Uncle Wants To Erode Your Right To Bear Arms

Posted on 31/08/2009 by Grumpa Joe

Hand GunToday, I heard about a new bill being sponsored by Chicago Congressman Bobbie Rush. Called the  

Blair Holt’s Fire Arms Licensing and Record of Sale Act of  2009. Labeled HR 45.

It is the result of a shooting  high school student Blair Holt in Chicago. Actually, the young man heroically put his body between a shooter, and his intended victim. Holt stopped a bullet to save a life. Congressman Rush lives in a highly violent section of Chicago. He really believes that this law will save lives. What he doesn’t see is that the shooters who do the damage don’t really give a rats ass about any laws or the consequences of violating them. The law would only encumber  honest gun owners with stupid rules. The intent is to reduce the number of guns in the hands of the law abiding citizenry. It sounds like the government is setting us up for a take over, and is concerned that we may even fight back to keep our liberties intact.
After reading the following historical facts, read the part
About Switzerland twice.
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.
From 1929 to 1953,
About 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves,
Were rounded
Up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
Exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million
Political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
Exterminated
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100 ,000
Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
Exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
Exterminated
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million
Educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
Exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century
Because of gun control: 56 million.
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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by
New law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their
Own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500
Million dollars. The first year results are now in:
Here are some of the metrics:
1. Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
2. Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
3. Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
4. In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300
Percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the
Criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
5. While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in
Armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the
Past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is
Unarmed.
6. There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
Safety has decreased, after such monumental effort, and expense was
Expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns.

NOTE: I checked these facts on Snopes. Snopes does not refute any of the numbers. They do however, take argument with the interpretation of the statistics in an attempt to minimize the impact of the data. They could be right, and they could be wrong, you be the judge.

 The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
Disseminating this information. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
Gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens

Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them
Of this history lesson.

With guns, we are ‘citizens.’
Without them, we are ‘subjects’.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew
Most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti-gun control message
To all of your friends.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in
Defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more
Important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is
Supplemental.
SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!
SWITZERLA ND ‘S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY
CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!

NOTE: Every adult in Switzerland is required to have a riflr as part of their conscription to national military service.

IT’S A NO BRAINER!
DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS
IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

Just think how powerful our government is getting!
They think these other countries just didn’t do it right.
Learn from history.

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If You Want Frustration(edited)

Posted on 31/08/2009 by Grumpa Joe
My Flag Flies Everyday

My Flag Flies Everyday

With all the discussion and debate about the Health Care Reform bill, I decided to download the bill HR 3200 for some late night reading. My computer is relatively new. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a 4 gigabyte RAM, with a hard drive sized for the future. I connect to the internet through a cable network.  This is clearly the fastest system I have ever owned.  I couldn’t believe what happened when I began the download of HR 3200. The system froze. Seven minutes later I was able to move the curs er around on the screen. I had a call from Peggy to  help with something, so I saved the file to my hard drive. It froze again, but I left the room, and it didn’t bother me.

Today, I opened the file to read the bill. It took seven minutes to open the file on my own machine. When it was completed, I couldn’t scroll down or move the pages much less read anything . If you believe your Senator or Congressman is reading this bill you are more naive than I am. I consider myself pretty good at using a PC, and I’m sure I can out do Senator Roland Burris, and even Senator Dick Durbin on PC usage. I also feel like I’m light years ahead of Debbie Halvorson. The only way these people are reading this bill is if it has been printed out for them.

If you think I am kidding, go to the government website and try downloading the bill yourself. If I am wrong, let me know how to do it right.

NOTE!

My son Mike read this post and downloaded HR 3200 in a few seconds. He Googled HR 3200 and selected the first government website on the list . He snet it to me via e-mail, and I was able to open it as easily as he downloaded it.

When technology works it is beautiful. When it doesn’t, it’s frustrating.

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If You Want To Be A Radical, Hang With Radicals

Posted on 31/08/2009 by Grumpa Joe
My Flag Flies Everyday

My Flag Flies Everyday

A few months before the election, I wrote a piece called Fidel All Over Again? In this post, I explained my fears that BO was a radical and leaned toward communism. At the time, I wasn’t really sure, now I am certain that he is both a radical and a communist.  During the third debate of the campaign, John McCain attacked Obama on his associations with Bill Ayres and Acorn. Obama countered with an argument about how he will surround himself with competent people who will advise him on how to run the country.

