2011 – Page 94 – Shall Not Be Questioned

How Will We Fight?

Tam notes a story about a school in the UK reprimanding boys for playing army, and ponders whether folks have really thought this through:

I don’t mean to be alarmist or anything, but little Achmed and little Ivan and little Jianjun are not being taught this. Are we planning on interposing an army of unwilling, soft, toothless creatures between us and them in the future? Is that the game plan?

Personally, I’m counting on an army of killer robots to fight our future wars. What could possibly go wrong?

Issa Says WaPo Apologist Piece Wrong

Just to show how poor the integrity of the Washington Post has become, the Daily Caller notes an Issa Spokesperson saying:

â€œWe have had people who have contacted us before the Washington Post,â€ Hill said. â€œThey told us people in the Justice Department were trying to push this story and I think a number of publications didnâ€™t think it was credible or, for whatever reason, decided not to run it.â€

I don’t think the WaPo cares much how credible it really is, as long as it fits the narrative. CBS News apparently isn’t buying it either.

Investors Business Daily Joining “Ridiculous Conspiracy Theory”

Our opponents like to suggest the idea that Fast and Furious was actually a plot to drive trace numbers from Mexico up to make the case for new gun controls is crazy talk whipped up by Fox News. Now that right-wing militia rag known as Investors Business Daily is fanning the flames of this conspiracy.

I’m generally to quick to try to put a fork in screwball conspiracies, but I don’t find this one far fetched. In fact, it’s really the only explanation that fits the facts.

Robb Has it Right

Thanks to Robb for this hysterically amusing metaphor for gun control. Go click, I’ll wait.

Our opponents speak of common sense gun laws, and how we need a lot more of them. In this metaphor, that essentially amounts to adding an extra two feet to either side of that fence.

More Nanny Statism

King County, Washington, home of Seattle, is passing an ordinance requiring all swimmers to wear a life preserver. Generally speaking, I would imagine if you’re actually swimming in the water, you probably know how to swim. If you don’t know how to swim, and you’re swimming in the water, you’re probably actually drowning. Presumably King County wants to stave off the possibility of someone who does not know how to swim trying to do it, and drowning.

Personally, I think all this interference with natural selection is going to come back and bite us in the ass in a few generations.

The Crazy Continues

I must have really struck a nerve with our opponents in a recent post, because the CSGV, which has been pretty good about ignoring bloggers, apparently couldn’t ignore my latest post. I’m happy that has brought out the crazy:

Yeah, that was totally speaking fearfully, rather than someone who quite well understands exactly what dustbin of history your kind is destined for. To be sure, I don’t think opposition to campus carry is in any way on par with segregation or slavery, but I do think CSGV’s fundamental mission is a lost cause at this point, and will likely end up in the same place as those long discarded ideas.

I also like the fact that now we’re gun violence proponents, and advocating for gun ownership with no limits. Handing guns out to school kids and the mentally ill. Yeah, we’re all totally for that! Yippee! I’ve long argued that there are many limits on the criminal and mentally ill that are likely constitutional. It’s long established constitutional rights can be limited through due process of law. Our opponents, on the other hand, have not at all accepted that owning a firearm is now a constitutional right, just like free speech and religion.

These people are completely delusional. If you were to put this in the social conservative context, they are the same kinds of people who would argue a gay elementary school teacher is surely going to indoctrinate the kids with their “gay agenda,” and induce the children into homosexual relations. Because you know those kinds of people can’t help themselves.

They really are bigots, when you boil it down.

Last Official Act

Our building is now back in possession of the landlords, the last payroll is scheduled to go at the end of the month, and today I went to visit our closet of a temp office to do the paperwork to lay myself off. I will be officially out of a job at the end of this month, when I receive the last paycheck along with the severance.

I had mentioned I was trying something entrepreneurial. A major wrench has just been thrown in that works. It’s not necessarily a fatal blow yet, but it may take time to sort out. My plan is to take a few days to decompress, then decide what to do. I know blogging has been very erratic, largely because I have been unable to keep a schedule. Right now I feel like I need a few days to get used to the fact that things are indeed over. My CEO will not be calling on me for major tasks, and after next Thursday, when my employment officially ends, we’re talking contract arrangements regardless.

Joyce Brady Mayors and Moms Against Illegal Gun Coalitions on Violence Policy Campaign

Did I leave anyone out?

It seems like Max Nacheman is out to rebrand the anti-gun movement into one big happy family – or at least laugh all the way to the bank on every group’s dime. First, he was on the payroll of MAIG while also speaking to policymakers as a representative of the Brady Campaign. Now, Max has taken over the head of CeaseFirePA since its leader decided to throw in the towel and make a run for local office.

His group is now merged with Moms Against Guns which scammed Clear Channel’s outdoor advertising department by misrepresenting their tax status to get free billboard space that they used for political advocacy when it was slotted for charitable organizations. Only he found their name to be a liability. On their site, the text references to Moms Against Guns have been changed to Moms Against (Illegal) Guns. Not that a name change should matter since Moms Against Guns was never legally registered as a charitable organization. I also find it funny that in taking over the Moms Against Guns website, they Photoshopped the word “illegal” onto the logo and, I guess, hope that no one notices that they never made the distinction between illegal and legal guns before.

CeaseFirePA has also recently donated some of their front page space to promote the MAIG petition for ~~growing their email list~~ restricting gun shows. The same front page also touts the group’s recent Joyce grant to ~~pay Max’s salary~~ grow their “grassroots.”

I guess when the folks in charge of the finances finally find someone who is willing to throw their entire career to a cause that continues to lose at nearly every turn, all the groups will jump up to pay him to keep on trying for something.

(Photo courtesy of reader Adam Z.)

Apologist Media Still in the Tank for the O Man

The Washington Post, represented in this case by one of our favorite anti-gun reporters, Sari Horwitz, smears Congressman Issa and continues to attempt to deflect blame away from the Administration and ATF when it comes to the Fast and Furious scandal. This is in sharp contrast to the New York Post, which is commending Issa for the investigation and egging it further on.

The Post has a source that claims that Issa was briefed on the operation last year, and raised no objections. I’m going to bet that actively encouraging straw purchasing was not on the list of things the DOJ would have included in their briefing to Congress. It’s one thing to report “how many guns had been bought by ‘straw purchasers,’ the types of guns and how much money had been spent,” it’s quite another to understand that these were straw purchases, which otherwise would not have been made, that were actively encouraged by the agency. It’s also even quite yet another thing to report that ATF did not even bother to track the vast majority of those firearms.

The Washington Post doesn’t seem to make any pretense of objective reporting anymore. They ought to be viewed as the shills for the Administration that they indeed are.

Perry Signs Parking Lot Law in Texas

With my usual caveat that I do not agree with NRA on these parking lot laws, It’s worth noting that while our opponents were busy fighting hysterically to prevent the campus carry bill, our side managed to slip this in.

The message to our opponents is that you can’t win. Even when you think you do, you really don’t. At best, their greatly touted victory in Texas was a delaying action. How many other states can this be done in? How many other states can we distract them with Campus Carry bill, then slip in substantive reforms under the radar while our opponents are pouring resources into defeated the diversionary action?

They will not win. Their only fate is the dustbin of history, along with ideas like monarchy, slavery, segregation, and temperance.