This is a TRAFFIC LAWYER scumbag who somehow got elected to the Virginia Legislature. Now that he's there, he's been busy writing traffic laws designed to bring himself more business.
WHAT A SCUM BAG!
"Remember the traffic lawyer/legislator who introduced a law imposing a $1050 'abuser fee' on people who drive more than 10 over? He’s at it again."
FROM: http://www.unforgivingminute.com
Here's his latest scam- http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2142.asp
December 28, 2007
December 27, 2007
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated- GOOD RIDDANCE!
All over the news today is the story of Bhutto being assinated. If you read these articles it would seem that this is bad news. It's not, it's actually good news!
Benazir Bhutto was a far left socialist and (as most socialist are) was corrupt as they came. Her fight for democracy was actually a smoke-screen for pushing Pakistan to communism.
She (and her husband) were corrupt as they came. She stole BILLIONS of dollars from Pakistan. She had to flee Pakistan to escape corruption charges. Now, these accusations could be written off as political attacks except that Switzerland acknowledges (and convicted her of) money laundering through Swiss banks AND Poland admits:
"...that Benazir and her husband got $2 million in kickbacks for the purchase of 8,000 tractors in a 1997 deal. These were illegal commissions paid by the tractor company in return for agreeing to their contract."
There's much more evil to this woman than this but you won't see it mentioned in the "BOO HOO" fest that the media outlets are having.
Born Again Redneck has a good post on her.
The world is a better place without her.
Benazir Bhutto was a far left socialist and (as most socialist are) was corrupt as they came. Her fight for democracy was actually a smoke-screen for pushing Pakistan to communism.
She (and her husband) were corrupt as they came. She stole BILLIONS of dollars from Pakistan. She had to flee Pakistan to escape corruption charges. Now, these accusations could be written off as political attacks except that Switzerland acknowledges (and convicted her of) money laundering through Swiss banks AND Poland admits:
"...that Benazir and her husband got $2 million in kickbacks for the purchase of 8,000 tractors in a 1997 deal. These were illegal commissions paid by the tractor company in return for agreeing to their contract."
There's much more evil to this woman than this but you won't see it mentioned in the "BOO HOO" fest that the media outlets are having.
Born Again Redneck has a good post on her.
The world is a better place without her.
December 21, 2007
Alamo Drafthouse is NOT CHL friendly
Apparently Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas has decided to make themselves a 'Shoot People at Will' place (aka a gun free zone)-
DVDTracker over at the AR-15 forums posts this:
Took the wife there today to see I am Legend and I saw a 30.06 sign posted on the box office. The wording was correct but it did not appear to be large enough. Regardless, I'm sending them this e-mail later today and will be CCing all their locations.
I've been a fan of Alamo Draft House since moving here a few years ago. The combination of great food, mainstream and off-beat movies makes it my first choice when picking a theater. However, my recent trip to the Lake Creek location made me feel like an unwelcome customer.
As I was purchasing tickets, I saw a Texas Penal Code 30.06 sign on the box office which states, "PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.06, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN) A PERSON LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (CONCEALED HANDGUN LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN." I was actually a bit insulted to see this. Getting a concealed handgun license involves fingerprinting, background checks and a mandatory ten-hour training class with a licensed instructor. It's extremely rare for a licensee to ever need to use their handgun. It's also extremely rare to have a licensee convicted of any crime. Police are generally more at-ease if they encounter a licensee during a routine traffic stop. They know that we've done the training, fingerprinting, background checks and have jumped through the hoops to obey the law and we're on their side.
Is disheartening to see such a good business that enjoys the protection of the 1st Amendment by offering a wide variety of movies and entertainment treat those that enjoy the protection of the 2nd as unwelcome customers. If Alamo Draft House truly does not want law-abiding concealed handgun licensees as their customers, then I will take my business elsewhere.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply.
If you're a frequent customer, contact information is here. Let them know. www.drafthouse.com/main/contact.php
DVDTracker over at the AR-15 forums posts this:
Took the wife there today to see I am Legend and I saw a 30.06 sign posted on the box office. The wording was correct but it did not appear to be large enough. Regardless, I'm sending them this e-mail later today and will be CCing all their locations.
I've been a fan of Alamo Draft House since moving here a few years ago. The combination of great food, mainstream and off-beat movies makes it my first choice when picking a theater. However, my recent trip to the Lake Creek location made me feel like an unwelcome customer.
As I was purchasing tickets, I saw a Texas Penal Code 30.06 sign on the box office which states, "PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.06, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN) A PERSON LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (CONCEALED HANDGUN LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN." I was actually a bit insulted to see this. Getting a concealed handgun license involves fingerprinting, background checks and a mandatory ten-hour training class with a licensed instructor. It's extremely rare for a licensee to ever need to use their handgun. It's also extremely rare to have a licensee convicted of any crime. Police are generally more at-ease if they encounter a licensee during a routine traffic stop. They know that we've done the training, fingerprinting, background checks and have jumped through the hoops to obey the law and we're on their side.
Is disheartening to see such a good business that enjoys the protection of the 1st Amendment by offering a wide variety of movies and entertainment treat those that enjoy the protection of the 2nd as unwelcome customers. If Alamo Draft House truly does not want law-abiding concealed handgun licensees as their customers, then I will take my business elsewhere.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply.
If you're a frequent customer, contact information is here. Let them know. www.drafthouse.com/main/contact.php
December 20, 2007
UC Irvine: 'Anti-semitism does not constitutes discrimination'
Fark, suprisingly, pretty much sums it up:
UC Irvine concludes that Muslim students destroying Holocaust memorial, defacing campus with swastikas, throwing rocks at Jews, shouting "slaughter the Jews," was directed at Israeli policy and so not racist.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.haaretz.com
UC Irvine concludes that Muslim students destroying Holocaust memorial, defacing campus with swastikas, throwing rocks at Jews, shouting "slaughter the Jews," was directed at Israeli policy and so not racist.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.haaretz.com
December 18, 2007
8 Questions About Traffic Tickets That Politicians Never Answer
The police and the courts should be funded from general tax revenue, not from the proceeds of exploited citizens.
Why is it that those in power aren’t asking questions like these:
1. How can the courts be viewed as fair and unbiased when much of their operating income is generated from the fines paid by traffic ticket defendants, isn’t there a fairly obvious conflict of interest here?
2. Where’s the ethical justification for the police to issue hundreds or thousands of tickets to motorists who are driving safely and rationally, but in excess of an arguably dangerous and illegal speed limit?
3. What moral objective is being served by charging ticket recipients more money to prevent “points” being applied to their driving record?
4. What is the logic behind fining a driver $300 for running a red light when a police officer issues a ticket, but only $75 when a camera generates the ticket — is the driver getting a break because it’s a lot cheaper for the camera to take a picture then for the cop to write the ticket?
5. Are we really building a better society by heaping fine upon fine and then suspending licenses because the fines aren’t paid?
6. Does it improve the system’s chances of collecting its fines by taking away the defendants ability to find and hold a job?
7. What police officer wants to be thought of as a bagman for the local government, or have his job dictated by how much money he can raise from motorists?
8. What honest judge wants to work in a court system financially dependent on finding defendants guilty?
The classic image of government-endorsed corruption is the “highwayman” with badge and gun extracting money from a compromised traveler with no hope or relief in sight. In the past these scenes were depicted in the wastelands of Mexico, or in the old “Iron Curtain” countries before the Berlin Wall met its deserved end.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.motorists.org
Why is it that those in power aren’t asking questions like these:
1. How can the courts be viewed as fair and unbiased when much of their operating income is generated from the fines paid by traffic ticket defendants, isn’t there a fairly obvious conflict of interest here?
2. Where’s the ethical justification for the police to issue hundreds or thousands of tickets to motorists who are driving safely and rationally, but in excess of an arguably dangerous and illegal speed limit?
3. What moral objective is being served by charging ticket recipients more money to prevent “points” being applied to their driving record?
4. What is the logic behind fining a driver $300 for running a red light when a police officer issues a ticket, but only $75 when a camera generates the ticket — is the driver getting a break because it’s a lot cheaper for the camera to take a picture then for the cop to write the ticket?
5. Are we really building a better society by heaping fine upon fine and then suspending licenses because the fines aren’t paid?
