I have written before about reliance on government for your safety and the safety of those you love.
"The real problem stems from one word in the sentence above beginning with "Let's". That word is government.
The latest shooter was a convicted felon who bought his weapons from a
licensed fire arms dealer who received the all clear from the
government. There is that word again.
The arm of the government that convicted the shooter of multiple felonies failed to post those convictions in the government data base.
I have another "sensible step" to suggest. Do not ever assume that the
government will get anything right. Look after yourself and those you
love. As the saying goes, when seconds count the police are only minutes
away."
As you know, another lunatic went nuts a few days ago. Another lunatic whose bizarre behavior foreshadowed his killing spree. Another lunatic who was known to the authorities. Even the FBI. Nothing was done, other than warning the FBI, and 17 people were massacred.
The usual braying about gun control is swamping the media. It is a useless reflex.
How many of these lunatics have walked into a police station and opened fire? None.
How many of them have walked into a "gun free zone" and opened fire? All of them.
A few years ago an Islamic nut fired into a Navy recruiting office. Correct, another gun free zone.
"We realized it was an actual shooting, so we then initiated our
active-shooter drill: getting down low to the ground, moving to a safe
location. And we waited until everything seemed to be clear.”
Several years ago a US Army Major went on a shooting spree in an army processing center. You guessed correctly. Gun free zone.
" According to testimony from witnesses, Hasan passed up several
opportunities to shoot civilians, and instead targeted soldiers in
uniform,[25] who – in accordance with military policy – were not carrying personal firearms." (Emphasis added)
I do not know the provenance of the rules that prevent members of our Armed Forces from being Armed. I do know they appear to be ridiculous and occasionally deadly.
You do see the real problem here I am sure. It is well-intentioned but incredibly, predictably, stupid policies promoted by people who so abhor human nature that they pretend it does not exist and legislate accordingly.
The crazy people who carry out these awful crimes are crazy, not stupid. They do not choose venues for their mayhem that might result in them being disarmed or killed quickly. They follow the path of least resistance. A very common human trait.
Be prepared to defend yourself. Our various governments have failed miserably at doing the most basic job the Constitution assigned to them.
"...insure domestic Tranquility..."
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Friday Document/News Dumps
I love Friday. No, not because it generally marks the end of the work week, I am retired.
I love Friday because the juiciest news tries to dribble out quietly.
No doubt you have heard that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russian election meddling grand jury indicted 13 people yesterday. Big news! Trump is finally going down! His whole family is going down with him! It wasn't a hoax after all!
Or not. 13 Russians! Not a Trumpian among them, only person currently within our jurisdiction and he was indicted for money laundering and identity theft. It is just too funny. Read the article to enjoy the outrage and surprise expressed by the writer at the discovery that Russians attempted to make mischief in the USA. Who knew!
Then there is this gem from Deputy AG Rosenstein,
"Rosenstein noted that there is no allegation in the indictment that Americans had any knowledge of the operation.
"There is no allegation in the indictment on the outcome of the election," he also stressed." (Emphasis added)
It gets better.
"In addition, the defendants allegedly promoted allegations of "voter fraud" in the Democratic Party beginning in the summer of 2016, through their personas on social media and political advertisements."
Really. Was Donna Brazile part of the Russian operation?
"Brazile writes the DNC was rigged (emphasis added) in Clinton's favor because her campaign was largely financing the party early on in the presidential election."
Sure sounds like voter fraud to me.
Speaking of making mischief you may have forgotten, or perhaps never knew about this,
" The Obama presidential election team has set up camp in Tel Aviv with the mission to defeat Netanyahu in our upcoming election.
The “Anyone but Bibi” mission is headed by Jeremy Bird, Obama’s National Field Director in his successful presidential campaigns."
Here is a beaut I never knew about courtesy of Instapundit contributor Charles Glasser.
"According to The Week, the Most Qualified Candidate Ever said, regarding Palestinian elections:
Whatever it is, meddling in elections included, it is ok when they do it.
