Friday, August 07, 2009

Facing Tough Questions

They are still mourning a fallen officer, but they are also now facing tough questions whether commanders made tactical errors as they carried out the operation. [More]
So it may not be a matter of just banning pump-action shotguns?

[Via Cemetery CAS]

Proper Etiquette When in the Presence of Your Betters

“On Monday, August 3, 2009 at approximately 9:00 AM at the North Pavilion the disrespectful attitude you displayed to the Mayor was unacceptable,” George Edmunds, the city’s acting director of Parks and Recreation, wrote in a Monday, Aug. 3 suspension notification memo issued to Moye. “The Mayor indicated that this was not the first time that you had not acknowledged her when you came into contact. This type of behavior will not be tolerated and is detrimental to the department. Your actions have caused irrevocable damage to the welfare of the department and your fellow workers.’’

In the memo, Edmunds also uses terms such as "insubordination" and "disgraceful" to describe Moye’s failure to greet Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Nolan. [More]

One could argue that by being a willing part of the Imperial Legions, one owes deference to the Empress.

And the rest of us subjects can pay our respects to her as well.

You might ask her how the Emperor is doing.

[Via John G]

Speaking of Heavyweights...

A nearly 600-pound man was able to hide a weapon for more than a day while he was in custody...

...the gun was allegedly hidden between fat layers. [More]
Mister, have I got a job for you...

[Via Harvey and Tom Z, who sent me this version]

We're the Only Ones Fit for Duty Enough

Should a police officer's physical condition determine whether he is fit for duty? [More]
I'm wondering if "Only Ones" so morbidly obese they're incapable of getting up off the floor is really such a bad thing...

[Via Harvey]

SCOTUS Gets Excuse to Dodge

On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court voted to review en banc a three-judge panel decision in April, extending the Second Amendment right to have a gun for personal self-defense so that it would restrict or nullify state, county and city gun control laws. The effect of that order, of course, was to vacate the panel decision. Thus, the disagreement between that panel and the Second and Seventh Circuits no longer exists... [More]
Who's surprised that rather than just recognize and protect our unalienable rights--the whole reason we feed these bastards in the first place--that ritual is given more importance than the reason behind it?

So now SCOTUS can sit on its hands, continue to allow injustice and deprivation of rights to exist unchallenged, and allow the pot to continue its gradual progression to full boil.

Truth is, the only way those in power ever cede it is when costs of not doing so exceed benefits. Nobody thinks they're going to voluntarily just give it up because it's the right and moral thing to do, I trust...

[Via W-III]

We're the Only Ones Catty Enough

A Provincetown police officer shot a severely injured cat early Monday morning to relieve its suffering, according to Provincetown police Chief Jeff Jaran.

But questions about the number of times the handgun was fired — four — were raised on a local blog... [More]
An act of mercy, "Only Ones"-style. Hey, it could have been worse. And at least this time it wasn't a dog.

[Via Brian F]

We're the Only Ones Pensioned Enough

A perv Bronx cop will keep his pension after pleading guilty to meeting an underage girl in an Internet sting, police confirmed. [More]
Well, thank goodness this Bloomberg's Finest "Only One" got a break. At least now he can still afford to buy his dates a...y'know, I still don't know the romantic dinner of choice in these relationships...

[Via Harvey]

'Senior Mexican Official' Hides Behind Anonymity to Attack US Gun Rights

What possible objection could any "senior Mexican officials" have against fully cooperating with an independent audit to trace all military-grade weaponry seized, particularly ordnance that has been sent to Mexican armed services and police? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column recommends going on the offensive against these officious corrupt bastards.

I also have a plea of sorts. It appears when I ask readers to tell a friend about these columns, some are telling a bit too much.

Tell a friend just enough?

Have you read the latest from all the Gun Rights Examiners?

This Day in History: August 7

The Commander in Chief wishes all officers to be impressed with this truth, that nothing is more essential in military service than an exact subordination, and ready obedience to the commands of superior officers; that it is this which gives life and vigour to an army: that a contrary conduct must clog and impede every movement, and excite a spirit of discontent, disobedience and licentiousness among the troops; that in this view, the conduct of Capt. Friesback must be deemed highly criminal, and of a very dangerous tendency. [More]

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Examiner Bio Sotomayor Supreme Court Confirmation Divides 'Pro Gun' Senators

Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court.

