Well, it's kind of obvious.

Gallup:

Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls.

Principled Law Enforcement...

Sheriff takes tough stand, firmly believes roadblocks are unconstitutional, except in this case:

The Summit County, Ohio sheriff believes roadblocks are unconstitutional and ineffective in fighting drunk driving -- except when the roadblocks come with cash. Sheriff Drew Alexander will accept $175,000 in state grants, usually paid for with federal gas tax dollars, that the state will only offer to law enforcement agencies that agree to set up roadblocks. The Akron Beacon Journal newspaper asked Alexander if he thought roadblocks violated the Fourth Amendment.

"I do," Sheriff Alexander responded.

So we can book him for perjury now, right? Violating his oath and all.

Hillary Clinton Campaign Hostage Situation

Just over the air, they're saying Leelend Eisenberg, the suspect, has been taken into custody. It's apparently over. Reportedly, no one has been hurt.

More coverage here at the Huffington Post.
And here at Hot Air.

And live video coverage here while it lasts.

Hmmm

I got a chuckle while reading this official news report from FoxNews.com about how Canadians' old and inefficient beer fridges are threatening the planet when I came to this:

The problem is that the beer fridges are mostly decades-old machines that began their second careers as beverage dispensers when Canadians upgraded to more energy-efficient models to store whatever Canadians eat besides doughnuts and poutine.

I guess it's good to know Fox News can sneak in a little snide humor at the expense of Canadians.

Heh.

How are we going to liberate the oppressed classes with an attitude like that?

Priorities...

From the AP:

A teenager says he held up a dozen businesses in part to get "gas money" but made sure the heists wouldn't make him miss curfew or church on Sundays with his mom.

Justin T. Veal, 18, was jailed on a felony robbery charge after being arrested last week in a liquor store holdup.

Quote of the Day

...until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it's not OK to "super man dat ho" and end any and every dispute by "cocking on your bitch," nothing will change.

Does a Soulja Boy want an education?

HBO did a fascinating documentary on Little Rock Central High School, the Arkansas school that required the National Guard so that nine black kids could attend in the 1950s. Fifty years later, the school is one of the nation's best in terms of funding and educational opportunities. It's 60 percent black and located in a poor black community.

Watch the documentary and ask yourself why nine poor kids in the '50s risked their lives to get a good education and a thousand poor black kids today ignore the opportunity that is served to them on a platter.

Blame drugs, blame Ronald Reagan, blame George Bush, blame it on the rain or whatever. There's only one group of people who can change the rotten, anti-education, pro-violence culture our kids have adopted. We have to do it.

Via HotAir

Lou Dobbs gets fired up

Blogs4Borders co-founders Jake and MJ caught Lou Dobbs having it out with an open border socialist on video. Good stuff.

Video: The Entire Youtube Republican Debate 11/28/07

Here's a new post, since the last one got too clustered, with video of the entire CNN/Youtube debate below the jump...

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Video: Youtube Debate Highlights. UPDATE: Gay General works for Hillary

Don't have the entire debate video yet, but here are some highlights.

Giuliani on guns and Thompson on Giuliani's gun control:


Ron Paul vs. John McCain:

I agree with McCain, see here.


Here's the immigration battle between Rudy and Romney:



Heh: Send Hillary to Mars!


And the now famous GOP debate song:

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Update: John Martin at Politico notes something interesting:

...Avi Zenilman back at Politico World HQ does an insta-search on Kerr and discovers he was on the Steering Committee of "Veterans for Kerry."

Romney got the crap beat out of him for that question, and the General got more time to speak than Tancredo did, smell something fishy?

Update: I guess I tuned out too early, as CNN apparently disclosed, conveniently after the debate, that General Kerr is on a steering committee for Hillary. That was classy, CNN. Fine journalism there.

Liveblog: The Youtube Republican Debate 11/28/07

Just got underway, nice comedic musical introduction by the way. CNN.com has a live video stream.

And it begins. Rudy and Romney fight it out over illegals, it gets personal. Poor way to start the debate guys.


Thompson takes the pledge: No Amnesty.

McCain says his amnesty was not amnesty. Gets booed. Saddened for something... probably that immigration was the first issue debated here... rambles on about other issues, comes back to border security.

Heh: Tancredo says others are trying to out-Tancredo Tancredo... which is pretty much true.

Hunter, the ignored candidate, repeats his San Diego fence accomplishment.

Huckabee spins his illegal alien college handouts, avoids the question about illegals getting reduced tuition often better than veterans' children. But skillfully brought up veterans' bill of rights.

Romney with a quip to Huck, "Mike, thats not your money." Huck responds with emotional appeal, not too bad there Huck. They continue to quibble as Cooper tries to move on.

Ooh, an NAU question for Paul: Do you believe all this stuff? Paul defends sovereignty, cites empirical examples of what appears to be a looming NAU. Big applause.

SPENDING is out of control. McCain with his usual stump speech against pork-barrel spending, I like it. Romney says cut entitlements, Rudy says use technology and replace government workers, do away with failing programs. I like that better.

Fred says reform entitlements... doesn't answer the question (which three federal programs would you cut?) directly... but has got a plan for entitlement spending. Ron Paul says limit Dept of Education, change foreign policy, reduce Homeland Security. Huck says do away with the IRS... applause... reform Homeland and Social Security.

Interestingly, most of the guys here look like they'd rather be somewhere else.

WOW. McCain says Paul's foreign policy got us into WWII, Paul supporters, in strength tonight, boo him. McCain responds to the jeers by saying the troops want to win in Iraq, contrary to Paul's ideas.

Paul responds with his trademark blowback rhetoric. Says most officers support him or something.

Clever, Romney on farm subsidies: doesn't want our food supply to look like our energy supply. Subsidies secure our source of food, helps level the global playing field. Rudy agrees.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT: Gun control? Duncan Hunter lectures the questioner about gun safety, and he's right. Then he kind of equates the RKBA to fighting in Iraq, but you didn't answer the question Hunter. Gun control was the question, not your level of support of the 2nd Amendment.

