Sunday, December 20, 2009
This bulletin board posting was photographed at Fort Benning - home to the Army's Infantry and our alma mater, The Benning School for Boys.
Of course, this is in response to the Fort Hood shooting.
If you're not a lib, let us explain: The US military is more interested in diversity than the safety of their personnel.
First, bases are designated 'gun-free' zones where only criminals may possess firearms. Only criminals may defend themselves. Besides, who's going to trust America's fighting soldier with a gun?!
Second, despite fighting a war started by religious fanatics, that same religion is embraced within our military. Those that find this a problem are clearly intolerant and don't belong in our multicultural military.
And now, because a muslim fanatic and criminal who was allowed to co-exist with America's best decided to shoot them, the law-abiding soldiers must now register their firearms. You see, this would have stopped the Fort Hood shooting and will identify those who have similar plans.
Now do you get it?
Pic from gun blogger Curtis Lowe.
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Of course, this is in response to the Fort Hood shooting.
If you're not a lib, let us explain: The US military is more interested in diversity than the safety of their personnel.
First, bases are designated 'gun-free' zones where only criminals may possess firearms. Only criminals may defend themselves. Besides, who's going to trust America's fighting soldier with a gun?!
Second, despite fighting a war started by religious fanatics, that same religion is embraced within our military. Those that find this a problem are clearly intolerant and don't belong in our multicultural military.
And now, because a muslim fanatic and criminal who was allowed to co-exist with America's best decided to shoot them, the law-abiding soldiers must now register their firearms. You see, this would have stopped the Fort Hood shooting and will identify those who have similar plans.
Now do you get it?
Pic from gun blogger Curtis Lowe.
Labels: Gun Rights
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
The Swiss:
U/T: Knowledge is Power
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U/T: Knowledge is Power
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Current tally: 12 dead, 31 wounded, three loser gunmen one of which is dead.
It just happened a few hours ago, so with little information to go on we decided to post some pictures.
And we'll wait for more details before we read anything into the dead gunman's name, Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.
UPDATE 7:15pm:
It appears GatewayPundit has the best list of links to this story so far. Click here to view. Here are his latest updates:
Gun Free Zones and Evil do not mix. Libs want to social engineer away evil, GOD bless them. Conservatives? Oh, we want to get rid of every singledeath trap gun free zone out there. Who's right?
UPDATE 11.9:
LTC Ralph Peters offers his opinion (without the nuance). Link to his New York Post article.
Found at iOwnTheWorld:
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It just happened a few hours ago, so with little information to go on we decided to post some pictures.
And we'll wait for more details before we read anything into the dead gunman's name, Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.
UPDATE 7:15pm:
It appears GatewayPundit has the best list of links to this story so far. Click here to view. Here are his latest updates:
UPDATE: US Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan Identified As Primary Shooter At Fort Hood.
ABC has more on Malik.
He is a convert to Islam.
FOX News: “This was a deliberate act of execution.”
Hasan was an MD psychiatrist.
UPDATE: Malik was previously stationed at Walter Reed.
UPDATE: This was jihad.
ABC has more on Malik.
He is a convert to Islam.
FOX News: “This was a deliberate act of execution.”
Hasan was an MD psychiatrist.
UPDATE: Malik was previously stationed at Walter Reed.
UPDATE: This was jihad.
Gun Free Zones and Evil do not mix. Libs want to social engineer away evil, GOD bless them. Conservatives? Oh, we want to get rid of every single
UPDATE 11.9:
LTC Ralph Peters offers his opinion (without the nuance). Link to his New York Post article.
Found at iOwnTheWorld:
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Friday, October 30, 2009
The Gun Blogger at Gun Nuts Media was mugged last week. The bad guy brought a knife, the victim held a cup of coffee and had a concealed hand gun. If was the coffee that was discharged at the assailant. Click here to read his story.
While the bad guy didn't suffer a violent perforated death at the hands of the blogger/victim, what we did like about the story is some of the graphics his readers sent in.
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While the bad guy didn't suffer a violent perforated death at the hands of the blogger/victim, what we did like about the story is some of the graphics his readers sent in.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Likely a common feeling among them all, the designer of the famous AK-47 has this to say:
It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon.
We have steered away from this firearm for the related reason that we associate it with evil. Kalashnikov's comment, unfortunately, only refers to the evil in the criminal elements of society. He continues:
I created this weapon primarily to safeguard our fatherland.
But like the Ushanka hat that we named this site after, we associate the AK-47 to the logical next step that Kalashnikov cannot - Communism. Kill millions. Imprison millions more. All, or at least most, at the point of his AK-47.
It is not the weapon. It is who uses it, how it is used, and if it compliments a sexy ushanka...
U/T: Say Uncle
Labels: Gun Rights, Ushanka.us Babe
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
According to YouTube, only those 18 and over should watch this 4:35 minute video. Frick'in anti-gun nuts!
(BTW - for those under 18, avert your eyes at 2:28 when the gun shows up...)
News from Friday:
That's not counting the one in the video above. And why do we need a Civilian National Defense Force again?
So why all the gun buying?
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(BTW - for those under 18, avert your eyes at 2:28 when the gun shows up...)
News from Friday:
Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,074,757 checks in August 2009, a 12.3 percent increase from the 956,872 reported in August 2008.
So far that is roughly 9,076,205 gun bought this year!
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Conservative estimates of legally owned guns in the USA put the number at 355,029,250 guns in the USA. That is 1.17 guns for everyone in the USA...
So far that is roughly 9,076,205 gun bought this year!
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Conservative estimates of legally owned guns in the USA put the number at 355,029,250 guns in the USA. That is 1.17 guns for everyone in the USA...
That's not counting the one in the video above. And why do we need a Civilian National Defense Force again?
So why all the gun buying?
Labels: Gun Rights, Ushanka.us Babe
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
We don't condone this at these events, but boy is it fun to watch ignorant liberals (MSNBC) get their panties in a bunch over the lawful display of a firearm.
So how many dead in today's event, now that we know it wasn't a gun-free zone?
UPDATE 8pm: Some commentary on the subject from the blogger at SayUncle:
Yep
Huffpo link to Chris Matthews interview of the gun-toting protestor (and Ron Paul supporter), William Kostric. William did pretty good holding his ground with the loser Matthews.
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So how many dead in today's event, now that we know it wasn't a gun-free zone?
UPDATE 8pm: Some commentary on the subject from the blogger at SayUncle:
When Josh Horwitz is not busy losing, he writes at the HuffPo. [link] His latest is that some of those Fascist / Nazi / KKK grand wizards / insurrectionists / insurance company lobbyists / racists / insert code word to induce left wing indignation / tea baggers / mobs / and, say, Emmanuel Lewis (for laughs) are carrying concealed weapons to meetings and such. Why, it seems that there have been a few cases of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders doing just that. This, he says, could lead to violence. Strange that it hasn’t yet.
Only violence I’ve seen is when a black tea partier was beaten up by raging Obamabots who chanted racist slurs and business man assaulted then threatened with arrest.
Only violence I’ve seen is when a black tea partier was beaten up by raging Obamabots who chanted racist slurs and business man assaulted then threatened with arrest.
Yep
Huffpo link to Chris Matthews interview of the gun-toting protestor (and Ron Paul supporter), William Kostric. William did pretty good holding his ground with the loser Matthews.
Labels: Gun Rights
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In keeping with our moderate, objective nature, we'll comment on today's vote on the Senator John Thunes ammendment to a Defense bill. Our comment is this: we are shocked, amazed and excited that in today's all liberal all progressive all communist climate, this reciprocity law can make it this close to passing.
Were they so close to rationing health care for only those who really need it that they didn't see the proletarian with the sidearm cross a state line?
Here is the link to the AP report (which we didn't bother to read).
And here is a link to a WSJ opinion piece today from Robert M. Morgenthau, a district attorney in New York. We'll quote below and add our progressive interpretation.
We suggest he rephrase this: "In New York, the state imposes careful restrictions on who may carry concealed firearms. Only donors to the Democrat Party and those with at least one felony can carry concealed weapons in our state. With the Thune amendment, New York and other states would be obliged to let the masses from other, less progressive states carry a concealed weapon."
New York: To where all the nation's undeserving applicants flee.
Don't make us choose between Alaska and New York, Mr. Morgenthau! Alaska has a very cool oil pipeline, and now we find out New York has a gun pipeline!?!
Our only follow-up here is to ask what the percentage of gun crimes committed with 'smuggled' weapons will be if this law is passed. 170%? More? Can we look to other states to get a look at the dire consequences.
After the Sotomayor testimony one can imagine our shock to find out there is still a Democrat out there who is willing to suggest the 2nd Amendment is, in fact, established law. But, only "under some circumstances".
It was our paranoia that drove us into the arms of the NRA, the ONLY lobbying group in DC whose members do NOT consider themselves victims. Please forgive us, Mr. Morgenthau!
Did Mr. Morgenthau fail to get this piece into a post at DailyKos, and instead settled for the bourgeois readers of the WSJ? You have to accept his premise that 'guns are bad', or else you'll laugh yourself to the point that one of your concealed guns may fall out.
Is he worried this law will result in reduced violent crime in his county, thus leading to a downsizing of his legal staff and tax savings for the local masses?
