September 4, 1778. The Netherlands and the U.S.A. sign a treaty of amity and commerce. During the war, this country contributed by harassing British shipping. Also, between 1780 and 1794, the Netherlands will supply the fledgling American government with aid and loans. [More]
Saturday, September 04, 2010
This Day in History: September 4
Friday, September 03, 2010
GRE Round Up for September 3
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Is Governor Perdue lying about North Carolina State of Emergency?
Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Governor Freudenthal pardons close friend, former District Attorney Kevin Meenan
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Hurricane Earl blows in - North Carolina blows away gun rights
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Guns in restaurants revisited (again)
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Federal case against Seattle gun ban dropped; SAF-NRA lawsuit still alive
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
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Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Is Governor Perdue lying about North Carolina State of Emergency?
Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Governor Freudenthal pardons close friend, former District Attorney Kevin Meenan
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Hurricane Earl blows in - North Carolina blows away gun rights
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Guns in restaurants revisited (again)
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Federal case against Seattle gun ban dropped; SAF-NRA lawsuit still alive
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
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NAACP Slavery Enablers
TeaPartyTracker.org, a joint venture of the NAACP, Think Progess, Media Matters and New Left media, offer this photo from the Glenn Beck rally as an example of racist "Tea Party extremism."
What they don't explore is whether or not the man's message is true. Shall we see?
BBC:
All they have are lies.
What they don't explore is whether or not the man's message is true. Shall we see?
BBC:
Slavery persists in parts of Mauritania even though it was banned in 1981...Human rights groups say despite official denials the practice continues and is widespread.Human Rights Watch:
In this contemporary form of slavery government-backed and armed militia of the Baggara tribes raid to capture children and women who are then held in conditions of slavery in western Sudan and elsewhere. They are forced to work for free in homes and in fields, punished when they refuse, and abused physically and sometimes sexually. Raids are directed mostly at the civilian Dinka population of the southern region of Bahr El Ghazal. The government arms and sanctions the practice of slavery by this tribal militia, known as muraheleen, as a low cost part of its counterinsurgency war against the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), which is identified with the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan.Guardian UK:
The minimum estimate is that 43,000 people are in slavery across Niger. It is based on research by Timidria, a local human rights organisation, and Anti-Slavery International. The research involved more than 11,000 face-to-face interviews in six regions of the country, constituting the most comprehensive survey of slavery in Niger to date.USA Today:
Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household servants, far more than previously thought, a report said Tuesday.Well--that took all of five minutes.
All they have are lies.
We're the Only Ones Straight-Bashing Enough
We're the Only Ones Better [hic!] Trained En...What the Hell YOU Lookin' At?
The Metal Canister Terror!
Boogedy-boogedy!Why not just give our enemies a list to tell them ways to bring everything to a grinding halt?
[Via Ed M]
Find Your Inner Moron
If I was a committed anti-gunner who wanted to perpetuate the stereotype of gun owners as slack-jawed hicks, I don't think I could have done a better job of it than NRA with this idiotic commercial.
Chuck Norris may approve it. I not only find it stupid and counterproductive, I also wonder how much money this cost, and who got the sweetheart deal to make it.
Kind of makes me want to respond to one of their interminable solicitations and write them a big fat check. While saying "Gol-lee!" like a cartoon knuckle-dragging rustic boob...
Is this really what they think of their members?
Chuck Norris may approve it. I not only find it stupid and counterproductive, I also wonder how much money this cost, and who got the sweetheart deal to make it.
Kind of makes me want to respond to one of their interminable solicitations and write them a big fat check. While saying "Gol-lee!" like a cartoon knuckle-dragging rustic boob...
Is this really what they think of their members?
Manning Up to Harry
No organization does more to protect our right to keep and bear arms than the National Rifle Association, and when you go against the NRA, you get thumped. Just ask Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. [More]Yeah, and while you're at it, ask him about that $5K the Fairfax manly men thumped into his campaign treasury, and why they refuse to man up and and endorse Sharron Angle.
What is it with "conservatives" lately..."
The Washington Times, Terry Jeffrey, Chris Ruddy...
