Has the Time Come?

"Attorney General Eric Holder stated in a press conference today that Barack Obama’s administration will seek to reinstate the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. Eric Holder was speaking at a news conference announcing a crackdown against a Mexican drug cartel in the United States." [link]

Looks like they're revving their engines now. Since Obama and his administration have discovered there is not enough resistance to stop them from doing whatever they please in Washington, they will do just that. WHATEVER THEY PLEASE. Regardless of what "We the People" think, say, or do. We are in for some dark times, and multiple struggles we must battle to the best of our ability in the coming years.

It was time to start joining liberty and freedom minded organizations years ago. Now is the time that Americans must make their voices heard above the grind of the gears of tyranny. Now is the time "We the People" must demand and make our government listen to our grievances. How about we take a look at a list of rights that have been violated over and over by our government for years now without much resistance:

Our government has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent swarms of Officers to harrass our people, including but not limited to the IRS, BATFE, Homeland Security, FEMA,
etc...
Our government has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies (FBI, CIA, BATFE, multiple other government entities armed to the teeth) without the Consent of our legislatures.
Our government has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power (once again see the list of all the government agencies that are better armed, trained, and definitely kept separate).
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us (once again see the above list): For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States (remember Ruby Ridge, Waco).
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: (Patriot Act ring a bell)
For taking away our Charters (The United States Constitution, individual state Constitutions, The Bill of Rights), abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments...

If any of these things sound very familiar they should for two reasons: 1)They are all happening or taking place right now, and 2) They are taken nearly word for word with some slight modifications added from The Declaration of Independence. When will enough be enough.

Quote for the Day

"[A] Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States... as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please." -- Thomas Jefferson

A Short Break?

For my readers out there,

I will be out of town for a few days. It might not be possible for me to post regularly like I have been doing so far. Never fear, I will return in a few days, and possibly I may even get a chance or two to post while I am away. If not you can about guarantee that I will be able to catch up on some reading and have plenty more ideas and information about our struggle for freedom and liberty in these times.

Quote for the Day

"The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is... legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay... If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system." -- Frederic Bastiat

Tea Party II

More from Rick Santelli.

In Response to Those That Argue Government=Safety

Excellent article here by fellow blogger Kent McManigal. This would especially be a good read for those of you that like to justify more government as a means for safety and security. I know that none of you read my blog or Kent's, but maybe you will have a caring friend that will email our links along with Kent's article to you.

How About We Call You On It, Mr Obama!

"If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it and put a stop to it," Obama told the mayors, who were gathered in the White House. "And I want everybody here to be on notice ... if a local government does the same. I will call them out on it and use the full power of my office and our administration to stop it." [link]

Wonderful rhetoric in this instance, let's sound tough, but not mean a damn thing about it. If you truly are going to call out federal agencies for wasting money how about actually taking a look at some of the measures in your so called "stimulus law":

$24 million for USDA buildings and rent
$176 million for renovating Agricultural Research Service buildings
$290 million for flood prevention activities
$50 million for watershed rehabilitation
$1.4 billion for wastewater disposal programs
$295 million for administrative expenses associated with food stamp program
$1 billion for the 2010 Census
$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries
$650 million for the DTV converter box coupon program
$360 million for construction of NIST buildings
$830 million for NOAA research and facilities
$2 billion for Byrne JAG program
$10 million to combat Mexican gunrunners
$125 million for rural communities to combat drug crimes
$1 billion for the COPS program
$1 billion for NASA
$300 million to purchase scientific instruments for colleges and museums
$400 million for equipment and facilities at the NSF
$3.7 billion to conduct "green" renovations on military bases
$375 million for Mississippi River projects
$10 million for urban canals
$5 billion for weatherizing buildings
$2 billion to develop advanced batteries for hybrid cars
$3.4 billion for fossil energy research (possibly including an earmark for FutureGen)
$5.1 billion for environmental cleanup around military bases
$5.5 billion for "green" federal buildings
$300 million for "green" cars for federal employees
$20 million for IT upgrades at the Small Business Administration
$200 million to design and furnish DHS headquarters
$98 million earmark for a polar icebreaker
$210 million for State and local fire stations
$125 million to restore trails and abandoned mines
$146 million for trail maintenance at National Park Service sites
$140 million for volcano monitoring systems
$600 million for the EPA Superfund environmental cleanup program
$200 million to clean up leaking underground storage tanks
$500 million for forest health and wildfire prevention
$25 million for the Smithsonian Institution
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$1.2 billion for "youth activities" (for "youth" up to 24 years old)
$500 million earmark for NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD
$1 billion for Head Start
$32 million for home-delivered nutrition services
$160 million for volunteer programs at the Corporation for National and Community Service
$500 million earmark for the SSA National Computer Center in MD
$220 million for the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico
$8 billion for high-speed railway (including an earmark for Harry Reid's LA to Las Vegas MagLev)
$1.3 billion for Amtrak

[link for source] & here

Quote for the Day

"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms." -- Thomas Jefferson

Sovereignty Resolution For MN !!!