We didn't bother to comment above on his 10th Amendment argument that the federal government shouldn't impose a law like this on states. We suspect there are proletarian drivers licensed in other states driving on New York's highways and streets at this moment that would suggest this argument is lacking.
We wonder if some wobbly senators are moved by any of his arguments. Or is his intent to sway opinion by the fact he's an opponent who was published in the WSJ? For us, it is a great opportunity to see how the other side thinks, without the filthiness of a DailyKos visit.
UPDATE 12:20EST: Adding CBS video and absurd Daily Kos post found through Google News:
Daily Kos' position: Invite Sen. Thune to the funeral of a police officer who was shot by his department's SWAT team's friendly fire. Senators: vote NO, or more SWAT teams will shoot their own!
UPDATE 12:55EST:Two votes shy of getting the 60 needed for reciprocity. From the AP:
Last Update - 3:40pm: Vote Tally.
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Were they so close to rationing health care for only those who really need it that they didn't see the proletarian with the sidearm cross a state line?
Here is the link to the AP report (which we didn't bother to read).
And here is a link to a WSJ opinion piece today from Robert M. Morgenthau, a district attorney in New York. We'll quote below and add our progressive interpretation.
In New York, the state imposes careful restrictions on who may carry concealed firearms. With the Thune amendment, New York and other states would be obliged to recognize licenses from jurisdictions which choose to issue them practically for the asking.
We suggest he rephrase this: "In New York, the state imposes careful restrictions on who may carry concealed firearms. Only donors to the Democrat Party and those with at least one felony can carry concealed weapons in our state. With the Thune amendment, New York and other states would be obliged to let the masses from other, less progressive states carry a concealed weapon."
It gets worse. States like Florida and Texas are willing to issue carry permits to nonresidents under policies just as lax as those of Ohio and Missouri. The Thune amendment would provide a legal backdoor to a New Yorker who does not qualify for a carry permit under New York’s state law. The undeserving local applicant could obtain a permit down South, and then be entitled by federal law to carry his concealed gun around New York.
New York: To where all the nation's undeserving applicants flee.
Speaking from a policy perspective, the last thing New York needs is a federal rule that lets more guns into the state. About 85% of the gun crimes in New York City are committed with weapons smuggled in from those other states that make gun ownership easy. Federal action is needed to shut down the pipeline that brings these guns to our streets.
Don't make us choose between Alaska and New York, Mr. Morgenthau! Alaska has a very cool oil pipeline, and now we find out New York has a gun pipeline!?!
Our only follow-up here is to ask what the percentage of gun crimes committed with 'smuggled' weapons will be if this law is passed. 170%? More? Can we look to other states to get a look at the dire consequences.
The Second Amendment may allow gun possession for home defense under some circumstances.
After the Sotomayor testimony one can imagine our shock to find out there is still a Democrat out there who is willing to suggest the 2nd Amendment is, in fact, established law. But, only "under some circumstances".
Moreover, the National Rifle Association’s paranoia, coupled with congressional cowardice, has resulted in absurd limits on the ability of law enforcement to examine the very inventory records that the law requires gun dealers to keep. That cripples the ability of the authorities to investigate violent gun crimes and illegal weapons dealing.
It was our paranoia that drove us into the arms of the NRA, the ONLY lobbying group in DC whose members do NOT consider themselves victims. Please forgive us, Mr. Morgenthau!
Did Mr. Morgenthau fail to get this piece into a post at DailyKos, and instead settled for the bourgeois readers of the WSJ? You have to accept his premise that 'guns are bad', or else you'll laugh yourself to the point that one of your concealed guns may fall out.
Is he worried this law will result in reduced violent crime in his county, thus leading to a downsizing of his legal staff and tax savings for the local masses?
We didn't bother to comment above on his 10th Amendment argument that the federal government shouldn't impose a law like this on states. We suspect there are proletarian drivers licensed in other states driving on New York's highways and streets at this moment that would suggest this argument is lacking.
We wonder if some wobbly senators are moved by any of his arguments. Or is his intent to sway opinion by the fact he's an opponent who was published in the WSJ? For us, it is a great opportunity to see how the other side thinks, without the filthiness of a DailyKos visit.
UPDATE 12:20EST: Adding CBS video and absurd Daily Kos post found through Google News:
Daily Kos' position: Invite Sen. Thune to the funeral of a police officer who was shot by his department's SWAT team's friendly fire. Senators: vote NO, or more SWAT teams will shoot their own!
UPDATE 12:55EST:Two votes shy of getting the 60 needed for reciprocity. From the AP:
Gun control proponents scored a rare victory as the Senate rejected the carrying of concealed weapons across state lines.
The 58-39 vote Wednesday defeated a measure giving people with concealed weapons permits the right to carry their firearms into other states that have similar gun laws. Sixty votes were needed to approve the provision, an amendment to a defense spending bill.
The 58-39 vote Wednesday defeated a measure giving people with concealed weapons permits the right to carry their firearms into other states that have similar gun laws. Sixty votes were needed to approve the provision, an amendment to a defense spending bill.
Last Update - 3:40pm: Vote Tally.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Regular Ushanka.us readers understand that our philosophy here is that we see liberals as 'communist-inspired'. We don't see them, individually, as communists. But we see their collective desires addressed only by a communist system. Our assumption that this would never happen was disproved by our new president who has acted on behalf of all these liberal factions, having only ignored the demands of the blacks and gays to date.
By following this philosophy, we have avoided several right-wing themes. We don't need to address these to make our point. Having said that, we feel inclined to post the links below to some of those themes that have gained traction. For your review and assessment:
Worker's Revolution
ACTIVE, the American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, has called for a National Strike Against the Dictator for November 4. For you few that still have jobs, you are being called on for this one-day strike.
Obama's Birth Certificate
A favorite theme among the fringe, this went mainstream this week when Army Reserve Major Stefan Frederick Cook requested the President to produce his birth certificate to verify that he has the right to order Major Cook to war. Silly, right?
Well, Major Cook's orders were revoked. Hmmm. That's probably the end of that, right?
In today's news at the Ledger-Enquirer:
So, original lawsuit wins. Then Cook loses his job. Lawsuit is updated to address retaliation and potential of future illegal deployment orders, and two more officers join the fight. This is so easily fixed. Obama just has to show the birth certificate that he used to get a driver's license in Chicago. Why drag this out?
Guns
Want to send the message that you're a right-wing wacko? Just tell people that you're afraid that Obama will take your guns. It is that easy. You might even get on CNN or one of the other state-run outlets!
But, there are some that connect the 2nd Ammendment to the founder's experiences with Britain. There is a worn-out story about a little bridge North of Concord Massachusetts that we won't bore you with. There are more important things, like the 47 million uninsured Americans...
Well, those right-wingers at The Wall Street Journal hid a small opinion piece in Saturday's paper, Second Ammendment Confidential:
Those on the fringe sure are weird!
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By following this philosophy, we have avoided several right-wing themes. We don't need to address these to make our point. Having said that, we feel inclined to post the links below to some of those themes that have gained traction. For your review and assessment:
Worker's Revolution
ACTIVE, the American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, has called for a National Strike Against the Dictator for November 4. For you few that still have jobs, you are being called on for this one-day strike.
Obama's Birth Certificate
A favorite theme among the fringe, this went mainstream this week when Army Reserve Major Stefan Frederick Cook requested the President to produce his birth certificate to verify that he has the right to order Major Cook to war. Silly, right?
Well, Major Cook's orders were revoked. Hmmm. That's probably the end of that, right?
In today's news at the Ledger-Enquirer:
...retired Maj. Gen. Carol Dean Childers and active U.S. Air Force reservist Lt. Col. David Earl Graeff have joined the suit “because it is a matter of unparalleled public interest and importance and because it is clearly a matter arising from issues of a recurring nature that will escape review unless the Court exercises its discretionary jurisdiction.”
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the revised suit states Cook lost his job at Simtech Inc., a corporation that does Department of Defense contracting in the field of information technology/systems integration, because of the suit. It also states that Cook has been subjected to “gossip” from people who believed Cook was “manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes.”
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the revised suit states Cook lost his job at Simtech Inc., a corporation that does Department of Defense contracting in the field of information technology/systems integration, because of the suit. It also states that Cook has been subjected to “gossip” from people who believed Cook was “manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes.”
So, original lawsuit wins. Then Cook loses his job. Lawsuit is updated to address retaliation and potential of future illegal deployment orders, and two more officers join the fight. This is so easily fixed. Obama just has to show the birth certificate that he used to get a driver's license in Chicago. Why drag this out?
Guns
Want to send the message that you're a right-wing wacko? Just tell people that you're afraid that Obama will take your guns. It is that easy. You might even get on CNN or one of the other state-run outlets!
But, there are some that connect the 2nd Ammendment to the founder's experiences with Britain. There is a worn-out story about a little bridge North of Concord Massachusetts that we won't bore you with. There are more important things, like the 47 million uninsured Americans...
Well, those right-wingers at The Wall Street Journal hid a small opinion piece in Saturday's paper, Second Ammendment Confidential:
Now making their way to the Court are cases about whether the right to bear arms also applies to the 50 states via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. If it doesn't, then Heller is a hollow shell.
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Judge Sotomayor has said that it would be appropriate to recuse herself from any rehearing of Maloney v. Cuomo by the Supreme Court, but this week she stopped short of promising to do so. Our guess, based on her history, is that she'll vote like the Court's four liberals who dissented in Heller and say gun rights don't apply to the states.
