really. And just what in the hell is the new world order. Obama's first 'new world' order would be to "cut and run" in Iraq and let Al Qaida win.
Kikhia says, "The name Barack is a derivative of the Arabic word Baraka, which means divine blessing." No kidding. That really makes me fell warm and fuzzy about Obama who refuses to wear the US Flag lapel pin or recognize the National Anthem or the Pledge of Allegiance. No thanks.
He laments that unemployment and inflation have risen to rates never seen before, as has hatred for the US. I guess Kikhia has forgotten that unemployment and inflation were in double digits during the Jimmy Carter administration and that Carter, with the exception of a blotched rescue attempt, sit on his butt while Iran held 52 US citizens for over a year until President Reagan came along.
In his latest diatribe Kikhia is upset over the "economic stimulus" package that will return $165 billion in cash payments to American families and businesses. "America (federal government) needs the money more than we (taxpayers) do," he says. In other words, to hell with the taxpayers big government needs this money to squander on "bridges to nowhere," more welfare programs and foreign aid to countries that hate us and burn our flag.
"I am tired of hearing that both the debt and deficits are miniscule in comparison to America's wealth," Kikhia says. He may be tired of hearing it but it's true. Sure we've got problems but the economy of the country is still strong with unemployment and inflation at record lows, especially in comparison to the Carter years.
He says the US is not as powerful as it was after World War II because of the Bush administration, which posterity will hold responsible for "screwing up a wonderful country." Baloney. Thanks to Reagan and Bush and in spite of the Clinton years, the US is still the most powerful nation on earth, both militarily and economically. Far more powerful and prosperous today than we were immediately following WWII.
Kikhia points out that "those guys in Washington" are always quoting President Kennedy's famous comment of "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," but they never live up to it. Maybe, but here's what Kennedy had to say about tax cuts in 1962: "Our true choice is not between tax reduction, on the one hand, and the avoidance of large Federal Deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that, no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget - just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits. The soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut taxes now." Well, how about that folks and from a Democrat no less.
What Kikhia and other liberal, socialists of his ilk fail to understand is that the government produces no wealth. All wealth is produced in the private sector by working Americans. The only money the federal government has is what it takes from citizens in the form of taxes. The latest economic stimulis package is only returning tax money to the taxpayers. In reality its another "tax cut." It worked for Kennedy in 1962 and it's working for Bush now.
As a note of interest - the 16th Amendment passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified in 1913, established the Federal Income Tax. "Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any cenus or enumeration." In other words "give Uncle Sam your money suckers."
***
Northern Illinois University's "Gun Free Zone" policy, as was the case in the Viginia Tech shootings, failed once again. This time to stop a gun toting nut-case from killing seven students and wounding a dozen more before turning the gun on himself.
Instead of admitting that "Gun Free Zones" don't work, the liberal media and their equally liberal, anti-Second Amendment, university professors and officials, go on about what a great student the killer was. The problem they say is that gun control laws just aren't tough enough.
What they don't want to admit is that Steven Kazmierczak, the 27-year-old killer that went on a shooting spree could have been stopped if the university had an "armed" security force or allowed students or staff to carry or have quick access to a firearm. Simply put when heavily armed, nut-case Kazmierczak showed up he could have been taken out with a couple of well placed shots. End of problem.
Let's face it, there's a lot of nut-cases running around that should be locked up in a mental institution. Unfortunately, many are given a bunch of pills and turned loose to roam the streets and universities. If you happen to be the next murder victim of one of these nuts it doesn't make any difference whether he was crazy or not you're still just as dead.
The liberals solution is always the same "pass more gun control laws." None of which has ever reduced crime or its rate of increase. Jurisdictions with the most restrictive gun control laws and policies have the highest crime rates compared to those with less restrictive ones.
Not all crazies use firearms to kill their victims. In new York city a known nut-case 39-year-old David Tarloff, was arrested for killing a woman with a meat cleaver and injuring a man who came to the victim's aid. In San Antonio Tommy Flores was arrested for killing his grandmother with a meat cleaver and shooting his girlfriend to death. I guess the liberals solution here would be to "regulate" meat cleavers and require backgound checks before being allowed to buy one.
