The Type of Education Money Can't Buy

Near Riots at UCLA Over Proposed 32% Tuition Hike [More]

Hey, it's not like the Marxists on the university payroll--or any of the cops behind the barricades--wouldn't be rioting if they had to take a 32% pay cut. Besides, somebody planted the idea in the the students' heads that the world owes them an education.

What this brings to mind is how potentially explosive things are. While CNN did it's best to paint Oath Keepers as alarmists inventing non-existent threats without cause, it really doesn't take much imagination to conceive of catalysts that could spark scary civil unrest. And it's not much of a stretch to think that some could be killed by authorities as a result. Or vice-versa. Prompting more violence and more crackdowns.

And what if violent resentment spread to other cities?

How sympathetic do you think those "restoring law and order" would be to claims that people in the conflict areas have a right to keep and bear arms?

Be nice to think if you were caught up in that, some cop or National Guardsmen would be remembering their oath, wouldn't it?

The Topsey-Turvey World of Tim-Tom

Oprah Winfrey's expected announcement that she'll end her show -- and the prospect that she'll say goodbye to Chicago – has Mayor Daley placing some blame on the media. [More]

You know, the media that made her one of the richest and most famous and powerful private individuals in the world...

Just like peaceable gun owners are to blame for violent criminals.

Tim-Tom continues with the cartoonish nonsense that defines everything he says and does.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

Now THAT'S Funny Right There...

Obama bows to Burger King [More]

We're the Only Ones Unapologetic Enough

Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday that he stands behind Stoddard and does not expect him to apologize at a news conference.

"Superior Court judges do not order my officers to hold press conferences," Arpaio said in a statement. "I decide who holds press conferences and when they are held regarding this Sheriff's Office." [More]

I understand Arpaio is something of a folk hero to many, and the argument over jurisdiction is one I haven't thought completely through, but there really is no damn excuse for this, and to pretend otherwise is the act of an "Only One."

[Via Andre C]

A Second Chance

South Carolina shoppers will get a second chance to buy tax-free guns. [More]

Mama Liberty reminds us we actually have as many chances as we want, and not just in South Carolina:

But, of course, all the NICS checks and other personal information is still required... I much prefer private sales, which are always tax free - as well as having no paperwork. :)

Your state rules--and your tolerance for observing them--may vary.

Survivorman

Colin survived being shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. After learning more about our nearly non-existent laws restricting access to guns, he took it upon himself to document how easy we make it for dangerous people to get guns in this country. [More]

I guess cud is easier to swallow than facing the fact that he survived by mere dumb luck, and was absolutely useless in the defense of himself or others.

Maybe that explains the sick need to reduce men who haven't so abdicated to his level...

What an example of Machiavellian truth.

[Via Mack H]

We're ze Only Ones T'anking Heaven for Leetle Gehls Enough

For weesout zem, wat would "Only Wans" do?

Cop Tases 10-Year-Old Girl
and
Cop Shoots 12-Year-Old Girl with Beanbag Round

Take it away, Monsieur Chevalier:

Zose leetle eyes
so helpless and appealing
one day weel flash and send you
crashing through ze ceiling...

Or vice-versa...

[Via Ron W, Zachary G and Jeffersonian]

Red Teeth the Pirate...I Mean, Environmentalist

We've seen Al Sharpton call them the "voluntary coast guard." And we've seen a "white Rat" and Idi Amin henchman describe them as "brave...fisherman...seamen and navigators. They had no choice but to take revenge on foreign shipping and earn a living by ransom demands."

Seriously.

Is this where we break into "Gee, Officer Krupke"? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column wonders what's in a name.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: November 20

November 20, 1777 at Fort Mercer, New Jersey - With Fort Mifflin lost to the British, Fort Mercer appeared to be impossible for the Americans to hold because Gen. William Howe effectively controled the entire area from the Delaware River to the Red Bank. Brig. Gen. Nathanael Greene believed the odds were against the Americans. On November 20, Col. Christopher Greene, judging his garrison to be in a hopeless position, evacuated Fort Mercer with Brig. Gen. Greene's concurrence. The American force burned the fort's buildings and supplies when they finally left. Without a shot being fired, Fort Mercer fell to Gen. Charles Cornwallis. Howe now controlled the Delaware River all the way to Philadelphia. The few American ships that were still upriver were destroyed and burned to prevent them from being captured by the British. Conclusion: British Victory [More]