Thursday, February 26, 2009
Ratcheting Up...
The Newbius Papers alerts us to Attorney General Eric Holder's stated goal of re-imposing a so called "assault weapon ban" in the name of controlling violence on the Mexican border. Hat tip to the War on Guns. I titled my post "ratcheting up" because the the gun grabbers have already fired the first salvo in North Carolina by putting up their Ammunition Accountability nonsense. You can find that here.
Also from the War on Guns is a Gun Rights Examiner article
We don't do what we're told. The article discusses more ways to throw sand in the machine that thinks it is rolling over you.
Also from the War on Guns is a Gun Rights Examiner article
We don't do what we're told. The article discusses more ways to throw sand in the machine that thinks it is rolling over you.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
No We Won't
Laura Hollis has a wonderful article up today. You can read it all here, and I encourage each one to read it, think about it, and ask ourselves how we can say to those who would be our masters, "No We Won't."
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We can not just sit back and let our country be taken over by these people. We have a duty to our progeny to preserve Freedom and Liberty as birthrights for future generations of Americans.
This may seem a complete non sequitur to people frantic about the disappearance of a trillion dollars down a rabbit hole. But that money isn’t spent yet. The 2010 elections could change things dramatically. But throwing the hypocritical spendthrift bums out of Congress (and they wrote this bill, not Obama) is dependent upon American’s access to truthful information. This, for the moment therefore, is the most critical fight.
Rick Santelli's now infamous "rant" on CNBC proves my point. It was the first sign of hope I’ve seen in months. And I am not alone (if the 1.7 million hits to CNBC’s website are any indication). Santelli tapped into a huge and powerful vein of public sentiment Mary Kate Cary in U.S. News and World Report called Santelli’s opinion, “the elephant in the room.” (Now there’s an image message-seeking Republicans should be able to relate to.)
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We can not just sit back and let our country be taken over by these people. We have a duty to our progeny to preserve Freedom and Liberty as birthrights for future generations of Americans.
Friday, February 20, 2009
The unFairness Doctrine
Rush Limbaugh weighs in (and protects his own pocketbook of course) on proposed rules designed to shut up those who won't shut up, in a rare appearance in the Wall Street Journal.
Go read the whole thing
Mr. President, we both know that this new effort at regulating speech is
not about diversity but conformity. It should be rejected. You've said you're
against reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, but you've not made it clear where
you stand on possible regulatory efforts to impose so-called local content,
diversity-of-ownership, and public-interest rules that your FCC could
issue.
Go read the whole thing
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Three Years Old
Finally, for today, my Grand Daughter was officially 3 years old yesterday. We are having a party for her on Saturday, but spent a little time last night with her and her parents. Children are a great blessing, and I learn something from her each time I am with her. Hopefully, she learns some (good) things from me as well.
Ammunition Import Ban?
I was just talking about our common interest in seeing to it that the Bill of Rights is strongly defended, when this popped up.
David Codrea, of the War on Guns says he hasn't checked it out, so consider it a rumor.
H/T to War on Guns.
It looks like those who said the Obama Administration would strike while the iron is hot may have been correct, and the Administration may be doing it in a way that does not require them to even get a vote in Congress. In this morning's edition of the Shooting Wire, Jim Shepherd writes that Canadian officials have it on "good authority" our State Department may be on the verge of cutting off all imports of certain calibers of ammunition.
David Codrea, of the War on Guns says he hasn't checked it out, so consider it a rumor.
H/T to War on Guns.
Common Interests
Emmett Tyrell has a good column out today, that you can read on Townhall.com. Go ahead and read it first.
Tyrell's topic is the free speech clause in the First Amendment, arguably the most important of our Civil Rights. Whether a person is a Conservative, or a Communist, the ability to speak one's mind without fear of Government reprisals is fundamental. The First Amendment protects everyone.
Similarly, the Second Amendment has served to protect all of us from armed revolution. Since no one group has been able to secure for itself a majority of the arms in this nation, all have been forced to get what they want through the political system. (Some may argue that the Civil War was an armed rebellion. In fact, the Civil War represented traditional State on State warfare. The Confederacy had no plans to take over the United States, but rather formed a separate nation with the intent of going their own way. While it is true the Confederacy fired the first shot, that act was provoked by the United States blockading the Charleston harbor. What would Russia do if the US suddenly blockaded St. Petersburg?)
This nation has been blessedly free of the sort of bloody reprisals and retributions that have plagued other countries, not because we are made of better stuff, but because our Bill of Rights has generally been honored on both sides. But now we see more and more that one side, in this case the Left, is trying to silence us through the unFairness Doctrine, hate crime laws, speech codes, and to disarm us through outrageous laws that infringe on our Civil Rights. It seems right now that the Statesmen have been driven from office, leaving a greedy bunch of thugs in their place. Dark and dangerous times ahead. If you believe in God, pray for our country. I know I will be.
Tyrell's topic is the free speech clause in the First Amendment, arguably the most important of our Civil Rights. Whether a person is a Conservative, or a Communist, the ability to speak one's mind without fear of Government reprisals is fundamental. The First Amendment protects everyone.
Similarly, the Second Amendment has served to protect all of us from armed revolution. Since no one group has been able to secure for itself a majority of the arms in this nation, all have been forced to get what they want through the political system. (Some may argue that the Civil War was an armed rebellion. In fact, the Civil War represented traditional State on State warfare. The Confederacy had no plans to take over the United States, but rather formed a separate nation with the intent of going their own way. While it is true the Confederacy fired the first shot, that act was provoked by the United States blockading the Charleston harbor. What would Russia do if the US suddenly blockaded St. Petersburg?)
This nation has been blessedly free of the sort of bloody reprisals and retributions that have plagued other countries, not because we are made of better stuff, but because our Bill of Rights has generally been honored on both sides. But now we see more and more that one side, in this case the Left, is trying to silence us through the unFairness Doctrine, hate crime laws, speech codes, and to disarm us through outrageous laws that infringe on our Civil Rights. It seems right now that the Statesmen have been driven from office, leaving a greedy bunch of thugs in their place. Dark and dangerous times ahead. If you believe in God, pray for our country. I know I will be.
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