Monday, February 15, 2010

String Theory

Secret Service Views String of Biden Motorcade Collisions as 'Separate'

Vice President Biden's
motorcade has been involved in three accidents, one of them fatal, in the last three month... [More]
What's with this "string"...?

I thought three was a spate...

What Did You Expect?

That they'd respect you afterward? [More]

[Via retrotruckman]

We're the Only Ones "For the Children" Enough

A former Bakersfield Police detective has been charged with possession of child pornography after FBI agents allegedly found explicit photographs and emails that contained multiple references to raping and killing children. Investigators say more than 600 very graphic child porn images were found. [More]
Another "Only One" revealing his true nature on the Internet...?

[Via FFFW]

A Political Opportunity

The gun grabbers are at it again in Maryland. Next month, the state's House Judiciary Committee will initiate hearings on legislation forcing firearms enthusiasts to register with the state government before they can exercise their Second Amendment rights. [More]
Huh. Maybe Tea Party darling Angela McGlowan can move and run for office there.

[Via Don H]

We're the Элиты Bouncing Back Enough

Medvedev orders curb on ‘rubber bullet’ guns...

During the ensuing argument,
Lt Maurin pulled out a pistol and fired a shot at the leg of the snowplough driver, Vladimir Demidov, investigators say. [More]
And for that, you must pay, Tovarishch...

[Via Long Island Mike]

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

A firearms officer who fatally shot a colleague in the chest had been told to keep his gun pointed down during the training exercise, an inquest heard. [More]
Here's hoping they drive that lesson home before the next public service expedition...

[Via Harvey]

I Remember This Song...

Every move we make is monitored. Every call we make can be traced. Every email we send can be captured. Every financial transaction we do is data-based. [More]
Sting, right...?

[Via Ron W]

We're the Only Ones "Make Me a Sergeant in Charge of the Booze!"* Enough

Sgt. Wilson said the gunman was Jeffrey Grahn, 46, of Boring, a sergeant with the Clackamas County sheriff's office for the past 15 years. [More]
You know, one of the "Only Ones" we can trust to carry guns in eating and drinking establishments.

Just ask the Bradys. They'd be absolutely horrified at the prospect of a citizen being able to drop this badged mad dog in his tracks.

Or better yet, ask this guy. He could use the paid time off.

[Via Michael B]

*

Analyze This...

Let me get straight to the point: Americans' profound distrust of government is neurotic -- irrational, defensive and born of emotional trauma. [More]
See, individual liberty is a delusion of mental illness. It's really all about our having Daddy issues.

Gregory Rodriguez said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Come, embrace emotional health by accepting your place in, and your obligations to the collective.

[Via Ed M]

Looks Like God Told Her Neighbor to Shoot Back

The sheriff's office reports that 47-year-old Kathleen Aceto showed up with a gun and began shooting Friday morning. A man in the house grabbed a gun and fired back, and Aceto ran away. [More]
But the antis ridicule the notion that the same response would have worked on Amy Bishop...

[Via Ed M]

Mental Illness on Parade

Hoplophobia destroys lives. Just look at poor Dee Beck, living under the delusion that others are responsible for her decision to react to their exercising Liberty and self-reliance with ignorance, bigotry and self-imposed terror. [Read]

Bloomberg Told No Gun Show Stings in W.Va.

Now hold the phone, Mr. Post—either illegal sales were conducted, in which case your guys participated, or they weren't.

Which is it? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at something that should make Furious Mike even madder.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: February 15

I am constrained to inform you, that the situation of the Army is most critical and alarming for want of provision of the meat kind. Many of the Troops for four days and some longer, have not drawn the smallest supplies of this Article. This being the case, it is needless to add more to convince you of their distress. They have been on the point of dispersing and without the earliest releif, no address or authority will be sufficient to keep them long together. Their patience and endurance are great, but the demands of nature must be satisfied. I must therefore, Gentlemen, in the most urgent terms, request and entreat your immediate and more active exertions to procure and forward to Camp, as expeditiously as possible, all the provision of the meat kind which it may be in your power to obtain. [More]

Sunday, February 14, 2010

A Sunday Visitor

Sorry--I don't want to know badly enough to click on that link.


