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Friday, April 3, 2009
The Gun Show Is In Town!!!!!
The gun show is in town this weekend at the fairgrounds. Yippee!!!!! Hopefully I can find some ammo I've been looking for and maybe a new toy.
Government Bailouts Unconstitutional?
Well, some pundits are finally coming around to the conclusion that the government bailout legislation and executive dispersment of the funds may be unconstitutional. This is the kind of spirited debate I like to see, and indicates that our constitutional republic may not be fading as fast as it appears.
George Will was the first to catch my attention with his argument that the Emergency Economic Stablization Act of 2008, which created TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), is unconstitutional because it violates Article I of the Constitution, in which all legislative powers are vested in congress. Interesting.
Terrence Jeffrey took a more focused view, declaring that the money allocated to GM and Chrysler from TARP funds by Bushwhacker is unconstitutional because the loans did not purchase troubled assets and do not help financial institutions.
I like Will's approach because, if such a challenge was successful, it could impose limitations on the expansion of government. However, Will and Jeffrey both seem to overlook the idea that someone has to have standing in order to sue on the issue of constitutionality.
Ken Klukowski opines that if the Supreme Court were to reverse existing precedent to allow taxpayers to sue, that this would open a Pandora's box of judicial activism where the courts would have free reign to rewrite social and economic policy. Hmmm... To get constitutional government we would be subject to unconstitutional judicial activism. Not a good trade off.
My thoughts: Just remove politicians' immunity from suit. Sure, it might result in them getting sued for every little thing they do, but it would result in a lot less government.
George Will was the first to catch my attention with his argument that the Emergency Economic Stablization Act of 2008, which created TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), is unconstitutional because it violates Article I of the Constitution, in which all legislative powers are vested in congress. Interesting.
Terrence Jeffrey took a more focused view, declaring that the money allocated to GM and Chrysler from TARP funds by Bushwhacker is unconstitutional because the loans did not purchase troubled assets and do not help financial institutions.
I like Will's approach because, if such a challenge was successful, it could impose limitations on the expansion of government. However, Will and Jeffrey both seem to overlook the idea that someone has to have standing in order to sue on the issue of constitutionality.
Ken Klukowski opines that if the Supreme Court were to reverse existing precedent to allow taxpayers to sue, that this would open a Pandora's box of judicial activism where the courts would have free reign to rewrite social and economic policy. Hmmm... To get constitutional government we would be subject to unconstitutional judicial activism. Not a good trade off.
My thoughts: Just remove politicians' immunity from suit. Sure, it might result in them getting sued for every little thing they do, but it would result in a lot less government.
Quote of the Day
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
George Washington
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Obama Administration Lying About Source of Guns in Mexico Crimes
It's about time that someone exposed the lies that the Obummer administration is telling about American gun owners. Kudos to the investigative journalists at Fox News.
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
In 2007-2008, according to ATF Special Agent William Newell, Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced -- and of those, 90 percent -- 5,114 to be exact, according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover -- were found to have come from the U.S.
But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes.
In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.
Click on the headline for the rest of the story.
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
In 2007-2008, according to ATF Special Agent William Newell, Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced -- and of those, 90 percent -- 5,114 to be exact, according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover -- were found to have come from the U.S.
But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes.
In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.
Click on the headline for the rest of the story.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
EyeWitless News
Man Charged With Drunk Driving on Bar Stool
NEWARK, Ohio - A 28-year-old man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool, Ohio authorities said.
Click on the headline for the rest of the story.
Now why didn't I think of that?
NEWARK, Ohio - A 28-year-old man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool, Ohio authorities said.
Click on the headline for the rest of the story.
Now why didn't I think of that?
Quote of the Day
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
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