6. Does it improve the system’s chances of collecting its fines by taking away the defendants ability to find and hold a job?
7. What police officer wants to be thought of as a bagman for the local government, or have his job dictated by how much money he can raise from motorists?
8. What honest judge wants to work in a court system financially dependent on finding defendants guilty?
The classic image of government-endorsed corruption is the “highwayman” with badge and gun extracting money from a compromised traveler with no hope or relief in sight. In the past these scenes were depicted in the wastelands of Mexico, or in the old “Iron Curtain” countries before the Berlin Wall met its deserved end.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.motorists.org
December 13, 2007
Dear HP/Compaq
Thanks for selling me a 64bit laptop and then not releasing a 64bit version of your modified Nvidia drivers.
THANKS A PANT LOAD!
THANKS A PANT LOAD!
December 10, 2007
How A Red Light Camera Ticket Can Damage Your Credit Without You Knowing It
Bob needed a score of 700 or higher to get the loan, and had it until ACS, a Dallas based company reported an unpaid collection of $100. “My initial reaction was, ‘What could it be?’” asked Bob. “Who is ACS? I don’t have a single dollar owed to a credit card,” he continued. ACS, Affiliated Computer Services, is the private company the City of Dallas hired to run its red light camera program.
As it turns out, several of the cars used by Bob’s company were in his name. Someone driving one of them got a red light ticket in the spring. He didn’t know about the ticket until the collection showed up on his credit report. He still doesn’t know who was behind the wheel. “Was it an employee that had a ticket in the car that thought they could pay it and didn’t want to tell me about it? I don’t know,” said Bob.
According to Fox 4 News, in the first 11 months of Dallas’s red light camera program, ACS and the city reported 11,073 unpaid citations to credit bureaus.
As it turns out, several of the cars used by Bob’s company were in his name. Someone driving one of them got a red light ticket in the spring. He didn’t know about the ticket until the collection showed up on his credit report. He still doesn’t know who was behind the wheel. “Was it an employee that had a ticket in the car that thought they could pay it and didn’t want to tell me about it? I don’t know,” said Bob.
According to Fox 4 News, in the first 11 months of Dallas’s red light camera program, ACS and the city reported 11,073 unpaid citations to credit bureaus.
December 07, 2007
Why you should not use Wikipedia....
To simply put it: DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA FOR REFERENCE! It is a bias source full of errors.
MORE-
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia
"Controversy has erupted among the encyclopedia's core contributors, after a rogue editor revealed that the site's top administrators are using a secret insider mailing list to crackdown on perceived threats to their power."
Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain
"Despite its popular reputation as a Web 2.0 wonderland, Wikipedia is not a democracy. But the totalitarian attitudes of the site's ruling clique go much further than Jimbo cares to acknowledge.
In early September, the Wikipedia inner circle banned edits from 1,000 homes and one massive online retailer in an attempt to suppress the voice of one man."
MOST ACCURATE LINE: "...using their powers to hijack reality."
MORE-
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia
"Controversy has erupted among the encyclopedia's core contributors, after a rogue editor revealed that the site's top administrators are using a secret insider mailing list to crackdown on perceived threats to their power."
Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain
"Despite its popular reputation as a Web 2.0 wonderland, Wikipedia is not a democracy. But the totalitarian attitudes of the site's ruling clique go much further than Jimbo cares to acknowledge.
In early September, the Wikipedia inner circle banned edits from 1,000 homes and one massive online retailer in an attempt to suppress the voice of one man."
MOST ACCURATE LINE: "...using their powers to hijack reality."
December 06, 2007
A German shepherd to die for protecting owner from an illegal!
"Congo is an 85-pound German Shepherd who attacked a Honduran landscaper [Giovanni Rivera] in Princeton. NJ after the illegal alien, fearing the dog, grabbed the wife and mother of the family to use her as a human shield. She understandably screamed, and Congo, appropriately, attacked. Congo has now been sentenced to death by [Princeton Municipal Court Judge Russell Annich] for the attack, and the illegal alien has received $250,000 in an insurance settlement."
FROM: Tammy Bruce
Guy James, the dog's owner, said he told the landscapers in Spanish to stay in their car until the six dogs, including Congo, were finished eating in the yard, but they didn't. A chaotic scene followed. Elizabeth James went into the yard to try to quell the situation. She said one of the workers hit the dogs with a rake and then Rivera grabbed her.
"This man grabbed me once. I saw Congo jump up. I can't say if he made contact. The second time he grabbed me from behind and we both went down on the grass. He wouldn't let go of my arm and these dogs were going to protect me," said James.
FROM: 6abc.com
Keep in mind that-
1) The dog was provoked.
2) The man grabbed the wife and caused her to scream.
3) The man was IN THE COMISSION OF SEVERAL CRIMES when the incident occured.
FROM: Tammy Bruce
Guy James, the dog's owner, said he told the landscapers in Spanish to stay in their car until the six dogs, including Congo, were finished eating in the yard, but they didn't. A chaotic scene followed. Elizabeth James went into the yard to try to quell the situation. She said one of the workers hit the dogs with a rake and then Rivera grabbed her.
"This man grabbed me once. I saw Congo jump up. I can't say if he made contact. The second time he grabbed me from behind and we both went down on the grass. He wouldn't let go of my arm and these dogs were going to protect me," said James.
FROM: 6abc.com
Keep in mind that-
1) The dog was provoked.
2) The man grabbed the wife and caused her to scream.
3) The man was IN THE COMISSION OF SEVERAL CRIMES when the incident occured.
November 29, 2007
Judge Carries Gun In Airport...
...and is let go free with no charges. What would happen if Joe Bleau forgot he was carrying and went into the airport???
Charges will not be filed against a district court judge who was accused of taking a loaded gun to a Detroit Metropolitan Airport checkpoint this summer.
Washtenaw County prosecutors decided not to charge Sylvia James, chief judge of Inkster's 22nd District Court, because investigators couldn't prove she intentionally took the handgun July 28.
"There is insufficient proof to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. James knowingly possessed the handgun," Konrad Siller, first assistant prosecutor in Washtenaw County, wrote in his Nov. 13 memo to the Wayne County Airport Police. He declined Monday to discuss the issue further.
Judge won't be charged over gun she took to airport
Charges will not be filed against a district court judge who was accused of taking a loaded gun to a Detroit Metropolitan Airport checkpoint this summer.
Washtenaw County prosecutors decided not to charge Sylvia James, chief judge of Inkster's 22nd District Court, because investigators couldn't prove she intentionally took the handgun July 28.
"There is insufficient proof to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. James knowingly possessed the handgun," Konrad Siller, first assistant prosecutor in Washtenaw County, wrote in his Nov. 13 memo to the Wayne County Airport Police. He declined Monday to discuss the issue further.
Judge won't be charged over gun she took to airport
November 28, 2007
Police DO Have Ticket Quotas...
Here's 8 articles from around the US proving that we have Law Enforcement For Profit.
If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now
If You Didn’t Believe Ticket Quotas Existed Before, You Will Now
November 20, 2007
The Metric System is Fsck'd Up Again!
It seems that Le Grand is Le Wrong!
The cylinder of platinum and iridium used as the standard definition of the weight is known as Le Grand K and kept under lock and key in a vault near Paris.
It was the object that scientists regarded as having a defined mass of exactly 1kg.
But it is drifting out of alignment with the copycat cylinders with which it was forged in London in the 1880s.
The drift of 50 parts in a billion, less than the mass of a grain of sugar, was first noted three decades ago and has continued.
But the difference can cause havoc for scientists who require precise definitions.
Yet another reason to not use the metric system!
The cylinder of platinum and iridium used as the standard definition of the weight is known as Le Grand K and kept under lock and key in a vault near Paris.
It was the object that scientists regarded as having a defined mass of exactly 1kg.
But it is drifting out of alignment with the copycat cylinders with which it was forged in London in the 1880s.
The drift of 50 parts in a billion, less than the mass of a grain of sugar, was first noted three decades ago and has continued.
But the difference can cause havoc for scientists who require precise definitions.
Yet another reason to not use the metric system!
November 12, 2007
The Finnish Killings: Don't blame guns - Blame liberalism
Dr Christie Davies hits the nail on the head!
