Illinois Democrats Move To Tighten Firearm Regulation/Restrictions...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny As the country struggles to understand, and come to grips with random acts of firearm violence by unstable and unbalanced individuals Illinois is already taking action to further regulate firearms. Like the millions of law abiding citizens I am torn between the right to bear firearms and finding the point at which it makes logical sense to restrict that right. In a modern society in which the tools of warfare are advanced beyond what the founders could possibly have envisioned, and the efficiency of modern armies are such that the citizens would stand no reasonable chance against the modern army, does the possession of semiautomatic assault weapons have any real purpose for the homeowner and sportsman? If deemed they do should they not be highly regulated and restricted to HELP reduce the incidents of tragedies like Sandy Hook? I certainly do not have the answers, nor do I believe the anti-gun crowd has the answers eith...
I say his latest blast, comparing his lobbying with Mitt's capitalism, is abhorrent and illustrative of where his progressive heart really lies.
ReplyDeleteThree words:
ReplyDeleteWE. TOLD. YOU.
(Not you, Les. "You" being generic in its usage here.)
Gingrich is a Big Government statist. When will people freaking wake-up?
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ReplyDeleteThe Blaze misrepresents Gingrich on more than few occasions in that first video. For instance, in those last remarks in that video, Newt is referring to big changes, quite divergent from FDR's New Deal.
ReplyDeleteGingrich's appreciation for FDR doesn't come from agreement with FDR's policies, but rather with FDR's effectiveness, his "Presidency." "FDR was the most effective president of the 20th century," said Newt in that piece, and what he meant was that FDR "got things done." Whether Newt would agree with those "things" is another matter. Gingrich, in his own weird way, is an academic/politician at heart, he appreciates the work of one of history's most successful presidencies, whether you like it or not.
FDR's administration made us the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. How anyone can't appreciate that is beyond me. The guy's like a modern Augustus, for cryin' out loud.
As for Gingrich on foreign policy, he's always been for a massive MIC, he hates the commies, drugs, terrorists, whatever. There will always be excuses for hawks to maintain a massive military empire. Heck, it's gone way beyond just the hawks. The MIC is right up there with the banks and big biz when it comes to who's pimping our government these days.
Newt Gingrich has no great appreciation for the New Deal beyond the great political expertise that went into making it happen. What Newt really appreciates about FDR was his role in WWII.
The terrible legacy of FDR has nothing to do with the New Deal. Most of the New Deal was inevitable, and FDR was smart enough to expend inevitable things, rather than rigidly holding political stances. It was the establishment of a permanent standing military empire that is the terrible legacy of FDR.
Perhaps if FDR had lived through his fourth term, things may be very different today, but that great military power he built has now become a multi-trillion dollar albatross that just won't stop flying all over the place.
We've been fighting the Second World War for 70 years now.
At what point do we stand down???
Gingrich wants us to stand there forever. He's an idiot.
JMJ
Jersey said: "There will always be excuses for hawks to maintain a massive military empire"
ReplyDeleteYou are entirely incorrect. There is no empire.
"... It was the establishment of a permanent standing military empire that is the terrible legacy of FDR."
The opposite is true. Almost all of the instances of the US being an empire are prior to FDR. Not after.
Jersey: By that standard, Hitler "got things done" as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with progressives' wet-their-pants admiration for strong men?
SF,
ReplyDeleteIt's an Alpha Male thing that liberal boys all get giddy over. Just like liberal chicks. They can't help it.
Bush was a Wilsonian and that didn't work out too good, either.
ReplyDeleteI have a video that analyzes the voting record and actions of former Congressman Newt Gingrich, revealing that Newt is not the conservative he portrays himself to be.
ReplyDeleteNarrated by John F. McManus, President of John Birch Society
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@John,
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--We Told You 2011