Health Care Summit in D.C.

I'm watching the President's Health Care Summit currently running live on Fox News from Blair House in D.C.

The country's top politicians are all assembled in a big room discussing and debating how to reinvent health care. I think our politiciens should be commended for holding a meeting that is broadcast live to the world. This is the way that politics should be conducted in a free and open society.

And now that we have them all right where Americans want them, let's give them all swords and lock the doors from the outside.

Gun Rights Restored to U.S. National Parks

On February 22, a new federal credit card bill became law. The law included a rider that restores the right to carry concealed firearms in most of the nation's national parks by people who have a permit to Carry a Concealed Weapon (CCW) for the state in which the park is located. This is good news for law-abiding citizens who have had to risk attacks by violent criminals or aggressive animals while visiting the nation's parks. The gist of the law is that if the state in which the national park is located allows for citizens to carry firearms, then that same right is extended into the park.

Not all parks are included in the list; The Statue of Liberty, for example is exempted by the law, although it would have been exempted anyway for all regular people, because although New York City allows for concealed carry with a permit, only a few wealthy or politically connected people actually have them.

Is the law important? Yes, in 2006, there were 11 murders, 35 rapes, 61 aggravated assaults in national parks. it may seem a low number compared to some cities, but if you are one of the victims, then your statistic is 100 percent.

Its Still Snowing in Washington D.C.

The people in Washington D.C. are used to snowjobs, but usually they take the form of speeches from lying politicians. But this week, the 2 - 3 feet of snow that's been dumped on the mid-Atlantic states and the nation's capital is real testimony to the climate crisis that scientists (who receive grant money for research) and famous people (who want to save the polar bears) would have us believe is caused directly by those of us who drive cars and trucks.

If that is the case, then why aren't these people jumping up and down in their winter coats in front of the TV and newspaper cameras, waving their snowshoes above their heads and yelling, "I told you so"?

And why are people asking:














(Cartoon: garyvarvel.com)

Criticism from the British press

The following is an excerpt from an editorial that appeared in the British newspaper, the Daily Express:

" ... spread welfare dependency and attempted to dismantle our national identity through multi-culturalism .... He has run up debts that will take generations to clear and created a prohibitively expensive public sector. ... based around expanding the state, downgrading personal responsibility, destroying nationhood and rewarding victimhood."

The Express is complaining about the dismal job that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Labour Party) has done, and how Britain couldn't be any worse off under a new Conservative government.

Why? Who did you think they were talking about?

Wounded Warriors

In the years since this shooting war began shortly after 9/11 we've lost a lot of good people in combat, and a lot of our military personnel have been terribly wounded. They need the support of the people they volunteered to defend "from all enemies, both foreign and domestic."

Homes for Our Troops is one organization that is supporting these heroes by adapting homes for severely injured veterans.

Please take a few moments to watch this video of Trace Adkins and the West Point Cadet Glee Club. Just click here. and then please take a look at the Homes for Our Troops website by clicking here.