GUNS: Plaxico is sacrificed over “victim disarmament”

Monday, April 6, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/football/04rhoden.html

Sports of The Times
Released by Giants, Burress Loses His Football Family
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN
Published: April 3, 2009

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A few days after committing the blunder of his life last year, Plaxico Burress sat in a Giants office with a look on his face that General Manager Jerry Reese had never seen before.

Reese had seen plenty — mostly disinterested looks through all the fines and suspensions levied during the course of Burress’s four years with the Giants. The lectures all seemed to go over, under and around Burress, but never seemed to penetrate.

Then on Nov. 29, Burress crossed the line. He accidentally shot himself in the thigh in a Manhattan nightclub with an unlicensed gun he had tucked into his waistband. Burress was charged with two counts of criminal weapons possession. Worse, his recklessness incurred the wrath of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has made the prosecution of illegal weapons possession one of his pet projects.

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If we were following that worthless piece of paper (i.e., the Constitution), this would be a non-issue.

The RKBA shall not be infringed!

So, while he may have been stupid or inept, he did have a right to that gun. He did have a right to defend himself. No one addresses the reasons why football players were afraid.

While I won’t get on his jury, one can only hope he gets some “gun nuts” on the jury. Or, some one who’s read the FIJA literature.

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GOVERNACIDE: Binghamton victims were un_Constitutionally disarmed.

Monday, April 6, 2009

http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/04/06/binghamton-victims-died-seeking-better-lives/

Binghamton victims died seeking better lives

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Glen Beck’s site doesn’t place the blame squarely on the politicians who set up the conditions necessary to allow this to happen — victims who were un_Constitutionally disarmed.

Naturally, I left a comment:

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Sorry, the Binghamton victims died because of New York State’s unconstitutional victim disarmament, aka gun control, laws. The center had no security. People rely on the “police” that are merely paper pushers. One concealed carry permit in that crowd and we would have a vastly different story. It works. Sprinkle a few “sheepdogs” in among the sheep and everyone is protected. Sorry, but it’s a fact of life. You have to protect yourself and your loved ones. Ignoring the security problem doesn’t make it go away. Even if the police were perfect; they can’t be there when the problems occur. Only a well armed citizenry can be the “police”. Take any of these mass murders and do a mental experiment. If we have, even under these draconian laws, 130 million guns in a population of 300 million, lets ASSUME that 10% of the populace chooses to arm themselves. That means that in the 14 dead, there would be one armed defender. And, in the 30 or so people in the center, there might be three armed defenders. I’m happy to give my fellow Americans — citizen or not — their right to defend their own lives. Just as I would want the same right. Glenn has a long way to go before he’s a “libertarian”. First, he has to put the blame squarely on the gooferment for setting up the conditions for this disaster, and so many others! imho!

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WHICH DREW A RESPONSE:

CENTERLEFT said: “You assume that all these gun-toting, would be heros can shoot straight in the high stress situation of a crazy gunman opening fire on a crowd. That would not be my assumption. I feel I would be in as much danger from a stray bullet from a bystander. as I would be from the crazy shooter himself.“

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@centerleft No I don’t assume that anyone can shoot straight under stress.

(Humorously, the police are far worse shooters than dedicated amateurs. Just check with any police range officer who will be honest or any cun club open event. It’s scary that we give these people guns. That’s where you should be afraid!)

My assumptiona dn hope is that just the threat of “sheepdogs” mixed in with the sheep will dicourage any would be gun man. There have been several examples of gunman being shot while they reloaded by an armed bystander.

The point is that the police can’t be everywhere. And, We The People are the “police”. See Katrina after the evacuation. It’s our willingness to stand up for what’s right and our fellow human beings that will count.

If I had a Concealed Carry Permit, I’d got o Front Sight for their four day training and spend more time at the range to maintain my proficiency. But, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee doesn’t permit its “citizens”. See the elite remember the American Revolution.

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RANT: Obama’s False Choice; put us all on a plantation or a death camp!

Monday, April 6, 2009

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjBlNjQyNzYzNzk2YjBhNjg4NDM2Y2I5MjJkMDYzNjQ=&w=MQ==

Obama’s False Choice
By Mark Steyn

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His plan to reduce tax deductions for charitable giving, for example, is not intended primarily to raise revenue, but to advance government as the distributor of largesse and diminish alternative sources of societal organization, such as civic groups. Likewise, his big plans for socialized health care, a green economy, universal college education: They’re about extending the reach of the state.

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It is hard to imagine Obama’s vision.

Charity by the government; think the welfare office.

Socialized heath care; think the VA killing vets.

Green economy; massive regulation of every facet of our lives to be “green”.

Universal College education; close the parochial schools and everyone is taught the “religion” of big gooferment.

Sad future!

Hard to see how this is avoided without pain, death, and a revolt!

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MONEY: Fiat currency kills the American Dream

Sunday, April 5, 2009

http://www.dailyreckoning.com/dinosaur-economists-and-their-paper-currency/

Dinosaur Economists and their Paper Currency
By The Mogambo Guru

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So the question is, “Is all that spending additive?” I mean, do you add 14% plus 7%? If so, then isn’t government spending 21% of Gross Domestic Product enough to kill the economy a dozen times over, which is what happens every other time in all of history when some brain-dead government of some idiotic country full of childishly-trusting morons allows their corrupt government to spend more than it takes in by creating as much fiat currency as it wants?

