The US media has been circumspect concerning the events in Honduras this past week. Here we have a democratically elected leader who overstepped his constitutional bounds and was slapped down by the Honduran Supreme Court. Naturally the Dictators Club (United Nations) has also decried the ousting of Zelaya irregardless that it was lawfully done. The Obama administration, the Organization of American States, the World Bank and even Standard & Poors have all gotten in on the action. Comrade Chavez is even threatening military action.
Honduras is upholding the rule of law, something the left has been trying to tear down for years. It is my hope that the Honduran people can stick to their guns, figuratively speaking.
George Carlin is, well… George Carlin so if you’ve sensitive ears don’t press play.
He has to a large degree come to the right conclusion although much of his perspective is based on evolution-as-fact. But that makes this segment even more striking, that someone as rabidly liberal as Carlin, who’s belief in evolution is very obviously firmly entrenched - should come to basically what is considered the evil Conservative viewpoint - that to believe humans are effecting the earth as is claimed is the height of arrogance.
Isn’t it interesting how American education resembles the American auto industry due to union contracts 700 NYC teachers paid to do nothing that cannot be allowed back into the classroom for various reasons. It is bad enough watching the auto industry crumble under the weight of the unions but to watch the public employees hold their employer, the voters, hostage is ridiculous.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws”
How many times have you found yourself telling someone “Google is your friend” when they ask you a question? I know I must say that to people on a daily basis. And it’s not necessarily that these people aren’t smart, just not tech - non techie people are not as likely to use Google to find answers to non-tech questions like “is it safe to give dogs cooked bones” or “how much is 23 Euros in US Dollars“.
Well, now you can help these folks remember they can ask these questions of Google rather than you by using Let me google that for you….
I bet the Canadians are wondering what Global Warming? I’m wondering the same as I look at the well below average temps now and this time last year - and that this is the 2nd June in a row where 5 days of 7 call for rain. Last year it was July before we got more than 2 or 3 days of good weather in a row - which put a real damper on motorcycling….
… no analog television signal as of this Friday.. and unless they boost the digital signal power there is going to be hell to pay for those refusing to PAY for broadcast television. At 40 miles out to say digital is “spotty” would be an understatement. And unlike “snowy” weak analog signals digitals “static” is enough to drive you mad. If there isn’t an immediate improvement the millions who aren’t paying for cable or satellite are more likely to be lost as viewers. Not that this is ultimately a bad thing….
The Democrats killed their own D.C. House Voting Rights Bill due to an amendment that would effectively return DC’s 2nd Amendment rights. Choice quote….
“We will never give up on equal rights for our residents,” she said, insisting that pro-gun Democrats could have opposed the amendment without sustaining political damage
So… she wants “equal rights for our residents” but ONLY on the voting issue and SHAME on those “pro-gun” Democrats for PRESUMING “equal rights” should entail the entire Bill of Rights. Yeah, shame…..
At the same time as am matter of history DC essentially belongs to Congress to do with as they please and many of their own actions and laws reflect the dubious status of the District compared to the several States. I am certainly not hugely in favor of DC voting considering its foundational purpose it seems something of a conflict of interest. That said, its an all or nothing then with civil rights and if DC gets to own guns, they get to vote - if they get to vote, they get to own guns.
What the Democrats want is what they’ve always wanted and that is to impose their own view on what rights are actually “rights” and owning guns doesn’t stand with them. But allowing non-citizens to vote? Yeah, that’s ok….
A 72-year-old woman was tased by an officer. Not agreeing with the woman’s actions toward the officer but clearly the officer was intimidated by this 4′ 11″ woman which only justified her contempt for him as a representative of “the law”. So now what did this officer gung-ho to write a speeding ticket accomplish but to cost the county money and potentially a lawsuit since the Taser usage guidelines recommend against using their product on the elderly? Obviously we can’t have anarchy on the high ways, but — oh wait, too late….
Sigma Cycle in Brownsburg, Indiana is having an open house on Saturday June 27,2009 to christen at their new location (in the same complex). When possible, support your local shop.
