They 'Stand w/ the 99%' While Their Parents Pay the Bills

Some rich 20-somethings decide to be all touchy-feely and politically correct. They make up signs saying they 'stand w/ the 99%'. All the while collecting trust fund money and/or working for mega-corporations.

They all seem to feel 'guilty' about having money and want to be 'forced' to pay more but none of them seem to be giving up their trust funds or allowances to live like the 'little people' they admire. All the while their parents ,most of whom busted their butts working, keep paying the bills and making sure they 'never want for anything'.

Here's my message to them. When you decide to give up that money, the cushy lifestyle, the cars, et al. VOLUNTARILY, then I'll believe you 'stand w/ the 99%'.

We all know the likelyhood of that happening, don't we?

The Rantings & Ravings of Father 'Snuffy' Pfleger

These are FB comments by him, the same religious figure that stated that firearm dealers should be dragged out into the street and 'snuffed':

3 KILLED and 17 INJURED in overnight SHOOTINGS! 9 of them were TEENS! Stats say the Black Population in Chicago keeps dropping.... They say it's because of the move to the Suburbs, maybe it's also because of the Genocide of our CHILDREN! Who would have thought we would live in a day when our children have become Disposable!! Guns are for COWARDS!!!

Don't fall for the trick! The Republicans will never let Herman Cain become their Candidate. They will use him to try and pull some Black voters in and them tell him to step aside for their guy! They Hate Obama and would never let the race be between two Black Candidates! Last night they showed they would rather let jobs fail than have Obama get a success. The Tea Party is nothing but a Small bunch of Loud Mouth, Well Funded individuals that are fueling Racism and desire to take us back to 1950. but they are clever... BEWARE

The NRA, Cocealed carryfolks and Rights of the unborn, have chosen to send out info as to"Is Father Michael Pfleger fit for Ministry" because of my comments in Church and FB. Just so you know I STAND BY ALL I HAVE SAID and will continue to FIGHT AGAINST EASY ACCESS TO GUNS and the NRA attempt to make guns part of AMERICAs Wardrobe! Finally I am against ABORTION But want the RIGHT to LIFE Movements to care as much about our children after their BORN

These are the kinds of disjointed ramblings one would expect from some frothing at the mouth street preacher, not the head of an established church.

Quote of the Day: Ferengi Edition

This is from the DS9 episode 'Siege of AR-558'. It has always struck me as one of the most memorable episodes out of the entire series and this scene is one of the best IMO that they've done.

In Jolly Ol' England

Bob S. relates a story of a young girl being attacked in the UK and their 'Emergency Services', notified of the crime in progress, don't bother to respond because it just wasn't critical enough.

Bob makes this comment:

If you hadn’t realized that you are your own first responder, I really hope this helps you understand that.

Remember though, that this is the 'modern' United Kingdom where if you act as a 'first responder' or in any way defend yourself, YOU will be the one prosecuted and the Gov't will pay the 'victim' (iow the Goblin who attacked you) to sue you for damages.

And this is the same route 'Gun Control Advocates' want to take us down.

I'm an 'Apologist' Butt...

It's really funny watching people try and deflect from the blatant incompetence (at best) of Fast&Furious. Just like when gun owners try to throw others under the bus w/ the stock expression "I'm a gun owner but..." and then go on to support firearm restrictions, you'll see, rarely w/o an exception, apologists for the current administration add a disclaimer to their columns before attacking Republicans for DARING to go after Holder et al for allowing thousands of firearms to be smuggled into Mexico.

Just like these:

There is no question that the program was botched — Eric Holder has called it seriously flawed and immediately established a DOJ inspector general investigation. But the Republican haste to blame it all on Holder and accuse him of lying to Congress — even calling for a special prosecutor — seems to me to be way over the top.

and

Again, there’s no question that Fast and Furious represents a serious failure of federal law enforcement, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone if those responsible for that failure were less than eager to inform superiors in Washington about their mistakes. However, the inspector general’s investigation and the investigation by Issa’s committee should help lay out exactly what happened.

Read the columns. They bring out every excuse and character attack in the book why this Administration shouldn't be held accountable. "Conspiracy Theory", 'Bush Did It", Holder's a Busy Man', etc.

We should make a checklist.

NORC Just Called....

I said no thanks.

Groups that take money from the Joyce Foundation to create push polls (or for an reason) will never get my assistance in anything.

Just Another Day In Brady Paradise

They just banned open carry. Good thing to, otherwise someone might have been hurt.

8 Dead, 1 in Critical Condition After Massacre at Southern California Hair Salon

'A' Rated/#1 on the Brady Campaign 'Strong Gun Laws' list. Assault Weapon ban, Licensing, Registration, Waiting Periods, CC (Defacto)/OC bans. The list goes on and on.

