Democracy, Democrat-Style

An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now...We’ve got to know who our nominee is.”

Because otherwise, we'd have to, you know, let the people decide...

Large Decals

Large decals have been placed on the doors of every building to warn students of six years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $3,000 if a firearm is brought onto school premises. The decal also states that those who have the appropriate concealed handgun license are not excluded from those penalties.

Large decals. And "these are viewed as helpful and useful changes"?

By who? The ignorant? The stupid? Or just college administrators?

Does anyone seriously believe a large decal will stop this?

"Feeling safer" indeed.

Good grief.

[Via SayUncle]

Lux et Veritas

Those particular plans raised the ire of David Codrea, a 2nd Amendment advocate who blogs at War on Guns.

"One could make the argument that the exhibit legally should be classified as hazardous medical waste, and without proper handling, storage and spill clean-up/disposal procedures, with training for affected staff and employees, it poses a danger to the public and to all involved," he wrote. "I wonder if Yale's risk management department was consulted?"

Huh. Virtual ink at WND. I could do worse.

As we saw yesterday, this story has been altered several times, to where the truth of matters has been totally obscured by lies, excuse-making and confusion. The crazy person is playing the media and the Yale administration like a yo yo.

Here's the latest spin:

“Her denial is part of her performance,” Klasky wrote in an e-mail message. “We are disappointed that she would deliberately lie to the press in the name of art.”

Coming from the school with the motto Lux et Veritas. Nice.

Here's what I wrote Ms. Klasky last night:

Disgusting. Regardless of what this young head case claims, how can you not think she "violated basic ethical standards and raised serious mental...health concerns"? And it looks like she's betrayed you, too, because the Yale Daily News is now reporting :

Shvarts '08 disputes Yale's claim
But Shvarts stood by her project, calling the University’s statement “ultimately inaccurate.”

So she lied to the paper to advance her project and/or she lied to "three senior Yale officials today — including two deans" about the nature of her project?

I presume the reporter took notes or recorded the conversation, and the administrators are prepared to testify as to what she told them?

I thought Yale had a policy against academic fraud?

Oh, yeah: here it is.

So when do the expulsion hearings begin?

Or do you consider academic fraud "expressing herself in performance art" and a "right," too?

Lux et Veritas,

David Codrea

You might ask what all this has to do with a gun rights blog. Aside from the fact that this is my journal and it exists to express my opinions and serve my interests, there is, in fact, a tie-in.

We just observed the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre. We know the only thing that can possibly lessen the carnage is for people under attack to be able to defend themselves. And yet we see that idea is still resisted and ridiculed by the prominent voices of influence in academia, government and media.

Whether their self-delusion permits them to admit it or not, their obstinate refusal to consider the armed citizen option makes them anti-life, even though they have succeeded in presenting themselves as exactly the opposite.

Bottom line: administrators and educators promulgate an anti-life attitude under the guise of liberalism, but it is truly a reflection of moral relativism and repression, and their refusal to admit there is right and wrong. We see it still in the wretchedly amoral apologetics of Ms. Klasky, who presents herself as a defender of artistic expression, all the while enabling lies, enabling craziness, enabling evil.

Such environments aren't just targets for future attacks, they're incubators for them.

And, of course, when the weaker-minded among their charges finally snap from all the confusion, the neo-Marxist philosopher kings who guarantee moral bedlam will once again sound the mantra calling for less freedom and more helplessness.

Because they don't trust you.

Gray Lady Down

The New York Times Company, the parent of The New York Times, posted a $335,000 loss in the first quarter — one of the worst periods the company and the newspaper industry have seen — falling far short of both analysts’ expectations and its $23.9 million profit in the quarter a year earlier.

Yes, the old "Authorized Journalist" media must adapt to the online age and the competition from alternative outlets that give people information and opinion previously barred by the gatekeepers. And the economy-stifling socialist policies The Times endorses don't help stimulate revenues either.

But ultimately, it's about delivering information, and the perception and reality of bias eroding trust and driving people away can't be ignored. Not if they want to survive.

We just saw an attempt at fair play, as lopsided as it may have been, but at least "our" message--mine and the overwhelmingly supportive comment posters'--was given a forum to reach a much broader audience.

That was a start. But it was just their blog. The paper itself, what the guy on the street will see, or a casual visitor to their main website, remains out of our reach.

Many of you had some pretty positive and enthusiastic things to say about Wednesday's Virgina Tech panel posts. Telling me is appreciated, but how many of you have since contacted The Times and let them know you liked it, and that you'd read them more often if they presented more opportunities for RKBA advocates to tell our side of the story?

It's basic supply-and-demand. Let them know there's a demand.

We're the Only Ones "Best Little Whorehouse in Custer" Enough

An Oklahoma sheriff resigned after an investigation reveals he was running a sex-slave operation from his jail, police said.

Michael Burgess surrendered to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents and posted bond Wednesday night, hours after he resigned as Custer County sheriff amid 35 felony charges, including accusations of forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping, rape and perjury. Investigators said at one point Burgess oversaw wet T-shirt contests at the Custer County Jail.

"Only Ones" and bondage. Now there's a set-up that's sure to produce some interesting dynamics.

[Via Anonymous and Shermlock Shomes, Investigator]

McClintock Kicks A...uh...Ose

In his opening statement, McClintock set the tone for the evening by making it clear that this primary race is a battle between two factions in the Republican Party—the traditional conservatives and the moderates. He explained that he believes our country has seriously moved off course...

McClintock then went right to Ose’s voting record...and asked Ose why he had signed a fundraising letter for the Republican Main Street Partnership, an organization that is committed to electing moderate Republicans. Columnist Michelle Malkin has uncovered that liberal millionaire George Soros actually donated money to this cause...

The questions included...whether the support the 2nd Amendment (McClintock has an A+ rating from the CA Gun Owners, Ose has an F)...

California gun owners, you made one of the gravest political mistakes possible by not wholeheartedly supporting Tom McClintock in the governor's race.

You have a chance to make partial amends for that, but you need to personally get involved. You need to tell your friends and put the squeeze on them to join you. And you need to do it now.

Or will you do nothing, and let a bunch of moderate oseholes win again?

This Day in History: April 18

Paul Revere of Boston, in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in New England; of Lawfull Age, doth testify and say, that I was sent for by Docr Joseph Warren, of said Boston, on the evening of the 18th of April, about 10 oClock; when he desired me "to go to Lexington, and inform Mr Samual Adams, and the Honle John Hancock Esqr that there was a number of Soldiers, composed of Light troops, & Grenadiers, marching to the bottom of the Common, where was a number of Boats to receive them...