We're the Only Ones Tweeting Enough

"Get those hacking (expletive). I'm a cop in the bay area CA. (sic) I would go at them with both guns!" Richmond police Sgt. Mike Rood wrote via Twitter to UFC President Dana White. [More]

His apologists in comments are quick to come to his defense.  He didn't really mean what he said literally. It was just a dumb Tweet.  His detractors are making a mountain out of a molehill and this is no big deal. 

Internet comments don't matter.

Do they, Detective Rod Tuason? 


[Via Dave Licht]

Does ‘fatally flawed’ minority report on gunwalking ‘absolve’ administration?

Unsurprisingly, the minority report would convince us senior administration officials are cleared of any knowledge and wrongdoing, and that the solution is to enact some administrative changes, treat “flaws” as internal personnel, rather than criminal matters, and enact more “gun control.” That makes it easy to point the finger at lower-level Phoenix operatives—if they face no criminal charges, there’s no incentive for them to squeal, and the ones who might can simply plead the Fifth (although why one would have to if there have been no crimes committed remains conspicuously unexplained) or simply not “recall.” [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a fatally flawed report.

"So Get More Rocks and Build You a Dam."

Exactly. [Read]

That's exactly what I'm trying to help do when I urge readers not just to be consumers of articles and blog posts, but to take a moment--every day--to share relevant links and bypass a media that won't report, or that will, but not the truth.  The only way we happy few have been able to advance things this far is by screaming at the top of our lungs and banging whatever pots and pans we find at hand.  Yet too often, despite what we've managed to uncover to date, and how far we've managed to push that information, the maximum "contribution" to the effort offered by far too many is too leave a naysaying comment telling us why nothing can be done that will matter.

Rather than discourage the effort, and boy, is it sometimes tempting for those carrying the majority of the load to just say "screw it" and go on to more lucrative pursuits, would it kill them to offer an encouraging word instead, and maybe even help out?  Can you imagine the effect on morale if you were in the trenches awaiting battle and the voices of defeat before engagement were telling everyone how futile it was going to be, so why even try?

If the few rocks in the stream have managed to help effect the results we see today, I certainly wouldn't want to be the one to state with certainty that an engineered avalanche would make no difference.

I like the metaphor Mike raises here, and it fits with a thought I had the other day when he was grappling for an appropriate description for his part in things based on what others have said and on what he has done: leader, writer, investigator, citizen...

Here's what I think his title ought to be:

Think about it--like a valve that can impede the flow, that's exactly what he's doing.

In a system of self-government, we all should be government regulators.

We're the Only Ones with Holes in More than Our Story Enough

In 2007, he was acquitted of charges of aggravated battery and discharging a weapon at a police officer. But the jury hung on the attempted murder charges, leading to his retrial. [More]

If he didn't batter them and didn't discharge his weapon at them, how exactly did he attempt to murder four officers who shot him 28 times? 

O'er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

'I couldn't believe it because it was a quote from the comedy Family Guy which is an American show. [More]

It's all superstitious ritual. Every time they make you stand in a line or grope you or scan you with machines even the fricking Europeans won't allow, it's all about as meaningful and effective at warding off real evil as shamans waving talismans and chanting.

On the plus side, if this is representative of the rigid and constipated thought processes, the childish fear and the general incompetence of the forces of control., well, that's useful to know.

This Day in History: January 31

I did myself the pleasure of writing you a Line from George Town, acquainting you with the arrival of part of the British Fleet on the Southern Coast. There is every Reason to believe that their Land Forces are very numerous indeed. By some it is said Clynton, by others it is said Cornwallis has the Command. Be which it may, the Business will be very serious; they have both lost reputation in this State, and we may expect that every Effort will be made to recover it. [More]

OIG sharing information with DOJ over Wide Receiver CI's objections

The “rationale” used here, that OIG is required to make disclosures, is one we’ve seen in the unfolding Fast and Furious story, along with DOJ misusing the disclosed information, so this is neither a new, nor an unfounded concern. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the spirit of sharing is not always motivated by noble purposes.

We're the Only Ones Through with Dating Enough

A Santa Maria police officer was shot and killed Saturday by a fellow officer who was trying to arrest him for suspected sexual misconduct with a minor...[More]

So I guess the answer to the Eternal Question for "Only One"/juvenile courtship etiquette died with him...

Expanding the Lexicon

AP's Yost Ignores Fri. Fast and Furious Doc Dump... [More]

Hell, why not? According to them, the whole damn story hardly qualifies as news.

Maybe Mike and I need to start referring to ourselves as "undocumented journalists"--you know, we're doing the jobs the "Authorized" ones won't do...

