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November 25, 2009Truly, a match made in heaven: Gay Marriage?
November 24, 2009Today, Michael Bloomberg’s coalition against illegal guns placed a full-page ad in the Washington Post urging lawmakers to prevent suspects on a federally maintained “terror watch list” from being allowed to purchase guns.
“500 mayors agree with the Obama and Bush Administrations: stop terror suspects from getting guns,” the ad says.
It’s also been an issue that Rahm Emanuel voiced support for back in 2007, according to this video clip.
“We got to make this a number one issue, as a test vote, and take it into the election.” He added, “If it’s between that terrorist list and the NRA, I know where America is going to be every time.”
Bloomberg said closing this loophole was his “number one priority.” He also offered the following description of why gun control critics have been so successful in blocking this kind of restriction: “There’s extremists in the pro-gun movement who threaten our elected representatives around the country, whether they’re in the legislature or executive side with working to get them removed, to remove them from office if they don’t support the line that the extremists want: no reasonable restrictions, no enforcement of federal laws, elimination of federal laws. And we’ve just got to say ‘we’re not going to take it anymore.”
Question? How long till these two come out of the closet and get hitched?
A bit of a history lesson
November 24, 2009This is about your rights. Your rights that are God given, and or in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Weaken any, and you weaken them all.
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence.”
George Washington.
Read the entire contents HERE
Olofson Relief Fund: You could very well be next!
November 24, 2009David Olofson has been subjected to a gross miscarriage of justice. What happened to Olofson could happen to any American who owns a semi-automatic firearm.
He was convicted of knowingly transferring an unregistered machine gun — a standard semi-auto rifle which fired two three-round bursts and then jammed. Gun owners call that a malfunction. The federal government calls it an easy way to get a felony conviction. David was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
The Olofson Relief Fund has been set up to allow concerned Americans help the Olfosons make their mortgage and (their one) car payments while Dave is unable to work. Gun Owners of America is acting as the agent for the fund.
ALL moneys collected will be transferred regularly to the mortgage and car loan holders.
For more information about Olofson’s railroading, and to contribute to the fund, please see: http://gunowners.org/olofson.htm
Slimy Politics: More of the same old same old
November 24, 2009This is almost like a recording…
Slimy Politics Help Advance ObamaCare In The Senate
— But we still have a chance to kill this bill
— But we still have a chance to kill this bill
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://gunowners.org
“Gun Owners of America sent out an action alert to its 300,000 members on Friday….” — The Washington Post, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
By now, you have probably heard the bad news regarding Saturday night’s vote on the anti-gun ObamaCare bill.
Sixty Senators voted to bring the legislation to the Senate floor for discussion and debate, which means that rather than killing the bill outright, we must fight to defeat it another day.
Saturday’s vote was very, very important. And every Senator who supported the legislation should be taken to the woodshed for casting an all-important vote in favor of the bill, at a time when we had the best chance to kill ObamaCare.
The good news is that we still hope to win our battle against ObamaCare, and we can do that because Saturday’s vote was not the only opportunity to filibuster the bill. At least four Senators — who voted for ObamaCare on Saturday — have said they will support a filibuster if the bill stays in its current form.
Nevertheless, it would have been nice to kill the legislation on Saturday, especially given that the American people had not had an opportunity to thoroughly look at it.
As you know, GOA’s legal team has reviewed each version of the legislation and found it wanting. GOA has reported on these problems for several months, and now, these concerns are starting to gain traction inside the Beltway.
Today, The Washington Post reported that GOA’s gun-related objections “could cause political indigestion for Democrats from conservative states,” thus threatening the eventual passage of the bill. The Post said:
“The conservative group Gun Owners of America sent out an action alert to its 300,000 members on Friday warning that the Senate legislation would mandate that doctors provide ‘gun-related health data’ to ‘a government database,’ including information on mental-health issues detected in patients, which could jeopardize their ability to obtain a firearms license.
“In addition, the group said the legislation’s ‘wellness’ provisions — designed to encourage more healthful lifestyles — would allow federal officials to mandate that companies charge higher insurance premiums for employees who own guns.”
Saturday night’s “cloture vote” is not the end of the road for us. But for the so-called “moderate” Democrats — Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and Evan Bayh of Indiana — it does make it clear that they were bribed into selling out the American people because Harry Reid ordered them to do so.
Can you spell R-E-C-A-L-L? GOA is looking into which states are the best targets for recalls — and you can be sure that we will be pursuing this option aggressively, exposing the Senators who sold their vote.
Landrieu’s price tag was $300 million — paid for by the American taxpayer. When a lobbyist gives a financial present to a Senator, they go to prison. Well, what’s the difference between that and what Harry Reid did? Senator Landrieu sold her vote!
But do not lose heart. The bill will be debated in the Senate over the coming weeks. And the first step is to let your senators know of your approval of their “no” vote or your strong disapproval of their “yes” vote.
