Here are the treasonous, eliminationist thoughts of Malcolm X that would convince some of our faux liberal friends that he hates America, wished to kill people, was a Second Amendment nut, and should be arrested, tried, and (well, you know) for treason: "Concerning nonviolence: It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself, when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law." "If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country." "I don't favor violence. If we could bring a...

Governor Bill Ritter (D) recently signed a bill that stymies the US Army's attempt to expand training areas into Colorado ranchland. I have absolutely no idea whether or not this is a good bill, but I hardly think it merits this response from Representative Mike Coffman (R): “The Governor clearly has no concept about the training and readiness needs of our combat forces. By signing H.B. 1317, a bill that blocks the Army’s ability to expand training areas, the Governor has sent a very clear message that the men and women who serve our nation in uniform are not welcome here. I think he would be more sympathetic if the U.S. Army were to declare itself a terrorist organization - since he is going out of his way to block the Army while at the same time laying out a welcome mat to house terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.” The Colorado Independent points out a bizarre twist to this story : the MSM is apparently refusing to cover it: Equally curious to Coffman’s over-the-top rant is the ...

Let's start with the obvious: Bill O'Reilly and others (Ann Coulter comes to mind) have been irresponsible, even dangerous in their invective against the late Dr. George Tiller . [But I will not exempt the late Dr. from legitimate and reasonsed criticism of his actions : victimhood does not equal sainthood.] The problem for those who would hold O'Reilly accountable is that the same strictures they'd think about applying would have prevented this , this , or even this [which is all that's left of this ] from appearing. Invoking the power of the State in any guise to stifle political discourse --no matter how nauseous--is anathema to the American Constitutional system of government. And in the words of Anonone : Violence comes more often from the oppression of speech rather than the free exercise of it. A free society entails risks. A society without risk is not free. Tough questions like this are where you come down on the side of freedom or security as paramou...

Just for kicks and grins--and because it will drive some people crazy--let's talk a little about secession, revolution, and survivalism in popular literature, starting with Texas secession. There's a long skein of SF/Alternative History about "second civil wars," "second American Revolutions," "America invaded," or "post-Apocalypse/survivalist" scenarios out there. With regard to Texas, which gets into the US after fighting its own war for independence from Mexico, there is a Cold-War-era light fantasy (sorry, any novel with a battleship surfing a tsunami counts as light fantasy) by Daniel da Cruz, The Ayes of Texas [followed by a series of sequels and pre-quels]. Read the reviews at Amazon in the link: some people got it; others got their panties in a twist. More recently, expanding from Texas, there's Tom Kratman's A State of Disobedience , which is more radical libertarian polemic than novel in some ways. Neither of these bo...

[Be sure to click through if the complete images do not post on your browser] There are those who think it's funny to declare other human beings as hunting targets: Then again, there are those who think it's funny to paint all gun-owners as crazed killers: There are those who think it is appropriate to compare socially conservative Christians to Al Qaeda: There are those who think it's within the bounds of good taste to use maimed babies as props in political cartoons: There are those who think its appropriate to make retard jokes about Downs Syndrome children: There are those who use images to suggest that our soldiers are mindless killers: There are those who think it's OK to portray people with different political views as willing to kill the helpless: There are those who suggest that violence is the appropriate penalty for those in the previous administration: ... and I'd often truly like to be able to shut some of them up. And then I remember the consequences ...

.... like at least through puberty. Police in American Fork, Utah, are mulling felony charges against two fifth graders for ... showing their classmates dirty pictures. The two 11-year-olds got around the computer's filter by typing a keyword into the browser that wasn't on the filter's list of pornographic trigger words. In doing so, they pulled up pornography, multiple images that they then showed to at least nine of their classmates.... Prosecutors could charge the two with dealing harmful material to a minor, a second-degree felony, or they could decide to charge them with "providing an improper display," a class A misdemeanor. Police say the kids will more than likely face the felony charge. "It's serious for the kids, but you also have to look at the other side of this. Some of the kids who were brought over there, at least one of them, I believe, is having some trouble shaking that image from his mind," said American Fork police Lt. Darren Fal...

Actually, it is pretty much only garden-variety intellectual consistency, but these days that's not so common any more. Thus, go read kavips' warning to Obama, Biden and the Democrats on regulating the Internet: However, it would be fair to warn you that my support for the Constitution of the United States of America, and my sworn duty to obey it to the best of my abilities, has me fearful of some the changes you propose for public safety. As an American, I have the right to live unsafely if I wish… So, with fair warning, any criteria you propose to tame the Internet, which limits the right I hold so dear, the right to express my opinion with impunity, will cause you to lose the battle of public opinion… because I will fight you there...

Anonone left an important comment on my yesterday post about a student investigated by police after a classroom presentation on the right to bear arms. Read that here for context. I would normally respond to A1 in the comments section, but I am at a remote site and the wireless server I'm using won't allow me to access that page. So, A1, this is the best I can do in response. To continue the dialogue I probably won't be able to respond to anything else you offer until late tonight or tomorrow (just so you know). After reading the post, A1 says (in its entirety): Steve, 1) You don't know what Wahlberg actually said. 2) You don't know how he said it. 3) You don't know what his relationship was with the professor or classmates. 4) You don't know what his university relationships were. 5) You don't know his medical or psychological history. 6) You don't know how many guns he owned or if he was bringing them on campus. My point is that there is potent...