Rudy bombed. Enforce gun laws... reasonable regulations... New York is different...

Once again, the issue of gun control was pretty much avoided in favor of verbally showing support for the 2nd Amendment. [Edit: I reviewed the debate, and I missed Fred's response to Rudy, which was very good. Also, he had the quote of the night, on the question if and what kind of guns each candidate had. Thompson said, "I own a couple, but I'm not going to tell you what they are or where they are." He's speaking to the gun crowd, and that's the perfect answer.]

CRIME: Romney and Rudy compete over who's crime control was better. Rudy seems to win this little competition. Romney concedes that Rudy did a good job, but defends his crime enforcement.

ABORTION issue is up. Criminalize abortion? Ron Paul takes a federalist position. Cool, but kind of a cop-out, depends on how you look at it.

Rudy takes a federalist position too. Fred did also, but urged overturning Roe.

Romney agrees with Fred, and would sign a federal ban on abortion.

DEATH PENALTY: Huck says he killed more than any other governor. OK, nice strategy there. Advocates it for deterrence purposes. Comes back to abortion. Heh: Jesus was too smart to run for public office.

THE BIBLE: This debate is turning into CNN's stereotypical view of Republicans, ugh. Huck jokingly offers to help Rudy, who then says he believes it but not literally. Romney fumbled, AND THAT WILL KILL HIM. Mitt says ye... yes.. er... yeah, wait, yes, yes I do. I'm Mormon and I could've said it 100 times better than Romney did. "YES," without the fumble.

Huck jumps into minister mode for a minute and performs well. A planted question for Huck?

The debate is fast paced, part stupid, part funny, and part gladiatorial. 100% demeaning to the Republican Party.

FOREIGN POLICY: How to make America's image better? Rudy says we are smart and can do that while staying on the offensive.

McCain promotes the surge, reminds us of his role in that. Speaks of success, tells us Democrats would've let Al Qaeda run rampant.

Hunter: I will never apologize for the USA. Applause.

TORTURE: Romney won't get specific, but says he opposes torture. Says terrorists should be sent to Guantanamo. McCain hits back, Waterboarding is torture. Says we will take the moral high ground in fighting terror. Romney insists he knows what torture is and is not, but refuses to say what techniques we will and will not use against terrorists. McCain still thinks Romney supports Waterboarding. Is there something I'm not getting?

IRAQ: Stay or go? Long term commitment? Fred says stay as long as necessary, not a moment longer.

Paul says get out now, Vietnam was a mess, Iraqis have started taking their country back already, especially after we've left. But he can't seem to remember the name of them there northerners; the Kurds Paul, the Kurds.

McCain defends Vietnam, never lost a battle, public opinion was lost. Paul responds by saying we pissed them off by occupying their countries. Namely Saudi Arabia, who willingly lets us stay there. Tancredo says wake up and smell the coffee Paul, this is reality, we have threats and we need to be prepared.

Rudy and 9/11, too much? Rudy says no, insists that it's his comprehensive experience that qualifies him, and gave him the reason to run.

GAYS in the Military? Retired Brigadier General Kerr debates the candidates. Says our military is professional enough to work with them. Hunter says no. Romney gets put on the spot, supports Don't Ask Don't Tell, but refuses to say yes or no. I missed what McCain said, but it sounded like a polite "no."

GAY MARRIAGE? Huck says he'll take the Log Cabin support, but won't support gay marriage.

SPACE EXPLORATION: Huck says increase funding, send Hillary to Mars! Tancredo: we can't afford it, politicians are trying to give everything to everybody.

THE BLACK VOTE: I liked that guy and his question. Rudy says it's the Party's fault, but he thinks turning welfare into a job agency as he did in New York is a good idea. Huck said something uninteresting, and that's why I missed it.

THE CONFEDERATE FLAG? Romney says no thanks, no divisive talk, don't show the flag, but you have a right to hang it in your room.

Fred says it is not racist, but is interpreted as racist by many. But we don't need to bring it up.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Sacrifice and repair America? Rudy brings up New York again. With help, he rebuilt much of New York. Rudy says he can lead the States and localities to rebuild over time with a responsible budget.

Paul says we have the money as long as the Feds get off our backs.

McCain says stop federal pork, give money back to states.

Rudy: During my time as mayor, the Yankees won four world series. After I left, they've won zero.

Romney: I, like most of America, love our sports teams and hate the Yankees.

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Wow, CNN seemed more obligated to the Youtubers than the candidates. Too many questions, too few direct answers, and not enough debate between candidates -especially in the latter half.

I don't know who won, but it was not Romney, Tancredo, or Hunter. Fred could have done a lot better, and he needed to be considering his performance in the polls. Huckabee is a great performer, probably the winner tonight. Rudy was lackluster, though his fights with Romney were entertaining. Ron Paul did better than usual; perhaps because he didn't have to answer too many Iraq questions, and the fact that much of the crowd were obviously Paul supporters.

The debate overall was awful, there is just too little time and too many candidates.

I'll have video in a new post.

One story, two outcomes.

Exhibit A:

James was stopped after a gun was spotted in her purse during a routine baggage check in the McNamara Terminal. She was on her way to a lawyers conference in Atlanta and told airport police she simply forgot about the gun.

Exhibit B:

Hochman told authorities he and his wife were on their way to Alaska and he had forgotten he'd packed the pistol in a bag that would be accessible during flight.

Exhibit A involves a judge. Exhibit B involves a regular guy. No further explanation necessary.

One more reason to homeschool.

I don't know how long Drudge has had this story linked, but I just noticed it. I can't help but ask myself, why are these stories so increasingly abundant?

The boy was suspended for three days this month for allegedly committing a “hate crime” by using the expression “brown people.”

In an interview Monday, Voinovich would not address her comments, first saying she didn't remember the incident, then demanding a copy of the recording and finally insisting that she could not talk about a student's discipline.

The circumstances of the boy’s suspension itself raise troubling questions about student discipline, interrogation and oversight at Abraham Lincoln.

According to school officials, the boy made a statement about “brown people” to another elementary student with whom he was having a conflict. They maintain it was his second offense using the phrase.