Lot of good it did.

The Brady Campaign Intern Strikes Again

Whoever writes under the Brady Campaign's name now is really hurting their cause. SIH has noted their Twitter and Report debacles. Their Huffpo screeds are just as amateurish. Take for example this line:

Yet three years, 400 legal challenges, and "millions of dollars in [NRA] legal bills" later, all the gun lobby has had to show for its efforts is affirming the right of the people to have strong gun laws short of a total handgun ban.

So they falsely and dishonestly imply that the NRA was behind all '400 legal challenges when the link to the NRA they provide says this:

Not all of those cases are ours, of course. Many have been brought by other organizations or individuals, or raised by defendants in criminal cases.

The majority of those cases are 'felon in possession' and are going to lose. They're just using the modern Twinkie defense.

What isn't mentioned is McDonald, the recent case in San Fran that is progressing, and the bitchslapping Chicago took in Ezell. Wonder why? Oh right, because those cases, actually by the NRA and/or SAF, are proceeding exactly as planned.

But the evidence that this was written by a Brady die-hard and clearly showing just how far they've fallen in the IQ realm? Their closing paragraph:

The NRA's dreams that District of Columbia v. Heller would result in a free-for-all of gun-toting teens and AK-47 arsenals has so far been soundly rejected.

Seriously. All that remains is their base of ignorant fanatics. The VPC can tell you how successful maintaining that strategy is.

License Firearm Owners but Not Parents?

This story says it all.

Maybe we should license human breeding. Licensing. Registration. Waiting periods. Prohibited persons. Mandatory training. Safe storage. Liability insurance. The works.

Shouldn't you be even more responsible and capable with a human life than an inanimate object?

How Convenient for Holder

AG Holder, under attack for his potential role in Fast & Furious, announces a terror attack was averted.

That dog is wagging Fast and Furious, that's for sure.

Television Stereotypes: Gotta Love 'Em

Watching Frasier reruns the other night and I came across this: Niles learning how to shoot a gun and loving it.



Later he's talking to Frasier about how much he enjoys it and why. That's when the fun begins:


"Trigger happy gun nuts" and "Squaredancing". Ah, is that the call of the 'enlightened' I hear? Sounds awfully familiar to the statements made by our current executive about all those 'Bitter-Clingers' out there.

And then comes the 'reality', right out of the Joyce Foundation/EIC playbook.



All serious gun owners are militia wackos planning for the overthrow of the Gov't who follow the 'True Constitution'. I love that bit.

'Progressive Media' in a nutshell (even though I do like the show).

What is Gun Registration Useful For?

A fanatic gun control advocate* on Huffpo claimed :

To control gun violence in our nation: Registrati­on and reporting of private sales is the only way the illegal traffic can be controlled­. All other efforts are counterpro­ductive.

Well most of us know about the case US v Haynes which states:

We hold that a proper claim of the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for failure to register a firearm under sec.5841 or for possession of an unregistered firearm under sec.5851.

Huh? What's that? A felon can't be prosecuted for not registering but your average citizen can?

Well after some non-felons got convicted for not registering, Congress made a tweek to the USC so that NOBODY can be convicted for registering:

(a) General rule No information or evidence obtained from an application, registration, or records required to be submitted or retained by a natural person in order to comply with any provision of this chapter or regulations issued thereunder, shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding with respect to a violation of law occurring prior to or concurrently with the filing of the application or registration, or the compiling of the records containing the information or evidence.

LA showed this in State v Hamlin:

The 1976 amendment to La.R.S. 40:1784 was obviously enacted
for the same reason as 26 U.S.C. section 5848, namely, to
constitutionalize the firearms registration requirement of La.R.S.
40:1785 against claims that that statute violated the
constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. Thus, for the
reasons articulated by the United States Supreme Court in United
States v. Freed, supra, we hold that La.R.S. 40:1785 does not
violate the privilege against selfincrimination as guaranteed by
either the fifth amendment of the federal constitution or art. 1,
section 16 of the Louisiana constitution.

Now registration information can't be used to prosecute someone who is a prohibited person. So what is the point of registration? The same as it's always been:

The City of New York's Gun Control Law is not aimed at
persons inherently suspect of criminal activities. It is regulatory
in nature.

Citizen control. Not crime control. That is the point of registration.

*H/T to Clayton Cramers article available here.

*Honestly, she thinks the NRA bought off the FBI to skew crime statistics.

Remember Hollywood's Outrage Over the Pulanski Arrest

Countless 'artists' flooded the airwaves regarding how horrible it was that this individual was arrested afor raping a 13 yr old girl then fleeing the country.

How many of them will be as outraged over this:

Actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for her role in a film about the limits imposed on artists in the Islamic republic, an Iranian opposition website reported Sunday.

*crickets*