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August 25, 2012 | 
Author Idiot goes berserk in front of Empire State Building
19 People Shot in Chicago in a span of 8 hours yesterday
There are 10.2 gun related deaths per 100,000 in America
There are 20.7 non-fatal gun related injuries per 100,000 in America
I’m not even going to link the other more recent headlines – the Sikh Temple shooting this month, the Aurora Colorado slaughter last month, the school shootings this year claiming 14 victims in all – Walpole Elementary, Chardon High School, Oikos University, Texas A&M just this month – , the Tulsa, OK shooting spree in April – need I go on?
Okay – I’m about to go all geeky on you guys here – I’m going to do the math for you on the gun related deaths and non-fatal related injuries:
$ \frac{314,229,776}{100,000}10.2=32,051$ Deaths a year in the US.
$ \frac{314,229,776}{100,000}20.7= 65,045$ Non-lethal firearm injuries a year in the U.S.
Population statistics are from the U.S. Census Bureau. It will probably be different if you go out there – but not significantly – it seems to change every second.
That is 97,096 people either killed or injured due to firearms every year. That is .031% of the whole population. I know that doesn’t seem like much – but – come on! Almost 100,000 people? People are flipping out now because there are 6,551 soldiers that have been killed during the entire almost 10 years of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined!!!
I’m about as solid an NRA supporter and contributor and 100% behind the 2nd Amendment and our right to bear arms as one can get. But seriously, WTF is GOING ON OUT THERE? Has this world just gone apeshit or what? I’m not looking for a ban on guns by no means – but – there is absolutely something seriously wrong when every other week we are hearing about some psycho nutjob that got his hands on a gun and decided to go nuts on innocent bystanders.
I don’t know what the answer is – but – taking guns away from the average law-abiding citizen is not the answer. There has to be some type of control to keep such weapons out of the hands of looney toons and criminals like these! If you have an answer – please do share!
UPDATE!: Want to give a h/t to Larry over at Last Refuge of a Scoundrel as in the comments below he so rightly pointed out that many of these areas where the most heinous crimes are committed are actually in gun-free zones/states. And – it just so happens that Texas Fred posted up a similar piece detailing those gun-free zones and why those areas have the highest crime rates - go check it out.
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Tags: 2nd Amendment, firearms, gun control, NRA, Second Amendment, violence | 
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You need to go check this out at Texas Fred’s place. I stated in a previous post that there is anti-gun legislation in this healthcare bill – Texas Fred just points it out more clearly.
Obama Threatening to Pass Anti-gun Health Care Bill by Cheating
Posted in Constitution, health care, Politics, Second Amendment | Tags: health care, Politics, Second Amendment | 6 Comments »
You know, when I heard that Obama signed the E.O. giving Interpol rights that go beyond our constitution, I thought I had heard it all. We already know that Obama hates our Constitution and would do anything to destroy it. I bet, if the man could get away with it, he’d go down to the national museum and pull out the original and burn it.
Then, I came across this. I’m real curious – this happened in October. Why the HELL was this not plastered everywhere in the radio and the MSM?
As noted in “British gun control: Coming soon to a country near you? ” seven countries, led by the United Kingdom, are attempting to revive U.N. efforts to restrict imports and exports of small arms. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the United States would reverse Bush administration opposition to international small arms control, potentially paving the way for the British-led effort, which calls for a vote by the U.N. General Assembly by year’s end.
Essentially, Hillary has made a commitment that this administration will work to join on to the U.N.’s Small Arms Treaty – one that every administration prior to this one has outright refused to join because it would infringe upon our 2nd Amendment rights and cede those rights to international scrutiny.
The National Association for Gun Rights recently put out the following release:
With willing one-world accomplices in Washington, D.C., gun-grabbers around the globe believe they have it made.
In fact, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just announced the Obama Administration would be working hand in glove with the UN to pass a new “Small Arms Treaty.”
Disguised as legislation to help in the fight against “terrorism,” “insurgency” and “international crime syndicates,” the UN Small Arms Treaty is nothing more than a massive, GLOBAL gun control scheme.
Ultimately, the UN’s Small Arms Treaty is designed to register, ban and CONFISCATE firearms owned by private citizens like YOU.
That’s why it’s vital you sign the special petition I’ve made up for your signature that DEMANDS your U.S. Senators vote AGAINST ratification of the UN’s “Small Arms Treaty!”
So far, the gun-grabbers have successfully kept the exact wording of their new scheme under wraps.
