Ignorance, The Death Knell Of Freedom

In a room full of college educated people this afternoon, I made the statement that to begin solving our country's problems we needed to repeal the 17th Amendment. That the states needed to regain their "representatives" in Congress. We needed to go back to the state legislatures electing our Senators. You will not believe what transpired next.

Grow Up, This Is Not A Game

It is high time we change our rules for bills in Congress. It's time that a mere simple majority does not pass a law. The Amendment process is a lengthy, tough process for a reason, so that Amendments are not added lightly to the Constitution.

Laws should be the same. It should take a 2/3 vote to get a law passed so that they are not added lightly. If that were the case, this country would not be so bogged down in laws and regulations. A simple majority is not a mandate, in Congress or the Election booth. 

This is not a game where we keep score and a two point difference is a win. This is the future of this proud Republic at stake. A 51% to 48% vote does not represent a clear reason to pass a law, nor does it make your team and its policies "right" just because you won an election.

It is time to grow up. It is time to make Congress work to pass bills. It is time to take our country back. 

Syria: It's Not Your Office, It's Our Office

Man in Arizona says to +John McCain during a town hall meeting that not one US soldier's life is worth going into Syria. McCain interrupts stating that there will be no troops on the ground, so that is not a conversation that he'll have.

Funny...A man who flew fighter jets in the US Navy says that there will be no chance for lives to be lost. A man who was shot down in Vietnam and spent the rest of the war in captivity. So Senator McCain, our pilots are not troops? That's news to me. If one of our pilots are shot down, captured, or, even worse, killed, that will be okay with you?

Yes, Senator McCain, there will be troops involved, and we will have this conversation. And you should be ashamed of yourself for using semantics to further your agenda. You're a sad man, John McCain.

Who Are You Trying To Kid?

I just listened to John Kerry, testifying before the Senate, say in response to a question from Senator Rand Paul that what they are proposing in Syria was not war.

Okay, let me preface this with the background that I am not an isolationist. I do not feel that the United States can stick its head in the sand and ignore what is going on with the rest of the world.

However, I do not feel that we have any business attacking every little tin-pot dictator that decides to do harm to his own country. My feelings on that are, the oppressed are oppressed only because they choose to be so.

All that said, I want to get to the meat of the matter.

Hole Puncher

Now, this is a hole puncher. Could you imagine being on the receiving end of this 2400 gr. round? Unbelievable.