And maybe we ought to start using a new word:

yōst: transitive verb
a : to intentionally ignore a story that conflicts with a media outlet's political agenda.

b: to manipulate basic story elements to provoke a conclusion in readers that supports a media outlet's political agenda.

c: to clog a closet bend underneath a toilet. Also see yost (noun)--the material cause of the clog itself, as in "Who wrote this yost?" and in verb/gerund form: "He was straining while yosting and ruptured a blood vessel in his eye."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Disarmed Enough

One of the robbers managed to wrestle the gun away from the officer. The suspect then allegedly used the officer's gun to steal a getaway car, while another drove away in another vehicle. [More]

So much for "verbal judo."

I suppose the argument would be if they can do this to a "trained professional," we'd better make sure you're disarmed... 


You know what would stop that? Nonexistent "smart gun" technology, initially funded for research specifically to reduce police "takeaway" incidents, and then morphed into a requirement for you and me with an exemption for them...

Sweet, the way that works...


[Via Stephen P. Wenger, who advises: "The member of my mailing list who furnished the links advises that the officer works as a department spokesperson and is known to shoot only once a year, to "qualify."]

It's Interesting when People Die, Give Us Dirty Laundry*

The powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform increased his pressure on the Justice Department on Friday, raising new questions about how the Drug Enforcement Administration conducts its undercover money-laundering investigations and whether those operations cross the line between fighting and facilitating crime. [More] 

You know: Project Buckwalker.

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Stacking the Bench

“Romney did focus on two criteria: their legal experience and whether they would be tough on crime. In other words, the nominee could be a gay activist or a pro-big government, pro-quota, pro-gun control Democrat Party hack who detests every judicial principle treasured by our founding fathers,” Baldwin said. “But if he happens to be tough on crime and have prosecutorial experience, he gets past the Romney filter. Many of Romney’s nominees fit that description.” [More]

Don't say you haven't been warned.

But go ahead and listen to the "pragmatic" wishful thinkers if you like. Just don't be surprised at the results when the inevitable lack of fire in bellies gives us four more years of Obama.

Say, here's an idea: Adopt the tactics of the left and blame SNBIers and "principles freaks."

We're the Only Ones Undermanned Enough

The criticisms against Solomon include allegations of sexual assaults, many committed in the presence of others, repeated affairs with a list of subordinates, and bearing a child out of wedlock fathered by a former lieutenant in the department. [More]

Sounds like Badge Bunny here sniffed more than a holster.  And I'm also delighted to see her claim her elite "Only Ones" privileges, because she's obviously a lot more trustworthy and in control of herself than mere mortals like you and me:

In 2009, Paso Robles Police Chief Lisa Solomon was found to have not properly licensed a gun that allegedly came from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office. The lack of registration became public after a man stole Solomon’s loaded semi-automatic gun from her unlocked car.

Even though the gun was not properly licensed, then Atascadero Police Chief Jim Mulhall returned it to Solomon and did not take action against her for the failure to register her privately owned firearm even though he is in the business of gun distributing.

Guess what would have happened to one of us? No wonder some people think they can get away with anything.  Based on long-established patterns, for the most part, they can.

Taking STOCK

Good grief. Sounds to me like most of them should be put in stocks. [Read]

When Subversives Collide

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Rats vs. snakes: The Chicago democrat machine vs their hardliners. Let the whole world see the character of these characters--on both sides of the barricades. Let reality TV-loving middle America sees what the collectivist left is made of and then react with revulsion and horror.  Sounds like a win-win to me.  Hell, I may even sell t-shirts...

Popcorn...?

We're the Only Ones "Blessed Are the Peacemakers" Enough

From the front bumper of the menacing vehicle, another sign taunts: "Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?" [More]

Interesting question...

This Day in History: January 30

ELIZABETHTOWN January 30, 1780
Party of 300 infantry and about 60 Dragoons under Lt. Col. Abraham Van Buskirk cross from Staten Island and burn Presbyterian meeting and Court House. [More]

‘Progressive’ icon's view refutes modern 'monopoly of violence' advocates

"It is not good for us that we should ever lose the fighting quality, the stamina, and the courage to battle for what we want when we are convinced that we are entitled to it, and other means fail. There is something better than peace, and that is peace that is won by struggle. We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the State denies us the right to resort to force in defense of a just cause." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column acknowledges a progressive idea we should all support.

Friday F&F document dump could mean more trouble for Holder

Workman weighs in. [Read]

Documents say DOJ knew of Fast and Furious connection day after Terry murder

Of particular interest from the Dec. 15, 2010 email from Holder aide Monty Wilkinson to then-US Attorney Dennis Burke:

"I’ve alerted the AG…" [More]

This midnight Gun Rights Examiner report asks if the latest bombshell revelation has engulfed  Eric Holder.