I think I have mentioned before that if it was not for situational ethics the left would have no ethics at all.
"...With the intent to have a fair basis for judgments or action, one looks to personal ideals of what is appropriate to guide them, rather than an unchanging universal code of conduct,..."
What could go wrong!
I love Friday because the juiciest news tries to dribble out quietly.
No doubt you have heard that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russian election meddling grand jury indicted 13 people yesterday. Big news! Trump is finally going down! His whole family is going down with him! It wasn't a hoax after all!
Or not. 13 Russians! Not a Trumpian among them, only person currently within our jurisdiction and he was indicted for money laundering and identity theft. It is just too funny. Read the article to enjoy the outrage and surprise expressed by the writer at the discovery that Russians attempted to make mischief in the USA. Who knew!
Then there is this gem from Deputy AG Rosenstein,
"Rosenstein noted that there is no allegation in the indictment that Americans had any knowledge of the operation.
"There is no allegation in the indictment on the outcome of the election," he also stressed." (Emphasis added)
It gets better.
"In addition, the defendants allegedly promoted allegations of "voter fraud" in the Democratic Party beginning in the summer of 2016, through their personas on social media and political advertisements."
Really. Was Donna Brazile part of the Russian operation?
"Brazile writes the DNC was rigged (emphasis added) in Clinton's favor because her campaign was largely financing the party early on in the presidential election."
Sure sounds like voter fraud to me.
Speaking of making mischief you may have forgotten, or perhaps never knew about this,
" The Obama presidential election team has set up camp in Tel Aviv with the mission to defeat Netanyahu in our upcoming election.
Here is a beaut I never knew about courtesy of Instapundit contributor Charles Glasser.
"According to The Week, the Most Qualified Candidate Ever said, regarding Palestinian elections:
“And if we were going to push for an election,” Clinton went on, “then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win.” (Emphasis added)
Whatever it is, meddling in elections included, it is ok when they do it.
I think I have mentioned before that if it was not for situational ethics the left would have no ethics at all.
"...With the intent to have a fair basis for judgments or action, one looks to personal ideals of what is appropriate to guide them, rather than an unchanging universal code of conduct,..."
What could go wrong!
Sunday, February 04, 2018
This and That # 8
Sometimes a statement conveys far more information than its length would suggest.
Two examples.
"What’s remarkable is that the Democrats still haven’t caught on to the fact that there’s usually a hook inside Trump’s bait." Stephen Green, contributor, 2/1/2018 on Instapundit .
Margaret Thatcher, "The facts of life are conservative." Indeed.
&&&&&
A week or two ago our President was engaged in negotiations with Democrats and Lindsey Graham, a rino, over the status of the "Dreamers" and other immigration issues.
It was eagerly reported by Dick Durbin, Democrat senator from Illinois, that when referring to places like Haiti, and some African countries President Trump described them as "shitholes". Mr. Durbin claimed that the President's use of such language severely damaged our standing in the world. He did not mention that if he had not eagerly reported the alleged comment no one would have known about it so our reputation would be intact. Oh well, politics above all, always, for Democrats.
President Trump expressed a preference for immigrants from Norway. The Prime Minister of Norway was not amused.
Durbin reported that Graham's reaction to the President's comment (Mr. Trump denies using the offending term) was to point out, angrily, that the country Mr. Trump's grandfather emigrated from in 1869, Germany, was no paradise. Probably true and momentarily effective. Have we become such snobs and/or racists that we look down our noses at the world's downtrodden, most of whom today are people of color?
No. America's needs and our fiscal environment have changed dramatically since 1869. How much foreign aid did we distribute in 1869 to help poorer countries? None. How much did we contribute to the U.N. for redistribution to poorer countries? Nothing.
We were then a vast and underpopulated country of about 39,000,000. That's right. About 10% of today's population in a country of almost exactly the same size it is today. ( We had just bought Alaska. Hawaii was added later.) We needed bodies. Lots and lots of them. We no longer do.