I'll assume it's BATFU again, perhaps the chief counsel's office getting in a little weekend overtime...

About That New Era of Transparency...

Behind closed doors and with no cameras present, President Obama signed into law Friday afternoon the bill raising the public debt limit from $12.394 trillion to $14.294 trillion. [More]
Eh. You'd have just spent your "fair share" on non-government-essentials anyway.

Sorry, There's Just Not Enough of Me

I literally have several dozen emails waiting for me to open this morning, to read and consider as tips to post here or at GRE.

I apologize, I just can't get to them all. It's Sunday. It's Valentine's Day. I have a family. And I'm making dinner.

I appreciate those of you who take time out of your lives to reach out--I sincerely do. So please understand that I probably won't get to them, and tomorrow, there will be dozens more waiting for me to address.

Thanks and I'm sorry.

A Gun-Free Questionnaire

Responding to yesterday's post where Gun Free South Africa revealed the end game for all their ilk, Cemetery's Gun Blob asked if I'd seen their questionnaire.

I have now...

[Click to enlarge]

About that "Rate My Professors" Reference in Yesterday's GRE

Comment poster "Jason" took exception to my including it:
The bit about her being a socialist is beneath you. You should be embarrassed. Even bringing it up is ridiculous, but using that website as a credible source is insane.
Well, pally, my point was more about how the media would handle the information, with my belief that any tie-in with the "progressive" agenda would be minimized. I stand by my assertion that had there been any tie-in between Prof. Bishop and any perceived "right wing" movement, that "news" would be trumpeted. But they'll downplay any association with the left.

In any case, it was not beneath, and did not embarrass a "progressive" San Fransisco Chronicle blogger who wrote "Dr. Amy Bishop of Alabama-Huntsville well regarded by students."

And--surprise--go ahead and find that "socialist" reference. He instead posits this brilliant "progressive" excuse:
Dr. Bishop may have experienced a kind of anti-intellectual prejudice from the University of Alabama-Huntsville culture that could have just driven Bishop batty
Right.

Just fyi, his column is --at this writing-- the #1 hit on a Google search for "Amy Bishop."


And here's a screenshot of the "Rate My Professors" entry in question, just in case...

So no, Jason, I won't apologize when we can see the current #1 Internet source for all things Amy is covering it up, and painting her as the victim of not enough "progressive" thought.

"A Terrible Idea"

What is?

Freedom to carry. In a Republic that guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

In Wyoming...

Rep. James W. Byrd, D-Cheyenne:
“I think it’s a terrible idea,” Byrd said after the House vote. “First of all, it adds another level of danger to our peace officers who are the front line in the field. It ties their hands in determining whether or not an individual is lawfully carrying a weapon or not.

In Wyoming, officers are out on their own and don’t have the luxury of having backup with them at all times, Byrd said.
Oh, and the people you're supposed to represent do?

Rep. Pete Jorgensen, D-Jackson:
[He] went further, saying that loosening gun control regulations, except for hunting, would be dangerous to everyone.

"I've been in situations in other countries working where I'm glad I didn't have a gun," said Jorgensen, who served overseas in the U.S. Army. "I've not sure I would've controlled myself."
Maybe we should start calling him "Projection Pete".

The "terrible idea" is letting these two oath-breaking subversives anywhere near the controls of power.

We've heard what a comparative paradise WY is to much of the nation when it comes to gun rights. Will those of you who live there allow serpents to remain in the garden unchallenged? Because they'll stay, they'll prosper and they'll propagate unless you do something about it.

Well If THEY Don't Have To...

...why do we?