MN Introduces their own Sovereignty Resolution and joins the other 21 States!
Articles:http://www.infowars.com/s...
http://www.campaignforlib...
Read the Bill Here:https://www.revisor.leg.s...
If you live in MN please call your Congressman and/or Senator and let them know that you support this bill.
Congress:https://writerep.house.go...
Senate:http://www.senate.gov/gen...

Source for everything on this page

Another Gun Control Ploy

It seems that if they can't exactly go after the firearms, then they will attempt to manipulate the system in any means necessary to make owning a firearm so expensive only a select few can own them. How about this:

"Kenneth Dunkin, a former social worker and Democrat member of the Illinois House of Representatives, has introduced HB0687, entitled the “Firearm Owners ID-Insurance” bill. It is currently in the Rules Committee.
Dunkin’s bill amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, a previous bill aimed at chipping away at the Second Amendment. Dunkin’s amendment states “that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person.” [link]


How about we start trying to get a bill that states "All elected officials must carry a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $20 million lest they in any way, shape, or form try say or do anything that tries to limit, curtail, regulate, ban, eradicate, outlaw, etc... anything that has to do with personal freedom and responsibility. This policy will specifically cover any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts of using your powers as a representative of the people to try and remove their freedoms and/or your violation of any part of the United States Constitution. Such examples include, but are not limited too: stress (from having to put up with your stupidity in office) and any related conditions caused by stress, high blood pressure, headache, carpel tunnel syndrome (from having to write, type, stamp, etc... to you and urge you not to be an idiot, and/or post on forums to get the word out about your treachery), or any other damages real or imagined."

Now we just need to give this legislation a name.

Traders Revolt! CNBC Host calls for New Tea Party - Chicago Floor Mocks Obama Plan

This is just great! Below the video window I have included some links that deal with this.



Poll to vote on joining the "Tea Party"
More on the Tea Party

Texas Joins Fight for State Sovereignty

We now have another state that has added its name to the list. Let's keep 'em rolling in. Here are several links where you can read about what Texas is doing to fight the federal government and it's overreaching unconstitutional powers: The exact document, and a snippet with comments. If you live in one of the many states that are declaring their sovereignty under the 9th and 10th Amendments wonderful. If not start writing, emailing, and calling your representatives.

Also, here is a link to all my blog posts about the fight for state sovereignty for those interested.

Quote for the Day

"There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on government for their security. And when government fails they seek to rectify that failure in the form of granting government more power. So, as government has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution, they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution. But in doing so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source of despotism­government. Lord Acton said 'power corrupts.' Surely then, if this is true, the more power we give the government the more corrupt it will become. And if we give it the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the ultimate means to combat that corrupt power. In doing so we can only assure that we will eventually be totally subject to it." -- Ronald Reagan

Gun Grabbers Use Lies to Push Their Agenda

"...The bill would close the so-called "gun show/Internet loophole." It would prohibit private sales of pistols or assault weapons unless the buyer or seller was a federally licensed dealer, or used a licensed dealer to transfer the weapon. That includes sales at garage and estate sales and over the Internet, which are currently exempt from background checks." [link]

Yeah, you can read the underlined, bold print again. It was an exact quote from the source. I was under the impression that internet sales had to go through an FFL.

More Info on Student Suspended for Having a Valid CCW License

"...university officials maintain that state law also gives the public higher education system the right to ban guns from its campuses, regardless of whether gun owners have a permit. With backing from a guns-rights lobbying organization and Republican state legislators, the student filed an appeal of the university's disciplinary decision, arguing that the permit laws should trump the university's view of the issue." [link]

Just some more information on this story that is out there. Please support Mr. Maxwell. He is a Marine Corps Veteran and is a legally licensed to possess a CCW, which he does. Besides I would like to see how "university officials" claim that a university policy trumps state law? You can find campus contacts at this site.

For the first post on this go here.

Gun Control Loophole

Let's assume for a moment that the gun-grabbers decide to give up on their "traditional" approach to ban firearms. What we as owner, enthusiasts, collectors, etc... need to keep an eye out for are other means that this could be established. Unfortunately I think I may have found a very small loophole that may be a means of more restrictive gun-control that is far beyond the "traditional" method. As many of you know for a few years now gun-grabbers have been going the environmental route and going after the lead contained in projectiles. Luckily there are alternatives to lead, albeit a bit more expensive, but an easy work around. Let's now look at another environmental measure that has yet to rear its ugly head, but we should be very vigilant on this issue and its effects on our rights.

"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials." [link]

Big deal some of you may say what does this have to do with my guns. Well depending on how far some want to push this, everything. This will even be a way to get at those old smoke poles that nearly everyone thinks will be exempt from gun control laws. If taken to the limits, gun-grabbers could push for outlawing every single firearm ever manufactured.

How you may ask? Simple chemistry. Lets start by looking at the combustion of blackpowder. 10 KNO3 + 3 S + 8 C → 2 K2CO3 + 3 K2SO4 + 6 CO2 + 5 N2 [link]. For those of you that know nothing about chemistry the right side of the equation (that part after the arrow) is what is produced after blackpowder ignites. The 6 CO2 means 6 molecules of carbon dioxide... Now see where I am going with this?

