Senator 6th Grader

[Valin]

Ricochet:

Dave Carter

3/22/13

 

Before we turn the page on Senator Dianne Feinstein's aborted weapons ban, some observations about the lady who took mighty umbrage at being addressed like a 6th grader are in order. Well, now that I think on it, it wasn't mighty umbrage, but it was adequate, I suppose. In any event, Senator 6th Grader was eventually sent, with her prohibitions, to the back of the class by the Senate Majority Leader, proving that the only thing worse than being put in time-out is being put in time-out by Harry Reid.

 

But back to Her Umbrage, which really ought to be a new title of sorts; One of the moments that caught my attention was when she reached the apogee of

, putting her hand on a stack of papers presumably representing her bill, and announced that, "Incidentally this does not prohibit -- you used the word 'prohibit' -- it exempts two thousand, two hundred and seventy-one weapons. Isn't that enough for the people in the United States?"

 

 

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Oh yes, and one more thing. When Senator Feinstein follows her exempted weapons with the question, "Isn't that enough for the people in the United States?" the response might start with asking her whether a stockpile of 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition is enough for the Department of Homeland Security? More properly, however, the Senator might consider the words "…shall not be infringed," as an answer sufficiently understandable to a 6th grader and perhaps even the occasional senator. But turn it around, and the people have every right to ask if over 20,000 pages of Obamacare regulations, towering over 7 feet in height is "enough for the people in the United States?" Have we had enough job killing regulations, or does the government need to further suffocate the coal industry? Everything we do, purchase, touch or breathe seems to be taxed. Isn't that enough for the government of the United States, Senator Feinstein? Will it ever be enough? When do you plant a fork in the huge rump roast of the state and pronounce this sucker to be cooked?

 

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