Wow, just wow. She manages to cram more moonbatery in this single clip than I thought possible. The most disgraceful thing is how she alludes to various conspiracy theories and then dances away from them. What a insufferable twit.
HatTip: Insty
I have had one post that dealt with what I call political hackery in the past. You may remember it, Politics and Science Don't Mix. Although that one really falls under a mixture of political and scientific hackery, here is another shining example.
This post will deal with one aspect of the ridiculously disgusting actions of our legislature this week with regards to the supplemental war spending bills they passed. I will most likely write later about other aspects of this travesty. The depravity it takes to sell your vote on the backs of our soldiers, the leftist sickness that induces one to surrender to one's enemies, putting our soldiers lives at risk, giving aid and comfort to our enemies, committing intentional acts of sedition, and so on. Today we look at what hack jobs these bills are. Three things specifically scream of political hackery.
Putting a timeline on withdrawing troops from a war is not the Legislature's job. The Constitution gives specific powers to the POTUS and the legislature. The President controls the operating of the war and Congress controls the purse strings. This bill could very well be ruled un-Constitutional by SCOTUS if it were ever to get that far. That is a big if though, judging on the Court's relative silence on the war powers issue over the years.
At any rate Congress is not supposed to interfere with the action on the ground. If they want to stop a war they can easily do so, by yanking the funding for it. That is precisely what happened with the Vietnam conflict. They managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, and it appears they are trying to do it again.
The current crop of leftist-defeatists lack the courage of the Vietnam-era traitors. They aren't willing to put their butt on the line by ending the war the way they should. They know that the aftermath would most likely end many of their careers, so they resort to this legislative flatulence to try to force their will on the President and our fighting forces, without putting their eggs in the basket.
Everyone that voted for these bills knows the President is going to veto them and they also know they don't have the votes to override his veto. This is a macabre sideshow. He has promised to do so from the get go. The forced withdrawal is not the legislature's prerogative, as we have already discussed. Bush must veto this. Not vetoing it would weaken the Presidency and upset the balance of power for generations to come. The Congress critters will try to paint the veto in a light that indicates the POTUS is not supporting the troops, because he vetoed their money. This of course will be the definition of political hackery. The media will of course assume their usual role, and many uninformed Americans will swallow it hook, line, and sinker.
Tying political goals to war funding is wrong. It simply should not be done. If you want to try to force an arbitrary date on the President, don't do it as part of a funding bill. This money pays the troops salaries, along with buying them bullets, gear, and upgrading their current gear so they can better do their jobs and stay as safe as possible. Delaying this money for political reasons is a disgrace. I wouldn't have nearly the problem with this surrender date bullshit as I do, if the Democrats were to simply create a new bill with that in it, instead of politicizing the troop's money dishonestly.
Thanks to Chris at Anarchangel for posting this. I had not seen this guy before. Check out this video and if you like it, there are more at Bob Parker's YouTube site. His blog can be found here.
In the 20th century, secular humanism crept into American and Western governments, promising openness and tolerance for diverse groups, religions and philosophies, she said.
“What we got was narrow positivism, moral relativism and the totalitarian reign of the radical multiculturalist,” Brown said. “It promised peace. What we got was a process of permanent revolution, tumult, strife and a ceaseless assault upon the foundations of faith, family and civil society. It promised if not the pursuit of truth, at least rationality and acknowledgment of objective reality. What we got was postmodernism.” The battle, in her view, is not political but theological: “Contrary to the prevailing secularist dogma ... a society cannot exist without a fighting faith. Where society has nothing to die for, it has nothing to live for and cannot long survive.”
Here is a video Iran has released of the hostages they kidnapped from Iraqi waters.
This sickens me. Luckily I heard yesterday that American forces have the right to defend themselves in a similar situation, should it come up. The fact they made the female sailor wear a head scarve really pisses me off.
HatTip: Drudge
More info.
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Apparently they were forces to confess that they were in Iranian waters, while the Brits released info that proves they were not.
HatTip: Jihad Watch
Governor Perry signed the "Castle Doctrine" this afternoon!
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On a surprising vote my State Representative actually voted for it. What a shocker that one was!
RICHMOND -- New York City officials may have a harder time targeting Virginia gun dealers under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Tim Kaine.
