GUNS: An elderly beaten unconscious man awoke and shot the man

Saturday, July 28, 2007

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QL3RVO0&show_article=1

Cops: Man, 93, Shoots Violent Robber
Jul 27 02:46 PM US/Eastern

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EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) – An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said.

Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted the man and was struck at least 50 times, police said. He was knocked unconscious.

Covered in blood, Hill regained consciousness a short time later and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on his attacker. The suspect, Douglas B. Williams Jr., saw the gun and charged the man, who fired a bullet that struck Williams in the throat, police said.

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My only criticism is that the old gent didn’t clean up the gene pool while he was at it. When you’re in that situation, you just empty the gun at the bad guy.

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RANT: Tax revolt?

Saturday, July 28, 2007

http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0813/033a.html

Digital Rules
The Coming Blue State Tax Revolt
Rich Karlgaard 08.13.07, 12:00 AM ET

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Markets decide house prices. People decide tax rates. I have a hunch we’ll see a Blue State tax revolt soon.

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Everyone should be revolting about taxes. It’s the producers versus the takers. No one should be getting a “free ride”. I’ll decide about charity. No some politician with my money. And certainly not some faceless bureaucrat.

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INTERESTING: Robert A. Heinlein’s Legacy

Saturday, July 28, 2007

http://opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010381

Robert A. Heinlein’s Legacy
As they say on the moon, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch!”
BY TAYLOR DINERMAN
Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT

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In 1958, in response to what he saw as a liberal effort to weaken America’s military, he set aside the “Sex and God” book on which he had been working and wrote “Starship Troopers.” This was probably his most controversial book. In it he imagines a future society in which the right to vote must be earned by volunteering for service, including service in the military. In response to claims that the book glorifies the military, he wrote: “It does indeed. Specifically, the P.B.I., the Poor Bloody Infantry, the mudfoot who puts his frail body between his loved home and the war’s desolation–but is rarely appreciated.”

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I read that in high school, and I still think that the “right to vote” should be earned. The book makes the point that only vets understand. Everybody else is “debating society” (quoting from memory). I know one thing. If only vets were voting, then there would be far fewer wars! I’m a legatee of Heinlein. And, I grok liberty!

P.S.: The reviewer forgot the ants quote.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

None of which can be done by any graduates of gooferment schools these days.

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MONEY: Renewed my XM subscription

Saturday, July 28, 2007

OK, it’s Frau’s subscription, but it was a “honey do”! It was interesting that there was a 28% discount for a multi year subscription. There were no human beings handling the call. (Activating Frau’s replacement credit card was an automated experience as well. Another honey do! She lose her card and I get work to do. Sigh!) Of interest in this exchange was that there was no confirmation number. And, a lot of dumb repetition. Sigh. SO, if the transaction gets “lost”, how do I prove I did it. Better yet, how do I get credit for completing a honey do?

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MONEY: Renewed my XM subscription

Saturday, July 28, 2007

OK, it’s Frau’s subscription, but it was a “honey do”! It was interesting that there was a 28% discount for a multi year subscription. There were no human beings handling the call. (Activating Frau’s replacement credit card was an automated experience as well. Another honey do! She lose her card and I get work to do. Sigh!) Of interest in this exchange was that there was no confirmation number. And, a lot of dumb repetition. Sigh. SO, if the transaction gets “lost”, how do I prove I did it. Better yet, how do I get credit for completing a honey do?

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RANT: Edwards: “They want to shut me up” Yup, I do!

Saturday, July 28, 2007

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0707/Edwards_They_want_to_shut_me_up.html

July 27, 2007
Edwards: “They want to shut me up”

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This stuff’s not an accident. Nobody in this room should think this is an accident. You know, I’m out there speaking up for universal healthcare, ending this war in Iraq, speaking up for the poor. They want to shut me up. That’s what this is about. “Let’s distract from people who don’t have health care coverage. Let’s distract from people who can’t feed their children…. Let’s talk about this silly frivolous nothing stuff so that America won’t pay attention.”

They will never silence me. Never.

If we don’t stand up to these people, if we don’t fight em, if we don’t beat them, they’re going to continue to control this country. Thye’re going to control the media. They’re going to control what’s being said. They do not want to hear us talking about health care for everybody.

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“Universalhealthcare”!?!

Please a tax funded boobdoggle (Not just an ordinary boodoggle! This appeals to boobs who can’t see the “barbara streisand” he’s peddling!) boon to the medical establishment, gooferment bureaucrats of all shapes ‘n’ sizes, and the trial lawyers.

The Soviet Union demonstrated how well <insert favorite service> can be delivered by the gooferment. Examine how well the Post Office delivers mail. Is the VA the exemplar of how the gooferment will provide you health care. We already have working examples about how everyday health care will be delivered by the gooferment — Medicare and Medicaid. We already have examples of “universal healthcare” Canada, England, and Australia.

No, “universal healthcare” is an attempt by the politicians, who created the problem with various laws, to convince us to let them “solve” it.

Shut up and sit down, Senator.

You’ve contributed to the mess, voted for the war, and gotten some expensive hair cuts.

You are a joke. Time for you to get a real job.

My fellow alum had a great cartoon (http://www.jerrybreen.com)

xcaricature hillbillies

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FUN: Latest Die Hard movie

Saturday, July 28, 2007

I was a good boy this week so Frau took me to see the latest Die Hard movie. I enjoyed it. Some what believable premise. Unbelievable scrapes. But a nice root ’em toot ’em shoot ’em up. I love “cowboy” movies. Yippeee Kye yah … …

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