I take it back. I know better than that. It's not just "lately."
Left Behind
One of those mothers is Mildred Carrion, whose 17-year-old son, Roberto, was fatally shot in the head last year as he and a group of teenagers played with a gun she didn't even know he possessed. [More]God forbid knowledge should be a factor in this. I guess the answer is to disarm you and me.
Anybody know if New Jersey has tried "gun control"? Because that seems to be where Bruce Lowry is going with this, and he must be better informed than we are, because he writes for a newspaper and everything...
It's Always Gunny in Philadelphia
On Monday, Sutton said, she was awakened by incessant pounding on her back door about 8 a.m. She looked out of the window and saw two men and a woman at her back door, peering in her window.HAH! That's all the excuse we need!
Scared, Sutton said she grabbed her gun and held it at her side as she answered the door. [More]
Just like with these compliant saps! [UPDATE: Did you catch the quote from Lt. Fran Healey about officer safety coming before rights? ]
What? Go after these guys instead?
What are you, nuts? We want to go home at the end of our shift!
A Diller, A Dollar...
America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels...As to the guns, there aren’t any magic policy bullets, but closing down the gun shops arrayed at the border, possibly though zoning laws, is a good start. [More]"Jacob Bronsther, a law student at New York University and former Fulbright Scholar" said it, I believe it, that settles it.
I mean, Clinton was a Fulbright scholar, too...
The question now is, do Los Zetas believe it...? Or would they happily saw this silly fool's head off and stuff his remains in a metal drum?
I mean, they never went to no fancy Americano school or nothing...
Westchester 'firearm safety' claim shows media bias
If these gun owners had not shown a willingness to obey laws by registering their guns and getting licenses/permits in the first place, the "Only Ones" wouldn't even know who to invade.
And the arrogance of the legislators in dismissing gun owner concerns is typical of those who perceive a lock on political power. Like all bullies, they love to rub it in the faces of those they lord over who may have the gall to protest their rule. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows yet one more example of what the New York police state thinks of "law-abiding gun owners."
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Provocateur Troll: "Kill the governor!"
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, that is, in a comment left on today's GRE post...
A recurring troll may have gone too far this time (click image to enlarge):
Evil anti-defense fanatics trying to smear us as violent, and provocateurs trying to either pass themselves off as one of us or incite something are pretty much employing a tired old tactic, but that doesn't stop genius boy here. It's all he's got.
Thing is, I can't say for certain that he's not serious--can you? If he said this about the president, I would fully expect a Secret Service investigation.
And while I have not reported this to law enforcement, reporting it to WoG/GRE readers is what I do--if this somehow catches the attention of someone tasked with investigating terror threats, well, I guess they'll look into it. And I guess if they ask me about this, I'll have to show them all the countless other comments I've deleted, with dates, times and links, and let them know about other websites where someone with an identical MO has also left comments that make me believe they're from the same individual. Maybe with all those records to check, they'll be able to home in on this sick piece of refuse and identify him.
I imagine if someone wanted to contact Gov. Bev Perdue's office about this, they could do that here. And I'm sure if her investigators thought it worth following up on, they'd know who in the federal government to consult about the interstate nature of this cyberthreat.
A recurring troll may have gone too far this time (click image to enlarge):
Evil anti-defense fanatics trying to smear us as violent, and provocateurs trying to either pass themselves off as one of us or incite something are pretty much employing a tired old tactic, but that doesn't stop genius boy here. It's all he's got.Thing is, I can't say for certain that he's not serious--can you? If he said this about the president, I would fully expect a Secret Service investigation.
And while I have not reported this to law enforcement, reporting it to WoG/GRE readers is what I do--if this somehow catches the attention of someone tasked with investigating terror threats, well, I guess they'll look into it. And I guess if they ask me about this, I'll have to show them all the countless other comments I've deleted, with dates, times and links, and let them know about other websites where someone with an identical MO has also left comments that make me believe they're from the same individual. Maybe with all those records to check, they'll be able to home in on this sick piece of refuse and identify him.
