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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Liberty News/Safer Streets
John Longenecker has started a free newsletter available by email subscription. Here's a what I received today:
Dear David,
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Liberty writers are checking in as our Safer Streets concept grows.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger has checked in. Morality, courage, reality and integrity are going to be absolutely essential to the recovery of the nation. If we expect it in others -- especially officials to whom we grant authority -- it all needs to come from us first.
On our authority. On our insistence. Thanks, Dr. Laura.
Information for optimal preparedness is as important, and we welcome Alex Jones' website with NASA's notice of solar activity that has the globe abuzz.
Bob Parks joins us too, with a daring expose on several important things every voter should know this November. Where did America ever get the idea the Ku Klux Klan was conservatives? His series sure explains a lot!
It all means safer streets. Good to have you all.
Love of Liberty,
John Longenecker
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| Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Integrity, loyalty, morality as expressions of Patriotism. Parachute jump teacher saves student from sure death.  Dave was the instructor. His student, a woman, was a total newbie. The day for the parachute jump was beautiful: sunny, clear, warm. Dave gave Shirley her briefing before they took off in the airplane to jump - in tandem (that means attached to each other), as he has done hundreds of times. This day was different. This day the parachute did not deploy properly and they were spinning to their certain deaths. More. . _________________________________________________________ |
| Leon Weinstein. Communism is never the way it is promised. A few minutes with Leon Weinstein.  What have the Soviets learned from Communism? Russian emigre Leon Weinstein has a warning to Americans now experiencing what Russians experienced in the early days of Communism. The Genesis is identical. Click through the image of Leon and his wife Julia for Leon's important video selected by the Publisher. Leon is available for speaking engagements. __________________________________________________________ |
| AWR Hawkins, Ph.D. Military History. Gun Control: The ultimate human rights violation.  The most telling aspect of the left's obsession with human rights is not so much what its proponents claim to defend but what they would be happy to sacrifice. And one thing all human rights activists are perpetually ready to jettison is the right Americans enjoy in keeping and bearing arms. More |
| Walter Williams, Ph.D. Who's to blame?  If our founders could see today's federal government, it would be unrecognizable to their vision. In fact, their vision has been turned upon its head, so that the powers of the state governments are "few and defined" and those of the federal government "are numerous and indefinite." Who is to blame for a federal government that spends a third of our income, regulates most every aspect of our lives, and has snuffed out the personal liberty envisioned by our founders? More... ________________________________________________________ |
| Tenth Amendment Center. Arizonans dare to defy the feds again. Derek Sheriff  Just when you thought Arizona couldn't get any more provocative, or push any more of the federal government's buttons, it looks like America's 48th state may actually become the 15th state to adopt another very controversial law! This proposed law, on the other hand, may actually make some people on the Left, as well as the Right, happy for a change. I have my doubts about whether it will make those who put party above principle, or anyone employed by the U.S. Department of Justice happy, however. More . . . __________________________________________________________ |
| David Codrea. Second Amendment. What does Sharron Angle victory in Nevada U.S. Senate primary mean for gun owners?  "Sharron Angle wins; Harry Reid gets race he wanted," the Las Vegas Sun headline tells us about Nevada's U.S. Senate race. Sharron Angle, a former Reno assemblywoman and Tea Party favorite, emerged from Tuesday's Republican primary, lifted to a landslide by a solid base of conservative supporters but carrying political baggage that experts say gives the embattled Reid a new lease on political life. And why would that be? More . . . ________________________________________________________ |
| Bob Parks. Black&Right. The Democrat race lie.  April 20, 1871Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans. October 18, 1871 After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan. June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate... More . . . ________________________________________________________ |
| Preparedness. Alex Jones' INFOWARS.com: As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather. "The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity. At the same time, our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms. The intersection of these two issues is what we're getting together to discuss." More. . _______________________________________________________ |
| Dave Workman. Second Amendment. Brit shooting aftermath: One psychologist clarifies why restrictive gun laws fail... anywhere.  While many readers of this column's Wednesday edition became embroiled in the debate about how effective or ineffective British gun laws were because of the mass shooting by cabbie Derrick Bird in Northwest England, one Brit psychologist identified by ITN News as Dr. James Thompson, put this incident - and perhaps all such incidents - in proper perspective. More . . . |
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GRE Round Up for June 9
Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Orders of protection are not a shield of steel
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Thomas downfall suggests Left’s prejudices not limited to gun control
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
While you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Orders of protection are not a shield of steel
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Thomas downfall suggests Left’s prejudices not limited to gun control
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
While you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
We're the Only Ones Exerting Pier Pressure Enough
An off-duty sheriff's deputy is under investigation for allegedly firing a gun on the crowded Redondo Beach pier during an argument with his girlfriend. [More]I know that pier well. It used to be a walk from our house. We've patronized many of the places there, for years, including the restaurant mentioned in this story. We've taken the kids there many times, always seeming to wind up in the Fun Factory arcade.
