Briefly on Anti-Gun Hypocrites

I've noticed a lot of blog bashing of anti-gunners who make exceptions for themselves (like Britney Spears). Their hypocrisy isn't a bad thing. In fact, I'd argue it is great. They make our point for us. It's a dangerous world out there, not because of guns, but because some people are plain evil. Self-defense is no crime, and everyone has a right to it, from the billionaires down to the poor, from the famous to the unknown.

While certain famous anti-gunners may be hypocrites, they aren't as dangerous to the 2A as a different type of hypocrite: the gun-owning sell-out.

This is the brainless chucklehead who says "(Insert candidate name here) won't take my hunting gun because it isn't bad. (Candidate) is from the (woods, South, whatever) and understands the importance of hunting." This gun owner doesn't understand the 2A and tragically misrepresents it.

These gun owners don't mind if "scary-looking" weapons are taken off the street. As long as he (they are almost all male) doesn't feel his favorite toy is ripe pickin' - well, who cares if everyone else is screwed? They don't care who goes to jail, who can't defend themselves, who can't exercise their rights... they simply don't care. They are completely indifferent.

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. We love our right to self-defense. Our scariest foes are not those who hate this right - it is those who are indifferent. They are the ones who sit down and even fail to take notice as the Bill or Rights is stomped on and thrown into history's trash bin.

Gun-owning sell-outs are the most dangerous kind of hypocrite. They lead straight to tyranny.

They Hate Guns, But At Least They are Consistent, Part I

It appears Britney Spears is getting some old time religion, attending services at a Presbyterian Church in California. Meanwhile, her body guard is getting some old-fashioned jail time for pulling a gun on a member of the paparazzi on church grounds.

On camera, a Spears security person apparently pulls a gun on a paparazzo. The shutterbeg was detained, but later released. The church is attended by quite a few celebrities.

Hey - the camera man was detained? Not the dude who pulled the gun? At church?

Never mind. I guess people like Britney (who is all over those anti-gun ads) and her thugs are too special to have standard laws apply to them. But it does lead me to wonder, why is her body guard packing? Aren't guns and gun owners eeeeevil?

I'm glad sensible anti-gunners like Rosie O'Donnell wouldn't allow their body guards to pack. Especially when around children. Oh, she does? Never mind.

They Hate Guns, But At Least They are Consistent, Part 2

At least they are making senate cronies follow the same laws average Joe's have to put up with.

A top aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) was in jail Monday after being arrested on charges that he tried to carry a loaded gun and two magazines of ammunition into a Senate office building.

Philip Thompson was charged with possessing an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. Under District of Columbia law, the charge is a felony, which for first offenders carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

Hey, didn't our friend, Senator Webb, vote against free speech? As I recall, GOA red flagged him - and he just took office in January.

Michigan's Pro-Gun Attorney General

Yes, Mike Cox is surprisingly gun-friendly. Even more surprising, a newspaper employee is not totally anti-gun. Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of The Detroit News, had this to write:

While prosecutors aren't often the best friends of the Second Amendment, Cox joined the challenge to the D.C. gun ban along with a dozen other states for two reasons: It's unconstitutional, and it doesn't work.

Washington's gun law might have been written by the Taliban. It forbids any private handguns within the city limits. No exceptions.
[...]
The strictest gun law in the nation is worshipped by anti-gun activists. The Distrist of Columbia defended the constitutionality of the law by arguing the Second Amendment confers the right of gun ownership to the state and not to the citizens.
[...]
Cox concurs that the words "the people" mean just that: the people.

He hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case and knock out for good the sinister idea that only state militias have the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

But it's not just the twisting of the Constitution that interested Cox in this case. He's moved from a pro-gun control prosecutor to an advocate for the rights of gun owners for one reason because he's seen firsthand that more gun laws don't result in less gun crime.

"In my almost 14 years as a line prosecutor, I never saw anyone charged with a gun crime who had a concealed carry permit," Cox says. "Most people who are law-abiding and want to possess guns for hunting or self-defense are no threat to others."

While the D.C. case parsed constitutional language, the most compelling argument, Cox says, is that it doesn't work.

"Gun violence in Washington was not impacted by the ban," Cox says. "Compared to other states, Washington actually did a little worse in gun crimes."