Wondering how your Senator voted? Every Democrat and Independent Senator supported the bill. All Republican Senators voted “no,” except for Senator Voinovich of Ohio who missed the vote. To see the official roll call vote, go to: http://tinyurl.com/yaeu5am
ACTION: Please write your Senators. Let them know how you feel about their votes on cloture Saturday night. You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send a pre-written message to your Senators — the appropriate e-mail will automatically be sent, based on how they voted.
—– Prewritten letter for ANTI-GUN Senators who voted “yes” ——
Dear Senator:
Just so you know, I will not forget how you voted on Saturday, November 21 when you threw your support in favor of anti-gun socialized health care.
Even if you vote against it at some point in the future, you went on record (on Saturday) to vote for higher taxes and more gun control, at a time when the forces of freedom had the best chance to kill the bill.
I am VERY upset and I will not forget.
Sincerely,
—– Prewritten letter to thank Senators who voted “no” ——
Dear Senator:
Thank you so much for your vote against cloture on ObamaCare. I totally support the vote that you cast.
This bill will raise taxes and lead to more gun control, and I, for one, am glad that there are some Senators who are willing to stand up against socialized health care.
Regarding the latter point, readers of The Washington Post saw in the November 23 edition that:
“The conservative group Gun Owners of America sent out an action alert to its 300,000 members on Friday warning that the Senate legislation would mandate that doctors provide ‘gun-related health data’ to ‘a government database,’ including information on mental-health issues detected in patients, which could jeopardize their ability to obtain a firearms license.
“In addition, the group said the legislation’s ‘wellness’ provisions — designed to encourage more healthful lifestyles — would allow federal officials to mandate that companies charge higher insurance premiums for employees who own guns.”
I hope you will continue to oppose this bill and make sure the rights of gun owners are protected.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Matt Mead rejected as governor: Wyoming does the right thing
November 21, 2009When it comes to Governors never back an attorney for the office. To be blunt, they kiss butt way too much. Wyoming Gun Owners points out the obvious with a very informative piece that outlines the threat to states rights, as well as the federal mandate based in mysandry and ex post facto law.
While Wyoming did go a long way toward correcting a fundamentally flawed law it did not go nearly far enough. Nor do I see any way that the law that was passed could, or would, be recognized by other states. Or that a person that had been convicted in another state could use Wyoming residency to have their rights restored in Wyoming. Read on, and I hope that Wyoming Gun Owners start allowing comments at some point. At least from dues paying members such as myself.
By Anthony Bouchard
The headline should read “Gun owners beware of formers U.S Attorneys”. But it’s best that you decide…
In 2004, The Sovereign State of Wyoming enacted legislation that established a procedure to expunge misdemeanor convictions “for the purposes of restoring any firearm rights lost”.
This was specifically to aid Wyoming citizens in restoring gun rights if they had a misdemeanor such as domestic violence on their record. The NRA backed Lautenberg legislation bans gun ownership and use of guns or ammunition by individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. Wyoming legislators recognized there was nothing to protect individuals that were erroneously convicted.
Full Story HERE
Urgent Calls Needed Against ObamaCare
November 21, 2009note: this is from yesterday, my net was down 😦
Urgent Calls Needed Against ObamaCare
— Vote is scheduled for tomorrow night
— Vote is scheduled for tomorrow night
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://gunowners.org
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tomorrow will be as important a day as any in our lifetimes in determining whether the anti-gun health care bill moves forward.
The key vote will be on shutting down a Republican filibuster of the ObamaCare bill, HR 3590. In the Senate, we are faced with a health care bill that:
* Costs $2.5 trillion during its first ten years of full implementation (2014-2023);
* Increases insurance premiums and imposes $376 billion in tax increases — many on the middle class; and
* Cuts Medicare by $465 billion, while increasing health costs by over $100 billion.
Fox News is reporting today that the word “tax” appears 183 times in the health care bill. Is Obama serious? Is that what he and Reid want to do to us in the midst of a recession?
Of course, all this increased spending — and taxes — means that you will have less money to spend on pursuing your real passions: like providing for your family and purchasing guns and ammunition!
The strategy in the Senate is to cram this bill down the American people’s throats before we have a chance to fully read and evaluate it. And the vote on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. will determine whether, at least initially, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be able to get away with this.
Gun Owners of America has already gone into several states represented by key Democrats who will be central to the Saturday vote. But this is sufficiently important that all 100 senators need to know where we stand.
Finally, as we have mentioned several times in the past, the mandates in the legislation will most likely dump your gun-related health data into a government database that was created in section 13001 of the stimulus bill. This includes any firearms-related information your doctor has gleaned… or any determination of PTSD, or something similar, that can preclude you from owning firearms.
And, the special “wellness and prevention” programs (inserted by Section 1001 of the bill as part of a new Section 2717 in the Public Health Services Act) would allow the government to offer lower premiums to employers who bribe their employees to live healthier lifestyles — and nothing within the bill would prohibit rabidly anti-gun HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius from decreeing that “no guns” is somehow healthier.