I apologize for not having a combustion formula for smokeless powder, but do some searching and you will find that it contains carbon and probably some oxygenated compounds as well. Upon combustion CO2 will end up being produced in some quantity.

We need to keep an eye out on this, because you can about guarantee that I am not the only one who has given this some thought and come to this conclusion.

Idiots and Gun Control

"Why can’t there be more stringent laws against guns in Salinas?... The initial question was posed by Peter Valdez of Salinas, who wanted to know why gun locks couldn’t be enforced in the city – forcing gang members to lock their guns in order to transport them."

And yet another idiot opens their mouth. Once again proving the old adage: "Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Fortunately there was someone there with enough logic to answer this question very intelligently.

"Gang member are not going to adhere to the law,” said Bardoni, referring to how the criminals use illegal guns. “The problem is the outlaw element that is carrying the guns that we can’t control at this point.” [link]

Quote for the Day

"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one..." -- Thomas Paine

Obama Defends Concealed Carry?

"The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks, even as it is internally reviewing whether the measure meets environmental muster." [link]

Yeah I couldn't believe it either. But for some reason I am not getting a warm fuzzy feeling all over. I think somebody had better start looking up this man's sleeves, because there is definitely something hiding up there.

More Gun Control Drivel

"On February 17, 2009, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners passed two resolutions sponsored by Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan regarding stricter gun control. For the third year, the commissioner authored legislation urging the U.S. Congress and Florida Legislature to reinstate the Federal Assault Weapons Act...the commissioner passed another related item, urging both Congress and the State Legislature to pass legislation requiring all gun sales, regardless of venue or type, to be registered with law enforcement within 14 days of purchase, in addition to any other existing restrictive requirements..." [link]

OH! My favorite! Draconian style firearms control, restrictions, limits, etc... Whatever floats your boat. For some reason politicians can't get it through their thick, brainless skulls that these types of regulations only apply to law abiding citizens. They do not understand that criminals, by definition, will still continue to do what they do, commit crimes. They will do this regardless of any barriers in their way. Did the invention of safes stop them from trying to get to the valuable stored inside? Did the invention of CCTV and the use of it at gas stations stop hold ups from these establishments?

If merely passing a law remedied a situation we would have not more drunk driving incidents, no murders, not theft, no extortion, no rape, etc... Only the law abiding follow the laws. The problem we start to run into is nearly everyone has that theoretical line in the sand drawn at some point. At what point will politicians turn you into a criminal?

Quote for the Day

"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." -- Thomas Jefferson

If You Speak, They Will Know You're Stupid

"[Rep. Caroline McCarthy D- New York]...said Friday she does not criticize legally owned guns. McCarthy added, "I hope the guns didn't have bullets in them."

We also have from the same article:

"I am very upset about the whole thing," said Joyce Gorycki of Mineola, widow of a Long Island Rail Road official killed in the 1993 train shooting and co-chair of Long Island's New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. "I don't know why she needs two rifles." [link]

Two comments from me. I certainly hope the guns did have bullets in them else they would be useless for defense purposes. How about we start making people keep their engines separated from their vehicles? By this logic someone too drunk to drive would not be able to put their engine in their car and drive (in theory).

Second comment: I don't know why other people try to force their beliefs on me. If I want to own 500 guns and never shoot a one that is my choice not yours and/or anyone else's.

Quote for the Day

"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men." -- John Adams

Gun Rights Examiner: Showdown under the Big Sky?

Gun Rights Examiner: Showdown under the Big Sky?

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Obama's Rhetoric Is the Real 'Catastrophe'

"President Barack Obama has turned fearmongering into an art form...This fearmongering may be good politics, but it is bad history and bad economics. It is bad history because our current economic woes don't come close to those of the 1930s. At worst, a comparison to the 1981-82 recession might be appropriate. Consider the job losses that Mr. Obama always cites. In the last year, the U.S. economy shed 3.4 million jobs. That's a grim statistic for sure, but represents just 2.2% of the labor force. From November 1981 to October 1982, 2.4 million jobs were lost -- fewer in number than today, but the labor force was smaller. So 1981-82 job losses totaled 2.2% of the labor force, the same as now." [link]

I might also like to point out that Obama loves to compare himself with FDR, as far as being able to handle the recession that we are end and bring it to a close. In fact Obama is following almost the exact "strategy" that FDR did, that is to say massive government spending, creating jobs via infrastructure projects (WPA), and provide welfare benefits to the poor.

More opinions on what this "stimulus" will do for welfare reform can be found here.

You may also read an interesting paper on whether the New Deal helped or not here. Interestingly enough this article cites and gives a link to a paper by Christina Romer (heard of her, she is Obama's chairperson on the Council of Economic Adviser's), who in this paper give empirical evidence that government spending did not in any way help end the depression. However now that she has a top spot in the administration she is all for government spending.

Just read all the information contained here and enjoy.