Liberals are so afraid of the second amendment because the inanimate objects cause so much trouble. The Gun is the cause of murdur and roberies. By the mentally deficient logic of the liberal, the car causes accidents, the hammer is at fault for hitting the thumb, and Food is the cause of obesity. Only the mentally deficient think you can spend your way out of debt. Voting for these insane lunatics is indeed treasonous. Time to fire the clowns running this circus.

Burt:

The 2nd Amendment was for citizens to protect themselves from a predatory government. Maybe liberals believe, deep down, that they fit that description. Or that the great unwashed might misinterpret their benevolence, for the tyranny that it is, and rise up to dispel them.

Whatever the reason. We must be unarmed and passive. Like sheep.

Controlled and protected by the shepherd state.

If liberals championed and interpreted the 2nd amendment as much as they do part of the 1st (freedom of the press) every adult American would be packing.

Funny that the article starts out with the 2nd Amendment and ends on the note of Treason....subliminal message??? Where's the rally point?

National insanity is epidemic. There must be Kool-Aid in the drinking water.

The 2012 election is about selection of either Freedom or Slavery for us. It is that simple.

Ol'Joe: I don't think libs drink Kool-Aid. I think they drink the sort of bathtub gin so popular during Prohibition. It makes them drunk, then blind and finally crazy.

Regards, Burt

We had to stop Hillary from getting the nomination because no one would have been worse for the country than Hillary. So Obama got the nomination. Then Obama won the election because we sure didn't want another Bush. Nothing could be worse than 4 more years of that idiot in the form of McCain. So Obama was elected. Now we have to elect ANYONE other than Obama. Absolutely ANYONE will be better than Obama. Does anyone else see where this is leading? As long as you only have someone to vote AGAINST and no one to vote FOR, don't expect things to get any better.

If there is one thing tha I am 100% sure of on this subject is that liberals don't think the same way we do on ANYTHING.

I cannot count the multiple times I have been told by liberals on boards, etc. that they are "critical thinkers". They love this self-labeling moniker. Then they proceed to "explain to you" just what this or that means -- assuming that you don't have the sense to figure things out on your own. They tend to try to "educate" you and believe that you cannot comprehend the way things really are, or else you would see it their way. They scream for tolerance, but have none for you. They're name-callers and are vitriolic and hateful, look at others with disdain and tend to repeat the same old tired mantra they hear from the MSM, which leads me to believe that they are not actually critical thinkers at all, but simply sheeple following the talking points of the left.

Trashing of the constitution would not faze them.

I truly believe that many of the communistic and socialistic radicals from the 60's have been teaching college, and some are now among the elite in our present government. They want to still stick to the man -- in their eyes, conservaties and republicans. That is the reason for the hate. Then unfortunately, they have procreated and have taught their children and now their grandchildren are even being indoctrinated with this same hate for America. They want your children and everyone else's children to believe like they do, thus the NEA and its lack of a hidden agenda.

They eventually want to destroy our American Way of Life. The ACLU wants to help them.

Burt, what an outstanding piece.Every time I read one of your columns I think it can`t get any better than this.Then you proceed to hit a home run with the next one.However; I have to take exception with you on one point: You`re statement about hunting liberals for their pelts is off base.Snakes don`t have pelts.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

The problem is that even the mealy-mouthed liberal McCain would have been better than the buffoon we have now. At least we might have had a shot at one or two on the SC that weren't bleeding heart liberals, and we wouldn't have had so many freedoms taken away in just under three years. It'a amazing how much damage can be done by playing golf while DC burn.

ABO.... anyone but Obama. Agreed. But the R party must clean up its act. It must reduce stop deficit spending and reduce the debt.

I have to agree with Robert Sweeney. If all you're doing is voting AGAINST someone, nothing will change. It's just that some election years we don't have any choice.

I believe liberals/democrats/marxists/commies/or whatever you want to call them, dislike and want to take the guns because when the will to resist has no means to resist available to it-it vanishes over time.

