Scott Bieser is one of the finest human beings I know.
I've never had the privilege of meeting his wife, EJ, but since they're married I have to assume she's one of the finest human beings he knows.
EJ is in treatment for small cell lung cancer, and while they do have insurance, anyone who's dealt with catastrophic illness knows that even the best insurance policy tends to leave gaping holes in a family's finances.
Click here (scroll down on the page) for more about Scott and EJ's situation, and please help out a little if you can.
h/t Wendy McElroy
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sunday, September 09, 2012
A Thousand Years of Darkness ...
... if Barack Obama serves George W. Bush's fourth term in office rather than Mitt Romney serving Barack Obama's second term in office?
Where have I heard this before?
Where have I heard this before?
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Don't Lecture People About Not Understanding the Constitution ...
... if you don't understand the Constitution.
Over at LewRockwell.com, Laurence M. Vance writes:
Um, no.
It is true that there are some matters which the Constitution leaves up to the states. Where it does so, it specifies either that those are state matters, or just that they aren't federal matters.
With respect to the right to keep and bear arms, however, the constitutional provision regarding keeping and bearing of arms is very specific. The 2nd Amendment recognizes that right as a "right of the people," not a power of the states (see the 10th Amendment for another instance of this distinction), and prescribes that it "shall not be infringed," period.
Not by the congress.
Not by the president.
Not by the governors.
Not by the state legislatures.
Not by anyone.
Over at LewRockwell.com, Laurence M. Vance writes:
Under the Constitution, the federal government has no authority whatsoever to ban high-power weapons, high-capacity weapons, high-tech weapons, machine guns, automatic weapons, armor-piercing bullets, "cop-killer" bullets, sawed-off shotguns, assault rifles, gun sales to felons, bazookas, armored personnel carriers, grenades, IEDs, bombs, or tanks. ... Permitting or prohibiting these substances is a matter for each individual state to decide.
Um, no.
It is true that there are some matters which the Constitution leaves up to the states. Where it does so, it specifies either that those are state matters, or just that they aren't federal matters.
With respect to the right to keep and bear arms, however, the constitutional provision regarding keeping and bearing of arms is very specific. The 2nd Amendment recognizes that right as a "right of the people," not a power of the states (see the 10th Amendment for another instance of this distinction), and prescribes that it "shall not be infringed," period.
Not by the congress.
Not by the president.
Not by the governors.
Not by the state legislatures.
Not by anyone.
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