Law-abiding gun owners should salute Cox and keep their trigger fingers crossed that the Supreme Court will at last end this assault on their basic rights.

Target Switzerland

I found David Codrea's post on the Cancer in the Cantons extremely interesting, as I've been reading Target Switzerland by Stephen Halbrook.

Pacifists and centre:left parties want voters to have the final say on breaking with a long:standing Swiss tradition of storing personal army rifles and pistols at home.

They said they would launch a people's initiative to ban such weapons in households. The announcement came a day after parliament refused to take action over the issue.

[...]

Under Swiss law all:able bodied men are issued with a rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition which they can keep after completing their military service.

An estimated 1.6 million firearms are in circulation in Switzerland and a study found that 300 people are killed every year by standard issue weapons.

There are also more than 150,000 active members of rifle clubs, many of whom own more than one gun.

Target Switzerland records how the people of Switzerland, led by their remarkable militia, put the fear of an armed people into Hitler and crowd - so much that the Nazi thugs never attacked the Swiss. Imagine - they were literally surrounded on all corners by the Nazi threat (France to the west, Italy to the south, Austria to the east, Germany to the north) - and they were so potent, Hitler didn't mess with them.

Of course, the best way to defeat the Swiss would be to take their arms from them. Their famous sharpshooters are worthless without a gun. Very good move by the international gun control dictators-in-waiting.

Michigan Update

As mentioned Tuesday, Michigan has new gun legislation coming up.

Here is the update:

The bills went through the first reading on Tuesday, March 20. They've now been referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources for discussion.

If a bill makes it out of a committee, it must be read a second and third time before it can go up for votes. This process takes months.

HR 1022 - The Assault Weapons Ban - Doesn't Ban Assault Weapons

Just an FYI to anyone thinking that HR 1022 will only ban "bad" guns.

Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing single shots are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire.

For that matter, belt-fed weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not assault rifles.

Now, what are they out to ban. Oh, yeah, assault weapons. Only they've changed the definition to include whatever you own.

Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week, March 18 - 24

May God have mercy on my enemies, because I won't.

General George S. Patton, Jr.

R.I.P. 2nd Amendment

I know most readers have seen the GOA letter, but for those who haven't, here it is - and there recommendations on what to do next. We must act now.



Far-reaching Gun Ban Would Cripple The Second Amendment
-- McCarthy's bill to outlaw millions of guns

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Democrats are back in power and their anti-gun wing is trying to make up for lost time as far as gun control legislation is concerned.
There are a number of bills that have been introduced already, but GOA will be there to meet every challenge.

Right now, we need your help in beating back a reintroduction of the so-called "assault weapons ban," the infamous bill that outlawed many types of firearms based primarily on cosmetics, misinformation and scare tactics.

The bill is HR 1022, and last month it was introduced by the Queen of Gun Control, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY). Its 30 cosponsors comprise a list of the usual anti-gun suspects -- so we need to make sure that no pro-gun congressmen are duped into signing their names onto this anti-gun piece of trash.

McCarthy entitled her bill the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007, knowing these firearms aren't "assault weapons" and knowing the bill she is reintroducing does nothing to prevent violent crime -- since the guns in question have seldom been used in crime.

McCarthy's bill would reinstate all of the now defunct provisions related to semi-automatic firearms and large capacity magazines. The manufacture and/or importation of many firearms would be prohibited.
This would be paired with a strong ban on the possession or transfer of detachable magazines having moderate or larger capacities.

Truth be told, HR 1022 is the old ban on steroids. Fourteen more guns are listed by name than in the '94 ban, and only one "dangerous"
feature, such as a pistol grip, is needed to make a "nice"
gun into a
"bad" gun. The old ban required two "dangerous"
features, such as a
pistol grip and a folding stock. This distinction effectively expands the scope of the bill to ban a far broader variety of firearms.

Since the U.S. Department of Justice has already documented that the previous "assault weapons" ban did absolutely nothing to stop violent crime, it is clear that HR 1022 is simply a direct attack on the 2nd Amendment rights of gun owners.

More than 10 years ago, the anti-gun lobby and their friends in the media began waging a campaign to frighten people and convince them that the so-called "assault weapons" are rapid fire machine guns when, in reality, they are merely semi-automatic firearms that look different than traditional hunting rifles.