Kaine signed House Bill 2653, which restricts "straw sales" of guns such as those some Virginia dealers allegedly made to undercover private investigators hired by New York City. The transactions were cited in lawsuits the city filed last year against gun dealers in Virginia and four other states alleging they sold firearms illegally. City officials have accused the gun dealers of selling weapons that later were used to commit crimes in New York.
The bill, sponsored by Del. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William County, prohibits anyone but law enforcement officers from trying to make an illegal gun purchase from a firearms dealer. A violation of the law would be a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Liberal Democrats in the Senate and House plan to resume "the fight for women's equality" on Tuesday, when they reintroduce the Women's Equality Amendment.
Sens. Ted Kennedy (Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, both of New York, plan to join Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, in making the Tuesday afternoon announcement.
This time around, supporters say they hope "women will finally achieve official equality in America." But a conservative group said women's rights activists are "fighting old battles."
"There is still a great deal of discrimination out there," Maloney argued, citing income disparity between men and women, gender-based "discriminatory clubs" and "gender-based hate crimes."
The House and Senate passed the legislation and Governor Perry will sign it today. The rights of Texans to defend themselves is about the only thing Perry has done right lately. Of course as upset as most of his constituents are with his actions lately, not signing this bill might induce a sizeable lynch mob in Austin.
So once the bill goes into effect, Texans will not have to worry about being sued by thug's families after they kill people that decide to break into their house, or carjack them. We also won't have to worry about whether or not we should run from said thugs instead of defending our rights and/or our property.
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This is great news. Hopefully the house will pass it and the Governor can sign it into law soon. Look out scumbags. Don't mess with Texas indeed.
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This is sick. Chalk up another mark for our enemies savagery. This should prove to all those terrorist appeasement wimps out there that our enemy is fighting for keeps. It won't make the slightest difference to them though unfortunately.
Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military official said Tuesday.
The vehicle was stopped at the checkpoint but was allowed through when soldiers saw the children in the back, said Major General Michael Barbero of the Pentagon's Joint Staff.
"Children in the back seat lowered suspicion. We let it move through. They parked the vehicle, and the adults ran out and detonated it with the children in the back," Barbero said.
Global Warming is the new communism.
I was thinking about the climate change brouhaha going on in the world and this occurred to me. I did a bit of searching this morning, and of course I am not the first to put two and two together to come up with four. It makes perfect sense really.
The entire debate over whether or not man is affecting the climate is usually framed in the typical leftist fashion. If you do not fall in lock step with their theory, you are automatically painted as some kind of religious fanatic, or simply stupid. This of course is par for the course for leftist debate. Just this morning Bob Beckel on Fox and Friends said that Republicans that would be challenging Al Gore today in Congress are 'members of the flat earth society'. Great Bob. Thanks for the insightful remarks on why The Gore is correct.
This debate ender tactic is widely used when leftists 'debate the issues'. They do things like calling you a racist if you want immigration reform, or a homophobe closet queer if you think marriage should be kept between a man and a woman. It is the de facto 'winning tactic' they use. Sure everyone is guilty of ad hominem attacks at times when the get flustered or just plain mad at someone else. They actually think it is a valid argument somehow.
The reason I am illustrating this often used idiocy is quite simple. They have no argument, so they wish to stifle any meaningful debate by just ending it before they have to actually defend their position.
It is important to note that most people, even leftists, that argue for manmade climate change truly believe it. The media has been claiming it as fact for a decade now, so why wouldn't they? Not every person on the 'we are destroying the planet and are going to die' camp is a communist. It has been painted to be true for so long by so many people, that it is accepted in some places like Europe as being a proven fact, similar to the fact that the sky is blue.
The truth is it isn't that clear. In fact the truth is very unclear. We don't know for sure what is causing the planet to warm, and even if it is really warming beyond a tiny fraction that may very well be a naturally occurring deviation. This is why I believe Global Warming is the new communism.
The pushers of Kyoto are mainly socialists. They want to run our lives so we can save the planet. It will be good for the benefit of all they say. You sacrificing your freedom is worth it to save the children. We must stop the evil capitalists from ruining our home planet. Sound familiar? It should. It is the same kind of rhetoric used by the Bolsheviks, and every other communist bastard for the past 100 years. Loose on the facts, and high on the nanny state utopia rhetoric. As all but the completely daft have realized. Communism failed. It was a non-productive system that was doomed from the start. Things like the Kyoto protocol are a back door attempt at controlling the free people's of the world in an attempt to put us all under control of our supposed intellectual superiors.