The term is not politically correct, but it's hardly offensive. If it is offensive, by any objective measure, then calling Americans with European ancestry "white people" is also offensive. Tell me how it isn't.

Pigs flying through blizzards in Hell.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf takes off his army uniform for the last time. As my title not-so subtly suggests, I am certainly surprised.

Pervez Musharraf stepped down Wednesday from his powerful post as military commander, a day before he was due to be sworn in as Pakistan's civilian president.

During a change of command, Musharraf relinquished his post by handing over his ceremonial baton to his successor, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani...

Musharraf's retirement from the military has been a key opposition demand and the move may help defuse a possible boycott of parliamentary elections in January by parties opposed to his rule. Since seizing power in a coup in 1999, Musharraf has served as president while retaining his post as head of the armed forces.

It's not everyday a man with dictatorial power relinquishes it. Few men have done so before; George Washington comes to mind (and yes Washington could have easily been king).

Thanks to Musharraf, we have had the pleasure of having a key ally of an unlikely country. For that we owe him thanks, but for the analogy to Washington to stick, time will tell.

But that's enough of that; the real American interest in all of this, is what happens in the very probable event that Musharraf is voted out. According to the WaPo, Bhutto is pro-Western as well as the military establishment. That's all well and good, but unless they can change the other 99% of Pakistan public opinion toward America they're at best going to be as good as Musharraf was, which frankly was little more than the status quo, and any worse and we have serious problems. This is all assuming Bhutto and the military remain pro-Western.

There is someone in the Whitehouse losing sleep at night over this. Has to be.

Due Process

This is actually good news. It being news at all is unfortunately, not good:

A US judge has been removed from the bench for jailing 46 people after none would admit to having a mobile phone that began ringing during his court session.

Judge Robert Restaino "snapped" and "engaged in what can only be described as two hours of inexplicable madness" during the 2005 session, Raoul Felder, chairman of the New York state Commission on Judicial Conduct, wrote in the decision to remove the judge today.

[Editors note: if you're a regular reader, you've probably noticed (for which I apologize) a lack of original content. It's true, but things should be back to normal here in a few days.]

13 year old arrested for playing with laser-pointer.

The logical thing to do is to ban them:

PHOENIX (AP) ― Phoenix Police have detained a 13-year-old boy after he allegedly pointed a laser at a police helicopter Monday evening.

Phoenix police say the helicopter was hit with a bright green laser light.

Amazing

What I found on a forum at AR15.com; a reply from a supposed law enforcement officer to a comment on officers and free speech:

It would be my contention, quite possibly wrong, that any Officer, as an agent of the .gov, could be liable for any breach of a citizens First Amendment protections.

...and you would be wrong. Anyone who uses that kind of language at that volume is certainly guilty of DOC. Moreover, when you jump up in a cops face and start screaming anything at him then you are certainly displaying aggressive behavior. I have no obligation to let you take a swing before I defend myself...I just need a reasonable belief that you are about to assault me. It all depends on how the report is written, and I write it.

You might keep in mind that an awful lot rides on that written report, and you don't have a lot of input into its content. While it is being typed you are in a holding cell at best, and the ER at worst! If you want to screw with the bull, don't be surprised when you get the horns!

Emphasis added. Law enforcement officers are trained to take control of situations. They are also trained as though they are all that matters, meaning their safety is of the utmost priority, and their interpretation of foul/loud/critical language as imminent physical danger reflects this.

You can bet if a cop screwed up his situation, he'd naturally have a tendency to clean it up a bit in his written report. And also quite naturally, his word is all too often taken over that of the accused.

Blogs 4 Borders Video

In this weeks episode:

A "virtual fence?" When the president utilizes one around the White House we'll believe him.
The Deportation Joke! Previously deported criminal aliens just keep coming, American citizens just keep dying!
And 100% Preventable!



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Tags: illegal immigration, the deportation joke, mexico, murder, rape, criminal aliens, border fence, border security, sanctuary city, border patrol, manhunt

Boy Scout suspended for knowing how to tie a noose.

Those dang kids, if it isn't sketching stick figures with guns, then it's saying they know how to tie a noose:

"Someone asked if anybody knew how to tie a noose and Travis did admit he knew how to tie a noose," Kim Grigsby said.

Travis' mom said her son is almost an Eagle Scout, he knew how to tie it, but told his friends he wouldn't because you could get in trouble for that. Later, a black student on the drum line told the teacher he was offended.

"Travis was accused of using a racial slur for saying the word 'noose.' Then he was suspended for 10 days," Kim said.

Supreme Court grants cert for Heller.

I'm a bit late on spreading the news, so here's a little blog roundup:

Allah at HotAir
David Codrea at War on Guns
Uncle at SayUncle
David Hardy at Arms and the Law
Eugene Volokh, David Kopel, and Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy
A typical, but always good Instapundit post here
Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell

And the blog everybody's linking to, SCOTUSblog, which seems to often be the first to break the news on this case.

As for me, unfortunately, I'm busy. I'll add my two cents later.

Frank Caliendo does Barkley

And a bunch of others. Funny:

Optimistic news of the day.

That is of course, if you're an extreme eco-secularist.

Buy some ammo...

Blogs 4 Borders Video

In this weeks edition:

Enrique Morones disses Jim Gilchrist, walking out on a planned debate like the coward he is.
Our border patrol under assault on the border.
100% Preventable! Just here to work? Tell that to the family of a little Ca. boy brutally raped by one of GWB's "good people just here to work!"



Gilchrist vs. Morones video graciously provided by our good friend Stephen AKA Lone Wolf!

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The annual war on Christmas begins!

I do love the feeling of this annual time-honored tradition, and I'm so glad it's starting off with the traditional character whose persona completes the spirit of the season: The ACLU guy and the War on Christmas. Naughty or Nice, the ACLU guy is secularizing your town:

Alderden, the Larimer County sheriff for decades and a veteran of handling hostage situations, forest fires and other life-threatening situations, was ticked by the recent work of the city task force, headed by an ACLU volunteer, which recommended white lights and secular decorations for the city, because other decorations such as red and green lights fall among the items that are too religious for the city to sponsor.