For about a century now the GOP has allowed the other side to steadily chip away at our freedoms. Liberals biggest enemy is the Constitution and a close second enemy to the scum is almost any religion. Abortion, promotion of homosexuality, divorce, all add to the degradation of our moral fabric. On the dole when you don't really need to be, it's OK, it's not really stealing. Promiscuity, sloth, gluttony, etc also degrade the caliber of the people and are promoted by the left. Remember when the news reports about this 3rd world nation or that one when the referred to the commies as"the left". We're on our last leg here, the house is on fire, yet most people know more about Callee Anthony and OJ than they do about our country.

I had lunch with someone the other day that is a Quaker. I asked questions and was told the most highly regarded person in a group of Quakers is the one that refuses to pay part of their taxes if it goes to the military or refuses to go into the military. But, I sold out by biting my tongue when I should have politely asked the person to please leave the country that my forefathers and brothers have died defending.

Maybe the Tea Party can help save us before the bamster completely destroys America

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It was a similar mistake that FDR made during WWII, when he took the Soviet Union to his bosom, ignoring the fact that the biggest difference between Stalin and Hitler was the size of their mustaches.

Nope the biggest difference, Stalin killed more people. So did Mao.

BTW, both Stalin and Adolph were firm believers in banning guns.

Another great one from Burt.

Mr. Ryan-- Great thinking! My husband is a bit more radical than me; he thinks toe-tags, like deer tags, ought to be issued for invaders from Mexico and liberals.

Kathy-- I can deal with nothing changing for a while! The "change" we got from Oblahblah and his minions in Congress is enough for a lifetime and may very well have destroyed us. I could care less if gubmint shuts down for the years 2013-2017---after all, how many damn laws can 535 idiots make? Oh, yeah, they're only spending the money and the leviathan makes all the regs that strangle us all. Until the departments and entire agencies are dissolved and dismantled, little is bound to change. I think it's dreaming when we place our hopes in the abilities of just one person to change, fix, or dismantle a gubmint gone wild. All we can do right now is STOP the moron in the WH by throwing his sorry arse out and electing great men (and maybe women) to Congress. We have a long row to hoe.

Yep, I WILL vote for a sack of potatoes over Obama. I do hate him that much. I'd love to get a chance to smack him right in the mouth for being such a petulant child. My Marine father would do even more!

Oops-- I meant "I couldn't care less!"

Burt, I believe the reason that Obama jumped at the chance to invade Libya had nothing to do with Ghaddafi, although he will surely be collateral damage giving Obama the opportunity to congratulate himself again for ridding the world of another Madman. The real reason is Obama not only wanted to ingratiate himself further with the “Global Governance” crowd, but he wanted to have a precedent set for invasion based on the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine, originally promulgated by the lovely, Irish-born radical, Samantha Power, wife of Cass Sunstein. Obama, Sunstein, and Power became all chummy at the Harvard cesspool for liberal ideology.

The reason no sane, rational thinker can understand the actions taken by Obama is that he is perceived to be the President of the United States, and like it or not, respect, esteem, and admiration for the Office of the President have been ingrained in the American psyche and its citizens. For me, at least, his actions speak loudly of his real-life conditioning resulting from his associations with socialist/communist radicals and the mentorship of Frank Marshall Davis. He has proven himself to be a pathological liar and an advocate for values that are removed from the mainstream. He has stated that his personal agenda is to “transform” America, and he has ignored his Oath of Office, the Constitutional limitations for the Executive Branch, Congress, and, I believe, the voice of the American people. He has intentionally corrupted the federal government with his appointment of czars who are unaccountable for myriad, unknown changes and regulations being made throughout various agencies, with apparently no oversight by the Republicans. He is unworthy to serve as President, and he needs to be critiqued based upon “who he really is”, not on some false characteristics assigned to him because he is the President.

