Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Heaven's Gate Redux


I caught parts of George Stephanopolous' interview with Rudy Giuliani the other night and kept noticing something that creeped me out. Talk about separated at birth...

Watch the video yourself and see how many Applewhite Moments you can spot.

In another bit of eerie similarity, it looks like the asteroid leaving us might just be preceding Rudy's departure, and that would just be Heavenly.

We're the Only Ones Without Citizen Back-Up Enough

A vagrant wanted for questioning in a rape overpowered a police officer who was trying to handcuff him, then shot her to death with her own weapon Monday, police said.

Remember New Orleans.

It sounds callous and unsympathetic, and I don't mean to be. But if we refuse to examine conditions emanating from government that make events like this inevitable, and I'm talking a whole range of issues here, nothing will ever improve.

[Via Cousin G]

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

We're the Only Ones Licensed to Kill Enough

"Do you think our police should adopt a shoot-to-kill policy when fighting crime?"

Sure, why not? After all, they are "The Only Ones."

Maybe it'll prompt an appropriate response from the minority who voted "No," but all things considered, I doubt it.

A Devastated Family

The way this is written make the guns the guilty party and does its level best to make the criminals in the Cooper family out to be victims.

An interesting glimpse into "Authorized Journalist" manipulation...

Spitzer's Political Perpetual Motion Machine

Nearly every one of the 225 violent felons authorized for release during Gov. Spitzer's first 11 months in office had been convicted of murder, records made public by the state Parole Board yesterday showed. [More]
That way, they can kill again using "illegal guns," and Eliot can exploit that to the benefit of his career. If you flow-charted the process, it would be represented by a loop. But Eliot's got enough extraneous Rube Goldberg diversions built into the design so that it's not readily apparent.

As long as he has an endless supply of criminals to feed into the hopper on one end, he'll be able to continue the illusion for those who don't know any better.

Listing to the Left

Canada's billion-dollar national gun registry doesn't keep up-to-date stats on the number of legal handguns in the country, the Sun has learned.

Meanwhile, Canadian urban violent crime escalates, as do calls to ban guns owned by citizens obedient enough to be registered. That a gun from the registry was apparently used in one of the anecdotes related here has served to fuel that--despite the obvious, that it was used illegally.

It's just so totally freaking insane. That anyone can't see it, that we're even having an argument points to a monumental convergence of evil--that would be you, Messrs. Layton, McGuinty and Miller-- ignorance--that would be you, Canadian citizen gun control advocates--and abdication--that would be everybody not engaged in opposing them.

The registry doesn't work as a crime fighting tool because it was never supposed to: the controllers know it's just a matter of probability before a listed gun is used in a criminal act, which they can then leverage into a blood dance opportunity. The hidden end is, the biggest proponents of maintaining and expanding the registry are the ones who ultimately want it to disappear completely--just as soon as there are no private--I mean, "legally owned" guns to register.

[Via Bruce Mills]

This Day in History: January 29

January 29, 1778. "The commanding officer of each brigade is to appoint a Capt'n daily to visit the sick of his brigade in or near camp to examine whether they have proper attention paid to them and are furnished with everything their situation requires as far as circumstances will allow."

Monday, January 28, 2008

Deliver Us from Saslaw


In a clearly audible voice, Senator Saslaw said to his companion: "I see we're debating a gun bill today. Half of the cast of Deliverance is in town." [More]
So, Senator, just out of curiosity, what would you be prepared to do if someone with malevolent intent said "you got a purdy mouth..."?

Squeal like a pig?

A True Assault Weapon

"D.C. statute states anything that you use in a prohibited manner can be considered a prohibited weapon," he said. "Even a writing pen could be considered prohibited under certain circumstances."
Yes, exactly. That's what an assault weapons is.

It's one of the reasons I've always enjoyed Jackie Chan movies--he takes every day objects and employs them as integral parts of his fight choreography. If you don't assess your surroundings, wherever you may be, and don't notice what is at hand and how it could be used, I'd recommend more focus on situational awareness. Knowing what is around you--to pick up, to wield, to throw, to get behind--can be every bit as important as who is around you.

You never know when you'll need to buy yourself a few seconds to get to your carry weapon (or to give yourself an edge if caught without it), and besides, making this a habit can only help reinforce the mindset needed to anticipate, react and prevail.

[Via Armed and Safe]

"According to Rasmussen Reports"



Once again Faux News is silently sabotaging the Ron Paul campaign through omission.

I guess if you can pick your standard, as opposed to how the candidates have actually performed to date, you can justify Rudy being there as a "leading candidate" but Paul not being one...

That they felt they needed to qualify their presentation shows they know exactly what they're doing. They should have and could have posted all the candidates without qualifiers. It's obvious they just don't want their viewers to see the name "Ron Paul," so they are intentionally suppressing it. And by letting everyone who might notice know he's not "leading," why, there's a bit of discouragement tainting as well.

That's some "news" organization, manipulating the electorate under the guise of reporting facts.

"Fair and balanced" my left knee..."You Decide"-- based on what we choose to tell you.