But looking at previous versions of the UN “Small Arms Treaty,” you and I can get a good idea of what’s likely in the works.
If passed by the UN and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the UN “Small Arms Treaty” would almost certainly FORCE national governments to:
*** Enact tougher licensing requirements, making law-abiding citizens cut through even more bureaucratic red tape just to own a firearm legally;*** CONFISCATE and DESTROY ALL “unauthorized” civilian firearms (all firearms owned by the government are excluded, of course);*** BAN the trade, sale and private ownership of ALL semi-automatic weapons;*** Create an INTERNATIONAL gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun CONFISCATION.So please click here to sign the petition to your U.S. Senators before it’s too late!
You see, this is NOT a fight we can afford to lose.
Ever since its founding almost 65 years ago, the United Nations has been hell-bent on bringing the United States to its knees.
To the petty dictators and one-worlders who control the UN, the U.S. isn’t a “shining city on a hill” — it’s an affront to their grand totalitarian designs for the globe.
These anti-gun globalists know that so long as Americans remain free to make our own decisions without being bossed around by big government bureaucrats, they’ll NEVER be able to seize the worldwide oppressive power they crave.
And the UN’s apologists also know the most effective way to finally strip you and me of ALL our freedoms would be to DESTROY our gun rights.
That’s why it’s vital you act TODAY!
The truth is, there’s no time to waste.
You and I have to be prepared for this fight to move FAST.
The fact is, the last thing the gun-grabbers in the U.N. and in Washington, D.C. want is for you and me to have time to react and mobilize gun owners to defeat this radical legislation.
They’ve made that mistake before, and we’ve made them pay, defeating EVERY attempt to ram the “Treaty on Small Arms” into law since the mid-1990s.
But this time, time won’t be on our side.
In fact, we’re likely to only have a few days or weeks to defeat the treaty.
Worse, there’s no longer any pro-gun Republican Senate to kill ratification of the treaty.
There’s no longer any Republican in the White House who has stated opposition to the treaty.
And you and I know good and well how Germany, Great Britain, France, Communist China or the rest of the anti-gun members of the United Nations are going to vote.
So our ONE AND ONLY CHANCE of stopping the UN’s “Small Arms Treaty” is during the ratification process in the U.S. Senate.
As you know, it takes 67 Senate votes to ratify a treaty.
With 40 Republicans, that should be easy, right?
Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
First, you know just as well as I do that not all the remaining Republicans in the Senate are “pro-gun” in any sense of the term.
Second, even with the partisan rancor in Washington, D.C., many GOP Senators get “queasy” about killing treaties for fear of “embarrassing” the President — especially with “international prestige” at stake.
They look at ratifying treaties much like approving Presidents’ Supreme Court nominees.
And remember, there were NINE Republicans who voted to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
A dozen more GOP Senators only voted against Sotomayor after receiving massive grassroots pressure from the folks back home.
So if we’re going to defeat the UN’s “Small Arms Treaty” we have to turn the heat up on the U.S. Senate now before it’s too late!
That’s exactly where this petition comes in.
So won’t you click here to sign IMMEDIATELY?
Please sign that petition and let our Senators know we will not stand for this. I just hope at this point we can actually survive until 2010 and 2012. Those idiot progressives are going full board right now and don’t care about WE THE PEOPLE. The only thing that matters to them is their agenda. Pelosi and Reid are very willing to lose people in the next election so long as they can put an infrastructure within our government from which they can build on in the future.
The only way we can change anything that is passing is with an outright repeal of these Acts – which is damned near impossible. We need to continue to put pressure on those idiots in D.C. and make damned sure we elect the right people with the same values as we in the next election cycles.
Posted in A Nation at Risk, America, Constitution, Democrats, Elections, Liberals, P-BO, Politics, Second Amendment | Tags: Constitution, gun rights, Politics, Second Amendment, U.N. | 4 Comments »
If this isn’t proof for those libbers that this bill has absolutely nothing to do with health care reform and all about controlling our lives – in addition to the fact you will go to jail for 15 years if you don’t purchase insurance – there is also language that would potentially force gun-owners to make a decision -
1. Don’t purchase insurance and go to jail for 5 years.
2. Keep your guns and pay higher premiums
3. Get rid of your guns so that you don’t have to pay the higher premiums.
Think I’m kidding – here it is: (opens up a PDF file of the 1990 pages of this monstrosity)
Section 112: Wellness Program Grants
Essentially, this section provides grants to small employers who institute wellness programs as defined by the DHHS Secretary (Anti-gun Sebelius). She gets to make the rules as to what programs qualify. While the language isn’t in there yet – it can be – which I will illustrate shortly.