I imagine if someone wanted to contact Gov. Bev Perdue's office about this, they could do that here. And I'm sure if her investigators thought it worth following up on, they'd know who in the federal government to consult about the interstate nature of this cyberthreat.
Hi Guys!
Looking for "war on guns" are we?
Thanks for reminding me I haven't talked about you for a while.
I miss you, too.
Thanks for reminding me I haven't talked about you for a while.I miss you, too.
We're the Only Ones Custodial Enough
Nearly 90,000 raped in lockup, study finds [More]Would you look at that--a population under total state control, disarmed, guarded, watched, confined...
Anyone who doesn't think sadistic degradation doesn't fit into the old behavior control punishment-for-displeasing us-or-we-just-want-to-break-you toolkit...
Not to mention the entertainment potential!
Kind'a makes one wonder why they should allow themselves to go quietly...particularly if they haven't done anything but claim their rights.
[Via Ed M]
We're the Only Ones Confident Enough
Marin County sheriff's deputies turned a Taser on Peter McFarland when he refused to go to the hospital and allegedly became belligerent. [More]And, of course:
We are confident the actions of our deputies will be found to have been both within the law and department policy.I guess if I were so inclined and officially protected, I'd be pretty confident, too.
[Via Ed M]
Punked
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs...[Read]
I talked about the insane sign policy as a supplemental feature here (see "The Other Guys" blurb).
Dave Workman told me he was putting together a GRE column for it, so I'll make sure to link to it when he posts it.
UPDATE: Dave talks about it, among other things, here.
I talked about the insane sign policy as a supplemental feature here (see "The Other Guys" blurb).
Dave Workman told me he was putting together a GRE column for it, so I'll make sure to link to it when he posts it.
UPDATE: Dave talks about it, among other things, here.
An Unnoticed Attachment
We're the Only Ones "Hot Dog!" Enough
The case caused an uproar last summer, when the Metropolitan Crime Commission released photographs that showed the destroyed inside of Lewis' K-9 vehicle. The car seats had been torn to shreds by Lewis' dog, Primo, who was left in the vehicle in late May, presumably becoming more distressed as the temperature inside the vehicle rose. [More]Again...?
Maybe I ought to make this a monthly feature...
[Via Matt S]
The Only Thing Stupider then a Left-Wing Gun Grabber is "Conservative" Terry Jeffrey
The only thing stupider than allowing a known foreign terrorist into the United States may be allowing that terrorist to buy guns. [More]I was planning on tearing this dumb ass chowderhead neocon a new one today in my GRE column, but the Hurricane Earl story preempted it.
Maybe tomorrow...but it does look like some of the commentators are doing a pretty good job of things.
And it's not exactly like I've kept my views a secret...
[Via Mack H]
We're the Only Ones Getting the Thumbs Up Enough
A police officer will not face charges related to a 3-year-old boy shooting himself in the thumb outside a Gastonia liquor store with the off-duty cop’s personal firearm. [More]No, of course not. Did anyone really think he would?
Which is fine, because we'll need this guy out there catching North Carolina scofflaws out there who are bearing arms in defiance of the Hurricane Earl emergency edict...you know, the one that exempts "Only Ones"--even those who let their small children shoot themselves--because of their superior trustworthiness and training...
[Via Harvey]
North Carolina declared 'gun free zone' in anticipation of Hurricane Earl
Government, of course, as usual, has things exactly Bizarro-World backwards. It's when the security of a free state is imperiled that the right of the people to keep and bear arms is most necessary. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an immediate choice confronting gun owners where they can see for themselves how serious they are about personally claiming their rights.
Also get an update on some Korean rifles (or are they U.S. rifles?) and link up to yesterday's Trigger Sports Live!
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This Day in History: September 2
That General Washington be directed forthwith to apply to General Clinton for passports to convey provisions from Pennsylvania, or the States southward thereof to Boston, or such other ports eastward of New York, as General Washington shall judge expedient, sufficient to supply the Troops of the Convention of Saratoga, and such prisoners of the British Army as are subsisted by the United States, on the east side of Hudson's River; and in Case of a Refusal or Delay to grant such passports, that General Washington forthwith order such Troops and prisoners to the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, for the conveniency of subsisting them, informing General Clinton of the purpose of this Resolve. [More]
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
"My Demands"
This looks like the website of the nutjob in MD. I had to grab it off Google cache because the regular url is timing out.