I've put out a special Gun Rights Examiner column that includes the roll call as well as a means to check your senator's ratings and communicate your thoughts to them.

Click here to read.

Tell a friend?

Why So Enuretic?

[T]he poster is ultimately a racially charged image. [More]
Oh good grief. Someone's corset is on too tight. Fan the vapors away before he faints!

Do you think Phillip Kennicott actually believes his own nonsense, or is he just doing his part as an "Authorized Journalist" to propagate the meme that Lightworker criticism = racism?

The most astute comment of the lot came from judsonhouse1, who gives Kennicott exactly the intellectual consideration this piece merits.

On a side note, feral sons Uday and Qusay are in SoCal right now (with Cousin Kim Jong!) stomping on fault lines to see what they can trigger. I told them when they get to LA to jump out of the car (preferably in traffic) and rip one of these down and bring it back to me for a souvenir.

Kissing the Hand that Robs You

Kevin Wilmeth adds a Jeff Cooper perspective to the Key Bank story we discussed yesterday. [More]

We're the Only Ones Home on the Range Enough

A Metro police officer has accidentally shot himself at a gun range. [More]
You know, the "Only Ones" we can trust with guns...

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones Per Law Enforcement Protocol Enough

SWAT called out when Yolo County deputy fires gun while drunk [More]
And it's not that they then found him passed out on the floor that's the true illustration of "Only One" specialness. It's not that he shot one of his dogs. It's not even that he used his police-issued service weapon.

No, it's this:
Key was not arrested at that time. As per law enforcement protocol, he said, officers left Key at the hospital and then prepared a report for the District Attorney's Office to recommend charges, if any...it is impractical to have officers at the hospital for hours or days waiting until the suspect is released to arrest him or her.
Do you think you or I would have been arrested "at that time"? Does "law enforcement protocol" allow them to cuff violent and dangerous hospitalized suspects to bed rails any more? Or do they only do that to drug suspects who refuse to pee for them?

[Via Harvey]

Nothing But the Highest Quality

[T]he 21st century minstrel show kicks into high gear, producing nothing but the highest quality in new age coonery… [More]
It's about time someone called this thug media posturing for a buck what it is in such stark terms. Maybe some of the more perceptive targets for the crap will come to realize they're being used, stereotyped and laughed at by shameless exploiters.

There is an alternative "black gun culture," you know...

[Via retrotruckman]

We're the Only Ones Getting Charged for Wild Phone Sex Enough

Investigators believe 28-year-old officer Joseph Edward Wild made sexually explicit phone calls on his bureau cell phone to female officers, a teen involved in a rape case, a woman in a domestic violence case and to a 14-year-old girl. [More]
Let your fingers do the walking--"Only Ones"-style.

[Via Michael B]

Are LA Fitness Facilities "Gun Free Zones"?

From Bruce W. Krafft, who administers KABA Newslinks:
I just called several LA Fitness locations in the Mpls/Saint Paul metro and all confirmed that members are prohibited from bringing guns onto the property.
I don't know if this is nationwide corporate policy or if this applied to the location in PA. And I've heard some say it wouldn't matter because you don't exercise with your gun tucked into the Spandex. In fairness, there's probably not enough of a demand to induce them to be responsible for maintaining and staffing a secure lockup area. Still, just knowing it's a "gun free zone" would be enough to let the killer, who was reportedly a member, know not to expect even the potential of resistance.

Me, I have a weight bench, treadmill and heavy bag down in the basement that I can ignore just fine on my own without paying any monthly fee and under the best security I can provide.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.

They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals. [More]
Orwell was only off by a few years.

[Via Tom Z]

This is a Job for Chief Inspector Dreyfus!

[W]hen authorities finally tracked down the purported weapon that caused the scare, they discovered a cigarette lighter that looks like a gun. [More]


[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Contradicted Enough

Spokeswoman Mafara Hobson wrote in an e-mail Sunday that "a vehicle ran a stop sign and pulled out in front of the Mayor's vehicle, causing a collision."

But the accident report indicates that Fenty's Lincoln Navigator was the "striking vehicle" in the crash with the Nissan Pathfinder, driven by James Utt Jr., 19. [More]
I imagine a competent accident investigator could reconstruct what happened, key word being "competent." And honest.

So does this mean someone lied on an official police report? And isn't it also a crime to lie on insurance claims?

Can't people go to jail for that?

So who is lying? The "Only One" or the flack for the Super "Only One"?

[Via Harvey]