Online headline/story: "Colorado Legislature Passes Landmark Expansion Of
Background Checks On Gun Purchases * The bill passed Friday expands cases when a
$10 criminal background check would be required to legally transfer a gun.
Republicans have opposed the bill, calling it an undue burden on law-abiding gun
owners. * "Congrats to Colorado House and Senate for passing universal
background checks," read a tweet sent by the office of Vice President Joe Biden
from his official (at)VP account. * "We know for a fact that whatever law we
pass criminals won't care," said Republican Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg." -- Like so
many of the 20,000 + anti-criminal use/possession laws we have on the books, add
one more to be extolled by DUMBERats as "we did something about that; problem
solved", while criminals simply ignore it.
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Online story: "Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and one of the world's
richest men, has a message for the Boy Scouts of America: Lift the gay ban,
already. * When (Politico D.C. bureau chief Mike) Allen turned the conversation
to the organization's ban on gay members and leaders, Gates said the policy
"absolutely" needed to be scrapped. * "Why," prodded Allen. * "Because it's
2013," Gates replied, prompting a spontaneous burst of boisterous applause from
the audience." -- Hmmm, I think it's time for me to make an Apple computer my
next buy. Why? It's 2013. That makes as much sense, no, more sense than
Gates.
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A "security expert" was railing against TSA for allowing pen knives back on
planes. Me... I'm for them. So what if 1-to-5 terrorists pull one out; there
could be 50 or more Americans at least as well armed to take them out.
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Hmmmm..... wonder if Carnival Cruise Line will file lawsuits against
ex-customers who cancel trips for "profiling"?
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Why does potUS 00-bama and DUMBERats in general claim our Social Security
checks are from the government? We paid into it and either self- matched or our
employer matched our input. What contribution did Government make?
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You know, compared to the DUMBERats in charge of your Social Security
"trust fund", Bernie Madoff should be considered small potatoes.
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Benghazi ... If the State Department is so sure of its policies and
actions, why is it so concerned about Congress finding something out?
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From a fellow BCer:
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Online headline/story: "Victoria’s Secret is coming for your Middle
Schooler * As of this spring, the risqué brand will launch an undergarment line
aimed specifically at pre-teens and young teen age girls. And lest you think
that Victoria’s Secret has toned down their recognizably racy style to appeal to
this younger demographic, think again. * The new brand called, “Bright Young
Things,” includes lace black cheeksters with the word “Wild” emblazoned on it,
green and white polka-dot hipsters screen printed with “Feeling Lucky?” and a
lace trim thong with the words, “Call me” on the front." -- Our
daughters/granddaughters? Hey, maybe we should review whether they are allowed
at Malls without supervision anymore. Believe me, this is no laughing matter.
Abercrombie & Fitch tried to do this and failed, but Victoria's Secret is a
different entity. It had Justin Bieber, "the BOOB" kicking this off.
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L-E headline: "City accepting hazardous waste, electronics for
recycling Saturday" -- Why is this not announced/promoted in advance? I have
many such items I want to get out of my home, but when the promotion of the
event is only 24 hours ahead of it, I have already made plans. How about a month
notice with weekly back-up notices?
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L-E headline/story: "BOARD ASKED
ABOUT ALLEGED THREATS * Muscogee County
School District Interim Superintendent John Phillips and school board chairman
Rob Varner asked Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren to request a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe into
alleged threats regarding the school board’s contract with law firm Hatcher,
Stubbs, Land, Hollis, & Rothschild. * The
GBI in a statement Thursday said it initiated the probe after Boren sent a March
4 letter requesting it. School district leaders needed a local law enforcement agency to formally request the GBI’s
assistance. * Phillips
and Varner told GBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne Smith they were requesting the
investigation on behalf of the
school board, sources revealed Friday." -- It's an absolute shame for the MCSD
board to flex its coercive 'muscle" at any citizen (of course with Myers, I
somewhat understand ), but the citizens are actually fortunate that we have
Jorge Vega working for us at reduced rates. Our school board gets into so much
petty "crap (there's not another word that works)" that if we had to support
another firm at 'the going rate", we'd have to furlough more
teachers.