And then you have this stupid bastard endangering families because--because what, he's a frickin' armed headcase with a badge?
Good luck trying to get a carry permit if you live in Redondo. Only "Only Ones" can be trusted there. You're at their mercy.
His psycho mug shot sure looked familiar, inspiring a "separated at birth" insight:
They'll see and they'll know and they'll say "Why he wouldn't even harm a fly."[Via David R]
Homeland Security
The Preamble is a statement of political purpose, a legal mandate and requirement, and a strict rule of interpretation. All the powers and disabilities (that is, absences of power) that follow in the body of the Constitution are to be construed in light of, and to be employed so as to advance, all of the goals the Preamble sets forth, not to thwart, subvert, or ignore any of them. [More]Too many have fallen for the fraud that being secured is the same thing as being secure.
[Via Tina Terry]
We're the Only Ones "And Leave the Driving to Us" Enough
An Anderson police officer has been arrested, charged with raping a woman on the way to jail. [More]Huh. It certainly reveals an attitude that he can do whatever he pleases with someone he has power over. How you treat those really does define character, don't you think?
Kind of makes you wonder why he felt so confident that he could get away with it, doesn't it?
[Via Harvey]
Time to Ban Assault Crosses
Committee holsters guns-in-church bill [More]I'm sure State Sen. Karen Peterson, D-New Orleans, who "voted against the bill" would be real useful in a situation where someone ignored the damn law and did what they felt like.
Still, perhaps the politicians are focusing on the wrong weapon:
80-year-old beaten cross likely used as a murder weapon, say police.I wonder if someone being bludgeoned to death in church by a maniac would find themselves wishing they could make it stop?
Churchgoing Lilian Wilson...was found by the pastor of her church Central United Methodist in Hamlin, Ark., Sunday afternoon...
Not that the subversive United Methodist establishment is capable of doing more than regurgitating its collective cud while playing the role of useful idiot.
It's not the first time a cross ban has come up here...
Government to Make Silencers Legal?
Well, political silencers, yeah...[Read]
And who do we have to thank for making the "campaign finance reform" fraud a reality in the first place?
[Via Ron W]
And who do we have to thank for making the "campaign finance reform" fraud a reality in the first place?
[Via Ron W]
Trivial Pursuits
I know how Mike H feels. My head is a lint trap for minutia, too. Still, sometimes paying attention to the seemingly trivial yields useful situational information overlooked by the more serious (and often-times less imaginative and creative) minded. [Read]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Here it comes:
Now an MP is calling on the Home Secretary to look at legislation to stop people having access to guns, as Derrick Bird did. [More]
Orange County for Gun Control!
Sheriff Hutchens wins election [More]The people have spoken, and your rights ARE subject to their will--if you let them be.
OK, then citizens, reap what you sow. Too bad good people will be hurt. Too bad enough of them didn't choose to educate and involve themselves.
What Does Sharron Angle Victory in Nevada U.S. Senate Primary Mean for Gun Owners?
Ah yes. If you believe in that Constitution Reid swore an oath to uphold, you're "wacky." Let the conflation with extremists and haters begin. You know, the "progressive" M.O. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the all-too-familiar divide between "pragmatist" and "principles freak."
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This Day in History: June 9
In Congress, June 9, 1778: Whereas doubts have arisen, as to the sum which shall be paid for the rations which now may be due and owing to officers in the service of these states ... resolved, that the value of the rations due since the first day of last January till the first instant, be estimated at one third of a dollar... [More]
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
GRE Round Up for June 8
Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:
Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Arcturus - a book review
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: An editorial against our ideology?
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Personal safety, ‘vigilante justice’ and another lesson from Paladin
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Arcturus - a book review
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: An editorial against our ideology?