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Judge Sotomayor has said that it would be appropriate to recuse herself from any rehearing of Maloney v. Cuomo by the Supreme Court, but this week she stopped short of promising to do so. Our guess, based on her history, is that she'll vote like the Court's four liberals who dissented in Heller and say gun rights don't apply to the states.
Those on the fringe sure are weird!
Labels: Gun Rights, Not a Socialist
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Ruger to be fined $250,000.
We heard a rumor lately regarding the current ammo shortage: The EPA has restricted production to only the amount needed for military and law enforcement needs, and the manufacturers will be fined or have operations halted if production exceeds those levels.
We got a chuckle out of that, as we fully believe the shortages are due to higher demand - military, law enforcement and civilian.
Then we read this at Say Uncle, quoting an AP article:
Gun Control doesn't have the votes in Congress.
Clinton's threats of law suits failed spectacularly.
And citizens aren't lining up to turn-in their firearms.
Is there any other way to disarm those hateful proletarians?
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We heard a rumor lately regarding the current ammo shortage: The EPA has restricted production to only the amount needed for military and law enforcement needs, and the manufacturers will be fined or have operations halted if production exceeds those levels.
We got a chuckle out of that, as we fully believe the shortages are due to higher demand - military, law enforcement and civilian.
Then we read this at Say Uncle, quoting an AP article:
The federal government has proposed over $255,000 in fines against a New Hampshire firearms manufacturing center alleging 60 safety and health violations between November and May.
Gun Control doesn't have the votes in Congress.
Clinton's threats of law suits failed spectacularly.
And citizens aren't lining up to turn-in their firearms.
Is there any other way to disarm those hateful proletarians?
Labels: Gun Rights
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Obama's first directive to his employees at GM - "Stop making cars, and start making t-shirts!". Even less profitable than washing machines, which the Soviets made in their military factories. $19.99. Oh, and remember, Obama is not a socialist! UT: Drudge
Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light gives us the unemployment graph. Imagine what this will look like in a year... Click here to read his write-up.
Say Uncle reports that some Tennessee restaurants do not like the new law that allows concealed carry licensees to carry heat in their restaurants, and that they've posted signs barring those with background checks and clean criminal histories. He is starting a list of the gun-free-zone restaurants - here.
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Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light gives us the unemployment graph. Imagine what this will look like in a year... Click here to read his write-up.
Say Uncle reports that some Tennessee restaurants do not like the new law that allows concealed carry licensees to carry heat in their restaurants, and that they've posted signs barring those with background checks and clean criminal histories. He is starting a list of the gun-free-zone restaurants - here.
Labels: Gun Rights, Not a Socialist
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
This week's reading suggestions have to do with California's recent propositions. But first, guns!
A faceless WSJ writer(s), supposedly the editorial board, announces that the end of gun control is here. Well, what a relief! We suppose this will be our last post with the label - Gun Rights. WSJ, May 19, Democrats and Guns:
We envy the editorial board's new, relaxed attitude toward this issue. We won't, however, take our eye off of this ball.
California, our former home state, asked voters to approve tax increases for the greater good. Those pesky voters, even in Berkeley, couldn't bring themselves to vote YES on any of them. Ever know the answer yet could not articulate it? We felt these propositions were meaningless but couldn't bring ourselves to say why. Rush Limbaugh told us. There won't be any belt-tightening in CA. They'll threaten to cut programs voters like, which will bring the voters to the table for more taxes. Voters revolt? Just threaten to release inmates early, or cut police & fire services. As Rush said, 'But they never offer to cut the bloat that led to this mess.' Yep. That is the California we remember. And fled.
Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore write in the WSJ, Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich:
George Will at Townhall, California's Dependency Culture:
Carol Platt Liebau at Townhall, California is Liberalism's "Canary in the Coal Mine":
Merk Steyn weighs in with a blog post at NRO's The Corner, Over and Out:
Victor Davis Hanson also comments in NRO's The Corner, California on the Horizon:
Today's WSJ Opinion page, Golden (State) Opportunity:
Exactly.
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A faceless WSJ writer(s), supposedly the editorial board, announces that the end of gun control is here. Well, what a relief! We suppose this will be our last post with the label - Gun Rights. WSJ, May 19, Democrats and Guns:
...the political cause of gun control is as dead as a mounted moose.
We envy the editorial board's new, relaxed attitude toward this issue. We won't, however, take our eye off of this ball.
California, our former home state, asked voters to approve tax increases for the greater good. Those pesky voters, even in Berkeley, couldn't bring themselves to vote YES on any of them. Ever know the answer yet could not articulate it? We felt these propositions were meaningless but couldn't bring ourselves to say why. Rush Limbaugh told us. There won't be any belt-tightening in CA. They'll threaten to cut programs voters like, which will bring the voters to the table for more taxes. Voters revolt? Just threaten to release inmates early, or cut police & fire services. As Rush said, 'But they never offer to cut the bloat that led to this mess.' Yep. That is the California we remember. And fled.
Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore write in the WSJ, Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich:
We believe there are three unintended consequences from states raising tax rates on the rich. First, some rich residents sell their homes and leave the state; second, those who stay in the state report less taxable income on their tax returns; and third, some rich people choose not to locate in a high-tax state. Since many rich people also tend to be successful business owners, jobs leave with them or they never arrive in the first place. This is why high income-tax states have such a tough time creating net new jobs for low-income residents and college graduates.
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They're wrong, and New Hampshire is our favorite illustration. The Live Free or Die State has no income or sales tax, yet it has high-quality schools and excellent public services. Students in New Hampshire public schools achieve the fourth-highest test scores in the nation -- even though the state spends about $1,000 a year less per resident on state and local government than the average state and, incredibly, $5,000 less per person than New York. And on the other side of the ledger, California in 2007 had the highest-paid classroom teachers in the nation, and yet the Golden State had the second-lowest test scores.
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Texas created more new jobs in 2008 than all other 49 states combined. And Texas is the only state other than Georgia and North Dakota that is cutting taxes this year.
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They're wrong, and New Hampshire is our favorite illustration. The Live Free or Die State has no income or sales tax, yet it has high-quality schools and excellent public services. Students in New Hampshire public schools achieve the fourth-highest test scores in the nation -- even though the state spends about $1,000 a year less per resident on state and local government than the average state and, incredibly, $5,000 less per person than New York. And on the other side of the ledger, California in 2007 had the highest-paid classroom teachers in the nation, and yet the Golden State had the second-lowest test scores.
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Texas created more new jobs in 2008 than all other 49 states combined. And Texas is the only state other than Georgia and North Dakota that is cutting taxes this year.
George Will at Townhall, California's Dependency Culture:
Californians should now pay a real price, in realism about ways and means, for Schwarzenegger's wasted years. His governance-by-attention-deficit-disorder has involved flitting from one trendy irrelevance (e.g., stem cell research) to another (e.g., cooling the planet) while the state has sagged. Fittingly, he was in Washington as his shambolic legacy was being defined by Tuesday's defeat.
He was at the White House, applauding the Obama administration's imposition of severe fuel efficiency standards on a dependent automobile industry that at least has a proven aptitude for its new task of building cars Americans will not like. Standing far from Tuesday's repudiation, in the shadow of the president who may soon effectively be California's governor, Schwarzenegger was the administration's dependency agenda writ small.
He was at the White House, applauding the Obama administration's imposition of severe fuel efficiency standards on a dependent automobile industry that at least has a proven aptitude for its new task of building cars Americans will not like. Standing far from Tuesday's repudiation, in the shadow of the president who may soon effectively be California's governor, Schwarzenegger was the administration's dependency agenda writ small.
Carol Platt Liebau at Townhall, California is Liberalism's "Canary in the Coal Mine":
How times change. Forty years ago, California’s roads and schools were the envy of the country. Now, of course, highways are jammed, and schools languish near the bottom of nationwide rankings. Hospitals are overcrowded, as are prisons. And contrary to the claims of those on the left, the problem isn’t inadequate “investment,” i.e., spending. Forty years ago, the state spent $1240 for every man, woman and child in the state, in today’s inflation-adjusted dollars. Now, it spends more than double that amount – $3200 per person – even as ordinary citizens’ quality of life has plummeted.
Merk Steyn weighs in with a blog post at NRO's The Corner, Over and Out:
Not to be too gloomy, but the country feels like it's seizing up. It's as if California and New York have burst their bodices like two corpulent gin-soaked trollops and rolled over the fruited plain to rub bellies at the Mississippi. If you're underneath, it's not going to be fun.
Victor Davis Hanson also comments in NRO's The Corner, California on the Horizon:
It is generally known that Americans want it both ways — green giddiness and plenty of oil and gas for their cars and homes; lots of government services and low taxes; a big military but spasms of isolationism. But now California is where the rubber meets the road, and we just saw the big government side of the equation dissolve. With the highest income taxes, highest sales taxes, and biggest deficits, Californians finally said "no mas," and let the cutting begin. Of course, we have expanded government to such a degree that "radical" cuts will only get us back to about 2005-sized government, and "tax cutting" in this loopy state will mean holding firm at a 9% sales tax and 10%-plus income tax. But one must begin somewhere.
