Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
April 12, 2009
The headline reads, “Mayors say Pittsburgh shootings show need for new gun laws.” In this case, the mayors are “Mayors Against Illegal Guns,” an anti-gun front group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Of course, “Pittsburgh shootings” refers to the cold-blooded murder of three Pittsburgh police officers by an apparently delusional individual who, some reports indicated, had been discharged from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions, and had been under a protective order relative to a former girlfriend.
The article, published today in the Allentown, Pa., Morning Call, was written by John L. Micek. Micek reported that in response to the Pittsburgh officers’ murders, the mayors urge swift action on gun control, recklessly characterizing the officers’ murders as evidence “that gun violence in Pennsylvania is a statewide problem.” The mayors previously have supported legislation to limit handgun purchases, and to require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms, Micek noted. However, he added, “It seems unlikely that either action would have prevented the Pittsburgh shootings. The gunman had a variety of weapons, including handguns, a shotgun and an AK-47 assault rifle. His mother told a 911 operator he had legal weapons in the home, but the operator didn’t pass that information on to dispatchers, a top police official has said.”
Micek included in his report Bethlehem police Sgt. Don Hoffman’s statement that “criminals and outlaws break the law regardless of what the law says,” a good reminder that many police officers–the people who deal with criminals up close and personal on a daily basis–do not believe that restricting good Americans’ rights is the solution to misdeeds by the aberrant few among us.
Micek’s straightforward and refreshingly objective article can be seen at www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a6_5mayors.6850510apr10,0,6802065.story.
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April 11, 2009
While surfing around WordPress I found this. It is just to good not to pass on to others! Enjoy!
p.s. I think this is humor, and didn’t really happen.
Ya Gotta Love Ted
Ted Nugent, rock star and avid bow hunter from Michigan , was being
interviewed by a French journalist, an animal rights activist. The
discussion came around to deer hunting. The journalist asked, ‘ What
do you think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you
shoot him? Is it, ‘ Are you my friend? ‘ or is it ‘ Are you the one
who killed my brother? ‘ Nugent replied, ‘ Deer aren ‘ t capable of
that kind of thinking. All they care about is, what am I going to eat
next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get
away. They are very much like the French. ‘ The interview ended.
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Tags:Deer Hunting, Humor, Hunting, News, Politics, Ted Nugent
Posted in Humor, Hunting Fishing and the Great Outdoors, News, Stupid is as Stupid Does, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
April 9, 2009
Register, confiscate, then collect, and oppress. The history of gun control!
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dropped a verbal bombshell in the middle of an interview on Good Morning America April 7. Responding to a question from ABC’s Robin Roberts, Pelosi said that while Congress apparently does not want to take anyone’s guns away, “We want them registered.”
Read About It: The Examiner
In recent months, the Supreme Court has ruled in a very- in a direction that gives more opportunity for people to have guns. We never denied that right. We don’t want to take their guns away. We want them registered.
Read About It: NewsBusters
Tags:Bill of Rights, Constitution, Gun Control, gun registration, History, News, Pelosi treason, Politics
Posted in Editorial, Opinion, Education, Gun Control, Historical Quotes, Law, mysandry, News, Non Compos Mentis, Politics, Stupid is as Stupid Does, Wordpress Political Blogs | 6 Comments »
April 9, 2009
But the most important battles are still to come
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thank you for your activism last week on the budget resolution,
especially given the short notice. (Please realize that GOA has no
control over when votes are scheduled, so sometimes we have to alert you
with little time before the vote takes place!)
While the budget resolution for fiscal year 2010 has now passed the
Senate and the House in different forms, we were able to secure some
significant victories in the Senate.
First, with 64 favorable votes, the Senate passed an amendment by Sen.
Roger Wicker (R-MS) to force the federally subsidized Amtrak to allow
passengers to carry firearms in checked bags.
In addition, the Senate adopted an amendment offered by Senator James
DeMint (R-SC) to prohibit any system of nationalized health care which
would prevent Americans from being able to select their doctors and
insurance companies.
