A Bold Move

An Indiana high school is making a bold move to create a safer environment for students -- they've banned students from carrying bags including purses, during the school day. Female students are upset about the changes.

Nothing like preparing kids for real life! As adults, they'll be expected to be defenseless dependents on "Only Ones," too, just like their teachers and administrators.

And they've banned backpacks too, just to make sure no one gets any ideas...

Goodness. As far as "creat[ing] a safer environment for students" goes, can their moves get any bolder?

Now chew your cud, children, so that you can grow up to be just like us.

Farewell and Adieu to You, Scanty-Clad Ladies*

Now let ev'ry man drink off his full bumper,
And let ev'ry man drink off his full glass;
We'll drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,
And here's to the health of each true-hearted lass.

Sorry, girls. Bimbo-wear just doesn't fit in with what I'm trying to do here. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You've been filtered out.

It takes a few hours to go into effect, so here's to your health, lasses. May you enjoy it somewhere else.

* With apologies

Breaking the Code

"I think the Republican Party is too smart to call Barack Obama 'black' in a sense that it would be a negative. But you can take something about his life, which I noticed they did at the Republican Convention – a 'community organizer.' They kept saying it, they kept laughing," he said.

Thanks for the new code words, Gov. Paterson! I'd have never recognized them had you not pointed this out.

As for laughing, let's give it a try:

How many "community organizers" does it take to destroy the Republic?

Sorry, but that's not funny.

Dinosaur Demands Government Outlaw Mammals

It's possible that over time, an energy tax, by making some computers, Web sites, blogs and perhaps cable TV channels too costly to maintain, could reduce the supply of information. [More]

It's Orwellian--the only way to ensure "democracy" is to stifle individual voices. See, the poor establishment media doesn't have enough of a competitive advantage. Something must be done. And naturally, the government decides who is "overproducing" (bloggers).

I have two words that rebut everything this Bolshevik says: "Authorized Journalists." Like the fascist Washington Post can be trusted to cover Liberty.

The left often perpetrates the lie that RKBA activists only care about the Second Amendment at the expense of all other rights. As we can plainly see, the First Amendment is no safer in their nakedly collectivist hands than anything else.

If Dusty Horwitt has his way, the government will enforce his insane power grab under force of arms. And eat whole useful idiots like him when they're no longer needed.

[Via Zachary G]

We're the Only Ones "Miller Time" Enough

Miller pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor DUI. Fourth District Magistrate Jerry Meyers sentenced Miller to one year probation and 90 days in jail Monday and fined him $750. Meyers then suspended 87 days of the jail sentence, according to court records.

Meyers granted Miller a withheld judgment, which means Miller can ask Meyers to have the guilty plea taken off his record if he completes probation successfully.

Yeah, I'm sure non-"Only Ones" caught driving with a "blood alcohol level...twice the legal limit" get that kind of break all the time.

[Via Avg Joe]

Another Child Gun Death

A North Sacramento man shot and killed an armed intruder early Tuesday as his pregnant wife and children awoke in terror from the attack...

The other suspect or suspects fled, but the 19-year-old, dropped the gun from his hand, staggered into the cul de sac before collapsing dead, the resident told the neighbor and police.

Just great. Thanks bunches for adding to the "child gun deaths" statistics, pal.

Too bad you didn't live in DC. Chief Cathy Lanier and Eleanor "Homes" Norton would prefer you had all been killed.

But don't worry--your local politicians are working on it.

[Via Joe G]

Imagining How Difficult

A bill before Congress to ease restrictions on guns in the District of Columbia would make it harder to protect federal workers, residents and the president, city and federal officials said Tuesday at a House oversight hearing.

On the flip side, it would make it easier for residents to protect themselves, something Cathy Lanier conveniently leaves unsaid.

“Imagine how difficult it will be for law enforcement to safeguard the public, not to mention the president at the inaugural parade,” Chief Lanier said...

“In attempted and successful assassinations around the world,” she said “the first step in attacking a motorcade is frequently to take out the security detail with semiautomatic and automatic firearms.”