“Let me tell you who I associate with. On economic policy, I associate with Warren Buffett and former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. If I’m interested in figuring out my foreign policy, I associate myself with my running mate, Joe Biden or with Dick Lugar, the Republican ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, or General Jim Jones, the former supreme allied commander of NATO.

Those are the people, Democrats and Republicans, who have shaped my ideas and who will be surrounding me in the White House. And I think the fact that this has become such an important part of your campaign, Senator McCain, says more about your campaign than it says about me.”

Obama has now exposed his radicalism with the appointment of  unconstitutional advisors referred to as Czars. How many does he employ? Thirty two. At least two of them are self proclaimed communists or socialists. Ten of the czars report directly to Obama. A man who believes he is a leader should know that ten, plus a full cabinet is too large a number of direct reports. How can he possibly concentrate on anything with so many inputs? He won’t be able to. Either he will neglect some of the report to’s or he will become mired in information overload. Can he really make decisions on all the issues they will bring to the table  in so short a time?  Is there enough time in a week to meet and discuss policy with all of the czars, do the same with the cabinet,  give press conferences, take world sightseeing trips with the daughters, date nights with Michelle, and walk the dog too?

Diversity czar Van Jones, a self proclaimed communist, has spent several years advocating  revolution.  The Science czar, John Holdren holds unusual ideas about sterilization as a population control to limit climate polution.  He calls climate change skeptics  “dangerous members of a denier fringe.” I guess I can add that to my list of titles granted by name calling  liberals. The Diversity czar, Mark Lloyd, a proclaimed anti-capitalist, speaks favorably about the incredible Venezuelan revolution. Carol Browner, the Energy and Environmental czar, has been a member of known socialist groups. There are only twenty-eight others to check out. I will continue to do so.

I wish I could feel better by saying “I told you so,” but it doesn’t. All confirmation did is scare the hell out me. The direction POTUS is leading our country will never be “change I can believe in.”

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Michael Moore Would Be Proud

Posted on 24/08/2009 by Grumpa Joe
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My Flag Flies Everyday

Subject: Fw: President O visit to Bozeman

 This is from a woman who lives in Bozeman, Montana..  Thought you would be interested in the truth about how his visits are orchestrated. Her husband is a former Navy pilot and Delta Airlines captain.

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     By now you have probably heard that President Obama came to Montana last Friday. However, there are many things that the major news has not covered. I feel that since Bill and I live here and we were at the airport on Friday I should share some facts with you. Whatever you decide to do with the information is up to you. If you chose to share this email with others I do ask that you DELETE my email address before you forward this on.

      On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the President would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his healthcare and huge spending so those groups began talking and deciding on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY details other than the date.

     On about Tuesday Bill found out that they would be holding the “Town Hall” at the airport. (This is only because Bill knows EVERYONE at the airport) Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade (tiny town) in a very remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that is the most remotely located hangar.. You could not pick a more remote location, and you can not get to it easily. It is totally secluded from the public.

     FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a large amount of folks with sufficient parking. (gymnasiums/auditoriums). All of which have chairs and tables, and would not have to be SHIPPED IN!! $$$$$

     During the week, cargo by the TONS was being shipped in constantly. Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it was our President coming several expressed how excessive it was, especially during a recession.  $$$$$    

      Late Tuesday/early Wednesday the 12th,  they said that tickets would be handed out on Thursday 9am at two locations and the president would be arriving around 12:30 Friday.

      Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were printed at a Local printing shop per White House request. Hmmmm……900 tickets just DISAPPEARED.

     This same morning someone called into the radio from the local UPS branch and said that THOUSANDS of Dollars of Lobster were shipped in for Obama. Montana has some of the best beef in the nation!!! And it would have been really wonderful to help out the local economy. Anyone heard of the Recession?? Just think…with all of the traveling the White House is doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we are paying for.

      On Friday Bill and I got out to the airport about 10:45am. The groups that wanted to protest Obama’s spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up onto the area (illegal)and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man but they said they did not have the manpower to remove the SEIU crowd.  

     The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age of 30 and they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY made signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and Planned Parenthood folks were with them…..professing abortion rights with their T-shirts and preprinted signs.  (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to protest in ANOTHER area)

      Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man.

      So we had Montana folks from ALL OVER the state with their homemade signs and their DOGS with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctors you name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. He found out about the occasion, went to the store, made a sign, and came to protest.

      If you are wondering about the press…..Well, all of the major networks were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowds were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about the crowds.

