An Unwarranted Response?

No, sir, it was not. [More]

I merely emulated what you did, and did it in an extreme cartoon way to emphasize how unfair that is to those having their reputations called into question without evidence-based probable cause. There were no serious accusations in my post, thus no actual flames being thrown at the spelling bee, and an honest reading will bear that out.

That's the reason I made a special point of asking the question "See how easy that was?"

Elitist rocker Vedder can afford to disparage gun rights

“Nevertheless, it's an interesting profile of Vedder, whose house, according to Rolling Stone, is patrolled by two bodyguards ‘who check out even the Domino's Pizza boy who delivers Vedder's weekly small pepperoni and sausage pie,’” an actual news account reported. [More]

This afternoon’s Gun Rights Examiner build-up to a bumper sticker slogan notes Pearl Jam concerts have something in common with Ted Kennedy’s car.

Burlington agrees to fulfill document request from gun rights group

Rusten’s agreement to comply with the document request marks an incremental victory for the gun rights group, which enjoyed another concession when the Burlington Council agreed to remove a ban on what it calls “assault weapons and high capacity magazines” from its proposed citizen disarmament measure. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes the common reaction of predators hesitating and slinking off when they suddenly realize they’ve taken on something capable of trampling them.

Don't Make Them Angry

You won't like them when they're angry. [More]

A Staunch Conservative

“I’m a staunch conservative,” he told CNN. [More]

Sure you are, meathead.

We're the Only Ones Permanently Retired Enough

Investigators said they are trying to determine why a retired police officer fired up to two dozen shots at a federal courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday before officers returned fire and killed him. [More]

Maybe he got caught stealing... I mean, making a mistake...?

Hey, at least it's nice to see validation for retired Only Ones nationwide gun perks!  Notice how many of those guys have demanded the same thing for the rest of us, now that they've got theirs?

[Via several of you]

We're the Only Ones Mistaken Enough

"Again, it was a mistake, and it won't happen again," Provost said. [More]

Which example would you not classify as a mistake?

• I was adding this column of numbers and forgot to carry over to the next column. 
• I  read the label wrong and set the oven at 350 instead of 375.
• I deliberately and with premeditation stole. Again and again.

What a shining example of the "Only Ones" entitled mentality, right down to cheesy excuse-making for a total, self-serving lack of ethics. He's just sorry he got caught.

Is anyone in authoritah curious why someone with 30 years under his belt would think that was something he could get away with, and with enough confidence to do it again and again?

Make no mistake: As long as the penalty is a comparative slap on the wrist and he still gets to stuff his snout in the retirement trough every month, others will be taking note.

Yeah, just move on.

[Via Florida Guy]

Perpetual Condition White

Like cattle in a chute... [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

OTISburg...?

It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving. [More]

For some reason, this woman reminds me of that Lex Luthor quote from the first Superman movie.

[Via Florida Guy]

Goodbye Columbus

The case against the smuggling ring raised new issues stemming from a recent trial against a retired educator and left other questions lingering, including the extent of the connections between the Columbus defendants the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Operation Fast and Furious. [More]

Isn't it funny -- peculiar funny, not "Ha ha" funny -- how no one seems interested in the lingering question of:

“What triggered the decision for the Columbus smuggling crew to send at least some of their straw purchasers all the way to the small Chaparral store instead of one of the largest gun stores in the state right up the road?”

But I guess you can't let anything helpful to the Reese family become a matter of official record...

Do You Suffer from Crippling Hoplophobia?

I don’t like guns. I don’t want to be around them. I perceive their presence as an imminent threat to my well-being. I understand that some gun-nuts see them as a basic right of self-defense, or as just a basic right. I see them as assertion of a non-existent right to use deadly force — to kill me or anyone else — at any and all times. I now find myself considering whether I must avoid any and all establishments where they are not specifically banned. [More]

Uh...Tingwald...? Is that yours?  Care to pick it up, clean the floor and secure the damn thing next time?

[Via Michael G]

Personally, I'd Rather Have a Burglar in My House

Thanks guys. You've been  a great help. [More]

Constitution 101: Part 3

Clause 1 is basically a preamble to the Enumerated Powers that immediately follow and in itself does not grant Congress any additional powers. [More]

The ones Chris is talking about are essentially promulgating the same misreading I've heard from useful idiots arguing for citizen disarmament based on the "general welfare" clause. In the case of a politician, though, my default belief is he knows exactly what he's doing, and he doesn't need schooling so much as he does a bucket of hot tar, feathers and a rail.

On the Water, In the Air

That's the name of a radio program on South Dakota's KSDR 1480 hosted by Jeff Anderson and Lynn D. Jurrens.  I'll be joining them momentarily to talk about the UN Arms Trade Treaty.

This Day in History: October 10

I doubt not that England might be Supplied with Masts from America, if america is not upon her Guard to prevent it. Masts may be cleared out, from America, to France, Spain Holland or elsewhere, and go to the W. I. Islands, Hallifax, Bermudas. But the most probable Artifice would be to fall in with B. Cruisers by Agreement in certain Latitudes, and be taken. All this can be concerted easily( between a British Minister and an american Traiter. A fine Cargo of Masts from america was lately carried into Bermudas, and enabled those Islanders, immediately to fit for Sea a Number of Privateers. British Navigation publick and private in every Part of the World, is at this moment in great distress for Masts. If the Exportation from America is not wholly stopped, they will obtain Some supply from thence. [More]