Down With La Raza

This is a video which should be seen by everybody:



The Blaze has more about the recent episode in Tucson, Arizona, and here's where you can go to support the efforts to try and defund La Raza.

Dick Lugar A Conservative? I Don't Buy That.

Earlier today, talk radio host Gary Snyder ran a brief piece claiming Senator Dick Lugar is actually a conservative, something he tries to back up with a look at the Senator's record on Presidential appointments.  Well, like it or not, Gary, Senator Lugar is not a conservative, and I know how such is the case: look at his record during his current term.

For starters, there was Lugar's support for the DREAM Act in 2007 (as a cosponsor) and again during the previous Congress (as one of the introducers).  In 2009, he voted against two amendments, one which would've restored gun rights to residents of D.C., and the other involving concealed carry reciprocity.  Senator Lugar later voted for the infamous S. 510 last year (the so-called Food Safety bill).  These are only a few examples, but how many conservatives in the Senate would vote exactly as Senator Lugar here?

And, of course, there's his record with Presidential appointments.  As Gary noted, when it comes to advising and consenting:

Senator Lugar has a solid record of doing just that, unless there are circumstances in an appointee’s background that Senator Lugar feels make him unqualified to serve.

Great, except how he concludes some of these appointments are qualified has been in question, especially when one considers the qualifications of such appointments as Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.  It isn't a matter of liberal or conservative, but a matter of supporting those appointed officials who either strictly interpret the Constitution or legislate from the bench.  Unfortunately, Senator Lugar seems too concerned about giving the President the benefit of the doubt.

Dick Lugar was doubtlessly a conservative Senator when he began serving in 1977, but since 2007, he has been anything but.  In fact, his recent decisions to not support the DREAM Act and filibuster the nomination of Goodwin Liu show he knows he's in trouble with conservative voters here in Indiana and is trying to prove he has conservative credentials.  Bottom line, Dick Lugar is no longer a conservative and needs to go in 2012.

(Update May 24th, 3:35 AM EDT): Unfortunately, thanks to some snafu from Blogger, this post came out unpolished, but I've smoothed out the rough edges.

Targeted: The 4th Amendment

That's what it boils down to.  Right here in Indiana, almost a week ago, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that we don't have the right to resist the police when they come into our homes, even if they don't have warrants.  The 4th Amendment to our national Constitution states otherwise, but that didn't seem to matter to the three justices who ruled in favor of infringing our rights as so stated.

Looking at what has also happened in Arizona and the city of Philadelphia, it's alarming to see that line being crossed, but it's particularly shocking to see this being given a carte blanche here in Indiana, of all places, and by the highest court in the state.  I guess when it comes to my state, I didn't expect such a blatant infringement of my rights as an American.

Too bad those three idiots on the bench didn't follow the example of their colleagues at the Supreme Court.

A Victory For Life

A milestone achievement took place earlier this week, and it was right here in Indiana.  Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law Tuesday legislation which prevents state tax dollars from going to Planned Parenthood.  Unsurprisingly, Planned Parenthood sought a restraining order to stop the implementation of the new law.  Thankfully, their efforts were stopped dead in its tracks.

Needless to say, this is wonderful news, as now none of the tax money will go to businesses like Planned Parenthood that deal in the barbarism of abortion.  And for those who think the possible departure of those facilities which will be directly affected by the new law means no health or family services for women, Indiana Right To Life is saying think again.

This has been a victory for life, pure and simple, and I hope this new law will have a ripple effect throughout America.

Never Again, Never Again

The day to remember the victims of the Holocaust occurred earlier this week, but frankly it is important to remember no matter what time of year it is:



A Jewish writer (I don't know the name) wrote the following words* when describing (I am assuming here) the massacre of over 30,000 Jews at Babi Yar in the Ukraine:

(The Nazis) did not even realize that they were standing before so many precious unique human beings, devout believers and atheists, sad and joyful, good and bad, a carpenter, a banker, an apprentice.

The image of the little boy with his hands up in the air seen in the beginning of the video has always stayed with me.  The look of fear so clear on his face seems to say it all, not only describing what he went through, but also the nightmare which visited so many millions like him.

May we always remember, and as for myself, I join with the Zionists when I say: Never again. Never again.

*The quotation came from a History Channel documentary series on the SS, in an episode on the Death's Head division.  It was read during a portion devoted to the massacre at Babi Yar that took place in the final two days of September, 1941.  Who wrote it and when is unknown to me.