Even if you're not for Ron Paul, I'd think having the information gatekeepers pull this crap should be enough to make you wonder what the establishment is so afraid of. It should certainly tell you why I have devoted a category on this blog warning about the dangers of "Authorized Journalists."

The San Andreous Fault

A man accidentally shot and killed himself at a West Dallas party early Saturday after showing off his pistol to friends...A group of friends had been drinking...when Andreous Robinson, 20, went outside around 1 a.m. and shot a few rounds into the air. Police said Mr. Robinson then came back inside and thought that he'd discharged all of the rounds, so he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger...His death came less than a day after a man was fatally shot in a similar incident...four men were drinking vodka and using crack cocaine Friday afternoon when one of them accidentally shot another to death.
See, if only they'd disarm you and me, this kind of stuff would never happen.

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

A federal judge said Friday that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration did not commit a crime when it sent undercover investigators into gun shops to attempt illegal weapons purchases as it prepared to sue the dealers.
Then if no "straw purchases" were made, that must mean the dealers did not commit any crimes in selling the guns.

Cases dismissed?

A Hill of Beans

From Victor Bean, Owner, Southern Classic Gun and Knife Show:
As you already know, Tuesday, January 29, there is a presidential primary. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. I am a registered Republican, and I will be voting for Senator John McCain. Governor Charlie Crist has also endorsed Senator McCain.

Bill Bunting spoke personally with Senator John McCain, Governor Mitt Romney, and Governor Mike Huckabee over the weekend. As most of you know, Bill is chairman of the Republican Party of Pasco.

Senator McCain will sign on to a national right-to-carry bill if Congress brings it to his desk. As far as he is concerned, the gun show loophole is a moot point, and he will appoint judges who follow the Constitution.

Lou Oliver, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, said Governor Huckabee would make a great vice president. I recently appeared on the Kathy Fountain Show (Fox News Network) in a half hour live show on presidential politics with Bill in Tampa with live call-ins. Bill is our strongest supporter when it comes to the Second Amendment whether at a gun show, on television, or in the newspapers.

I spoke to Senator McCain on his cell phone on Saturday night. He will be "humbly gratified" if we support him.

Victor

Right. Nothing like straight talk.

Could I have another glass of Kool-Aid, Victor? And maybe put a little bit more saccharine in it this time?

Luke O. is none too happy, and shared his email reply with us:
Yes, I'm sure Senator McCain is very, very sorry, he's learned his lesson and he'll never, ever even consider betraying gun owners again... at least not until his warm, close gun-grabbing, Bill-of-Rights-hating friends Joe Lieberman, Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy ask him to.

John McCain has a long history of working against both the Second and First Amendments, against conservative values and against our sovereignty and border security. I wouldn't vote for McCain, Romney, Giuliani or Huckabee if Satan himself were the Democratic nominee.

When Senators take their oath of office, they don't swear to keep us safe, they don't swear to work for this lobby or that special interest. They swear before God and man to preserve, protect and defend the CONSTITUTION! John McCain has demonstrated that he sees the Bill or Rights as a list of helpful suggestions, and nothing more. The Bible says that those who cannot be faithful in small things will not be faithful in large things. If we couldn't trust John McCain to uphold his oath as a Senator, we can't trust him to do it as a President.

There IS a committed pro-gun candidate in the race- you know damned well who I'm talking about. It's amazing to me that you and your ilk will make excuses for a faithless opportunist and chameleon like McCain and won't even consider supporting the statesman who is gun owners' best friend, the taxpayers' best friend, the Bill of Rights' best friend on Capitol Hill, bar NONE. In light of your craven endorsement of this notorious enemy of the Bill of Rights, I will never set foot in one of your shows again, and I am going to contact the area gun dealers who rent tables at your shows to inform them that as long as they do business with you, they will do without my business as well. And I will encourage every Florida gun owner I know to do the same.
I guess Luke wasn't thirsty and has had it with gun rights compromisers who are full of...beans.

Million Mom March Apple Pie Award Finalists


WarOnGuns has two finalists to nominate to the Million Mom March for their "Apple Pie Award." As you'll see, both the nominees are deserving, so it's a really tough choice that only the Moms can make.

First we have Sean Connery, that dashing Double-O-Seven, for his work disarming his countrymen:

A voice-over from former 007 James Bond actor Sean Connery says: "It is said a total ban on handguns, including .22s, would take away innocent pleasure from thousands of people." The man in the film fires a rapid succession of shots, devastating a human- shaped cardboard target. Connery says: "Is that more or less pleasure than watching your child grow up?" The film closes with the words: "Remember Dunblane. Ban all handguns."
You can see him recommend a woman be "shaken, not stirred" here:
I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.

You can see him "clarify" that belief to Barbra Walters here. Ahhh, OK, it's not as bad as I thought: It's only if you don't shut the hell up when he tells you to.

