This Day in History: October 23

To Tyrants, Tyranny is always very dear: they take no delight but in exercising it...[More]

Just So We're Clear

as long as it's NRA gun loving Christian Republicans that keep dying I've no problem with dead Americans...

Comment posted here.

Yeah, I'll be disarming real quick for this vicious, ugly little bairn.

Tonight last chance for Romney to offer debate pledge on Fast and Furious

Why he has not to date is anyone’s guess, as it would certainly not only leave the president with no credible rebuttal but would also be too dramatic of a development for the media to ignore and suppress. If he does not, the only conclusion to be drawn is it’s because he doesn’t want to. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner column tries to find a good reason why Romney and the NRA leadership won't do one simple and vital thing--especially since the alternative is to give up on Fast and Furious.

Gun control laws useless at stopping Wisconsin spa shooter

“As part of the order, Haughton was prohibited from owning a firearm,” the CBS Crimesider report confirms, citing Brookfield Police Chief Dan Tushaus, who “declined to elaborate on the circumstances of whether Haughton had surrendered any weapons prior to Sunday's salon rampage.” [More]

This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes paper makes fine targets and sometimes it ensures them.

Vanderboegh Medical Update

Just got off the phone with Mike.  He got tired of hospital food and ordered out for some Vietnamese summer rolls last night, so he has his appetite back. And because he's suffering from a bit of dyslexia, I read him a quote by Kurt Hofmann so he could write a letter to the editor about this self-confessed exposition of ignorance.

Then he was off to therapy.

All in all, very positive developments. He sounded better too.

Ghosts of War

Very moving. [Read and view]

I'd like to see somebody use the same technique on these pictures, and then ask if it was worth it.

[Via several of you]

Supremely Important

Jeff Knox talks about SCOTUS replacements in the next four years. [Read]

Unfortunately, Mitt's record gives us no guarantees, and remember, this old subversive was a gift from the GOP.

[Via The Captain's Journal]

We're the Only Ones Quid Pro Quo Enough

Police group receives donation from Taser stun-gun maker [More] 

They scratch our backs, we'll scorch yours.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Yes, Why Allow "Some"?

Why allow some churches to ignore law? [More]

Rekha Basu is at it again. Typical of her bipolar agenda über alles and hypocrisy-be-damned approach, this time she's arguing to enforce laws.  Last time she was arguing for her side to ignore them.

All you really need to know:

Born in India to United Nations parents, Basu grew up internationally and graduated from the United National International School.

There's something I find particularly odious about foreign subversives coming here and taking advantage of freedoms alien to their own culture and expecting us to adapt to their ways.  You could say if she doesn't like it here she can always go back, but the truth is, she likes it here just fine. 

As long as Rekha is all for reining in churches with the IRS leash, what do you think the chances are she'll call for equal scrutiny of, say, Snuffy Pfleger?

[Via Michael G]

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

Mr Morris supports the family’s petition, and believes it should be no longer acceptable to have a shotgun, without having good reason.

He said: “It is difficult for many people to comprehend why someone would need access to firearms in a domestic setting where there is little need for immediate access to a weapon. [More]

There's a lesson for us here: Whatever they get, it's never enough. Which is why they must resort to the Alynsky's Rule 5 whenever the "slippery slope" is mentioned.

Gimme that Old Time Religion

I thought the pentagram was supposed to be inverted. [Read]

As long as we're on a "coexist" theme (and every time I see someone with that stupid bumper sticker, the letters somehow morph into "Useful Idiot"), here's my favorite.

Limited Posting on Sipsey Street

Mike has two more from yesterday.  I'll be talking to him later in the day.

We're the Only Ones Under the Influence Enough

A Cleveland Police Officer arrested for drunk driving in Summit County. [More]

Was she armed?  Let's take a moment for a little recent history lesson, shall we?

The OSHP has specifically asked that the provision that made it illegal for them to drive drunk, with a gun, be removed from HB347 before they would drop their opposition.

Opposition?

Yeah, essentially to you and me being armed while sober.

I'm just not up enough on that nuanced exemption and the way they write these damn things to know if the objection was sustained. Anybody?

This Day in History: October 22

I have this morning received certain information of the arrival of a hostile fleet in our bay, of about sixty sail. The debarkation of some light-horse, in the neighborhood of Portsmouth, seems to indicate that as the first scene of action. [More]

Armed American Radio Tonight

I'll be joining host Mark Walters tonight at 10 pm Eastern in the Roundtable.  Also on the program beginning at 8: Georgia attorney John Monroe will be discussing the church gun ban case petitioned to the Supreme Court and author John Higgs will be talking about his book "Dealing with Danger."

Click here to find a station or to listen via live streaming.

Madonna Denver stage stunt shows hypocrisy and worse on guns

“The Immaterial Girl’ had the gall to sign the HCI letter after her private security force shot an intruder on her estate grounds,” the article related. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner offering notes the latest bit of exhibitionist nonsense from an elitist with the finest private armed security money can buy, albeit they're not much use against the spirits of the vengeful feathered dead...

Yeah. You'll just have to read it.

Vanderboegh Update

From the man himself...[Read]

CNN ‘imprecise’ and worse in criticism of Romney Fast and Furious response

The reason such obviously agenda-driven apologia is particularly inexcusable in this story, aside from being generally indecent on a human level and professionally a violation of basic canons of journalism, is that breaking the Fast and Furious story into the “mainstream media” could have been CNN’s scoop, and they blew it through arrogance. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes sometimes it's more satisfying to go through the damned gatekeepers instead of around them.

Vanderboegh Medical Update

Just got off the phone with Mike. The chronic hiccup medications they've given him, along with other drugs in his system, caused a bad drop in blood pressure, so they're still trying to figure out the right mix. There's nothing really new to report--he's having trouble getting internet connectivity in the hospital.

He got his first "Get Well" card today at the hospital and that pleased him, and I sent him some magazines as a respite from basic cable hell. He's flailing along, battered but unbowed and determined to continue--that he still finds humor is a real testament--I'm not sure I wouldn't be wallowing in self-pity bearing his cross. This is where character and strength really show, and I'm proud this man considers we are friends and, in his words paraphrasing this great poem, "war correspondents where ignorant armies clash by night."

The Finest Election Money Can Buy

Am I ever glad John McCain helped pass "bipartisan campaign finance reform"! What a difference that has made! [Read]