Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Agenda-driven research and reporting serve power elites, not public interest

Those are pretty glaring holes for something representing itself as an unbiased presentation, as opposed to an advocacy piece. But then, Pulitzer notwithstanding, we’re talking about a “news” organization headed by a billionaire “progressive” that gets foundation grants from the likes of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, and partners with all the right “Authorized Journalists” (or as Joe Biden likes to call them, “legitimate media”). [More] 
This evening's Gun Rights Examiner column does a little research of its own, and notices some fudged results that just happen to support a desired conclusion.

Why Take it Out?

The lie has always worked so well elsewhere... [Read]

That's Too Bad

This would have been a good wake-up call. [Read]

Dollar Value Plummets

Dollar says the proposal is just way to give officers more authority to protect themselves. [More]
You try this **** you stupid **** and they're going to need to.

I went to the city website hoping to find the draft ordinance-- as of now, the agenda , etc. for the March 4 meeting have not yet been posted.

[Via DMJ]

Playing the Race Card...

...badly.  [Read]

Figures it's really not about black or white, it's about red.

Murphy's Law

When in Murphy, do as the Murphyites do.  [Read]

Buy a Shotgun

Acting on Uncle Joe's advice... [Watch]

Police sex assault kidnap case opens question: Who will guard the guards?

It would be interesting to ask Chief Drummond how many concealed carry permits he has issued and if he believes the women allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by his officer should have had the means to defend themselves instead. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary asks what we're supposed to do when we need protection from the protectors.

Shootout at the Twitter Corral

Andrea Shea King's latest on WND.com... [Read]

And Don't Let the Door Hit You in the...

Finally, a politician who doesn't equivocate. [Read]

I see people are responding to the invitation to send prayer requests.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Shadowhawk!

Sounds like an 80s TV series, doesn't it? [Read and watch]

That's a lot of money for something that can be defeated by simply not being out in the open.

Brought to you by the "capitalists"  at Vanguard Defense Industries. Rope sold separately.

[Via Jess and William T]

"Assaulted" Update

Today, we were up on Capitol Hill getting interviews from our elected officials... [More]
Plus, in the 3 p.m. Eastern hour, Kris will be on the radio with Jim and Trav.

Tarleton's Heirs

Marion would be spinning in his grave. [More]

Chances are it will go nowhere. And Thomas Crocker of USC School of Law has a lot to learn about what trumps what.

[Via Jess]

Feinstein Ban Bill to be Heard Tomorrow

...by the Senate Judiciary Committee... [Read]

David Hardy sends a link. He'll be testifying.

He sent a copy of his statement and I asked if he's going to post it. Stay tuned.

Withering on the Vine

More and more households are headed by single women, and they are far less likely to have guns than families with a father in the household. So the swelling ranks of single mothers, a topic of much hand-wringing in other regards, may actually help to reduce suicides and accidental gunshot injuries. [More]
Yes, we all know the presence of armed-to-the grill dependent drone males with gang affiliations are such rarities in these households.  And we all know that "swelling ranks" of fatherless adolescents are the key to the peaceable and prosperous society of the future.

[Via bondmen]

A Bridge Too Far

Greenlick tells The Oregonian that the bill as introduced goes too far in not only banning the sale of such weapons but in limiting each gun owner to continued possession of just one of the firearms. [More
In other words, it's too soon.  Can't have the frog jumping.

Sounds About Right

California voters view stricter gun control laws as more important than protecting the constitutional right to own a firearm, according to a Field Poll released Tuesday. [More]
Yes, based on the political "leadership" they foist on themselves and everybody else, I believe that.

Now ask 'em how badly they want it, who they think is going to execute their foolish wishes and if they feel lucky.

Let the Big One hit, and I guarantee poll responses will change.

The Wheels On The Bus Go 'Round And 'Round

The Big Wheels want us to believe guns on the bus are a bad idea. [Read]

Of course, according to the Big Wheels, guns not in the hands of the "Only Ones" are a bad idea everywhere! Just don't think for a moment they'll accept any responsibility if their circular "reasoning" doesn't work out.  As long as they get a free ride, they don't give a damn who gets thrown under the bus.

I wonder if anyone at the hearing asked Forrest Claypool and Jordan Matyas how frequently they use public transit, what times and which neighborhoods they get on and off in.

No I don't.

Gandhi Get Your Gun

Our opponents, it is becoming clearer, wish us dead, or at least silenced. They cloak that essential truth with a bodyguard of lies. They believe, truly believe, that if they win the political argument in a rigged game in which both political parties participate that that will be the end of it -- they will have won and we will have lost. They do not respect us because we do not respect ourselves. Put another way, they do not respect us because they do not fear us as the Founders intended. Yet if we truly have the courage of our convictions and engage in armed civil disobedience, they will certainly come to fear us. [More]
Vanderboegh has some important observations on the limitations of passivity.

I never knew Gandhi had recommended European Jews kill themselves so their deaths would have meaning. I had read about his prejudice against blacks.

Funny. Ben Kingsley never said any of this stuff to Candice Bergen as Hollywood set out to convince us of the inferiority of Western culture in producing liberty outcomes.

We're the Only Ones Hung Out to Dry Enough

Jail guard busted with 26 pound of pot in dryer [More
I can't help but wonder how many of the inmates she was guarding had been busted for significantly less.

REESE CASE – Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice

The defense attorneys will attempt to establish intentional misconduct by the prosecution during the upcoming hearing, and/or that there is a pattern of practice at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of playing dirty. [More
A Tea Party Patriots of Luna County post analyzes the significance of this latest development in the Reese case.

This Day in History: February 26

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