Inhofe Statement on Stimulus Compromise

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), issued the following statement tonight after the announcement of a compromise on the Senate
stimulus bill. "While I appreciate the efforts of my colleagues to
bring down the price tag of this bill, the fact is we still face a trillion
dollar spending bill. Making it worse, the bill is 93% spending and only 7% stimulation...'"[link]

Well there you go. Pretty simple as self explanatory. We're gonna get screwed again.

Biden Urges Passage of Stimulus Despite Voter Backlash

"“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there’s still
a 30% chance we’re going to get it wrong,” was his message at the meeting.
"[link]

Well now isn't that nice. A 30% chance that that roughly $800 billion goes down the tubes and does absolutely nothing to help the economy. Don't you just love how they throw our money around that is forcefully taken from us.

Quote for the Day

"...regarding the comparative virtues of various calibers, using hollow point ammo: it is absolutely undeniable that, while a 9 mm or .40 S&W may or may not expand, a .45 will never shrink." -- Roy Berkeley

New Hampshire Tells the Government to F**k Off

"STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
A RESOLUTION affirming States’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles. Whereas
the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, Part 1, Article 7 declares that
the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing
themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; and do, and forever
hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right,
pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly
delegated to the United States of America in congress assembled..."[link]

That's not the only state that is doing it either check out some of the others.

What Needs to be Done

Nancy Pelosi [click photo or here for link]













Harry Reid [photo or here for link]


Have far too often violated this:
[Yep, you guessed it link here or at photo]

Now it is time for this:

Great Job South Carolina

"The Brady Campaign has long accused South Carolina of having weak guns laws as well. In the organization's 2008 state scorecards, released this week, South Carolina earned just nine points out of a total of 100."[link]

Excellent job down there South Carolina. 9 out of 100 on the Brady Scale is near perfect. The only fault I have is not allowing reciprocity of other states CCW licenses. Other than that keep up the good work. You still have a little way to go, KY is darn near perfect with a score of 2 out of 100.[Brady Campaign State rankings page, just a heads up in case you don't even want to go there, link] And Deo Vindice my friends!

Scrap This Useless Firearm Regulation

"Since the implementation of this program in 2001, this program has cost New York State taxpayers approximately $30 million with no results. Example: 212,080 firearms have been entered into the database with only two matching hits found. Neither of these hits resulted in arrest."[link]

Let's see a little calculation here... that comes out to .000009% of every firearm entered coming up a match and a 0% chance of an arrest. That seems like an excellent expenditure of $30million to me. Wouldn't you all agree?

Corzine the Idiot

"He said a federal assault-weapons ban was needed to complement New Jersey's restrictions. A national ban "in theory" would have blocked Brian Hinkel from amassing such a large arsenal at his Franklin Township home, Corzine said."[link]

Don't you like the "in theory" part. I really enjoy that. It never ceases to amaze me that these people do not understand the answer is not more laws, but clean up the confusing clutter we already have, and have true "common sense gun laws". Of course my definition of common sense gun laws are far from what a gun-grabbers definition is. My definition would be to allow any law abiding citizen who has never been convicted of a violent crime to be able to own, purchase, carry, shoot, sell, etc... whatever they want to. Then enforce strictly the law for any violent offender caught in possession and/or attempted possession, or anyone who uses a firearm in a violent crime. This would be true "common sense" gun laws.

Quote for the Day

"Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage, and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. It is, indeed, only the exceptional man who can even stand it. The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe ... What the average man wants in this world is the simplest and most ignominious sort of peace - the peace of a trusty in a humane penitentiary, of a hog in a comfortable sty." -- H.L. Mencken

Quote for the Day

"Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority." -- Eric Hoffer

Stock Up!

I would advise stocking up sooner than later.

Image courtesy of Oleg Volk http://www.a-human-right.com/

More From the Government Indoctrination Camps

"Parents in the Aspen School District may soon be able to choose whether their children will purchase lunch using a fingerprint-recognition system."[link]

Once again, let's "allow" the government to start "training" our children to expect and comply with violations of privacy at every turn. The younger you start 'em the easier it is to control them.

Being Un-Patriotic: From Their Own Mouths

Ok, you heard VP Biden say it. Paying taxes is the patriotic thing to do. So by their own (top Democratic officials) definition then Daschle [link], Geithner [different link], and Killifer [and yet a completely different link] are unpatriotic bums. Yet one, Geithner, will get to set tax codes and head the IRS. Luckily the other two will not (as of yet) be involved at the top of the administration.

Of course, in one way this makes perfectly logical sense. This is why we constantly hear the Dem's clamoring for more taxation, they just won't pay it anyway.

