Never Tell

Bobby is a gun person. He feels strongly about it. He's licensed to carry.

Bobby used to keep a .357 magnum under his bed. Until, that is, one day when he walked into his bedroom and saw his three year old playing with the phone on the bedside table. Not the gun; the phone, but that was close enough for him. I guess the gun isn't under the bed anymore.

Bobby's son knows he carries. The boy tells on his dad to his mother (his father's ex-wife).

Mommy! Mommy, you know what?

What, baby?

Daddy's carrying a gun!

A look of horror comes over Bobby's face. (The story doesn't tell about the look on hers.)

Son, you never tell someone when you're carrying.

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Economic Interests

Some people refer to leftist politicians in South America as autocrats, viz. criticisms of Venezuelan President Chavez as an undemocratic thug. But look at this translation of recent statements by the courts in Argentina (Argentina not Venezuela) [emphasis added]:

[indy/argentina]: 13:40 [...] The judges Bonorino Pero and Piombo -- both of whom worked for the military dictatorship in Argentina -- upheld a resolution that stated: The life and physical integrity of people has no supremacy over economic interests.

With courts saying things like this, it's not difficult to see why the left gets characterized this way.

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Liberties

Andrew Sullivan on the Senator Santorum's shocking views that our liberties are secondary to his views on what ought and ought not be permissible behavior:

[Sullivan]: This is not about homosexuality as such. It is about the principles of limited government, tolerance, civility, compassion and the soul of the Republican party. There are no deeper political issues. No war is worth fighting if our political leaders feel contempt for basic liberties at home. I realized this more profoundly after reading Santorum's full remarks, which are far more alarming than the small, doctored quote that created the immediate fuss. If you care about basic liberties in the privacy of your own home, read Santorum's attack on them, my arguments below, and make your own mind up.

Sullivan points to a transcript of the interview in question here.

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