Today's WSJ Opinion page, Golden (State) Opportunity:
Mr. Schwarzenegger, legislators and public-worker unions are now conspiring to roll out plan B: a federal bailout. The Governor was in Washington on Tuesday and, sounding like a Detroit auto executive, declared: "We need assistance."
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But a federal bailout is an injustice to the residents of other states, especially those that run their governments responsibly. Why should taxpayers in Colorado, Virginia or Ohio pay for California's incompetence?
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But a federal bailout is an injustice to the residents of other states, especially those that run their governments responsibly. Why should taxpayers in Colorado, Virginia or Ohio pay for California's incompetence?
Exactly.
Labels: Gun Rights, Tax, Weekend Reading
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Monday, May 04, 2009
The CIFTA Treaty: Inter-American Convention Against The Illicit Manufacturing Of And Trafficking In Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, And Other Related Materials.
Here is a link to the full Treaty.
Very disturbing to those with an education in world history. Is this treaty a page out of the last chapter in the book on Freedom?
Lou Dobbs explains:
UT: John Lott & Breitbart
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STRESSING the need, in peace processes and post-conflict situations, to achieve effective control of firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials in order to prevent their entry into the illicit market;
Here is a link to the full Treaty.
Very disturbing to those with an education in world history. Is this treaty a page out of the last chapter in the book on Freedom?
Lou Dobbs explains:
UT: John Lott & Breitbart
Labels: Gun Rights
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Charles Krauthammer reviews Obama's European trip last week in his Townhall article, It's Your Country Too, Mr. President.
Ann Coulter, wearer of our fine Commie Obama hat, provides her Townhall readers a bit more information on the shooters in the recent public attacks across the nation. Let's All Surrender Our Weapons -- You First!
Mona Charen responds to the recent visit to Cuba of six Congressional Black Caucus members. Townhall: Useful Idiots Caucus.
Know how to identify an editorial board member at the WSJ? Look for the guy/gal with the blue face. Yet another great editorial about socialized medicine in Monday's Journal: The End of Private Health Insurance.
These are the warnings. Are people listening?
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Our president came bearing a basketful of mea culpas. With varying degrees of directness or obliqueness, Obama indicted his own people for arrogance, for dismissiveness and derisiveness, for genocide, for torture, for Hiroshima, for Guantanamo and for insufficient respect for the Muslim world.
And what did he get for this obsessive denigration of his own country? He wanted more NATO combat troops in Afghanistan to match the surge of 17,000 Americans. He was rudely rebuffed.
He wanted more stimulus spending from Europe. He got nothing.
From Russia, he got no help on Iran. From China, he got the blocking of any action on North Korea.
And what did he get for Guantanamo? France, pop. 64 million, will take one prisoner. One!
And what did he get for this obsessive denigration of his own country? He wanted more NATO combat troops in Afghanistan to match the surge of 17,000 Americans. He was rudely rebuffed.
He wanted more stimulus spending from Europe. He got nothing.
From Russia, he got no help on Iran. From China, he got the blocking of any action on North Korea.
And what did he get for Guantanamo? France, pop. 64 million, will take one prisoner. One!
Ann Coulter, wearer of our fine Commie Obama hat, provides her Townhall readers a bit more information on the shooters in the recent public attacks across the nation. Let's All Surrender Our Weapons -- You First!
So far, this year's public multiple shootings were committed by:
-- Richard Poplawski, 23, product of a broken family, expelled from high school and dishonorably discharged from the Marines, who killed three policemen in Pittsburgh.
-- Former crack addict Jiverly Wong, 41, who told co-workers "America sucks" yet somehow was not offered a job as a speechwriter for Barack Obama, who blockaded his victims in a civic center in Binghamton, N.Y., and shot as many people as he could, before killing himself.
-- Robert Stewart, 45, a three-time divorcee and high school dropout with "violent tendencies" -- according to one of his ex-wives -- who shot up the nursing home in Carthage, N.C., where his newly estranged wife worked.
-- Lovelle Mixon, 26, a paroled felon, struggling to get his life back on track by pimping, who shot four cops in Oakland, Calif. -- before eventually being shot himself.
-- Twenty-eight-year-old Michael McLendon, child of divorce, living with his mother and boycotting family funerals because he hated his relatives, who killed 10 of those relatives and their neighbors in Samson, Ala.
It might make more sense to outlaw men than guns. Or divorce. Or crack. Or to prohibit felons from having guns. Except we already outlaw crack and felons owning guns and yet still, somehow, Wong got crack and Mixon got a gun.
-- Richard Poplawski, 23, product of a broken family, expelled from high school and dishonorably discharged from the Marines, who killed three policemen in Pittsburgh.
-- Former crack addict Jiverly Wong, 41, who told co-workers "America sucks" yet somehow was not offered a job as a speechwriter for Barack Obama, who blockaded his victims in a civic center in Binghamton, N.Y., and shot as many people as he could, before killing himself.
-- Robert Stewart, 45, a three-time divorcee and high school dropout with "violent tendencies" -- according to one of his ex-wives -- who shot up the nursing home in Carthage, N.C., where his newly estranged wife worked.
-- Lovelle Mixon, 26, a paroled felon, struggling to get his life back on track by pimping, who shot four cops in Oakland, Calif. -- before eventually being shot himself.
-- Twenty-eight-year-old Michael McLendon, child of divorce, living with his mother and boycotting family funerals because he hated his relatives, who killed 10 of those relatives and their neighbors in Samson, Ala.
It might make more sense to outlaw men than guns. Or divorce. Or crack. Or to prohibit felons from having guns. Except we already outlaw crack and felons owning guns and yet still, somehow, Wong got crack and Mixon got a gun.
Mona Charen responds to the recent visit to Cuba of six Congressional Black Caucus members. Townhall: Useful Idiots Caucus.
"This is the dawning of a new day,'' exclaimed Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill. "In my household I told Castro he is known as the ultimate survivor."
Funny how easy it is to survive when you don't hold elections. And when all of your opponents wind up in prison or dead. And when even those who dare to whisper a word of dissent to your absolute rule find themselves harassed, beaten, humiliated, and imprisoned.
Funny how easy it is to survive when you don't hold elections. And when all of your opponents wind up in prison or dead. And when even those who dare to whisper a word of dissent to your absolute rule find themselves harassed, beaten, humiliated, and imprisoned.
Know how to identify an editorial board member at the WSJ? Look for the guy/gal with the blue face. Yet another great editorial about socialized medicine in Monday's Journal: The End of Private Health Insurance.
Above every other health-care goal, Democrats this year want to institute a "public option" -- an insurance program financed by taxpayers, managed by government and open to everyone, much like Medicare. This new middle-class entitlement is the most important debate in Congress this year, because it really is the last stand for anything resembling private health insurance.
This public option will supposedly "compete" with private alternatives. As President Obama likes to put it, those who are happy with the insurance they have now can keep it -- and if they happen to prefer the government offering, well, gee whiz, that's the free market at work. The reality is far different. Not only will the new program become the default coverage for the uninsured, but Democrats intend to game the system to precipitate -- or if need be, coerce -- an exodus to government from private insurance. Soon enough, that will be the only "option" left.
This public option will supposedly "compete" with private alternatives. As President Obama likes to put it, those who are happy with the insurance they have now can keep it -- and if they happen to prefer the government offering, well, gee whiz, that's the free market at work. The reality is far different. Not only will the new program become the default coverage for the uninsured, but Democrats intend to game the system to precipitate -- or if need be, coerce -- an exodus to government from private insurance. Soon enough, that will be the only "option" left.
Fully 119 million people will shift out of -- or lose -- private coverage. Everything depends on the payment levels that Congress adopts, as well as the size of the eligible pool. But even if a public option available to all takes the highly improbable step of paying at some midpoint between private and Medicare rates, nearly 68 million people will still be crowded out of private insurance. The nearby table summarizes Lewin's eye-popping findings.
These are the warnings. Are people listening?
Labels: Cuba, Gun Rights, Weekend Reading
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Left wing extremists need not apply.
Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security has enough spare time from defending Americans from real threats to imagining threats from Constitution-thumping God-loving Gun-clingers.
Really spare time, or part of aliberal progressive communist plan to create internal enemies to blame for a future crisis? Where is the Cheka when you need it?
For the first time, Homeland Security has identified a threat without a plot, without an identified group, without a definition. The defining characteristic: Political ideology similar to America's founding fathers.
Unlike left-wing groups like Earth Liberation Front, PETA, and Weather Underground that target people and property to achieve their ends, the Obama administration chooses to raise awareness of a "resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment". Look out for those opposed to immigration reform, abortion or a balance between state and federal power.
Check back often. We will post the addresses of the RightWing Extremist Recruitment Stations here, as we find them. We suspect an enlistment in the RightWing Extremist service will require a membership in good standing at Ushanka.us. So join today!
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Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security has enough spare time from defending Americans from real threats to imagining threats from Constitution-thumping God-loving Gun-clingers.
Really spare time, or part of a
Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment. From the 2008 election timeframe to the present, rightwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and political prejudices in expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers.
For the first time, Homeland Security has identified a threat without a plot, without an identified group, without a definition. The defining characteristic: Political ideology similar to America's founding fathers.
