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Entries from January 2010

Words Of Warning

January 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

From Theodore Haas, a Holocaust survivor that was imprisoned at Dachau, in an interview with Aaron Zelman, founder, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership: Aaron Zelman: What message do you have for ultra-Liberal organizations and individuals who want America disarmed? Theodore Haas: Their ignorance is pitiful — their lives have been too easy. Had [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Guns · Socialism · The Left · The US

Words Of Warning

January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off

From Theodore Haas, a Holocaust survivor that was imprisoned at Dachau, in an interview with Aaron Zelman, founder, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership: Aaron Zelman: What words of warning would you like to give to young people who will soon be eligible to vote? Theodore Haas: Vote only for politicians who trust the [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Guns · Socialism · The Left · The US

HB 615, a bill to repeal the public gathering law

January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: HB 615 is a bill that would eliminate once and for all the Jim Crow public gathering law passed in 1870 to ensure that newly freed slaves would be rendered defenseless at public gatherings throughout Georgia. HB 615 would also clarify Georgia‘s confusing laws, removing the [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns

Words To The Wise

January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off

“If every Jewish and anti-nazi family in Germany had owned a Mauser rifle and twenty rounds of ammunition and the will to use it, Adolf Hitler would be a little-known footnote to the history of the Weimar Republic.” – Aaron Zelman, co-founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Spread The Word:

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Tags: Guns

Obama to Seek Partial Three-Year Spending Freeze in 2011 Federal Budget

January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off

Says FOX News: President Obama is expected to propose that Congress freeze “non-security” federal spending for the next three years, senior administration officials said Monday. The term “non-security” is broad. It will exempt costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, all other Pentagon spending, as well as foreign aid and the budgets of the [...]

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

SB 12 bans uncoded ammunition in Georgia

January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off

From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: Senator Ronald B. Ramsey Sr. (D-43, DeKalb and Rockdale) is the author of SB 12, which seeks to ban all ammunition in Georgia that is not encoded with tiny little numbers etched onto the base of the bullet providing a unique identifier for each round. It [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns

3 of 4 Americans say much of stimulus money wasted

January 25th, 2010 · Comments Off

Via CNN: – 63% of public thinks projects in plan were included for purely political reasons. – 21% of people in poll say nearly all the money in the stimulus has been wasted. – 56% of the public opposes the stimulus. Nearly three out of four Americans think that at least half of the money [...]

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

The Chicago Way

January 25th, 2010 · Comments Off

Here is how Obama/Reid/Pelosi has decided to treat the average American: Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska got his state a special Medicaid expansion subsidy will initially cost residents of the other 49 states an estimated $300 million. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan got an exemption for non-profit insurers in his state from a hefty excise [...]

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Tags: Government · Insurance · Money · Politics · Taxes · The Left · The US

HB 819, A bill exempting you from public gatherings

January 24th, 2010 · Comments Off

From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: Georgia is the only state in the nation with a “public gathering” law making it illegal to carry a firearm to or while at any public gathering. The term is undefined and leads to confusion among Georgia firearms license holders, police officers, lawyers, and judges alike. [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns

The Definition Of Madness

January 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

Says the Investor’s Business Daily: Since 2006, when Democrats retook Congress, the economy has crashed as the party has made mistake after mistake. All that’s left after the $3 trillion already spent by Congress, the Fed and the Treasury on “stimulus” and other foolishness is a sprawling, sloppy leviathan of government, consuming trillions yet unable [...]

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

HB 873 Freedom of Choice and Security Act

January 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: Introduced by Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-43, Marietta), HB 873 would have the effect of repealing Article 4, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, in its entirety. This would mean that there would no longer be Georgia laws against carrying a pistol without a license, carrying a [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns

Let’s Take A Moment To Laugh

January 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

The folks at Pixar Animation Studios are absolute geniuses. I haven’t found anything, so far, from them that I haven’t liked. Here’s a freebie from them, hopefully to lighten your day a bit. PixarSpread The Word:

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Tags: Strange/Funny

The Scott Heard ‘Round The World

January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

From the Boston Herald: Upstart Republican Scott Brown rocketed to victory in the race to the U.S. Senate yesterday, steamrolling Attorney General Martha Coakley’s layabout campaign in an against-all-odds triumph that sent shock waves from the Heartland to the White House. “I thought it was going to be me against the machine. I was wrong. [...]

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

SB 308 The Common Sense Lawful Carry Act

January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: Senate Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh (R-28) introduced SB 308, the Common Sense Lawful Carry Act, which would repeal Georgia‘s public gathering law and replace it with a clearly defined list of places off limits. In addition, the bill would clarify some other ambiguous laws and tighten [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns

After One Year Of Höpenchange …

January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off

Via Real Clear Politics: Percentage of respondents asked the following questions: Direction of Country – Right Direction: 36.2 – Wrong Track: 57.8 – Spread: -21.6 President Obama Job Approval – Approve: 49.4 – Disapprove: 44.6 – Spread: +4.8 Congressional Job Approval – Right Direction: 25.7 – Wrong Track: 66.0 – Spread: -40.3 Obama and Democrats’ [...]

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