Imagine how difficult is is for us to listen to your hysterical fabrications, Cathy. Imagine how difficult it is for gun owners who are being asked to support political candidates in November to know that not a single member of the panel hearing your absurd whining called you on the carpet for being a liar, like Eleanor "AK/.50" Holmes Norton.

We're the Only Ones Framing the Issue Enough

A Chicago Police officer has been charged with helping a Crystal Lake man frame his estranged wife by falsely arresting her on gun and drug charges and then testifying at her trial.

At the risk of incurring ethno-sensitive indignation and wrath, but the hell with it, how many Polish "Only Ones" does it take to screw a defendant?

[Via DEH and Less]

We're the Only Ones Contagious Enough

Inglewood residents protest fatal shootings by officers

They turn out at a City Council meeting to decry police killings of four people, three unarmed, in recent months.

...In the Franco shooting...officials were looking at the possibility that it was a case of "contagious fire" -- a phenomenon in which an officer opens fire after he hears other officers firing and misinterprets the shots as being an attack.

I'm curious about the circumstances of the other three killings, and can't help but wonder if there's an institutionalized mindset at work here. Having lived within a few miles of Inglewood for many years, I know first-hand what it's like there, as well as the effects of the police being the "Only Ones" legally armed.

Sarah Palin: So What?

American gun owners - as well as others in the ostensibly-rational conservative part of the political spectrum - have a great deal in common with victims of spousal/partner abuse.

Western Rifle Shooters Association expands on an observation by Billy Beck responding to Vin Suprynowicz. All raise points we need to consider.

WarOnGuns readers will note I've been generally positive in what I've said about Sarah Palin. Does that mean I'm softening and getting ready to endorse McCain?

I'm afraid you'll not see an endorsement from me. But a few considerations are at play here that I'll explain.

First, as I've asked before, "Why should someone with political aspirations ruin his chances by championing something as unsupported as gun rights?"

It may not be that big a deal in Alaska, but on the national stage, it's pretty remarkable. Gun owners deserve to know her position and she deserves us knowing.

Another theme I've raised is the moral implications of whatever we choose. Whether we compromise and go lesser of two evils, whether we sit on our hands, whether we go third party, it will affect the results--and we will share in responsibility for what follows if our decision helped enable it. That's why I always advise to vote your conscience. My conscience says if I'm to do so rationally, I need more information, not less.

With that in mind, look for me to talk more about Sarah Palin, and much of it will no doubt be positive. Look for me to provide a forum for people like Michael Dukes, who knows and supports her, for the reasons I've stated.

Plus, I have to admit I really am enjoying the way the Daily Kos/HuffPo left and their "Authorized Journalist" co-conspirators are going into increasingly desperate emotional meltdown, and the way Team Lightworker is funding an expedition of hit men to try and dig up something...anything... that might stick. Tell me if the GOP were doing this against Hillary that it wouldn't be decried as another paranoid republican witch hunt against women. When The Lightworker himself is reduced to pig and lipstick attacks, there's just something deliciously ironic and entertaining.

But all this aside, look at what WRSA has written. That's part of what we need to consider, too. Soberly, and with full understanding that what we do--or don't do--can have very real consequences.

What Not Listening to Authorities Gets You

Cops say one of the abductors in the back seat temporarily put down his gun so he could send a text message on his cell phone. Without hesitating, the victim picked up the loaded weapon, shot the man next to him and then fired a series of rounds at the other abductor in the front seat.

Why should it not surprise us that Chicago proposes doing exactly the opposite as a means to deter violent crime?

[Via MacEntyre]

Are We Still Here...?

The world breathed a sigh of relief as our predicted demise - at 5pm - came and went with not even a whimper, let alone a bang.

So Earth survived? No black hole swallowed us? The fabric of space/time wan't ripped apart?

I don't notice any changes, and neither does my duplicate with the funky sash belt and goatee...

This Day in History: September 10

September 10, 1775 at Ile aux Noix, Quebec - On September 10, Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler had fortified this island encampment and welcomed 700 reinforcements. He launched a second effort to attack the fort at St. John's. For this attack, he had 800 men with him. Schuyler's men, fearful of another ambush like the one on September 5, broke and ran when they were threatened. His second effort to take the fort also failed. Once again, the American force had to retreat back to Ile aux Noix. Conclusion: British Victory