The larger goal of control over us is what should concern you. What happens when our enlightened overlords seizes our guns, and then decides we don't need that fancy house when a work encampment would be more fair, and better for the environment?
This is why this debate is so important. Many people are tired of hearing about global warming, because they have correctly seen it is the political chicanery it is. People are rightly sick of this. As my previous post illustrates we want to know the scientific truth.
The dishonest assumption being forced upon us, is in my opinion, a much darker specter, than just another random leftist pet project.
I sent an email to my Congressman Michael Burgess concerning HR 1022, the new AWB being proposed in the House, and here is the response I got.
March 20, 2007
Dear Mr. Byrom,
Thank you for contacting me with your opposition to H.R. 1022,
the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of
2007. I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter.
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-New York) introduced
H.R. 1022 on February 13, 2007. This bill would revise the
definition of a 'semiautomatic assault weapon' to include
conversion kits (used for converting a firearm to such a weapon)
and any semiautomatic rifle or pistol that has the ability to accept a
detachable magazine and includes specific characteristics including
a telescoping stock. H.R. 1022 would prohibit the transfer of such
a weapon except through a license dealer or state or local law
enforcement agency. Under this legislation the Attorney General
would establish and maintain a record of the make, model and date
of manufacture for any such weapon that has been used in relation
to a crime.
H.R. 1022 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee for
further review. While I am not a member of the House Judiciary
Committee, you may be assured I will keep your views in mind
should H.R. 1022 be brought before the full House for a vote.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate
having the opportunity to represent you in the U.S. House of
Representatives. Please feel free to visit my website
(www.house.gov/burgess) or contact me with any future concerns.
Sincerely,
Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
Member of Congress
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2006 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2006, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Burgess a grade of A (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).
2006 In 2006 National Rifle Association-Endorsements endorsed Representative Burgess.
2005 Representative Burgess supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 75 percent in 2005.
2004 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2004, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Burgess a grade of A (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).
2003-2004 Representative Burgess supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 70 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Representative Burgess supported the interests of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 0 percent in 2003.
2003 Representative Burgess supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 0 percent from 1988-2003 (Senate) or 1991-2003 (House).
2003 Representative Burgess supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 70 percent in 2003.
2002 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2002, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Burgess a grade of A (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).
Here today, banned tomorrow - Opinions
This is a nice piece by one college junior who gets it! It is nice to see that at least some of our young people aren't brainwashed gun grabbers. Thanks for the real common sense Daniel
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This is the story of the man that cried wolf, and was then made to look stupid. James Hansen is the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He proclaimed earlier this year that the White House was muzzling him because of his views on global warming.
On the surface this seems plausible, as the White House is not a huge believer that the climate is changing because of our activities. Unfortunately for Hansen, he has been allowed to give 1,400 interviews. That kind of makes his complaint look a bit stupid. It also turns out he has repeatedly violated NASA procedure with regard to interviews.
Mr.. Hansen was a consultant on Al Gore's documentary which has been highly criticized as inaccurate and even been called 'a work of fiction' by other scientists. Throw in the fact that Hansen has contributed thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns and things start to look a bit fishy. He just happened to receive a huge grant from the Heinz foundation after donating to Kerry's campaign.
Add in some comments about how this country is turning Nazi or Soviet, and you have your typical left wing moonbat nonsense coming out. This screams of political and scientific hackery, and this brings me to the real point of this post.
Global warming, or climate change, or whatever you want to call it is being politicized in a horrible way. It has turned into a religion for many people. There is no way for the average citizen of the planet to get honest reporting of scientific fact. There is to much of a vested interest in proving we are destroying the planet. The non-biased scientific community is being shouted down by the zealots on both sides of the argument.
I am not saying Mr. Hansen is proclaiming the evil's of global warming solely based on his political views, but it sure seems that may play a large role in his decision making.
You will notice a new side banner that proclaims 'I stand with Israel'. I do stand with Israel, and thought this nice banner would show that. The blogger who graciously created and hosts it can be found by clicking the banner.
There is a scripture listed as well. While I have no problem with this whatsoever, my reasons for supporting Israel are a little different. I am not saying the creator of the banner agrees or disagrees with my reasoning, just that I am not supporting Israel for religious views or purposes. The significance of the Holy Land to most of the large religions around the world is obvious. In fact many who are not religious have 'felt something' in varying degrees from being there, especially at places like the Temple Mount.
