It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Trademark Violation!

I just sent the following email to DC Comics:

I'm writing to determine if there have been any changes to your Rights and Permission guidelines, or alternately, if your trademark/copyright claims on the Superman "S" symbol have expired.

If so, I'd like to use the famous shield to advance MY political agenda. If not, you should be aware that Rep. Alcee Hastings is using the symbol to promote the "Hastings Heroes" section on his website (scroll about halfway down the left sidebar). Your guidleines specifically exclude: "government, or other political organizations, or requests of a military, governmental or political nature."

I'll be following this on The War on Guns blog, and we'll be checking back on Rep. Hastings' site to report if you continue allowing him to use your property without acknowledgement and for political purposes.

David Codrea

It's all part of my "CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA" philosophy. Admittedly, it's a small harassment of that racist mudhead Hastings, but enjoyable, nonetheless to set left upon left and then sit back and watch the fun.

We'll see if DC replies--and if Alcee's website gets a sudden make-over.

Black Congressman to Jewish Democrats: Gun Owners are Racists

Rep. Alcee Hastings told an audience of Jewish Democrats Wednesday that they should be wary of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.” [More]

Oh, I dunno, Mr. Ethics--it's not us trying to disarm them, it's you and your fellow traitors in government, who made the following declaration of war a while back:

INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1993 -- HON. MAJOR R. OWENS (Extension of Remarks - September 23, 1993)

[Page: E2233]
---

HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

in the House of Representatives

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1993

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Public Health and Safety Act of 1993 on behalf of myself and nine of my colleagues: Mel Reynolds, Bill Clay, Jerry Nadler, Eleanor Holmes Norton, John Lewis, Nydia Velazquez, Ron Dellums, Carrie Meek, and Alcee Hastings. This legislation, first introduced in the Senate by Senator John Chafee, would prohibit the transfer or possession of handguns and handgun ammunition, except in limited circumstances. It would go a long way toward protecting our citizens from violent crime.

The need for a ban on handguns cannot be overstated. Unlike rifles and shotguns, handguns are easily concealable. Consequently, they are the weapons of choice in most murders, accounting for the deaths of 25,000 Americans in 1991.

Most other industrialized countries have virtual bans on handgun sales, which account for the vast difference in homicide rates between the United States and these other nations. In 1987, the U.S. homicide rate for men of the ages 15 to 24 was 22 per 100,000, compared to 0.5 for Japan, 1.0 for Germany, and 1.2 for England.

Gun violence is getting worse in this country, not better. In either 1990 or 1991, San Diego, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Washington, New York, Boston, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Oakland, Colorado Springs, Minneapolis, Rochester, New Orleans, and Columbus all surpassed their previous murder records.

If we do not act now, the gun culture will continue to thrive, growing like a fungus in our schools, and sapping our health care system of its much needed resources.

No longer do students bring apples to school for their teachers. Instead, approximately 100,000 students bring guns to school each day. From 1986 to 1990, at least 71 students and employees were killed by guns at school; 201 were wounded; and 242 were held hostage. And in January 1992 at Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, a student killed one teen and another bystander, bringing the school's death toll for the school year to 56.

We cannot expect our children to learn in the classroom if they are looking over their shoulders to see if the next bullet has their name on it. A 1991 school crime survey conducted by the Department of Justice revealed that 37 percent of public school students and 27 percent of private school students fear attack at or on the way to school.

We also cannot expect to reign in the costs of our health care system if emergency rooms are overflowing with victims of gun violence. Hospitals across the Nation are closing affiliated trauma centers because of the spiraling costs associated with treating gunshot wounds. From 1989 to 1991, the average per-patient cost of gunshot wounds at a major New York hospital was $9,646. None of this even considers the costs of ambulance services, follow-up care, medication, and rehabilitation. The estimated cost of firearms injury to the U.S. health care system exceeds $4 billion per year.

The Public Health and Safety Act would abate the rising tide of handgun violence. It would prohibit the importation, exportation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns and handgun ammunition. Violators would be subject to penalties of up to $5,000 and up to 5 years in prison.

A 6-month grace period would be established during which time handguns could be turned in to any law enforcement agency with impunity and for reimbursement at the greater of $25 or the fair market value of the handgun. After the grace period's expiration, handguns could be turned in voluntarily with impunity from criminal prosecution, but a civil fine of $500 would be imposed.

Exemptions from the handgun ban would be permitted for Federal, State, or local government agencies, including military and law enforcement; collectors of antique firearms; federally licensed handgun sporting clubs; federally licensed professional security guard services; and federally licensed dealers, importers, or manufacturers.

I urge the Judiciary Committee to consider this legislation without delay, in conjunction with the President's crime package. While passage of the Brady bill would help to reduce gun violence by requiring a 5-day waiting period on handgun purchases and encouraging law enforcement agencies to conduct background checks, it would be an initial step toward stemming gun violence, instead of the giant leap forward this country so desperately needs.