On 7th November 2007 Pekka-Eric Auvinen, an 18-year old schoolboy, went to his school in Jokela, Finland with a .22-calibre handgun and murdered eight people. Christie Davies predicts that the anti-gun lobbies will use these tragic shootings in Finland as part of their irrational crusade against gun ownership. The real causes of Finland's high murder rate are alcohol and liberalism and this particular murderer was a Bolshevik. It has nothing to do with guns.
THE ARTICLE
On 7th November 2007 Pekka-Eric Auvinen, an 18-year old schoolboy, went to his school in Jokela, Finland with a .22-calibre handgun and murdered eight people. Christie Davies predicts that the anti-gun lobbies will use these tragic shootings in Finland as part of their irrational crusade against gun ownership. The real causes of Finland's high murder rate are alcohol and liberalism and this particular murderer was a Bolshevik. It has nothing to do with guns.
THE ARTICLE
October 18, 2007
As If We Didn't Already Know, The Democrats Are TRAITORS!
This Ottoman/Armenian genocide resolution (championed by Nancy Pelosi) proves (once again) that the democrats are traitors to the US. If we look at the situation, it becomes pretty clear...
1) The killings took place about 100 years ago.
2) The killings were done by the ottoman empire (not by Turkey).
If it is SO IMPORTANT for this matter to be made part of our public record, WHY HASN'T THE DEMOCRATS DONE THIS DURING THE PAST 100 YEARS OR SO!?!?!
The only answer as to why they are pushing this resolution now is that THEY ARE TRYING TO ALIENATE TURKEY! Why alienate Turkey? - because:
1) Turkey has been allowing us a route to supply our troops in Iraq.
2) Turkey has been abstaining from fighting the Kurds in Iraq.
This resolution will piss-off Turkey and they will cut off our supply route which will hurt our efforts in Iraq. Thereby hurting our troops and helping the enemy.
And... there is a very good possibility that if we alienate Turkey, they will start fighting the Kurds in Iraq and cause us more troubles.
There is absolutely no good reason for the democrats to pass a resolution condeming the Ottomans and only negative reasons.
PROOF (yet again) that liberals are stupid, evil or both.
October 11, 2007
The 'Columbine' 14yo Penn. Boy...
Regarding the 14yo Pennsylvania brat that was going to shoot up Plymouth Whitemarsh-
So far, I haven't seen any mention of this on the blogs so let me be the first...
Okay, Nancey Grace is on the TV hyping this story like it's a cute white girl that's gone missing...
They've paraded the pictures of the weapons and she's commmented so far on how dangerous (my wording) they all look.
Let me point out this-
So far here's a listing of the weapons:
- A '9mm assault rifle' (which there were no bullets).
- A handful of EMPTY magazines for the above mentioned 'assault rifle'.
- A homemade 'hand grenade'.
- 30 BB guns.
- A few knives.
- A book on bomb making.
Let me also note that the "9mm Assault Rifle" looks like a plain-ole long-barreled 30cal AK-47 (NOT a 9mm, 30cal is smaller). I may be wrong but, going by the 'gun-knowledge' of your average reporter, I pretty sure that the media is wrong on that point also.
I don't know about you but, I don't think he could have done much damage with a bullet-less rifle, a homemade handgrenade (which probably works as well as most kid made explosive devices), some BB guns and a few knives...
Do I think this kid was trying to do something, YES. Do I think he should be arrested, YES. Hell, he should be locked up for about 50years for this stunt!
I'm just amazed how the dinosaur-media is hyping this story! I await the next round of howls for gun-control. What we need is BRAT-CONTROL!
UPDATE: The mom, Michele Cossey, has been arrested for buying the guns for the brat.
So far, I haven't seen any mention of this on the blogs so let me be the first...
Okay, Nancey Grace is on the TV hyping this story like it's a cute white girl that's gone missing...
They've paraded the pictures of the weapons and she's commmented so far on how dangerous (my wording) they all look.
Let me point out this-
So far here's a listing of the weapons:
- A '9mm assault rifle' (which there were no bullets).
- A handful of EMPTY magazines for the above mentioned 'assault rifle'.
- A homemade 'hand grenade'.
- 30 BB guns.
- A few knives.
- A book on bomb making.
Let me also note that the "9mm Assault Rifle" looks like a plain-ole long-barreled 30cal AK-47 (NOT a 9mm, 30cal is smaller). I may be wrong but, going by the 'gun-knowledge' of your average reporter, I pretty sure that the media is wrong on that point also.
I don't know about you but, I don't think he could have done much damage with a bullet-less rifle, a homemade handgrenade (which probably works as well as most kid made explosive devices), some BB guns and a few knives...
Do I think this kid was trying to do something, YES. Do I think he should be arrested, YES. Hell, he should be locked up for about 50years for this stunt!
I'm just amazed how the dinosaur-media is hyping this story! I await the next round of howls for gun-control. What we need is BRAT-CONTROL!
UPDATE: The mom, Michele Cossey, has been arrested for buying the guns for the brat.
September 28, 2007
Google discriminates!
Say Uncle just got a nasty-gram from the boys at Google telling him to basically kiss off because his site mentions guns...
While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages such as thegunblogs.com.
As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on sites with content related to certain weapons and weapon accessories, such as firearms, balisongs, butterfly knives, and brass knuckles.
As a result, we have disabled ad serving to the site.
The funny thing is that I noticed that where Goggle has problems with sites mentioning guns, they have absolutely no qualms with taking money from advertisers that sell things such as air-guns, "gunshot ringtones", and even GUNS (eBay ad)! (Taken FROM Say Uncle's site)
Not only do they take money from those advertisers, They have no problem advertising sexual items or even prostitution!
While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages such as thegunblogs.com.
As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on sites with content related to certain weapons and weapon accessories, such as firearms, balisongs, butterfly knives, and brass knuckles.
As a result, we have disabled ad serving to the site.
The funny thing is that I noticed that where Goggle has problems with sites mentioning guns, they have absolutely no qualms with taking money from advertisers that sell things such as air-guns, "gunshot ringtones", and even GUNS (eBay ad)! (Taken FROM Say Uncle's site)
Not only do they take money from those advertisers, They have no problem advertising sexual items or even prostitution!
Mexican President: We Are Coming!
Mexican President Felipe Calderon told U.S. governors Thursday that immigration is an inevitable, natural phenomenon and he urged the U.S. Congress to approve reforms that would allow more Mexicans to work legally north of the border.
THE ARTICLE
THE ARTICLE
New [PC] Immigration Test is Out.
Th new immigration test has been unveiled.... Thomas Jefferson is OUT, Martin Luther King is IN.
About 42 civics questions were dropped or revised to reach the final 100. Among those that were dropped was, "Who said 'Give me liberty or give me death?'" The answer is Patrick Henry, a colonial American revolutionary.
One question that survived the cut is "What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?" Among the possible answers are: Fought for civil rights and worked for equality for all Americans. King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights campaign in the United States.
Test Questions I find PC-
1) What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
2) What did Susan B Anthony do?
3) What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
THE ARTICLE
About 42 civics questions were dropped or revised to reach the final 100. Among those that were dropped was, "Who said 'Give me liberty or give me death?'" The answer is Patrick Henry, a colonial American revolutionary.
One question that survived the cut is "What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?" Among the possible answers are: Fought for civil rights and worked for equality for all Americans. King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights campaign in the United States.
Test Questions I find PC-
1) What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
2) What did Susan B Anthony do?
3) What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
THE ARTICLE
Ethanol supporters are IDIOTS (or crooks)
Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong.
THE ARTICLE
THE ARTICLE
Illegal loses $59,000
An illegal breaks into our country, breaks our laws, earns money in the commision of his crimes, tries to carry $59,000 out of the country in a bag and gets caught and has his money confiscated. BOO HOO
Best quote: "They are treating me like a criminal when all I am is a working man,"
Um, that's because YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!
Now two scumbag lawyers are working for free for him.
Here's the tear jerking article.
Best quote: "They are treating me like a criminal when all I am is a working man,"
Um, that's because YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!
Now two scumbag lawyers are working for free for him.
Here's the tear jerking article.
September 27, 2007
Gunman on St. John's University Campus
The anti-gun kooks are going to have a field day with this one... They are going to say "OMG! HE WAS CARRYING A .50CAL GUN!!!".