PSH Alert: Yet another toddler suspended for scary stick figure

Zero tolerance, zero brains.

A first-grader was suspended Tuesday for drawing a stick figure shooting another in the head with a gun and allegedly threatening students.

Little Butte School officials sent 6-year-old Ryan Weathers home after receiving complaints from parents saying he threatened their children, said Douglas Weathers, the boy's father.

"He's not a violent kid," Weathers said. "He did not mean any harm."

School district officials declined to comment. State law bars them from discussing disciplinary actions against specific students.

The disciplinary report given to Weathers stated the reason for the suspension was the boy "threatened to shoot two girls in the head."

The drawing was inspired by an episode of "The Simpsons," Weathers said. In the television cartoon, a character displays a drawing of a student being shot by a gun.

Lovely.

The equalizer makes for a civil society

An outstanding must-read essay on the right to keep and bear arms, right here.

Via Instapundit

Mark Steyn: Thanks for America

...I find it sweetly touching that in America even political radicalism has to be framed as an appeal to constitutional tradition from the powdered-wig era.

In Europe, by contrast, one reason why there's no politically significant pro-life movement is because, in a world where constitutions have the life expectancy of an Oldsmobile, great questions are just seen as part of the general tide, the way things are going, no sense trying to fight it. And, by the time you realize you have to, the tide's usually up to your neck...

If America were to follow the Europeans and maintain only shriveled attenuated residual military capacity, the world would very quickly be nastier and bloodier, and far more unstable. It's not just Americans and Iraqis and Afghans who owe a debt of thanks to the U.S. soldier but all the Europeans grown plump and prosperous in a globalized economy guaranteed by the most benign hegemon in history.

While I agree with Steyn, I can't help but wonder how we'd react if Europe were to sincerely thank America. I don't think we would know how to accept it other than awkwardly. Sure, we'd say you're welcome and keep on doing what America does. But then again, take a look at the coverage on Sarkosy's speech to Congress, a great big Thank You America, and relatively few news organizations highlighted it, let alone offered to say You're Welcome.

I will say that America likes it that way, not so much that we want it that way, but given the fact that things need done, we prefer to do it our way. And the Europeans, although often protesting from the comfort of their home, are all too happy to let us do it our way and naturally, let us shoulder most of the cost.

Update: More Steyn; on immigration:

In other Daily Mail immigration news:

A British woman planning to start a new life with her husband in New Zealand has been banned from entering the country - because she is too fat.

The argument here is the usual one that, because of the costs to the taxpayer, a socialized health care regime has the right tor regulate your lifestyle in all particulars. There is nothing that is not potentially the government's business.

And those on the left said we were being paranoid about the government controlling our lives through socialized healthcare. Tell that to the fat lady.

Mark Cuban sucker punches Bill O'Reilly

If you watch Bill O'Reilly (I usually do not -most of the newsworthy clips are online), you are well aware that he's been all over Brian De Palma's film, Redacted as well as its primary funder, Mark Cuban.

Whatever criticism this film gets is well deserved, in my opinion, but Mr. Cuban apparently thought it was unwarranted and hit O'Reilly where he can't hit back. From Cuban's blog:

What I was curious about was whether this really was important to Mr OReilly, or whether he was just a ratings whore and would say whatever he needed to say to get more people to watch.

I needed to design a very simple test to determine Mr OReilly's motivation. It occured to me to see if FoxNews would take an ad for the movie Redacted.

I had someone call FoxNews and tell them specifically, unequivocally that we wanted to run an ad for the movie Redacted. The same movie Bill OReilly was so upset about.

They said no problem. Do you want to run the ads in both the live show and the repeat ?

Our first reaction was that this was just the sales department and at some point , someone at FoxNews would step in and stop the ads from running. The call to say they were stopping the ads never came.

The ad ran in both shows. Here is a link with Bill's smiling face at the end.

O'Reilly has virtually no control over ad content during his cable show, let alone the network's. If Cuban really wanted to prove O'Reilly was a "ratings whore," he could've done it with a bit more integrity, and would've tried getting his ad placed during O'Reilly's radio show, which O'Reilly has vastly much more say over. Pretty sleazy Mr. Cuban.

Very Effective War on Drugs Strategy

Ok, so my libertarian streak has been significantly more apparent lately, but it's just these stories coming out, coupled with the pleasant fact that internet leans libertarian.

Which brings me to a story of the federal government making up for its blundering impotence, with blundering stupidity:

More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.

According to the data, available online at: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t4382005.pdf, of the estimated 223 million marijuana plants destroyed by law enforcement in 2005, approximately 219 million were classified as "ditchweed," a term the agency uses to define "wild, scattered marijuana plants [with] no evidence of planting, fertilizing, or tending." Unlike cultivated marijuana, feral hemp contains virtually no detectable levels of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis, and does not contribute to the black market marijuana trade.

The logic behind the banning of a natural plant is bewildering. I mean, what a waste of tax dollars, destroying millions of natural growing plants out of the fear of the non-existent to mild high it might give some people. If there is one thing the federal government is effective at, it's the wasting of our money.

More over-zealous policing

One often and overused strategy among law enforcement officers is their manipulation of the uninformed, asking them to give up their rights in a tone that usually sounds like a police order. Unfortunately, upon the denial of such a request, your situation often becomes subject to microscopic police scrutiny. Should you politely agree to give up your rights, that cooperative kindness you generously offered won't be returned should they discover the slightest infraction.

Why should Boston be any exception:

Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their children's bedrooms.
more stories like this

The program, which is already raising questions about civil liberties, is based on the premise that parents are so fearful of gun violence and the possibility that their own teenagers will be caught up in it that they will turn to police for help, even in their own households.

This is almost more damning of the parents, who I guess, would rather the police parent their teenager. But it's all ok, according to the police commissioner, who promised no criminal charges:

"This isn't evidence that we're going to present in a criminal case," said Davis, who met with community leaders yesterday to get feedback on the program. "This is a seizing of a very dangerous object..."