(a) ALLOWANCE OF GRANT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor shall jointly award wellness grants as determined under this section. Wellness program grants shall be awarded to small employers (as defined by the Secretary) for any plan year in an amount equal to 50 percent of the costs paid or incurred by such employers in connection with a qualified wellness program during the plan year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of any qualified wellness program offered as part of an employment based health plan, only costs attributable to the qualified wellness program and not to the health plan, or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan, may be taken into account.
So – there is the incentive for small employers – they can get up to $50,000 for instituting a wellness program in their offices. So what is a qualified wellness program?
(1) QUALIFIED WELLNESS PROGRAM.—The term “qualified wellness program” means a program that —
(A) includes any 3 wellness components described in subsection (c); and
(B) is to be certified jointly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as a qualified wellness program under this section.
(2) PROGRAMS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall not certify a program as a qualified wellness program unless the program—
(i) is consistent with evidence-based research and best practices, as identified by persons with expertise in employer health promotion and wellness programs;
(ii) includes multiple, evidence-based strategies which are based on the existing and emerging research and careful scientific reviews, including the Guide to Community Preventative Services, the Guide to Clinical Preventative Services, and the National Registry for Effective Programs, and
(iii) includes strategies which focus on prevention and support for employee populations at risk of poor health outcomes.
Having experience with “best practices and research” one needs to understand that there are already established studies out there, i.e “Youth Violence: A Report of The Surgeon General “ that states children are at risk if there are guns in their homes. In addition to that report that comes out annually – there are hundreds of other public health studies that are anti-gun that attempt to show that gun ownership is a public health risk. So – it is only a matter of the DHHS, CDC, and DOL deciding that guns are a public health risk and should be included – yes – they get to change the rules as they see fit:
(B) PERIODIC UPDATING AND REVIEW.—
The Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor, in consultation with other appropriate agencies shall jointly establish procedures for periodic review, evaluation, and update of the programs under this subsection.
So – there it is people. With everything else we have learned about this bill thus far – do you really want to trust this government having free reign to determine what is considered “acceptable behavior”? This bill has absolutely nothing about reform health care – it is a total power grab and attempt of instituting a European-style nanny-state here in the U.S. Please call your representatives and tell them this bill HAS to be shot down. If you can visit them personally – that would be even better.
This is just one example – there are literally dozen’s of these wellness program grants that could be affected – check out this mess – this is the bureaucracy of this bill – you will have to click on it to enlargen to see it clearly – but – to the far right you will see the various “wellness programs” that fall under their purview that can be “updated.” Feel free to steal this chart and put it up on your blog.
Posted in A Nation at Risk, Congress, health care, Politics, Second Amendment, Socialism | Tags: Freedom, gun control, health care, Politics, Second Amendment, Socialism | 7 Comments »
And…so it begins!
Found this over at Young Americans for Liberty. Apparently, a Louisiana man was pulled over and detained by the local Ball, LA police department because he had a Gadsden Flag bumper sticker. So – I googled it and found more on this story:
from Free Republic – Louisiana Citizen detained for Displaying “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper sticker that leads to an article from
The American Vision – Man Detained for Displaying “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper sticker – a little more detail than the link above.
and from The World Net Daily – Suspect detained over “extremist” bumper sticker – a little more detail here. Apparently, the police officer warned him about his “subversive survivalist bumper sticker” and that it sends a “subversive message.” He was detained on the side of the road for 30 minutes while this officer ran a background check to see if he was part of an extremist group.
While I don’t generally link back to any articles from the WND since they do sometimes go over the top – this is not a story that originated with them. However, they did some follow-up and was able to add more detail than the other stories.
People – the crackdown on our freedoms is starting. Since when is one of the greatest symbols of American independence now considered to be “extremist?” While Gadsden designed the flag – Benjamin Franklin was very instrumental in getting the message out. Apparently, according to this administration – it is subversive and extremist to believe in individual liberty and freedom. I guess not wanting the government to take care of us from cradle to grave amounts to being a domestic terrorist.
There are several measures running through Congress right now that could potentially limit many of the freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution. The Fairness Doctrine is coming back – but – it’s not being called that – and the government is trying to use a backdoor approach to it. Here is one story from the LA Times and this one from Human Events and this one from Judicial Watch. If these new FCC rules get implemented – you can kiss Conservative Talk-radio good-bye. This would be a direct violation of our First Amendment rights – but – the government controls the airwaves – so – they get to regulate them using the commerce clause in the 10th Amendment. Funny how they don’t attempt to regulate the print media or TV news to ensure “balance.”
