2nd amendment made for muskets not modern guns

I’ve hard liberals say that the second amendment was from a different time and wasn’t meant for modern automatic weapons etc. That it should only protect people’s rights to own the kind of weapons they had in the Revolutionary War. Yada yada yada.

Well right now the NYC cops are trying to force a Brooklyn man to get a license for his revolutionary war flintlock rifle.



Seem when it comes right down too it they were even lying about allowing us to keep flintlocks. Even though there is an exception for antique weapons, NYC police are insisting he has to get a license. It will be fun to see how this one turns out.

Toy Guns in the News

I've read several articles about toy guns in the past week or so. Some pure news articles, the other an editorial by Phil Elmore. All articles raise questions.

One toy gun news article can best be summed up as; bad guy tries to rob 82 year old man's business with a toy gun, 82 year old man has a real 357 revolver, bad guy is dead.

Another toy gun news article can best be summed up as; bad guy tries to rob store with toy gun, clerk sees bright orange tip on the end of the toy gun and chases bad guy away with a bat.

The opinion piece by Phil Elmore can be summed up best with this quote. "Enforcement stings? For toys? If that doesn't strike you as a dystopian left turn into the twilight zone of absurd totalitarian government, I don't know what would."

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo would have us believe that children having toys that look like real guns (except for the bright orange plug in the end of the barrel) because they don’t have a red stripe down the side are a danger. They are such a danger that there must be a "Crackdown on illegal toy guns". Can you say "Too Much Government".

The stories raise the question; do toys/tools cause crime? Obviously New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo thinks so, otherwise he wouldn’t waste so much tax dollars on stores selling orange tipped plastic guns w/o the red stripe. Does this mean that Zippo’s cause arson? Does this mean that cars cause drunk driving? Does this mean that computer games cause software piracy? Maybe it’s the computer that causes software piracy but I thought they caused identity theft. Does this mean that color copiers cause counterfeiting? Does this mean that knives cause stabbings? I think that all the stories point out is that criminals and politicians are not Mensa caliber.

If toy guns are deadly, the real guns must be even more deadly. I was only exposed to toy guns for 10 or so years (maybe 20 if you count exposure to my kids’ toy guns). But I’ve been exposed to real guns for nearly 50. I’ve got a real loaded gun that I’ve been studying to see when it commits a crime or forces somebody else to commit a crime. This is a long term study that actually started before I was born. It’s a Smith and Wesson model 1917 .45 long cold double action revolver. It’s been loaded and ready to use for a little over 15 years that I’ve had it, and was loaded and ready to use for about 50 years before that when it was in my fathers possession. So far the only person it’s killed was a Chinese soldier in the Korean War, but he were attacking my dad and I’m sure it defended dear old dad out of compassion not malice. Since then it’s pretty much been a loyal law abiding tool, satisfied with putting holes in paper targets every now and then. I’ve been exposed to its evil affects since I was born and I haven’t seen any evidence of it committing a crime, or forcing me to commit a crime. I figure being exposed to that big evil looking handgun and many others for nearly 50 years, that if guns caused crimes I’d be a criminal. Maybe because it’s been cleaned, oiled and maintained for nearly a century its environment lead to it being a good gun. It must be that only the abused and un-cared for guns cause their possessors to commit crimes. So I started another study. I’ve got a cheap Chinese copy of an expensive American rifle. This Norinco .22 rifle, I’ve beat up, never clean, and regularly feed it cheap crappy ammo (occasionally good match grade ammo so it knows what it’s missing). I’ve left it under the seat of a truck for weeks on end, and haven’t even bothered to clean the rust off the outside of the barrel (inside has so much lead fouling it can’t rust. It is starting to show some evil tendencies, it used to never jam but now jams up about 1 in 40 rounds, so the neglect has led to its miss behavior, but nothing criminal yet. Maybe this neglected and abused weapon will cause me to rob somebody, but I’ve only been exposed to it for 20 years, I’ll have to keep testing.

Absurd to think a toy/tool causes people’s actions.

Is Obama Stupid or Is it something else?

Obama doesn't appear to be a stupid man. You don't get 1/2 the country to vote for you, shut down the Clinton political machine, and make it to President of the USA being stupid. All without releasing any school records, papers you've written for your degrees, or printed for the Law Review you edited at Harvard, or even your birth certificate. So he's obviously a smart and politically savvy man. Knowing this, for the past week I've been trying to figure out why he would not only call white police stupid, but admit he didn't have all the information, when he said it. This is probably one of his biggest "foot in mouth" moments since elected. No matter how you look at it his excuses are lame and pandering.

