One in six Britons 'too lazy to get up to change TV channel' [More]The inevitable result of nanny state addiction...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Don't Try This at Home
Munson told her brother Thursday night that the older bear was back and said, "I'm going to chase it off with a broom." [More]Watch the bears.
Don't feed them.
"What if I Actually Had Said that?"
We're the Only Ones Sorry for Your Loss Enough
Those five tickets took 12 minutes to write. By the time Ross and his family members got back on the road, the burial was over. [More]Damn scofflaws need to understand the "Only Ones" are going to ensure their safety even if they have to kill them.
Me, I'm just surprised nobody was tased and then charged with "assaulting an officer".
[Via Harvey]
Something in Common
Bloomberg on Meet the Press
Part of my promotional efforts for the Gun Rights Examiner columns is social networking. As such, I make attempts to outreach using stuff like Digg, Twitter, Facebook...the latter being probably the most useful because it allow for more meaningful interaction with other RKBA proponents.
The following is a post by Jake Syma on a recent Bloomberg media op that he addressed to John Pierce and me. I thought it was well stated and made an irrefutable point, and Jake has allowed me to share it here:
The following is a post by Jake Syma on a recent Bloomberg media op that he addressed to John Pierce and me. I thought it was well stated and made an irrefutable point, and Jake has allowed me to share it here:
I don't know whether either of you caught it this morning... Michael Bloomberg (NY, NY) and Cory Booker (Newark, NJ) on MTP talking about (among other things) guns.
David Gregory threw an adulatory softball question at Bloomberg, asking about a "major victory" he recently scored over the NRA (regarding the Thune Amendment). He then allowed Bloomberg to talk a bit about the organization he's a part of, "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."
I quote him there to make the point that *they* made the point of stressing the org is not against GUNS, per se, but is only against ILLEGAL GUNS... never once considering the fact that killing the Thune Amendment would be "exceeding MAIG's charter," so to speak, if it was *only* against illegal guns... since the Thune Amendment wasn't *about* letting [so-called] "illegal guns" cross state lines.
Then there was more of the standard BS fare regarding the [so-called] "gun show loophole," but the response to that has gotten to the point that it's all "copy-and-paste" now (that is, boilerplate).
The "killing the Thune Amendment" portion may or may not be article-worthy, but I thought I'd at least pass it along.
Best,
Jake.
P.S. Transcript here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8987534/ns/meet_the_pres ) if either of you are interested.s/
Why Hasn't Obama Retracted Claim on Mexican 'Crime Guns'?
When the Brady Campaign tries to dismiss their own talking points, when even the Violence Policy Center distances itself by calling attempts to tell the truth "a red herring," the game is pretty much up. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a lie repeated but never corrected. Also find out how to win a Savage .30-06 with Bushnell scope.
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- Atlanta: Ed Stone
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- Wisconsin: Gene German
This Day in History: August 11
As the War in which your Country is engaged will probably hereafter attract your Attention, more than it does at this Time, and as the future Circumstances of your Country, may require other Wars, as well as Councils and Negotiations, similar to those which are now in Agitation, I wish to turn your Thoughts early to such Studies, as will afford you the most solid Instruction and Improvement for the Part which may be allotted you to act on the Stage of Life. [More]
Monday, August 10, 2009
Outta Time
Sorry, a combination of factors have led to my being out of time to post any more today (unless something really big comes up). My work not related to any of this beckons.
Back tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise...
Back tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise...
Media Injects Bias into Mexican 'Crime Gun' Debate
And notice the way he goes from one class of firearm on the ban agenda to another without missing a beat? And how, when all is said and done, Grillo's piece is not about "keep[ing] guns in El Norte," but out of the hands of We the People? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner presents one more example of why trusting "Authorized Journalists" to act as government watchdogs is one of the more lazy and foolish things people can do.
