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The Origins of Lisa Mearkle’s Fear

People reach into their jackets all the time. Generally nobody even takes notice. Unless, of course, they are pointing a gun at that person. Then, suddenly, that benign gesture becomes a source of great fear. Why is that? Obviously because pointing a gun at someone is a death threat and when a person threatens the life of another person who has done nothing to warrant such a threat, the victim…

Why does the second ammendment exist?

Why do people need guns anyway? If government made guns illegal just think about how many shootings would never occur. Think about how many people would not die. Wouldn’t a world where only the cops and military personnel have guns be a dream? A utopia. Let’s all beg our representatives in government to take all the guns from the civilians. Australia did it. Nearly 90% of the people supported…

Who is the aggressor? Cop or criminal? Officer Meakle vs. Kassick

I wanted to take a few moments to comment on a police shooting which occurred in the town where I work. Today, Hummelstown, PA police officer Lisa Mearkle was found not guilty of all charges against her for the February shooting of David Kassick. I have worked in Hummelstown for about 8 years. I’ve seen Lisa many times over the years either driving by or eating in one of the many favorite lunch…

Me: I don’t need you convert you to be an anarchist. I just find it hard to image why it’s so hard for you to just admit to yourself that you’d prefer to be free; that freedom is the preferable state; that freedom isn’t dangerous but spurs prosperity and ingenuity. Reply: There is really no such thing as freedom because even if the government did not exist it would be some other group of people…

“Intelligence is more evident in the questions than in assuredness.

Belief & Disbelief & Burden of Proof. Oh My!

In this post I dive deeper into my thoughts about belief and disbelief. See how my conclusions reveal the atheist.org definition of Atheism to be self-contradicting nonsense.   If I were to propose to you that the sky looks blue, you could believe me, in which case your belief could be phrased in at least two ways. 1. I believe the proposition. 2. I do not disbelieve the proposition. Saying I…

Human beings who choose to engage in homosexual acts cheer today as they are finally FREE to reap the 1,138 benefits, rights and protections provided on the basis of marital status in Federal law. Long denied by the all mighty human beings who together we refer to as Government, the homosexual is no longer oppressed and treated unfairly by the all mighty, all knowing ruling elite. Free at last!…

How can I lack belief?

No matter what you’ve heard, atheism is a belief; a belief that God does not exist. Atheist – Etymology: 1570s, from French athéiste (16c.), from Greek atheos “without god, denying the gods; abandoned of the gods; godless, ungodly,” from a- “without” + theos “a god” Of course the problem with beliefs is that they make assertions and assertions can be questioned. Then you have to explain, and…

What is Atheism Anyway? Introduction into Atheism

Have you ever wondered what it means when someone says that they are an atheist. I know I have. Perhaps you’re pretty certain that you already know what atheism is. That’s OK. This blog post can still offer insight into atheism that perhaps you hadn’t considered before. Let’s see what the atheist themselves have to say. A quick Google search will no doubt turn up the answer. American Atheist…

Fed up with the “preconceived ideas” evolved from “theistic influences”  the folks over at American Atheists (Atheists.org) set out to set the record straing on what exactly Atheism is. In a brief article entitled “What is Atheism”  Atheism is defined like so: “Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.” So according this this definition, a person who…

Have you ever believed a statement to be truth and then later changed your mind completely? Truth has a way of shifting under us like that. Just because we believe a proposition to be true has no bearing on whether or not it actually is truth. In that capacity, truth is beyond the reach of man. That doesn’t mean that we don’t discover truth. It jut means we can’t make truth no matter how…

Can you tell which of these oaths were taken by SS troops and which where taken by State Police Troopers? I swear loyalty to ***** constitution and pledge, that I as a courageous ***** always want to protect the ***** and its legal institutions, (and) be obedient to ***** and to my superiors. I swear by God this holy oath, that I want to offer unconditional obedience to ***** and be prepared as a…

A cop had a car pulled over on the side of a 2 lane road in the opposite direction I was traveling. The cop’s car was stopped just off the road – barely over the white line. Passing traffic was forced to slow and weave ever so slightly over the double yellow into my lane to avoid the cop. I though to myself, how ironic that the cop, who is no doubt lecturing and extorting in the name of road…

Do you believe individual liberty and personal safety are inversely proportional? Does freedom breed a hostile environment? Would freer people hypothetically live in more danger day to day than those who lived under men’s rule of law?

Humanity-hating, climate-alarmists ready to pollute the hell out of the atmosphere

Climate change alarmist hijacked conservation movement and now, in the name of saving the earth they’re prepared to pollute the hell out of it. They call it Geoengineering.

“The scientists who led the NRC studybroke the topic down into two parts. It was a clever way to distinguish geoengineering technologies that might address the core of the problem but are expensive and immature—pulling carbon…

The Atmosphere does not “Pile Heat”

Originally posted on Climate of Sophistry:

What is Insulation, And what Does it Do?

People (well, the climate alarmists) don’t seem to understand what “insulation” is. They think that it means that it makes heat “pile up” inside the source of heat, or in the medium between the insulation and source of heat, so that the source of heat and/or the medium will get hotter than the source of heat and…

Here are two articles that I thought you’d enjoy.

http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=341&issue_id=72004

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/10/04/police-arrest-convicted-new-hampshire-tax-evaders-barricaded-in-home-since/

Wow Right!

Imagine that one day a there is a knock at your door. When you open it, an armed man you’ve never seen before…