h/t to Rachel Lucas.
Category: Politics
Quote of the Day
From Rightwingprof, talking to Jill Porter who you might remember from two days ago:
Look, idiot, here in central Pennsylvania, we have lots and lots of guns, and very little crime, absolutely none compared to you. Why is that? Don’t try to answer: That’s what is known as a rhetorical question.
Here’s why. We. Don’t. Tolerate. Crimimals.
You worship criminals. You bow and scrape at the mere mention of Mumia’s name. You elect liberals who accommodate criminals at every opportunity, letting them go free on minimal bail or OR, putting them in halfway houses, slapping them on the wrists, and sending them to group therapy. And what do they do? Why, they commit more crime as soon as they get the opportunity, and they will continue to do so as long as you elect morons who put them back out on the street.
This is something the Philadelphia chattering classes absolutely don’t understand. They, in fact, refuse to understand it.
Ed Rendell, Nutter Demand New Assault Weapons Ban
Ed Rendell shows his true colors, in case Pennsylvanians ever had any doubts.
“Get these weapons off the street. Get those large-capacity magazines off the street. As the mayor said, the only people who should have weapons like this is the police and the military. We should outgun the criminals, not vice versa.”
Not to be outdone, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey so eloquently stated:
Police commissioner Charles Ramsey became incensed at the news conference when a reporter asked if, in fact, the weapon that killed Sgt. Liczbinski might not be covered by an assault weapon ban:
“Let me just say this — if it’s not an assault weapon by definition, then add it to the frickin’ list. Add it to the frickin’ list! We don’t need it.”
The problem is, the SKS is not an assault rifle. It never was an assault rifle. It’s never been banned, and there’s no reason to put it on any “list”. I am so sick of the bullshit that spews out of that city on a daily basis, and I’m glad, at least, in this instance someone in the media asked a difficult question of Commissioner Ramsey. Now if only they would do more of that.
In response to this call, gun hating Congressman Joe Sleetsak Sestak has signed on as a cosponsor to HR1022. Sestak defeated Republican Congressman Curt Weldon last fall, and represents the town I grew up in. Here’s hoping the folks back home give this asshole the boot.
Have a Geno’s Today
Apparently all the proceeds from sales today at Geno’s Steaks will be going to the Steven Liczbinski Family Memorial Fund. Joey Vento is a man who still cares about his city, even though its politicians put him through the ringer.
Third Liczbinski Murderer Apprehended
Nabbed. Good news, though there is the unfortunate aspect of this, that he didn’t offer the opportunity to be sent to join his co-conspirator.
Democratic Attorney General Candidate
Read this, and see what he thinks about guns:
The Northampton prosecutor said that the state attorney general does not need legislative approval to require Pennsylvania gun owners to report their missing weapons or to mandate gun merchants to inform their customers that they cannot permit their guns’ use by anyone not legally authorized to possess a firearm. He believes a Pennsylvania statute stating the “attorney general may adopt, after public hearing, such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement and administration of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL)” gives Mr. Corbett the necessary leeway to impose the aforesaid regulations.
This guy is going to be a disaster for gun rights, and it’s very important that he get nowhere near the Attorney Generals office in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is becoming increasingly Democratic, and we don’t stop the tide, we’ll be New York and New Jersey before you know it, and I’ll be a Texan, Tennessean, or Arizonan.
Hillary’s Gas Tax Plan
Hillary apparently plans on getting rid of the gas tax by imposing a gas tax. Gas taxes are basically a tax on oil company profits. Proposing to get rid of the gas tax by renaming it a windfall profit tax will accomplish about as much as McCain’s gas tax holiday.
More Gun Control in Pennsylvania
From PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs:
The anti-gun folks are using the Philly police officer killing to push their agenda. Some are trying to say that if Philly had been able to enforce their gun laws, the killing wouldn’t have happened. While our sincere sympathy goes out to the officer’s family, we all know that banning the sale of firearms to law-abiding citizens would not have stopped this career criminal from illegally obtaining a weapon.
They attempted to file amendments to SB 1250, The Marriage Act. Here are some amendments that were filed. I am told SB 1250 has been tabled, but it shows you that these people aren’t going to give up. They aren’t going to stop. They have the media on their side 100%, and they are moving ahead at full steam.
McCain Judicial Advisory Committee
I think this development switches my vote in November for McCain from ho hum to actually somewhat enthusiastic.  Seriously, the most important thing McCain is going to do is select Supreme Court justices, and other federal judges, and if this is his team, you can count me on board. On his advisory team, for those not inclined to follow the link:
- Sandy Froman, Former President of the NRA
- Eugene Volokh
- Orin Kerr
- Charles Cooper
- Senator Phil Graham
- Senator John Kyl
- Senator Fred Thompson
I hope this pushes Robb off the fence. This is a great panel of people to have selecting federal judges. This is making me feel a lot better about McCain.
Democratic Nomination
So far it’s looks like Obama handily won North Carolina, with Hillary barely ekeing out a victory in Indiana. I think it’s safe to say, barring any very seriously dirty tricks on the part of the Clintons (which I wouldn’t rule out), the nominee is going to be Barack H-a-double-r-i-g-a-n spells Harrigan Obama. I can’t say I’m unhappy about this, since if Obama can’t take Pennsylvania, which I think he has a good chance of not taking, he can’t win. This is either candidates’ election to lose, and I’m sure both will put fourth great effort on this front.