I haven't seen this pointed out yet but, let me make you, my readers, aware that he was carrying a .50cal single shot, black-powder gun! You know, circa 1776 technology. It's the kind where you dump powder in the barrel, put in some wadding, and then add a lead bullet and ram it all with a rod between shots. IF he was planning on going on a killing rampage, he wouldn't have gotten very far.
Of course, in this day and age, we have taught our kids to be cowering helpless do-not-defend-yourself lumps of flesh so, may he could have reloaded each shot while the targets cowered in a corner...
HERE'S A LINK
September 24, 2007
So, Columbia University Will Let Anyone Speak???
Columbia University recently said that they would let Hitler speak when asked about Amadouchbag's speach. Funny, they'll happily let terrorists, murders, etcetera speak but let someone like Jim Gilchrist (of the Minuteman Project) speak??? NO WAY!
A nonpartisan student group that had invited Jim Gilchrist, head of the anti-illegal-immigration group, to a forum next month, said on its Web site Tuesday that "it has become clear that this event cannot take the form we had originally hoped."
The Columbia Political Union said in its statement that the event "could not effectively accomplish the goals we had hoped it might."
A nonpartisan student group that had invited Jim Gilchrist, head of the anti-illegal-immigration group, to a forum next month, said on its Web site Tuesday that "it has become clear that this event cannot take the form we had originally hoped."
The Columbia Political Union said in its statement that the event "could not effectively accomplish the goals we had hoped it might."
Buy Cigarettes In A Neighboring State, Become A Felon (And Lose Your Rights)!
"The Tennessee Department of Revenue said Friday that it will begin conducting surveillance of state-line tobacco retailers in other states, looking for Tennesseans who are buying cigarettes there to avoid taxes.
Tennessee residents may legally possess no more than two cartons of cigarettes without the state tax stamp."
"Possession of more than two cartons but less than 25 cartons is a misdemeanor. Possession of more than 25 cartons of untaxed cigarettes is a Class E felony.
Contraband cigarettes, and any vehicle in which they are transported, are subject to seizure, Farr said."
I'm glad they don't do this with brunswick stew. I buy cases of that stuff when I go home...
THE ARTICLE
Tennessee residents may legally possess no more than two cartons of cigarettes without the state tax stamp."
"Possession of more than two cartons but less than 25 cartons is a misdemeanor. Possession of more than 25 cartons of untaxed cigarettes is a Class E felony.
Contraband cigarettes, and any vehicle in which they are transported, are subject to seizure, Farr said."
I'm glad they don't do this with brunswick stew. I buy cases of that stuff when I go home...
THE ARTICLE
What Media Bias?
Ravenwood hits the nail on the head-
In 2001, President Bush makes a state visit to Mexico. During the visit, Mexican President Vicente Fox gave Bush a pair of Ostrich skin boots especially made for Fox, his bodyguards, cabinet members, and friends.
In 2007 the bootmaker was arrested in Mexico for having skins and boots made from endangered species. The CNN headline:
Bush's bootmaker arrested for illegal skins
In 2001, President Bush makes a state visit to Mexico. During the visit, Mexican President Vicente Fox gave Bush a pair of Ostrich skin boots especially made for Fox, his bodyguards, cabinet members, and friends.
In 2007 the bootmaker was arrested in Mexico for having skins and boots made from endangered species. The CNN headline:
Bush's bootmaker arrested for illegal skins
Colorado sheriff creates roadblock so private firm can demand DNA blood samples
Politech has an artice that will piss you off!
"The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, a rural area not that
far west of Denver, recently set up a highway checkpoint where motorists
were stopped and, at least in some cases, not allowed to leave until
they gave breath, blood, and saliva samples for the benefit of a private
research firm. A report by Ernie Hancock says the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration was involved as well."
THE ARTICLE
"The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, a rural area not that
far west of Denver, recently set up a highway checkpoint where motorists
were stopped and, at least in some cases, not allowed to leave until
they gave breath, blood, and saliva samples for the benefit of a private
research firm. A report by Ernie Hancock says the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration was involved as well."
THE ARTICLE
September 20, 2007
Government Healthcare - If You're A Smoker, Go Away...
In Britain-
"A man with a broken ankle is facing a lifetime of pain because a Health Service hospital has refused to treat him unless he gives up smoking.
John Nuttall, 57, needs surgery to set the ankle which he broke in three places two years ago because it did not mend naturally with a plaster cast.
Doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro have refused to operate..."
Gotta love government healthcare...
THE ARTICLE
"A man with a broken ankle is facing a lifetime of pain because a Health Service hospital has refused to treat him unless he gives up smoking.
John Nuttall, 57, needs surgery to set the ankle which he broke in three places two years ago because it did not mend naturally with a plaster cast.
Doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro have refused to operate..."
Gotta love government healthcare...
THE ARTICLE
September 18, 2007
From www.alipac.us-
A VOTE ON THE 'Bad' DREAM ACT AMENDMENT IS EMINENT!
THE VOTE MAY TAKE PLACE TODAY OR TONIGHT, BUT IS LIKELY FOR TOMORROW (WED)
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT IF THE VOTE IS TAKEN TODAY, WE WILL LOSE AND AMNESTY WILL PASS GIVING AMNESTY TO MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Contact your Senator and tell him to kill this thing!
A VOTE ON THE 'Bad' DREAM ACT AMENDMENT IS EMINENT!
THE VOTE MAY TAKE PLACE TODAY OR TONIGHT, BUT IS LIKELY FOR TOMORROW (WED)
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT IF THE VOTE IS TAKEN TODAY, WE WILL LOSE AND AMNESTY WILL PASS GIVING AMNESTY TO MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Contact your Senator and tell him to kill this thing!
Man's Life Ruined By False Rape Charges...
..Of course, the accuser is getting off scott-free.
"An 8-year-old girl claimed that for weeks he repeatedly molested her in a basement bathroom."
"He said cops grilled him for hours, lying about fake DNA tests to try to force a confession, and offering to cut him a short prison term instead of life if he admitted guilt."
"[The accused] was paraded before television cameras and spent two days at Rikers before prosecutors - in a nearly unprecedented move - rushed to a night judge to drop the charges."
"The child, who also wrongly accused her father of rape, had no signs of physical assault, and initially identified her alleged assailant as bald and white.
[The accused] is black."
He's suing for $10M. I hope he wins!
THE ARTICLE
"An 8-year-old girl claimed that for weeks he repeatedly molested her in a basement bathroom."
"He said cops grilled him for hours, lying about fake DNA tests to try to force a confession, and offering to cut him a short prison term instead of life if he admitted guilt."
"[The accused] was paraded before television cameras and spent two days at Rikers before prosecutors - in a nearly unprecedented move - rushed to a night judge to drop the charges."
"The child, who also wrongly accused her father of rape, had no signs of physical assault, and initially identified her alleged assailant as bald and white.
[The accused] is black."
He's suing for $10M. I hope he wins!
THE ARTICLE
September 12, 2007
EU GIVES UP ON METRIFICATION!!!
The EU has announced that it will give up on forcing member countries to completely 'metrify'.
Britain is now free to continue to use miles, pounds, and of course, the unit for which gave the most reason to fight, pints!
Here's some stories on the victory for good-
Google News
Britain is now free to continue to use miles, pounds, and of course, the unit for which gave the most reason to fight, pints!
Here's some stories on the victory for good-
Google News
September 06, 2007
North American Union driver's license created
"Illegal aliens who get driver's licenses or IDs in North Carolina are just being prepared for their admission into the North America Union driver pool that North Carolina is at the vanguard of creating," Gheen said. "That is the truth, whether the North Carolina DMV or the AAMVA want to admit it or not."
THE ARTICLE: www.alipac.us
THE ARTICLE: www.alipac.us
September 05, 2007
Destruction in black America is self-inflicted
"DEBATING capital punishment at an Ivy League university a few years ago, I was confronted with the claim that since death sentences are more often meted out in cases where the victim is white, the death penalty must be racially biased. It's a spurious argument, I replied. Whites commit fewer than half of all murders in the United States, yet more whites than blacks are sentenced to death and more whites than blacks are executed each year. If there is racial bias in the system, it clearly isn't in favor of whites."
