Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Clayton E. Cramer has a good article at Pajamas Media on why he no longer supports the decriminalization of marijuana. While Cramer’s piece concentrates on the mental health problems associated with drug use, there are a multitude of reasons not to legalize pot.

A bill that declares “exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota” passed in the South Dakota House of Representatives today. SB 89 was approved by a 49-19 vote. The bill had already passed the state Senate on Feb. 18 with a 29-4 vote.

A discussion took place on South Dakota Public Radio today between South Dakota state Rep. Don Kopp (R-Rapid City) and Dr. Pat Zimmerman from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology regarding Kopp’s bill requiring balanced instruction when anthropogenic global warming theory is taught in public schools.

Recalcitrant labor unions figure prominently into the equation of the U.S. Postal Service’s problems as unreasonable demands intersect with economic realities. The agency’s business model is so irredeemably bad to the point where it cannot be salvaged.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed all claims against Shirley Dobson, the wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, in a lawsuit challenging the National Day of Prayer. Shirley Dobson is chair of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and was among the names listed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in a lawsuit filed in October 2008.

From Tea Party Express:
In an interview with the Tea Party Express’s Mark Williams, MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan yelled, screamed, walked off his own set, and alleged that tea partiers carry signs calling for the death of blacks and Jews. And as the veins were bursting in his head he then demanded that Mark Williams’ microphone be cut off so he could be heard.

Andy Stern, an Obama appointee to the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, is an unabashed socialist and promoter of global government over U.S. sovereignty. As you’ll hear in this video below, Stern believes there has simply been too much freedom going on our there. Government needs to meddle more in the affairs of private companies–spoken like a true bureaucrat. He (like his boss) is also an open supporter of Marxist wealth redistribution.

This is a good ad by Sue Lowden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) Republican opponent in the election this year. As a mother, she takes him to task for his “one size fits all” approach to government health care, which experience has taught her doesn’t work with children, much less health care. She takes a strong stance against socialized medicine, giving voters a clear choice.

Lord Christopher Monckton tells Bill Whittle that he’s going after former Vice President Al Gore and his dubious doomsday claims about climate change.

Most Americans claim belief in God but many are living as “Christian atheists,” according to some pastors. “We believe in Jesus enough to get us out of hell but not actually enough to change the way we live.”