The Flaming Jackass Award goes to: the Colorado Democratic Caucus

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It has been a very long time since I have felt compelled to hand out a Flaming Jackass Award (or even just write in general). This is not because there have been no worthy candidates in recent months, but primarily due to the general busyness of life during and immediately after the election. It is with great personal sacrifice that I have researched , and now bring to you, the first Flaming Jackass Award winner of the new year: the Colorado Democratic Caucus.

It is certainly no secret that the Colorado Legislature, with a Democratic majority, has been pushing extraordinary gun control measures through. In fact, that would seem to be the primary focus of Colorado Democrats in this session. The real lunacy started when Rep. Joe Salazar (D) gave a now (in)famous speech in which he stated, “That’s why we have call boxes, that’s why we have safe zones, that’s why we have whistles, because you just don’t know who you’re going to be shooting at,” referring to denying women the right to conceal carry on college campuses to avoid rape and other violent crime.

It’s kind of difficult to imagine that Democratic lawmakers would continue to insert their foot into their mouths over this issue after the blowback from Rep. Salazar’s comments. Enter Rep. Paul Rosenthal (D):

Ladies, just learn judo and you will be fine. Forget about carrying a concealed weapon on campus. If you are a 4’11″ woman, just use some judo moves on your 6’5″ assailant. Problem solved!

Colorado Democratic State Senator Jessie Ulibarri recommends you defend yourselves with… a ballpoint pen!

So ladies, the Colorado Democrats really don’t care about your self defense, at least not the one method that is sure to make would-be attackers think twice. And that method is not judo or call boxes. As Dana Loesch remarked, “This is the real “war on women” I’ve talked about: the progressive insistence that women disarm.” The Colorado Democratic caucus is certainly deserving of this Flaming Jackass Award for restricting the rights of women to self-defense with their shameless attack on the Second Amendment rights of CCW permit holders.

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Thank you to Colorado-based Revealing Politics for their coverage of this fiasco.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE “CONTEXT”
COLORADO SENATOR HUDAK’S “STATISTICS”
TIME TO WORK ON THOSE JUDO SKILLZ

Obama on rewind: Two scathing ads by the RNC

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It’s no secret that each of President Obama’s speeches bears an uncanny resemblance to one another. In fact, it is almost like each speech is the same script, only altered slightly. The RNC also noticed this, and produced two scathing ads highlighting these repeated empty promises and vapid rhetoric.

It’s quite apparent that Republicans are not handling this campaign the way John McCain did in 2008. This is no doubt a surprise to President Obama.

One giant loss for mankind

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I don’t believe there is anything that exemplifies the American spirit more than our triumph of landing a man on the moon. From Gemini to Apollo, Neil Armstrong was an instrumental figure in manned spaceflight and the developments necessary to achieve landing the Eagle on the lunar surface at 02:39 UTC on Monday July 21, 1969. His official NASA bio summarizes his remarkable career,

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.

After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

As a research pilot at NASA’s Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., he was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known, 4000-mph X-15. He has flown over 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders.

Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.

Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon was best described by himself as “one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.” His death today is certainly a giant loss  for mankind.

His many accomplishments have inspired generations of American children, fueling their imaginations with dreams of being an astronaut and maybe someday walking on the moon. He will be missed.

RIP, Neil.