Unlike left-wing groups like Earth Liberation Front, PETA, and Weather Underground that target people and property to achieve their ends, the Obama administration chooses to raise awareness of a "resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment". Look out for those opposed to immigration reform, abortion or a balance between state and federal power.
Check back often. We will post the addresses of the RightWing Extremist Recruitment Stations here, as we find them. We suspect an enlistment in the RightWing Extremist service will require a membership in good standing at Ushanka.us. So join today!
Labels: DNC, Gun Rights
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
So said Speaker Pelosi of our guns in an ABC interview on April 7th. David Workman at Examiner.com has the full story, with additional perspectives from Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and other leaders of the Democrat party.
It appears the who's who of the legislative and executive branches are finding their voices on gun control. For the sake of Mexico, they say. A pessimist would say legislation is soon to follow, and we don't like pessimists. Those pessimists are full of warnings like rising unemployment, trillion dollar liberal boondoggles disguised as "stimulus", and a US president firing the CEO of a private company.
One question. If there is such a market for our guns in Mexico, why are we selling them at lower prices at the local gun show rather than at a premium at the border?
We still think if Obama and Hillary were really serious about the Mexicans buying our guns, they'd build a wall. Think of the union jobs!
In other gun news... let us know if you notice any bias in this CNN clip provided by NewsBusters:
U/T: Commie Obama hat owner, John Lott
Last - enjoy this 10-minute clip of NRA President Wayne LaPierre:
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It appears the who's who of the legislative and executive branches are finding their voices on gun control. For the sake of Mexico, they say. A pessimist would say legislation is soon to follow, and we don't like pessimists. Those pessimists are full of warnings like rising unemployment, trillion dollar liberal boondoggles disguised as "stimulus", and a US president firing the CEO of a private company.
One question. If there is such a market for our guns in Mexico, why are we selling them at lower prices at the local gun show rather than at a premium at the border?
We still think if Obama and Hillary were really serious about the Mexicans buying our guns, they'd build a wall. Think of the union jobs!
In other gun news... let us know if you notice any bias in this CNN clip provided by NewsBusters:
U/T: Commie Obama hat owner, John Lott
Last - enjoy this 10-minute clip of NRA President Wayne LaPierre:
Labels: Gun Rights, MSM
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The 'Top Cop' of the United States announced a new assault weapons ban as a solution to... some problem. Oh yea, the problem of guns in Mexico! ABC seems to be the only MSM outlet reporting this news - 12 hours after the announcement. Hmmm, wonder why a proposed law that will limit citizens' rights and dilute the most important Bill of Right isn't making news...
Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.
Questions:
1) So limiting our firearm choices is kinda like a surge in the war on drugs?
2) And why not talk about the true core of the Mexican gun problem, such as the Mexican demand for high quality US weapons? We thought the cheaper AK-47 was the weapon of choice among third-world thugs (and commies).
3) Who's looking out for the American workers in America's gun factories?
4) Would the Obama administration change its tone on gun rights if assault weapons were used to kill babies who survived abortions?
5) When the Mexican state collapses because of
6) Why not - follow me on this one - build a fence between the US and Mexico - along the border - that would keep guns out of Mexico?
Answers:
1) When the founders wrote the 2nd Amendment, EVERY rifle was an assault rifle.
2) The 2nd Amendment makes the other amendments possible. It is the glue.
Sometimes we feel we're writing the final chapter for the US History books...
Labels: Gun Rights
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
This is the kind of nuance we prefer.
UT: SondraK
posted by Karl @ 10:05 AM Permalink
I don't like repeat offenders. I like dead offenders.
UT: SondraK
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 10:05 AM Permalink
Monday, August 25, 2008
The NRA outlines the "Change" that Obama will likely bring to gun-owners:
Read it all.
U/T: Doug Ross
posted by Karl @ 12:12 PM Permalink
For gun owners, “change” could well mean an erosion of hard-fought reforms and hard-fought protections...
“Change” means removing the restrictions we secured against the Consumer Product Safety Commission from exercising a bureaucratic ban on firearms or ammunition...
“Change” means ignoring the strictures imposed on federal gun-control enforcement by Congress...
“Change” means that federal lawyers from multiple agencies with unlimited taxpayer funding will find “creative” ways to bring elements of the law-abiding firearm industry to court...
“Change” means giving the Center for Disease Control power to once again treat private ownership of firearms as a “disease” treatable by gun control...
...“change” also means using a host of federal government think tanks to create “studies” and white papers intended to spawn new gun-ban laws.
“Change” also means using the total lobbying and propaganda power of the White House and multiple federal departments to bring back a version of the Clinton gun ban...
“Change” means removing the restrictions we secured against the Consumer Product Safety Commission from exercising a bureaucratic ban on firearms or ammunition...
“Change” means ignoring the strictures imposed on federal gun-control enforcement by Congress...
“Change” means that federal lawyers from multiple agencies with unlimited taxpayer funding will find “creative” ways to bring elements of the law-abiding firearm industry to court...
“Change” means giving the Center for Disease Control power to once again treat private ownership of firearms as a “disease” treatable by gun control...
...“change” also means using a host of federal government think tanks to create “studies” and white papers intended to spawn new gun-ban laws.
“Change” also means using the total lobbying and propaganda power of the White House and multiple federal departments to bring back a version of the Clinton gun ban...
Read it all.
U/T: Doug Ross
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 12:12 PM Permalink
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Illinois takes the Slippery Slope light off of California as the governor has endorsed a plan to install speed cameras on the interstate freeways. Not to catch speeders, which will provide the byproduct of $90 million in state revenue, mind you. No, the purpose for a speed camera in Illinois is to find illegal guns.
See the Sun Times article if you want to hear more liberal-speak about how less freedom and more government control is good.
We guess Illinois is still embarrassed about that whole Jake and Elwood misunderstanding...
posted by Karl @ 9:57 PM Permalink
See the Sun Times article if you want to hear more liberal-speak about how less freedom and more government control is good.
We guess Illinois is still embarrassed about that whole Jake and Elwood misunderstanding...
Labels: Gun Rights, Slippery Slope
posted by Karl @ 9:57 PM Permalink
Monday, July 28, 2008
The ripples of the Heller decision have made it to Morton Grove, Illinois. The first American town to fully ban handguns is dropping their ban.
We won't be happy until America resembles a more mature, evolved and enlightened culture. Like Israel's.
posted by Karl @ 2:22 PM Permalink
We won't be happy until America resembles a more mature, evolved and enlightened culture. Like Israel's.
Labels: Gun Rights, Ushanka.us Babe
posted by Karl @ 2:22 PM Permalink
Monday, July 14, 2008
Loving your country shouldn't just mean watching fireworks on the 4th of July. Loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your part to change it. - Barack Obama
And for those of you who like this country the way it is, skip the hope and proceed straight to change!
[W]e are going to grow our foreign service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot to continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we have set. We have got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded. - Barack Obama
So not to be accused of not doing our part, we decided to suggest a name for Obama's civilian national security force - The Cheka. Short for: Change. Hope. Energy. Kindness. Action.
We suggest President-Elect Obama form the Cheka on December 20, 2008. Time must not be wasted, Comrades!
U/T: Free Republic
Link: Wikipedia - Cheka. Be sure to scroll down to the "Number of Victims" and "Cheka Atrocities" sections.
AFTERNOON UPDATE:
Wait a minute! Mikhail and Karl discussed this security force over salads today, and determined the Civilian National Security Force already exists. The 80 million US gun owners are ready to repel whatever enemies Obama iimagines, and they are self-funded! Money saved - and hopefully returned to the tax payers in Obama refund checks!
Seeing this in a new light, we now understand Obama is pro-gun. If he sees a need for more civilian defense, then he must want the other 200 million citizens to buy guns! And his appeal to America's youth suggests we'll lower the legal age of firearm ownership and restart the old high-school shooting clubs. Maybe he'll organize an annual Father-Daughter Hunting event. And, Mikhail offered a great suggestion: Add a checkbox on the tax return for automatic membership with the NRA.
Civilians of the US - Arm Yourselves!
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 1:28 PM Permalink
Saturday, July 05, 2008
For this 4th of July weekend, let's start with Obama's latest defense against non-criticisms. Nope, not racism. That was earlier in the week. To keep questions about taxes and national security at bay, Obama's camp is in full defensive mode on trivial matters. The last couple days: Patriotism. Here are just a few great comments in James Taranto's Best of the Web:
Hugh Hewitt chimes in with a LONG list of the "core of Obama" in his Townhall article "Obama In Focus On the Fourth":
Also at Townhall, Larry Elder responds to the Heller decision that re-affirms the individual's right to keep and bear arms with some interesting quotes from our founders, and from a few other characters:
Bret Stephens at the WSJ has an excellent piece on the religion of global warming, "Global Warming as Mass Neurosis. Probably the best summary on the subject - a must read.
Karl Rove writes a piece on Obama's fund raising expectations - "Can Barack Buy the Presidency?". That subject doesn't excite us, but we did pull this gem out of the article:
Happy 4th!
posted by Karl @ 12:47 PM Permalink
The problem for Obama is that he is a child of the counterculture to a greater extent than any past presidential nominee has been. Bill Clinton flirted with it a bit, but had long since "sold out," if you'll forgive the '60s argot, by the time he arrived on the national stage. John Kerry was more deeply immersed, as a leader in a radical anti-Vietnam group--but years before he ran for president, he reinvented himself (albeit implausibly) as a war hero.
