Justices extend gun owner rights nationwide

Justices extend gun owner rights nationwide.

By MARK SHERMAN


The Associated Press

Monday, June 28, 2010; 10:46 AM


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution's Second Amendment restrains government's ability to significantly limit "the right to keep and bear arms," advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights.

By a narrow, 5-4 vote, the justices also signaled, however, that some limitations on the right could survive legal challenges.

Writing for the court in a case involving restrictive laws in Chicago and one of its suburbs, Justice Samuel Alito said that the Second Amendment right "applies equally to the federal government and the states."

The court was split along familiar ideological lines, with five conservative-moderate justices in favor of gun rights and four liberals opposed. Chief Justice Roberts voted with the majority.

Two years ago, the court declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess guns, at least for purposes of self-defense in the home.

That ruling applied only to federal laws. It struck down a ban on handguns and a trigger lock requirement for other guns in the District of Columbia, a federal city with a unique legal standing. At the same time, the court was careful not to cast doubt on other regulations of firearms here.

Gun rights proponents almost immediately filed a federal lawsuit challenging gun control laws in Chicago and its suburb of Oak Park, Ill, where handguns have been banned for nearly 30 years. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence says those laws appear to be the last two remaining outright bans.

Lower federal courts upheld the two laws, noting that judges on those benches were bound by Supreme Court precedent and that it would be up to the high court justices to ultimately rule on the true reach of the Second Amendment.

The Supreme Court already has said that most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights serve as a check on state and local, as well as federal, laws.

Monday's decision did not explicitly strike down the Chicago area laws, ordering a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling. But it left little doubt that they would eventually fall.

Still, Alito noted that the declaration that the Second Amendment is fully binding on states and cities "limits (but by no means eliminates) their ability to devise solutions to social problems that suit local needs and values."

Your Right to Own a Gun. (FoxBusinessNetwork)

I was listening to Fox News on my XM radio the other day and happened to listen to John Stossel promoting this piece.  What surprised me is during the promo interview John gave a quick background on himself.  He stated that he is a former/recovering liberal who has developed libertarian view because he truly investigated issues and strives to be intellectually honest with himself and the world.



Related post: The gun is civilization

Time Traveler Essentials Shirt

If traveling back in time be sure to be wearing this shirt: Time Traveler Essentials Shirt.  I dont know if it will be any help if traveling to the future but who knows? By the way, if you are traveling back in time please bring me your worthless paper currency from the future an leave it with me,  I will exchange it for you in  gold a 1/2 the going rate and promise not to tell anyone about your time traveling.  Also if you travel back and get rich and powerful because of this shirt please mail me a check for any amount between the years of  1980 and my death,  but sometime around 6/22/10 would be pretty cool.  I will check my mailbox tomorrow and thank you.  Helpful note: Wash dishes to get started if ya got no cash.  It's a great way to get started in a strange land but this applies both to time travel as well as travel through parallel universes.

Aurora Sentinel Archives Opinion Columnists Green: Obama is a victim of Bush's failed promises

Aurora Sentinel Archives Opinion Columnists Green: Obama is a victim of Bush's failed promises

Green is a life long liberal Democrat, and may just be one of the first examples of rats leaving the sinking ship.

The Gun is Civilization

My buddy the Red Bearded MeatHead sent me this. (Havent verified yet but is pretty good stuff) Now verified and propper credits given.

The Gun is Civilization
by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
by Marko Kloos
Original  : The munchkin wrangler
Corrected by Larry in comments. (Thanks!)

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.

The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat-- it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed.

People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.

Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.

People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.

The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.

When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation... and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act.

By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
by Marko Kloos

Just a thought. An Ayn Rand quote.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.

Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Ayn Rand

 

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone.

Gibbs sidesteps Social Security question.

Asked about affidavits that Obama's ID was assigned to Connecticut address Gibbs sidesteps deflects and plays the "Bither Card".

Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the state. In addition, the records indicate the number was issued between 1977 and 1979, yet Obama's earliest employment reportedly was in 1975 at a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shop in Oahu, Hawaii.