MORE: http://www.boston.com
MORE: http://www.boston.com
August 30, 2007
Jury Nullification - Something ALL Jurors Should Know About!
Jury Nullification is a power that the common people have to get rid of bad laws. Most people do not know of it's existance.
How it works is this, when someone is brought to trial on charges, the jury finds him Not Guilty inspite of overwhelming evidence of his violation. Once the person is found not guilty (usually by one vote), he can no longer be tried for the crime.
The benefit of this is that the finding of not guilty can be used in future trials as proof that the law is bad and it will eventually go away.
One thing to note is that many judges do not want juries to know of thier power and will remove jurors whom they suspect may excercise their nullification power.
HERE'S A GOOD WRITE-UP ON JURY NULLIFICATION.
How it works is this, when someone is brought to trial on charges, the jury finds him Not Guilty inspite of overwhelming evidence of his violation. Once the person is found not guilty (usually by one vote), he can no longer be tried for the crime.
The benefit of this is that the finding of not guilty can be used in future trials as proof that the law is bad and it will eventually go away.
One thing to note is that many judges do not want juries to know of thier power and will remove jurors whom they suspect may excercise their nullification power.
HERE'S A GOOD WRITE-UP ON JURY NULLIFICATION.
August 28, 2007
Worst injured soldier ever to survive is awarded less than RAF typist with a sore thumb
Ben Parkinson volunteered to serve his country on the Afghan front line - and paid a terrible price.
The young paratrooper suffered a total of 37 terrible injuries when he was blown up by a landmine.
He lost both his legs and sustained grievous damage to his spine, skull, pelvis, hands, spleen and ribcage, leaving him in a coma for months.
Incredibly, 23-year-old Ben is still alive almost a year later - according to his doctors the most badly-injured soldier ever to survive.
Yet as recompense for his ruined life, Ben has been offered only £152,150 - little more than half the maximum award for maimed military personnel and less than a third of the £484,000 doled out to an RAF typist who claimed she had suffered repetitive strain injury to her thumb.
Way to go Britian!
THE ARTICLE: www.dailymail.co.uk
The young paratrooper suffered a total of 37 terrible injuries when he was blown up by a landmine.
He lost both his legs and sustained grievous damage to his spine, skull, pelvis, hands, spleen and ribcage, leaving him in a coma for months.
Incredibly, 23-year-old Ben is still alive almost a year later - according to his doctors the most badly-injured soldier ever to survive.
Yet as recompense for his ruined life, Ben has been offered only £152,150 - little more than half the maximum award for maimed military personnel and less than a third of the £484,000 doled out to an RAF typist who claimed she had suffered repetitive strain injury to her thumb.
Way to go Britian!
THE ARTICLE: www.dailymail.co.uk
AMMO BUY TODAY! AUG 28th...
David over at The War On Guns points out that today we should be buying ammo. I know I'll definitely be stopping on the way home...
Here's David's blog entry:
August 28 Ammo Buy
This is the only post I'm going to make today, and I'll make it brief.
WarOnGuns regulars know about today's proposed ammo buy as a counterprotest to the Pfleger/Jackson Citizen Disarmament Mobfest and Rabble-Rousin' Jamboree.
The rest of today's posts are yours, via comments. Please tell us:
Your name or screen name
What you bought
How much you bought
Where you bought it (name of store or range), including the city
Did the gun store or range help promote the ammo buy, and if so, what did they do?
If you like, you can tell us how much you spent, but that's optional.
Please restrict your comments to that information.
This post will remain up until 12:00 midnight. I'll determine a "winner" via random drawing from all entries. As previously mentioned, the victor will receive a handsome Red's Trading Post cap, courtesy of WoG reader "Sam."
One last thing--I thought about requiring some sort of proof of purchase, but that's the government's MO to consider people suspect right off the bat. We operate on the honor system here at WarOnGuns. When I announce the winner tomorrow, it will be up to them to contact me at dcodrea at hotmail dot com to claim the prize.
Go on over to his blog and let him know what you bought!
Here's David's blog entry:
August 28 Ammo Buy
This is the only post I'm going to make today, and I'll make it brief.
WarOnGuns regulars know about today's proposed ammo buy as a counterprotest to the Pfleger/Jackson Citizen Disarmament Mobfest and Rabble-Rousin' Jamboree.
The rest of today's posts are yours, via comments. Please tell us:
Your name or screen name
What you bought
How much you bought
Where you bought it (name of store or range), including the city
Did the gun store or range help promote the ammo buy, and if so, what did they do?
If you like, you can tell us how much you spent, but that's optional.
Please restrict your comments to that information.
This post will remain up until 12:00 midnight. I'll determine a "winner" via random drawing from all entries. As previously mentioned, the victor will receive a handsome Red's Trading Post cap, courtesy of WoG reader "Sam."
One last thing--I thought about requiring some sort of proof of purchase, but that's the government's MO to consider people suspect right off the bat. We operate on the honor system here at WarOnGuns. When I announce the winner tomorrow, it will be up to them to contact me at dcodrea at hotmail dot com to claim the prize.
Go on over to his blog and let him know what you bought!
August 23, 2007
Red Light Camera Corruption, AGAIN!
“My truck crossed the stop line when the light turned red. He (the hearing officer) told me that the stop line is a lateral line parallel to the curb, which is 10 feet farther out (than) where it actually starts,” Hillis says.
For red light cameras, the violation line is an imaginary one – so imaginary that it's missing from the Texas driver's handbook.
THE ARTICLE: cbs11tv.com
For red light cameras, the violation line is an imaginary one – so imaginary that it's missing from the Texas driver's handbook.
THE ARTICLE: cbs11tv.com
August 17, 2007
Massachusetts Is Doing It's Best To Promote Gun Crimes!
The Boston Globe reports:
"The number of licensed gun owners in Massachusetts has declined by more than a quarter in the past six years, a falloff driven by restrictive laws, higher licensing fees..."
THE ARTICLE: http://www.boston.com
The Smallest Minority has a good analysis of this.
"The number of licensed gun owners in Massachusetts has declined by more than a quarter in the past six years, a falloff driven by restrictive laws, higher licensing fees..."
THE ARTICLE: http://www.boston.com
The Smallest Minority has a good analysis of this.
Buy A Box Of Ammo on The 28th (Of August)
David over at "War On Guns" has a wonderful idea, buy a box of ammo on the 28th to protest the anti-gun protesters!
Apparently the Brady Anti-gun Nuts are calling for a national protest on the 28th to protest 'illegal gun traffiking' (which we all know they mean any gun sales). So, David came up with this gem:
I'm going to try and start a blog swarm at WarOnGuns to get gun owners to buy a box of ammo on Aug 28--be nice if gun stores would offer some sort of nominal discount or a door prize (no purchase necessary to enter, just to keep things legal) or some such on that day to encourage this--Tuesdays may typically be slow days anyway, so this would get people in their stores and probably work out to their profit.
It'd be nice unintended consequences for the Bradys if we could demonstrate a few percentage points of sales increases on that day because of this.
I'm in! I'll be going over and getting some ammo!
MORE: http://waronguns.blogspot.com
Apparently the Brady Anti-gun Nuts are calling for a national protest on the 28th to protest 'illegal gun traffiking' (which we all know they mean any gun sales). So, David came up with this gem:
I'm going to try and start a blog swarm at WarOnGuns to get gun owners to buy a box of ammo on Aug 28--be nice if gun stores would offer some sort of nominal discount or a door prize (no purchase necessary to enter, just to keep things legal) or some such on that day to encourage this--Tuesdays may typically be slow days anyway, so this would get people in their stores and probably work out to their profit.
It'd be nice unintended consequences for the Bradys if we could demonstrate a few percentage points of sales increases on that day because of this.
I'm in! I'll be going over and getting some ammo!
MORE: http://waronguns.blogspot.com
August 14, 2007
Oh Look, More Chinese Crap!
Mattel Recalling More Chinese-Made Toys
Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets children can swallow or which could have lead paint.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.breitbart.com/
Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. issued recalls Tuesday for about 9 million Chinese-made toys that contain magnets children can swallow or which could have lead paint.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.breitbart.com/
Gun Control Works!
A British citizen was killed in New Jersey but, since New Jersey has such tight gun laws, he wasn't shot. Obviously, gun control works!
