Quick Update, Major News

Just a fast update for you as you get your day started...

Barack Obama is set to give a speech on race today.  He's supposed to address not only racism in America, but also his relationship with the flaming race-baiter Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which has bit him big time in the past week or two.  This speech is a critical step in Obama's campaign, and he has to deliver the goods.  Of course, it's hard to say exactly what those goods are, since many of his supporters seem to think there's nothing wrong with what Wright preaches.  The rest of us logical thinking people in the country are very interested to hear Obama set the record straight, since he seems to have done his darnedest to squirm away from the subject up to this point.  For all his verbal prowess, I somehow doubt that Obama will come up with a speech as stirring as Mitt Romney's similar 'religion' delivery a few weeks ago.

On another important front, the arguments for the latest gun battle begin before the Supreme Court today.  At issue is the Washington, D.C. ban on guns, and whether or not it is constitutional according to the phrase 'keep and bear arms' in the 2nd Amendment.  As I understand it, the key issue is whether the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies only to organized militias or to individuals.  You know, this sounds a lot like something I just blogged about yesterday: liberals parsing words and playing games with legalities in an attempt to take away our freedoms...  Anyway, the precedent at this point appears to be in striking down the ban, but this will be a very closely watched case, and perhaps the biggest case of the session.  I would hope they'll find in favor of the individual rights, but if they don't, I would imagine you'll suddenly see lots and lots of 'militias' popping up where people can join and still keep their guns.  We'll see what they decide, but let me emphasize again that this is where Presidential elections become key - if it weren't for Bush's terrific appointments to the Court over the past few years, their decision (with an activist-stacked court) would almost certainly have been against the individual.  Now, though, there's an even chance they'll preserve the original meaning of the Constitution.  Elections have consequences, and this is one supremely critical consequence that people don't think of very often.

I'll post updates and analysis of both of these topics later on as more information becomes available.

There's my two cents.