Category Archives: Progressives

Nevada Senate May Consider Gun Transfer Ban

Posted on April 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     This Friday is the deadline for bills to pass out of committee in their originating house      The Nevada Assembly’s Judicial Committee is considering SB221, which would criminalize the private transfer of firearms.      It is being heard in committee Thursday 11th … Continue reading →

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The Child Hostage Takers of the CTU

Posted on April 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The President of the infamous Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, has been caught on tape recommending that teachers lie to parents as a regular course of action.      Why does she think parents should be lied to?  Because then they can … Continue reading →

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Retirement …To Each According To Their Needs

Posted on April 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

     President Obama’s budget for 2013 includes a limitation of how much people can put away in their IRA in order to save less than a billion dollars a year and to achieve greater “fairness.”      Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) would be … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Totalitarian Freedom

Posted on April 8, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Obama has expressed his frustration with the 2nd Amendment and those who oppose the anti-civil liberties bills being passed and proposed across the country.  He asks why “we” can’t pass gun control legislation when: “Well, the government is us. These … Continue reading →

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Into the Maelstrom: The War on Boys

Posted on April 5, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The precipitous drop in the success of males in school and the workforce, while concomitantly there was an increase in the success for women has become so noticeable, that even center left policy organizations, such as Third Way, have noticed … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Need Gun Control – We Need Politician Control

Posted on April 4, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The insanity and drama surrounding Nevada Democrat politician Steven Brooks has finally reached a crescendo at the end of a police chase.  Now-former Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested for threatening the Nevada Assembly Speaker (a fellow Democrat), arrested again for … Continue reading →

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America, the Modern Day Ancien Regime

Posted on April 3, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Alexis de Tocqueville, while most famous for his Democracy in America, was also the author of another seminal work that is perhaps more relevant today than Democracy in America: L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution.      In describing the condition of L’Ancien … Continue reading →

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Nevada Assembly Considering Gun Bills, Both Good & Bad

Posted on April 2, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Nevada Assembly’s Judicial Committee is considering AB234, which would not only criminalize private transfers and ban possession of “metal piercing bullets,” but create an excise tax on both guns and bullets.      Legislators can be contacted here, or alternately opinions can … Continue reading →

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Gabriel Over the White House

Posted on March 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     This Sunday, March 31st, is the 80th anniversary of Hollywood’s love-song to Fascist dictatorship and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gabriel Over the White House.      The movie was based on the book by Thomas Fredric Tweed, who was an advisor to David … Continue reading →

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Abolition of Gender – Canadian Edition

Posted on March 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Via the Blazing Cat Fur blog, yet another attack on “gender” is being instigated by the government, this time in Canada.      The Toronto District School Board  is touting a pamphlet that stresses “transgender” rights, specifically the right of people to … Continue reading →

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