Islamic thugs arrested trying to kill Cartoonist

Members of the peaceful religion of Islam were arrested today for plotting to murder one of the infamous Mohammed cartoonists. Meanwhile Ezra Levant is currently on trial at the Orwellian Canadian Human Rights commision for the crime of publishing said cartoons. The video, of his "hearing", especially Levant's opening statement, describes this outrage better than I ever could. I have no doubt that Levant's accuser Syed Soharwardy approves of the attempted hit, at least privately. Canadian, British and US troops have fought valiently against these Islamo-Fascists. But there is a fifth column of home grown politically correct defenders of the perpetually offended that will do as much damage to our way of life as any Muslum terrorist. It is our job as citizens to fight and defeat these misanthropes and their useful idiot enablers on our soil or our troop's sacrifices will have been in vain.

Mayor Compare Global Warming to Terrorism

Terrorism and Global Warming have "the same potentials of destroying the planet that we live on." So says Dear Leader Bloomberg. If that's the case, should we go after global warming skeptics "every place in this world, find them and kill them, plain and simple"? There's a lot of enviro-socialists who would YES! Absolutely!

From smoking, Trans Fats to guns and now this, Bloomberg has proven his fascist credentials as he turns to government force in order to eliminate every private behavior he disapproves of. In that tradition, he and his fellow travellers find an enemy that exists only on the flimsiest of scientific conclusions. Nevertheless, Bloomberg will fight that enemy since "No scientist knows for sure what's going to happen, but you don't want to wait to find out." Well, scientists don't for sure if a giant meteor will wipe us all out either. But that doesn't mean I'm calling for everyone to move underground. In short, these "problems" have nothing to do with science and everything to do with state power and the elimination of "chaotic" individual liberty and choice.

Ch-Ch-Changes

The candidates vapid platitudes make for a funny tribute to Bowie.

Chavez Threatens U.S. Oil Supplies

Venezuela's fascist leader is letting his Napoleon Complex get the better of him in his quest to emulate his hero, Fidel Castro. Chavez doesn't have the Soviet Union to prop him up as he drives foreign investment from his country with his suicidal saber rattling. If Hugo wants to forego over $100 million in daily oil revenue and send interest rates on Venezuelan debt through the roof, then let the fun begin. There's an old saying in business litigation: He who can bleed longest, wins. Venezuela is already losing more than can be transfused back into that country. Let's call his bluff.

New York Times - Charity begins in Washington

The Times is wringing its socialist hands over the fact that individuals are actually deciding which charities should get their money. Government you see allocates money "democratically" whereas we don't give enough to social services as the Times thinks we should. If democratic means 50 cents of every dollar being sucked up by Washington and then spent on the Woodstock museum, then we have different definitions of the term. Inefficient and corrupt would be more like it.

At least charities have to answer and respond directly to their donors or see their funds dry up. No such luck when you are forced by government to give to whatever squeaky wheel is getting the grease.

Finland is used as the country we should emulate because they take 48.8% of GDP (Yikes!!) in taxes as opposed to our mere 25.5%. Never mind that Finland's social spending is completely unsustainable especially since its population is expected to decrease in the future.

The Times also thinks that charities should allow government to have a say in their spending in exchange for their tax free status. They take spending dollars from Gov't ya know.

Call The Times socialist, fascist, statist, whatever. This editorial alone reveals their contempt for individual liberty. We can be thankful their circulation continues to dwindle.

Hillary to freeze interest rates, foreclosures

At last night's Dem debate, Mrs. Clinton proposed a breathtakingly irresponsible 90 day moratorium on foreclosures and a five year freeze on interest rates. Putting aside for the moment her dictatorial belief that government has a right to modify private contracts, her proposal would essentially kill the mortgage and housing markets. What does she think will happen to the value of mortgage instruments as a result? Instruments that are held by pension funds, banks and foreign investors? They'll drop like a rock and ordinary people will ultimately suffer. Investment in these securities will stop if markets believe these agreements won't be honored. Ask Chavez what happens when you confiscate capital. It finds a friendlier and safer place to go.

Hillary is saying that any private agreement can and should be modified by government fiat for the purpose of political expediency by pandering to the economic ignorance of the Democrat base. Ironically those folks will be the most hurt when they find mortgages impossible to obtain and the value of their pension and retirement funds tank. When you control the price of anything, you have less of it. When you add the possibility of government negating investment contracts, those investment dollars will run for the hills.

I don't think any mildly intellegent person believes she can actually do this, but the mere fact that someone in her position would even suggest it is dangerous and reveals her contempt for free markets and free people, especially when they don't behave the way she'd like.

NY pharmacies could be banned from selling cigs

NY assembly member Sam Hoyt is the latest government hack to propose anti-smoking legislation, this time aimed at private sales of this legal product. His proposed fascistic legislation is rationalized on the basis that pharmacies are "health and wellness centers" and that tobacco is contrary to that purpose. Why he thinks it's his right to decide the purpose of a private business he never says other than the shopworn rationale of public health costs. That's what happens when you allow Government to take responsibility for your personal life; you end up with another parent and a power drunk one at that. Your life belongs to the state.

The majority that doesn't smoke will no doubt support this bill, thinking it's about smoking and not individual liberty. In the words of that famous anti-smoker Adolph Hitler: "What luck for rulers, that men do not think."

My local Walgreens also sells Potato Chips, Coke and other villainous substances. I guess they're next on his list. Maybe he gets lobbying cash from 7/11 or the supermarket chains who will benefit from his megalomania. At least until he gets around to them.

The last thing New York and especially Mr. Hoyt's Buffalo district needs is another totalitarian regulation to drive more people and businesses from that state.