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September 26 through October
10, 2005
Guns are good and terrible things. Whether they are good or terrible depends on whether the hands that wield them are good or evil. Guns can, of course, be a lot of fun if they're used for target shooting or hunting. They can also be - and often are - lifesavers in the event of a threat. Since self-defense may be the single most basic of all the human rights, that's a whole lot of good going on! The obvious good of protecting yourself and your loved ones from harm is so integral to all of us and to society as a whole that even the drastic action of killing another human being can be excused under the law as "justifiable" homicide, or, more simply and accurately, "self-defense." The Second Amendment - which guarantees Americans the right to keep and bear arms - exists because the founding fathers were also concerned with our ability to defend ourselves. They, of course, worried a little less about other men than they did about the government. But their recognition of self-defense, whether or person, property, or liberty, was clear when they wrote the words, and their intent remains clear to this day (despite some lawyers and victim disarmament advocates who would have you believe otherwise). (Read the rest here)
Democrats
Play the Commerce Clause Card at Robert's Confirmation Hearing Prior to John Robert's confirmation hearing to be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, a friend asked me what subjects I thought senators would focus on during the proceedings. I told him one thing was certain---look for several democrats to zero in on the Commerce Clause because no matter what other topics are covered, they consider a nominee's views on this provision as the all important question. Senator Charles Schumer, a democrat from New York, confirmed this fact during an interview on Bill O'Reilly's television show at the end of day four of the hearings. In a rare moment of honesty, Schumer stated that a nominee's views on this clause are critical because it has been the source of the federal government's expansion of power during the past 60 years. The Commerce Clause, which is found at Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution for the United States, grants Congress the power to "regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." The Commerce Clause, as it pertained to the States, was inserted into the Constitution as a free trade provision. It granted Congress the power to make regular, or normalize, commerce between individual State and individual State. (Read the rest here)
Daddy,
Daddy! "Daddy, Daddy!" The little girl cried, tugging on her father's pant leg. "He didn't protect us from 9-11, Daddy!" "And don't the people of New York think maybe he even let it happen?" "And then didn't he start two 'wars,' Daddy? And aren't they both going badly? Won't those wars kill a lot of people? Won't that make millions of people hate us and make them our enemies, Daddy?" "He made New Orleans worse by stopping all sorts of people from helping each other!!" "Daddy, Daddy, the Emperor has no clothes!!" (Read the rest here)
Party
Poopers At The UN Birthday Bash Nearly 170 heads of state came to New York last week for the United Nations' 60th anniversary. So organizers planned a gala birthday celebration fitting for the occasion. But soon after the World Summit started on Wednesday, it became obvious the party was destined to go bust. First, a little background. Originally, the focus of the Summit was going to be the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs - an ambitious blueprint for the eradication of world poverty by the year 2015. But then secretary-general Kofi Annan began to hype the event as a "once in a generation opportunity for the world to come together and take action on grave global threats that require bold global solutions." (Read the rest here)
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This
is the second week of our weekly news summary, as Mama Liberty prepares
for some major changes. Once more, Gulf War Three (my own name for the
series of hurricanes and the aftermath of their passage in the western
Gulf of Mexico) dominated the news; but fighting in the Mideast continues,
as do the sagas of the Iranian and North Korean weapons, will defense
issues continue to pop up. This week, I've winnowed more than 200 news
stories down to about 50. Please let us know how you like this format,
and what suggestions you have. Gulf
War Three Federal
judge halts New Orleans gun seizures
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