..that says the "Banquet headliner" will be Bob Barr.
I do hope someone will ask him a pertinent question or two.
And I did say I'd probably get back to addressing this.
I've looked at it and don't really see what changes the core facts that:
*Barr supported a far-reaching federal infringement on RKBA, and
*He has avoided directly explaining himself to gun owners--and actually intentionally ignored those concerns--as has the LP.
That a supporter/apologist thinks it would not be smart politics to man up hardly addresses the principle here--and as I've said, if we were interested in the usual politics of avoidance, the two major parties give us plenty of choice. We expect the LP to be different. If they're not, why do we need them?
The irony is, articles like the one on Nolan Chart help spread these concerns farther than the reach of this blog, so hopefully if more Barr defenders involve themselves it'll result in what I've been asking for from day one, which would have made all this arm-waving to get a few simple questions answered unnecessary.
[Via M. Terry]
Sunday, August 31, 2008
We're the Only Ones Doggone Enough
A Scottsdale police dog was shot and killed by his handler on Friday. Police say they think the death was accidental...I wonder if all applicable considerations that would apply to non-"Only Ones" will be...uh...unleashed here.
Striker was on a leash, and while conducting the search, Coffee shot Striker, police said. Details were not available.
No intruder was found.
[Via Matt L]
A Religious Experience
In addition to cooing over photos of the Obama daughters and Obama with the Kennedys, Cuomo highlighted photos of women looking adoringly at Obama: "And now, of course, the insight you're able to capture out on the trail. You say, it's so much like a religious experience for people as they meet him. Let's see the view that you get. Look at them with their hands clasped."
Look at me, Damien. It's all for you!
Stripping Kwame Down to the Basics
The mayor, his police chief and numerous other city officials have denied that any such party took place. The city’s chief prosecutor dismissed the claims as “urban legend”. Yet since Yatooma took up the case last autumn, several police officers have come forward to claim that they were intimidated into silence about parties they knew to have taken place at the mayor’s home.
“I was ordered by my supervisors to keep my mouth shut and say that there never was any party,” declared Officer Tony Davis in a letter to Ella Bully-Cummings, the Detroit police chief, in March...
The police lieutenant initially in charge of the murder investigation quickly concluded that Greene had been specifically targeted by a contract killer. Lieutenant Alvin Bowman has since testified in a sworn affidavit that his attempts to investigate reports about the party and Carlita Kilpatrick’s alleged involvement were blocked by the mayor and his staff.
“Every witness . . . felt intimidated against coming forward,” said Bowman. “My squad would have solved Ms Greene’s murder but for the interference [of officials].”
Good ol' Mayor Against (Your) Guns Kwame!
You'd think the citizens would be descending on city hall in protest.
They are.
So Much for Actual Evidence
At the hearing, Hammer disputed news reports that Grainger suffers from schizophrenia and should not have been issued the concealed pistol license he carried. Despite earlier statements to the contrary, prosecutors did not offer any evidence Friday that Grainger suffers from the mental illness.Huh. Could have fooled us.
"He has never had any schizophrenia," Hammer said. "He was legally qualified to possess a firearm."
Insights on Sarah
Michael Dukes shares his:
Let me say right up front that my opinion here will be biased because Sarah is a friend. I met her for the first time about six years ago when she was running for Lt. Governor of Alaska. She's been on my radio show many times and with the help of listeners here in our home town she was elected to office by an
overwhelming margin.
With that out of the way I'll tell you this.
Sarah is real.
She is an honest genuine person. She truly cares about Alaskans and the people of her community. She dared to take on the Republican party here, and took that fight straight to the people. She's called for the resignation of the Head of the Alaskan Republicans and forced the former Attorney General to resign by bringing his corrupt actions to light. She has been a crusader for eliminating the 'Good Ol'Boy' politics.
And as far as the 2nd Amendment goes, let me tell you a little story.
About a year ago a friend of mine, who is a local Class III Dealer, called me complaining about how our local Trooper detachment was delaying or just outright refusing to sign several Form 1 transfers that had been submitted to them. These transfers were from a couple of Class III Dealers and other Class III holders.