This bill is designed to cripple the firearms industry while infringing on the rights of all gun owners. It is proof positive that the rabid, anti-gun members of Congress really don't care about stopping crime or saving lives -- they just want to take our guns away.

What are the odds of this bill getting through the Congress? Who knows? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just gave Rep. Jefferson a seat on the Homeland Security Panel. Jefferson was the guy who had $90,000 dollars of bribe money stuffed into his freezer.

If the liberals now in control of the Democrat Party feel they are strong enough to get away with that kind of outrage, they may feel they can get away with passing a gun ban that does nothing but punish law-abiding gun owners.

We must take seriously every anti-gun bill introduced in this Congress. But, at the same time, this bill is an opportunity to beat up those members of Congress who hate guns and will stop at nothing to eliminate our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

If we can give them a good thrashing on HR 1022, we may be able to discourage them from bringing forth more bills like this. And that is why we need your help in beating down HR 1022 quickly, and making sure that none of the good guys get suckered into supporting this.

ACTION: Please use the pre-written letter below to direct your comments to your Congressman. And circulate this alert to your pro-gun friends and family.

You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representative a pre-written e-mail message. And, you can call your Representative toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.

---- Pre-written letter to your Representative ----

Dear Representative:

I'm sure you are aware that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) has reintroduced, in the form of HR 1022, the Clinton semi-auto gun ban that sunset a couple of years ago. The Justice Department reported that the ban's impact on gun violence was small at best, and too small to be statistically valid.

By contrast, states adopting concealed carry laws had significant decreases in violent crime while states and cities maintaining strict gun control laws continued to have the nation's highest rates of violent crime.

I agree with Gun Owners of America that the only people affected by the so-called "assault weapons ban" of 1994 were law-abiding gun owners, manufacturers and importers. Clearly, this bill is nothing less than an infringement on the rights of gun owners. And we won't stand for it.

The supporters of HR 1022 will be identified as anti-gun Congressmen and, hopefully, targeted for defeat at the next election. As your constituent, I urge you to oppose this or any other gun grabbing bill in the 110th Congress.

Sincerely,

Golden Screw-up Award

Our lucky contestants:


Senator Barack Obama, for his unofficial and apparently unauthorized attack on the junior Senator from New York. Of course, I enjoyed the unauthorized ad, so I'll give Senator Obama an exemption.



We'll put Al Gore in Obama's place. Look at his picture, the news must have really lit up his day. Gore, of course, lied to - I mean testified - in front of Congress this week about bad things like cars and light bulbs and productive citizens.





He's a longshot for this week's award, but US District Judge Lowell Reed, Jr. is nominated for ruling the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) violated a constitutional right to free speech, giving pornographers more legal rights than many bloggers (due to the McCain-Feingold Act).






Finally, we have our front runners - the entire HR 1022 crew. 'Nuf said about that gang of commies.





This week's winner - the envelope please - congratulations to the HR 1022 gang. We wish you the worst of luck in your attempts to fully enslave the American public.

Obama/Jr. Senator from NY photo from swedesforobama.com
Gore picture from caveviews.blog.com
Justice picture from www.spectator.co.nz
AR-15 from www.onnovanbraam.com

What's Worse - Iraq or Detroit?

"Most of Iraq is reasonably under control, at least as well as Detroit."
- Congressman Tim Walberg, R-MI

"Any reference to Detroit as a war zone is absurd."
- Matt Allen, Spokesman for Detroit Mayor Kwami Kilpatrick

There have been 3,223 U.S. military deaths in Iraq since the war began in 2003, while 1,576 people died as a result of homicide or nonnegligent manslaughter in Detroit since the beginning of 2003.
- Detroit Free Press

Iraq has 168,743 square miles of land. Detroit has 143 square miles of land.
- Wikipedia

Since 2003 there have been 0.019 Americans murdered per square mile in Iraq. Conversely, there have been 11.021 Americans murdered per square mile in Detroit since 2003. I think the Congressman owes Iraq an apology.
Jay

Take That Al Gore

Czech President Václav Klaus rebuts Al Gore in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee - sent to Congress before Gore testified in front of that committee.