Just as importantly the enormous welfare regime we have developed did not exist in 1869.
What government benefits and programs were available to Fred Drumpf? None. Was it partly welfare benefits that might have attracted him to America? Obviously not. Immigrants were essentially on their own. Private charities, family, religious and fraternal organizations were the only sources of help or support for immigrants. None could afford to be terribly generous.
We provide billions of dollars every year to help the downtrodden where they live now.
What we need now are immigrants with skills to help our country move forward and compete. What we certainly do not need are more people to compete for low end jobs thus keeping downward pressure on the wages those jobs pay.
&&&&&
James Clyburn is one of many hacks masquerading as a congressperson. Below he displays the depth of his knowledge of history.
"Having
studied history and having taught history, I can only equate one period
of time with what we experience now, and that was what was going on in
Germany around 1934 right after the 1932 elections when Adolph Hitler
was elected chancellor," Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn
(D-S.C.) told CNN"
Mr. Clyburn, Hitler was never elected Chancellor.
As to the rest of his assertions, well, what can you say. These people live in a universe reserved to the ill-informed and dishonest.
Two examples.
"What’s remarkable is that the Democrats still haven’t caught on to the fact that there’s usually a hook inside Trump’s bait." Stephen Green, contributor, 2/1/2018 on Instapundit .
Margaret Thatcher, "The facts of life are conservative." Indeed.
&&&&&
A week or two ago our President was engaged in negotiations with Democrats and Lindsey Graham, a rino, over the status of the "Dreamers" and other immigration issues.
It was eagerly reported by Dick Durbin, Democrat senator from Illinois, that when referring to places like Haiti, and some African countries President Trump described them as "shitholes". Mr. Durbin claimed that the President's use of such language severely damaged our standing in the world. He did not mention that if he had not eagerly reported the alleged comment no one would have known about it so our reputation would be intact. Oh well, politics above all, always, for Democrats.
President Trump expressed a preference for immigrants from Norway. The Prime Minister of Norway was not amused.
Durbin reported that Graham's reaction to the President's comment (Mr. Trump denies using the offending term) was to point out, angrily, that the country Mr. Trump's grandfather emigrated from in 1869, Germany, was no paradise. Probably true and momentarily effective. Have we become such snobs and/or racists that we look down our noses at the world's downtrodden, most of whom today are people of color?
No. America's needs and our fiscal environment have changed dramatically since 1869. How much foreign aid did we distribute in 1869 to help poorer countries? None. How much did we contribute to the U.N. for redistribution to poorer countries? Nothing.
We were then a vast and underpopulated country of about 39,000,000. That's right. About 10% of today's population in a country of almost exactly the same size it is today. ( We had just bought Alaska. Hawaii was added later.) We needed bodies. Lots and lots of them. We no longer do.
Just as importantly the enormous welfare regime we have developed did not exist in 1869.
What government benefits and programs were available to Fred Drumpf? None. Was it partly welfare benefits that might have attracted him to America? Obviously not. Immigrants were essentially on their own. Private charities, family, religious and fraternal organizations were the only sources of help or support for immigrants. None could afford to be terribly generous.
We provide billions of dollars every year to help the downtrodden where they live now.
What we need now are immigrants with skills to help our country move forward and compete. What we certainly do not need are more people to compete for low end jobs thus keeping downward pressure on the wages those jobs pay.
&&&&&
James Clyburn is one of many hacks masquerading as a congressperson. Below he displays the depth of his knowledge of history.
"The third-ranking Democrat in
the House said Monday said that if one was comparing America today to
Europe before World War II, "this president would be Mussolini and Putin
would be Hitler."
Mr. Clyburn, Hitler was never elected Chancellor.
As to the rest of his assertions, well, what can you say. These people live in a universe reserved to the ill-informed and dishonest.
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