“I don’t have to enforce any pretended legislation.” Jeff Christopher’s nuttiness unadorned

“I don’t have to enforce any pretended legislation.” Jeff Christopher’s nuttiness unadorned

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Because he is a fascinating crackpot, and because someone might want a handy reference at some point, I've taken Christopher's quotes directly from the WND article linked to previously. “Right now the threat to individual Americans from al-Qaida and other groups is nowhere near the threat we face from officials in our own country who are working at taking away our liberties,” Delaware Sheriff Jeff Christopher told WND. “The battle of liberty is never over. We are attempting to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot overturning the law stripping us of our arrest authority.” “I believe the intent of taking away the authority of the sheriff,” Christopher said, “is to set up a situation where the state police have the power to enforce unconstitutional legislation while preventing the sheriff from being able to stand against them.”
This Annexation Is An Outrage: Let’s Go To War

This Annexation Is An Outrage: Let’s Go To War

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Oh, wait. They're talking about Crimea, not Texas. Nor Hawaii, or Midway, American Samoa, Wake Island and half dozen other pacific islands we annexed, from what I can see, without money changing hands. And there are a dozen other annexations the good old U.S. of A. pulled off where we actually paid the owner while we held a gun to their head. Such as Puerto Rico and Guam, not to mention the Panama Canal zone.
Delaware casinos bailout

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 20, 2014

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I was heartened to see legislators expressing skepticism on a proposal to give $20 million this year to ease financial burdens on casinos. As Rep. Dennis E. Williams pointed out, the casinos will keep coming back year after year. Which raises the question, why should taxpayers bail out a wheeler dealer like Denis McGlynn for making bad business decisions:
Denis McGlynn, president and CEO of Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment and Dover Motorsports Inc., said not receiving any money from the state would spell disaster for casinos, leading to potential layoffs, shutdowns of certain operations and a cutback on marketing. Layoffs, loss of gaming options and a cutback in marketing ultimately would cost the state much more in lost revenue than what they would be shelling out in the current proposal, he said. The casino's bank loan expires on June 17, and the bank is watching the state's decision, he said. If the bank loan is not renewed, McGlynn said they'd have to shop around with other banks, something that probably won't work out in the casino's favor given its finances, he said.
We gave McGlynn and his, wait for it, ilk, every break in the book. And now we've gotta bail his ass out because his loan is under water? Hey, Denis, how about moving some of your other assets around to cover this? The Delaware General Assembly should simply stop giving away money to these blackmailers. Which is what and who they are.  
Obama’s explicit rejection of the Coons Doctrine

Obama’s explicit rejection of the Coons Doctrine

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Grandstanding blowhard Senators and DC talking heads who think that America's best interest are served by having under-planned, emotional, military excursion in order to constantly prove that we are manly men had a bad day yesterday.
President Obama, who has threatened Moscow with additional sanctions, said Wednesday that nobody wants to "trigger an actual war with Russia" because that would serve no one's interests. "We are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine," Obama told KNSD-TV. "What we are going to do is mobilize all of our diplomatic resources to make sure that we've got a strong international coalition that sends a clear message."