“Listen. It was never a rule to begin with.”
That was how U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner responded to a question about violating the so-called “Hastert rule” in order to pass Democrat-supported legislation on guns and the budget.
The rule itself, named after former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, states that bills will only be brought to the [...]
Piers Morgan’s War On Guns Failed … To Boost His Ratings
This website’s founding editor doesn’t watch cable news (yawn) … but in the rare event something of import transpires thereupon, we have columnists who do.
This is how we know CNN host Piers Morgan recently embarked on an effort to boost the abysmal ratings of his primetime television show by launching a jihad against Americans’ right [...]
The Wire: 12/17/2012
TIPS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM FITS READERS
Welcome to the wire!
America is now just four days away from the Mayan Apocalypse, eight days from Christmas and fourteen days away from the “fiscal cliff.”
Of course we’re only a few hours away from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement of an interim replacement for the U.S. Senate seat being [...]
Letter: On The Connecticut Rampage
ROOT CAUSE OF TRAGEDY MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED
Some perspective on today’s event: It is nothing new. Innocents have been slaughtered throughout history. Governments are doing it as we speak; there is talk about Syria’s dictator using chemical weapons against his people. Thousands of children starve to death daily. Other thousands are killed across the world. In [...]
The Knee-Jerk “Gun Control” March Begins
ARMED WITH TRAGEDY, THE LEFT RAMPS UP ITS ASSAULT ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT
Guided by the modus operandi that a major crisis should never go to waste, anti-Second Amendment advocates – including U.S. President Barack Obama – pounced on this week’s tragic school shooting in Newton, Connecticut to push for new restrictions on gun ownership.
Oh, and [...]
Guns = Legal
SUPREME COURT FINALLY UPHOLDS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
FITSNews – June 26, 2008 – Although it’s been a part of our Bill of Rights for over 200 years, the U.S. Supreme Court finally clarified today that individual Americans can in fact keep and bear arms. In a 5-4 decision, the Court struck [...]