From The Daily Campus : Recently, at Central Connecticut State University, a student was brought into the police station after he gave a class presentation about carrying concealed handguns on campus. What was his transgression? He dared to talk about guns in class, which made his classmates feel "scared and uncomfortable" according to his professor. John Wahlberg was in Paula Anderson's introductory public speaking class when the students received an assignment to make a presentation about a "relevant issue in the media." Given the fierce debate about whether or not students and professors should be allowed to carry weapons on campus - ignited by the fatal shootings at Virginia Tech - Wahlberg thought that concealed carry was an appropriate topic for class. It is important to note that while Wahlberg is a gun owner and a Second Amendment advocate, he never threatened to harm anyone during his presentation. After giving the presentation - during which he advocat...

Freedom of Expression ends where violent intent begins is Nancy Willing's response to the controversial Sean Delonas' cartoon in which the dead chimp is perceived by many viewers as representing President Barack Obama. Here's Nancy's take: Was New York Post's Sean Delonas' message really conveying only that the stimulus was written by a chimp-brain of a congress as claimed? Most people have concluded that the cartoon is suggesting assassination of one Barack Obama and conveying that this big black ape has to be stopped. Notice the juxtaposition of themes between the title of the post and the sentence in bold above: Nancy says freedom of expression ends with violent intent, but the standard suggested in the post itself is not what the artist intended, but what most people have concluded . Hold that thought for a moment. Now let's go back to the guy stopped in Oklahoma for his Abort Obama not the unborn sign on his truck, had the it confiscated by the polic...

There are some things in this life I find very easy to believe, like the sky is blue because of light reflected off the water from the ocean, that cats like to eat fish, that my car when it does not get enough oil will not drive as well as it could or that Nixon liked to count Jews at the Bureau of Labor Statistics . It is not even hard to believe that Mick Huckabee said of Jesus that, "HE CAME TO ME IN A VISION AT THE HOAGIE HUT, AND SAID THAT IF HE HAD, LOOKED LIKE ME, HE COULDN'T HAVE FIT ON THE CROSS, AND THERE NEVER, WOULDA' BEEN CHRISTIANITY." Even though this is clearly satire. Or that the God Elohim is living on another planet and wants me to become a god and populate the solar system like Joe Smith said he would . There are some things I find harder to believe, like that George W. Bush enjoyed blowing up frogs with firecrackers as a young boy . Which, if true, it only confirms every long suspected fear of every self-respecting but misguided liberal . And mor...

I found an unsolicited letter in my mailbox today from David Horowitz saying you liberals are blocking Islamo - demofascist -commie awareness week. Is this true you traitors ? I am so incredibly sick of the turpitude and screed of the conservative movement, that I am at a loss for words right now. Well you will be happy to know I sent him back this message: Dear Mr. Horowitz, It is with great sadness I received your letter. It clearly demonstrates how great the Islamo - democommie -fascist threat to our great nation is. It is almost as great as the threat posed by other groups like the entire left. I loved it when you said, " Part of the motivation for Discover the Networks is....the view that leftist individuals and groups provide support, intentionally or not, for Islamic terrorism, and thus require ongoing scrutiny." And when you provided proof in your Book Unholy Alliance that made me a think of you as a new Lenin. I mean if all the Islamo - democommie -fascists get to...

I present this and dedicate it to Martin Luther King as long as You Tube allows it to stay online.....for they like other corporate outlets have censored it repeatedly and censored and suppressed the voice of some of the people, and by doing so, suppress the voice of all the people. For even if a person says something you do not like you should use reason, education, discussion to debate and judge your own moral conscience with them; to discuss these issues. They deserve freedom of expression just as you do. You must not censor the people if you hope to protect the First Amendment of the Constitution, and if you believe in it, as an American company, you want like Larry Page and Google, free expression and information. This film been removed from online forums more times then the controversial movie about Islam called Fitna. If you choose to censor this people, be sure we have read Henry David Thoreau's On Civil Disobedience , repeatedly. And we can use it against the "corpo...

This from our British friends at The Libertarian Alliance . I warn you in advance that it is provocative reading, even by Libertarian standards. Brit Libertarian Sean Gabb has been rather ceremoniously uninvited as a United Kingdom Independence Party speaker because--oh, wow!--they just discovered that he is in favor of drug legalization, eliminating the UK's race relations laws, and in repealing some child pornography laws. That's right: Sean Gabb actually takes a critical look at child porn from a Libertarian perspective. This requires a longish citation to do his reasoning justice: This outrage, it seems, was caused by my brief statement of what it means to be a libertarian. I said the day before yesterday that I believe in legalising all drugs, in repealing all race relations laws, and in repealing some of the laws against child pornography. I am surprised that my statement had this effect. I have spent the past three decades arguing very clearly on every occasion for wha...