… from Investors Business Daily? I’ll take any allies I can get.
Category: Politics
Rendell’s Departing Words to Us
Despite having screwed us on Castle Doctrine, Rendell thinks his gun control efforts are a failure:
“It’s a lost cause in Pennsylvania,” Rendell said in a conference call with reporters. He accused the General Assembly of kowtowing to the National Rifle Association.
“The legislature proved consistently in my eight years that they are scared to death to buck the NRA,” he said. “It’s incredibly frustrating, the hold the NRA has over the legislature. It’s embarrassing.”
Yep. Let’s keep it that way.
Eat the Salad
Sorry for the light posting today. Will catch up when I get home. In the mean time, apparently Obama told a fat staffer to eat a salad:
One staffer was conspicuously overweight. The president, in an incident that Wolffe believes proves how caring the man is, took it upon himself to present the aide with a salad for lunch — “then listened to him protest that he could take care of his own health. ‘I love you, man,’ Obama said. ‘I want you to look after yourself. Eat the salad.’ â€
That tells you all you need to know right there. That also tells you all you need to know about Richard Wolffe and other Obama supporters like him, that this was taken as compassion rather than butting one’s nose into business it does not belong. This prompted Jim Geraghty to say:
Chris Christie for President: Because the commander-in-chief and leader of the free world should never be telling you to eat a @#$%^ salad.
We haven’t had a rotund president since Taft. Maybe it’s time.
Some Parts of Pennsylvania are Great
I love this roundup of York-area lawmakers speaking out on the Castle Doctrine veto.
- “I was very disappointed,” said [Rep. Seth] Grove, R-Dover Township.
- “I’m certainly disappointed, but we’re going to do it again,” [Rep. Scott] Perry said.
- “Hopefully, we’ll revisit both of those next term,” [Rep. Eugene] DePasquale said.
It must be nice to live in such an area where all three are ready to pass more pro-rights legislation.
It’s That Time of Year Again
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to get the formal living room cleaned and rearranged for the Christmas decorations to come out. The ATF tree will make an appearance again, but it will have a few improvements over last year. The quest for more themed ornaments has led to a few interesting conversations in public, including a lament on why Macy’s would have a cowboy-themed tree and not sell any gun ornaments.
I have a ton of craft gear to make some more tobacco-themed ornaments. If anyone has suggestions for cool names or designs for retro-looking cigarette or cigar packages, please share here. I’m in desperate need of some inspiration. I’ve got lots of art deco and victorian type stickers and jewels in my little craft box.
One of my favorites is the pack of “Tarletons” that I made up. There was apparently a real brand of cigarette called Tareyton, but I didn’t find any of their ads that inspired me to copy their look. Instead, I thought of the Tarleton twins in Gone with the Wind. I mixed a blue shade of paint, pulled out my blue and silver jewel stickers, and created a very elegant & shiny box loosely based on their jackets & the feel of this scene:
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That got me thinking that I might turn to more movies for some cigarette name & design inspiration. Got any suggestions? I’ve debated something Red Dawn-related since that’s the ultimate gunnie movie and it seems like it should be represented on the ultimate gunnie tree.
Rendell Vetoes Castle Doctrine
Saying it promotes a “shoot first and ask questions later” mentality, Rendell has vetoed HB1926, Castle Doctrine. He’s also awfully disappointed the Senate rejected the “Florida Loophole” amendment. We’ll have to go through this all next year folks. The fat man has quacked on this one.
Video of the Day: European Parliament
Hat tip to this British MEP for telling it like it is:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyq7WRr_GPg[/youtube]
The House of Commons has always seemed more rowdy, confrontational, and less congenial than our Congress. Glad to see some of that being taken to the anti-democratic European Parliament. Even in our federal system, a key concept is that the the states entered the Union with their sovereignty intact. The idea that the federal government could tell a state that it couldn’t or shouldn’t have elections is unthinkable. We’d burn down Washington if they tried to thwart elections. Apparently dual sovereignty isn’t a concept European lawmakers understand.
Don’t Feed the Bears
Apparently some folks are upset about a bear named Bozo being killed during this year five day archery bear season, after a man fed the bear for 17 years. As far as I’m concerned the hunters performed a public service, and the guy who fed him needs to stop his whining and be thankful he’s not getting fined. Wild animals habituated to being fed by humans are potentially dangerous.
New Jersey is finally going ahead with a bear hunt after several years of not having one, due to Corzine caving to animal rights whack jobs. I expect this coming bear hunt is going to be protested.
Deadline Approaches for Castle Doctrine
Rendell has until tomorrow. The clock is ticking. So far, no veto. If we don’t see a veto by tomorrow, Castle Doctrine is law. Here’s hoping.
Handel’s Messiah
Thanks to Tam for this flash choir video. One of the treasures of Philadelphia is that it’s home to the world’s largest musical instrument, the Wanamaker Organ. I’ve been remiss in not taking Bitter into the city to hear one of the daily Organ Concerts that treat the shoppers of John Wanamaker’s Hecht’s Lord & Taylor, Macy’s:
Philadelphia isn’t blessed with much, but the Wanamaker Organ is one of them. Our symphony orchestra and other performing arts groups are also. This flash choir was put on by the Opera Company of Philadelphia. Performing arts groups, particular opera companies, struggle to find supporters. I worry that eventually the Wanamaker Organ is going bye bye, along with most of the city’s arts community because they aren’t finding enough interest to keep them going.