Does the Social Security Administration ever re-issue Social Security numbers?
Never, It's against the law for a person to have a re-issued or second Social Security number issued.

Related Story:  Investigators: Obama uses Connecticut Soc. Sec. Number

At a minimum someone doctored his Selective Service registration.
Read this from back in 2008 by Debbie Schlussel. Did Next Commander-in-Chief Falsify Selective Service Registration? Never Actually Register? Obama’s Draft Registration Raises Serious Questions
Pretty compelling.

I know you cant get student loans, work for the govt. and get security clearances without registering with the selective service. (Bet ya cant be a US Senator either!)

My open question to the world:  Who vetted Barry for his US Senate run?

Thanks to cmblake6  for the heads up on this story!

"Well I'll be Wookie’s uncle........" says young Skywalker

I have been gently, and not so gently for that matter, reminded that it has been some time since my last posting here at The BruHa by several very close friends. I would like to say I am back, things are well.  My biggest excuse for not posting is that a lot of my time has been trying to start my own business in a an economy that refuses to cooperate. There are other reasons as well, such as doubt that anyone reads this crap, my laziness and apathy, and traveling.

The first thing of many  I have learned in taking some time off is that putting something up every day is hard work. My hat is off to all those out there that blog several good and entertaining posts every day.  (Special thanks to cmblake6 and The LaSalamander for getting my ass in gear.)


Second  is that people from all over the world will show up and visit your if you have a link to a naked girl  naked woman or stripper.  Links to guns and firearms are the next best.  This Link: Naked Girl with gun is for thoes who search for such a things, an experiment to see how many people show up for this link, and just maybe someone will stick around read and comment.  BTW, my most visited page is this: Activists protest Va. strip club's Obama banner and most likely just for the link to the stripper.  I just love the Law Of Unintended Consequences!  More than a few people have read this article and maybe an eye or two has been opened.

Ayn Rand - Rationalization Catch Phrases

Feel the love.

Tea Party Infiltrators at the Jacksonville Landing

I attended the Jacksonville I am against over-taxation and the Nanny State Tea Party last night and had a pretty good time.  Like last year the turn out was pretty good, the speakers, though obviously novices were impassioned and patriotic.  The organizers, speakers as well as the mainstream attendees were polite and enthusiastic.  I was proud to have been in attendance and made some new friends. ( High Five to "Short guy" from the 82nd airborne!)  I also met LeAnne Kolb who is running for the house District 3, and if you now Florida house seats that is Corine Browns district.  If you want a good laugh just watch Corrine Brown  in action: Go Gata!  LeAnn has a long way to go. She is just starting out and Browns district is one of the most Gerrymandered districts in FL. I wish her the best of luck.

As for the infiltrators, this photo is of two moonbat dweeb lefftards that decided to try to stir things up.  Moonbat 1&2 decided to talk shit, loudly I might add.  The navy guys next to us called them out on it and that's why JSO officer is keeping watch on them.  Hired help in this photo-is a local vagrant/ret-a drunk. 

Some notes on the "hired help guy".  His shirt was brand new. It had fresh packaging fold creases in it.  He also carried a screwdriver in his back pocket, but he probably calls it a "shank" or a "shiv".  He seemed to be moving around the crowd quite a bit and at times he was seen to carrying a motorcycle helmet though I doubt he has one.  He also showed up real quick when the Navy dudes called the Moonbats out and got between them.  JSO watched him pretty close.

As for the moonbats, the just their mouths trying to start shit.  Moonbat 2 said to me, "Yeah,  I know who John Galt is.", referring to my shirt.  I politely let him know that I found it hard to believe he read read over 2,000 pages of anything in his entire life, and that he and his buddy should go home, put a frozen pizza in the toaster oven and jerk off to 4chan.  They looked a bit supprised about the last bit, I think it hit too close to home.

Then there was photographer guy.  He did not listen, clap, cheer or anything.  All he did is take pictures.  He took pictures of people and signs. Specificly close ups of faces. He paled around with another guy that did not seem into the rally and also hid when he noticed I was trying to take his picture.


I would love to know who these people are.  If you know, please tell.

I'll have a beer, just one please.