My ambition is not to bring additional arguments to the scientific climatological debate about this phenomenon. I am convinced, however, that up to now this scientific debate has not been deep and serious enough and has not provided sufficient basis for the policymakers' reaction. What I am really concerned about is the way the environmental topics have been misused by certain political pressure groups to attack fundamental principles underlying free society. It becomes evident that while discussing climate we are not witnessing a clash of views about the environment but a clash of views about human freedom.

As someone who lived under communism for most of my life I feel obliged to say that the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity at the beginning of the 21st century is not communism or its various softer variants. Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism. This ideology preaches earth and nature and under the slogans of their protection – similarly to the old Marxists – wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central (now global) planning of the whole world.

The US is not the bastion of freedom. We've passed that torch to men like President Klaus, who won't be bullied by the Global Warming thugs.

The Problem With Gun Owners

I am about as pro-gun as you can get - but I do have a problem with many gun owners.

Let me give you an example from the 2000 Presidential race.

Co-worker: I'm going to vote for Al Gore
Jay: Why? You hunt, don't you want to keep your gun?
Co-worker: He won't take my shotgun. Gore only wants to get rid of "bad guns"
Jay: What are "bad guns"?
Co-worker: You know, machine guns, stuff that can hurt people.
Jay: New machine guns are already illegal. He can't make them "more banned" than they are now.
Co-worker:Well, I think most guns are bad. He is from Tennessee, so he understands hunting. He won't take my hunting shotgun.
Jay: He worships the earth. Are you sure he won't take your gun and all hunting away as well?

This gentleman also supported Gore even though he wanted to ban the internal combustion engine. As we were both Michiganians who make their living from the auto industry, I couldn't understand why this didn't bother him.

Jay: What about the internal combustion engine? We need that to make cars.
Co-worker: Gore wouldn't end our jobs without making sure we had a comparable job to go to.
Jay: Comparable job where? In what industry?

Fast forward to John Kerry in 2004. Same scenario (with guns), and John Kerry "won't take my shotgun."

I think it comes down to this: many gun owners fall victim to the same lies spewed forth in public - and a lot of private - education.

Unlike our Founding Fathers, and their very clear reminders that we have inalienable rights that the government cannot bestow or take away, these unfortunate souls buy into the Nietzsche/Hegel philosophy that government bestows all rights. Therefore, it can, on any whim, take away any right.

That, too, is why they believe the BS that "my gun" is safe, because they will only take away "bad guns."

Until all gun owners are educated on - and believe in - the inalienable rights this country was founded on, this brainless acquiescence to the government will continue.

First Step Against Illegal Immigration

From WND

One of the major cop-outs in the illegal immigration debate is this: There are millions and millions of foreigners already here. It would be an overwhelming task to find and deport them all.

Let me suggest a good starting point – an all-out declaration of war on the organized criminal street gang MS-13, comprised mostly of illegal aliens and now threatening the lives and quality of life of nearly all Americans nationwide.

Just last week, for instance, the Washington Post reported three leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha participated in or planned four murders in the area during a span of two years, according to a federal prosecutor in a racketeering trial involving the terrorist gang.

Attorney James Trusty told the court MS-13 gang members abide by the ethos "rape, kill and control." He said they use guns, knives and machetes.

"This gang works together locally, nationally, even internationally," said Trusty.

MS-13 was a little-known band of miscreants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala five years ago – hardly known to the general public. But a reign of murderous terror waged across the country has made it infamous.

You want a place to start the battle against illegal aliens? MS-13 is a priority. These are not farmworkers. These are not gardeners. These are not cheap construction workers or meatpackers. These are murderers and rapists.

Instead of targeting Border Patrol officers, the U.S. Justice Department should use its resources to eradicate MS-13. Instead of meddling in the conduct of the war in Iraq, the U.S. Congress should resolve to wipe out this internal threat to our peace and security by the end of this year. Instead of pushing for "comprehensive immigration reform," President Bush should call for an all-out war on this band of thugs.

If the illegal alien problem is too big to tackle all at once, set priorities. MS-13 should be the starting point.

Why Worry About the Clintonistas? Bush is as Bad

From WND:

A memo signed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff implements a controversial program condemned by critics as a precursor to a European Union-style partnership with Mexico and Canada.

The document shows the Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP, is being directed at the highest level of the Bush administration, says the public interest group Judicial Watch, which obtained it and other documents through a Freedom of Information Act request.

[...]

