It’s Memorial Day. Keep in mind that, while we certainly should honor our veterans, Memorial Day is the day we remember those who have died in service to our country.

Whatever your choice of activities for today, whether it be picnic, barbecue, parade, beach, lake, or all of the above, take the time to remember those who, by virtue of their sacrifice, are unable to partake in today’s festivities. And… take the time to teach your children to respect the freedoms we remember today.

Enjoy!

Images: National Cemetery, Springfield, MO; American Flag, Cambria, CA © A. R. Lopez

Cities across the United States are officially boycotting the state of Arizona. Presumably because of its recently enacted state law, which enforces Federal law regarding alien status in our country. In Berkeley, a group of UC Berkeley students engaged in a hunger strike, ostensibly to force university administration to sanction illegal activity with the confines of the campus. It is, indeed, interesting to note this excerpt from the post,

Their initial protest target was Arizona’s new immigration law, which requires police to stop and question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.

No, the AZ law does not require police to stop anyone they suspect is here illegally. Consider this audio clip of an Arizona sheriff, regarding high speed pursuits during the past month.

The new AZ law is widely supported throughout the country, so one has to wonder why so many city governments are shoving their liberal views down the throats of their constituents?

Rest assured, politics is at play here. Is it no wonder, then, that we have Nancy Pelosi instructing clergy what to tell their congregants?

Regarding the incident, at a Morgan Hill high school, in which several students were told they couldn’t wear shirts with the American Flag on Cinco de Mayo, Roger Ebert gives us this Leftish bit of wisdom,

Kids who wear American Flag t-shirts on 5 May should have to share a lunchroom table with those who wear a hammer and sickle on 4 July.

For cryin’ out loud! I thought I was making a joke with my, “No word yet on whether any Tea Partiers were involved” comment regarding the arrest of Faisal Shahzad for the attempted bombing in Times Square. Yet here is video of an MSNBC analyst stating that the attempted bombing will strengthen – are you ready? – the Tea Party.

Are liberal analysts really so incapable of thinking?

Or maybe not.

Via HotAir, NY mayor, and staunch anti-gun proponent, Michael Bloomberg recently speculated* that the bomber was someone upset about the healthcare [sic] bill. From the article,

Law enforcement officials don’t know who left the Nissan Pathfinder behind, but at this point the Mayor believes the suspect acted alone.

“If I had to guess, twenty five cents, this would be exactly that,” Bloomberg said. “Homegrown maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something. It could be anything.”

Yet word comes in that Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized American citizen recently returned from a trip to Pakistan, has been arrested after he attempted to flee to Dubai.

No word yet on whether any Tea Partiers were involved.

* actually, “speculate” is too generous.

Headline from Yahoo! News, Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law. (see snapshot below)

In my opinion, before we demonize those who simply wish to enforce U.S. law, we should ask ourselves whether or not the U.S. law in question, as referenced by Doug, is just or unjust. If it is unjust, then we have no moral obligation to follow it. If it is just, then we have the moral obligation to follow it in a civil, rational manner.

From the New Mexico Independent, Tea partiers “predisposed to intolerance,” University of Washington study says.

A new study of race and politics released this week by the University of Washington reveals insight into how supporters of the tea party movement—the vast majority of whom are white—view blacks and Hispanics.

I’m wondering if the Left really is as scared of the Tea Partiers as the media paints them out to be. Still, you’ve got to wonder why people-of-color, in the Tea Party movement, are too stupid to see how intolerant the vast majority of whites they mingle with are. Nothing like race baiting.

And seriously, who still falls for the self-defeating tactic of name-calling someone, or group, as “intolerant”?

“We’re not, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” – President Obama (HT: HotAir)

I guess telling other people where their paygrades end isn’t above the President’s paygrade.

An interesting contrast of how the media covered two different protests (apologies to the media cameraman who intentionally shook his camera).

In Arizona, if you are a law abiding citizen, you will soon have the same rights as criminals. Governor Jan Brewer recently signed into law a bill which will allow people without a permit to carry a concealed weapon (i.e., a gun). The law, which should take effect in July or August, allows people to forgo the background checks and classes currently required for a concealed carry weapon permit. Arizona now joins Alaska and Vermont as the only states to allow concealed carry without a permit.

In other words, law abiding citizens, concerned with their own self defense, can now do what criminals ALREADY do! – namely – walk around armed.

Remember way back in the 1980s when the 3 1/2″ diskette came out? Those little babies could hold a whopping 1.44 mb! Wow! I recall saving up so I could get a 3 1/2″ disk drive on my PC.

Sony has announced that they will cease production of the 3 1/2″ diskette – It’s 15 minutes of fame is up. Even so, 12 million units were sold last year. However,

To put the floppy market in perspective, consider those 12 million disks sold in Japan last year. Together they can hold about 17GB of data, which isn’t even enough to fill a single-sided Blu-ray Disc.

No, they didn’t.

Actually, the headline reads, Small Riot Breaks Out at Immigration Protest.

The protest was directed towards the signing of SB1070, in Arizona. The controversial Arizona bill clamps down on illegal “immigration” by requiring local police officers to question people about their immigration status if they suspect the person is in this country illegally. Illegal “immigration” advocates fear such a law will result in racial profiling. From the article,

Witnesses say a group protesting against SB1070 began to fight with a man who was for the controversial immigration bill.

Police tried escorting that man away from the scene, fearing for his safety, when they too came under attack by people throwing items, including water bottles.

It appears that the first racial profiling to occur, upon the bill’s signing into law, would be on the part of the protester who, yelling at the man police escorted from the scene, shouted, “F*** you! F***ing racist!” (see video here).

It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them.

– President Obama

Guess what, Mr. President? We LIKE it (and we do not like the alternative).

Tea partiers mostly white, conservative, male, pro-life, poll says

So says the New Mexico Independent.

From the post,

According to a recent Gallup poll, tea partiers are mostly white (79 percent), conservative (70 percent) and male (55 percent). While 68 percent of tea party supporters have not graduated from college, 55 percent—make more than $50,000 per year.

And yet, Timothy Johnson, a black tea partier, states,

“Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks,”

That was from the article, Black conservative tea party backers take heat.

Do you think liberals on staff at the New Mexico Independent will note how black tea partiers are called Uncle Tom, Oreos, and traitors?

Are you a home school parent? Have you come up against criticism such as, “How can you be qualified to teach high school to your child”? If so, then simply hand out the following am i kwalafied 2 teech? card, which highlights an incoherent E-mail written [sic] by the President of the Detroit Public School Board.

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