Category: Politics

Bensalem Woman Finds RPG in Basement?

Color me skeptical about this one.  A sawed off shotgun I can believe, since all it takes to get one of those is a regular shotgun and a hacksaw. But an RPG?  We’ve seen this in the media before, and bloggers were able to identify it as an inert tube.  It’s possible, I suppose, that someone had an RPG, but I’m guessing this is another case of some kind of munition looking thing that’s inert.

Bensalem is the next township over from me, but upon cleaning out my attic this weekend from previous owners crap, I didn’t find any fun toys like this.  Bummer.  But had I found an RPG, I would not have endangered any police or first responders.  No, definitely not.  I’m sure I could have found a cooperative junk yard owner, preferably in a secluded area, where such ordnance could be safely and properly disposed of, without endangering anything except perhaps a late model Chevrolet Celebrity.  Or maybe a Ford Escort.

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John Lott on Crime in Philadelphia

He says there’s no proof that gun control solves any problems.  This is something Philadelphians desperately need to hear.  The politicians already know this, but they are hoping their constituents don’t, and as long as they can keep blaming Harrisburg, they don’t have to answer for their own failures.  Kudos for Dr. Lott for getting the message out there in our toxic media environment.

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Quote of the Day

He sees dead people:

“On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.”

To be fair to Barack Obama, it’s the kind of mistake any politician could make, but it’s an amusing screw-up nonetheless.  After reading about this gaffe, and others, in more detail, I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s just a stupid politician.

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Republicans Running Serious Against McCarthy?

According to Jacob, it looks like the New York GOP mean to front a serious challenger against anti-gun Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, architect of HR1022, a sweeping semi-automatic ban, and expert on barrel shrouds.  I wish they would have done this in a year where it the Republican brand wasn’t smelling like a truck full of used diapers.

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Quote of the Day

From Tam:

And there they were, being blatantly threatened by this gerrymandered race-baiting footsoldier of the class war, this remora on the flank of Leviathan, this vacuous sinkhole of consumption that does nothing but suck in tax dollars and shit out red tape and misery. In a perfect world, they wouldn’t have sat for that. In a just world, they’d have stood as one and walked from that room and let little Maxine foam away at her tinpot Trotskyite fantasies.

Read the whole thing.  The only thing that disturbs me more than that Maxine Waters said this was that I’ve heard so much of it from people, I’m frankly getting sick of it.  Oil company greed is not responsible for high prices.  Anyone with even the most basic understanding of economics can wrap their heads around that.  Yet you hear from a lot of people, even people with PhDs, that oil company profits are obscene.  Well, we have a shortage of petroleum products, and the profits are a signal to the market that we need more resources put into growing energy supplies.  If the politicians remove the profit, what we’ll have is ever rising prices, and if they monkey with that, shortages.

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Mike Nutter Helping Guns Sales

Well, it’s often been said there has never been a better gun salesman than Bill Clinton.  Seems that Mike Nutter is doing his part too.  You see, Mayor Squidward, the more you bellow, the more we buy; the more bold and defiant we get.  You sure you want to keep doing this?

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More on Dickson City Incident

Armed and Safe links to an editorial on the incident and takes it to task.  I would also point out this indication that the Times-Tribune couldn’t even be bothered to crack a dictionary:

The gun-toters don’t seem to understand that not brandishing their weapons in public would not diminish their right while also not intimidating other diners.

Let’s look at the definition of brandish, shall we?  From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: 1bran·dish
Pronunciation: \ˈbran-dish\
Function: transitive verb
Etymology:
Middle English braundisshen, from Anglo-French brandiss-, stem of brandir, from brant, braund sword, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brand
Date: 14th century

1 : to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
2 : to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner

If someone views a firearm properly secured in a holster as “aggressive” or “menacing” that’s not my problem, it’s theirs.  The laws of this commonwealth permit the open carrying of a firearm in plain view, or concealed or in a vehicle with a license.  There are 600,000 people in this state with a License to Carry Firearms.  People in Pennsylvania are around armed citizens all the time, and they just don’t realize it.  All these gentlemen did was choose not to hide their firearms.

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What’s On the Menu

Cam has an interesting sample of some of the requirements the Democrats are imposing on caterers to serve their convention.  Why the hell would anyone want these dour idiots controlling the country?  Just for contrast, some of the things seen off the floor of the NRA Exhibit hall:

  • Pork BBQ
  • Baked Beans
  • Ice Cream Cone Taco (seriously, with sour cream and all)
  • German Roasted Nuts
  • Burgers and Dogs

Real food for real people.  Sounds like the Democratic National Convention will be about as much fun as trying to pick a restaurant with a Vegan.

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