By contrast, until a few weeks ago, Obama belonged to a church whose pastor blamed America for all that was wrong with the world. He made his political home in Hyde Park, Chicago, where unrepentant Weather Underground terrorists are regarded as upstanding civic leaders. And he seems to have absorbed the counterculture's complicated view of patriotism and disdain for those for whom it is a simpler emotion...
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Patriotism ultimately is not a matter of policy, or even of symbols or actions, but of feeling. The sense one gets from Obama is not that he isn't patriotic, but that his feelings about America are complicated. But when expressing feelings, simpler usually is better. Saying "I love you" in three words is many times more powerful than saying it in 3,000.
By contrast, until a few weeks ago, Obama belonged to a church whose pastor blamed America for all that was wrong with the world. He made his political home in Hyde Park, Chicago, where unrepentant Weather Underground terrorists are regarded as upstanding civic leaders. And he seems to have absorbed the counterculture's complicated view of patriotism and disdain for those for whom it is a simpler emotion...
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Patriotism ultimately is not a matter of policy, or even of symbols or actions, but of feeling. The sense one gets from Obama is not that he isn't patriotic, but that his feelings about America are complicated. But when expressing feelings, simpler usually is better. Saying "I love you" in three words is many times more powerful than saying it in 3,000.
Hugh Hewitt chimes in with a LONG list of the "core of Obama" in his Townhall article "Obama In Focus On the Fourth":
He's hard left.
He wants the marginal rate on total federal taxes...
Obama has proposed more than a trillion dollars in new spending.
Obama wants to cut and run from Iraq...
He supports the decision extending habeas rights to Gitmo detainees...
He wants the marginal rate on total federal taxes...
Obama has proposed more than a trillion dollars in new spending.
Obama wants to cut and run from Iraq...
He supports the decision extending habeas rights to Gitmo detainees...
Also at Townhall, Larry Elder responds to the Heller decision that re-affirms the individual's right to keep and bear arms with some interesting quotes from our founders, and from a few other characters:
Dictators throughout history sought to disarm their citizenries in order to impose power:
Vladimir Lenin said, "One man with a gun can control 100 without one."
Mao Zedong said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Josef Stalin said: "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"
Adolf Hitler said: "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so."
Vladimir Lenin said, "One man with a gun can control 100 without one."
Mao Zedong said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Josef Stalin said: "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"
Adolf Hitler said: "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so."
Bret Stephens at the WSJ has an excellent piece on the religion of global warming, "Global Warming as Mass Neurosis. Probably the best summary on the subject - a must read.
Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose of penance. What's remarkable is the extent to which penance sells among a mostly secular audience. What is there to be penitent about?
As it turns out, a lot, at least if you're inclined to believe that our successes are undeserved and that prosperity is morally suspect. In this view, global warming is nature's great comeuppance, affirming as nothing else our guilty conscience for our worldly success.
As it turns out, a lot, at least if you're inclined to believe that our successes are undeserved and that prosperity is morally suspect. In this view, global warming is nature's great comeuppance, affirming as nothing else our guilty conscience for our worldly success.
Karl Rove writes a piece on Obama's fund raising expectations - "Can Barack Buy the Presidency?". That subject doesn't excite us, but we did pull this gem out of the article:
Mr. Obama's ads show he's aware of his vulnerability on two fronts: his liberal values and his meager achievements. Yet he should be more cautious with these weaknesses. His bio ad says he was raised with "values straight from the Kansas heartland," though he grew up in Hawaii. He claims to have passed three bills, but fails to mention that two were in the Illinois state Senate and that he didn't vote on the third in the U.S. Senate. His new ad praises welfare reform, yet he opposed the legislation when a Republican Congress passed and President Clinton signed it.
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...when running for president, money alone can't buy a candidate love. Cash matters, but being a good candidate and right on the issues matters even more.
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...when running for president, money alone can't buy a candidate love. Cash matters, but being a good candidate and right on the issues matters even more.
Happy 4th!
Labels: Gun Rights, Weekend Reading
posted by Karl @ 12:47 PM Permalink
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
We'd like to offer deep analysis of the District of Columbia v. Heller 5-4 ruling this past week, but frankly, the narrowness of the ruling has left us a bit reserved. Apparently, four members of the highest court are unaware of a document called the constitution or their role in its interpretation.
While we're left scratching our heads (and clinging to our guns), we offer the always thoughtful analysis of Jackie and Dunlap:
posted by Karl @ 12:58 PM Permalink
While we're left scratching our heads (and clinging to our guns), we offer the always thoughtful analysis of Jackie and Dunlap:
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 12:58 PM Permalink
Friday, June 27, 2008
The most expensive Davidoff in our humidor burned in honor of the SCOTUS decision validating our individual right to use firearms for self defense. Of course, we don't own any firearms... so the opposite decision would not have impacted us in any way... If you believe that, you must be smoking a Davidoff too, and inhaling!
U/T for Obamunism graphic: Jawa Report
posted by Karl @ 12:02 AM Permalink
U/T for Obamunism graphic: Jawa Report
Labels: Cigar, Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 12:02 AM Permalink
Monday, May 05, 2008
We'll take it where we can get it!
Here is one of Hillary's flyers in Indiana asking: "Where does Barack Obama really stand on guns?"
We're not with Hillary, although we put her name on our sexy ushanka rally cap. But, we'll pile on in her Obama smack down!
Ushanka Tip to Ben Smith at Politico.
posted by Karl @ 10:14 AM Permalink
Here is one of Hillary's flyers in Indiana asking: "Where does Barack Obama really stand on guns?"
We're not with Hillary, although we put her name on our sexy ushanka rally cap. But, we'll pile on in her Obama smack down!
Ushanka Tip to Ben Smith at Politico.
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 10:14 AM Permalink
Thursday, May 01, 2008
An unusual post for us, but we found ourselves with browser windows open to some great previews. So, here are four that appear to be mandatory viewing. At least for the Karl household.
Defiance, 19 December
IMDb pre-screening review:
Read Debbie Schlussel's review and comments. Her grandfather fought the Nazis with the guns he didn't turn in!
You Don't Mess with the Zohan - 6 June
An Adam Sandler movie. Plot: A Mossad agent fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
The Happening, 13 June
M. Night Shyamalan is releasing another one! That's all we need to know. Now where do we buy tickets?
Warriors... in their own words, Released 24 May
Order Book and DVD here. Trailer here.
Copied from their site:
U/T to Debbie Schlussel for pointing out first two movies above.
An U/T to "The Commander" for the Warriors recommendation.
posted by Karl @ 10:39 PM Permalink
Defiance, 19 December
IMDb pre-screening review:
James Bond and Oscar winning director Ed Zwick take on the Nazis.
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It's a superb film with a nice balance of heavy hitting action and intense drama, but if that's not enough to make you want to see it, just the fact that these on screen heroes existed in real life definitely make it worth the watch.
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It's a superb film with a nice balance of heavy hitting action and intense drama, but if that's not enough to make you want to see it, just the fact that these on screen heroes existed in real life definitely make it worth the watch.
Read Debbie Schlussel's review and comments. Her grandfather fought the Nazis with the guns he didn't turn in!
You Don't Mess with the Zohan - 6 June
An Adam Sandler movie. Plot: A Mossad agent fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
The Happening, 13 June
M. Night Shyamalan is releasing another one! That's all we need to know. Now where do we buy tickets?
Warriors... in their own words, Released 24 May
Order Book and DVD here. Trailer here.
Copied from their site:
With this documentary, photo exhibit and book our aim is to raise funding for and awareness of the men and women warriors that have given so much to protect our freedoms. Freedom is not free.
U/T to Debbie Schlussel for pointing out first two movies above.
An U/T to "The Commander" for the Warriors recommendation.
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 10:39 PM Permalink
Saturday, April 19, 2008
If you do not agree that the Second Amendment is what makes the other amendments possible, save yourself some time and stop reading here.
A common discussion between Karl and fellow 'bitter' conservative and Ushanka.us enthusiast, Mickail, is the liberal attack-agenda on gun ownership. Up until now, Karl has tempered Mickail's pessimism with the recent histories of Gore 2000 and Kerry 2004 where the gun issue was surrendered at the national debate out of worries it could hurt Democratic voter turnout. Karl thought he saw the same in the 2008 Democratic primaries. But, enough information has emerged to change his opinion.
We are now convinced that an Obama administration will act on gun control, despite his claims to respect "traditions". We still think taxes will co-exist with Iraq as the leading issues in the general election, but we now think the gun issue should share that priority. Here are links to, and quotes from, some recent articles:
April 3 - Michelle Malkin - "Obamessiah: Roll Back Carried Concealed Laws!". Quoting Obama:
April 17 - David Kopel in the WSJ - "The Democrats and Gun Control".