Story: Are you ready for beer with 32% alcohol content?

The beer, called Tactical Nuclear Penguin is made by Scottish microbrewery BrewDog

Reads the label on the bottle:

“This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. It is exactly the same manner you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.

"BrewDog has already faced opposition to their high-alcohol beverages on their own soil. Regulators ordered their Toyko beer, with an 18.2% alcohol content, be pulled from shelves over the company's marketing of the product. BrewDog responded by releasing a 1.1% alcohol beer they dubbed Nanny State"



Tactical Nuclear Penguin from BrewDog on Vimeo.

Army to court martial 'birther' officer. I say bring it on.

Headline on Drudge this morning linking to the MSNBC story Army to court martial 'birther' officer Lt. Col. Terry Lakin. I gave it quick read, looked at peoples comments, may of them accusing him of being a coward and just avoiding duty, but I decided to find out a bit more about him.  

With just a little investigation this man appears to be the real deal.  He wants a Court Martial!

Read:  Terry Lakin's Letter to Obama: April 8, 2010

Please visit and poke around http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/  and make up your own mind.

Update:  Related link on WND NPR changes archive regarding president's birth  Thanks to: http://cmblake6.wordpress.com/

Who is LTC Terry Lakin

Lieutenant Colonel Terrence ("Terry") Lakin serves as Chief of Primary Care and Flight Surgeon for the Pentagon's DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic. He is the lead Flight Surgeon charged with caring for Army Chief of Staff General Casey's pilots and air crew. LTC Lakin, selected for promotion to Colonel, is a native of Colorado, whose residency is Tennessee.

LTC Lakin's numerous awards and decorations include the Army Flight Surgeon Badge, Combat Medical Badge, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Armed Forces Expedition Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon sixth award and the NATO service medal. He has served previously in Honduras, Bosnia, El Salvador, Korea, and Afghanistan.

 For well over a year, LTC Lakin has asked through his chain of command and his Congressional delegation for proof that President Obama is Constitutionally eligible to serve as his Commander-in-Chief. He has explained to his superiors that he cannot understand how his Oath of Office to protect and defend the Constitution does not allow military officers to pursue this proof of eligibility.

LTC Lakin received military orders in late February for deployment to Afghanistan, including a requirement that he provide "copies of his birth certificate." LTC Lakin is prepared to provide a certified copy of his certification of vital record that lists his birth hospital, physician's name and other key information. He has provided this document for many other required processes, such as his commissioning into the military as an officer, his security clearance and his marriage license. He is the highest ranking officer to go public over this controversy and the first active duty officer to do so.

el Clicky for Vid:

Missed by a mile!

This Gem was foound in the comments in the Washinton times article http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/05/missed-mile/

"If Obama were to become a major league pitcher, he would be the worst in history.... he would whine that its not fair that the batters keep advancing to the base on 4 balls, so Obama would demand that the rules be CHANGED so that he could appear as if he's an All Star Pitcher. He would make the strike zone extend from the dirt to the top of the batter's helmet, and when the ESPN clubhouse reporter asks him, "Do you really think its right to change the rules that have governed the game of baseball for over a century just to make it more 'fair' for the pitcher? You do realize, sir, that the pitcher is only one person playing in the game with 17 other players... right?" Obama would answer, "Now, look, I don't think the fans come to the baseball rink to keep track of the 'rules'. People come out here to see me, and to see other big leaguers. I understand that people like you sports reporters love to harp on the rules of the game, or the process by which the game is played, but I don't think that is something the fans come to see. The fans want to come see me be as fair as possible and they come to watch everyone walk off the field a winner. No one even remembers who 'wins' the games...." ESPN reporter, "What do you have to say to those fans outside the park demanding that you restore the rules of the game and those who say that its the consistency of the rules that have made the game such an exestential part of Americana?" Obama, "Those are the same people who protested the idea of integrating the Negro League into the MLB. Those are voices of hate." ESPN reporter, "Actually, sir, I see a group of diverse people out there and I believe that they are professing their LOVE for the game and that your rules change seems arbitrary and damaging." Obama, "Like I said, they are racists. Trust me, if I say it, its true."