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- Seattle: Dave Workman
- St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
- Wisconsin: Gene German
This Day in History: August 10
General Benedict Arnold offers to lead an expedition of 900 men from Stillwater to Fort Stanwix. [More]
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Legal Ignorance of Second Amendment Not New
"The general consensus was: 'It has something to do with quartering troops in time of war, doesn't it?'"[More]I put out a second Gun Rights Examiner column this morning to let readers know there's another 50-year-old Guns Magazine issue available, and to highlight how asleep we were about our right to keep and bear arms not that long ago...
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- Atlanta: Ed Stone
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- Boston: Ron Bokleman
- Charlotte: Paul Valone
- Chicago: Don Gwinn
- Cleveland: Daniel White
- DC: Mike Stollenwerk
- Denver: Dan Bidstrup
- Los Angeles: John Longenecker
- Minneapolis: John Pierce
- National: David Codrea
- Seattle: Dave Workman
- St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
- Wisconsin: Gene German
Gun Rights 101: How Can You Get a Free Handgun?
Would you like to own a Taurus Model 856 double action .38 Special revolver rated for +P ammunition? How would you like it to be given to you, free? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is part of an Examiner.com "Info 101" special project. I figured this month's Guns Magazine contest giving away a free handgun might make a hoplophobe or two pop a blood vessel.
Besides which, some of you may want to enter...
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This Day in History: August 9
It is the Opinion of the subscriber that the Battery on Fort Island ought to have an additional work thrown up upon its left, and Garrison’d with 12 pieces heavy cannon, 150 Cannonier & half as many assistants, with 500 Infantry – [More]
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Pro-Gun Foundations File Lawsuits in Oregon and DC
Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation and the Second Amendment Foundation have filed two separate cases. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Marine veteran, student and concealed carrier who's been persecuted by a student thought police tribunal, and another one filed on behalf or citizens who see no reason why they can't bear arms in addition to keeping them.
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- Austin: Howard Nemerov
- Boston: Ron Bokleman
- Charlotte: Paul Valone
- Chicago: Don Gwinn
- Cleveland: Daniel White
- DC: Mike Stollenwerk
- Denver: Dan Bidstrup
- Los Angeles: John Longenecker
- Minneapolis: John Pierce
- National: David Codrea
- Seattle: Dave Workman
- St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
- Wisconsin: Gene German
This Day in History: August 8
Following the action at Oriskany, New York, the situation settled into a steady siege at Fort Stanwix. On August 8, 1777, the garrison commander Colonel Peter Gansevoort agreed to a three-day armistice. [More]
Friday, August 07, 2009
Facing Tough Questions
They are still mourning a fallen officer, but they are also now facing tough questions whether commanders made tactical errors as they carried out the operation. [More]So it may not be a matter of just banning pump-action shotguns?
[Via Cemetery CAS]
Proper Etiquette When in the Presence of Your Betters
“On Monday, August 3, 2009 at approximately 9:00 AM at the North Pavilion the disrespectful attitude you displayed to the Mayor was unacceptable,” George Edmunds, the city’s acting director of Parks and Recreation, wrote in a Monday, Aug. 3 suspension notification memo issued to Moye. “The Mayor indicated that this was not the first time that you had not acknowledged her when you came into contact. This type of behavior will not be tolerated and is detrimental to the department. Your actions have caused irrevocable damage to the welfare of the department and your fellow workers.’’
In the memo, Edmunds also uses terms such as "insubordination" and "disgraceful" to describe Moye’s failure to greet Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Nolan. [More]
One could argue that by being a willing part of the Imperial Legions, one owes deference to the Empress.
And the rest of us subjects can pay our respects to her as well.
You might ask her how the Emperor is doing.
[Via John G]
Speaking of Heavyweights...
A nearly 600-pound man was able to hide a weapon for more than a day while he was in custody...Mister, have I got a job for you...
...the gun was allegedly hidden between fat layers. [More]
[Via Harvey and Tom Z, who sent me this version]
We're the Only Ones Fit for Duty Enough
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