Domestic Enemies, Then?

There are responsible ways to consider the duty to “support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic”.  This is not one of them:

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., believes that his oath of office compels him to protect the country from “rabid” Tea Party congressmen because they qualify as “domestic enemies.”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/house-democrat-calls-tea-party-lawmakers-domestic-enemies/article/2537434

I would like to know what his standards are.  Probably not impressive when you see how he misconstrues the oath itself:

“Really, you’ve got to think, we take an oath to protect this country from ‘all enemies, foreign and domestic,’ and these are the domestic enemies,” Cohen said.

Except that even if he were right, he would still be wrong.  The oath is not about protecting the country; that’s the military’s day … Continue reading

Voice Recognition Test

This is a test post written using Microsoft Voice Recognition.  I’ll tell you what I’m having a lot of fun with this.

It takes some getting used to.  I’m also having a lot of trouble with Google Chrome.  It seems Chrome uses some other voice recognition scheme.  It seems to not be compatible with Microsoft’s voice recognition scheme.  It doesn’t look like an issue that training that will remedy either.  It seems that Google Chrome doesn’t refer to the Microsoft voice recognition API and will never get what Microsoft is sending it.

That’s why I’m using Internet Explorer to post this.  While the WordPress admin screen will not let me jump directly to the text input form, I’m only one mouse click away from a speaking everything you … Continue reading