U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, the Democratic congressman from the 17th District "I dont worry about the constitution"

U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, the Democratic congressman from the 17th District, generated controversy with a comment about the Constitution in a Thursday meeting in Quincy.



Further insight and the congressman's response: http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display_mobile.php?id=486688

Who reads instructions?

How surprisingly specific.  Don't believe me?  Click for the PDF.

Found at the http://consumerist.com/

If you call a dog's tail a leg, does it have five legs?"

Story: Please dont call it state socialism.

Snipit:

"We're told that for some reason we're not allowed to call the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda "socialism," "communism," "Marxism," "state socialism" "fascism," or anything else that might sound unpleasant.

Much as I hate to cite the tyrant Lincoln, if we call a dog's tail a leg, does it have five legs? Telling us we're not "allowed" to use an accurate label for something doesn't change what it is.

Instead of allowing General Motors and Chrysler to go through normal bankruptcies, through which new and more efficient private operators could have purchased their worthwhile assets while shedding their crippling union contracts, the two giant auto makers have now been effectively nationalized. Meantime, an unelected federal "pay czar" decides on the compensation of executives, even at supposedly private banks that have paid back all their "bailout" loans. Does that sound like the normal function of the American free market, as understood in 1910, 1960 or even 1990?"

Progressivism/liberalism/socialism/fascism/monarchy/oligarchy/dictatorship

Progressivism/liberalism/socialism/fascism/monarchy/oligarchy/dictatorship and other forms of statism are based on the idea that normal people are incapable of handling their own affairs.

They all assume that

(1) there is an elite group of enlightened people who can manage things,

(2) these enlightened despots will not be the same ones who screw up the private organizations that they deem to be the problem in need of fixing,

(3) these will be the people actually put into the positions of authority, and

(4) bureaucrats will be hired to administer the enlightened elite’s dictates.

Unfortunately, that theory quits thinking just before the point where it is clear that

(5) the positions of authority cannot always be filled by the necessary enlightened elite, and

(6) the bureaucrats hired to handle other people’s affairs will be normal people who are incapable of handling their own affairs.

Bureaucrats do not serve the people — they serve the bureaucracy.


(see also: self-licking ice cream cone)

This was blatantly stolen from sondrak because it is so damn good!

From a Doctor Who Will Not Comply

Link: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjY3ZTg2ODNhYTg4ZDUyNjlmNTBmYWI0YmY2YTQ0YTI=

"An M.D. in family practice passed along this letter she sent to her patients after Obamacare became law. She relates that, so far, "100% of those who have contacted me about it have supported me and accepted the new conditions."




March 23, 2010


My Dear Patient,

As you must know, Congress has just passed extensive legislation governing health care delivery and insurance systems. Whether you agree with what it does or not, we are all now subject to this law and its sweeping changes.

I have always conducted my medical practice with my patient’s best interests as my first priority. Although not legally obliged to do so, I have routinely provided you with a receipt that has all the codes necessary to bill your own health insurance company for any reimbursement to which you are entitled. Until now, that insurance company was a free enterprise despite the fact that it was heavily regulated by state and federal laws. Now the situation is quite different. Through the new law’s mandates, regulatory powers and reform, health insurance is and will be largely a government activity which will have an ever larger jurisdiction over how doctors practice, make clinical judgments and are paid.

The new law provides for about 150 new government agencies, many of which are designed to be ‘oversight’ bureaucracies which will have the right to decide what medical care is legal to provide through insurance. Among other things, they will have the right to review my medical care of you and read your medical record. Now, as soon as you submit our economic transaction to your insurance company for reimbursement, you have involved me in these regulations and put me in the jurisdiction of government for my activities, decisions and behavior as your doctor.

No one can have two masters. Either I can serve you as my patient or I can serve the government. Either I can continue to make your welfare and health my only concern, including the protection of your privacy and medical records, or I can abide by ever-increasing amounts of government regulations and dictates to my decisions. I can’t do both. I choose to continue to follow my conscience and practice medicine to serve you.


