Seven Mexican Police Officers Died… Were You Aware?

Posted by Larry Miller on April 25, 2010 under Why | Be the First to Comment

This weekend, headlines jumped from from the screen of the FoxNews site about a shootout in Ciudad Juarez where drug gangs ambushed two police cars killing seven officers. They did not, however, jump from the screen to visitors of the formerly mainstream media. CNN noted that a 17 year old bystander was killed in a shootout south of the border. It wasn’t until the second paragraph that the article noted seven police officers also died. NBC made no mention and CBS made a small note of the event. Why would this be?

Then, over in Morelia, Mexico, Public Safety Director of the western state of Michoacan was attacked by gunmen armed with “assault” rifles and grenades. She was wounded, but survived, however four others did not. We have some extremely violent lawlessness taking place in our neighbor to the south.

The timing of this brutality was especially unfortunate for those whose current talking points included the trashing of Arizona which was taking steps to defend themselves against the importation of this Mexican violence. The President, who is actively working to legalize the illegal, called the states actions irresponsible. Others have called them unconstitutional and ill advised, threatening lawsuits. Demonstrations, some violent in themselves, sprung up criticizing Arizona’s efforts at self defense… but as of this writing, the law is still scheduled to go into effect this summer. Read more of this article »

Cash for Clunkers

Posted by Larry Miller on June 26, 2009 under Why | Be the First to Comment

The cash for clunkers is one more plan by the Barack Hussein Obama that not only attempts to make all of us good little subjects, but actually transfers wealth to his supporters who comply. The idea of the government giving $4500 toward the purchase of a new or late model car, if it is a car approved by our beneficent government is opposed by the 54% who understand the implications of this incentive program.

Only about a third (35% according to a recent Rasmussen poll), think it’s a good idea, with government employees giving it higher marks than the general population. That pretty much aligns with the number of hard core Democrats… maybe even the future number of government workers. This form of social engineering is an attempt to get people to buy cars that both foreign and domestic manufacturers have been producing, but people have not been buying in significant quantities. They are trying to get people to purchase smaller, lighter, more fuel efficient vehicles that most people understand instinctively are more cramped and hazardous to their occupants.

I am wondering how many of us are willing to put our children and, in my case, grand children, at greater risk to solve a problem that, most likely, does not even exist? For the presidents rabid environmentalist supporters who believe that man’s presence is detrimental to the earth itself, the answer is simple. The earth must survive, even if I and my family do not.

These undersized and generally underpowered machines are touted to have passed the regular safety tests our big brother now imposes on all vehicles sold in the US. This is great, but they leave out the getting-run-over-by-an-SUV test and don’t even think about an eighteen wheeler. Read more of this article »