SafeLink Wireless is a TracFone company that distributes “free” cell phones to the poor compliments of the taxpayer. On its website the company claims “cell phone ownership is a right … and no one should have to pay more than they want or can afford.” Read that again, “no one should have to pay more than they want” for cell phone usage. Is there any point at which it becomes unacceptable to seize the property of hardworking individuals in order to provide “the poor” with convenient luxuries. I’m all for helping folks in need–though aid is much more effective through private charity–but when did a cell phone become necessary for subsistence?
From the monthly archives:
January 2010
Matthews vs Grayson on Reconciliation
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, became an unlikely defender of democratic process in the Senate, and rejected the notion that Health Care legislation would be passed through reconciliation, a process restricted to “budget bills.”
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An Open Letter to Colin Goddard
Dear Colin,
I was recently reminded of your story through an article written by Paul Helmke opposing legislation to legalize self-defense on college campuses. I was reminded of how you were shot four times, forced to watch and listen–petrified–as Cho carried out methodical executions throughout the building. There was nothing anyone could do to stop him. He had the only weapon. I sympathize with your personal tragedy. I cannot imagine being shot once, much less four times, while my classmates faded around me. However, while this tragedy may impart knowledge of the pain of bullet wounds and insight into the fears and mindset of defenseless targets during a shooting, the experience does not translate into knowledge of gun policy or concealed carry.
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There’s No Market for Liberal Hatred
Air America, the self-proclaimed “progressive” response to Rush Limbaugh and Conservative talk radio abruptly shut down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The company’s website bears a farewell message from the board announcing their planned liquidation and “orderly winding down of the business.” They will cease all broadcasts Monday. While the board did acknowledge the company’s financial ruin, they apparently don’t understand why their broadcast network barely survived five years.
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Navy Seal on Media, Iraq, Rules of Engagement
Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL whose story of heroism in Afghanistan is told in his book “Lone Survivor,” shared his world view at the National Rifle Association event in Louisville on May 16, 2008.
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