The Public Health and Safety Act of 1993 represents a moderate, middle-of -the-road approach to handgun control which deserves the support of all members of Congress who want to stop gun murders now. If this legislation is not passed swiftly, handguns will continue to be sold over the counter as easily as aspirin; the Nation's at-risk youth will continue to attempt to resolve their problems by turning to handgun violence; and all of us will continue to fear for our lives when we step out of our homes at night.

I wonder if it's an indicator of sorts that he spelled "rein in" with a "g"? Well, at least we know what they mean by "a moderate, middle-of-the-road approach."

Hastings' latest accusation, of course, is nothing but vile slander. Those who applaud it are nothing less than domestic enemies. If you'd like to tell this Marxist piece of crap what you think of him, please do.

I'm the Only One Taking You Out Permanently Enough

The race between longtime U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings and his challenger, Dr. Marion Thorpe, in District 23, has apparently taken a nasty turn...

Thorpe said Friday that after the debate, Hastings whispered in his ear when they embraced on stage "You mention that impeachment ... again and I'm taking you out permanently."

"Nasty"? As in "criminal"?

So there is an investigation, right? Are we all free to make implied death threats to specific candidates for federal office? Or is that a privilege reserved for the political nobility subset of the "Only Ones"?

Boy, those criminal anti-gun racists sure are angry, aren't they? Maybe that's why they don't trust us with weapons...

On the plus side, guess who took the Superman symbol down from his website?


In your face, Hastings.

Gotta Replace Those Torn-Down Monuments with Something

Why not with a Hero to the State?

John Glenn statue proposed for Ohio Statehouse [More]

I said my piece on the guy here.

This anonymous comment was left under my Alcee Hastings article announcement, but it more appropriately belongs on topic:

Meanwhile, another more prominent congresscritter from Ohio is to be posthumously honored via taxpayer funding.

I am awaiting the attacks from the 'USA-USA-USA cheering section' for unceremoniously unmasking his 'hero' status in the local fishwrap:

Organizers to request Ohio state funds for John Glenn statue 

Why not take an honest look at someone before canonizing them?

John Glenn sullied whatever honor he possessed when he sought political power as a United States Senator and subsequently proceeded to disregard the limitations of the Constitution.

Upon his election-totally based on his astronaut celebrity status-he freely took the oath to support and defend the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights required to assume office.

He then performed in a manner that indicated his dismissal and disregard for that oath...

On July 16, 1996, the Senate Committee on Governmental affairs held hearings considering a bill to require Congress to specify for each new law which section of the Constitution gives it authority to pass the law.

What could be more reasonable, and not at all a hindrance to legislating under the terms of the Constitution?

United States Senator John Glenn spoke out strongly against this requirement:

"Americans just want us to... not be concernedif they can be constitutionally justified...

Why, if we had to do that we could not passmost of the laws we enact around here."

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Glenn.Quote.7188

That quote is simply astonishing in that Glenn admits that the majority of laws legislated by Congress fail to meet the requirements of the Constitution!

Distilled to purity, Glenn's attitude appears to have been that expedience is all that matters and that Congress may legislate anything without any practical limitations (which is apparently what Congress has been doing for decades).

And so, obviously Glenn *knowingly* crapped all over the Bill of Rights and Constitution, and his oath to same as well.

Apparently Glenn never had much-or maybe no-exposure to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the principals of America's founding document-the Declaration of Independence...except for when he was required -several times- to swear an oath to be true to the Constitution.

Oaths that appear to have been willingly given falsely...and deliberately...

Prime proof of this is as Senator, Glenn never missed an opportunity to vote in favor of so-called gun control, despite the 2nd Amendment's command that that right not be infringed.

This country will not survive abandonment of Founding principals by both the political class and the rabble that are tasked with selecting those that rule over us.

John Glenn may indeed be worthy of hero status based on his military aeronautical accomplishments alone, but his subsequent lack of fidelity to a Republic governed in accord to the Constitution should leave no doubt that hero is an undeserved honor.

Not a single penny of taxpayer cash should be frittered away on a monument to honor John Glenn, as the John Glenn Post Office in Glenn’s birthplace of Cambridge, Ohio, is more than sufficient, given Glenn's true character.

We're in the age of fakeness...

Fake news...

Fake heroes...

Fake truth...

Fake integrity...

Fake fidelity to America's founding documents... 

Being a stickler for these sorts of things, I tried to track down the Glenn quote and found this:

On July 16, 1996, the Senate Committee on Governmental affairs held hearings considering a bill to require Congress to specify for each new law which section of the Constitution gives it authority to pass the law.  Sen. Glenn spoke out strongly against this requirement stating, "Why, if we had to do that we could not pass most of the laws we enact around here."  He stated that  the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and others could never have been passed if Congress had to find authority for them in the Constitution.  He declared, "Americans just want us to solve America's problems of health and safety--and not be concerned if they can be constitutionally justified."

If anyone can link this to an official record, please do.

---

UPDATE: Seeing as how Glenn played a critical role in torpedoing Gals in Space, maybe we can get "progressive feminists" to do the heavy lifting for us. (And incidentally, his reasoning at the time was correct, but VLLA SELLA 'n all...)

Maybe a #Mercury13 hashtag would be useful...

An Outraged Dan Liftman

An outraged Dan Liftman, a green-minded aide to U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, took the clipping to the monthly meeting of Silver's crew...