Of course it's not going to end up in a criminal charge, today. But now they'll know every house where people refused a search, every house that had a gun, the contents of every searched room, every house that was not to their liking, and the faces that belonged to such houses. This is a gold mine for over-zealous law enforcement officers. To me, this program sounds more like intelligence gathering than community service.

Meter Maid tries to ticket collapsed man infront of Hospital

Yes, really:

A PARKING attendant sprang into action when a man collapsed outside Altrincham General Hospital - by trying to slap a ticket on the victim's car.

The diligent warden came upon the scene after the man, who is diabetic, had keeled over in a car outside the hospital entrance.

Nurses ran out to help the man after his driver had dashed into the hospital to ask for assistance, and an ambulance was called.
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But the intrepid meter maid spotted that the driver had pulled up in an ambulance bay - and was not about to show any leeway.

Undeterred by the frantic activity going on around her, the parking attendant repeatedly tried to issue a parking ticket.

She ignored protests and explanations as she pressed on - and even continued to issue a ticket after the ambulance arrived and the paramedics took over the care of the patient, according to a shocked observer.

I think this is sort of thing is also symbolic of American society, which is too bad. I'm no expert on the trends or strategies of law enforcement, but it seems for various reasons they have increasingly favored a zero-tolerance attitude over commonsense.

1000 Words.

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Via Digg

Global Warming and the melting Arctic

Not quite the strong connection they'd have us believe.

Of course this is only if you trust the foolhardy deniers at, er NASA:

The team of scientists found a 10-millibar decrease in water pressure at the bottom of the ocean at the North Pole between 2002 and 2006, equal to removing the weight of 10 centimeters (four inches) of water from the ocean. The distribution and size of the decrease suggest that Arctic Ocean circulation changed from the counterclockwise pattern it exhibited in the 1990s to the clockwise pattern that was dominant prior to 1990.

Reporting in Geophysical Research Letters, the authors attribute the reversal to a weakened Arctic Oscillation, a major atmospheric circulation pattern in the northern hemisphere. The weakening reduced the salinity of the upper ocean near the North Pole, decreasing its weight and changing its circulation.

"Our study confirms many changes seen in upper Arctic Ocean circulation in the 1990s were mostly decadal in nature, rather than trends caused by global warming," said Morison.

Allies

For reasons I don't care to share over the internet, I will refrain from expressing my outrage at this:

Riyadh - A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The 19-year-old woman - whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms - was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape", the Arab News reported.

But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.

A court source told the English-language Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media".

Read the whole thing.

Man shoots burglars... on neighbor's lawn.

Verrrry interesting... I'll hold judgment until more facts are reported (and wow, as I write this post I hear the partial conversation with him and the 911 dispatcher on the radio).

It will be up to a Texas grand jury to decide whether a man who fatally shot two men he thought were robbing his neighbor's home acted within the state's self-defense laws.

The man, who is in his 70s, shot the two suspected burglars Wednesday afternoon in a quiet subdivision of the Houston suburb of Pasadena. He confronted the men as they were leaving through a gate leading to the front yard of his neighbor's home.

The transcript of his 911 calls are at the link, which kind of indicates an itchy trigger-finger, but I'm inclined to give this property defender the benefit of the doubt. If he did that for me I'd be thanking him, and you'd be damn sure no other burglars would try such a thing on that block again. I hope he was justified. (unintenshunnal speling erers fixd)

Video: Entire Democratic Presidential Debate 11/15/07

If you missed it and if you care: below the jump is video of CNN's Democratic debate last night in Las Vegas, poorly moderated by Wolf Blitzer...

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6


Part 7


Part 8


Part 9


Part 10


Part 11


And Part 12

Comparatively Awesome

Via Instapundit, a report comparing number of deaths during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to a time of relative peace:

The Congressional Research Service, which compiled war casualty statistics from the Revolutionary War to present day conflicts, reported that 4,699 members of the U.S. military died in 1981 and '82 — a period when the U.S. had only limited troop deployments to conflicts in the Mideast. That number of deaths is nearly 900 more than the 3,800 deaths during 2005 and '06, when the U.S. was fully committed to large-scale military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The CRS, which is the public policy research arm of Congress, issued its findings in the June report "American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics."

FOXNews.com, in re-examining the findings, found that — surprising as it may be — there were more active duty deaths in some years of peacetime than there were in some years of wartime.

Thought Provoking

"Torture, or aggressive interrogation, is only as good as the interrogators. Take Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, for instance. He got waterboarded and he sang like a canary ... he ended up naming operatives and giving up a treasure trove of financial secrets as well as plans for future attacks. ... I know Amnesty International would disagree with me, but every American needs to ask themselves, 'If you could turn back the clock one week [before the September 11 terrorist attacks], would you want Zacarias Moussaoui to have been interrogated by waterboarding?'"
-Vince Flynn

Via HotAir

Cross-country Horseback

Interesting and kind of cool:

When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.

And riding, and riding.

Some 1,700 miles later, he's burning through his family's life savings as he collects stories of hardworking, honest everyday people in rural America.

Well, at least he's making a documentary out of it. And he says he hasn't met any bad people. That's cool, but I think it has a lot to do with his hat. I've noticed that people tend to treat you more respectfully when you've got one of those on, and believe it or not, from my experience and what I've heard from friends, you're much less likely to get pulled over with a cowboy hat on.

9th Circuit Court: Trucks should be more like cars

Me: I bought a truck because it was not a car.

Court rebuttal: You often use it as a car.

Me: That does not make it a car.

Court: Not if we can help it.

A guy we don't need in an agency we don't need.

Michael Sullivan is set to be confirmed by the Senate to head the ATF.

Contact your senators. If your senators happen to be anti-gun, David has a good idea.

Shocker: Iran defies UN

I just hope we have spies doing the job the UN won't cannot do:

A report from International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, said that while Iran has cooperated in several areas -- by providing access to declared nuclear material, documents and facilities -- it is withholding in others.