The Blair Holt Act that has been introduced by Bobby Rush in Congress would effectively strip away our 2nd Amendment rights using a backdoor approach as well and then there is this international Treaty that would effectively take all guns out of American hands. The good news about this is that Montana has just signed in a law that challenges the Federal Government and exerts its sovereignty as a state. Following closely behind them are Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee. We need to get all of the states involved in this one and tell the Federal Government to get the hell out of our business.
I am urging everyone to do a couple things here – 1.) call all of your state representatives and tell them you want them to introduce and pass legislation similar to that of Montana’s, 2.) call all of your Senators and Congressmen and tell them to vote against any proposals such as the one’s I’ve outlined above that would infringe upon the 2nd Amendment in any way, and 3.) Joine a 9.12 Project group in your area or some other meet-up group in your area and become active and stay on top of what is going on in D.C. If WE THE PEOPLE stay vigilant and educate ourselves – big government can’t trample on our rights.
The Federal Government is moving at the speed of light right now on this road to Socialism. It’s almost impossible to try to keep up with absolutely everything they are doing. The only way we can stop this is to join together and to talk about it, educate everyone, and keep your eyes on the ball. This administration is a master of distraction – they get you looking one way while they sneak something in the other way. While our attention is on the little stuff – they start introducing the big stuff that affects us all…and…by the time we see what has happened behind our backs – it is too late.
This isn’t a Republican versus Democrat thing or a Liberal versus Conservative thing – this is an American thing. I know our Liberal brothers and sisters out there don’t want their freedoms taken away either – but – unless some of them come to their senses – they will be right there in the same boat with us Conservatives. Big Government means everything is controlled and regulated – even for you Libs out there that say you espouse your personal liberties and Freedoms. While we Conservatives may have a different view point on some of the social issues – the fact of the matter is that what it boils down to is that we all want the same thing – Freedom from interference by our Government.
What I don’t understand – since it is an oxymoron – is why you Liberals who so want your freedom to do as you please – also want big government. That makes no sense to me. For the last 8 years all you did was complain about every single law passed under the Bush administration shouting that it is an infringement on your rights. Yet, you elect a President who has just now committed the largest power grab in the history of this country and has nationalized our financial system, our auto industry, and is looking to nationalize our press and energy sectors. Do you not see what is happening? You have elected a President that believes in Fascism and Socialism – things that you guys are supposed to be against. Things that go directly against our personal freedom to choose as individuals our own fate.
Don’t get me wrong here – if McCain had gotten in – we’d still be in the same boat – and – I would still be having the same discussions with you guys. This two-party system will be the demise of this country – and – Obama is taking us there on a rocket. If you’re interested – there is another way – The American Conservative Party. I’m still looking in to this group as well. As some of you know – I joined the Constitution Party as they were closer in line to my values than any other party thus far. However – this emerging party could be my final resting place. Take a look for yourselves. We can thank Texas Fred for bringing this new party to our attention.
Posted in A Nation at Risk, America, Civil Rights, Congress, Constitution, Fascism, government, Liberals, Obama, Politics, President, Second Amendment, Socialism, Texas, US Constitution | Tags: Ball, Congress, detained, extremist, fairness doctrine, Federalism, first amendment, Gadsden Flag, government, gun laws, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, Second Amendment, sovereignty, subversive, Tennessee, Texas, Utah | 22 Comments »
A big h/t to Trey for sending this to me – you gotta love it!
Now – regarding the second part of the title “Life and Stregenth” – I hope I get the picture. I haven’t had a laugh this good in a really long time. I know, not only am I an evil conservative clown, I live for the misery that my kids get themselves into! 
Here’s the story – today, I get a phone call from my 17 year old son. He’s living with my parents right now – that’s a whole other story. Apparently, today he got a tattoo. His mother signed off on the paperwork allowing him to get one. I never would have allowed it. Anyway – this one has a bit of an attitude – which made this whole thing even more funny.
So – he calls me – tells me he got the tat. I ask him what he got. He says – I have “Life” on one arm and “Strength” down the other one. So – I ask him – did you make sure you got them in a place where they can’t be seen when you’re wearing a regular t-shirt – to which he affirmed. I tell him that’s a good thing because he would really hate to limit himself later on if he had tats all up and down his arm where they could be seen. Then, I give him the regular fatherly advice regarding tats (I wasn’t going to get in to the fact I didn’t think he should have them at his age) and talked to him about keeping them clean and everything and what he needs to look for in case of infection.