On tuesday evening, Feb. 12, 2008, therapist Kathryn Faughey was slashed 15 times with a meat cleaver and a 9-inch knife in her Manhatten office. Dr. Kent Shinbach was badly injured when he came to Faughey's aid.
According to neighbors, Tarloff was a "troubled" man who would wander the halls half-dressed. He had been arrested two weeks earlier for assaulting a security officer at a hospital. One of his neighbors, 72-year-old Betty, summed it up well, "I know he's crazy and everything. I would keep out of the elevator if I saw him. I wouldn't go near where he would be."
On Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, Flores slashed 72-year-old Eva Flores, his grandmother, to death with a meat cleaver and then shot and killed his unidentified prostitute girlfriend. Flores said he killed his grandmother because she wouldn't allow his girlfriend to stay in the home. Flores lived with his grandmother. It appears that he shot his girlfriend to shut her up.
Karmeirczak used guns to kill; Tarloff used a meat cleaver and a 9-inch knife and Flores used a meat cleaver and a pistol. Kameirczak and Tarloff were known nut-cases but allowed to run loose in the community. Flores, based on his actions, comes across as another nut-case. Gun control laws did nothing to stop them. In Karmeirczak's case state Sen. Dan Kotowski, a sponsor of a tougher law to keep mental cases from buying firearms, admits that it probably wouldn't have stopped him from buying firearms. On Feb. 9, Karmeirczak legally bought a shotgun and a 9mm pistol from a licensed gun shop. In Aug. 2007, he bought a 9mm pistol and in Dec. a .380 pistol.
John Boch, a Second Amendment proponent in Illinois said the answer is for the state to loosen its gun laws, not tighten them, so that students could have been able to shoot back. How trues that is.
The best defense against a nut with a gun or a meat cleaver is a firearm in the hands of the intended victim. It works everytime its tried. Criminals and crazies have little regard for "gun control" laws. In fact criminals support gun control laws as it's a government guarantee that there will be no firearms in any home, business or university they decide to enter. The biggest fear of criminals is that their next victim may be armed.
His slanted articles, from the war on terror and the econmy to politics, have certainly been encouraging to Al Qaida and foreign governments hostile to the US. It makes me suspect that he's an undercover reporter for Aljezeera, the largest Arabic news source in the Middle East and mouthpiece for Al Qaida.
He says Barack Obama is his choice for president and slammed the door on Republicans. "Electing a Republican for another four years would be disastrous for the United States. Obama can represent the new world order," he says. Really. And just what in the hell is the new world order. Obama's first 'new world' order would be to "cut and run" in Iraq and let Al Qaida win.
Kikhia says, "The name Barack is a derivative of the Arabic word Baraka, which means divine blessing." No kidding. That really makes me fell warm and fuzzy about Obama who refuses to wear the US Flag lapel pin or recognize the National Anthem or the Pledge of Allegiance. No thanks.
He laments that unemployment and inflation have risen to rates never seen before, as has hatred for the US. I guess Kikhia has forgotten that unemployment and inflation were in double digits during the Jimmy Carter administration and that Carter, with the exception of a blotched rescue attempt, sit on his butt while Iran held 52 US citizens for over a year until President Reagan came along.
In his latest diatribe Kikhia is upset over the "economic stimulus" package that will return $165 billion in cash payments to American families and businesses. "America (federal government) needs the money more than we (taxpayers) do," he says. In other words, to hell with the taxpayers big government needs this money to squander on "bridges to nowhere," more welfare programs and foreign aid to countries that hate us and burn our flag.
"I am tired of hearing that both the debt and deficits are miniscule in comparison to America's wealth," Kikhia says. He may be tired of hearing it but it's true. Sure we've got problems but the economy of the country is still strong with unemployment and inflation at record lows, especially in comparison to the Carter years.
He says the US is not as powerful as it was after World War II because of the Bush administration, which posterity will hold responsible for "screwing up a wonderful country." Baloney. Thanks to Reagan and Bush and in spite of the Clinton years, the US is still the most powerful nation on earth, both militarily and economically. Far more powerful and prosperous today than we were immediately following WWII.
Kikhia points out that "those guys in Washington" are always quoting President Kennedy's famous comment of "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," but they never live up to it. Maybe, but here's what Kennedy had to say about tax cuts in 1962: "Our true choice is not between tax reduction, on the one hand, and the avoidance of large Federal Deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that, no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget - just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits. The soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut taxes now." Well, how about that folks and from a Democrat no less.