Judicial Watch said that unlike previous records produced by other federal agencies, the DHS records are heavily redacted, blocking out names of the U.S., Mexican and Canadian government officials carrying out the partnership's agenda across all three countries.

The DHS also released a 10-page chart listing 36 "SPP Security High-Level Working Groups" that include the "Mexico-U.S. Repatriation Technical WG," the "Mexico-U.S. Intelligence and Information Sharing WG," and the "Canada-U.S. Cross Border Crime Forum."

In October, as WND reported, about 1,000 documents obtained in a FOIA request to the SPP showed bureaucrats from agencies throughout the Bush administration meeting regularly with their counterparts in the Canadian and Mexican governments to engage in a broad rewriting of U.S. administrative law and regulations.

Here's an Idea

Governor, lawmakers struggle with budget puzzle

LANSING -- The stakes are high and the choices distasteful as Gov. Jennifer Granholm and leaders from the Legislature begin talks this week to resolve budget crises -- both immediate and on the near horizon.

The immediate problem is a $940-million shortfall for this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

Unless Granholm and lawmakers can plug that hole in the next few weeks, the state would temporarily run out of money to pay bills, state Treasurer Robert Kleine said.

Plugging the hole would require new taxes or deep cuts in services -- or, more likely, a combination of the two.

Too bad the Governor can't cut the public pension burden (political promise to cronies), like every citizen in the state has seen happen. I know we aren't that special, unless it is election time, but the state has been in a recession for years. Instead of raising taxes on business - who raise their prices to the customers, or go out of business if they can't raise their prices - and instead of raising taxes on Joe and Jane Citizen - who pay the higher taxes both personally and in the form of higher prices to heavily taxed businesses - simply cut out chunks of government. What makes government so special that it has to subsidize everything? Nothing.

Why don't we encourage personal responsibility from the citizenry? That alone will cut hundreds of millions from the budget.

Heck, if you cut taxes too, maybe some businesses will actually come to the state instead of tripping over themselves to cross the border.

You Ain't Got No Stinkin' Rights

There is only one constitutional right in the United States which is absolute and that is your right to believe anything you want.

Kalifornia State Senator Sheila Kuehl, when arguing for SB 52,requiring citizens to obtain a state-issued license to own a firearm for self-defense.

What rights has a slave? There is only one: a slave can think anything he wants. As long as he doesn't utter it or act on it - he may think what he wants. He has no right to the fruit of his labor; no right to self-defense, no right to raise his children, no right to contract with others for his betterment, no right to worship - except as his master allows. He has only the right to his own thoughts. All other rights are at the sufferance of his master - whether that master is a state or an owner.

Kalifornia State Senator Tom McClintock, in a written rebuttal.

Senator McClintock, as quoted in Freedom & Firearms, published in Concealed Carry Magazine (Vol 1 Issue 5)

Happy New Year - Biblical New Year, that is

It's the first new moon of the biblical year (Ex. 12:1-2).

ADONAI said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year."

Sure, Tishri 1 starts off the civil calendar in either September or November. But Nisan 1 kicks off the new Biblical year. The new moon hit Israel at around 6pm local. This new moon officially sets up all the Feast dates for the year. Passover is 14 days from tonight... according to Exodus 12:6.

Shalom.

Michigan Gun Legislation

Michigan Gun Owners, do you want to change how you buy your handguns? Are you sick of going through all the paperwork, only to have to go to the local police department or sheriff's office to have them do the "safety inspection" - which basically consists of cops getting pissed off at you for owning a gun? This "inspection" is really the final step in the gun registration.

House Bill 4490 is up for an introduction and first reading today. The bill, if passed, eliminates the need for this "inspection."

Tied in with the legislation is HB 4491, which repeals crimes associated for not going through the "inspection."

Gun owners will still need to file those little green cards with their city or county after the gun purchase... but they won't have to deal with the cops giving them attitude.

This bill will need the support of Michigan's gun owners.

HR 1022

From Save the 2nd and the Library of Congress:

HR1022 Now has 30 cosponsors. Is your representative listed? If so unleash the wolves on them and get them straightened out. Here is the list of current cosponsors:


H.R.1022
Title: To reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 2/13/2007) Cosponsors (30)
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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COSPONSORS(30), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/9/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 3/9/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/13/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 3/13/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/9/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 3/13/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/15/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/13/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/13/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 3/9/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/13/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/15/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/9/2007

Christian-Arab Predicts World Islam Takeover - Unless...

