Who Will Guard the Guards?

In a sign of the nervousness surrounding the visit, Marines and other troops among the 200 people gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck to hear Mr. Panetta speak were abruptly asked by their commander to get up, place their weapons — M-16 and M-4 automatic rifles and 9-mm pistols — outside the tent and then return unarmed. The commander, Sgt. Maj. Brandon Hall, told reporters he was acting on orders from superiors.

“All I know is, I was told to get the weapons out,” he said. Asked why, he replied, “Somebody got itchy, that’s all I’ve got to say. Somebody got itchy; we just adjust.”[More]

Think about the significance of this.

Meanwhile...

Forget It, Jake

It's Chi-Town. [Read]

Meanwhile, that idiot Snuffy goes after Easter baskets. Now there's a man with solutions.

Untouchable

Yeah, I liked the show too, back when I was a child. [Read]

[Via Rich S]

What's with CBS?

First Sharyl Attkisson does a good job on Gunwalker and now this...[Read]

The Cutting Edge

If you live in GA, Knife Rights could use some help with a preemption bill. [Read]

Insane and Racist

What a self control-challenged punk Chris Rock is. [More]

"Two bodyguards"?  Maybe that's why he thinks bullets should cost $5,000.

The @$$hole would starve before he ever got a nickel from me.

Lea and Salmon

Too frickin' cute--especially trying to play with deer, and deciding if a coyote is a friend worth having--and I love the way the story is told in pictures with simple captions.  Make sure you take a few minutes to look at all the links. [More]

And then when you're done, head on over to "Boss's" page to spread the word and help out.

An Uncomfortable Reality

If you're mumbling 'nutcase conspiracy theory,' that's probably because you were too young to notice U.S. Senator Frank Church's 1975 hearings into the dark corners of the CIA and other government agencies, you're whistling past a way too scary graveyard or you are dealing with memory loss. Here's the history, the bogeyman and the refresher, whichever you may need. [More]

Dan Gifford cranks up the discomfort level.

Besides, what's the problem?  I thought the Attorney General said this is OK...

Bullet Trumps Horns

And PETA is horrified! [Read]

Still, it would be nice if young Fuddley here would use some of his fame and resources to help protect the right--I'm not saying that he doesn't, but if he does, it would be nice if he made that known.

There's certainly no shortage of well-heeled detractors...

Blogger Vanderboegh recovering from surgery

“The pain goes back and forth,” he related, saying hospital staff plans to sit him up for the first time today. The surgery required removing part of his pancreas and, part of his esophagus, and left him with 20% of his stomach, which is expected to stretch out. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes Mike's spleen is still intact.

Gunning for the Easter Bunny

Why is Snuffy appearing de-frocked for photo-ops? And if he's presenting himself as a "civilian," why include his title? [Read]

I can see a priest complaining to his congregation about them engaging in rituals that have nothing to do with why Catholics celebrate Easter.  Baskets full of jelly beans, chocolate rabbits, colored eggs and the like always struck me as absurd ways to commemorate it, even as a kid, not that I said "No" to getting mine.  Besides, we all know what's really important is marshmallow Peeps.

And yeah, even I admit that obviously cartoonish toy guns in Easter baskets seems more than a tad bizarre, but leave it to this nitwit to  assign a causal connection between that and Chi-Town criminal violence.

As Constant as the Northern Star

I am he... [More]

"L'État, c'est moi!"

Meanwhile, some basic questions remain unanswered--except they really have been.

This Day in History: March 14

From the accounts which you have received of the enemy's force at Detroit, and my Ideas of yours (having recd. no late Returns) it is evident that you can make no attempt upon that place: But, if you think yourself competent to an excursion against any of the hostile tribes of Indians, you are at liberty, as I have mentioned in some of my former letters, to undertake it -[More]