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Entries from September 2009

Stone Mountain Repeals Gun Ban

September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off

The Stone Mountain Memorial Association has repealed its ban on carrying firearms in Stone Mountain Park. Carrying with a Georgia Firearms License and car carry (even without a GFL) now are permitted. The former (interim) provision that requires notifying the police when carrying in the park also has been repealed. The Code Of The Stone [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Guns

Your Government Hard At Work

September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off

From TribStar.com (Terre Haute, Indiana): When Sally Harpold bought cold medicine for her family back in March, she never dreamed that four months later she would end up in handcuffs. Now, Harpold is trying to clear her name of criminal charges, and she is speaking out in hopes that a law will change so others [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Law Enforcement · The US

Rockdale Tea Party

September 29th, 2009 · Comments Off

The Rockdale Tea Party, scheduled for Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 and to be held at the Whistlepost Tavern in Conyers, GA @ 2pm. Flag waving and sign protest to be held on Hwy 138 next to Taco Bell from 10am-1pm. Live music, guest speakers, picket parties, and more. Speakers to include Gubernatorial candidates Ray McBerry [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Government · Internet · The Right

Hank Johnson On Racism

September 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson announced “You lie” to President Obama during Obama’s recent address on his healthcare proposals. But with Obama’s poll numbers going straight into the tank, the Democrats are scratching and clawing for some way to take the attention off those the hideous healthcare proposals and onto those that speak out against [...]

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Tags: Georgia · Government · Media · Race · The Left

Molon Labe

September 27th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Government · Guns · The US

The Right To Bear Arms

September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off

Recently from Oleg Volk: Spread The Word:

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Tags: Guns

10 day survival pack for just $25

September 25th, 2009 · Comments Off

From Jeff Yago: What’s in my cooler? QUAN. ITEM SERVINGS Food Items 1 Knorr chicken and pasta dinner 2 1 Knorr beef and rice dinner 2 1 Knorr chicken and rice dinner 2 2 Maruchan ramen noodle soup 2 1 Idahoan home-style instant potatoes 4 1 Idahoan four cheese instant potatoes 4 1 McCormick onion [...]

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Tags: SHTF / Survival

Iran Rattles Its Saber One Again

September 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

Says Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised the stakes against Israel by describing the Holocaust as a lie, just as world powers are trying to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil. “The pretext (Holocaust) for the creation of the Zionist regime (Israel) is false … It is [...]

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Tags: Iran · Islamofascism · Israel · Judaism · Muslim/Islam · Palestine · Terrorism · War

The Left Is Becoming Deranged

September 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off

Says The Washington Post: The House Republicans’ top campaign chief strongly denounced Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s comments that appeared to question whether today’s angry conservative protests were similar to anti-gay rallies in the late 1970s that preceded the assassination of two San Francisco political leaders. Rep. Pete Sessions (Texas), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, [...]

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Tags: Government · The Left · The Right · The US

Carter Speaks From The Dead

September 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Says CNN: Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson‘s outburst during President Obama‘s speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office. “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack [...]

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Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year

September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off

From Declan McCullagh at CBS News: The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent. A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The US

Media Bias?

September 20th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Media · The Left · The US

You Still Prefer The Government To Spend Your Money?

September 19th, 2009 · Comments Off

“When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and how he spends it. When a man spends his own money to buy something for someone else, he is still very careful about how much he spends, but somewhat less what he spends [...]

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Tags: Government · Money · Taxes · The Left · The Right · The US

Change You Can Believe In

September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Government · Guns · The US

Montana Firearms Freedom Act

September 17th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Government · The US