Next up we have the old HGH hunk himself, Sylvester Stallone. Yo:

We need one person in an influential position to stand up and tell the truth about gun control lobbies... Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you're gonna have... this is an escalating problem that’s eventually going to lead to, I think, urban warfare...It [2nd Amendment] has to be stopped, and someone really has to go on the line, a certain dauntless political figure, and say, ‘It’s ending, it’s over, all bets are off. It’s not 200 years ago, we don’t need this anymore, and the rest of the world doesn’t have it. Why should we?"
And Sly is equally gallant with the ladies:

The talk quickly turned to women, with Sly denying Janice Dickinson's claims he injected her with steroids. "The only thing I injected her with was my fist," he joked.
So how 'bout it, Moms? Which of these champions of "common sense gun laws" would you rather have women defenseless against? Which one strikes your...uh...fancy? Who deserves a slice of that pie...?

While you're making your minds up, go get Sean and Sly a beer. And don't make them ask you twice...

NC-17


Gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun...

I figure if I say "gun" a few more times I'll earn a "XXX"...

On the plus side, I did pretty well on this...

[Via HZ]

CeaseFire PA Director's Watch: 01/28/08



For a guy who came off like he wanted the world to think he was some sort of anti-gun pitbull, this Riley fellow certainly seems passive these days.

As does his little club...

This Day in History: January 28

In England, General John Burgoyne submits a plan to the government designed to isolate New England from the other colonies.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

"The Only Thing I Injected Her With Was My Fist"


"The only thing I injected her with was my fist," he joked.
Ha ha. Great joke, Sly, domestic abuse and beating women! That's the kind of stuff from which "prohibited persons" are made, thanks to the Lautenberg Amendment. But it does kind of explain why you might be against women having any kind of equalizer...

Add to this the HGH abuse to buff you into animal size, and ol' Rocky Balbozo's fist could do quite a bit of damage there.

The good news is, "Rambo" came in behind "Meet the Spartans." The bad news is, our culture is debased enough to reward either of these "efforts."

In the furtherance of my often-stated "any chair in a bar fight" philosophy, I would encourage you to help me apply some leverage to further complicate this oaf's ability to profit off the citizenry he would disarm. So I'm asking people to help me recruit an unlikely ally, but one with the clout to make this happen, the National Organization for Women:



I urge you to send them your own email along these lines.

Related:
Rambo Opens Today
"El Rushbo: Shilling for Rambo

Tennessee Treason

SECTION 4.
(a) All handgun and assault weapon ammunition manufactured or sold in thestate after January 1, 2009, shall be coded by the manufacturer.
(b) No later than January 1, 2011, all non-coded ammunition for the calibers
listed in this act, whether owned by private citizens or retail outlets, shall be disposed.

Tyrant wannabes in the Tennessee legislature are going for an ammo grab, in this case, Memphis Mandarins Reginald Tate and Larry Miller.

Here are the links for SENATE BILL 3395 and its counterpart, HOUSE BILL 3245. You can track status of the bills here.

They want to require etching "identifiers" on "the base of the bullet projectile"--and note it says "all," so .22 ammo sold in blocks is evidently not exempt. Then note requirements for a manufacturer's registry, a vendor's registry, mandates for investigations by the TBI, and staffing and maintaining a database--nothing that will stop one violent criminal from using noncompliant ammunition in a stolen firearm...

Can you imagine a more foolish squandering of financial resources at a time when Tennesseans are struggling to keep their jobs and their houses, or law enforcement resources when they can't prevent crime already without sidelining personnel on this nonsense?

Oh but that's OK, because there's "No fiscal note for the bill!"

That's because the overlords envision an "end user fee":

SECTION 7.
(a) The cost of establishing and maintaining the ACSD shall be funded by an end-user fee. Vendors shall charge an additional one half cent ($.005) per bullet or round of ammunition to the purchaser.
(b) There is established the coded ammunition fund for deposit of the end-user fees described in this section. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, shall be available to the TBI for infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future development costs of this act.

And, of course, if half a cent is good, why in a few years, a whole cent will be even better! Besides, costs are going up and gun owners are outnumbered and generally despised by our urban constituencies--why not go for even more?

I wonder how many ammunition makers are going to just pull up stakes? And the "All" caveat seems to rule out handloading, or at least I don't see an exemption that states for certain at what threshold of production a self-producer becomes a "manufacturer"...

I also don't see any provisions for out-of-state "sportsmen" bringing tourist dollars in to hunt and shoot. I suppose setting up traps for them can also be a good source of revenue...

Question for all you "law abiding" Tennessee gun owners, the only people this bill will affect (that is, the ones not responsible for the problems): When they order you to surrender your non compliant ammo a little under three years from now, are you going to give it to them?

I don't know the chances this abomination has of passing--but I do know Tennessee is the state that inflicted Al Gore on the rest of us, and the urban representation seems just as unabashedly Marxist as anywhere else. Were I a Tennessean, I'd be on the horn to my representative at opening of business tomorrow morning, and I'd follow that up with a letter and an email.

Senate Info

House Info

[Via Stewart Rhodes]

We're the Only Ones Friendly Enough

An off-duty police officer who was shot to death in downtown White Plains early Friday evening appears to have been a victim of friendly fire...

Ridley was not in uniform...
I just can't figure out why "The Only Ones" would have assumed this particular man out of uniform to automatically be a threat...

I also can't figure out why some in the population buy into the disarmament con job, especially when noting how such practices have been employed in the past.

[Via Tony G]