This amendment could make it more difficult to institute either
socialized medicine or a Massachusetts-style insurance that requires
everyone to purchase [government approved?] insurance.
This is good news for gun owners. A "mandated" insurance
system could
not only cost you up to $1,000 month, but could also result in your most
sensitive personal information being placed in a medical database --
information that could easily be used to put more names on the gun
prohibition list (NICS).
The budget resolution now goes to conference committee, where
anti-gunners are expected to strip out both of our pro-gun amendments.
But these amendments did pin senators down on important issues early in
the budget war, which was an important strategic objective.
It is unclear when the conference report on the budget resolution will
be sent back to the Senate and the House. One possibility is that the
resolution will be held in conference until September.
The Democrat leadership has ominously threatened to produce a bill that
would require mandatory health insurance.
They are not talking about this openly, but as a recent editorial in The
Washington Post confessed: "Though only some of the players [on Capitol
Hill] will say so now, the [health care] plan will ultimately include a
mandate requiring everyone to have insurance." (April 6, 2009)
You see, the power players on Capitol Hill are not admitting this openly
because the American people oppose it. But if they set in motion a
process to help sneak such a "mandate" into law, then gun
owners will
only have a few weeks to stop it in September.
This is why we need to keep the pressure on liberty-leaning Senators
during the ensuing months. Please stay tuned.
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Olofson Update
David Olofson continues to languish in prison for a malfunctioning
rifle. GOA attorneys made oral arguments before the federal appeals
court in Chicago on January 23. They pointed out that the government
withheld from the jury that the Supreme Court itself, along with a
government training manual, has made it clear that a gun functioning
like Olofson's was not a machine gun but simply a malfunctioning gun.
If this decision is not overturned, any owner of a semi-automatic
firearm could find himself sitting in jail next to David Olofson.
Generous individuals have made monthly commitments of $10 a month (or
more). This has enabled Candy Olofson to take care of their three kids
and keep her job as a nurse without having to get a second job. The
Olofson Relief Fund has been making the monthly payments of
approximately $1300 combined for the family car and mortgage.
Understandably, some have had to stop making their monthly
contributions. Can you step up to the plate and take their place? If
so, please go to http://gunowners.org/olofson.htm and use your favorite
credit card to make an automatic monthly donation of $10 (or more).
If you can't commit to a monthly charge, that same page accepts one-time
donations... every little bit helps.
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Tags:BATFE thugs, Education, Gun Control, Gun Owners of America, News, Olofson case, Politics
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April 8, 2009
More good writing from an Examiner author!
Credit all of the state legislatures around the country that made it a crime to murder people. This has been the situation in this country even before we were a country, so the laws against murder are not new, and could not possibly have been overlooked by killers, no matter who they are.
Read About It: The Examiner
Tags:Gun Control, News, Politics
Posted in Editorial, Opinion, Education, Gun Control, Law, mysandry, News, Non Compos Mentis, Politics, Wordpress Political Blogs | Comments Off on Someone forgot to tell killers that murder is against the law
April 8, 2009
Well imagine that? Why could this be? Perhaps because even many democrats don’t trust the imposter in chief and his administration?
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In Gallup polling conducted prior to last week’s gun massacre at an immigrant center in Binghamton, N.Y., only 29% of Americans said the possession of handguns by private citizens should be banned in the United States. While similar to the 30% recorded in 2007, the latest reading is the smallest percentage favoring a handgun ban since Gallup first polled on this nearly 50 years ago.
Read About It: Gallup Poll
Tags:Gallup Poll, Gun Control, News, Politics
Posted in Editorial, Opinion, Education, Gun Control, Law, mysandry, News, Non Compos Mentis, Politics, Wordpress Political Blogs | 1 Comment »
April 8, 2009
Okay folks, I don’t know how on earth this slipped past me, but better late then never I suppose, and yes, the NRA should have proof read this before posting it. SOURCE
| Friday, April 03, 2009 |
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| For those of you who don’t closely follow local politics in Manhattan, Richard Aborn, former president of then-Handgun Control, Inc. (now Brady Center) is running for Manhattan DA, and he has secured some endorsements for his race based in large part on his support for gun control.