What Kikhia and other liberal, socialists of his ilk fail to understand is that the government produces no wealth. All wealth is produced in the private sector by working Americans. The only money the federal government has is what it takes from citizens in the form of taxes. The latest economic stimulis package is only returning tax money to the taxpayers. In reality its another "tax cut." It worked for Kennedy in 1962 and it's working for Bush now.
As a note of interest - the 16th Amendment passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified in 1913, established the Federal Income Tax. "Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any cenus or enumeration." In other words "give Uncle Sam your money suckers."
***
Northern Illinois University's "Gun Free Zone" policy, as was the case in the Viginia Tech shootings, failed once again. This time to stop a gun toting nut-case from killing seven students and wounding a dozen more before turning the gun on himself.
Instead of admitting that "Gun Free Zones" don't work, the liberal media and their equally liberal, anti-Second Amendment, university professors and officials, go on about what a great student the killer was. The problem they say is that gun control laws just aren't tough enough.
What they don't want to admit is that Steven Kazmierczak, the 27-year-old killer that went on a shooting spree could have been stopped if the university had an "armed" security force or allowed students or staff to carry or have quick access to a firearm. Simply put when heavily armed, nut-case Kazmierczak showed up he could have been taken out with a couple of well placed shots. End of problem.
Let's face it, there's a lot of nut-cases running around that should be locked up in a mental institution. Unfortunately, many are given a bunch of pills and turned loose to roam the streets and universities. If you happen to be the next murder victim of one of these nuts it doesn't make any difference whether he was crazy or not you're still just as dead.
The liberals solution is always the same "pass more gun control laws." None of which has ever reduced crime or its rate of increase. Jurisdictions with the most restrictive gun control laws and policies have the highest crime rates compared to those with less restrictive ones.
Not all crazies use firearms to kill their victims. In new York city a known nut-case 39-year-old David Tarloff, was arrested for killing a woman with a meat cleaver and injuring a man who came to the victim's aid. In San Antonio Tommy Flores was arrested for killing his grandmother with a meat cleaver and shooting his girlfriend to death. I guess the liberals solution here would be to "regulate" meat cleavers and require backgound checks before being allowed to buy one.
On tuesday evening, Feb. 12, 2008, therapist Kathryn Faughey was slashed 15 times with a meat cleaver and a 9-inch knife in her Manhatten office. Dr. Kent Shinbach was badly injured when he came to Faughey's aid.
According to neighbors, Tarloff was a "troubled" man who would wander the halls half-dressed. He had been arrested two weeks earlier for assaulting a security officer at a hospital. One of his neighbors, 72-year-old Betty, summed it up well, "I know he's crazy and everything. I would keep out of the elevator if I saw him. I wouldn't go near where he would be."
On Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, Flores slashed 72-year-old Eva Flores, his grandmother, to death with a meat cleaver and then shot and killed his unidentified prostitute girlfriend. Flores said he killed his grandmother because she wouldn't allow his girlfriend to stay in the home. Flores lived with his grandmother. It appears that he shot his girlfriend to shut her up.
Karmeirczak used guns to kill; Tarloff used a meat cleaver and a 9-inch knife and Flores used a meat cleaver and a pistol. Kameirczak and Tarloff were known nut-cases but allowed to run loose in the community. Flores, based on his actions, comes across as another nut-case. Gun control laws did nothing to stop them. In Karmeirczak's case state Sen. Dan Kotowski, a sponsor of a tougher law to keep mental cases from buying firearms, admits that it probably wouldn't have stopped him from buying firearms. On Feb. 9, Karmeirczak legally bought a shotgun and a 9mm pistol from a licensed gun shop. In Aug. 2007, he bought a 9mm pistol and in Dec. a .380 pistol.
John Boch, a Second Amendment proponent in Illinois said the answer is for the state to loosen its gun laws, not tighten them, so that students could have been able to shoot back. How trues that is.
The best defense against a nut with a gun or a meat cleaver is a firearm in the hands of the intended victim. It works everytime its tried. Criminals and crazies have little regard for "gun control" laws. In fact criminals support gun control laws as it's a government guarantee that there will be no firearms in any home, business or university they decide to enter. The biggest fear of criminals is that their next victim may be armed.
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