I thought any felon from across the globe could waltz into a gun show, pick up a Ma Deuce with a chainsaw bayonet attachment and four billion rounds of ammo with nary a background check? And free grenades! Lots of free grenades. And lasers to blind pilots, and stuff? For about a hundred bucks?
AAAHH!!! THE NARRATIVE HAS BEEN BREACHED!!!
People will say that I am harsh in my treatment of Byrd now that he is on his date with the devil. Think what you want. I just find it difficult to forgive a man who liked lynching black people and those who supported black people—white Republicans.
I will give him this; Byrd was a great leader. He put those leadership skills to work, as he conspired to keep blacks ignorant, voting Democrat, and dependent on government. Byrd’s leadership has kept Liberal blacks on the plantation for decades, bigger fools that they ever were in the past.
“I will never submit to fight beneath that banner with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”
“They call me ‘The Pork King,’ they don’t know how much I enjoy it.”
By now, if you haven’t seen this, you’ve been unplugged.
I want to put aside right away, however, the calls about this being another “violent liberal” or “angry Democrat”, blah blah blah.
Nonono. This is the sort of thing that should absolutely transcend party lines. It’s wrong if the guy’s got a D after his name, it’s equally wrong if it’s an R.
What I want to touch on here is the gross double-standard that is at play.
Had that student – upon being grabbed – immediately twisted that man’s arm and planted him firmly face-down upon the cement sidewalk, he would have been completely justified. This Congresscritter does not have a right to know his questioner’s name, but the questioner DOES have a right not to be physically touched for asking a question.
However, we all know what would have happened, had the kid gone all Steven Seagal on him. He would’ve been crucified in the media as an “Angry Teabagger”, assaulting the poor defenseless Congressman. Charges would’ve been brought against him for harassment and battery, and he’d be spending a dozen years and hundreds of thousands in legal fees. Reputation ruined, and permanent police record would be his to enjoy for the rest of his life because he didn’t want another human being aggressively manhandling him for no reason.
That, to me, is disgusting. Meanwhile, this politician would be off the hook because his reaction was the less violent (though not less-wrong).
So as much as it pains me to say it, this guy handled the confrontation the right way for himself. In spite of my urge to see someone twist that Congresscritter’s arm into a pretzel, flatten his face against the ground and aggressively question him as to who in the hell he thinks he really is, it would be the wrong reaction. The right reaction were justice being discussed … but the wrong reaction considering our current society and it’s class of ruling elites.
However, if that student was assaulted by some fetid, urine-soaked vagrant who was ranting about furniture-eating aliens and a government conspiracy to prevent donkeys from consuming maple syrup … and he planted said vagrant face-down on the concrete … I’d guess he wouldn’t get much more than a stern look from any judge.
And that … is truly sad.
How many stories will it take?
A crowd of panic-stricken SEPTA subway passengers looked on in horror yesterday as one male passenger repeatedly plunged a pair of scissors into another man, police said.
Scissors. Available at dollar stores everywhere! We should ban them, so people can’t stab other people in the face.
Cops found the alleged assailant, Sheldon Mullings, at Methodist Hospital, where he was seeking treatment for a cut above his eye, Kelly said.
Oooh. Sorry guys. Response-Time Fail.
It appeared that no one on the subway came to the victim’s aid. “Lots of people were on there and saw this happen,” Kelly said. “No one called 9-1-1. Everyone just got out of there.”
Eeek. Call-For-Help Fail.
SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams said late yesterday afternoon that surveillance cameras on the Oregon Avenue platform didn’t show anyone getting off the subway who appeared to have been stabbed.
Surveillance Fail.
So right there, you’ve got the “Big Three” favorite nanny protection schemes failing all at the same time.
Surveillance? No. That can only show you what happens AFTER you get yourself stabbed in the face. It doesn’t prevent a crime from happening.
911 or calls for help? No. People don’t do it. They don’t intervene, they don’t want to get stabbed in the face like you just did. At best, it reports the crime long after it happens, it doesn’t not prevent a crime from happening.
Police? Unless we get the whole pre-crime thing going, the best they’ll hope to do is clean up afterward. And even that doesn’t go smoothly:
All of this led SEPTA officials to believe the stabbing had occurred above ground, Williams said. Police, however, were adamant that the attack occurred on the subway.
Mr. Left Hand, meet Mr. Right Hand! This is what he’s doing right now …
So … two major points to make regarding this story.
First, had the victim been carrying a firearm, it may or may not have helped him in this situation. There’s no guarantee how that may have factored in this situation. Simply having a gun doesn’t prevent crime either.
Second … no matter what some legislator, emotion-driven anti-gun lobbyist, or scholarly paper may try to convince you of, there is no person, piece of equipment, law, location or inanimate object in existence throughout this entire universe that is responsible for your own personal safety and protection.
It’s just you, buddy. Your physical self, and your own sense of self-protection and willpower.
You are totally and completely alone, just like me, just like all of us.
Look, I’ve been there. I’m a Dad. I’ve experienced the frustration of being in a crowded public place and having a baby wailing his lungs out.
There are a few things you can do …
First, if you have a bottle, give it to your little one. Most of the time, that’ll calm them down and get them quiet. Babies generally cry because of three things:
1) They’re tired.
