SODOM & GOMORRAH: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fought the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and won, supposedly. The ACLU claimed that police forces were wrongfully detaining citizens who get caught up in deportation dragnets. The feds have now set up a hotline that people can call, but this won't help for three reasons. First, an arrested … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
Newt Gingrich Wants to Restore the Constitution by Arresting All the Judges
SODOM & GOMORRAH: In a show of unbridled intelligence, Newt Gingrich has found the perfect way to restore the supremacy of the US Constitution: arrest all the non-Constitutional judges. The Onion couldn't write better material. Newt Gingrich suggested recently that the cure to unconstitutional judicial rulings is to force all dissenting judges to testify before Congress. … [Read more...]
Continuity in North Korea
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Western media is so funny. The headline "Young Heir Faces Uncertain Transition in North Korea" is kind of a lie. The news to hit over the weekend was that Kim Jong-il passed away. The Dear Leader had been suffering from an assortment of ailments for some time, and rumors of his death had circulated before. State media in the communist kingdom confirmed … [Read more...]
The Government Knows What It’s Doing
SODOM & GOMORRAH: The government gets everything wrong, except when it kills people. Back during the healthcare reform debate, Republican politicians and various libertarian groups came out against Obama's and Clinton's suggestions. They claimed in many cases that the reforms would put critical medical decisions in the hands of distant bureaucrats rather than patients, … [Read more...]
New Poll: Marriage On the Retreat
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Wait, I thought the promotion of feminism, gay marriage, universal education, etc. all had a nil or positive effect on marriage? It seems we were lied to. A new Pew Research Center poll shows that only about half of US adults are married, which is the lowest percentage point the country has ever seen. Pew says that marriage has been "in retreat" for 40 … [Read more...]