Someone had some harsh words for the current wussy leadership in the West.

When will you Westerners realize that half-measures don't work with people who are willing to die by the thousands for Allah to achieve their goal?" This was the upshot of a recent conversation between a Holocaust survivor living in Herzliya and a Christian-Arab living in the Galilee.

"I have to tell you something which very few of you seem to comprehend. Your [Israel's] bungling war against a few thousand Hizbullah fighters which you should have crushed no matter what, considering the importance of the outcome, has created a completely new situation, not only for this area, but globally. Your inept leadership totally misunderstood the importance of winning this war.

"As a matter of fact, the whole Moslem world, not only the Arabs, simply couldn't believe that the mighty Israeli Army that defeated the combined Arab forces in six days in 1967, and almost captured Cairo and Damascus in 1973, couldn't defeat a small army of Hizbullah men. As usual the Moslems see things the way they want to see things. Most think that the present generation of Israelis have gone soft and can be defeated.

"The American bungling of the war in Iraq only added to their conviction that victory not only over Israel but also over the West is not only possible, but certain. The ramifications of these two bungling wars may bring an Islamic bloody Tsunami all over the West, not only in Israel. The sharks smell blood and these two wars gave them the green light to attack sooner than they had in mind. Your problem is that you are on the defensive and they have the option to choose the time and the places when and where to attack and there is nothing much you can do about it.

"When will you Westerners realize that half-measures don't work with people who are willing to die by the thousands for Allah to achieve their goal? In their eyes the Western World is simply an abomination on earth that has to be wiped out.

How do they suggest we stop this?

"I think there are two ways to avoid [this Armageddon]. One can be a major war which the West can win. As in World War Two, had the West attacked the Germans in 1936 the war would have lasted not more than a month with very few casualties. Their procrastination resulted in World War II with all its consequences. Eventually, the West will have to tackle the Iranians, it is better that they do it now to avert a world catastrophe later. With Iran defeated the Islamic onslaught will lose its base, and it may be the turning point in history to defeat the menace of extreme Islam. The majority of the Moslems don't want this confrontation anyway.

"[Alternatively,] all the West has to do is follow Putin's ways. He assassinates his enemies without blinking an eye. Assassinate the four or five Mullahs who run the show, Ahmadinejad and a few more Iranian fanatics, and the War can be avoided. It may be difficult to do, but not impossible. With today's hi-tech technology I am sure that new weapons against individuals are being prepared right now. I think it would be a better way of handling the matter than an all-out war against Islam."

Those Silly French

The French urged Israel to invade Syria during their war against Hizbullah last summer.

Army Radio reported Sunday that French President Jacques Chirac contacted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert via a secret channel at the very beginning of the war in Lebanon. He informed him that France would support an Israeli invasion of Syria.

Chirac asked that Israel act to topple the Assad regime, and promised in return to block any moves against Israel within the United Nations or European Union.

Yet, ever French,

Just last week Chirac threw his full support behind a conciliatory visit to Syria by EU Foreign Minister Javier Solana. "I back it without reservation,” Chirac said. “Europe speaks with one voice."

Some Great Anti-Junior-Senator-From-NY Smack

Remember "1984"?

Hope For Liberal Canada

I was reading through the Detroit Free Press sports pages the other day, when I saw a headline reading "UDM softball player one of Canada's best." It was a short, nice article and I read it.

What amazed me about this girl was the brief profile they had on her.

Grade point average: 3.8.

Major: Criminal justice. "I want to be a police officer. I need to be out there doing something. It interests me, and you get to carry around a gun."

Guns? "It's the ultimate thing to have one in your hands."

There was more, but that was enough to know the U of Detroit-Mercy had a quality student on their team.

A View on Illegal Immigration

While I am at it, I know this is making the email rounds across the internet, but it was too good to pass up. I don't know who the original credit goes to.

Let's say I break into your house

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.

Let's say I break into your house.

Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, 'I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest' (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:

You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.

It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.

And what a deal it is for me!!!

I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you ca n do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! So you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America .....if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.

If not blow it off......... along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.

A New Take On An Old Subject

I remember the original version of this email making the internet rounds, but I haven't seen this updated version until this morning. I don't know who the original credit goes to.

