Tweet of the day

A Joke on the Internet http://t.co/bK5jNYnoVe pic.twitter.com/dLlEAJ886K

— Vanderleun (@Van_der_Leun) September 4, 2015

Poll: Half of Republicans want Trump or Carson

Heading into this presidential cycle, Republicans were excited about the depth of their bench. Democrats had Hillary Clinton. Republicans had Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Rick Perry, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio.

And at the end of summer, they polled a combined 20% in the national Monmouth University Poll.

Donald Trump is at 30%, and Ben Carson 18%.

How to protect a weapon from falling into a Muslim terrorist's hands

Spike's Tactical, a gunmaker in Apopka, Florida, has figured out how to make a rifle that Muslim terrorists cannot use. No, it is not an AR 15 made of bacon, although that would be pretty cool, if totally impractical, but rather the Spike’s Tactical Crusader is emblazoned with a Knights Templar Long Cross and a Bible verse, Psalm 144:1, "Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle."

Ben "Mookie" Thomas, a former Navy SEAL who works at Spike's Tactical, came up with the idea.

Light Horse Harry

Young, dashing and daring, Henry Lee III was a brilliant and resourceful young officer in the Revolutionary War. Lee earned the confidence of George Washington, and the faith of General Nathanael Greene, both of whom befriended him, a man young enough to be a son. Time and again, when the Continental Army needed them most, Light Horse Harry and his men delivered. He was the only officer below general to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.

But he is best known for his loving eulogy to Washington delivered to a grieving Congress on December 24, 1799. It included this passage: "First in war — first in peace — and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life; pious, humane, temperate and sincere; uniform, dignified and commanding; his example was as edifying to all around him, as were the effects of that example lasting. To his equals he was condescending, to his inferiors kind, and to the dear object of his affections tender: correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence, and virtue always felt his fostering hand; the purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public virtues."

That is a great description of Lee himself.

Tweet of the day

You go girl! pic.twitter.com/Yi1tqk8rOY

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) September 3, 2015

Waiting-for-VA deaths now exceed combat deaths in World War II

Hey Republicans, the Democrats are killing war a heroes and you are doing absolutely nothing to stop them.

For shame.

The VA's inspector general reported that 307,000 veterans died while waiting for the VA bureaucracy to get off its collective fat lazy ass and help them.

In World War II, American combat deaths totaled 291,557 (other GI deaths brought the total to 405,399).

The VA is deadlier than Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini -- combined.

Write off Hispanic vote like Democrats did white voters?

Democratic President Lyndon Johnson wrote off the white votes for his party in the 1960s as he found a way to get minority votes: Civil rights and socialism -- er, the Great Society. He won the white vote in 1964, which was the last time Democrats.

Liberal Republicans in Washington say they don't want to lose the Hispanic vote but have done nothing to court it. In fact, after allowing President Obama to reverse 60 years of Cuban policy, Republicans wrote off the Cuban-American vote.

But a new poll shows Republicans can win by not pandering to Hispanics or any other group.

Get a free autographed copy of "Exceptional Americans 2: The Capitalists"

Maybe I am influenced by the inclusion in the volume of a profile of Madman Muntz, the legendary wild used car salesman in California, but I am giving away free autographed copies of  "Exceptional Americans 2: The Capitalists." I will even pay for shipping. That's free times free.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should resign

Democrat Kim Davis, clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, does not want to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Fine. Let her resign, because that is her job, the issuance of marriage licenses. She should either follow the law or her religious convictions.

The boy the earth spoke to

George Hearst's father was part of Dan'l Boone's party that swept into Franklin County, Missouri, to settle there in 1806, three years after the Louisiana Purchase. Forty years later, the frontiersman died owing $10,000, an enormous sum in the 19th century. But Hearst, 26, was industrious and within two years had paid off the debts, with enough money left over to take care of his mother and his sister.

At 28, Hearst set off to a frontier of his own: California, where he prospected for gold. Unlike his father, when he died, Hearst left his son a fortune that is listed by Forbes as the 53rd largest estate in American history when adjusted for inflation.