     We did have some local news media around us from this state and Idaho. Speaking of the local media…they were invited. However, all questions were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn’t want anyone to have to think off the top of their head.

      It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government healthcare. Even those people that talked about their insurance woes……..the White House called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee) and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come. Smoke and mirrors…EVERYTHING was staged!!!!!!!!!!! 

      I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House. The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not living in the United States of America, more like the USSR!! I was physically nauseous. Bill and I have been around when Presidents or Heads of State visit. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened for our country. America needs your prayers and your voices. If you care about our country please get involved. Know the issues. And let Congress hear your voices again and again!! If they are willing to put forth so much effort to BULLY a small town one can only imagine what is going on in Washington DC. Scary!!   

 Kathy

Bozeman, Montana

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Why is it that I believe every word she wrote? It’s my opinion that Obama did not go to Bozeman for a Town Hall meeting. He could give a rats ass about what the people of Bozeman think. He needed an excuse to take his family to see Yellowstone on the tax payer. The theatrics of these events is overwhelming, but presidential in scope.  The man has no shame when it comes to spending other people’s money.

 

  To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.   

Thomas Jefferson

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Conditions For Health Care Reform

Posted on 23/08/2009 by Grumpa Joe
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My Flag Flies Everyday

 Earlier in the month of August, Nancy Pelosi was ranting about the health care protests as manufactured “Astro Turf” stunts.  I kinda  think she meant they were artificial like Astro Turf.  Whatever, she meant it to be derogatory, as Nancy does not show love for protesters who are rejecting her ideas.  After she made her comment, Robert Gibbs, Presidential Press Secretary, referred to the protesters as the Brooks Brothers Brigade. I had no clue as to what this meant. I filed it for later.

Yesterday, I received some advertising from my credit card company.  Part of it was a brochure dedicated to Brooks Brothers. Evidently, they make men’s suits. They have been in business since 1818, and have a very impressive list of customers. One of the articles featured in this magazine is titled  “Dressing the Presidents.” Guess who their current poster boy is? You guessed it, none other than himself  “The One.” Now I’m really confused. Is he protesting health care reform too?

The Speaker of the House called me a Nazi, and the presidential press secretary said I belonged to the Brooks Brothers Brigade.  Judging by the quality of the 50 page ad that I received that is dedicated to Brooks Brothers products, I would guess they sell expensive items. There are no prices shown on anything, only very detailed descriptions about the quality of the materials and the workmanship that go into making their suits, shirts, ties, etc.  You know the old adage, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it. Well I have to ask, and I surely cannot afford anything in this catalog. In fact, I’ll go out on a limb and say that no one who protested with me spent as much on their entire wardrobe as a single Brooks Brothers suit costs. Get the picture about why I am confused?

I’ve attended a few protest meetings since April 15, 2009. I didn’t see anyone dressed in a suit, much less a Brooks Brothers Suit. Most of us wore denim jeans and message tee shirts. I think the elitist Nancy Pelosi, Robert Gibbs, and Barack Obama, who all seem to know about Brooks Brothers, are the ones who are way out of touch with reality. Like I said many times before, “they just don’t get it, or maybe they don’t want to.” 

Here are some conditions I have for accepting the health care reform  bill:

1. Nancy Pelosi, Robert Gibbs, and Barack Obama and families all fall into the high salary group who POTUS says will be taxed to pay the bill. I want them to pay 100 percent of their income for life into the plan.  Let them live on their socialist programs.

2. All elected government officials and bureaucrats must be cited and named in the bill as recipients of the same service they want us to have.

3.  Remove all the functions and references to “The National Health Care Board ” from the bill. We know this more by the endearing term “Death Panel.”

4. Remove all the functions and references to ” The Federal Coordinating Council For Comparative Effectiveness Research,”  from the bill. (This one slows progress in the field of pharmacology and medicine so as to reduce costs.)

5. Add the words “This Bill Does Not Cover Abortion,” either early or late term.

6. Add the definition, “Life Begins at the Moment of Conception.”

7. Add the definition: “Abortion is not a medical procedure, but an act of murder.”

8. Add the following: Neither the Constitution nor The Bill of Rights Guarantees the Right To Government Health Care.”

9. Add this: “In the event the cost of the services defined by this bill exceed original  estimates by twenty-five percent, the bill becomes null and void.

10. Add this: ” This bill is the product of a joint effort by all representatives of the people of the United States of America, and they are in complete agreement with its content.”

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