"Scientific literature makes it clear that when someone engages in violence against animals, that person is more likely to commit violence against people."

There ya go, a blanket character smear from a guy who works for a former judge who was impeached and removed from office for soliciting bribes.

Hey hunters: Do you really think the antis will just go after EBRs and leave you alone?

Why don't we see if those democrat shills, I mean, great champions of "sportsmen," AHSA , will come out in full force defending hunting by helicopter...? How about it, Ray...?

Majority Rule

Wilkinson said elected officials are in a better position to determine gun laws than the courts.

Yeah, leave it up to Carolyn McCarthy and Alcee Hastings to pick and choose from the rights menu! And in other areas, elected officials can roll back proscriptions on slavery, bring back official state religion, etc., etc.

Here's living proof that republican presidents don't necessarily make good judicial picks. If you don't mind, Wilkie-boy, I'll defer to a superior jurist on this, William Rawle, who wrote:

No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.

But duck out on the last means of peaceable redress if you will, judge. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with that plan?

Cloistered elitist moron.

[Via Mack H]

Links for Today

I'm passing on these email tips. Sorry I'm not up to fleshing them out more. Bear with me.

Few details in Salinas police shooting

Police opened fire on an unarmed couple during a routine traffic stop late Tuesday night because one officer "thought he was shot," a high-ranking Salinas Police Department official said Thursday.

"The Only Ones."

Showering with Obama

The other night I dreamt of Barack Obama. He was taking a shower...

I had a similar dream, after reading about Alcee Hastings' FEMA camps. That one had showers, too...

That these stupid, fantasizing hole-filling cows cancel out your vote and mine is about the biggest obscenity I can think of.

Put 'em Back Up

Authorities in Los Angeles say a confidential report on police misconduct that included the names of hundreds of officers was mistakenly posted on the Internet.

Our names are publicized when we're accused...

"A highly respected officer"

A Toronto police trainer and firearms instructor kept her job yesterday despite a conviction for crashing her car in three separate collisions after an afternoon booze-up with fellow officers.

But note she's not above heavy-handed abuse when someone is her victim...

Another "Only One" gun

A Superbowl party in Northeast Philadelphia turned tragic when an off-duty police officer left a loaded gun on a table that was picked up by a friend who accidentally fatally shot his host.

I like how the reportress rues that there was no "safety lock."

We're the Only Ones escorting enough

A Boston police officer is being investigated for allegedly helping two gay porn stars from Sacramento cut through traffic to get to a nightclub.

Thank goodness that's all that went down...

[Via Ed M, Scott H, Avg Joe, Plug Nickel Times, Bruce M]

What if Gun Owners Played by Alcee Hastings' Rules?

Here's the thing: the rules don't just protect us as citizens. They also protect the government. [More]

I made today's Gun Rights Examiner column up as I went. Share the link?

Mentioned in Passing

 Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84 [More]

As long as we're memorializing... 

[Via Jess]

Super Illegal Alien

DC goes full Antifa. Naturally, the "hater" is a white man and a gun owner who wears an American flag. [More]

What's the Opposite Day "progressive" counterpart to "Truth, justice and the American way"?

It's hardly surprising. After all, Superman is an illegal alien himself, a refugee whose adopters lied about his origins and continued masking his real identity so his invented persona could fraudulently claim American citizenship -- which the Cultural Marxist writers had him renounce a few years back.

Could the manipulation be more transparent? And, of course, rival Marvel is every bit as in-your-face with it. Figures.

Still, I wonder how activist of color, say, Black Lives Matter and the like, feel about white liberals using the white language construct so that "blackness" of "soul" is being promoted as contemptible? It's a cinch that it was the white establishment that introduced and has since perpetuated the connotation of "black" with "...black with rage ... dirty, soiled ... thoroughly sinister or evil ... wicked ... a black deed ... indicative of condemnation or discredit got a black mark for being late...connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil black magic the black arts ... very sad, gloomy, or calamitous black despair ... marked by the occurrence of disaster black Friday ... characterized by hostility or angry discontent ... sullen black resentment filled his heart..."

Are they going to let DC get away with perpetuating this racist stereotype?  And tangentially related, why won't DC let black social justice champion Alcee Hastings use the Superman symbol anymore?

VLLA SELLA!

The Oathbreakers Wall of Shame

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

HR 1022 Supporters. May their names, if remembered at all, be recalled by posterity with contempt:

Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 2/13/2007)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/16/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/8/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/9/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 7/12/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 3/9/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/13/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 3/13/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/26/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/9/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/16/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/19/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 10/22/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 3/13/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/19/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 8/2/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 9/4/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/22/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 10/25/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 5/3/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 9/4/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/15/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/13/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 9/25/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/13/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 3/9/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 5/8/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/8/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/3/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/13/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/6/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/6/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 7/19/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/15/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 9/4/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 3/22/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 4/26/2007
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 5/8/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/16/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/9/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 4/26/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 9/4/2007

Lest it has escaped anyone's notice, they are all democrats. That doesn't excuse the RINOs of a thing, but the observation must still be made.