I started to make some calls and after getting nowhere with the Troopers, I finally called Sarah. Although she was extremely busy she told me that she would look into it and get back to me. I thought 'well that'll take some time', but it was only 2 or 3 days later that right in the middle of my talk show I get this call out of the blue from the Commissioner of Public Safety! He tells us that the Governor had spoken to him and made if very clear that the Troopers should be doing what they are legally obligated to do, and that he apologized personally for the locals not doing it.
Long and the short, no more problems with transfers.
We're gonna hate to lose Sarah, we need her to help get us back on track to prosperity. But I think the country needs her more.
Now I can vote for McCain, without having to hold my nose so hard.
Go Sarah!!
MD
For my Friday morning thoughts see:
http://themichaeldukesshow.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarah-palin-for-vp.html
This Day in History: August 31
I am also directed by the Committee to request answers to the following queries, viz:
Whether the Committees have power to call out the Minute Companies whenever they think proper?
Whether we are authorized to engage the Minute-Men any and what pay, when in actual service?
Whether the Committee can be supplied with a small sum, to answer contingent charges?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Witness for the Prosecution
Using technology to track a person's location is nothing new. For years, police have been able to trace cell phone signals and use other dashboard devices such as automatic toll-collection systems to confirm a driver's whereabouts.And best of all, you pay for it!
But the growing popularity of GPS systems — in cars, cell phones and other handheld devices — gives authorities another powerful tool to track suspects.
Don't have one? Wait a few decades--it'll be a standard requirement.
And since we all agree driving is a "privilege" (we all agree that, right?) that should be licensed, why it stands to reason that legislation must be introduced to make disabling or otherwise interfering with such devices to be a crime--and probably a federal one at that, since cars are products of interstate commerce.
Besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?
The Revelation of St. Michael
Michael Moore: Hurricane Coming During GOP Convention 'Proof There Is a God in Heaven'
I don't suppose it occurs to these zealots that they are very sick people indeed?
Knowing there are those who lust for the destruction of their political opponents with religious fervor is all the proof I need to never let them disarm me.
"You're No Hillary"
Thank goodness for that. One is quite enough.
Am I sensing desperation? The junior marxist traitors are getting all petty and whiny and bitchy and indignant and everything, although with Van Jones, that's pretty much his whole shtick anyway.
I'll say this for Palin--in just a few short hours alienated conservatives are starting to feel like they might have a horse in this race. I'm starting to see a lot of excitement and interest, as opposed to the cynical resignation I was seeing before. That might even translate into involvement and votes.
At the very least, the self-righteous hostility is entertaining to watch.
Am I sensing desperation? The junior marxist traitors are getting all petty and whiny and bitchy and indignant and everything, although with Van Jones, that's pretty much his whole shtick anyway.
I'll say this for Palin--in just a few short hours alienated conservatives are starting to feel like they might have a horse in this race. I'm starting to see a lot of excitement and interest, as opposed to the cynical resignation I was seeing before. That might even translate into involvement and votes.
At the very least, the self-righteous hostility is entertaining to watch.
When Big Bird Goes Bad
Birds as big as human beings are breeding out of control near Germany's Baltic coast, giving a shock to sparrows, blackbirds and other small-fry native species.It's not like they don't know what the problem is and it's not like they don't know what the solution is.
...Thanks to German nature-conservation laws, the pushy nandus can grin at hunters, because no one is licensed to kill one.
Just like us.
[Via cycjec]
[Big Bird photo obtained from here. I don't know if it is the original source.]
We're the Only Ones Trying to Ram Things Down Your Throat Enough
On or about March 23, 2007, in the Southern District of Texas, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, defendant SAMUEL B. KENT did knowingly attempt to causeanother person to engage in a sexual act by using force against that other person, to wit: defendant KENT, at the United States Post Office and Courthouse in Galveston, Texas, attempted to cause Person A to engage in contact between Person A's mouth and defendant KENT's penis by forcing Person A's head towards defendant KENT's groin area.Gosh, first Mulder and now this. If we can't believe in leading men and "Only Ones," who can we have faith in?
In fairness, I hesitated posting and commenting on this one--nothing has been proven, and it's not like workplace and relationship vendettas don't exist. I also have a problem shielding the identity of accusers unless extreme special circumstances are present.