April 19 - Arthur C. Brooks in the WSJ - "Trigger Happy". Data that shows how out of touch Obama and his liberal supporter really are:
34% of American homes have guns,
Poor? Gun owners earn 32% more than non-gun owners,
Bitter? Gun owners: 39% 'very happy' vs. 30% for non-gun owners,
Charitable giving? 83% of gun owners vs 75% non-gun owners,
We think this topic should remain at the top of the issues list for the 2008 election. Will we hear Obama commit to gun rights, for defense against criminals AND a tyrannical government, or will we continue to watch him duck and evade? Comments are on.
posted by Karl @ 6:10 PM Permalink 0 comments Post a comment
A common discussion between Karl and fellow 'bitter' conservative and Ushanka.us enthusiast, Mickail, is the liberal attack-agenda on gun ownership. Up until now, Karl has tempered Mickail's pessimism with the recent histories of Gore 2000 and Kerry 2004 where the gun issue was surrendered at the national debate out of worries it could hurt Democratic voter turnout. Karl thought he saw the same in the 2008 Democratic primaries. But, enough information has emerged to change his opinion.
We are now convinced that an Obama administration will act on gun control, despite his claims to respect "traditions". We still think taxes will co-exist with Iraq as the leading issues in the general election, but we now think the gun issue should share that priority. Here are links to, and quotes from, some recent articles:
April 3 - Michelle Malkin - "Obamessiah: Roll Back Carried Concealed Laws!". Quoting Obama:
I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama said. “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.
April 17 - David Kopel in the WSJ - "The Democrats and Gun Control".
When the U.S. Supreme Court voted last year to hear a case on the constitutionality of the Washington, D.C., handgun ban, Mr. Obama's campaign told the Chicago Tribune: "Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional" and that "local communities" should have the ability "to enact common sense laws." Other than Washington, D.C., the only American cities with handgun bans are Chicago and four of its suburbs. As a state senator, Mr. Obama voted against a 2004 bill (which passed overwhelmingly) to give citizens a legal defense against prosecution for violating a local handgun ban if they actually used the firearm for lawful self-defense on their own property.
Mr. Obama's campaign Web site touts his belief in the Second Amendment rights to have guns "for the purposes of hunting and target shooting." Conspicuously absent is the right to have firearms to defend one's self, home and family. In 2001, as a state senator, Mr. Obama voted against allowing the beneficiaries of domestic violence protective orders to carry handguns for protection.
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Forty states currently allow most law-abiding adult citizens to carry concealed handguns for lawful protection, after a background check and (in almost all such states) a safety class. Of course those laws only apply to carrying within the relevant state. Mr. Obama told the Chicago Tribune in 2004 that he favored a national ban on concealed carry, to "prevent other states' laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents." Mrs. Clinton campaigned against a licensed carry referendum in Missouri.
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A presidential candidate could of course swear devotion to the First Amendment, while declaring that the amendment's purpose is to protect sports reporting and book collecting. And that candidate could still support government lawsuits against publishers, local bans on newspapers, and draconian restrictions on political commentary.
Mr. Obama's campaign Web site touts his belief in the Second Amendment rights to have guns "for the purposes of hunting and target shooting." Conspicuously absent is the right to have firearms to defend one's self, home and family. In 2001, as a state senator, Mr. Obama voted against allowing the beneficiaries of domestic violence protective orders to carry handguns for protection.
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Forty states currently allow most law-abiding adult citizens to carry concealed handguns for lawful protection, after a background check and (in almost all such states) a safety class. Of course those laws only apply to carrying within the relevant state. Mr. Obama told the Chicago Tribune in 2004 that he favored a national ban on concealed carry, to "prevent other states' laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents." Mrs. Clinton campaigned against a licensed carry referendum in Missouri.
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A presidential candidate could of course swear devotion to the First Amendment, while declaring that the amendment's purpose is to protect sports reporting and book collecting. And that candidate could still support government lawsuits against publishers, local bans on newspapers, and draconian restrictions on political commentary.
April 19 - Arthur C. Brooks in the WSJ - "Trigger Happy". Data that shows how out of touch Obama and his liberal supporter really are:
34% of American homes have guns,
Poor? Gun owners earn 32% more than non-gun owners,
Bitter? Gun owners: 39% 'very happy' vs. 30% for non-gun owners,
Charitable giving? 83% of gun owners vs 75% non-gun owners,
Why are gun owners so happy? One plausible reason is a sense of self-reliance, in terms of self-defense or even in terms of the ability to hunt their own dinner.
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None of this is to dictate what gun policy should be in our nation and its communities, let alone whether gun owners deserve to be happier than those of us without firearms. Guns are an important area of debate about freedom and security, not to mention constitutionality. What we do know, however, is that contrary to the implication of Mr. Obama's comments, for many Americans, happiness often does indeed involve a warm gun.
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None of this is to dictate what gun policy should be in our nation and its communities, let alone whether gun owners deserve to be happier than those of us without firearms. Guns are an important area of debate about freedom and security, not to mention constitutionality. What we do know, however, is that contrary to the implication of Mr. Obama's comments, for many Americans, happiness often does indeed involve a warm gun.
We think this topic should remain at the top of the issues list for the 2008 election. Will we hear Obama commit to gun rights, for defense against criminals AND a tyrannical government, or will we continue to watch him duck and evade? Comments are on.
Labels: Gun Rights
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Found at Jawa. Gallery here. Here are the three we liked:
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Labels: Cuba, Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 7:56 PM Permalink
Monday, March 17, 2008
Absolutely positively our last post on the Spitzer scandal!
Update 6pm: V the K's has a related pic with captions
Update 3.20: The Jawa Report says Spitzer paid too much!
posted by Karl @ 1:49 PM Permalink
Update 6pm: V the K's has a related pic with captions
Update 3.20: The Jawa Report says Spitzer paid too much!
Labels: Gun Rights, Ushanka.us Babe
posted by Karl @ 1:49 PM Permalink
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Communism, and the repression of people, we understand. We can point to it when we see it. We can understand what it feels like to live in fear. And, we remember how Reagan brought the main players to their knees.
So too we understand the need to retaliate with superior firepower against aggressive and violent ideologies like Nazism, Islamo-Facism, the Japanese of WWII, and to pre-empt the future threats.
But when it comes to Israel, we scratch our heads. We watch and wonder. Why do they not eliminate the threat? Why is it tit for tat there - the terrorists kill X innocent citizens, the victims then kill X militants? This self-defense hesitancy is frustrating, and we think we should feel less sympathy for Israel - although we cannot. We see a political structure that limits defense. We understand the dilemma: Do you just go after the militants, or the mothers that encouraged their children to blow themselves up? Many more considerations exist - which is, in essence, the problem. This has been over-analyzed.
This is why we are posting Daniel Doron's WSJ editorial, Israel's No-Win Strategy. He reviews some of those considerations that have led to this stalemate, but concludes, as we do, "History has shown time and again that military confrontation does work." Some other selected lines from his article:
A short and funny piece from Victor Davis Hanson at NRO comparing Obama-mania to the pet rock of the 70's:
Wednesday's WSJ ran a story about the increase in cyber attacks from China - Military Networks Increasingly Are Under Attack [$$]
We'd like to think the untold story is that the US can go on the cyber offensive if the need arises.
Ken Blackwell and Sandy Froman write in part 2 of a 2-part Townhall article, The Roe v. Wade of Gun Rights. They argue that gun rights may be the primary issue of the 2008 election depending on the Supreme Court's ruling of the DC gun ban case, D.C. v. Heller.
posted by Karl @ 11:21 PM Permalink
So too we understand the need to retaliate with superior firepower against aggressive and violent ideologies like Nazism, Islamo-Facism, the Japanese of WWII, and to pre-empt the future threats.
But when it comes to Israel, we scratch our heads. We watch and wonder. Why do they not eliminate the threat? Why is it tit for tat there - the terrorists kill X innocent citizens, the victims then kill X militants? This self-defense hesitancy is frustrating, and we think we should feel less sympathy for Israel - although we cannot. We see a political structure that limits defense. We understand the dilemma: Do you just go after the militants, or the mothers that encouraged their children to blow themselves up? Many more considerations exist - which is, in essence, the problem. This has been over-analyzed.
This is why we are posting Daniel Doron's WSJ editorial, Israel's No-Win Strategy. He reviews some of those considerations that have led to this stalemate, but concludes, as we do, "History has shown time and again that military confrontation does work." Some other selected lines from his article:
More than in most countries, Israeli politicians are preoccupied with political machinations designed to buy support from powerful interest groups by distributing government largesse. This causes not only the factionalization of politics and growing corruption, but consumes time and energy that leadership should use to address life and death issues.
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Israeli governments have done little to stop the massive rearmament of Hamas in Gaza with Iranian weapons, bought with Saudi money and transported into Gaza with the connivance of Egypt.
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But the worst failures stem from adoption of a no-win strategy. Many in Israel's top political and military echelons have convinced themselves that terrorism cannot be defeated by force, that to stop it one must compromise and accept some of its demands.
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Amazingly, Israel keeps supplying Hamas, for "humanitarian reasons," with subsidized electricity and materiel including the steel and chemicals needed to produce the rockets that attack it. It keeps providing money and weapons to prop up the hopelessly corrupt Palestinian Authority.
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Israeli governments have done little to stop the massive rearmament of Hamas in Gaza with Iranian weapons, bought with Saudi money and transported into Gaza with the connivance of Egypt.
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But the worst failures stem from adoption of a no-win strategy. Many in Israel's top political and military echelons have convinced themselves that terrorism cannot be defeated by force, that to stop it one must compromise and accept some of its demands.