For this reason, I am responding to the situation created by this new law by exercising my right not to participate in any health insurance program. I will still provide you with the same medical services that I always have, but the interaction will be exclusively and privately between you and me. This means that I will provide you only with a receipt for the services you have paid for, but without the additional information that is required to submit your receipt for reimbursement to your health insurance company. That is the only way I can make sure there will be no conflict between following the law and serving you. Because the law is now in effect, so must these changes be to my practice.

Sincerely,


Linda Johnston, MD

The Health Care Bill Is Not Socialism.

I have taken some time  off to watch the Health Care bill unfold, reserving an immediate opinion until I have fully digested what has happened.  My immediate reaction was that "This is socialism".

But this bill is not socialism, it is Statism using a socialistic tactic. Look at what has been done; You no longer have ownership of you own body. You are taxed/fined by the mere fact of your existence. By definition you are a subject of the State. Your body is now owned by the State. If you refuse to pay your Tax/Fine you will go to Jail. If you refuse to go to jail the State will KILL you. (Now that's healthy) Your life has now become a privilege granted by the State.

My points will not be debated by supporters of this bill in a rational manner. The supporters of this bill and other progressive ideas like this will dismiss me as a nut, but the truth remains. You are no longer a sovereign entity. You are a subject. By no action of your own and only by reason of your existence, you are now coerced to action for the benefit of the State.

What was done is Unconstitutional or more simply stated, against the law and most importantly, immoral.
 
Our fundamental relationship with the government has changed and the change is for the worse.


Links;
GOP Challenges Constitutionality
IRS to Enforce Health Reform

For your vewing plesure:

Happy Birthday!

Spankings, guns and beer. for my bro! 

America’s First Woman President: Barack Obama

America’s First Woman President: Barack Obama

This is funny and profound on so many levels.

Thanks for the heads up from cmblake6.

IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents

IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents  Read more:

"It was every businessperson's nightmare.

Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.

The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents. "

And a sexy car wash photo because ....  well Just because.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) More RINO's to hunt.

Story: Senator Graham’s Inexplicable National ID Support

When Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) teams up with Chuck "The Schmuck Schumer" only bad thing can happen, and the latest is his idea of a national work ID card complete with biometrics.  The idea behind the card is to somehow regulate identify and track illegal aliens who work in the country.   Why should every American have to get a n ID card to work?  How long until we have to pay for it.  When does it become a national work licence?  (What about the friggin thousands of laws that are not enforced?)  Lindsey Graham is now just another reason as to why I will never give to the National Republican Party.

"Senator Graham’s take is equally simple: “We’ve all got Social Security cards,” he said to the Wall Street Journal. “They’re just easily tampered with. Make them tamper-proof. That’s all I’m saying.”

No, Senator, that’s not all you’re saying. You’re saying that native-born American citizens should be herded into Social Security Administration offices by the millions so they can have their biometrics collected in federal government databases. You’re saying that you’d like a system where working, traveling, going to the doctor, and using a credit card all depend on whether you can show your national ID. You’re saying that bigger government is the solution, not smaller government."

 "Let me see your papers please".

Rino Hunting

This morning when I opened Drudge this add was at the top.  I chuckled a little made a mental note to follow up and see what the race was all about and went on to reading the news Mr. Drudge felt important today.  Well a few lines down appears this headline:  J.D. Hayworth's add irks John McCain  Interesting. 
Snippets and comments:

""Ads like this have no place in the Republican primary, and J.D. Hayworth should immediately take it down and apologize," said Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., a strong McCain ally.""

Ha!  I say John McCain has no place in the Republican party.  He has repeatedly violated the basic principles of the party as well as put forth legislation that was in clear violation of the constitution.  He has no place in either party and certainly no part in the Republican Party.  He has only gained notoriety in the media because he has agreed with the left.  As soon as he became a candidate he and his running mate were thrown under the proverbial media bus.

"Wen asked for a response to Kyl's complaint, Hayworth spokesman Jason Rose told AZ/DC: "We respectfully decline the request and would encourage Senator McCain to get a sense of humor. After all, if Sunday's show did have an award for best election year flip-flopping and transparent conservative conversion, the incumbent would surely win the Oscar.""

