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  • Hillary, Lord Acton, and Willie Sutton

    06/17/2015 12:18:03 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 7 replies
    The American Thinker ^ | June 17, 2015 | Geoffrey P. Hunt
    By most accounts, there should be no nexus between the spaces occupied by Lord Acton, and Willie Sutton. It was Lord Acton, 19th century English Catholic historian and statesman whose quarrel with Anglican Archbishop Mandell Creighton prompted Acton’s famous axiom: “ Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Willie Sutton, 20th century legendary American bank robber whose appetite for vacuuming bank vaults, cashiers’ drawers, and jewelry cases, provoked lifelong unrepentant recidivism, when asked why he robbed banks, quipped: “ Because that’s where the money is.” With gymnastics perhaps unmatched by any political duo in U.S. history, Hillary Clinton,...
  • Lawsuit Against Animal Rights Groups Proceeds

    07/21/2012 9:32:57 PM PDT · by marktwain · 8 replies
    Ammoland ^ | 21 July, 2012 | U.S. Sportsman's Alliance
    Columbus, OH --(Ammoland.com)- Last week, a federal court ruled that Feld Entertainment, the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, could move forward with its racketeering and conspiracy claims against the Humane Society of the United States and other anti-hunting, animal rights extremist groups and their attorneys. According to a report by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Feld Entertainment’s claims arose out of a lawsuit brought by the groups and a former circus employee in 2000 that accused Feld of mistreating elephants under the Endangered Species Act. In dismissing the prior lawsuit, the Court found, among other things,...
  • Circus is in town, with a chip on its shoulder (Take that, PETA)

    11/05/2003 2:48:04 PM PST · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 6 replies · 227+ views
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | November 5, 2003 | ANDREW HERRMANN
    The circus arrived Tuesday bringing clowns, elephants, high-wire acts -- and a more aggressive attitude against animal rights protesters. Dogged by activists for years -- and pretty much taking it -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is defending its handling of animals in brochures distributed to circus fans, at its Web site -- www.ringling.com -- and by incorporating fightin' word language in first-strike press materials. Tonight, the circus is allowing media to tour its animal stables at the Allstate Arena, a first. In advance of the circus' arrival, in a letter to Chicago media, Ringling's local publicist warned of...