Saturday, January 24, 2009

Good News and Bad News

It has been no secret for a very long time that the left in this nation doesn't like the Second Amendment. The basis for the animosity is pretty clear if you consider history. An armed population was what threw off the yoke of George the Third and made this a free republic. That's why the Founders put the Second Amendment as second only to the freedoms enumerated in the First. They wanted to preserve their options.

By extension then, when the left ponders their view of what they would like to see this nation become, they are a bit apprehensive with regard to an armed citizenry. It never seems to work out well for dictators and demagogues when folks have the means at their disposal to say, "Enough already!"

Take a couple of minutes to go here and view the video of testimony in the Senate committee considering the confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General:

Why Eric Holder Shouldn't Be AG

That's the good news. Now, rewind and notice the "rapt attention" of the committee members as the CSPAN camera gives a view of the committee at 3:10 into the video.

The metaphor of crying in the wilderness or pissing into the wind comes to mind. Only Leahy and Specter remain in their seats, and one is talking to a staffer while the other shuffles through his papers. Neither hears a damn thing and the rest of the committee is out for coffee.

This doesn't bode well for another of our freedoms.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Post (and link) raises interesting questions.

Personally, I like high MPG cars . . . because 1) I like to go for 1000+ mile road trips regularly and 2) I like to pinch a penny, and 3) I am a high-tech enthusiast. I'm still not giving up hope for alternatives or high MPG petrol-burning MPG cars. I discussed this at the Honda dealer with a salesman. Several years ago Honda stopped producing the Civic HX which got 44 Mpg on the highway. I use to have one, liked it, and expressed my disappointment that Honda had discontinued this special model. He informed me that there were relatively few consumers with my interest.

BTW, off topic but interesting:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2009/01/20/barack_obama_inauguration_this_emperor_has_no_clothes_it_will_all_end_in_tears

Anonymous said...

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2009/01/20/barack_obama_inauguration_this
_emperor_has_no_clothes_it_will_all
_end_in_tears