tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post156377833406340656..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Israel SituationGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-35562025124015105982015-10-25T18:36:26.274-04:002015-10-25T18:36:26.274-04:00Democrats run the benefits of a parliamentary syst...Democrats run the benefits of a parliamentary system but with the winner take all powers of a US Presidency. It's like they cheat or something.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47429027280250425762015-10-21T08:50:22.900-04:002015-10-21T08:50:22.900-04:00they know well the homicide rate has dropped preci...<i> they know well the homicide rate has dropped precipitously over the last 30 years, concurrent with gun ownership expanding.</i><br /><br />They don't. Almost universally, if you present this fact to them, one of two responses can be expected. Disbelief or crediting the drop to gun control. "Sure there are more guns, but thanks to background checks, they're only in the right hands" (nevermind the actual facts of the matter). But I think you'll find more believe that gun violence is worse than ever. Mind you, they'll not point to Chicago, Detroit, or Baltimore as evidence of this claim, but "mass shootings" like Aurora, UCC, and Sandy Hook. Expect to hear phrases like "there were never as many of these as when WE were kids" or "the violence keeps getting worse". No, they're about the same as they ever were, but what used to be merely local news of a tragedy is now national news, because the twenty-four hour news cycle demands fodder for consumption. And that's ignoring the media's propensity to push stories that feed their agenda.<br /><br /><i> they cannot grasp the potential repercussions, in the same manner they seem to be ever ignorant of the law of diminishing returns, or the law of unintended consequences.</i><br /><br />This. They seem to live in this bubble where only good things come of their good intentions, and incidental harm (when they actually manage to acknowledge it) is written off as "worth the cost" or "unavoidable".<br /><br /><i>Perhaps they think the perennial respect for law shown by their political opponents will last no matter what the provocation.</i><br /><br />I think this goes without saying. I can't tell you how many liberals I know will quote their favorite SCOTUS cases (like Roe v Wade, and the gay marriage and ACA cases) as immutable case law "the law of the land" and declare <i>stare decisis</i> as holy writ. But when you mention the Heller decision affirming the 2nd Amendment is a personal right or the Citizens United decision, they can't WAIT to tell you about how that's a travesty of justice that they'll get overturned. Magical thinking is magical.<br /><br />And finally, I don't think Kerry actually thinks much of anything about the Jews. Or at the very least, not the value of their lives as human beings.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37548143707050148772015-10-20T18:03:23.497-04:002015-10-20T18:03:23.497-04:00Armed serfs can get uppity and disrupt the program...Armed serfs can get uppity and disrupt the program. It is very annoying.<br /><br />These anti-gun people are starting to worry me. It is the knowledge they are not stupid people, they know well the homicide rate has dropped precipitously over the last 30 years, concurrent with gun ownership expanding. Therefore, their ostensible reasons for curtailing firearms ownership is a lie. <br /> Yet they seem ever more vociferous. Therefore, what, exactly, do they plan to do to us once we are disarmed? Will they show the mercy they accord the unborn innocents? It could well be, I suppose, that they cannot grasp the potential repercussions, in the same manner they seem to be ever ignorant of the law of diminishing returns, or the law of unintended consequences. Perhaps they think the perennial respect for law shown by their political opponents will last no matter what the provocation. Is that not what Kerry implies? That active response to threats is somehow verboten? Wonder if he would have objected to the Warsaw uprising? "Those Jews should have taken their concerns to the appropriate authorities." ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-73255505511860737002015-10-20T14:08:56.802-04:002015-10-20T14:08:56.802-04:00That's not Kerry's only perfidy.
Israeli ...That's not Kerry's only perfidy.<br /><br />Israeli citizens should <a href="http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/10/19/kerry-urges-israelis-to-restrain-from-any-kind-of-self-help/" rel="nofollow"> wait quietly</a> for the police to arrive, and those citizens should let their survivors seek <i>ex post</i> justice, says the motor boat skipper sitting in the SecDef's chair.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com