Hmmm--an anti-human environmentalcase.
Why doesn't that surprise me?
I guess none of the hostages had "a 'good and substantial reason' to carry a handgun, including a finding that the permit is 'necessary as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger.'”
Why doesn't the fact that he chose unarmed victims surprise me either?
UPDATE: Looks like it took another man with a gun to resolve things. That's non-surprise #3.
Hmmm--an anti-human environmentalcase.
Why doesn't that surprise me?
I guess none of the hostages had "a 'good and substantial reason' to carry a handgun, including a finding that the permit is 'necessary as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger.'”
Why doesn't the fact that he chose unarmed victims surprise me either?
UPDATE: Looks like it took another man with a gun to resolve things. That's non-surprise #3.
California gun bills fail
"It was a fight down to midnight, but in the late hours of August 31, AB 1810, AB 1934, and AB 2358 were DEFEATED!" [More]Happy news warranted a second Gun Rights Examiner column today.
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Dead
All three Democrat sponsored anti gun rights bills are dead....As of midnight August 31st, all non-urgency, non-budget bills which were not passed by both houses died. [More]I'll need to find out more, but this is a pretty good write-up and it looks like some of the Republicans were real champs.
"Start with Trust"
And it appears these folks can't be. [Read]
No wonder they don't trust us.
I seem to remember discussing this before some months back, but I can't find it now--maybe I just saw it on someone else's blog...
[Via Ben J]
No wonder they don't trust us.
I seem to remember discussing this before some months back, but I can't find it now--maybe I just saw it on someone else's blog...
[Via Ben J]
When "Gun Control" Kills
We're the Only Ones Choking You Up Enough
We're the Only Ones "Not My Job" Enough
"My wife screamed at him, 'Help! My daughter needs CPR,'" Michael said.
He said the uniformed man "smirked" and replied, "I don't do CPR." [More]
Huh? What? No, the "mystery man" doesn't work here. That couldn't have been one of our cars.
Hey, Sarge, can I have a work order form? Yeah, my dash cam went on the fritz yesterday...
Welcome to Furious Mike Paradise.
[Via Harvey]
We're the Only Ones Licentious Enough
We're the Only Ones "Have You Seen Me?" Enough
Police officials said Shea had financial difficulties and had access to a department-issued firearm, and they were worried about his well-being.There's your case for citizen disarmament right there. Imagine how much more worrisome one of us non-"Only Ones" experiencing financial difficulties might be.
“We’re concerned about his state of mind,’’ Harrington said. “We don’t know why he’s missing and still hasn’t shown up.’’ [More]
Thank goodness the Brookline Police have the power to prevent this from happening, and to make sure that officer safety will prevail in any encounter Shea might have with "law-abiding citizens."
[Via Ed M]
Will only criminals oppose proposed Portland gun edicts?
"All five are aimed at curbing illegal gun use. And there's no reason why anyone in Oregon, except criminals, should be opposed to doing that."
Well, sure there are. Lots of them. And good ones. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column concludes that all depends on the meaning of the word "criminal."
Also link up to a concluded WorldNetDaily interview with yours truly, an upcoming Trigger Sports Live! interview with yours truly, and an answer to an open question referencing yours truly.
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Truly?
This Day in History: September 1
Under date of September 1, 1778, Articles 11 and 12 were formally suppressed pursuant to the declarations given below. The original French declaration, which is in French only, and a copy of the American declaration (which is said to be in part in the handwriting of Franklin) are in the Department of State file; but the copy is neither correct nor complete. There is now also in the file a facsimile of the original American declaration, obtained from the French archives; and from this, which is in both languages, the text here is printed. [More]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
GRE Round Up for August 31
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Social bigotry alive and well in San Francisco...and some follow-ups
- Furor in Seattle: Did man die for whittling, or posing a clear threat?
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