"It should be noted that, since early 2006, the agency has not received the type of information that Iran had previously been providing," the report said.

"As a result, the agency's knowledge about Iran's current nuclear program is diminishing.

Planes, Trains, and...

I usually watch this every year around Thanksgiving, so I just had to share it.

Pakistan Update

From Bill Roggio:

Over 500 Taliban fighters under the command of Maulana Muhammad Alam poured into Shangla and took control of the district office and police station in Alpuri "without facing any resistance from the government," the Daily Times reported. "All government functionaries, including the DPO [District Police Officer] and DCO [District Coordination Officer], left the area the moment they heard of the fall of Shangla Top police station, located at the border between Swat and Shangla." The district courts are also under Taliban control, Dawn reported...

The fall of Shangla comes as the Pakistani army took control of security operations in neighboring Swat, where Fazlullah has essentially taken control of the district. Martial law was imposed after hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers surrendered weapons and themselves to Fazlullah's Taliban.

Things aren't looking good. Nevertheless, they lend less credence to Bhutto's implicit claim that Musharraf is a self-serving arbitrary dictator, whereas the balance Mushy's aptly performed tight rope walking for the past 6 years required was bound to break, and since he's got no more rope to stand on, these drastic steps are but a slim few of his options. I think he honestly believes he is doing the best thing he can to save Pakistan.

But what Musharraf believes doesn't matter; what does matter is if the threat to democracy from Musharraf is greater than the threat to Pakistan from the Taliban and other extremists. The only things that are becoming clear in this mess, is that Pakistan is increasingly a threat to the world, and Bhutto is increasingly the self-serving politician.

"Cool Wand."

Apparently, the internet is available to the public, which may or may not include one's own boss.

I know this is going to be hard for some people to accept, but no matter how tempting it may be, it's usually a good idea not to put incriminating photos of oneself on the internet.

Quote of the Day

An informed populace:

"When the macro news is bad, they focus on the macro. When the macro news is good, they focus on the worst micro news at hand. Sense a pattern?"

Audio: Robert Levy on Gun Rights, Heller

Robert Levy of the Cato Institute in a brief interview on public radio's 'Here & Now', talking about the landmark case we all are aware of, D.C. v. Heller, acceptable kinds of gun control, and unacceptable kinds of gun control. RealPlayer audio link here.

Via How Appealing.

Too many stories, too little time

A few things that caught my attention today (and last night), that I don't really have time to blog about:

Is Musharraf taking the best course of action?
Also read this from Allahpundit, and consider his question.

SCOTUS puts off decision to hear D.C. v. Heller.

Fred gets National Right to Life endorsement.

This is funny.

This is too.

This kind of stuff just gets under my skin and stays there for a while (via Uncle).

Ron Paul supporters a diverse group.

Shocker: Iran lied about nuclear ambitions.

Gun Control working just fine...

...in Egypt.

Also, see this post on how they regard free speech.

Slippery Slope?

Or is it now just a free fall:

Surveillance cameras rolling inside our local schools is nothing new, but what's taking place inside Demarest's public schools is truly cutting edge: a live feed from more than two dozen cameras with a direct connection to the police.

It's an expensive, but effective tool that could be a sign of the times with an increase in school shootings over the years.

The system, which cost about $28,000, can even track movement in a crowded room.

"When they arrive, they can pull up the school's live feed and do a sweep instantly," Demarest Police Chief James Powderley tells CBS 2.

Patrolling officers have access to the video feed from headquarters and several laptops. To address privacy concerns, all of the cameras are installed in public areas and are not equipped to pick up audio.

God forbid they provide teachers with the option to defend themselves. At least the hoplophobes can feel secure knowing that their very own potential killer will be more easily identified, after the fact.

Blogs 4 Borders Video

Patriots attacked in Canoga Park!
The second half of our interview with Robert Spencer.
100% Preventable!



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Smarter than you.

Heh.

A better QOTD

Here. Carl has got a nose for this stuff.

Writing...

I have a bad case of this. I thought I was just weird, but now I know we are all weird:

It’s because I have - as most writers do when they’re writing - super-severe Attention Deficit Disorder. I can be distracted by a dust mote, a loose cuff button, an unopened junk mail solicitation from The Dizziness From Standing Up Too Fast Fund. I once had a conversation with some fellow writers about this problem. One of them summarized it as, “Gosh doesn’t the top of the refrigerator need dusting?”

Via Instapundit.

Quote of the Day

When push comes to shove, I'm a realist. I don't like what Musharraf is doing, but we can't afford to lose him, or can we?

Mark Steyn:

It may well be that a Bhutto restoration will be the happy ending foreign-policy “realists” predict. But it’s more likely that a return to traditional levels of democratic corruption will cramp the economic interests of much of the military and lead key factions to make common cause with the Islamists — as Pakistan’s intelligence service did with the Taliban. I don’t know for sure, and nor does anyone else. But sometimes it helps to bet on form.

Against Ron Paul

David Codrea, penned a post on why us staunch Second Amendment defenders are doing a great disservice by supporting other presidential candidates, especially out of the fear that Ron Paul is not a viable candidate. I then commented that I would not support him because of his foreign policy ideas, and Mr. Codrea was kind enough to respond at length.

Let me start by saying I agree with Ron Paul on virtually all of his platforms, domestically. But when it comes to Paul's ideas of foreign policy, a policy of non-intervention, a policy of letting the chips fall where they may, is an even greater blunder than invading Iraq with no clear post-war plan with too few troops.

But there are some things in Paul's hopeful foreign policy that I admire, such as withdrawing aid to countries hostile or unfriendly to us and withdrawing aid to the corrupt and woefully inept United Nations. So, one might say, I agree on more of what Paul advocates than most other candidates, and I'll admit that at least I am sure of where Paul stands as he is remarkably upfront and honest, something I cannot say about the other candidates.

With that said, the few things that I disagree with are substantial. For example, Paul advocates immediate withdrawal from Iraq, would sit and watch Iran acquire nuclear weapons and continue to aid extremists. For those reasons, and for Paul's general idea of bringing troops, equipment, and security investments home as to avoid "entangling alliances," I cannot in good conscience support or vote for Ron Paul. I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton. Thankfully, I don't have to.