FEUDALISM
You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

FASCISM
You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk.

PURE COMMUNISM
You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

APPLIED COMMUNISM
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

DICTATORSHIP
You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you and sends the cows to Zurich.

MILITARISM
You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.

SINGAPOREAN DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. The government fines you for keeping two unlicensed farm animals in an apartment.

PURE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
The government promises to give you two cows if you vote for it. After the election, the president is impeached for speculating in cow futures. The press dubs the affair "Cowgate". The cow sues you for breach of contract.

BRITISH DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. You feed them sheep's brains and they go mad. The government doesn't do anything.

EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. After that it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain.
Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

HONG KONG CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly-listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax deduction for keeping five cows. The milk rights of six cows are transferred via a Panamanian intermediary to a Cayman Islands company secretly owned by the majority shareholder, who sells the rights to all seven cows' milk back to the listed company. The annual report says that the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
Meanwhile, you kill the two cows because of bad feng shui!

TOTALITARIANISM
You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever existed.
Milk is banned.

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
You are associated with (the concept of 'ownership' is a symbol of the phallocentric, warmongering, intolerant past) two differently aged (but no less valuable to society) bovines of non-specified gender.

COUNTERCULTURE
Wow, dude, there's like...these two cows, man. You have *got* to have some of this milk.

SURREALISM
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

Why, Oh Why, Wisconsin?

Hey, Badgers... what is the deal with losing to UNLV? There goes my bracket for this year.

Quote of the week March 11-17

God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

Author Unknown

Feds Wanna Shut Down Hunting and Shooting Opportunities

From NRA-ILA


FEDERAL AGENCIES PROPOSE CLOSING PUBLIC LANDS TO SHOOTING AND HUNTING!
Federal agencies have proposed closing hundreds of thousands of acres of public land to recreational shooting and hunting in Arizona, Florida, and Nevada! It is critical that gun owners and sportsmen attend any upcoming public meetings and let their voices be heard!


BLM PROPOSES BANNING RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON ARIZONA PUBLIC LANDS -- IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT! The BLM will be holding a series of public meetings to discuss banning recreational shooting on the Ironwood Forest National Monument. It is critical that gun owners attend those meetings!

HUNTING PROGRAM ON FLORIDA REFUGE IN JEOPARDY! A draft Waterfowl Hunting Plan and Environmental Assessment for Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge NWR) in Collier County, Fla. would ban waterfowl hunting on the refuge. The plan describes two alternatives for hunting on the refuge: (1) the proposed action alternative would open a waterfowl-hunting program, and (2) the "no action" would close the refuge to waterfowl hunting. Currently, waterfowl hunting is allowed on the refuge.


SHOOTING CLOSURE EXPECTED ON BLM LANDS OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS The Bureau of Land Management has announced its intent to close certain areas within Nye County, Nev. to recreational target shooting. BLM is citing rapid increases in population and growth of Pahrump, Nev., as the reason for closing the area to target shooting.

A Modern Hero

This man is David Hatuel. He is an Israeli. And he is a modern hero in by book.



As Israel National News explains,

David Hatuel, whose wife and four daughters were murdered in a 2004 terrorist attack, welcomed a daughter to the world on Thursday. The baby girl and her mother Limor are in good health.

Hatuel’s first wife Tali and their four daughters were murdered while driving near their home in Gush Katif in an attack that shook the nation. The girls ranged in age from two to eleven years old.

Tali Hatuel was eight months pregnant with the Hatuel’s first son at the time of the attack. She and her daughters were shot at point-blank range by Islamic Jihad terrorists, who launched their attack from abandoned buildings near the Kissufim Road, which the Israeli Supreme Court had forbidden the army to remove.

After mourning his family, David Hatuel explained that he had two options: to fall and let the tragedy destroy him, or to choose life. He was subsequently evicted from his home, still filled with memories of his family, as part of the Disengagement.

Here is a man who lost his entire family - a wife, four daughters, and a baby due in less than four weeks. Then the Israeli government forcibly removed him from his home in the flawed and tragic "Disengagement" and handed his home over to the terrorists that murdered his family.

And this man chose life instead of choosing to be bitter and full of hatred.

The world needs more men like David Hatuel.

picture © Arutz Sheva (Israel International News)