Category: People that don’t have a clue
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Next Time Someone Tells You CEO Pay Should go to Employees
We repeatedly see complaints about how much CEOs are paid when the question of minimum wage hikes comes up, with the implication (or outright claim) that if the CEO and executives were paid less, the minimum wage hike wouldn’t be a problem. After running across one of these, I decided to do a little research.…
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This is Why They Say “Never Ask a Question You Don’t Know the Answer to”
MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer thought she could score some points against Republican Congressman Rep. Mo Brooks by snarkily asking “Do you have a degree in economics?” while she was interviewing him. His reply? “Yes ma’am I do, highest honors.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtQyEd-zS4 Never ask a question you don’t know the answer to. Especially when it’s that obvious.…
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A Tale of Two Bills
This week, Wisconsin assembly majority leader Bill Kramer was ousted due to allegedly groping one woman, and “verbally abusing” another. The Republican caucus voted unanimously to remove him. Contrast that with another Bill, Bill Clinton. There were numerous allegations of sexual assault against Clinton, from groping to outright rape, and yet he remains a Democrat…
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Who’s Really the Racist Here?
Eric Holder is now trying to get 11 states to lift their restrictions on felons voting. Because it is somehow racist. This is the same guy that claims voter ID laws are racist. And that punishing students for WHAT THEY DO is racist. Conservatives think that the same laws should apply to everyone. Commit a…
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Two Lessons From the Walker State of the State “Scandal”
For those who missed it, the latest flap involving Scott Walker is that one of they people he featured in his state of the state speech as a success in his job creation efforts had a lengthy criminal record, including sexual assault and other felonies. Mary “No Platform” Burke was quick to say “I would…
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Quote(s) of the Day – Opposite Edition
Detroit’s Police Chief James Craig is supporting concealed carry, saying: “There’s a number of CPL (concealed pistol license) holders running around the city of Detroit. I think it acts as a deterrent. Good Americans with CPLs translates into crime reduction. I learned that real quick in the state of Maine.” In the same story, Robyn…
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Why I Will Still Shop at Starbucks
This probably isn’t going to be a popular opinion, but here goes. Starbucks was never really for us or against us. They were selling coffee, and wanted to stay out of politics. So they said “follow the law, and we will respect it.” Fortunately for us, that was a win for the pro-gun side. Unfortunately…
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More Security Theater
US currency is going through another redesign to make it harder to counterfeit. Sounds great, until you realize that 20 year old bills without all the new features are just as valid, and counterfeiting those hasn’t gotten any harder. So is it bad to design anti-counterfeiting measures into money? No. But I would be curious…
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Can someone explain to me why Ms Yewman is upset about being called stupid…
When the whole point of her series of articles was that she was stupid and the law allowed it? Taking her own words, “the experiment was designed to show how easy it is to obtain a gun without being required to know how to use it.” Before going any further, If someone suggested that she…
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That’s What You Get for Listening to Joe Biden
A Washington state man was arrested and charged with illegal aiming or discharging of a firearm. His defense? That he was just doing what Joe Biden advised. Folks, randomly firing guns into the air is illegal in most areas, and dangerous in all areas. So is taking self defense advice from Joe Biden.