Former New York City Police Department and current Los Angeles police commissioner Bill Bratton blessed Aborn’s race, noting their working relationship on, among other items, the Brady bill. Bratton also cited Aborn’s work with Mayor Bloomberg on “meaningful gun control and regulation.”
Aborn was also endorsed by NY Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell, brother of the well-known, shrill, anti-gun crusader, Rosie O’Donnell. Danny O’Donnell cited the following in issuing his endorsement:
“When it comes to which person will crack down on crime while protecting civil liberties and defending progressive values, there is no one more qualified for Manhattan D.A. than Richard Aborn. Whether it’s taking on the NRA on guns, investigating police misconduct, or ensuring equal access to justice, Richard has shown he never backs down from a fight. He will bring his deep commitment to justice to the office of District Attorney.”
Someone needs to educate Assemblyman O’Donnell that “protecting civil liberties” while whittling away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans are mutually exclusive.
And finally, from Aborn’s own campaign site, he lists these bona fides:
GUN CONTROL LEADER
- President, Handgun Control, Inc. (now the Brady Campaign), 1992-1996
- Principal strategist behind passage of the Brady Bill, the national assault weapons ban, and the ban on large volume clips
- Board member, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence,
and Harlem Mothers SAVE
Enough said. |
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April 5, 2009
In yet another mind-boggling illustration that much of the upper echelon of American leadership, even some military leadership, is totally detached from reality, the United States Navy has given Rep. “Fightin'” John Murtha (D-PA) its Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest public service recognition given to a non-employee by the Department of the Navy. This would be the same John Murtha who, in May 2006, slandered U.S. Marines by accusing them of war crimes, saying they were nothing but “cold-blooded killers” who “murdered innocent civilians.”
The Navy’s perverse citation says that Murtha “ensured” that the America’s sailors and Marines “were provided the resources necessary to effectively conduct the global war on terrorism.” Words fail us in trying to describe the juxtaposition of Murtha’s award with his actions in the real world.
Needless to say, there are plenty of folks who are displeased with the Navy’s actions. The director of the Vets For Freedom Educational Institute, Gabe Ledeen, who is also a Marine veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, has posted a “Don’t Honor John Murtha” petition online, rightly saying that Murtha is unworthy of such an award. The petition calls on Murtha to “apologize for slandering the Marines … and for undermining the efforts of those servicemen and women who fought in Iraq,” pointing out that Murtha “has routinely and deliberately undermined the United States military, slandered servicemen serving in combat, and caused irreparable damage to our international reputation.” If Murtha doesn’t apologize, the award should be rescinded. Perhaps those in the Navy responsible for this decision should also apologize for giving a lying, treasonous coward one of its highest awards.
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April 5, 2009
What follows is an article that points out the utter failure by the current administration to understand fundamental principles of economics, and just about every other aspect of governing.
The nation’s Kommissar of Economic Cheerleading, a.k.a. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, unveiled his plan to save our ailing economy this week — the so-called Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP). The announcement was punctuated by a much-ballyhooed 500-point surge in the Dow, an indication that the market, at least, likes PPIP. But why wouldn’t it? Investors tend to appreciate “free” money.
At its core, PPIP provides investors with mega-leveraged government financing. Patterned roughly after the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) thrift bailout plan of the late ’80s, PPIP is composed of two parts: The first part addresses “legacy” loans; the second, “legacy” securities. “Legacy,” incidentally, is the new kinder-gentler buzzword for “toxic,” as in “toxic assets,” the former nom du jour for radioactive financial instruments like subprime mortgages and mortgage-derived securities.