My support comes from a political/what is right view. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. They have been fighting the terrorists for years for their very survival. The tiny country has been our ally along the way, and we as good people have supported her right to exist.
The Israelis no doubt, as Jews, are probably the most maligned group of people in history. From the days of captivity in Egypt, to the Holocaust, and unfortunately even today, the Jewish peoples of the world have been slaughtered and discriminated against at every turn.
Well we spent the weekend working on the lawn. We ended up with 20 bags of leaves after bagging them up all day Sunday! A lot of that included grass sucked up by the mower, while The Boy, was mowing up the leaves. This was only the front yard!
We also cleaned out a bed that had a couple of nasty Buford Holly bushes. They were not doing well, and had apparently been just surviving for years. The Better Half chopped down the bushes and was able to fairly easily remove the root balls. She hates Bufords apparently. We ended up planting a bunch of hostas, and caladiums in the space, and mulched it with some new black mulch. It actually looked really cool. The only problem is going to be keeping the stupid leaves out of it!
It was a nice bit of work, got the yard mowed and ready to start growing for the season, and got a lot of cleanup done. Hopefully next weekend will be the back yard. It should be a bit easier, than the front.
We still have a few leaves falling so, we will probably have to do the cleanup routine again, but it won't be nearly the hassle it was this time.
Well not really, but I promise this is one of the most bizarro stories I have ever seen. It is just...well, insane.
Castration ring’s key figures gain freedom
Yes, you read the title of the story correctly. Castration ring leaders. WTF is this about? WTH is a castration ring? Let's dive into this gold-mine of depravity. It is like a train wreck. You know you don't want to see this, but now you just have to look. If you don't you won't know what you are missing. It isn't much, but hey it is Friday.
WAYNESVILLE — The six men castrated in a sadomasochistic dungeon fashioned from an enclosed carport all told prosecutors they saw no need for criminal charges.
Even a judge Thursday said calling the men victims might be a stretch, though what happened was certainly a crime.
“I think this is a type of perversion that cannot be tolerated by society,” Superior Court Judge Dennis Winner said in sentencing three men who performed the castrations.
Richard Peter “Master Rick” Sciara and his partner of 20 years, Michael Mendez, both pleaded guilty to felony castration without malice and felony maiming without malice. The man Sciara and Mendez called their slave, Danny Carroll Reeves, also pleaded guilty to the charges.
Prosecutors said the crimes happened in 2004 and 2005 at house in a quiet neighborhood near Waynesville. In a search of the Peace Mountain Road home, investigators said they found evidence including a scrotum and a testicle kept in a freezer.
He said at least two of the men who visited the home were interested in extreme body modification.
They wanted Sciara to amputate their legs above the knees and had already each cut a finger off with garden shears to show their love for one another.
Sciara would not perform the amputation, he said.
The other men who had the procedures complained of testicular pain.
They included a computer programmer, a truck driver and an Army Reserve soldier, Patton said.
Some of the men had fake testicles called “nuteciles” implanted, and one had his penis removed entirely. Another man had the head of his penis cut off.
“(Sciara) felt like the medical system was not addressing the needs of this not-small group who had these needs, whether they were imagined or just emotional,” Patton said, likening the operations to abortions and breast enhancements.
This is an interesting piece by the AP. It tells us that Fidel is going to be able to run for 'reelection'. I am sure it will be a hard fought race full of debates, weighing of the issues by the people, and conscientious voting. If you were to read this article without knowing any better, this might sound plausible.
That of course assumes that you forget that Castro is a despotic dictator. It isn't that hard to win elections when you lock up and/or murder those that are opposed to you in the least bit. On balance, Fidel is no Stalin, he is kind of a mini-Stalin. What better way to help the people than to kill or imprison those that don't embrace your communist utopian charade?
Barbara Wawas on the other hand has an interview coming up with none other than Fidel's protégé Hugo Chavez. Comrade Chavez according to her is a sweet and charming guy. He has however hung out with none other than our first black President Bill Clinton. This should alleviate our fears that he is a communist despot in training. Pay no attention with his man love for Castro, or his smiling poses with Iran's President, who wants to chop our heads off, and slaughter all the Jews. He is the new Ghandi!
Chalk up another victory for the religion of peace!
Hang Him High!