Paul Ritch, of Penarth, Wales, was on a two-week vacation in the United States and was visiting friends in the Cherry Hill area.
The Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office says the 37-year-old had gone to the beach, ate dinner and visited some night spots Saturday before the stabbing occurred early Sunday.
The county medical examiner's office says Ritch sustained a single knife wound to the heart.
Ritch was listed in a 2002 poll of Britain's 50 most eligible bachelors by Company magazine, and was named the 12th most eligible man in Wales in a local newspaper the same year.
The South Wales Echo newspaper says Ritch worked as a swimming and fitness instructor in Cardiff, Wales.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.foxnews.com/
Paul Ritch, of Penarth, Wales, was on a two-week vacation in the United States and was visiting friends in the Cherry Hill area.
The Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office says the 37-year-old had gone to the beach, ate dinner and visited some night spots Saturday before the stabbing occurred early Sunday.
The county medical examiner's office says Ritch sustained a single knife wound to the heart.
Ritch was listed in a 2002 poll of Britain's 50 most eligible bachelors by Company magazine, and was named the 12th most eligible man in Wales in a local newspaper the same year.
The South Wales Echo newspaper says Ritch worked as a swimming and fitness instructor in Cardiff, Wales.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.foxnews.com/
August 08, 2007
China threatens to trigger US dollar crash
The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US Treasury bonds if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.
US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese president Hu Jintao: China threatens to trigger US dollar crash
Henry Paulson, the US Treasury secretary, met with Chinese president Hu Jintao in Beijing last week
Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress. Shifts in Chinese policy are often announced through key think tanks and academies.
Described as China's "nuclear option" in the state media, such action could trigger a dollar crash at a time when the US currency is breaking down through historic support levels.
It would also cause a spike in US bond yields, hammering the US housing market and perhaps tipping the economy into recession.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/08/cnchina108.xml
US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese president Hu Jintao: China threatens to trigger US dollar crash
Henry Paulson, the US Treasury secretary, met with Chinese president Hu Jintao in Beijing last week
Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress. Shifts in Chinese policy are often announced through key think tanks and academies.
Described as China's "nuclear option" in the state media, such action could trigger a dollar crash at a time when the US currency is breaking down through historic support levels.
It would also cause a spike in US bond yields, hammering the US housing market and perhaps tipping the economy into recession.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/08/cnchina108.xml
August 06, 2007
Store Evicted Because Owner Doesn't Speak Spanish
Tom McKenna is a longtime Stuart businessman who speaks only English.
He says that's why he's being kicked out of the storefront on South Dixie Highway where he has run Seacoast Water Care for seven years.
"I don't know how else to put it," said McKenna, 51.
I'm not sure I do either.
On July 5 — the day after Independence Day — McKenna received a letter from landlord Ivan Munroe telling him to consider another location.
Munroe said in his letter he wants to have "quality tenants serving the Spanish need in the area."
"I guess I don't serve the 'Spanish need,' whatever that means," McKenna said.
Apparently the signs for Seacoast Water Care don't fit in. They're in English.
Munroe pretty much admitted that's one of the reasons he wants McKenna to move.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.tcpalm.com
July 18, 2007
Liberals Lose Logic.
The left's arguments are 99.99% always emotion based and not logic/reality based.
Here's an example:
Emotion is what wins arguments, and there is a tremendous amount of emotion among those fighting to reduce gun violence -- there always is when someone gets hurt or must go through the tragedies that we experience in this country as a result of gun violence.
...
That is important emotion, and it will do more for the argument for stronger gun laws than any facts or figures ever will.
...
We have to show legislators the human side of this issue, too, and force them to base their own decisions and policies off of that emotion...
An excerpt from Emory University Professor of Psychology Drew Westen's book The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.
Hat Tip to: http://smallestminority.blogspot.com
Here's an example:
Emotion is what wins arguments, and there is a tremendous amount of emotion among those fighting to reduce gun violence -- there always is when someone gets hurt or must go through the tragedies that we experience in this country as a result of gun violence.
...
That is important emotion, and it will do more for the argument for stronger gun laws than any facts or figures ever will.
...
We have to show legislators the human side of this issue, too, and force them to base their own decisions and policies off of that emotion...
An excerpt from Emory University Professor of Psychology Drew Westen's book The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.
Hat Tip to: http://smallestminority.blogspot.com
Who Wins From Lawsuit Abuse? Hint: It's Not You or Me.
Steve Hantler over at Overlawyered says it best:
The fact is, tort costs in the U.S. jumped 46% in just the pasts five years. As noted in this space yesterday, a new study by the Pacific Research Institute reports that the total direct and indirect costs of lawsuits are a staggering $865 billion (for context, the U.S. spends only about $108 billion a year fighting the war in Iraq).
You and I pay for these abusive lawsuits through higher consumer costs, higher taxes, lost jobs and stifled innovation. And the trial lawyers? With apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of their deaths have been greatly exaggerated. They are alive and well…just ask the Little League coach, the perfume wearer or the Cheerleading captain. I wonder who will be next?
THE ARTICLE: http://www.overlawyered.com
The fact is, tort costs in the U.S. jumped 46% in just the pasts five years. As noted in this space yesterday, a new study by the Pacific Research Institute reports that the total direct and indirect costs of lawsuits are a staggering $865 billion (for context, the U.S. spends only about $108 billion a year fighting the war in Iraq).
You and I pay for these abusive lawsuits through higher consumer costs, higher taxes, lost jobs and stifled innovation. And the trial lawyers? With apologies to Mark Twain, rumors of their deaths have been greatly exaggerated. They are alive and well…just ask the Little League coach, the perfume wearer or the Cheerleading captain. I wonder who will be next?
THE ARTICLE: http://www.overlawyered.com
Government Wants A 20,000% Raise In Cigar Tax!
The Senate Finance Committee is currently considering a bill that would result in a huge increase in the federal tax on cigars. Currently, the federal tax on cigars is at $0.05. The proposed bill could increase that to as much as $10.00, a 20,000% increase.
The bill is seeking to add $35 billion in funds to the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which helps uninsured children get the healthcare they need. The Senate Plan is to fund the increase in children's healthcare funds by increasing taxes on tobacco products.
TRANSLATION: The bill is seeking to add $35 billion in funds to the general fund, which helps politicians get elected by buying votes and paying off friends they need. The Senate Plan is to fund the increase in general funds by increasing taxes on tobacco products.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.clevelandleader.com
The bill is seeking to add $35 billion in funds to the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which helps uninsured children get the healthcare they need. The Senate Plan is to fund the increase in children's healthcare funds by increasing taxes on tobacco products.
TRANSLATION: The bill is seeking to add $35 billion in funds to the general fund, which helps politicians get elected by buying votes and paying off friends they need. The Senate Plan is to fund the increase in general funds by increasing taxes on tobacco products.
THE ARTICLE: http://www.clevelandleader.com
Americans Call On Congress To Investigate Bush - Immigartion
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is calling for a formal congressional investigation into the non-enforcement and under enforcement of America's popularly supported and existing immigration laws.
MORE: http://www.alipac.us
MORE: http://www.alipac.us
Gun Buy-Back Successfully Removes An 1851 Black Powder Revolver From Our Streets
Ahab over at What would John Wayne do? explains it best:
Assholes destroy antique revolver. Pretty much your standard fare for a gun buyback program, actually. If you look at the picture, the "antique" revolver looks like a brass frame (not gold plated) '51 Navy Colt.
To look at the flipside of the coin, suppose for a moment that the revolver wasn't an antique. That means that they were successful in remove a blackpowder, muzzleloading revolver "from the streets". Now, I don't have any statistics handy on use of '51 Colts in crime, but I'm guessing that they haven't been the "gun of choice" for criminals since about 1870 or so. Just guessing, though.
gun buybacks don't actually do anything. The article mentions that each gun was checked by federal authorities to see if it was used in a crime. Do you think that some gangbanger is going to swing on by and drop his Lorcin off into the hands of the waiting fuzz so they can link the gun to him? Of course not. He's going to toss that gun into the river, or give it to one of his friends, etc.
...16 WHOLE GUNS. Good job there, guys. Way to make us safer by destroying Grandpa's old 12 Gauge side by side duck gun. Assholes.