Oh how right that statement is.  I have seen McCain on the talking head programs the past week or so and he is clearly in a "Redefine Mode"; running and talking as if he were a staunch conservative.  Cough, Cough! RINO!  Leaders lead.  This guy is looking around seeing which way the crowd is running, jumping in front and proclaiming himself the leader.

BTW:  I did vote for McCain's vice president and choked back the vomit. It was kinda like being given a choice to be sot with a .22 or .44 mag.  Both could be lethal but it might have taken a little longer to bleed out.

Update:  Original add, much more racist, snicker, but blue has been the self picked color of the Dem's for some time now.

Dish Network: A review

If you are looking to subscribing to The Dish Network I would make the recommendation as no, never, shoot yourself first.  I Just received an unsolicited call from " The Dish Network" offering me service.  OK, no big deal.  I have dealt with telemarketers before and have learned that if I am polite and say I am not interested It saves both of us a lot of time. 

Back to the call, I let this person make his opening statement and then say, "I am not interested but thanks for calling. Thank you very much". That is exactly what I said. No more, no less, in a mostly cheerful tone.  He started again and I said and I quote,  "I am not interested but thanks for calling.  Thank you very much" this time in a slightly firmer tone.  He continues..  "How much do you pay for.."  I cut him off and say "I am not interested but thanks for calling. Thank you very much.", this time in the calmest manner possible (Picture a Drill Sergeant warning a recruit that he is treading into dangerous territory and about to get his guts stomped out by abn irate D.I. if not careful.)
At this point he shold have hung up but kept going and I lose it.  I raised my voice a bit and said "I am not interested but thanks for calling. Fuck You very much!"

Now I am sure all telemarketers have had people cuss at them.  I bet they have had all types on the phone from one point or another, but I highly doubt they are taught to cuss back at their prospective clients.  He responds "Fuck You!".  There is a bunch of laughter in the background. And I am pretty sure I said "I was polite several times now. I am not interested. Fuck you very much."  He responds FUCK YOU! with laughter in the background.  Now If this is the way prospective clients are treated I only cringe how this company will treat it's paying customers.  What a bunch of assholes.  This P.O.S. should be fired.

BTW: Call came in at 18:13 est. from phone number (904) 262-0212 and had a caller I.D. of World Wide Comm.  Beware.  (I also let him know I would make others aware of this.  He laughed and said "fuck you".  Nobody ever warned him the Internetz is serious business.)

Sorry Charlie or Rangel stepping down from tax-writing chairmanship

It is about time that this sorry disgrace of a hypercritical P.O.S. stepped down.  Why so long?

Story: Rangel stepping down from tax-writing chairmanship

And a little related fun from the past: Mr. Tax Law Writing Tax Evader .

The Progressive Nanny State and Murder for the Greater Good, A follow up.

As a follow up my previous post, The Progressive Nanny State and Murder for the Greater Good,  here is a story that illustrates what dangers the individual citizen faces when the state becomes involved in Prohibition.

Story: Family questions SWAT drug search that led to dog’s death.

In the comments:
There is so much missing from this it's disgraceful. The dog ran to the door and was barking... Anybody else have a dog that does this when someone comes to the door much less smashes it in??? Shots were fired all through this house. Numerous shots were fired thoughout this house. 7 in the pitbull itself. Blood everywhere! Bullet holes in the walls, moldings, tile. Will the City be paying for that to be fixed?? They didn't know any details when they went in. I would love to know which judge signed off on the search warrant. CPD had NO idea he was married and NO idea he had a child! Don't you think that might be something you want to get to know before you storm a house? Not like they don't live in a nice neighborhood as well. 30+ officers and a swat bus for a dimebag and a pipe. 2 different neighbors called police reporting shots fired. Dispatch told said callers there were no officers on scene! What a cluster****! If I still lived in CoMO I wouldn't vote for a single thing to support CPD. The idiots are running the assylum!