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Amazing about the amount of “counterfeit money” the gooferment is going to push out.

Where does it end? Who winds up holding the bag? When does the “barbara streisand” hit the fan?

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POLITICIAL: BIG GOVERNMENT can’t solve problems

Sunday, April 5, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french111.html

The Lies are Sacred, Blessed by Government
by Doug French

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The real trouble, as professor Cleveland points out, is that the vast majority of people have accepted big government as the solver of all problems, thus Obama’s overwhelming election victory. Education is what is needed to fix this problem. It won’t happen overnight, but if more young people read sound, well-written books like professor Cleveland’s, the nation will ultimately return to its roots.

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As Regan said, “Government isn’t the solution; it’s the problem”.

How right he was.

Unfortunately, the sheep people won’t understand that,

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INTERESTING: Deficits matter!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhtTfK6Vuz8&feature=player_embedded

Worst Case: The Day The Dollar Falls Part 1/6

A 2005 Dutch film about TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) caused by a financial panic. All caused by big US deficits.

Interesting?

Maybe the fellow just had the year and President wrong.

Now we have Trillion Dollar Deficits for forever.

Scary!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: The Government is arming the drug cartels?

Friday, April 3, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gaddy/gaddy54.html

Who Is Arming the Mexican Drug Cartels?
by Michael Gaddy

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Wednesday, on MSNBC, in an interview by Andrea Mitchell, New York Congressional Representative, Nita Lowey stated 97% of the guns in the hands of the Mexican drug cartels originated in the US. Representative Lowey, in her support for a new Assault Weapons Ban, alleges these firearms are coming from the American gun owner. She is correct in her assertion many of the firearms being used by the cartels are coming from Americans. They are, but, from the American taxpayer, not the American gun owner!

The fact is: the Mexican authorities have refused to release the serial numbers of weapons confiscated from drug cartel members. Releasing the serial numbers would implicate the corrupt governments of the US and Mexico and their involvement in arming the drug cartels.

Considering the above, it is my belief the Mexican drug cartels are procuring a large percentage of weapons from the world’s largest supplier of these weapons: the United States government!

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Certainly sounds like it.

We could eliminate this non-sense by ending the “drug war” in the US.

Imagine a country where what you put in your body was your personal business.

End welfare and then there’s no illegal immigrants.

End the drug war and let WalMart become the nation’s “drug dealer”.

Bet they do a far better job of cleaning up the problem.

Bud and Miller route salesmen don’t shoot it out.

No more drug overdose deaths from drugs cut with rat poison or not cut at all.

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RANT: Obama flub or secret message?

Friday, April 3, 2009

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93696

WND Exclusive PHOTONETDAILY
Obama bows to Saudi king
Greeting called ‘most unbecoming for president of the United States’
Posted: April 02, 2009 4:12 pm Eastern

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But the traditional Miss Manners book of etiquette advises: “One does not bow or curtsy to a foreign monarch because the gesture symbolizes recognition of her power over her subjects.”

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Maybe he’s just acknowledging that the Saudi’s and OPEC have “owned” the USA for a long time.

If I was Prez, we’d have atomic reactors on the express track to eliminating our dependence on foreign oil.

But, that’s not going to happen any time soon.

My Prez agenda:

  1. Convert back to gold standard. REpeal all legal tender laws. Peg the dollar to some amount of gold.
  2. End the drug war. Pardon all non-violent drug offenders.
  3. End the corporate income tax, death tax, and graduated income tax. Figure out how to convert from an income tax to a sales tax at a low rate.
  4. Privatize education! Shut down the Education Department.
  5. Privatize farming. Shut down the Ag Department. Eliminate all price controls.  

Pretty busy first day. Have to think about what I’d do on Day#2!

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JOBFINDING: Boston, MA using MS SharePoint, and .NET

Friday, April 3, 2009

In the spirit of Sergeant Schultz as played by John Banner “I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!” “I know nothing, nothing! Nuthing at all.” I really have nothing to add!

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Please send a resume to me if you’re interested in a full time role in Boston, MA using MS SharePoint, and .NET.

Ideal candidate will have experience with small business applications. Company is well known and financially very stable.

All the best, please consider network with me regarding this role.

Stephen Botelho
stephen@insurancetechies.com
President, InsuranceTechies & Energy Underwriters
617-875-0075 Cell
http://www.insurancetechies.com
http://www.energyunderwriters.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbotelho

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POLITICS: small government is possible™

Friday, April 3, 2009

http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001AmRJH6gcAp4RQjXhRaRHuHa2V3d7TY6lkxqezsVZcdQrIP01IKsDccjpo8k85vXHxCHZlr44jWwkhVmSxjXxlrOfkHsf_qc2M_-5prs7zks%3D

Small Government News
small government is possible™
Thursday April 2, 2009
Publisher: Carla Howell
Editor: Michael Cloud

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“Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”

-Tom Paine

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Big Government must close its doors forever — and leave nothing but small government, limited to defending our lives, liberties, and property. And the prosperity produced by a thriving, booming private enterprise system, in a swiftly-growing private sector.

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As a country, we have a lot of “clutter” in the gooferment. Time to clean it out. Legitimate government has only one legitimate function to protect our rights from foreign and domestic aggression.

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