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Amazingly, Israel keeps supplying Hamas, for "humanitarian reasons," with subsidized electricity and materiel including the steel and chemicals needed to produce the rockets that attack it. It keeps providing money and weapons to prop up the hopelessly corrupt Palestinian Authority.
A short and funny piece from Victor Davis Hanson at NRO comparing Obama-mania to the pet rock of the 70's:
And now, as some people wake up from their pet rock purchase, they are seeing they've de facto nominated someone rated about the Senate's most liberal senator based on three years of experience there. The Democrats have boxed them into a situation of running a candidate that has out-sourced all negative attacks to the New York Times, political junkies and columnists, in order to remain above the fray and loyal to the "new" politics of change and hope.
Wednesday's WSJ ran a story about the increase in cyber attacks from China - Military Networks Increasingly Are Under Attack [$$]
We'd like to think the untold story is that the US can go on the cyber offensive if the need arises.
In a report released earlier this month, the Pentagon said that the Chinese People's Liberation Army was expanding its military power from "the land, air and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains."
"The PLA has established information-warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, and tactics and measures to protect friendly computer systems and network," the report noted.
China reacted angrily to the Pentagon report, with a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry labeling it a "serious distortion of facts." Speaking to reporters last week, the spokesman, Qin Gang, also urged the U.S. "to drop its Cold War mentality."
U.S. officials have specifically linked China to several successful cyber attacks against military networks.
"The PLA has established information-warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, and tactics and measures to protect friendly computer systems and network," the report noted.
China reacted angrily to the Pentagon report, with a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry labeling it a "serious distortion of facts." Speaking to reporters last week, the spokesman, Qin Gang, also urged the U.S. "to drop its Cold War mentality."
U.S. officials have specifically linked China to several successful cyber attacks against military networks.
Ken Blackwell and Sandy Froman write in part 2 of a 2-part Townhall article, The Roe v. Wade of Gun Rights. They argue that gun rights may be the primary issue of the 2008 election depending on the Supreme Court's ruling of the DC gun ban case, D.C. v. Heller.
The short-term political impact of Heller might turn the 2008 presidential election. Either Senators Clinton or Obama would the most anti-gun Democrat nominee in American history. The Second Amendment is a pivotal issue in a half-dozen swing states, and other swing states have smaller gun votes, but gun owners could easily tip those states in a close election.
Heller will heat up twice during the presidential campaign, first when the case is argued in March and second when the Court hands down its decision, most likely in June. Gun owners will either be emboldened, pressing forward for policies recognizing their rights, or outraged that an activist Court has denied them their cherished right, holding rallies, and taking to the streets. Either way, gun rights could dominate the news.
Heller will heat up twice during the presidential campaign, first when the case is argued in March and second when the Court hands down its decision, most likely in June. Gun owners will either be emboldened, pressing forward for policies recognizing their rights, or outraged that an activist Court has denied them their cherished right, holding rallies, and taking to the streets. Either way, gun rights could dominate the news.
Labels: China, Gun Rights, Weekend Reading
posted by Karl @ 11:21 PM Permalink
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The reading well was dry until Friday. We're trying not to post the primary-related articles, as many good ones as there are, because either you already read them, or like us, you are waiting for the nominations and the real campaign to start. Here is a short list, with two rare links to posts from fellow bloggers.
"Lord help a diplomat who tells the truth" is what the Journal editorial board is saying about Bush's special envoy for human rights in North Korea in Friday's paper.
We are reluctant to jump on the Bush-Bashing-Bandwagon, but when it comes to North Korea, we're riding shotgun. The North Korean Communists continue to strangle their masses while they wait for an American president that will succumb to nuclear blackmail. Eight years with no progress. This is the Bush Administration's black eye.
Ok, so we'll post one primary-related opinion piece from Wednesday's WSJ, "Obama's Clinton Eduction".
Hugh Hewitt touches on something that bugged us during the Republican debates. While others feel comfortable bashing President Bush, McCain seems to enjoy bad-mouthing Donald Rumsfeld. Thanks Hugh for responding!
DougM at Sonrak.com reports of two Mesa, AZ lawmakers that are proposing a law that will allow concealed weapon permit holders to carry in Arizona's public schools.
We love Pro-Choice when it comes to packing heat!
posted by Karl @ 7:29 PM Permalink
"Lord help a diplomat who tells the truth" is what the Journal editorial board is saying about Bush's special envoy for human rights in North Korea in Friday's paper.
We are reluctant to jump on the Bush-Bashing-Bandwagon, but when it comes to North Korea, we're riding shotgun. The North Korean Communists continue to strangle their masses while they wait for an American president that will succumb to nuclear blackmail. Eight years with no progress. This is the Bush Administration's black eye.
In this Foggy Bottom version of the vanishing commissar, Mr. Lefkowitz is being written out of the Administration's North Korea policy for a speech he gave last week at the American Enterprise Institute. Noting that it has been more than two years since Pyongyang pledged to abandon its nuclear weapons program, and more than two weeks since it violated the latest deadline to disclose the full extent of that program, Mr. Lefkowitz observed that "it is increasingly clear that North Korea will remain in its present nuclear status when the Administration leaves office in one year."
Ok, so we'll post one primary-related opinion piece from Wednesday's WSJ, "Obama's Clinton Eduction".
The Illinois Senator is still a young man, but not so young as to have missed the 1990s. He nonetheless seems to be awakening slowly to what everyone else already knows about the Clintons, which is that they will say and do whatever they "gotta" say or do to win. Listen closely to Mr. Obama, and you can almost hear the echoes of Bob Dole at the end of the 1996 campaign asking, "Where's the outrage?"
Hugh Hewitt touches on something that bugged us during the Republican debates. While others feel comfortable bashing President Bush, McCain seems to enjoy bad-mouthing Donald Rumsfeld. Thanks Hugh for responding!
Only small-minded people think Rumsfeld is other than a great American and patriot, though of course a contrroversial one. He continues to deserve the respect and thanks of the American people.
I thus wonder whenever Senator McCain snarls out "Rumsfeld"as he does in debate after debate if others beside me find it unsettling and off-putting that there is so much venom there? Rumsfeld was an opponent of McCain's and as a result the contempt the Arizona maverick has for the former SecDef is complete, but it is also unseemly and not in the best traditions of American politics, especially when Rumsfeld has left the field.
I thus wonder whenever Senator McCain snarls out "Rumsfeld"as he does in debate after debate if others beside me find it unsettling and off-putting that there is so much venom there? Rumsfeld was an opponent of McCain's and as a result the contempt the Arizona maverick has for the former SecDef is complete, but it is also unseemly and not in the best traditions of American politics, especially when Rumsfeld has left the field.
DougM at Sonrak.com reports of two Mesa, AZ lawmakers that are proposing a law that will allow concealed weapon permit holders to carry in Arizona's public schools.
We love Pro-Choice when it comes to packing heat!
Labels: Gun Rights, N. Korea, Weekend Reading
posted by Karl @ 7:29 PM Permalink
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
It was nice to see all three Democrat candidates follow the debate footsteps of Algore in tonight's Presidential debate in Las Vegas.
Algore surrendered the gun issue in a 2000 debate when he worried his union voters would vote elsewhere.
Tonight, Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary, and John Edwards all shelved any meaningful gun-control positions, including national registration. Empty rhetoric about bringing back the assault weapons ban was all they had.
We know they will wait for a Virginia Tech-type event to use emotion to pursue gun-control. But, it is refreshing to see the the white flag crowd surrender en-mass on this core issue.
posted by Karl @ 12:55 AM Permalink
Algore surrendered the gun issue in a 2000 debate when he worried his union voters would vote elsewhere.
Tonight, Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary, and John Edwards all shelved any meaningful gun-control positions, including national registration. Empty rhetoric about bringing back the assault weapons ban was all they had.
We know they will wait for a Virginia Tech-type event to use emotion to pursue gun-control. But, it is refreshing to see the the white flag crowd surrender en-mass on this core issue.
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 12:55 AM Permalink
Sunday, May 06, 2007
A great video from the American Family Association. They summarize that slippery slope of liberalism, and its consequences, in 3.5 minutes. UT: Jawa Report.
So where are the similar videos that review good intentions gone wrong with government regulations, the tax code, minimum wage increases, etc.?
posted by Karl @ 7:20 PM Permalink
So where are the similar videos that review good intentions gone wrong with government regulations, the tax code, minimum wage increases, etc.?
Labels: Gun Rights, Slippery Slope
posted by Karl @ 7:20 PM Permalink
Monday, April 16, 2007
How come gun-free zones seem to attract mass murderers?
We've checked all the blogs and news sites. No word on the shooter at Virginia Tech yet. Tomorrow should be an interesting news day. Keep an eye out for those biased headlines!
Our sympathies to the families, friends, and fellow students at VT.
A primer (28 mins) for future gun-rights posts here at Ushanka.us:
UT: Washington Ceasefire
posted by Karl @ 11:49 PM Permalink
We've checked all the blogs and news sites. No word on the shooter at Virginia Tech yet. Tomorrow should be an interesting news day. Keep an eye out for those biased headlines!
Our sympathies to the families, friends, and fellow students at VT.
A primer (28 mins) for future gun-rights posts here at Ushanka.us:
UT: Washington Ceasefire
Labels: Gun Rights
posted by Karl @ 11:49 PM Permalink
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