FULL ARTICLE: churchoftheduke.blogspot.com
Assholes destroy antique revolver. Pretty much your standard fare for a gun buyback program, actually. If you look at the picture, the "antique" revolver looks like a brass frame (not gold plated) '51 Navy Colt.
To look at the flipside of the coin, suppose for a moment that the revolver wasn't an antique. That means that they were successful in remove a blackpowder, muzzleloading revolver "from the streets". Now, I don't have any statistics handy on use of '51 Colts in crime, but I'm guessing that they haven't been the "gun of choice" for criminals since about 1870 or so. Just guessing, though.
gun buybacks don't actually do anything. The article mentions that each gun was checked by federal authorities to see if it was used in a crime. Do you think that some gangbanger is going to swing on by and drop his Lorcin off into the hands of the waiting fuzz so they can link the gun to him? Of course not. He's going to toss that gun into the river, or give it to one of his friends, etc.
...16 WHOLE GUNS. Good job there, guys. Way to make us safer by destroying Grandpa's old 12 Gauge side by side duck gun. Assholes.
FULL ARTICLE: churchoftheduke.blogspot.com
Federal gun registry has not improved public safety despite costing taxpayers more than $2 billion
Canada's homicide rate and number of gang-related murders has increased since the federal government's firearms registry and licensing program was implemented, an indication that the program has failed to improve public safety, according to Hubris in the North, The Canadian Firearms Registry, a new report from independent research organization The Fraser Institute.
MORE: www.cnw.ca
MORE: www.cnw.ca
July 12, 2007
Antigun leader commits a gun-felony and gets away with it.
David Hardy at "Of Arms & The Law" explained it best:
John Rosenthal, of Stop Handgun Violence and American Hunters and Shooters Association, went on a radio show to discuss his latest anti-NRA billboard, and in the process explained how he'd made a straw man purchase at an out of state gun show, after licensed dealers refuse to sell to him.
Not that he'd have to worry about prosecution, of course. Which is why he felt free to confess to a federal felony over the radio. Oh, and the Boston Globe paid for the buy.
MORE:
Of Arms & The Law
Gun Owners' Action League
John Rosenthal, of Stop Handgun Violence and American Hunters and Shooters Association, went on a radio show to discuss his latest anti-NRA billboard, and in the process explained how he'd made a straw man purchase at an out of state gun show, after licensed dealers refuse to sell to him.
Not that he'd have to worry about prosecution, of course. Which is why he felt free to confess to a federal felony over the radio. Oh, and the Boston Globe paid for the buy.
MORE:
Of Arms & The Law
Gun Owners' Action League
Florida man owes $10,000 for child who's not his
He says he knew nothing about the other girl until paperwork showed up about four years ago saying he was the father.
He now has DNA results that show the 15-year-old girl wasn't fathered by him. He even has an affidavit from the girl's mother -- a former girlfriend from 1990 -- saying he's "not the father" and asking that Rodriguez no longer be required to pay child support.
Yet the state of Florida is continuing to push him to pay $305 a month to support the girl, as well as the more than $10,000 already owed. He spent a night in jail because of his delinquent payments.
MORE: www.cnn.com
He now has DNA results that show the 15-year-old girl wasn't fathered by him. He even has an affidavit from the girl's mother -- a former girlfriend from 1990 -- saying he's "not the father" and asking that Rodriguez no longer be required to pay child support.
Yet the state of Florida is continuing to push him to pay $305 a month to support the girl, as well as the more than $10,000 already owed. He spent a night in jail because of his delinquent payments.
MORE: www.cnn.com
June 28, 2007
The H1B scam - "Our goal is clearly not to find a qualified and interested US worker."
JUST SO YOU KNOW, this law firm is:
Cohen & Grigsby (www.cohemlaw.com)
Use Biodiesel, Get Busted For Tax Evasion.
Bob Teixeira, a Charlotte guitar teacher, took a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil last fall and spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil. He buys soybean oil in 5-gallon jugs at Costco, which costs him about a third more than diesel.
Despite his good intentions, the state fined Teixeira $1,000 for not paying motor fuel taxes. North Carolina officials also told him that to legally use veggie oil here he'd have to first post a $2,500 bond.
Such penalties have also been levied against other North Carolina drivers whose vehicles were powered by alternative fuels.
MORE: http://www.citizen-times.com
http://www.wwaytv3.com
DING DONG, THE BILL IS DEAD!
It’s DEAD (probably until 2008)! S.1639/S.1348 - shamnesty for illegal aliens.
Nays - 53
Yeas - 46
Anyone have a list of the traitors who voted Yea?
Nays - 53
Yeas - 46
Anyone have a list of the traitors who voted Yea?
June 27, 2007
Yard Nazis Are Out Of Control - No Grass, Go To Jail.
A Newaygo County man spent the past two weekend behind bars because of his yard, and he faces more jail time.
David Burch says he tried to seed the yard last fall but it wouldn't take root. This all stems from a contractor who failed to sod the yard in the first place. Now a judge is saying, do the yard or do the time.
I'm willing to bet that Police Chief Roger Ungrey probably doesn't think it important enough to arrest illegals and enforce those laws. He's probably too busy enforcing lawn laws on US citizens.
MORE: http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6725421
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77275
David Burch says he tried to seed the yard last fall but it wouldn't take root. This all stems from a contractor who failed to sod the yard in the first place. Now a judge is saying, do the yard or do the time.
I'm willing to bet that Police Chief Roger Ungrey probably doesn't think it important enough to arrest illegals and enforce those laws. He's probably too busy enforcing lawn laws on US citizens.
MORE: http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6725421
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77275
Florida Sheriff Rounds Up Illegals At Work Sites.
The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective _ and controversial _ way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.
Those who take off are chased down and arrested on charges such as trespassing, for cutting through someone else's property, or loitering, for hiding out in someone's yard, or reckless driving, for speeding off in a car.
MORE: http://www.chron.com
http://abcnews.go.com
http://www.officer.com
June 26, 2007
Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.
Virginia Introduces $3550 Speeding Ticket
Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.
Delegate AlboVirginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.
"The purpose of the civil remedial fees imposed in this section is to generate revenue," the new law states. (Virginia Code 46.2-206.1)
Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.
Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal," "passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050 assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven years.
MORE: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1818.asp
Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.
Delegate AlboVirginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.
"The purpose of the civil remedial fees imposed in this section is to generate revenue," the new law states. (Virginia Code 46.2-206.1)
Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.
Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal," "passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050 assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven years.
MORE: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1818.asp
Dulles, Virginia toll road officials attempt to take $1200 from elderly woman for $12.80 in tolls she already paid.
The 85-year-old accused of running tolls without paying for them was relieved of the threat of fines last week after Loudoun County General District Court Judge Julia Taylor Cannon dismissed the case. The woman, Dorothy Neumann, had run four tolls on the Dulles Greenway last September, for which the Greenway administration sought to pursue criminal charges and a $1,000 fine.
MORE: http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/06/21/news/fp899stoll062107.txt
MORE: http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/06/21/news/fp899stoll062107.txt
May 17, 2007
We're being sold out again!
WeHateGringos.com says it best:
"The amnesty compromise has been reached (at least 95% of it, anyway). Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Sen. Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Pres. Bush have negotiated a grand compromise between those who wanted a massive increase in foreign workers and those who wanted a blanket amnesty for illegal aliens and virtually unlimited family chain migration. Nobody involved represented the American people’s interest in immigration reductions.
The first key vote will be next Monday night.
Senators are admitting privately that the bill will increase the number of greencards (for permanent settlement) by 20 million over the next 13 years. Added to the number that will be given out based on current law, that means 30-35 million greencards in just the next 13 years!
To give you an idea of how radically these Senators want to change our nation and communities, consider that there are around 25 million foreign-born now living in this country who have been given green cards over the last 75 years. That number already has overwhelmed and changed thousands of communities.
But the Senate negotiators and Pres. Bush want to raise that number of greencard holders in our communities from 25 million to 60 million in just the next 13 years!"
CALL CALL CALL your senators NOW!