Yes friends the Islamic street in Indonesia is clamoring for the hanging of the editor of Playboy in that bastion of peace-loving tolerant Muslims. What did he do? Nothing at all! The magazine had no nudity in it, and apparently was less racy than many other rags for sale in the country. He was convicted of violating the 'moral norm'. Maybe Larry Flynt needs to drag his old crusty ass over to Indonesia for a bit. Wait, that's right. They have no freedom of speech.
What in the hell is going on?
Sharia at the local Target Store
At the Target store on E. Lake Street, a cashier wearing a hijab looked uncomfortable when I showed up at the cash register with a frozen pepperoni pizza. She immediately called for help, and another employee rang up the pizza and placed it in the basket.
I asked her if it was because she was Muslim, and she nodded her head. "I can't even touch it," she said.
The E. Lake store has only has a few aisles of food. How do Muslim workers adapt in Super Targets where there are full-fledged grocery sections? And is anyone other than this caller bothered by this? Are there some Muslim workers at Target who feel they have to suppress their beliefs to avoid conflicts?
Day 2 of the mourning is in progress. It is a little easier, but not much. I looked at the Springfield Armory site, and saw a picture of poor, stolen Sheila. It brought a tear to my eye. Hopefully one of her sisters will grace me with her presence in a few months.
My beloved XD-45 has been taken from me. I loved this gun, and I probably will never see it again. Hopefully whoever stole it will be stupid enough to pawn it, so it can be recovered and the thief can be jailed. If not, I have lost a $550 pistol, that shot great, and that I was becoming accustomed to shooting well. They took away my self defense weapon, leaving me defenseless. I have had to re-commission the POS Century Arms 1911 for that duty now. What a shame. Such a downgrade.
I got it bad. Having not been able to fish in the last year, the bass are calling my name. About a month ago I removed all the line from my rods and cleaned them all up. All the reels seem to be in great shape, so they are good to go.
A few weeks ago we retrieved our boat from it's desolate Purgatory of our friend's driveway. The poor thing hasn't been in the water in a year. Yesterday we pulled her out of the garage and put some fuel treatment in the tank with the old gas that is in there. I put some air in the tires and took her for a spin to mix the gas. Thankfully she started right up. So that is another hopefully good to go item. I also plugged in our trolling motor battery. Hopefully it is still good and will take a charge.
All my tackle looks to be in excellent shape. None of the soft plastics melted over the summer, and all the compartments managed to stay dry. Everything is just how I last left it.
The next thing to do is re-register the boat and trailer. Then we should be fairly good to go. Hopefully the boat will run as expected once we get it on the lake. Oh yeah, I get to give the BRA $50 so I can have the privilege of launching my boat at our private boat ramp, and use our private dock. Somehow this new sticker fee is supposed to draw more people to the lake(Possum Kingdom Lake). Yeah, OK!
The fish are apparently back at PK. The FIL has fished a couple of tournaments in recent months down there, and did real well the first time. He said there are lots of small fish to catch, which is fine with me. We plan on getting out to the lake house hopefully every other weekend this summer. I will probably end up leaving the boat up there all summer.
I plan to get the kids into some sand bassin' for sure. The sandies are the most plentiful fish around at PK, so it shouldn't be to hard to find some birds working or something. If all else fails I had good luck trolling for them last year at Grapevine and Richland Chambers. It was pretty fun actually, just tool along until you feel one on the line and reel them in.
May be able to get into some catfish some too. I plan on spending a lot of time on this lake, so I can learn it better.
A federal court has ruled the D.C. gun ban unconstitutional!
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In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities protected by the Second Amendment "are not limited to militia service, nor is an individual's enjoyment of the right contingent upon his or her continued intermittent enrollment in the militia."
As much as we share in our beliefs, he can not be the nominee. Not that he has a chance anyway necessarily. Lots of conservatives were looking to him for relief from the crew of RINOs. The party of family values does not need to nominate a philanderer however. That is one of the multitude of reasons Rudy should not get the nomination. We conservatives need to let our voices be known to these sham RINOs and immoral perverts. "This is not good enough!" This should be our mantra. We our looking for our political leader. The standards should be set high. We are looking for the man to lead us into the next phase of the GWOT, and to lead us away from the crazy socialists. We are looking for our new Commander in Chief we can be proud of, and that our Armed Forces can be proud to serve under.