So its OK to have SWAT kick in a door, shoot two pet dogs, a Pit Bull and a Corgi, killing the Bit Bull, for what appears to be a misdemeanor amount of marijuana.  Then throw on a child endangerment charge?  How nice.  How about an extra charge for kitchen knives and floor cleaner in the house.  I am a strong supporter of law enforcement and am not a fan of Pit Bulls or drug dealers, but come on folks.  Was the risk taken by the SWAT team worth it.  Multiple gun shots in a house with human lives present including a seven year old. a wife,  for a little pot. Hell even a lot of pot!  Bottom line is that the cops were ready to kill , or be killed themselvs for that matter, to enforce these laws.  Is it really worth it.

Stairway to Heaven

For those that did not know, Stairway to Heaven was originally penned Lennon and McCartney back in '64.  All rights to the song were lost to Plant and Page during a Drinking contest some years later.  This long lost tape has just recently been found, and shows the fab four performing the song in it's original arrangement.  Enjoy.



Just Kidding :-)

Megyn Kelly

Megyn Kelly is on Fox News right now and looking HOT and almost making the healthcare summit somewhat palatable.  (I was almost able to swallow bacck my vomit.)

Update:  One of the better parts.  Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_kSMKKZFw&feature=player_embedded#

The Swiss, Guns, Genocide, and the right to defend oneself.

'Nuff Said.......

The Progressive Nanny State and Murder for the Greater Good

Story:  The Chemist's War

I titled this post The Progressive Nanny State and Murder for the Greater Good, though provocative and some may say inflammatory for good reason.  The above linked article is illustrative of what government can and did do "For the Greater Good".  Post WWI was the start of "Progressive thinking in the united states.  We saw laws and policies that clearly violated individual rights for the "greater good" such as Federal gun control laws, welfare programs, as well as Prohibition.  No matter what the intention of these laws and policies were, the bottom line is, death to individuals, by the hand of the government action.  In this case the U.S Government Intentionally poisoned Industrial Alcohol supplies because it became frustrated with it's ineffective enforcement of alcohol sale and distribution, resulting in the death of thousands of people.

"Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people."


This is what happens when one suffers from "Group Think".  The individual is not targeted for his individual drunkard behavior, the group was targeted, the inanimate object blamed.  This is the typical convoluted logic the progressives use. Prohibition, though it was technically legal, had a total disregard for individual rights and was and is totally immoral.  10,000 poisoned and add in how many more individual ancillary deaths for a law that was eventually repealed? (Yeah that sound like it worked out just fine........< sarcasm>)

I guess it is OK to murder if you are the government and frustrated and it is for the "Greater Good". 

Found at sondrak .

For JB

Deep secrets: Former cold war agent gagged by the CIA

Interesting story regarding the Cold War "Uber" secret recovery of a Soviet Golf submarine in the Pacific.





Story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7034913.ece

"David Sharp recalls every detail of the 1974 mission known as Project Azorian, one of the most ambitious, expensive and politically volatile clandestine operations launched by the CIA.


As one of the CIA’s agents in charge of recovering a sunken Soviet submarine and its cargo of nuclear-tipped missiles, Sharp spent 63 days at sea on what he described last week as a “marvellous engineering effort and a marvellous security effort to keep it under wraps”. "

As an interesting side note, after reading Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage a few years back,  I remembered reading as a kid an illustrated science encyclopedia about Howard Hughes mining manganese nodules from the ocean floor.  Blind Man's Bluff is a great book an definitely on my recommended reading list.

Lockeing Up Leviathan

I came across this accidently while engaged in a philisopical debade with one of my freinds; Lockeing Up Leviathan .  It is  agreat artical by Jerry Salcido, and place it high on my recomended reading list.  The comments are also outstanding.

"Without need of either advocating or rejecting Hobbes' arguments in favor of a strong State, one can hardly look upon modern governments, including the United States federal government and the individual United States, without agreeing that Hobbes' depiction of the State as a Leviathan, that is, a threatening, powerful beast, was spot-on.
Like any carnivorous beast, Leviathan has a ravenous appetite, but it differs in that its appetite is never satisfied and it has even been known to eat itself to death. Leviathan's only and favorite staple is, of course, taxes. "

Tuts My Barreh / Karaoke Fail

Click read more for the original.  There is lots of  Mariah Care strutting around nearly naked.