Here's the article: http://wehategringos.com/whg/?p=1741
"The amnesty compromise has been reached (at least 95% of it, anyway). Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Sen. Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Pres. Bush have negotiated a grand compromise between those who wanted a massive increase in foreign workers and those who wanted a blanket amnesty for illegal aliens and virtually unlimited family chain migration. Nobody involved represented the American people’s interest in immigration reductions.
The first key vote will be next Monday night.
Senators are admitting privately that the bill will increase the number of greencards (for permanent settlement) by 20 million over the next 13 years. Added to the number that will be given out based on current law, that means 30-35 million greencards in just the next 13 years!
To give you an idea of how radically these Senators want to change our nation and communities, consider that there are around 25 million foreign-born now living in this country who have been given green cards over the last 75 years. That number already has overwhelmed and changed thousands of communities.
But the Senate negotiators and Pres. Bush want to raise that number of greencard holders in our communities from 25 million to 60 million in just the next 13 years!"
CALL CALL CALL your senators NOW!
Here's the article: http://wehategringos.com/whg/?p=1741
January 23, 2007
Discount-Mats.com = SCUMBAGS!
An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site, which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."Euphoric Reality has a really good, on-going article about this.
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site, which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."Euphoric Reality has a really good, on-going article about this.
January 10, 2007
What's Worse Than Open Borders?
...for many skilled computer programmers from India are kept out while they await their visas. Educated Chinese scientists cannot find cash-only jobs in our aerospace industry. And the honest of all nations are kept outside our country by their very honesty, except for the small portion of aspiring legal immigrants that, after much paperwork and time and expense, are admitted properly.
For those who are criminals, the border is open.
For those without degrees, the border is open.
For the violent, the dishonest, the unskilled, the destitute, the illiterate … the border is open.
FROM: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18852
For those who are criminals, the border is open.
For those without degrees, the border is open.
For the violent, the dishonest, the unskilled, the destitute, the illiterate … the border is open.
FROM: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18852
January 09, 2007
REPERCUSSIONS OF SENATE BILL# S.2611 (URGENT! Masterplan for illegal alien control activists!)
Impacts of S.B. 2611:
1. Dissolves our sovereignty and free choice to protect our nation. If passed, neither federal, state nor local governments can build barriers on our side of the border to protect from illegal entry without permission of Mexico.
2. The Heritage Foundation estimates the bill would increase federal spending by $50 billion annually. That does not include the estimated cost of $100 billion annually for anchor babies.
3. The bill forgives felonies of illegal aliens who have stolen Social Security card numbers and identities of U.S. citizens and allows past illegal work to qualify for Social Security benefits.
4. It allows all illegal aliens to gain citizenship. Once citizens, they may import their parents and relatives into the USA—by the millions.
5. It makes parents of temporary workers who have never paid into Social Security eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits. It allows them to gain Medicaid benefits after five years. This is a sure fire way to send our Social Security system into quicker bankruptcy.
6. This bill imposes a massive welfare program on U.S. taxpayers given to foreigners who have invaded our country. In other words, if you robbed a bank, but remained inside the building long enough, you not only enjoy forgiveness, you’re allowed to open a withdrawal account while American taxpayers deposit money into your account.
7. This bill represents a massive tax burden on U.S. citizens to pay for food stamps, K-12 education for millions of illegal alien children, SSI payments for millions of foreigners who broke all our rules breaking into our country, subsidized school lunches, rent subsidies, Medicaid, unemployment compensation and other medical care for out-of-wedlock births.
8. This bill adds 67 million new foreigners into the USA over the next 20 years according to Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. Earlier in the debate, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama released a report projecting the bill would bring in as many as 217 million over 20 years. That number troubled this brilliant Senate, which led them to reduce the numbers to 67 million. What great foresight by our astute senators! As if we need another 67 million foreigners displacing us from our own country!
9. This bill continues chain migration of extended families. That means that every illegal alien can bring in his entire family. Once that happens, each member of that branch can bring in their family members. It’s a pyramid scheme whereby they can bring in an unlimited number of relatives. It never ends. It’s going on right now with legal immigrants, which is why we’ll add 100 million people, at the minimum, by 2040.
10. This bill presents no mechanism for stopping this invasion. It forgives employers of past lawbreaking and sets up systems whereby illegal immigration can continue at 700,000 to 900,000 illegal annually.
11. If you think these “guest workers” will ever go back home, I’d like to sell you a fruit stand at the Arctic Circle, Alaska. If you think this bill secures our borders, I’d like to sell you fig tree at the North Pole that you can sit under to keep from getting too much sun.
12. This bill codifies prevailing wage provision for guest workers, but neglects American workers. It forces businesses to pay inflated to guest workers that would exceed wages to American citizens.
13. S.B. 2611 allows in-state college tuition, which is denied to U.S. citizens in 49 states, to all illegals and gives them first dibs on financial assistance.
14. S.B. 2611 stops police from arresting aliens for criminal violations of immigration laws. Just like happened with Mohammed Atta, when he was arrested for a traffic stop weeks before 9/11, he got off, and with this bill, any of his fellow terrorists will be set free.
15. This bill stops the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service agency from sharing information about guest-worker applicants with other agencies. In other words, criminals can be set free after being rejected for the guest-worker program.
Illegal impersonating a police officer.
LA VISTA, Neb. -- La Vista police said a man is under arrest after an officer watched him try to pull over another vehicle with flashing strobe lights on his SUV.Guillermo J. Olivarres-Castro, 21, is charged with impersonating a police officer, among other charges.
According to La Vista police, Officer Brian Stolley was on patrol near the 7400 block of South 66th Street when he watched a white 1999 Lincoln Navigator attempt to make a traffic stop on another vehicle using flashing strobe lights on the front grill of his vehicle. The officer initially believed the Navigator may have been an unmarked police car that was attempting to make a stop. The officer turned his vehicle around to help what he thought was a colleague, and in doing so talked to the Navigator's driver.
Officers located wiring from the strobe lights in the grill that led to a toggle switch in the vehicle.
Olivarres-Castro was transported and booked at the Sarpy County Jail.Police said they're not sure Olivarres-Castro is a U.S. citizen. They said he showed a Mexican consulate card, not a driver's licenses.
FROM: KETV
According to La Vista police, Officer Brian Stolley was on patrol near the 7400 block of South 66th Street when he watched a white 1999 Lincoln Navigator attempt to make a traffic stop on another vehicle using flashing strobe lights on the front grill of his vehicle. The officer initially believed the Navigator may have been an unmarked police car that was attempting to make a stop. The officer turned his vehicle around to help what he thought was a colleague, and in doing so talked to the Navigator's driver.
Officers located wiring from the strobe lights in the grill that led to a toggle switch in the vehicle.
Olivarres-Castro was transported and booked at the Sarpy County Jail.Police said they're not sure Olivarres-Castro is a U.S. citizen. They said he showed a Mexican consulate card, not a driver's licenses.
FROM: KETV
DEFEND OUR MARINES
Eight Marines have been charged with crimes in Haditha. The American media, politicians, and military lawyers are all demanding convictions to "send a message". The media sees these eight Marines as "symbols of a bad war". Politicians see these men as weapons with which to strike the Bush Administration. The military legal establishment sees these men as a means to an end: further authority over men in combat. These Marines are caught in power games outside their control.
THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE IS NOW LEAKING INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA ABOUT EIGHT ACCUSED MARINES-
It's almost impossible to believe. Military lawyers are now joyously destroying men and women who risked their lives to serve their country. JAGs are acting like Durham, North Carolina District Attorney, Mike Nifong. Destroy the accused to build a career. These are perilous times for our nation.
YOU CAN HELP THE YOUNG MEN WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES-
A legal defense fund has been established to assist the Haditha Marines who are being so shamefully railroaded as a result of their combat service in Iraq. A distinguished group of concerned citizens have agreed to serve as board members and will administer the fund. It has been established specifically to provide monies to service members who face criminal charges as a result of their service in combat zones. The name of the fund is the Marine Iraq Legal Defense Fund, Inc. It has been set up as a charitable, non-profit 503(c) corporation. The members of the fund have volunteered to give their time to ensuring our Marines receive the best legal defense available. The board members, most are retired or former service members, include Judge Victor Ramirez, Rickard L. Borg, David Black, Stan Smith, Tom Humphries, and Jack Kelly.
Marine defense Fund
The above text was unabashadly taken from: http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm
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