Texas Releases Map of Gun Owners

Texas

If things really got rough, I could actually see Texas going sovereign.

The Tytler Cycle, Part 4

By John Eberhard

I am writing this article in the weeks after the 2012 election. Certainly conservatives everywhere are in shock.

I believe the Tytler cycle explains a lot about what is going on in America, and specifically the re-election of Barack Obama. I have written three other articles about the Tytler cycle (1, 2, 3).

Alexander Tytler was a Scottish historian who lived at the time of the American founding fathers. Tytler stated:

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.” Read more »

Romney’s Closing Argument

It’s nice to see someone who can speak well and actually back up their words.

Contrast how our current President has fared:

Ladies, Can We Talk?

This new book was essentially written for women, but guys would probably benefit from reading it as well.

From the book’s web site:

Ladies, Can We Talk? is an empowering message to women—encouraging all of us to embrace our role as leaders in America, now and in the future. This book inspires women to recognize our influence on our country’s future, through our power in the voting booth, and our increased participation in the national political conversation. No more being silenced by political correctness! LCWT inspires women to consider the conservative view in American politics, and shares facts, figures and real-life stories of other women’s lives made better and richer by the greatness of America’s opportunities and commitment to freedom and free markets.

Ladies, Can We Talk? motivates women to decline the invitation of the American Left to support bigger government and increased dependence by women on government. The message resonates with women of all ages, and is designed to inspire women with information, confidence and optimism about America’s future.

Mitt Romney Can Be Very, VERY Funny

Here is Mitt Romney’s 10 minute monologue at the 2012 Al Smith dinner.

Black Pastor Urges End to Slavish Devotion to the Democratic Party

The Bishop E.W. Jackson, founder of Chesapeake, Virginia-based Exodus Faith Ministries, recently released a video calling for African Americans to make a mass exodus from the Democratic Party.

What the Blank Could Go Wrong?

She’s a former nun, an Army major, a lawyer, a college professor and a physician. Now Dr. Barbara Bellar wants to be a state senator from Illinois, and she has one question about ObamaCare.

“What the blank could possibly go wrong?” Bellar asks, tongue in cheek, after delivering a one-sentence indictment of President Obama’s health care law.


President Obama’s “Other” Speech

This video just aired on the Daily Caller web site. From the Daily Caller site:

Obama gave the speech in the middle of a hotly-contested presidential primary season, but his remarks escaped scrutiny. Reporters in the room seem to have missed or ignored his most controversial statements. The liberal blogger Andrew Sullivan linked to what he described as a “transcript” of the speech, which turned out not to be a transcript at all, but instead the prepared remarks provided by the campaign. In fact, Obama, who was not using a teleprompter, deviated from his script repeatedly and at length, ad libbing lines that he does not appear to have used before any other audience during his presidential run. A local newspaper posted a series of video clips of the speech, but left out key portions. No complete video of the Hampton speech was widely released.”

Until now…

Paul Ryan’s Speech to the Values Voters Summitt

Brevity, clarity and a strong dose of sincerity:

Respecting the Religious Beliefs of Others Versus Thuggery

After the killing of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya (and three others) and the storming of the American embassy in Egypt, people are looking to lay blame. Some are saying those who create material (art, writings, etc.) offensive to other people’s religions should have some culpability for these violent acts.

Of course we should respect the religious beliefs of others. But I don’t believe people who create art, poetry, literature, film, etc. should be in fear of a very small group of people who will use violence to ensure you say or do nothing that offends them. The offending group gets to determine what’s offensive and then go on a killing spree if they determine you were.

Some have offered the analogy of yelling “fire” in a movie theatre. That is an interesting reference, but doesn’t apply here in my opinion.

As an example, go to any major art museum and you will see numerous works of art that portray various components of life quite negatively, including major religious figures. Should all of those works of art be taken down and never displayed again because a small group of people somewhere in the world will kill innocent people in retaliation?

If a novelist writes a historical novel and there is content in that novel that depicts a particular religion very unfavorably, should that novel be censored because…well, you get the idea.

Creators of all forms of art will forever be on pins and needles that they may have said/done something that will evoke a violent reaction. Something not quite right there.

It’s not an indictment on an entire group or religion. This is not an anti-Muslim statement. it’s a statement that we can’t let thugs, whatever their religion may be, stifle the creative efforts of others because they’re prepared to exact the ultimate revenge.

In the final analysis, we should ALL respect the religious beliefs of others, but if we’re going to force people to do so, then the thugs have won. I don’t want to play by their rules.