I guess the reason I'm skeptical is because I just don't know what kind of adult would submit to something outrageous like this without going into full on-the-spot-create-a-scene mode. Inappropriate comments should always be immediately put down with unmistakable seriousness. Unwelcome physical contact warrants a physical response, or at the very least, an attempt to escape screaming followed by an immediate police report.
I just can't imagine trading in your dignity for something as temporary a job.
Still, if true, it's understandable why some judges would want guns not used for protecting them prohibited in their courthouses. Because if that abuse was ever tried on some of the women I admire, Person A would be forcing something hard into the defendant's mouth.
[Via Stephen S]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Firearms: cheap, easy to get and on a street near youYou know what they need over there?
Gun control!
Oh, wait...
The XXX Files
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation center for sex addiction...Aside from the fact that clinically, there's no such thing, here's something else you should know about him: He was one of the Hollywood Illuminati who signed "An Open Letter to the National Rifle Association," a full-page ad taken out by Handgun Control in USA Today on June 9, 1999 (p.5D). As I wrote in my GUNS & AMMO piece, "Six Degrees of Hypocrisy":
[The letter] demanded limiting handgun purchases to one a month, banning "assault weapons," magazine capacity limits, gun locks and "a 'cooling off' period...[that] might just save the life of a child..."Mr. Duchovny evidently feels he cannot control himself without outside intervention. I want to believe it would be best for all concerned if he turned his focus inward, and stopped worrying about controlling the rest of us.
The Kwame Bodyguard Loophole
Federal experts are examining a handgun reported lost in a restaurant bathroom last year by a former bodyguard of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and recently found in possession of a convicted felon. They are looking into whether the gun was used in other crimes.Quick--somebody tell Mayors Against Guns!
Cruel and Unusual
"I cried my eyelashes off," she said in the bowels of Invesco Field, moments after Obama accepted the nomination for president before an estimated 84,000 people.I think anyone who mentions "Oprah Winfrey" and "bowels" in the same article is just plain looking to cause trouble.
This Day in History: August 30
We have Accounts that a Number of Vessels have sailed lately from Boston, which we apprehend are designed to plunder the Stock along the Coast. The General Assembly have ordered it all to be removed from all the Islands in this Colony excepting Rhode Island. We have now about Three Hundred Men employed in that Business. I am requested by the General Assembly to apply to you to give Directions to the Commissary General that all the Stock taken from these Islands that are fit to kill be taken for the Use of the Army in Preference to any Stock which is secure in the Country. The Drought hath been so severe along the Sea Coast this Summer that there is no Possibility of providing for this Stock in any other Way.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Palin
John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday.Sarah Palin on Gun Control
I am a lifetime member of the NRA, I support our Constitutional right to bear arms and am a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska's youth.This doesn't tell me all that much. But I've heard some good things about her.
If this is confirmed by an official announcement, McCain made the best choice he could have, all things considered with the existing field.
Who knows what about her? Comments?
UPDATE:Structureless first impression rambling to follow. Saw her intro and speech. From a strictly political standpoint, this is a brilliant move--beautiful family--Norman Rockwell Americans--likable--people can identify with them. As for attacks on experience, she has more as an executive in charge of a government than Barack. Schumer is gloating he wants to see her debate Biden--ditto--I think she'll kick his ass. Concerns were raised in comments about a scandal to exploit--if it's the trooper deal, evidence says she wasn't directly involved, the guy who did was disciplined, she has cooperated with the dems leading the charge making subpoenas unnecessary, plus it sounds like the guy was a true 'Only One'.
On first glance, I'm impressed, but admit most of it is emotional rather than analytical--like I said, politically, I don't think McCain could have done better. I imagine a Mitthead choice and compare him to her and the visceral reaction says there is no comparison.
For some reason I'm conjuring up a cartoon of her standing behind McCain at the inauguration getting ready to pop a blown up paper bag.
UPDATE: Some partisan rah-rah that makes some valid points about political viability...
A Sick, Mad Dog Bastard
“When I turned 16, that’s when I basically started shooting people, putting in work and all. In my neighborhood, people feared me. They feared me because I didn’t have no problems with taking a life. I mean, you know, you disrespect me or do something wrong to me, you’ll die for it.”Can you imagine what kind of sick, mad dog bastard would require another human being to be defenseless with defects like this running loose?
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