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Personal safety, ‘vigilante justice’ and another lesson from Paladin
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Elsie's Womanhood
John Jacob H discusses shooting to wound, and how long that literary device has been around...[Read]
To Serve Man
A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today. [More]Unless you're one of the Kanamit rulers:
Chi-Town Three.333pers
The report’s authors estimated about 1,400 black-market gun sales occurred each year in the Grand Boulevard-Washington Park neighborhood, “or about one sale per year for every 30 people living in this very high-crime neighborhood.” [More]Me, I think Tim-Tom and Jody the Brave ought to personally go down there and round 'em all up--and stick a bayonet up the butt of anyone who objects.
[Via maxomai]
Who Ordered the McDonald's Combo?
NRA-ILA's Chris Cox has a column about the McDonald case in the July issue of Guns & Ammo. It's not online that I can find, but here's something I'm having trouble with:
I'm trying to square the G&A claim Cox makes about "combined cases" with this:
And yeah, I'm aware of Paul Clement's due process argument. That still doesn't mean the cases were "combined."
Anyone have knowledge to let us know there's nothing to see here?
This month, the Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in the combined cases of McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago and NRA et al. v. Village of Oak Park, Illinois, challenging Chicago's and Oak Park's handgun bans...The two Illinois cases, now commonly referred to as McDonald, follow the Court's landmark 2008 Heller decision, which struck down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban on Second Amendment grounds..."Can anyone point to where the High Court accepted any case other than the McDonald case filed by the Second Amendment Foundation? Because they did not accept the NRA's case for review.
I'm trying to square the G&A claim Cox makes about "combined cases" with this:
The Federal District Court, though not combining the three cases, acknowledged that all three were substantially the same lawsuits, and accepted Gura’s case rather than allowing all three to run through the court simultaneously, which is not uncommon.Sorry, but I've just seen too many times where credit has been an issue--and it's never been due to SAF.
And yeah, I'm aware of Paul Clement's due process argument. That still doesn't mean the cases were "combined."
Anyone have knowledge to let us know there's nothing to see here?
So What Exactly IS...
...a Freedom Outlaw? [More]And are you one?
I also like the concept of "law pollution" and think we all ought to use it.
A Winning Strategy
Don’t let the Conservatives win on gun control [More]Follow us and we can all lose, eh?
A New Slogan
Attorneys for Legal Community Against Violence will host a conference call with political leaders, law enforcement officials and others to brief members of the media on McDonald v. Chicago on the day the Supreme Court announces its decision. [More]To add to Orwell's maxims, no doubt?
You know:
War is peace.And now:
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Losing is winning.In a way. But hold off on any victory dance. Yes, expect a close decision that the outright ban must go. But, as with Heller, don't think for a moment that a thousand infringements won't be allowed to stand--and even move forward. And all the High Court has to do to "approve" them is not hear a challenge.
Expect LCAV to tell us all about how they plan on persisting to subvert.
Nevada's U.S. Senate Primary Features Three Gun Rights Questionnaire Respondents and One Holdout
What better race to assert ourselves than one with the potential to unseat one of the nation's most powerful politicians? And what better primary to have maximum influence on than one with a predicted low turnout? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a lever and a place to stand.
This Day in History: June 8
From the kind anxiety expressed in your letter as well as from other sources of information we discover that our enemies have filled Europe with Thrasonic accounts of victories they had never won and conquests they were fated never to make. While these accounts alarmed our friends in Europe they afforded us diversion. We have long been out of all fear for the event of the war. I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April, 1775, until November, 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence. This is the best history of the war which can be brought within the compass of a letter. [More]
Monday, June 07, 2010
GRE Round Up for June 7
Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:
Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Talking across the aisle
Rob Reed/Detroit:
A Michigan House committee to hear legislation to eliminate the pistol 'purchase permit' requirement
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Forget the Republicans, they're not listening.
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Focus on SCOTUS: Chicago ruling due, Kagan nomination will heat
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Talking across the aisle
Rob Reed/Detroit:
A Michigan House committee to hear legislation to eliminate the pistol 'purchase permit' requirement
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Forget the Republicans, they're not listening.
