TRUTH REVOLT
by Caleb Howe
July 6, 2015

President Obama today made yet another statement that is sure to follow him for some time. There can be little doubt the President wanted this line to go down as part of his legacy. Just as there is small doubt that the opposition will pin it to him as a negative. Whatever the case, that the statement is completely false is without question, beyond any semblance of doubt. “Ideologies are not defeated with guns,” the President said, “but better ideas and more attracting and more compelling vision.” This is a lovely thought of the “I didn’t put too much effort into this” variety. A simple rewording of the trite and bland ‘violence is not the answer” trope, it is a message for kindergarten teachers to spiel yawningly to unruly youngsters. It is not an insight worthy of a serious adult, much less a world leader…READ MORE