2) They’re hungry.
3) They’ve got a big stinky diaper that needs some attention.
Second, if you don’t have food or can’t get him one wherever you are, get them up on your shoulder, hum a tune, bounce around, anything to distract. That works pretty well too.
Thirdly, if that doesn’t work, leave the establishment, if only for a moment. If you’re waiting in line, give up your spot. No small wait is worth a child screaming his head off in your ear. Take a quick walk outside, or anywhere. I generally do this as a courtesy to those around me in a public place, but mostly just to get the kid to calm down.
We’re fortunate … our kids aren’t public screamers or tantrum-throwers other than rare outbursts here or there in their lives. They never have been super screamers, and I hope my littlest one doesn’t turn out to be. Judging from experience with my boys so far, he shouldn’t be. We’ve had strangers comment on how well behaved and quiet our kids are in long grocery store lines and such.
So yeah, it’s frustrating when it does happen. This, however, is the wrong reaction:
Police said Carrasquillo was at the Manchester Community Health Center with his child, who was crying uncontrollably. A person who went to check on the pair told police they saw Carrasquillo shake the baby violently and slam the child’s head into a wall.
At 11 months old, that child doesn’t understand why YOU are frustrated with HIM.
Beating a defenseless human being will not calm them down. And, I’ve got to be honest here, if I ever cross paths with someone stupid enough to abuse their child within my field of view, I will aggressively and enthusiastically beat that scumbag until they’re a bloody bag of broken parts.
Or maybe I can … for this is the exact result you should expect electing a bunch of statist nannies year after year after year. Philly is corrupt to the core, but even so, this is really amazing …
More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.
No word on whether any jugs were getting smashed and poured down sewer drains, or if the cops just had a kegger after the raid.
The alleged offense: Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the police claimed that nobody had registered the precise names of the beers with the state Liquor Control Board – a process that requires the brewers or their importers to pay a $75 registration fee for each product they want to sell in Pennsylvania.
Paperwork will erode more freedom in today’s USA than force ever will. Our government knows they can’t use force because when it comes to deadly force, we’re on largely equal terms. But they can make stupid laws and create stupid fees and increase stupid little taxes until we’re all felons for not listing a toilet paper tax on our taxes because we took more than 650 craps during the course of the year and contributed a proportionally larger amount of methane to the atmosphere than our dear leaders deemed appropriate according to some UN treaty.
Okay … that’s perhaps a slight exaggeration, but it was fun to write.
Anyway … try not to get your blood boiling too high here:
Based on a complaint from someone the State Police refuse to identify, three teams of officers converged last Thursday on the three bars, run by Leigh Maida and her husband, Brendan Hartranft. Checking their inventories against the state’s official list of more than 2,800 brands, the cops seized four kegs and 317 bottles, totaling 60.9 gallons of beer, according to police calculations.
In fact, according to Maida, more than half the beer removed by the State Police was properly registered – but the cops couldn’t find it on their lists because of “clerical errors” or “blatant ineptitude” between the police and the Liquor Control Board, with whom the officers were conferring by telephone.
Show us your papers, comrade! All Your Brew Are Belong To Us!
Hey, I’ve got a great idea! Government-run healthcare and firearm registration! I mean … what could possibly go wrong?
UPDATE: Welcome, America’s Right!
Everything about this story makes me want to pound that scumbag into a bloody puddle with my fists.
Sailorcurt has an awesome post up about the VPC. Here’s a snip of what really stands out for me:
The information described in the following pages is based on a compilation derived from multiple searches using a variety of terms (“assault weapons” and “assault rifles,” for example) of reports published in U.S. news media and included in the commercial database Nexis between March 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007.
Okay. The media. Many of whom are likely unable to differentiate which one is correct – 22 millimeter or 22 cal.
So the media goes on a PSH frenzy using the terms “assault weapon” to describe whatever weapon happens to be found during a crime. The VPC searches for the term, finds it, and says, “ZOMG! Assault weapon ‘incidents’ are on the rise!” At which point the media, in bed with the VPC anyway, says, “VPC says ASSAULT WEAPON incidents on the rise!” To which the VPC says, “ASSAULT WEAPON incidents on the rise!”
Lather.
Rinse.
Repeat.
It would be funny. But it’s not.
Our enemy has infiltrated our government in the name of political correctness. They’ve infiltrated our military under the guise of patriotism, and they are attacking from within. Nobody with any public audience seems willing to fight them because they’ll be called racist or bigoted. But the reality is staring us in the face.
I can’t help but think that our military would be spared of this kind of news had we a “No Muslim” policy.
Too harsh?
Consider that we won’t let an openly gay man serve in the military though he may be a patriot willing to give his life for country. Born and raised in the United States – and someone who never spent time in Yemen or Pakistan. Yet we’ll allow apparent jihadists to serve?
Am I on another planet? Is this reality truly happening? Why not allow gays and prevent Muslims. You may not want to admit it, it’s certainly not politically correct but you could say with a fair amount of certainty that there is no such thing as a gay jihadist. Why? Because gays get executed in Muslim countries. In Iran they’ll hang them from a crane in a public square.
This tip-toeing around terrorism has got to stop. This is what our security amounts to.
Does anybody care?