I don’t know if you saw the Boehner interview by Brett Baier yesterday, but it caused me grave concern. Completely oblivious to the balance sheet for the federal government, when asked, “What will happen if there is no deal on the debt ceiling?”, Boehner replied, “I don’t know.” When asked if he trusted President Obama, he replied, “I do.” There is something fishy in DC that smells worse than the trunk of Casey’s car.

The reason the average Liberal is so fond of gun control is that they really believe that if you make it illegal to own a gun, criminals won't own them. (Stop laughing, I'm serious.)

I agree with Burt that they are probably drinking bathtub gin or, even more likely, wood alcohol.

"Liberals are just as likely to be mugged and to have their homes invaded, so why is it that this great divide exists between the Right and the Left on the issue of gun ownership?"

Because the Left thinks that the mere presence of guns increases crime. It makes no distinction between the criminally-minded and the law-abiding. The tool itself apparently imparts the desire for violence.

"It was a similar mistake that FDR made during WWII, when he took the Soviet Union to his bosom, ignoring the fact that the biggest difference between Stalin and Hitler was the size of their mustaches."

He should have listened to Patton and pushed the Red Army back to Ukraine, or better yet, Moscow. Personally I would have beefed up England against German invasion...and then left the Soviets and Germans to fight things out without our interference...and finally, invaded and occupied both of them after they'd beaten each other to a pulp.

"...are the richest people I can think of off the top of my head, and they are all rabid liberals. Just who the heck was Obama talking about?"

As Rush once said, "They don't take it personally in Hollywood."

"Finally, I'd like to address those conservatives who write to me insisting that it would be better if Obama gets re-elected than if someone they regard as a RINO garners the GOP nomination."

The question is moot. If a RINO gets nominated, we lose and Obama gets four more years. End of story. The only way to prevent that is to NOT nominate a RINO.

Jody - We should make it illegal to rob banks, then banks would not be robbed. What there are such laws. That can't be right, you must be mistaken.

"If there is one thing tha I am 100% sure of on this subject is that liberals don't think the same way we do on ANYTHING"

Daylo -- the correct punctuation in the above sentence would be to place a period after the word "think" and then delete the rest of the sentence ;)

God love you Burt, you are the best. Are you mentoring anyone, by chance, for that eventful day when you decide to "retire the pen" ( Not to suggest that you could be so easily replaced mind you..here's hoping that day is a long way off...)

Good one, Burt! You've gotten even better since you left Townhall.com.

Deal is Real: No, I'm not mentoring anyone to replace me. I wouldn't want to tempt anyone into rushing my demise.

David S. McQueen: Just for the record, I didn't leave Tonwhall. For reasons never explained, they dumped me after about four years.

Robert & Kathy: RINOs, I will continue to insist, are better than liberals. So long as true conservatives are unable to win GOP primaries, it's a waste of time to whine about it. The goal, as William F. Buckley wisely suggested, is to elect the most conservative candidate who can win the election. Or, to put it another way, vote for the most conservative person in the primary and then vote for whichever Republican wins the nomination in the general election.

Burt

If you have a preferred candidate, and if you'd rather not have the RINO win the nomination, the time to do anything about it -- LISTENING, EVERYBODY? -- is before the primaries.

Let's get in there and get with it, shall we?

Burt, another article par excellence.

Greg--I agree with your suggestion. Needless to say, I also agree with your review.

Burt

I have been out of town and unable to access the internet. That is why I am responding so late.

Robert Sweeney: Phyllis Schlafly wrote a book in 1964 titled "A Choice Not an Echo." It is about how the presidential candidates of the years beginning in the Thirties were, generally, both liberals. Thus, no choice. Finally in 1964 the Republican Party gave the voters a choice by nominating Barry Goldwater. While he, of course, didn't win, the nominating process was used to introduce us to Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately the Republican Party has not learned the lesson well: Give the voters a choice between a liberal Democrat and a true conservative Republican. No more RINOs!