Normal Or Not

Couple days ago NBA free agent Jason Collins came "out of the closet" in a SI column. The media erupted into a frenzy and even the President of the United States call him to "congratulate" him. Now I am not a basketball fan, so I am not going to comment on what kind of player he is, but I will point out some facts. He is 36 (which I am told is old'ish for a NBA player), he played for 6 teams over the last 12 years, and if you googled him before his announcement there would not have been anything fantastic. So my question is; Should we be celebrating or shrugging?

We are told that gays should be accepted as normal, just people in love and nothing more. So, when it comes to Jason Collins, my answer is; who cares? If we don't get into a frenzy when Steve Novak get's a new girlfriend (or wife, I don't know if he's married), why should we care about Jason Collins? Is it normal or not? If it's special or abnormal than the media frenzy would be understandable. Doesn't this all just seem silly?

There's one more thing that bothers me. People calling Collins "Courageous", where is the courage? Is his career as risk? Will he be hanged in the public square? I know the gay agenda crowd would want you to think that the US is filled with hate for gays and they are somehow at risk. Seems a bit of an overreaction. I am not saying there is no anti-homosexual crime, but we are FAR FAR from Iran.

Ultimately I wish Jason Collins a long and happy life, but I wish that for everyone, so is that normal or not?

There Can Be Only Dumb

I've been reading A LOT of dumb quotes from politicians lately. So I wanted to post a few of the most dumb over the last few years.

• "The affirmative task we have now, is to, um, create a new world order" -Joe Biden

• "We have to pass the bill, so we can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy" -Nancy Pelosi

• “Women — who make up nearly half of our nation’s workforce — face a pay gap that means they earn 23 percent less on average than men do. That disparity is even greater for African-American women and Latinas,” -Barack Obama (while still paying male WH staff more than female)

• "The fact is we had four dead Americans! Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?" -Hillary Clinton

• "This is not about politics. This is about these families and families all across the country who are saying let’s make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down." -Barack Obama (emphasis added by me)

• "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." -Barack Obama

And just to prove I'm not completely bias;

• "As president, I will create 12 million new jobs." -Mitt Romney (presidents don't do that)

• "... read my lips, no new taxes." -George H W Bush

• "We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border." -John McCain (They don't share a border)

Sequestration Day 11

Well we're eleven days into Obama's sequestration. I thought I should document the horrors as they unfold.

• Just checked USAJobs.gov there are over 5,000 available jobs.

• Wait times at Los Angeles International Airport are topping out at 15 minutes.

• Wait times at the Border Crossings are mostly nil.

• Despite his previous assertions, Education Secretary Arne Duncan says teachers are not getting laid off because of budget cuts.

• Firemen are paid by the state, no federal dollars. No chance of job loss.

• Pretty sure medical science hasn't been pushed back by a generation. Just cured a baby of HIV.

• Obama said the Navy would have keep an aircraft carrier docked. But we're still pumping the stock market with $85,000,000,000 (that's $85 BILLION) a month via QE3. Pretty sure that would cover the daily running cost of the carrier; $1,400,000. 

• Obama also said 800,000 fed employees would have to take a pay cut. But if we took 5bil of QE3 and gave it to the navy. Then took the remaining 80BILLION and divided it to those employees they could each have an extra $100,000 A MONTH.

So he lied again. Big Surprise, Obama says horrible things that are gonna happen if we don't do something (usually raise taxes), just know it's a lie, every time. The federal govt is not there to take care of us. It does not need to spend more money than it takes in. It does not need to be pumping the stock market. It is OK to shrink the FedGov despite what Obama tells you!

Just Saying

• The same Bob Woodward that helped take down Nixon, was threatened by the Obama Admin and he still won't release the name of the person who threatened him. Trust me if Nixon had done it you would know.

• Speaking of state controlled media, Michelle Obama made a glaring mistake/lie during an ABC interview and they kindly edited it out. How nice of them. 

• Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is INSANE...

• Now that we know the reports of the Gov. buying up tens of millions of rounds of ammo are false, it makes me happier, now I know it's the people causing the shortage. 

• Obama is really cranking up the scare tactics for this sequestration of his. I see it as a merging of Chicken Little and The Boy King Who Cried Wolf, with some Emperor's New Clothes thrown in.

• Adam Carolla has a great way to clear up Democrat statements, "Stupid or Liar". Like when Donna Brazile asked why her health care premiums have gone up. We all know it's Obamacare, so she's either stupid or a liar?

• So, Obama hat wearing anti-gun protester said she'd rather be murdered than use a gun in self defense. Stupid or Liar?

• This Gov. website for foodstamps says they make America stronger. Stupid of Liar?

• The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as SecDef. Proof that even the dumbest, lying, antisemitic, jack ass has a place in the Obama Amin.

• Wait John Kerry is already SecState, I guess we'll call them Dumb and Dumber. You decide which is which.

• Jeopardy had a whole category of "answers" called "A Binder Full of Women". Proof that you can't escape leftist politics anywhere.

• Last one. Today SecState Kerry said Iran has an "elected" govt. Stupid of Liar?

THIS!!!

