I don’t find the issue of Syrian refugees nearly as cut and dry as it seems most Americans on the Internet do. It’s not unreasonable to have concerns about allowing thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S., considering the very real threat that terrorists could sneak in among them. The fact that some people entertain..
Read more133 Words or Less: Terror as a Jobs Program
When you decimate a region's economy with years of war, warrior becomes the only viable job option. Conventional wisdom holds religious ideology motivates ISIS fighters. Recent interviews by Lydia Wilson prove this an oversimplification. He was working as a laborer to support his huge family when he hurt his back and lost his job. It..
Read more133 Words or Less: Gun Grabbers Teach Kids Violence is Wrong Using Violence
An organization called The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence posted this meme. This organization seeks to "strengthen our gun laws." So, if these people manage to make open carry illegal, and I do it anyway, what happens? Well, some guys with guns show up, take my gun and lock me in a cage. If I..
Read more133 Words or Less: Illogical Conclusions
It is perfectly congruent to simultaneously support people's right to do something and oppose their reasons for doing it. For instance, I can support the right of the southern secession, but emphatically reject slavery, even though it was undeniably a factor in the decision to leave the union. To assert, or even imply, that I..
Read more133 Words or Less: Anarchy on the Beach
I witnessed anarchy on the beach this afternoon. I saw about a dozen people playing some sort of ball game. It resembled baseball, but the players clearly made up some of the rules and agreed to them on their own. The most striking thing about the game was the total lack of a central authority..
Read more133 Words or Less: Blowing Stuff Up
According to gatekeeper of acceptable opinion Nina Burleigh, of the people you know, I'm probably the one most likely to blow up a building. Why? Because I distrust the federal government and hold the extremist view that it should be limited. Nina thinks my views mirror those of Timothy McVeigh's, ergo my latent homicidal tendencies...
Read more133 Words or Less: Economic Dummies
The level of economic ignorance in America astounds and saddens me. This morning and advocate for a local project told a TV reporter that, "The cost won't be as high because we've got some federal money." Wrong. Wrong. Absolutely wrong. The fact you obtained funds doesn't change the cost of your project. The price-tag remains..
Read more133 Words or Less: Peas in a Pod – Security Hawks and Global Warming Alarmists
Security-hawks are the conservative Republican equivalent of progressive global warming alarmists. For years, global warming fear-mongers told us we will all probably die if we don’t let them implement their political policies. They predicted a looming ice age. Then they predicted polar ice would melt. They predicted seas would rise and floodwater would inundate coastal..
Read more133 Words or Less: D.C. Chickens Come Home to Roost in NYC
Washington D.C. chickens have come home to roost in NYC. According to CBS New York, the iconic neon billboards in Times Square must come down or the city will lose $94 million in federal highway funds. Under a 2012 federal law, Times Square qualifies as an arterial route to the national highway system, placing it..
Read more133 Words or Less: Egregious TSA Hypocrisy
The TSA recently fired two agents caught in a scheme to allow a male screener to grope “hot men.” According to NBC News, the male agent signaled a coworker when he spotted a guy he wanted to grope, then she would enter the sex of the passenger as female, triggering an anomaly requiring a groin..
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