So – we leave it at that. Now, about 30 minutes later, I’m in the car on my way home and he calls me back. Here’s the exchange:
Son: Dad?
Me: What?
Son: I think the guy messed up on my tattoo.
Me: What do you mean?
Son: I think he spelled strength wrong.
Me: How is it spelled?
Son: (This is what I heard) S-T-R-E-G-N-T-H
Me: What? S-T-R-E-G-N-T-H? Spell that again?
Son: S-T-R-E-G-E-N-T-H
Me: No freakin’ way! How the hell did that happen?
Son: I don’t know.
Me: Weren’t you watching him? Didn’t you look at the stencil as he was putting it on?
Son: Uh. No.
Me: (Laughing hysterically now)
Son: What am I supposed to do now?
Me: (Tears rolling down my face now) Oh my freakin’ God! You have STREGENTH on your arm? (Still laughing hysterically).
Son: DAD (he appears to be getting a bit ticked off at me now). What do I do now?
Me: (Laughing almost uncontrollably now) Stay inside for the rest of your life! Seriously. The guy needs to fix it somehow! He’s gonna have to black it all out. I really don’t see how he can fix that! STREGENTH!
Son: I’ll call you back later.
Me: (still laughing – can barely see the road through the tears). K
So – I’m driving down the road – can’t stop laughing. You have to know what a punk my kid is to understand this. He thinks he’s some tough kid that grew up in the hood. He is so far removed from the hood its not even funny. To see him pimpin down the streets with Life and Stregenth tattooed on his arms is just too much. Finally, I get my senses about me and I decide to call my older son. I want him to get a picture of it on his camera phone and send it to my e-mail addy so I can post it up here. Here’s how that conversation went.
Me: Hey, how’s it going? Are you with J?
Other Son: Yeah.
Me: (Starting to laugh again) – so – you heard your brother got stregenth tattooed on his arm?
Other Son: Yeah. I took him back to see the tattoo artist. That guy is an idiot.
Me: (Uncontrollable laughter again) – Who – your brother or the artist?
Other Son: The tattoo artist.
Me: Both
Other Son: Yeah. We get there and I tell the guy – “I think you messed up something” and he’s just staring at J. I told him to look at his arm and the guy starts spelling it out S-T-R-E-G-E-N-T-H and then he just looks at me like he doesn’t get it. Then I tell him – “You spelled it wrong.”
Me: (Tears start rolling again as I’m laughing uncontrollably – hysterically) No shit!
Other Son: Seriously, dad. That guy must be an idiot. Doesn’t he have to type that in to the computer or something to make that stencil?
Me: (Still laughing) Yes. (At this point, I’m pretty much at only one syllable responses).
Other Son: You would think he would have noticed it then unless he really doesn’t know how to spell it.
Me: Ppptttt
Other Son: He told J to come back in a couple weeks after it heals and he’ll try to fix it.
Me: (At this point – there’s pretty much no return – I had to pull off to the side of the road) That’s freakin’ hilarious. Now, he has to walk around with stregenth on his arm for at least two weeks? Oh my God! I can’t even see how this guy can fix it. He has it so screwed up there is no way he can sneak a “g” between the “n” and the “t” and he has to cover up the “g” and the “e.”
Other Son: Yeah. I don’t know how he can fix it. He said something about making it bigger.
Me: (now I’m just laughing so hysterically and pounding my fist on the steering wheel. My sides are hurting and my cheeks are starting to cramp I’m laughing so hard.)
Other Son: Dad? Are you okay?
Me: mmphh
Other Son: Um. Okay.
Me: (A little composed – but still laughing) Hey – do you think he’s in a good enough mood for you to get a picture of it? I want you to send it to my e-mail address.
Other Son: Sure. I’ll try. He’s taking it really good.
Me: Ppptttt! He has to. He needs to be nice to the guy to get it fixed otherwise he’s gonna have to pay someone else to do it.
Other Son: Uh. yeah.
Me: Okay – gotta run.
So – I haven’t received the e-mail yet. I’m thinking J isn’t really taking it as well as his older brother thought! LOL. Once I get that picture – I’ll post it up here.
Posted in Children, Constitution, Family, Humor, Obama, President, Second Amendment | Tags: Humor, Obama, Politics, Second Amendment, tattoo | 13 Comments »
