Recursive smart
Borepatch links to an article by the Czar of Muscovy and offers some thoughts. Both are insightful, and worth reading.
I oscillate between the position held by Borepatch (none of the likely GOP nominees are worth much, and our best chance is to split the power between them) and the Czar (Obamacare would be a disaster, literally not figuratively, and we have to stop it now). Personally, I don’t think there is a good choice. I think that that it may be too late to stop the train, and that it doesn’t matter who we elect. “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos!”
I’ll add an additional thought. From Borepatch:
1. The stink of corruption has not yet led to Congressional criminal investigations. Between Fast and Furious and Solyndra, there are billions of dollars and hundreds of deaths that have yet to be publicly laid at the feet of the Progressive Altar. Battlefield preparation for that fight is not yet complete. If the Republican Party cannot be trusted to do even this, then they cannot be trusted with the White House.
Amen! As bad as Fast and Furious is, if nothing is done then we have set the precedent that you can use the instruments of government power to cause the slaughter of innocent people in order to further the oppression of your own citizens. There is a huge swath of folks on the left who have demonstrated over and over that they are willing to use that power, for whatever reason. A lack of reaction to Fast and Furious sends the message that you can continue to use that power.
Watching the sausage get made
One of the coolest things about living in the future is that I can sit here in my office watching the proceedings of the House Judiciary committee. I get to see the answers to each question, watch body language, and so on. And I don’t have to slog my way through “layers of editorial oversight” to see what actually happened.
And one of the coolest things about being well informed is that I can spot a lie a mile away. It’s simply amazing how much posturing and bullshit these guys go through.
We Win!
HR 822 has passed the House. Now, on to the Senate!
History in the making
I’m watching the vote on HR 822. I never in a million years thought when I started carrying that we would see a national reciprocity bill being brought to the floor of the House, let alone pass.
Win, loose, or draw from here…we’re winning. We’re the mainstream.
Sen. Klein off to gun school
The blogosphere is abuzz about the story of Arizona State Senator Lori Klein, who is under fire for allegedly pointing her LCP at a reporter.
When I read the story, I shot an email to Jane Anne Shimizu, the PR director at Gunsite suggesting that they might want to offer the Senator a spot in one of their 250 classes. Jane Anne replied that they did just that, and that the Senator has accepted the offer.
Good job, Gunsite, and good job, Senator.
Edited to add:
Much has been made of what Sen. Klein did or didn’t do; whether she swept the reporter or whether he did it to himself. No matter what, the bottom line is that even a few yars ago I can’t imagine that an elected politician would be talking about the fact that they carry a gun for self defense. Self defense is mainstream. Good for Sen. Klein for taking the next step down that road.
Sounds like a plan!
I’ve been trying to stay apolitical here at Newbie Shooter, but this one takes my breath away:
President Barack Obama declared on Monday there would be no deal on raising the government’s debt limit if Republicans won’t compromise, and he said he would not sign a short-term extension — raising the stakes on volatile negotiations with the clock ticking toward an Aug. 2 deadline.
So the Republicans, who want to cut spending, had better compromise and raise taxes, or else…er, I’m not sure what. He won’t agree to raise the amount of debt that the government can take on? Thus necessitating a cut in spending?
I’m not sure he has thought this one through…
Edited to add:
From the same press conference:
I would rather be talking about stuff that everybody welcomes like new programs…
Maybe that’s part of the problem, buddy.
A picture is worth a thousand words
Enough said.
Hah!
Jennifer reminds us why the ballot box comes before the ammo box. Have you priced .308 lately?
It usually collapses
Reading about the continuing saga of Gpal led me to the Internet Crime Complaint Center. Among the information up there is a list of online scams. My favorite:
Ponzi/Pyramid
Ponzi or pyramid schemes are investment scams in which investors are promised abnormally
high profits on their investments. No investment is actually made. Early investors
are paid returns with the investment money received from the later investors. The
system usually collapses. The later investors do not receive dividends and lose
their initial investment.
Hmmm….what does that remind us of?
Quote(s) of the day
Fox and Friends provides our QOTD:
We can absorb another terrorist attack…
B. Obama, on the possibility of another terrorist attack
How can a President of the United States say something like that, like he is a detached observer who doesn’t care about the American people?
John “The ‘Stache” Bolton, on B. Obama on the possibility of another terrorist attack
Um….because he is a detached observer who doesn’t care about the American people?
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