http://www.pointmanspage.com Strange in a Stranger Land Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It looks like any toy gun with a metal barrel is the ATFE's target as "machine guns". I'm not exactly an AirSoft fan but I see their charm. Remember that these toys were designed by a people who are not allowed to own real guns, these are their ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/12/fed-agencies-seize-toys-call-them-machine-guns/ I know I mostly post about politics, motorcycles and firearms but the part of my life that pays for those things I'm a technology guy. It's not too often I do much code work with other things being more entertaining but of late a friend brought the project FullCalendar ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/11/fullcalendar-full-sized-calendar-jquery-plugin/ If our economy is still in the tank yet gas is still $2.75/gallon - what does that portend when the economy recovers? http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/gas-prices/ Following up on getting the "guns in your car" bill through to the governor there are 2 on The Indiana Law Blog (worth a bookmark btw). The first ran on March 6th and a follow up on March 8th following a work place shooting up in Portage Indiana which opponents ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/indiana-firearm-law-updates/ The liberals/progressives/nutcases are always harping on war spending and a way to tell Republicans to shut up already when they oppose yet more spending. Of course this is a diversion to stop opposition to their political roadmap of turning America into a European style Socialist State. But back to spending money... ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/why-is-the-usa-bankrupt/ I cannot believe I'm linking to them but even the Daily Kos sees Hostettler as the man to beat in the coming race to fill Evan Bayh's senate seat. They even instructs their minions to remember to "...root for Coats in the GOP primary". Coats' remember is the seat ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/daily-kos-state-of-the-nation/ Tam points to an Indiana Supreme Court ruling which essentially means the presence of a weapon alone is not probable cause that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed. Reading the full decision I believe the Court found a good balance between individual rights ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/indiana-court-armed-does-not-equate-to-criminal/ It seems that in Oregon they will now send the swat team after you just because someone THINKS you might be CONTEMPLATING something illegal. It is a dangerous precedent and if it doesn't frighten you then then I refer you to this. “If you love wealth better than liberty, the ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/10/police-act-swiftly-after-gun-purchases/ I guess you could say he didn't see it coming.... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/04/self-proclaimed-psychic-charged-with-investor-fraud/ "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions." --James Madison, letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792 http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/04/a-limited-congress/ It turns out that the only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. -- Cornered Cat's Kathy Jackson http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/03/03/normal-people/ Looks like Indiana Dems are trying to sink HB 1065, the Emergency Powers and Parking Lots today. Why is anyone surprised? Democrats always scream "democracy! democracy!" until they don't like the results... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/02/26/indiana-house-democrats-up-to-their-old-tricks/ A little history from the Great Communicator... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/02/25/reagan-on-socialized-medicine/ I initially passed over the article about the woman who's Love Handles Stopped a bullet and saved her life until I saw a news program where she was talking about in on video, how she thought she ought to loose weight until this happened and now she's not going to ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/02/25/woman%e2%80%99s-love-handles-stop-bullet-save-her-life/ I find it downright comical that one of the cities who's economy is most damaged by illegal immigration would decide to go after unlicensed dogs rather than "undocumented" people. So what are they going to do with "unlicensed" dogs owned by "undocumented" people? Will they get a free ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2010/02/25/cash-strapped-la-going-after-unlicensed-dogs/