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Walked down on the
RiverWalk yesterday showing my granddaughter what lays ahead for her. We got
real excited when I saw signs that indicated the Clampetts, Jethro and Ellie May
might be in the area.... piles of what looked like cement bags piled up on the
island beside the wave-shaper. Then I remembered... nah, that's just the work of
the Committee to Pave the Chattahoochee re-working the "Concrete
Pond".
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L-E story: "BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota
on Friday moved one step closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive
abortion laws (6 weeks limit) in the country, with lawmakers sending the
Republican governor measures that could set the state up for a costly legal
battle over the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure." --
It's stupid ideas like this that get DUMBERats elected/re-elected. I'm pro-life
all the way, but I do not want to legislatively intrude on a decision that's
between God and the parties involved. Restricting the decision window to 6 weeks
will probably cause more abortions than less as women/couples will have to make
a hurried choice. Time to think about a decision will more likely prevent
abortions than being forced to make a hasty decision.
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Wanna bet that no air control towers
located at airports that potUS 00-bama wants to land at to play golf will be
closed. On the other hand, airports that Michelle uses to go
shopping/vacationing may not be a sure thing.
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Question...more rhetorical than not, but
how does someone die in Muscogee County, and it not get reported to the "deaths"
column of the L-E. I'm not talking about the obits, just the "deaths"
notice.
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With all the 'loaned executives' at the
United Way campaign, why does the United Way have such a high administrative
cost?
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For the first time, I'm including a full
editorial commentary that ran in the L-E. You may have read it but if not, its
more than important that you do:
Commentary:
Where is
Herbert Hoover when we need an economic genius?
Just
about every honest economist knows that running up massive debt without an effective
strategy to improve the economy is flat-outdangerous. If the U.S. dollar collapses, there will
be a worldwide depression that will make the recent recession look like an
after-party at George Clooney’s house.
In the
meantime, I can report the following federal expenditures that the president
apparently has no problem overseeing:
• $27 million to the country of Morocco to teach
the folks over there how to make pottery. I guess the Moroccan government is not
capable of pottery instruction. This con is courtesy of the U.S.
Agency for International Development, which now has
the nerve to tell us that the pottery project is “not on track to achieve its
goals.” Translation, the dollars we sent were likely stolen.
• $1.5 million to the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital in Boston to study why many American lesbians are overweight. The
National Institutes of Health calls the situation “an issue of high
public-health significance.” Sure. Everybody’s talking about it.
• $947,000 to research a “Mars menu.” This would
determine what astronauts could eat on the planet Mars if they ever get there.
NASA says it will send six volunteers into a barren Hawaiian landscape to eat
stuff so it can figure out what tastes good on Mars. I am NOT making this up —
with apologies to Dave Barry.
• $325,000 to develop a robotic squirrel. The
National Science Foundation wants the robots to scare rattlesnakes. The agency
also says the robosquirrels will help in “public outreach.” Does anyone know
what that means? Rocky? Bullwinkle?
• The National Science Foundation strikes again
by funding a New York City theater company called The Civilians. They got nearly
$700,000 in tax money to put on a play about “climate change and biodiversity.”
Have you seen that play? No? That might be because it only played in Kansas
City. Even Al Gore hasn’t seen it.
Finally,
if you check out the Alabama Watermelon Queen tour this year, know that you paid
for some of it. If you visit Nebraska, you should know that your tax dollars
funded a company that makes shampoo and toothpaste for pets. And if you like
caviar, well, you paid for a website designed to bring those exotic fish eggs to
“the masses.”
These
expenditures are so stupid it hurts. But I also think they are a criminal misuse
of our tax dollars. It is estimated that the federal government could save $400
billion a year by eliminating wasteful and redundant programs.
There
comes a point when folks get the government they deserve. The American people
re-elected Barack Obama knowing that he is the biggest spender of all American
presidents to date. In fact, Obama has spent more federal money than every
president combined up until George W. Bush’s second year in office. And to this
day, Obama and the Democratic Party are proud of their spending record.
The
donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
It should
be the robosquirrel.
Bill
O’Reilly, host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor,” is a Creators
Syndicate writer.
How
the Feds are conning you
This week
President Obama told ABC News that the current national debt, which is
approaching $17 trillion, is “sustainable,” and he does not feel the need to try
to balance the budget.
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