REFLECTIONS

There is a new class of criminal. The US District Court in Georgia has issued an arrest warrant for … a gun part. Not the owner of a gun. Not a gun. A gun part . Why? Because “[A]ll it took was some metal, a length of chain, some duct tape and some plastic wire [...]

The Federal Trade Commission is requesting comments regarding DRM for a Town Hall meeting on the subject to take place on March 25th in Seattle.  The deadline for comments, however, is Monday, February 09, 2009. Here is a brief description of the request for comments from this form: Digital rights management (DRM) refers to technologies [...]

Just went to the live show “Walking With Dinosaurs” with BurkeanSon yesterday. It is a truely amazing show. It features life-size dinosaur … animatronic puppets, for lack of a better word. Very impressive. If you like dinosaurs, or have a son (nephew, daughter, 2nd cousin, whatever) who does, this is worth going to see. Check [...]

   Martin Dzuris left Czechoslovakia for the land of freedom in 1989.   He is now a radio talk show host in MIchigan, on WRHC.   He has taken advantage of the right of free speech in analysing Obama’s speeches and pointing out just how similar their content is to Marxist literature and ideas.  Unfortunately some management at [...]

One of the most overlooked holiday films is “The Muppets Christmas Carol”.  Seriously.  Don’t laugh … well, not at me, you may laugh at the film. Aside from being a fun Muppet movie, it is actually a surprisingly faithful interpretation of the classic tale.  Michael Caine is an excellent Ebeneezer, the Muppets perform their various [...]

… would be so much easier if they showed themselves to be worthy of respect. From Saudi Arabia: http://tinyurl.com/7ueggd The father married his daughter off to a 58-year old man for a dowry of $8,000. The mother (divorced from the father) filed a divorce plea on her daughter’s behalf. The Saudi courts have denied the [...]

As part of this evening’s Olympic broadcast, NBC recounted the story of the marathon runner in Athens who, with a 90 second lead, was pulled off the course by a whacko who wanted publicity.  Clearly shaken, although he lost the gold he managed to finish with the bronze.  He also got a special award for [...]

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops The press rarely covers these “non-events”, where nothing happens and no one gets hurt. Mainly because they validate the 2nd amendment and counter the official line that Guns Are Bad. I guess having a gun-wielding granny was just too good for them to pass up.

About a month ago we bought a backyard playset for our son.  My back went out, and most of our weekends are occupied anyway so it looked like it would never get done.  What to do?  Pay someone to put it up, of course.  Where to find them? HirePatriots.com This site is set up to match [...]

I ran across this posted in one of the other fora I frequent: THE IRISH – ARE SUCH CLEAR THINKERS Thoughts from across the pond An email from Ireland to the brethren in the States…a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: ‘We, in Ireland, can’t figure out why people are even bothering to hold [...]

After eight months of consideration, border patrol agents Ramos and Compean’s appeal has been ruled upon.  The ruling?  Denied.  The ruling was 3-0. Let’s put aside the fact (for now) that the only witness against the perjured himself in the original trial (from the final paragraph of the ruling: “The trial of the case was [...]

The article can be found here, but it’s short so it is quoted in it’s entirety: Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi told Lebanese television viewers last week that it’s permissible for girls as young as 1 to marry — as long as sex is postponed. Al-Mu’bi’s remarkable comments also included an explanation that “there [...]

Good coverage about handguns (click here). The perp has the teller loading bills in a bag after handing her a note that says he has a bomb. Another customer (Nabil Fawzi, former Lebenese army) sees this and pulls out his handgun (yes, he does have a CCW permit) and says “you are not robbing this [...]

An Obama rally in Portland, OR needed a place to set up their port-a-potties. What did they select as appropriate? The Portland Police Memorial, which honors the agency’s 25 fallen police officers. Not next to — on the memorial. And, yes, there were other open areas available nearby. Portland police are still awaiting an apology [...]

(with apologies to the Beach Boys) Full article here: http://billstclair.com/DoingFreedom/000623/df.0600.nca.gunstore.html In brief, a 53 year old grandmother with a concealed carry permit helped stop a whacko with a knife in the local (Spring Hill, Fla) Wal-Mart. But, how is the incident covered?  “Shopper Lorinda Smith, who was in the candy aisle during the confrontation, said [...]

I just read this on powerlineblog.com. Obama gave a Memorial Day speech, and began: 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. My first reaction was “just how many [...]

Just about anything said against Obama gets cast as being due to his race. Do we really want to have, for the next four years, a President who may not be openly criticized?