We all need to contact our Senators right away.
Do you want left-wing bureaucrats appointed by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid determining whether you should own a gun via the health care system?
If not, then you need to call right away. Our gun rights — and the fate of our economy — are hanging in the balance.
ACTION: Call your two U.S. Senators. Please urge them to vote against “cloture” on the “motion to proceed” to HR 3590.
You can call your Senators toll-free at 1-877-762-8762. The phones are ringing off the hook right now on Capitol Hill. More likely than not, you will have to try several times because the circuits have been overloaded.
But don’t be discouraged… keep calling!
Also, ask your wife, your relatives, your neighbors, your church — everyone, short of your dog — to do the same. This is crunch time!
NOTE: The alternate, non toll-free, number is 202-224-3121.
—– TALKING POINTS —–
1) Support the filibuster of HR 3590 by voting NO on cloture.
2) Socialized health care is too expensive. I would rather spend my money the way I want to spend it!
3) Increasing my taxes during a recession is insane.
4) This bill will threaten to register me as a gun owner, because the mandates in this bill will force my medical information into the database that was created by the stimulus bill.
5) Vote NO on this bill!
A tale of a Congress that just is not happy
November 20, 2009Yes, I about fell over when I read this. No, not about the content. But? The source!
Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw nerves of lawmakers flooded with stories of unemployment and economic hardship back home. They also underscored the stiff headwinds that the administration faces as it pushes to enact sweeping changes to the financial regulatory system while also trying to create jobs for ordinary Americans.
Mayhap’s MSNBC has grown tired of bottom feeding? Probably more along the lines of covering their butts because the backlash that is growing by leaps and bounds could cost them some pretty big nickles down the road. For, after all is said and done, MSNBC is a capitalist organization dependent upon revenue generation.
I’m using MSNBC as a whipping boy here, however, this applies to the entire main stream media. You simply cannot go on forever bashing the beliefs of the people who you are dependent upon for your own survival. Be that anti-tax protesters, supporters of First or Second Amendment rights, people who prefer smaller less intrusive government, pro-life folks, and the list goes on.
Those are the people who pay the bills, including those of the mainstream media. They do not enjoy having their morning bowl of oatmeal being peed in repeatedly. People do not want government involved in their health care much beyond licensing and enforcement of drug policies. They don’t like being laid off from their jobs, yet being repeatedly told that trickle down economics are some sort of voodoo as they lose everything that they own, including any hope of comfortable retirement.
That’s right, stay out of my bedroom as well as my hospital room, leave me alone to pray as I choose to, or not. Leave my ability to properly and effectively defend what is mine alone, and don’t blame a failed state like Mexico’s problems on my freedoms. Don’t pass laws now that hold us accountable for things done years ago or that we had nothing at all to do with.
Don’t preach to we the people MSM, because we don’t like it, and you might just find yourself next to us commoners in the unemployment line.
Happy Birthday I2I !
November 19, 2009Happy birthday Independence Institute! Your detractors are many, and you just keep on treading along. Indeed, as so many cry out that you are insignificant they have to create counter organizations to oppose what you stand for.
Story HERE, and be sure to read the comments! 😀
And just what does the Independence Institute have to say concerning Obamacare? Well, here is a very small part…
© 2008, Benjamin Hummel. To see more cartoons like this go to www.politixcartoons.com.
Storm Warnings: Yelling fire
November 16, 2009American balkanization is going full steam. The regional separatism that is unfolding before our eyes is telling. Even the terminology is getting twisted. The term “Redneck” is just one example. It originated in the Appalachian region, and defined union workers. Not exactly your right wing terrorists as the DHS likes to call anyone that disagrees with them, and that is not a communist or Muslim.
Anti liberty forces propagandize without bothering to note facts. Just today a WordPress blog that is anti liberty made a post about veterans and made it appear that those veterans were mentally incompetent, as defined by law. When, in fact, that statement was made by none other than the Brady Bunch. A group that has become notorious for being less than truthful.
These not so United States are being torn asunder. There appears to be little middle ground where differences can be hashed out that will be acceptable to all party’s. These things range from States Rights, to abortion, to taxes, gun control, the drug war, and beyond. Lets not forget Man Made Global Warming while we are at it.
These same arguments are all to often clouded with red herrings that further cloud issues. Be that gay rights, property rights, special rights for special groups, and racism to name but a few.
It used to be said that we are a nation of laws, and not of men. Yet, when law is used to belittle others, then respect for the law evaporates.
1984 has come and gone, yet newspeak is all the rage it seems. Most especially in the Senate and Congress. Are these concerns simply yelling fire in a crowded theater? If so, then what if the theater is in fact on fire? Do you allow those people to just burn alive?
As the song says, if you cannot stand for something, then you stand for nothing at all, or something like that.
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