Biden: A Smart...what?

Vice President Joe Biden has used an inappropriate word. Again. This time, directed towards a store manager in Wisconsin.

Did he mean it as a joke? We're willing to accept that he did. But he still should not have said it where it could be picked up publicly. It was bad taste in that regard, and someone in his position should know better.

Robert Byrd, the longest serving member of the Senate, has died. God rest his soul; this is not the time to discuss his defects, and he deserves our prayers as much as anyone at their death.

Yet it is interesting to note the media reaction to him compared to another recalcitrant southerner cut of the same cloth. Senator Byrd is hailed as a champion of civil rights despite racist actions early in his career, and rightly praised for renouncing them. Yet former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, at his death in 2003, was not given quite such similar treatment by the media. This despite his having changed views over the years, as exampled by being the first Senator to hire an African American staffer.

The only palpable difference between the two is that Thurmond committed the sin of being Republican. It is a shame that such media bias should cloud its praise for Senator Byrd.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment, through the doctrine of Incorporation inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment, is applicable to the states and localities.

Be careful what you sow, liberals, for it shall dictate what you reap. It is only logical that if other parts of the Bill of Rights can be held against the states then surely gun rights can be as well. Yet the narrow vote shows how very important the 2010 and 2012 election cycles shall be. Conservatives, these rights shall only be protected if we respond at the voting booth. Thankfully, the almost certain Kagan nomination is too early to challenge this ruling, or those similar.

We hope that putting the name of Jesus Christ alongside that of Lady Gaga in yesterday's report did not seem an inappropriate attempt at headline grabbing. Please let us know if you think so, and accept our apology if it was indeed offensive.

As a pure and unnecessary aside, we originally had a typo in this article. We had referred to 'gun rights' as 'fun rights'. Please laugh with us at that. After all, f is smack next to g on the keyboard.