V for Vendetta, Gun-Phobia Edition

You may recall the scene from V for Vendetta where the government decides that, to increase its power, the citizens should be terrified.


Apparently the Democrats have decided to use the same tactic.  And they are good at it.  Here's the gun version of the approach.  Be....AFRAID!

James Taranto breaks it down pretty well...

The Fear-Industrial Complex

The people who make money from your fear, your irrational fears, would prefer you not see this.

I would prefer that you do see this.  And that's still possible....I just don't want to be called a "fear-Munger."

Fear Your Cell Phone, Eat Your French Fries...

An excellent point. We make up stuff to worry about, things that there is little evidence that we should fear. But we eat french fries and smoke when we KNOW those are dangerous.

"Radiation — from power lines, microwave ovens, cell phones, and (went there) nuclear power — has always occupied outsized concern in the public mind relative to its true health impact. Meanwhile, our collective choices and private behaviors on so many matters display rather astonishing neglect of basic public health concerns." [Harold Pollack, TNR}

(Nod to Kevin Lewis)

Obama = Keynesian

I had heard about this, but had not actually seen it.


And then yesterday @kohenari got all pissy on Twitter about how the political left is not anti-intellectual. Maybe, but some of you people sure are dumb, Ari. Also, check the guy in the Hitler outfit. Nice.

(Nod to Angry Alex)

No habla Sharia

I will sleep much easier now knowing that my fellow Okies have seen fit to amend our state constitution to (1) make English the official state language, and (2) outlaw the practice of Sharia law inside our borders.

Let this message serve as fair warning to all you Spanish-speaking Taliban: Get the hell out and stay the hell out!