Granted we have a problem with police overreaching their authority in this country. Rregular people can be and often are, arrested for simply asking why and under what authority an officer is; asking for ID, searching you, asking you roll a window down, etc. They feel that if you don't immediately comply with whatever they ask, no questions asked, that they have the authority to arrest you. The can and most often do arrest people just for being rude or disrespecting them. Most Cops think and act like it is them vs. the people. The sheer volume of YouTube videos of cops violating the 4th and 14th amendmenta, clearly demonstrate that we have a problem with police disrespecting regular people and abusing their authority.

Even at that Obama is the POTUS, not a regular citizen. We should expect our president to think before he speaks, but all accounts are that he and his staff did think about this before he spoke and he said it any way. So why would Obama say such things about a man (who happens to be white) without all the evidence? The only conclusion I can come up with is Obama is a anglophobic racist. I believe he has a fear of white people, specifically white people in authority. Considering where he went to church the last 20 years, and the people he surrounded himself around in college, etc. it is understandable. I believe since it is obviously a mental disorder (anglophobia), we should cut him some slack and forgive him and not worry about it. Clearly his racist anglophobia won’t have an effect on how he acts. It’s not like he’s running the government and can exercise authority over a vast number of people and can sign into law some new law that would punish people for how they think if they are anglo, but allow similar thought by non anglos to be excused.

For those of you who might be literal thinkers, educated in the public school system; the above comments are heavily laced with sarcasm.

Taxes - Poem for the Age

Got this in three different emails in the past week.

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid..

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom...'

When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge T ax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge=2 0Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

545 vs 300,000,000

545 PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does..

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... Is up to you.

40 Years Ago This Week The USA Landed on the Moon

40 years ago we landed on the moon, 50 years ago it wasn't possible. In 14 months we won't even be able to put a man in orbit. In 14 months the space shuttle will be retired, and unless the US develops a new manned spacecraft soon, we will have to hitchhike into space with Russa, China, or France. That's just sad.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident. click here to read more and see more NASA photos


Appollo 14 landing site, foot path, etc.

Political cartoonist Scott Stantis at www.townhall.com has similar fellings as I do about the USA being on l4 months away from not being able to put a man in space.

Ode to Maintenance and American Production

Read this article about a 45 year old Mercury with 559,000 miles on it. Well maintained this one owner car is still on the road and looks good.



Talk about green, even at 15 mpg, the energy and resources saved in not scrapping and replacing it every 10 years or so by far makes up for the relatively low mpg. Gotta love old cars and little old ladies, especially when they get tickets for driving 92.

Keep on Truckin Gradma!

Read Story Here

Health Care Bill Outlaws Private Insurance

H.R. 3200, the 1,018-page Health Care bill, contains the following segment listed under "Protecting the Choice to Keep Current Coverage," in the "Limitation on Enrollment" section on Page 16:

Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day of the year the legislation becomes law.

That means once law; nobody may purchase new private health care. You will only be allowed your employer's insurance or the government's insurance. This is the nail in the coffin that clearly demonstrates that the Obama regime is pushing the USA to and a fascist state. The Italian Charter of Labour, introduced by the fascists, contained the following statement:

The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and useful instrument in the interest of the nation. In view of the fact that private organisation of production is a function of national concern, the organiser of the enterprise is responsible to the State for the direction given to production.

Mussolini stated in The Doctrine of Fascism:
The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organized in their respective associations, circulate within the State.

We the people of the United States of America have elected a Fascist president. We have elected an extreme left liberal/socialist congress. Socialist healthcare is what we will have if congress passes this healthcare bill. It will bankrupt and destroy the nation. Socialism economically destroyed the “democratic republics” of East Germany, the USSR, and Cuba. Let's not even talk about the cars the eastern block produced which are the type of junk we will be forced to buy from GM and Chrysler.

My question is by what constitutional authority can the how can the government not allow insurance companies to sell insurance to private individuals?

"Not One Dime"

Obama said that the taxes of people making less than $200K wouldn't be raised. On the campain trail he was often hear to say "Not One Dime" of new taxes or more taxes on working Americans.

Receintly the White House said that taxes for people making less than $200K might have to go up to help pay for healt care.

Sounds like "Read My Lips".

Will this be enough to make him a one term president?

Insurance is No Answer

In todays TownHall Column by John Stossel, Insurance is No Answer, Mr. Stossel put the thoughts of yesterdays blog entry What Reform Could Look Like into much clearer and better words.

"Imagine if you had grocery insurance. You wouldn't care how much food cost. Why shop around? If someone else were paying 80 percent, you'd buy the most expensive cuts of meat. Prices would skyrocket."

"That's what health insurance does to medical care. Patients rarely even ask what anything costs. Doctors often don't know. Often nobody even gives a damn. Patients rarely ask, "Is that MRI really necessary? Is there a cheaper place?" We consume without thinking. "

Please read his article, and then in your own words tell your representatives to end the fascist (govt./big-business conglomerate)control of healtcare and let the people fix it.