My Review of Onkyo 5.1 Channel Home Theater Black Receiver

Originally submitted at Abt Electronics

Onkyo 5.1 Channel Home Theater Black Receiver - TXSR507B/ 80 Watts Per Channel/ Four 1080p capable HDMI Inputs (v1.3a Repeater)/ WRAT Technology/ Discrete Amp Construction/ Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Decoding/ 4 DSP Gaming Modes/ Audyssey Dynamic Volume/ 192K/24-Bit DACs/ Black Finish

Onkyo 5.1 Channel Home Theater Black Receiver

A lot of bang for the buck.

By BruHa from Jax on 2/8/2010

5out of 5

Pros: Good Power Output, Great Sound Quality, Clean Sound
Best Uses: Multiple Rooms / Whole House, Home Theater
Describe Yourself: Practical, Tech Savvy

Was upgrading from an old Kenwood system that lasted me many years, but I had to get into this century.
This receiver met all my requirements:
5.1 system.
Price.
Four HDMI Inputs.
Two Zones.
Quality/Reputation of brand.

Set up was not that bad, but read the instructions. This receiver has a lot of capabilities that may add a level of complexity for the not so patient. Sound set up with the enclosed mic worked great. I have an "L" shaped TV room that I thought would be difficult to set up, but the receiver Auto-calibrated and set up just fine. If you have a subwoofer make sure you set it up as recommended in the instructions, it will sounds great!

The two zone feature works very well though it requires set up to work properly. Not that hard, but once again, read and be patient.

Bottom line; if you need two zones and don't need a 7.1 system and upconversion, this is an outstanding choice. With Four HDMI in ports you cant go wrong.

(legalese)

Political Correctness Definition

Political Correctness.

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Submitted by she who must be obeyed.

TOTUS strikes again!

This proves he has no real Idea about the context of his speech. The word meant nothing to him. NOTHING! It was just a bunch of letters on TOTUS. Go through the motions, move on. It would have been better to say Navy or Marine Medic ( if this person is a Corpsman; but could be a CTI or Interpretive Cryptologic Technicians that handles language translation).  This at least would have just shown his lack of understanding of our armed forces.

However this proves; He speaks without understanding!  Gulp!




I remember Clinton made a speech on board one of our CVN’s years back. He said something like, “thanks to all the great sailors of this fine ship, from the Stern, (He points aft) to the Bow”, (pronounced as in “bow neck tie” or rimes with “Big Toe” and points forward while glancing at his notes) That was good for a chuckle, this on the other-hand is scary.

Soaped But

This just in from The La-salamander.

"While checking ticket prices for the Willy Nelson concert happening next week, I was prompted to this security check page before seeing the ticket prices. After seeing the prices of tickets and seats available, I think I know why they have this security check."

Sen. Gregg Blasts WH Budget Chief on Capitol Hill Over Obama's Plan to Use TARP as a "Piggy Bank"

When the goverment refuses to recognize the law it is called what?
What is the citizens duty?
(I am friggen Fuming!)
 
Found at: http://www.sondrak.com/
 
 


Related: Found at: http://curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/

What Is the First Amendment For?

I have always advocated that freedom of speech is freedom of all speech, particularly political speech.  Let the good ideas as well as the bad compete unfettered by particularly the government.

Good read, especially if you consider yourself a conservative.

Story: What Is the First Amendment For?

"Citizens United v. Federal Election commission — the recent case in which the Supreme Court invalidated a statute prohibiting corporations and unions from using general treasury funds either to support or defeat a candidate in the 30 days before an election, and overruled an earlier decision relied on by the minority — has now been commented on by almost everyone, including the president of the United States in his state of the union address." 



"Only Thomas has the courage of the majority’s declared convictions. Often the most principled of the judges (which doesn’t mean that I always like his principles), he is willing to follow a principle all the way, and so he rebukes his colleagues in the majority for preferring the value of more information to the value the First Amendment mandates — absolutely free speech unburdened by any restriction whatsoever including the restriction of having to sign your name. Thomas has caught his fellow conservatives in a consequentialist moment."

Awkward Family Photos

Found at : Awkward Family Photos
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This Is Sparta!

This is Sparta!