Legislating away rights in an attempt to curb crime (cough, cough, "BULLSH*T)

"It is the battle cry of the gun control movement, "More laws!"
Whenever there is a shooting death, armed robbery, accidental injury, etc., the gun grabbers come out in force and call for more stringent laws. As if one more law that restricts the rights of people who didn't break the law in the first place would have made a difference."[link]
A North Carolina minister, for example, thinks he has come up with the perfect solution to crime: require a license to purchase ammunition. "The purpose of good government is to pass laws that protect the public. And who in their right mind can defend criminals being able to have something that can kill people?" Rev. Melvin Whitley has said.[same link as before]

Ok I know I have created a blog faux-paux by linking twice(to the same link), but I did it for a reason, the first to get your attention, the second to point out via bold and underline an opinion.

This person is so ABSOLUTELY WRONG about the purpose of government. What surprises me is that a lot of people cannot answer this question in America, yet the answer is found in the Declaration of Independence, let me quote from it: "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

So as we can see from our founding fathers that governments are instituted to secure our God given rights and see that none trample on them.

Quote for the Day

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government." --Edward Abbey

The War on Guns: OFF on Holder

The War on Guns: OFF on Holder

Well, by my reckoning that means we have used the the ballotbox, the soapbox is not working too well, that leaves the jury box, then the ever trusty cartridge box.

Quote for the Day

"The optimist sees the coffee mug as half full, the pessimist sees it as half empty. I see it as an impact weapon." -- Tim Burke

Thoughts and Things Learned During the Ice Storm

First off, it is nice to have the comforts of electric back. It is easy to take it for granted until it is gone. Notice I did not say needed.



Okay, here we go with some things learned during this little ordeal. Food, water, and heating that we had was sufficient to meet every one's needs, and more or less offer some means of comfort. Temperature was a bit cooler than what we were used to with electric (we used a gas insert) but that was remedied by layering indoors. I will add that in a worse case scenario it would be very wise to have more than one means of heat, i.e. backup generator(standby would be more advantageous than gas or LP powered, but more expensive), extra propane stored for gas stove, some dry wood stored(which we had) just in case...



Food met all nutrition needs and kept anyone from a rumbly tummy and/or intestinal distress. However after about day 3 we all decided that more variety was needed. This will be remedied in the following weeks. I will be looking for several varieties and brands of canned soup, vegetables, dried/preserved/canned meats, "energy bars", candy (for the sweet tooth), and powdered drink mixes.



Hygiene, no problem, we had running water, also had water stored in case water went out. Pretty sure we had enough water for all of us for a full week. I will however be investing in a packable filtration system. Any advice on this would be appreciated, I have looked in the past, but could just not decide. Oh yeah, have powdered soap and a wash board handy, we didn't need to use them, but we had both.



I am sure there is more, but these were the things that stuck with me.



Other things on hand that were not "needed" during this event were: several different modes of transportation (that is to say 4X4 vehicles, atv's and utv's), extra fuel for each, chainsaws, firearms and spare ammo, also a fully portable reloading setup.



Overall it seems that Kentuckians are a rather resilient bunch, as well as self sufficient (I will expound on this more in a later post). Unfortunately there were some deaths in the state associated with this storm, however when you consider that up to 700K were without power with sub-freezing temperatures and as of now only 9 deaths were hypothermia related out of 24 total (hope this number does not go up)[link] I would hazard a guess that we Kentuckians know how to take care of ourselves and each other.

Power Back, Blog to Resume

Good news! Power back up and running. Might actually take me several days to thaw out, but I will begin posting again on this blog in a very short time frame 12-24 hours or less.

My Absence

Sorry all for my absence. We are have had one heck of an ice storm here in KY and I am currently without power. Soon as things get up and running I will start posting regularly again.

The War on Guns: Teabagging Obama

The War on Guns: Teabagging Obama

What an excellent idea. (Definately not what some of you are thinking).

THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT CIVIL RIGHTS

• Brady’s highest-rated states have the highest average violent crime and murder rates. These states also have the lowest levels of gun ownership.
• Only 2 of these states have shall-issue concealed carry laws.
• Brady’s “failed” states (not enough “reasonable gun measures”) have the lowest violent crime and murder rates, and the highest levels of gun ownership.
• All have shall-issue concealed carry laws.

All of the above from...[link]

More proof that firearm ownership deters crimes and saves lives. Any measure to take away the God given right to defend ones self is an infringement of rights, no matter how you look at it.

Nancy Pelosi says birth control will help the US economy

"...Pelosi said that "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government"." [link]

Literal translation: There are too many people in the United States, we (the government) cannot extend any more federal programs to more people, so we have to look for ways keep our population down.

Quote for the Day

"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife." -- Thomas Jefferson

DEO VINDICE: From Kentucky