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Focus on SCOTUS: Chicago ruling due, Kagan nomination will heat
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
NRA endorses anti-gun extremist John McCain in AZ Republican Senate primary
The Brady Campaign sure knows how to pick 'visionaries'
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?The Brady Campaign sure knows how to pick 'visionaries'
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
The Iron Law
Lawyers like Josh Horwitz and Casey Anderson (authors of Guns, Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea) would have you believe that the state’s monopoly on the use of force is essential to the ’survival of democracy and ordered liberty’. [More]Except they misquote their ideological hero, Nazi-ascension-to-power enabler Max Weber, who actually called for a "monopoly of violence."
I talked a bit about that creepiness here. I have more to say, but it's in a GUNS Magazine column that hasn't been published yet, so I'll probably hold off on further comment until then.
Candid Camera
What with laws against videotaping "Only Ones" once more gaining attention, correspondent Todd reminds us of an earlier U.S. District Court decision in favor of the citizen... [Read]
We're the Only Ones "Joke's On YOU" Enough
Cop walks as DUI charges dropped in fatal '07 crashI don't get why everyone is so surprised.
'IT'S A JOKE' | Victims' families upset, but may press civil case [More]
Haven't we established cops and booze have a special "Only Ones" relationship?
[Via The_Chef, who has more]
NOT "Assault Weapons"...
"Patrol rifles"... [Read]
That old black magic...
[Via Carl S who wrote them a letter about this. I'll make sure and link to it if they publish it.]
That old black magic...
[Via Carl S who wrote them a letter about this. I'll make sure and link to it if they publish it.]
Null and Void
Unlike Judge Weinstein, I have reflexively incorporated into my jury instructions what can only be viewed as an anti-nullification charge: “You should not be concerned about the wisdom of any rule I state. Regardless of any opinion that you may have as to what the law may be or ought to be, it would violate your sworn duty to base a verdict on any view of the law other than that which I give you.” [More]And then he goes on to tell us that doesn't work. Typical. But not surprising from the Brady talking points he cites.
Screw him. Vote your conscience and nullify the influence of judicial tyrants.
If it doesn't help secure the Blessings of Liberty, the hell with what these arrogant authoritarians say. Besides, they routinely break a more solemn oath every time they put on the black robe...
And yeah, I realize this is a year old. Unfortunately, as long as it is still "relevant," it will remain a timely reference.
[Via cycjec]
Mentally-Challenged Weiss Confused
Weis: 'Homicides continue to challenge us' [More]Or as Yul Brynner observed in "The King and I":
Is a puzzlement.Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.
Full Disclosure
Democrats pushing legislation to require that groups airing political advertisements disclose their donors are trying to prevent the National Rifle Association and AFL-CIO from joining the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in opposing the measure. [More]I don't get it--I know NRA fought "campaign finance reform," but then they turned around and endorsed one of its primary architects...twice now...
Are Police the Only Ones Who Should be Armed in Establishments Serving Alcohol?
You don't go copping unwelcome feels off people, joke or not.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column gives a sobering look at what can happen when we assume employment equates with trustworthiness.
But there are ways of dealing with those who do that do not involve executing them on the spot. [More]
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This Day in History: June 7
James Warren, on June 7, 1778, tried to summarize the effect of the recent election on him and the state. He had not been reelected by Plymouth voters in May, and the legislature did not promote him to the Council. “[If I were] dismissed from the Navy Board I should be truly a private Man, and an Independent Farmer. . . . I am tired of public life tho’ I was determined never to desert the Colours I helped to hoist. . . . If you Enquire how all this came to pass, I must tell you it is oweing to various causes. The people feel themselves uneasy and don’t know the reason. They have therefore shifted their members more generally than ever.” [More]
Sunday, June 06, 2010
GRE Weekend Round Up
Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:
Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Easy political activism for gun rights
Rob Reed/Detroit:
The tide turns in the battle for gun rights as the Brady Campaign withers away
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Does Joyce Elliott and Robbie Wills really care about gun rights in Arkansas?
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Restaurant carry again legal in Tennessee
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Easy political activism for gun rights
Rob Reed/Detroit:
The tide turns in the battle for gun rights as the Brady Campaign withers away
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Does Joyce Elliott and Robbie Wills really care about gun rights in Arkansas?
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Restaurant carry again legal in Tennessee
Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?
And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:
Gun-Savvy Citizen Shoots Hostage-Takers, Saves Family and Police Chief
A citizen competent in firearms use saved the day--not to mention a police chief. And this gripping story is but one entry from "Guns in the News" in a just-republished issue of GUNS Magazine.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column provides a literal blast from the past. Two, actually...
From 50 years ago. [More]
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