That is right. We don't want a closet liberal that is 'electable'. We want a REAL conservative Republican. While Newt certainly is a conservative and I agree with him on many, many issues, I can not in good conscious support him anymore.
I am not a perfect man. Many mistakes have been made in the past. I will never cheat on my wife however. Sure many people do it, and hopefully the majority of them can reconcile with their wives, themselves, and their God. It isn't equivalent to killing babies, or torturing puppies to be sure, but it is still wrong. I have overlooked Newt's wife cheating ways for a while now.
I came to a realization this morning that I can not overlook it anymore. There must be honor. If we can not risk it all for our beliefs we are no better than the moral relativist leftists. I am sick of playing the game. I don't want to compromise for someone we think can win anymore. Why should we sell our souls? Just so we can beat the Democrats? Don't get me wrong, I will pull the handle for Rudy if he is the nominee. I won't like it, but it will happen. It will also continue to push the GOP in the wrong direction.
Are we to be the conservative party of Canada now? Must we continue to serve our PC taskmasters in the media? Will we continue to be hypocrites by preaching our beliefs, and electing people that don't follow them? No damn it NO! How can we claim to want to preserve marriage, while at the same time electing people that have no reverence for the institution at all. How can someone be a family values man, and break the most important value?
So there you have it. Newt is off my list. So pray tell who should we support you ask? At the moment I am leaning towards Duncan Hunter. He seems to be a great guy. A real conservative. He built the border fence in San Diego, is against gay marriage, pro-life, a fiscal conservative, and most importantly a staunch supporter of the RKBA. He supports national concealed carry, and would veto any renewals of the Clinton Gun Ban. There will be more info about Hunter here in the near future.
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Man how stupid can you be? This braintrust let his buddy douse his goods with lighter fluid and light it on fire after watching Jackass. What a Jackass!
Obama supports banning all semi-automatic guns. That is right, all of them no matter what they are. At least he is honest, unlike most of the gun grabbing libtards.
This would of course be a severe assault on our beloved RKBA, and must never be allowed to happen. Let's just think about some of the guns that would include. No more semiauto shotguns. Yep, kiss your $2000 Benelli dove gun goodbye. Better melt down that evil 10/22 rifle you got when you were 10 as well. Let's not forget that Mark I/II/III target .22 pistol you have had for 20 years. Sure you have sent thousands of rounds down the tube at defenseless soda cans, so you must now give it up. Think about the children. It just doesn't get much more Draconian than this. The only thing worse than a ban of this scope would be an outright gun ban. That of course would initiate a complete revolt from much of the populace, so they won't do it.
The gun grabbers will say these guns have no 'sporting purpose'. That of course is complete bullshit. The 'sporting purpose' canard is a tired tactic. The RKBA has nothing to do with sports or hunting. It was meant to insure that citizens could defend the country if need be, defend themselves from bad guys, and defend themselves from the aggression of a overzealous government.
Not that this comes as a shock to anyone, but Obama is a complete gun grabbing wussie leftist. Check out this ridiculous quote.
I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby. But I also believe that when a gangbanger shoots indiscriminately into a crowd because he feels someone disrespected him, we have a problem of morality. Not only do we need to punish that man for his crime, but we need to acknowledge that there's a hole in his heart, one that government programs alone may not be able to repair.
Fed's Shoot Down Mike's Gun Suit
The federal government will not file criminal charges against any of the 15 out-of-state gun dealers accused by Mayor Bloomberg in a federal lawsuit of selling guns illegally, the Daily News has learned.
In a stern rebuke to the city's high-profile crusade against illegal guns, the feds warned the Bloomberg administration that it could face "potential legal liabilities" if it continues to conduct sting operations that fall within the jurisdiction of federal agents.
Bloomberg announced the filing of a federal lawsuit last May against 15 gun dealers, who he lambasted as the "worst of the worst." The city later filed a similar lawsuit against another 12 dealers.
