Thursday, November 14, 2013
Can't We All Get Along?
Sure, if the answer to "Are you going to stop trying to rule me?" is "Yes." [More]
‘Prohibited persons’ qualifying as Obamacare ‘navigators’
Now it has come out under sworn testimony that government employees being entrusted by citizens with some of their most personal information are not even trusted by the government to exercise one of the most fundamental natural and civil rights, the right to keep and bear arms. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column asks if the government that employs them doesn’t trust them, why should we?
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!
A toll-free "tip line" has been launched that enables any person with a phone the ability to initiate an investigation on any gun owner. [More]No kidding?
I gotta tell ya -- it gets old
[Via Bluesgal]
What Better Way to Honor Those Who Served...
...than by eviscerating every principle they swore an oath to uphold? [More]
Our friends at Vermont Federation of Sportsmen Clubs continue to do great work. I feel bad, because they've sent me updates on their continuing efforts and I haven't been able to write everything up due to the need to cover other things and the fact that there's only one of me.
Cases in point: Yesterday I spent several hours on a follow-up to a story I've been covering for over a year-and-a-half, and that one won't be ready to release for at least another week--but the work needed to be done while I had a chance to focus on it. And today, I just got a response from the Assistant Chief Counsel at the Ohio governor's office about another exclusive, and will be spending the later afternoon and evening doing mundane data compilation in order to make that story happen. And I could cite a dozen other directions I'm being pulled on any given day.
While what VFSC is doing is limited in actual impact to their state, what they're protecting against is a threat to gun owners who live in any state where firearms preemption prohibits patchwork quilts by municipalities. That's why I encourage everyone to bookmark their blog and keep up on their actions, to stay informed, to learn, and to help be on guard where you live.
I wish I could do more -- for them, and for dozens of others. But I suppose I'd better get some lunch first, and see how many more dozens of emails and social media messages have built up in the interim...
Our friends at Vermont Federation of Sportsmen Clubs continue to do great work. I feel bad, because they've sent me updates on their continuing efforts and I haven't been able to write everything up due to the need to cover other things and the fact that there's only one of me.
Cases in point: Yesterday I spent several hours on a follow-up to a story I've been covering for over a year-and-a-half, and that one won't be ready to release for at least another week--but the work needed to be done while I had a chance to focus on it. And today, I just got a response from the Assistant Chief Counsel at the Ohio governor's office about another exclusive, and will be spending the later afternoon and evening doing mundane data compilation in order to make that story happen. And I could cite a dozen other directions I'm being pulled on any given day.
While what VFSC is doing is limited in actual impact to their state, what they're protecting against is a threat to gun owners who live in any state where firearms preemption prohibits patchwork quilts by municipalities. That's why I encourage everyone to bookmark their blog and keep up on their actions, to stay informed, to learn, and to help be on guard where you live.
I wish I could do more -- for them, and for dozens of others. But I suppose I'd better get some lunch first, and see how many more dozens of emails and social media messages have built up in the interim...
In Strictest Confidence
This should be a no-brainer. Jana voted with her feet and chose to live and work in the most First Amendment-friendly state in the union. She should be protected by New York law. If she is not, then all reporters will lose their confidential sources, and all Americans will be in the dark when whistleblowers know awful truths but are unwilling to pay the price of public revelation. [More]I know Mike and I were committed to being jailed before revealing our sources. We still are.
You're just going to have to trust me when I tell you that people have no idea what went on behind the scenes of this, and the fears that went with it.
That's a big reason why I am so ruthlessly critical of the whole concept of "Authorized Journalists," especially when tyrants like Feinstein presume to define "real reporters" and tools like Biden blather on about "legitimate news media."
If left to the national socialists, the only alternative would be resurrecting the White Rose.
[Via Ron W]
Mapping Gun Owners
Now you can pinpoint where they are in Montana. [More]
This reminds me of my thoughts on gun registration, so that collectivists will know who is armed: Assume we all are -- and conduct yourself accordingly.
This reminds me of my thoughts on gun registration, so that collectivists will know who is armed: Assume we all are -- and conduct yourself accordingly.
Throwing a Monkeywrench Through the Oval Office Window
Since it's troubled launch on October 1 when it could not perform the basic functions it was envisioned to do, Park said HealthCare.gov has increased capacity and is now able to handle up to 25,000 users on the site per hour. Additionally, 17,000 are able to register on the website each hour.
Although improved, it is still far short of the administration's goal of increasing capacity to at least 50,000 people per hour. [More]
So what would happen if each of us got everyone we know to get everyone they know (lather, rinse, repeat), as an act of peaceful protest, to every morning to open up a separate window to Healthcare.gov and just leave it open as we go about our internet business throughout the day?
Remember: The personal data you save from being exploited by known felons (and no shortage of unindicted ones) may be your own.
UPDATE: Looks like if it were actually done on a coordinated basis it would be a federal crime, so does that mean it could only be suggested theoretically, and hypothetically? Or not at all?
UPDATE: Looks like if it were actually done on a coordinated basis it would be a federal crime, so does that mean it could only be suggested theoretically, and hypothetically? Or not at all?
Have we fallen that far? In China, they once stood in front of tanks.
Incidentally, if any "progressives would like to revenge themselves on me for this post, get everyone you know to go here and start clicking on the individual article links. That'll show me.
Cast Your Vote
If for no other reason than to tell the antis they're gonna need more AstroTurf... [More]
This Day in History: November 14
At Alfred Moore's Plantation (known as Buchoi), a mile below the ferry at Wilmington, Maj. Graham and his troops surprised a group of about 100 Loyalists. He raced his cavalry onto the plantation grounds and scattered the Loyalists without any serious loss. The Loyalists had twelve men killed and thirty men wounded. [More]