Sen. Chuck Schumer is typical of most Democrats' delusions about spending and the debt:
“And the overall goal: again, cutting waste, using a smart short scalpel but not a meat axe,” he said. “Senate Democrats and the president are on the same page and I think we're moving in that direction.”
How do you explore the gun rights/gun control issue without addressing 2nd Amendment concerns? It's easy -- just don't bring the pesky thing up. In this article by Brady Campaign head and former mayor Paul Helmke, "Common-sense steps to reduce gun violence," the 2nd Amendment isn't mentioned a single time, or even referred to obliquely.
If President Obama's rhetoric is starting to turn off even Ruth Marcus, it might be time to hire some new speechwriters, or get a new logic book:
It's time to retire the false choice.
As a rhetorical device, particularly as a political rhetorical device, the false choice has outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any. The phrase has become a trite substitute for serious thinking. It serves too often to obscure rather than to explain.
Grotesque analogy of the day: Indiana Rep. Dave Cheatham. D-69, says his flight to Illlinois to deny Republicans a quorum and "make our schools better" is just like a brave soldier going to Afghanistan to protect people's freedom.
When Louis Farrakhan has to choose between President Obama and Moammar Gadhafi, it's not even a close call, is it?
Speaking from the pulpit of Chicago's Mosque Maryam, the Nation of Islam's international headquarters, purchased 40 years ago with a $3 million loan from Gadhafi, Farrakhan blamed demons for altering President Barack Obama's moral conscience and driving the assault on Gadhafi, who he calls a brother.
A bill being considered in the General Assemmbly would move all school board elections to the fall ballot, and it makes sense:
Supporters say having the board elections in November would increase voter participation, while those against the change argue it would take away local decision making.
Forty-eight states allow citizens to carry guns under some circumstances. The legislature in Illinois, one of the holdouts (Wisconsin is the other one), may vote to allow licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns, and the gun-control advocates are trotting out their usual horror stories. The trouble is, none of the claims they've made in the past have actually come to pass:
President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday.
The government consolidation effort went off the rails here, but they're still slogging through it in Evansville and Vanderburgh County. The latest point of contention is whether to merge city police and the sheriff's department. The current proposal calls for the two public safety departments to be consolidated under the leadership of the sheriff, so guess which department is for the merger and which is against? Here is Evansville Fraternal Order of Police President D.J.