We were watching Futureweapons last night and I saw something rather interesting. This is a great show. Of course not a lot of the stuff is actually futuristic, and the host kind of makes me giggle with some of the stuff he says. It is good entertainment nonetheless. Last night they were showing the difference between the 5.56x45 and the 7.62x39. These of course are the two rounds used by the M-16/M4 and the SKS/AKM. The basic thesis was the 5.56 is very accurate and fast, while the 7.62 is slower and less accurate. His conclusion was the 5.56 doesn't have the knockdown power needed by our soldiers and Marines. The AK round has the knockdown power at shorter ranges, but struggles with accuracy at longer ranges. As everyone has heard before, shot placement is the most important factor when you are trying to kill a deer OR a human. There is something to be said for hitting something real hard though. More energy hitting your target is always a good thing. The 5.56 doesn't have the punch. It was thought, when the round was made standard, that it's high speed created devastating wounds. That turned out not to really be true. It has killed many, many people, but it is not all that hard hitting. Terrorists fight until they are no longer breathing quite often. You need a round to put them down.
The conventional wisdom has been to step up to the 7.62x51 when you need more firepower. It is an awesome round. No doubt. It has killed lots of Nazis and Chicoms to be sure. It is a knockout punch. It is also has a large casing and is heavy. This limits the amount of ammo the common soldier can carry due to weight and bulk.
The 6.8 Remington SPC was brought up in the show as the perfect solution. It combines knockdown power with high velocity and accuracy. It shoots as flat as the 7.62x51! The round it fits the AR-15. All you need is a 6.8 upper, and slightly different magazines. That is a huge benefit to me and of course our military. You can load 15 rounds in a 5.56 20 rounder and 25 rounds in a 5.56 30 rounder apparently. The round has lower chamber pressure than the 5.56. It apparently is a big enough round to take out medium size game easily according to some of the hunting crowd. The round was derived from using the old .30 Remington case, and necking it down. It uses a .270 bullet. The .270 is a very popular hunting round. Not as popular as it should be perhaps. We Americans tend to think anything less the 30 caliber won't get the job done.
Brass and bullets are available, though quite spendy. Of course what ammo is not expensive as hell right now? I paid $118 for 500 rounds of Wolf .223 this past weekend. That is a $25 price jump in the last month.
I will not be 'switching' to this round for a couple reasons. First I have two 5.56 rifles. They are accurate, ammo is relatively cheap, and available. I am confident any bad guy I have to deal with will be dispatched fairly well with either rifle. The other main reason I won't switch is the US Armed Forces have not switched. I believe it to be a good idea to use the same round they do for emergency situations. The .223/5.56 is the most available round in the country, and will continue to be so for some time.
At the same time, I do plan to build up a rifle using this round. It is a neat round, and I think I will use it to fill the intermediate slot in my arsenal of black rifle goodness. It will make a good lead weapon if the FreeFor ever needs to be put into action.
Here is a pic of the 6.8 Bushy upper. Sure would look good on top of mine! Actually it would look even better on top of another lower! :)
For some history behind the round check out Chris Byrne's excellent article over at Anarchangel.
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2007/02/okay-so-why-did-we-choose-556.html
If you look at the newly added label section to the right, I have started to group my posts by categories. There will be a lot of categories I am sure at some point. These will be revised as the blog grows, but one that will not be removed is preparedness. I consider it my duty as the head of my household, and hopefully my Kimmie's future husband, to be prepared to defend my family if the need arises. It is the quintessential function of the head male, in my opinion, to provide for and insure the well-being of those God has put under my care.
I am not some mall ninja badass. I am also not a conspiracy theorist. I just want to be able to defend and nourish me and mine. There are a number of emergency situations that can come up that will require action of some type to be taken on my part. Some are more likely than others. These range from natural disaster ala Katrina, to civil unrest, to total societal breakdown, to my Constitution being destroyed by my government. So I may appear to be a bit nutty at times with some of my preparedness posts. I am not. I am a very logical, reasonable person. Our lives are not going to be adversely effected by being prepared. I don't live in fear, and I don't hope that something bad happens. I just want to be able to say to my maker when the time comes that I did my best to perform my duties as a man.
This is not some misogynistic, chest-puffing thing. Nothing can be further from the truth really. I don't see women as inferior weak creatures. I plan to fully prepare the women in my life to be able to defend themselves and our family if need be.
I have decided to get into metallic cartridge reloading ASAP. This is the science and art of manufacturing one's own ammunition from purchased and/or collected components. There are many reasons one may want to do this. Here are a few of them.
Rudy sueing gun manufacturers
Ugh!
I know Rudy is a liberal at heart. I could deal with his gay marriage, and abortion views, but not such unhinged gun grabbing nonsense. He keeps saying it is a states right to control guns, and not a federal thing. I want to know whether he would veto federal gun control legislation or not!