Here's the meat of David's response in the blockquotes, separated by my rebuttals:

The current approach has been such a great success in the Middle East--we see how well bellicose threats have worked to discourage the hardliners--right down to their helping devalue the dollar with the willing complicity of nations WE underwrite with trade and subsidize security for. And they sure have been discouraged from ongoing enrichment projects by all our saber rattling.

He's absolutely correct on this, and if I hadn't of included it here, I would've felt disingenuous. We actually subsidize most of the world's security, and often provide trade cheaper than they provide it to us. Who else is fighting terrorism at levels compared to the United States? Nobody. China, Russia, Europe, Australia, almost every developed and wealthy nation is threatened by Islamic terrorism, and we pay most of that bill. Unfortunately, we cannot see how our invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq has impacted the strength of terrorist groups compared to their strength had we not taken military action and/or stepped up the rhetoric. But we do know the American people wouldn't sit idly by as Al Qaeda went unpunished, and we do know that Saddam Hussein, not only was a genocidal dictator, but one of those same thugs who would do anything with his and possibly Kuwait's oil to hurt the American economy.

So what are you suggesting--we preemptively nuke Iran? Do we do the same nationbuilding there, too? Any idea where we get the troops from?

No. At least not unless we have to, because you said it yourself:

Look, Iran has a population that has many who are pro-Western, sick of the theocracy and looking for ways to make reforms. If we attack them, they automatically go to the enemy camp. IF they achieve nukes and become a threat, their target will be Israel--do you doubt the Israelis will take out a threat before it can be actualized?

Israel will act, if WE DON'T. I do know that if we don't and Israel does, you can count on a hot World War III. Saddam was brutal but he did have a brain. In the Gulf War you may recall Israel being hit by some of Saddam's SCUDs. It took some serious negotiation, but the coalition convinced Israel to stay out of it. Had they gotten in, all our Arabic speaking allies would've gotten out, and every young unemployed Muslim male that could get to Iraq, would've gotten there to fight with Saddam or would've died trying. We will likely act before Israel would act, that is of course, if Israel COULD still act.

And what are we prepared to do when Putin decides he's tired of us ringing him in with former satellites in NATO, and this is the last straw, so it's Gog and Magog time? And if we do go in, will it just be to take out facilities, or will we go after the regime, because if we don't, they'll be bent on opening up the gates of hell in this country with unstoppable low-level acts of terror throughout the land. Besides which, Pakistan already has nukes and is imploding as we speak. Will we take them out, too, and drag China into the mix?

This is one big reason why I can't support Ron Paul. Putin is weak right now, but he's a bully, that much is clear. Avoiding bullies doesn't make them go away. What is Putin prepared to do? The last straw? We may not have much force in terms of ground troops, but we don't need ground troops, nor have we used ground troops as sticks in World Politics. We still are number one by far in Air and Naval power and capability. I don't see the logic in removing what we have in NATO and missile defense around Europe, just because Putin doesn't like it. If I recall correctly, we put them there precisely because of communists much like Putin.

Another good reason not to support Paul, is because of these low level acts of proxy war. Listen to Paul's response... err his lack of response to this same highly-probable problem. So is it because we were in Saudi Arabia saving Kuwait's ass from Saddam that we were attacked on 9/11, or is it because they're extremists who hated America? I don't think it really matters, because no matter what we do we will get attacked. Remember Pearl Harbor? If we were to withdraw from Iraq and stop the implicit threats to Iran, somehow I don't think they would suddenly stop funding terrorist acts against America and Israel. As long as we support Israel's right to exist and as long as there are anti-Semitic Muslims, we will be threatened. I don't like entangling alliances either, but I do recall France coming to our rescue once upon a time. We should remain a force for good, not merely a voice for good. I'll hold judgment on Pakistan, and yes, they are currently more worrisome than Iran given the instability. But should al Qaeda grab the keys to those nukes, I think India and China would have more reason to act, together, as it would be in their best interest that things don't escalate.

Do you really think it's more likely that instead, Iran will first-strike us, and do you think the probability of that overshadows the very real tyranny we will develop if we continue down this course demanded by the "war on terror"?...

I think the probability of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons is very real and their funding, training, and general support for terrorism against American and Israeli citizens far outweighs the threat of tyranny in America, in my lifetime. Especially when I can support both liberty and fighting terror, the two aren't mutually exclusive. We didn't really lose too many liberties during the Cold War, did we? And I think it's a lot more acceptable to openly be a commie now than it was in the past. I'd say that's an increase in freedom.

And here's my take on Iraq: my litmus test is would I pick up a rifle and fight for it, and the answer is "No." That there would be genocide if we leave speaks more of the imprudence of removing the stabilizing factor of evil monster Saddam and thinking it would all be garlands for our troops and Kumbayah democracy--but I agree it would happen and "we," as in the people who put us there, would be to blame. So here's what we should do to get out and do what we can to minimize a bloodbath:
First, admit reality. Kumbayah democracy is not possible with a 13th century religious blood feud. So I would offer one month of safe passage for Kurds to get up to Kurdistan, Shiites to occupy their predominant territory and Sunnis to do likewise. I wouldn't draw firm borders, because that's just asking for trouble, but just let them know to get to their appropriate bases and we would provide what safe passage we can to at least avoid out and out genocide, but they only have a limited time to hightail it to their respective homelands before they're at risk of being trapped behind enemy lines. Then it would be up to them to manage their respective territories and behave themselves, so if the Kurds don't want the Turks to blow them to hell, stop doing cross-border incursions. Maybe promise everybody if they play ball, the nice blue-helmeted Belgian rapists from the UN will adminster their oil fields for them to make sure everybody gets their fair share for infrastructure developement--or not--the important thing is, we will have gotten out and the squabbling parties will be entrenched in their own territories to make the likelihood of outright genocide less likely--and the probability of border wars up to how strong a front they present and how well they conduct themselves--kind'a like real life. Not a perfect solution by a long shot, but I didn't create this mess, and don't see any body else's plans panning out--and those people get paid for it.