The disappearance of Flight 447 reminds us of TWA Flight 800 Case the public explanation of which never resembled eyewitnesses. The first attempt on the towers and TWA 800 are among the many incidents illustrating the long run up, under Bill Clinton’s watch, to the September 11th attacks…
Scientists at the University of Rochester have found a way to make Regular Light Bulbs Super-Efficient. If this technology can be moved into production scale, the increased efficiency plus the toxicity of CFL’s maybe America really will become Pro Choice - for lightbulbs…
Could this be France’s TWA Flight 800? If this were an act of Islamic terrorism (is there any other kind?) the powers that be will do their best to keep it quiet. The next 24-48 hours will be telling….
There is so much to comment on in the Business Week article The Great Ethanol Scam. But all I can say is it’s about freaking time!
Now while lauding recongnition of the ethanol scam I find Butanol rather interesting and wonder why we’ve heard so little about it? But, I’m leary of any “biomass” alcohol product, even one that produces a fuel with 80% the energy of gasoline (compared to 60 something % for ethanol). Any “crop” that takes away from the production of food I consider far more immoral than burning foreign oil and gasoline.
Since the experts can’t figure out the “winged cat” I would question that they’re experts… I have a self-adopted (meaning we weren’t given a vote) feral who looks exactly like the pictures including the wings. On ours those wings are the matted hair being shed and pop up like that until they finally fall off.
Regular brushing would get rid of the problem since she is a long hair, but I would really prefer to live to a ripe old age and attempting to brush out a feral cat doesn’t seem like a step down that path..
The guys at Hackleman got the trunk repainted and I was able to pick it up this morning. The up side is those pock marks are going to be much less likely to show up after sitting in the sun now that the glass has more or less gassed. Fingers crossed anyway.
They even painted the inside though it will get gray auto carpet glued in to match the saddlebags.
Mounting it back up didn’t really take long, 4 3/8″ bolts with washers, large neoprene washers between the box and mount, and nylock nuts to keep them from vibrating off. That was the easy part, then came all those tiny hardware for hinges and latches.
I’ll likely have to add a couple of straps front to back to further support the rear of the box. But I’ll wait until I determine what I’m doing to dress up the rear end in the way of lighting and trim
The Missus is particularly fond of the new backrest arrangement and I don’t have to worry about her dozing and falling off on long trips. They make swing out arm rests that mount to the trunk, that may be in her future as well - especially if there is a cup holder involved.
The saddle bag lids hit just a little but they’ll flex enough to clear. Pretty much since they were installed I knew they need to be moved down 1-1.5″ but it is such a hassle to do I’ve put it off.
An amendment was attached to the recently passed credit card bill which makes all park service land uniformly follow state laws with regard to carrying a firearm. This is something several rights groups have been working on for years as the National Park Service had differing rules for their various controlled properties making it tricky to know if you were “allowed” to carry you licensed firearm on a particular parcel. This bill fixed that by setting all land to honor state laws rather than bureaucratic rules.
Anyway, despite the overwhelming support of this amendment today President Obama reminded the nation that this law does not take effect for 9 months. As the rules baring licensed care are policy rather than law it would take one phone call to make it effective NOW. But he’s not going to for a couple of reasons.
First, he can point out his “opposition” to it to the Brady Bunch to solicit campaign dollars. At the same time he can point out to the 2A rights groups that he signed it. I doubt he’ll get campaign dollars from any of the latter group though.
Second, as long as he doesn’t make that phone call its only a paper victory for 2A groups - at least for another 9 months. And as we’ve seen in the first 100 some days of the new Administration, a lot can happen in that time. For example, the passage of pending federal bill that would prohibit you from owning the firearms your state has licensed you to carry.
Fear monger you say? Maybe. But with the sycophants in the media refusing to do their job and the utter lack of objectivity in the American mind today nothing this administration does, or can get away with, will surprise me.
Update: Didn’t take long to find supporting documentation. Not any of the pending Fed legislation but an international treaty.
Unsurprisingly, one of the leading proponents of ratifying this treaty is non other than Dick Lugar (R-IN). Seems every time I see Lugar he’s reinforcing my view that he has sold out his state and his party for visions of globalist grandeur.
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amature photographer and avid shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