PPIP offers private investors enormous amounts of cheap, taxpayer-backed financing for every dollar they put up of their own money. Under the program, government lends up to 85 percent of investor funding, with the Treasury “investing” one dollar of taxpayer money for each private capital dollar to cover the remaining 15 percent.
From an investor’s standpoint, of course, there’s no personal downside. Investors leverage government money at a 6-to-1 ratio and the lion’s share of any losses generated are absorbed by taxpayers. Thus, if a borrower defaults on his mortgage, the government would only be able to seize the real estate — private investors walk away relatively unhurt.
Independent of taxpayer liability, however, the program is not without risk. As indicated by Vincent Reinhart, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar and director of the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve, PPIP assumes that “assets are troubled because their true values are obscured by irrational self-doubt and market illiquidity, and not by fundamental problems in the prospects of repayment. It also assumes that the solution to problems created by excessive leverage is for government to encourage more leverage.”
Apart from PPIP, our strategic issue, the elephant in the room, is one of accountability. Helped by a willing media, the central focus has been shifting from Congress and the Executive branches to business. Still, for all the finger pointing at banks and insurers, and for all post-hoc economic crater repairing, we hope those as yet unenlightened Americans who have been blinded by the Obama media will soon learn the origins of this mess: government.
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April 5, 2009
The Senate this week significantly slowed the progress of a punitive 90 percent tax on bonuses for executives of companies receiving federal bailout money. Reflecting the cooling position of the White House, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that the upper chamber would first debate a bill for national service followed by the 2010 budget. Last week, Reid planned to bring the bill to the floor right after it passed the House 328-93. So, what changed Harry’s mind?
President Obama’s recent statement that “We cannot govern out of anger” played a part, though this was also a significant change from what he had said just a few days prior. Obama first said he would “pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses.” Therein lies the problem. This tax may actually be unconstitutional, and if the White House is not going to support it, then the Senate is likely to retreat.
The Constitution specifically outlaws bills of attainder, measures that impose punishments on a select group through legislation without trial. The tax currently being proposed is a direct result of the revelation that American International Group, the poster child of the recent federal bailout craze, was about to pay $165 million in bonuses to its top executives. Congress was outraged that AIG would have the nerve to make such a move, particularly after the federal government bought an 80 percent stake in the foundering company for the bargain price of $170 billion. Claiming that their punitive tax is not a bill of attainder is a bit disingenuous. However, the statements of politicians alone cannot be counted on to hold up in court. After all, politicians will say anything. Therefore, the burden of proof in the constitutionality of the tax lies in its impetus. Is it meant to punish greedy AIG execs, or is it meant to protect the massive, and unsolicited, support of the taxpayers?
On the other hand, the issue may just fizzle out. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo successfully persuaded at least 15 AIG bonus recipients to return up to $50 million in bonus money. He hopes to recover up to $80 million in total — the other $85 million was given to employees outside the U.S. and is therefore, as even he admits, out of his jurisdiction. Cuomo’s efforts may thus save the constitutional law professor in chief from getting into a protracted argument over constitutional issues. After all, the president needs to preserve his diminishing political capital for another day.
One area in which Obama is considering spending some political capital is his idea to regulate pay for all executives, regardless of prior federal involvement. If he wants “Atlas Shrugged” to further come to life, that’s one way to do it. Companies that cannot determine the salaries of their own management will take their business overseas, and executives who don’t get paid what they are worth could go the way of Rand’s protagonist, John Galt. Government has no business making decisions regarding pay in the private sector, any more than it does in making decisions on prices — an unconstitutional folly perpetrated before.
An interesting addendum: AIG is suing the IRS to recover $306 million in taxes, interest, penalties and court costs. AIG maintains that the IRS inaccurately determined the company improperly claimed $62 million in tax credits and that the agency also billed AIG for taxes it claims the company should have paid. Many see the lawsuit as the high point of gall, but the fact is, if the company did indeed overpay its taxes or was improperly charged by the IRS, it has a duty to rectify the situation for its shareholders, who are now predominantly American taxpayers.
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