They'll Never Learn

On Dec 22nd, New York's Journal News published online an article titled "Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?". The leftist rag decided that they would expose the names and addresses of registered permit holding gun owners. The Journal thought they were being slick, putting sunlight on those evil gun owners. But it was really a boost for criminals, in more ways than one. What will it take for the Journal News to learn? They won't, even after someone dies.

While it's common for Liberals to take advantage of tragedies like the shooting in Sandyhook CT. Deliberately putting people in danger is a new low. Foxnews interviewed a few ex-cons that said if they had a map like that it would have made their job much easier. To me it's pretty clear, one with crime on his mind might go to the unarmed homes at night, feeling safe that the owners won't have the ability to fight back. Then if one wanted to replenish their supply of stolen guns just needs to rob the homes with guns in the daytime when no one is home.

Along with every Tom, Dick and Sally whose names were published was Jeanine Pirro, Foxnews host and former judge on the Westchester County Court, now I am sure it is easily understood why a former judge needs both a weapon for protection and privacy of her home address. Watch this clip from the Judge's show with her reaction:


Here's where the real scary part starts, four weeks to the day that the Journal News article was published a home in White Plains was broken into, Newsday.com had the story;
"A White Plains residence pinpointed on a controversial handgun permit database was burglarized Saturday, and the burglars' target was the homeowner's gun safe. At least two burglars broke into a home on Davis Avenue at 9:30 p.m. Saturday but were unsuccessful in an attempt to open the safe, which contained legally owned weapons, according to a law enforcement source. One suspect was taken into custody, the source said".
Luckily the owner, who was in his 70's was not home at the time of the robbery. The brazen thieves brought a ladder and broke through a 2nd story window.

So the question is when will someone die because of the Journal News' irresponsibility and will they even care? I will answer that for you, yes someone will die and NO they don't care. You see the left only pretends to care about things, they claim this all for the safety of our children and look the other way while planned parenthood has a record year and aborts over a million babies. They claim to care about jobs and the poor while they continue to squash small businesses and add more to the list of foodstamp recipients that ever before. They tell you that you are not capable of defending your home and family with a gun, while they walk around with concealed carry permits and armed guards 24/7. Don't let the government run your life into the ground. Stand up for the Bill of Rights, don't let Obama trample the Constitution any longer. Exercise those rights, SPEAK UP, call your congressman and senators, vote and write a blog, we can't rely on the AssKissMedia to watch out for us. If you really want to stick your thumb in their eye, BUY A GUN! Take a safety course, join the NRA and add your name to the ranks of those will not be sheep led to the slaughter. Celebrate with us on Gun Appreciation Day!

More Guns = More Freedom

With renewed threats of sweeping gun control laws or even worse an outright ban (& confiscation) from the Obama Administration via executive order, again we need to take a look at guns in America and why we need them. Guns have played an important part in history, the way we know that guns are tools and not some kin of incarnate evil, because  more often than not they are used to help protect people and preserve our way of life. Even though the media would tell you different, it is simple to look back and see the benefit of having this particular tool. To put it more simply; Guns don't kill people, people kill people. 

The primary reason to own a firearm is the same reason you vote, exercising your rights. The Founding Fathers put together a simple yet highly effective document that lays out our way of life. The Constitution is 8 pages and the Amendments we have made since then might take up 2 more. We cherish the things that we have been given, by God (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) and man (everything else). So how could it not be positive to exercise our 2nd right and be prepared for any action. "Amendment II - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Now the well regulated militia spoken of here is essentially the military, there to protect the Union, from outside invaders. Then it goes on to say what the right of the people is. Now if you need to consider the two parts connected than I am part of a well regulated group the NRA. I don't think it's a requirement, but if it gives you some peace of mind, join up, it's inexpensive and provides both access to training and safety courses and it also provides some insurance in case the unthinkable happens.

Secondly, it's a safety issue.  Always remember, you don't call the police because they have pens, you call them because they have guns. Face it, the time where you could go to sleep at night with your front door open to catch a breeze is gone. The safety of you and your family should be one of your primary concerns, waiting 8 to 15 or more minutes for the police to show up with their guns is simply not acceptable. I'm not trying to scare you, but the facts are facts. In the year 2010 according to the FBI there was 417,403 robberies in the US, and 14.3% of them were home invasion. So at one robbery a minute, out of 100 minutes 14 of them were home invasion. Take a safety/training class, do your homework, figure out what is right for you and be ready. If you have children you have an even greater responsibility, not only to protect your kids from the world, but to teach them proper gun safety, allowing them to grow up and intelligently protect their family. Banning guns seems like a great plan, except crooks don't care about bans or laws. It's pretty much settled that we lost the war on drugs, because no matter how many laws you pass, the drugs will always be there. So what makes you think it will be any different with guns. Where I think legalizing drugs is just stupid, it seems to be the direction we are going. So we are to believe more access to drugs will mean less crime. You can't have it both ways.

Lastly, recreation. Guns are a great hobby. There's the physics, the skill required, and the opportunity to interact with supersonic objects (that loud bang is a sonic boom). Some people enjoy target shooting or trap shooting, others prefer hunting, and still others prefer collecting guns. Guns tend to retain their value and sometimes even gain value over time. Many people enjoy it all. Regardless of what you've been told by the media, there is a good chance a gun related hobby is right up your alley. I find it to be both exhilarating and relaxing.