As much an individualist I am, I don't think we should bail out on our collective responsibility. We bailed on the Kurds just after asking them to rebel against Saddam, and if you remember, they were brutally gassed. I will not apologize for having some sense of social justice. I will not support bailing on the people, millions of men, women, and children, we jeopardized. I don't know what kind of moral compartmentalization that would consist of and frankly, don't want to know.

Would I pick up a rifle for Iraq? Honestly I don't know, but it is quite strange to base foreign policy on an entirely subjective question. I like most of us, would without hesitation pick one up for America. And that's what many did when we invaded Iraq, given the knowledge at the time. But your one month countdown to a bloodbath needn't be at current rate.

On Tuesday, I sat through a speech retired Lt. General Sanchez gave here at the local university, and what he had to say was optimistic. Troubling, but optimistic about Iraq in general. To him, Iraq is but one battle in the fight against terrorism, and a battle that we're starting to win.

Paul wants to strengthen us domestically--and I saw your website where you say "Foreign policy is the single most important factor that determines this country's safety." I disagree with that, and agree with the Founders, who not only admonished us to "beware foreign entanglements," but also let us know that "a well regulated militia [is] necessary for the security of a free state." You call your site "Free Constitution"--I trust those aren't just words?

Right now, foreign policy is unquestionably the single most important factor, in my opinion at least, based on constant and looming threats, such as Islamic radicals with the combination of a porous border, and the nuclearization of these extremists evident in Iran, and potentially Pakistan. There is nothing in the Constitution about foreign entanglements, rather, that ratified treaties are on par with the Constitution. Clearly entanglements can be cumbersome, especially for a newborn, virtually defenseless nation. I'd think it'd please the founders to know that they've created the strongest, greatest, and freest nation on the earth. Ironically, it came in large part from very close foreign relations in wars the founders sought to avoid.

With our military here to help secure our borders, the likelihood of [more] bad stuff and bad people getting through will be minimized. A culture of freedom is what builds strength and security, not one of repression. And as for foreign relations, I like his approach--quite a bit, actually: "Let us have a strong America, conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations."

And if a nation wants to push us into war, something I would be for because I would be willing to pick up a rifle, and risk or lose my life for, we would still have the "Free Constitution" way of doing things: declare it.

I agree with you that we should have a culture of freedom, a strong liberal policy on trade and diplomacy, something most other Republicans favor. Concerning war, I know you are aware that both Congress and the President constitutionally share these powers. Congress has the power to declare and fund wars. The president commands them. It is the directly elected congress that has increasingly delegated war powers, and consequently political risk, to the president. As far as the Constitution is concerned, this war is legal -as Congress authorized the use of force, continues to fund it, and has formally recognized the President's war making ability with various war powers acts. Nevertheless, I agree with you that all large-scale wars should be declared, but Congress wont take that risk, so war-making will indefinitely remain the power of the president. Paul's objection to this type of war making is for me only a moral issue, as Congress should have the stones to wage it, or not wage it. But Paul's insistence that this war is unconstitutional is ridiculous. If that were the case, the war in Afghanistan would be unconstitutional as well, a war Paul voted for.

But we really need to make sure we have the belly for it. We won WWII because we had the stones to do horrible things to Dresden and Hiroshima. That's what war is. It's hell. This limited rules of engagement/undeclared police action crap where you can't cross into Laos or pee in the Yalu does not work and has never worked, as evidenced by the last time we actually outright won something, and how many disastrous adventures in killing off the flower of our manhood we've put ourselves through since then.

I thought most rational Americans realized war is hell, and most of us supported the war. I agree that the ROE have been unnecessarily constraining on our effectiveness in conducting this war, as in other wars. We screwed up, but who doesn't in war? We're making progress now, the ROE have been revised, but we still are fighting the information war, where brutally effective tactics in this information age can do a great disservice to the war effort.

In order to win, you need the support of the people. That is a truism, and anyone arguing otherwise has not been paying attention to history. Show me where Paul has mis-gauged this in his calculations.

Show me the poll saying most Americans want to bail out now. Take a poll asking Americans if they want to win. There you will find the answer. Better yet, take our democratic republic, a system of representative government responsive to and on some levels a reflection of the people. We are still at war. Last I checked, Americans can stomach a real war. We can't stomach being the bad guys. Paul, as with many leftists and anti war journalists, paint us as the bad guys. Those receptive to the bad guy message make up a significant constituency. Paul wasn't the first to find it, but he was the first non-promise-breaking-Democrat to take advantage of it. Naturally, he is the redeemer.

I won't support Ron Paul because his non-interventionist policy is akin to pulling all police off the streets. Who fills the void? The global militia men? I don't think so. Whether we like it or not, we are the de facto world police, and we and our allies have vital interests worldwide, and a vital stake in world peace. I'm not prepared to support filling the void with over-sized communist egos, Islamic extremists, and nuclear-armed proxy fighters.

Limited blogging continues...

Not so much because of a busy schedule, but problems with my phone line, and Qwest's strategic times of stopping by when I am not here. I'll be lucky if this post goes through.

Blogs 4 Borders Video

Welcome back! We enjoyed our five week break and are back refreshed and ready for action with our new set and some cool new animations. I had some trouble with the audio this week, I got it as good as it was going to get, I hope that’s good enough.

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I support John Edwards...

...in his bashing of Hillary.

Ron Paul Foreign Policy

Allahpundit puts the hammer down on Ron Paul.

Read it, go through the links, and watch the video.

I know we've had our share of blunders lately, but I know suicide when I see it. This is why I won't support Ron Paul. Foreign policy is the single most important factor that determines this country's safety. His platform of "non-intervention" is a lie, this is flat out cowardice.

He can't be that frickin stupid, is he? Cause he doesn't come off as the traditional pandering scum. Maybe I'm too biased, cause I've always liked the idea of a real American Empire. I mean, if we're going to be accused of it, we might as well play the part.

Do you remember this guy?

Vid from AllahPundit