Monthly Archives: October 2008

Hopes of being eaten last?

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Via reader and blogger William I received this link regarding Cooper Firearms:



Dan Cooper, a proud member of the National Rifle Association, has backed Republicans for most of his life. He’s the chief executive of Cooper Arms, a small Montana company that makes hunting rifles.


Cooper said he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, having voted in past elections for every Republican presidential nominee back to Richard Nixon. In October 1992, he presented a specially made rifle to the first President. Bush during a Billings campaign event.


This year, Cooper has given $3,300 to the campaign of Democrat Barack Obama. That’s on top of the $1,000 check he wrote to Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign in 2004, after he was dazzled by Obama’s speech at that year’s Democratic National Convention.


Perhaps his hope is that Barack Crocodile Obama will eat him last.*


I know I won’t be doing any business with Cooper and I hope other gun owners don’t either.


Update: Sebastian has similar things to say.

Update2: Sebastian does the research on Cooper’s donations. To say Cooper is trying to put a spin on the story is being generous. He needs to be taught a lesson similar to the one learned by Smith & Wesson a few years ago.

Update3 (10/29/2008): It appears David may have the final word on this bit of ugliness. They apparently didn’t need the full lesson–just a reminder.


*Rewording the old saying, “An appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile in the hopes they will be eaten last.”

Quote of the day–Barack Obama

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But, the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues such as political and economic justice in the society. To that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as its been interpreted and Warren Court interpreted in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states can’t do to you. Says what the Federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf, and that hasn’t shifted…


Barack Obama
Chicago Public Radio Interview — 2001
[H/T to Kevin and Say Uncle.


This may be the deciding factor in the election. My guess it will be a very tight race between “spreading the wealth” quotes and the voting fraud as to which will ultimately decide the election.–Joe]

Potowmack Institute blind spot

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I’ve briefly mentioned these guys before but they have updated their website for our current election. They haven’t become any more connected to reality since the last time I visited:



The McCain Campaign has denounced Barack Obama for his tenuous association with William Ayers, characterized as a domestic terrorist who hates America. Sarah Palin has her own associations with those who espouse insurrectionist and secessionist doctrines. The doctrines are pervasive in the present political culture. Are these the people who love America?

The problem is both embrace the National Rifle Association’s childish political fantasy. A member of the NRA’s National Board wrote in the Washington Post in 1989:


Ayers can only be faulted for acting out the NRA’s childish political fantasy. The Obama Campaign can be faulted for the failed political leadership to turn the whole issue around on the McCain Campaign and exploit the opportunity the courts have given to bring rationality to firearms policy. See below. The gun rights militants need not worry that political and intellectual leadership will emerge anywhere else.

Their most glaring flaw in the above is they seem incapable of distinguishing between violently overthrowing our constitutional established republic (as Ayers attempted) and defending the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution from a tyrannical government attempting to infringe those rights.


As near as I can tell the person or persons at the Potowmack Institute regard all governments as equally valid and deserving of having a monopoly on the use of force. This is a false assumption. The truth is that no government is deserving of a monopoly on the use of force. No government can legitimately claim to possess powers that the individual also does not have and were granted to the government by the individuals. The individuals may grant the government a monopoly on the use of force in certain circumstances such as when declaring war on a foreign state, enforcing contracts, or punishment of criminals. But those are limited monopolies and are subject to revocation by the people.


There are other uses of force the government may never have a legitimate monopoly on such as the use of force to defend ones self and other innocents against imminent serious injury or death. Any government that claims to have a such a monopoly on the use of force is an illegitimate government.

I don’t have it

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My blog shows up as number four on Goggle when they went looking for it but I didn’t have it. And I’m pretty sure none of the top ten do either. Still if someone did have it they could turn it into some money.


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Like that would make things better

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From the Crap for Brains file:



The court records say Cowart and Schlesselman also bought nylon rope and ski masks to use in a robbery or home invasion to fund their spree, during which they allegedly planned to go from state to state and kill people.

For the Obama plot, the legal documents show, Cowart and Schlesselman “planned to drive their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows.”

“Both individuals stated they would dress in all white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt,” the court complaint states. “Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt.”


It sounds to me like they weren’t getting enough oxygenated blood into their drug circulation system.

Quote of the day–Jaclyn Cousins

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According to new research done at Oxford University, people who eat meat are less likely to suffer from shrinking of the brain than those that stick strictly to a vegetarian diet.


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This doesn’t mean that vegetarians need to immediately start eating meat; it just means that when they decide to attack meat-eaters they should think about their small mindedness before hand.


Jaclyn Cousins
October 13, 2008
Vegetarianism Shrinks Your Brain
[H/T to Phil.


I’m in agreement with Kevin Baker on the topic:



Kevin Baker at the 2008 Gun Blogger Rendezvous on Friday October 10.


Xenia, be sure to eat your eggs and drink your milk.–Joe]

I received an award

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I’m always a little embarrassed and uncomfortable when someone says something nice about me or something I did. This is no exception and for more than the usual reason. The number one reason was that Mark made his post on Friday and I didn’t notice until this morning.


Mark gave me a “Superior Scribbler Award”:



He had this to say about me:



Joe Huffman, who blogs The View From North Central Idaho, as well as trenchant observations of the political scene from the perspective of a well-trained and -experienced gunny. Joe always seems to have the bons mots for the moment, whereas I generally have the esprit d’escalier.


Additional reasons number two and three were that I had to look up two phrases to figure out exactly what he was saying.


As per the rules of the award I have to post the rules:



  • Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to 5 most-deserving Bloggy Friends.
  • Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the name of the blog from whom he/she has received The Award.
  • Each Superior Scribbler must display The Award on his/her blog, and link to This Post, which explains The Award.
  • Each Blogger who wins The Superior Scribbler Award must visit this post and add his/her name to the Mr. Linky List. That way, we’ll be able to keep up-to-date on everyone who receives This Prestigious Honor!
  • Each Superior Scribbler must post these rules on his/her blog.

The five most-deserving Bloggy Friends deserve some thought.


In terms of “Superior Scribblers” I would have given the award to each of my three children had they actually put their best writing works on blogs. From the time they were old enough to write essay’s and papers I have been super impressed with the quality of their work. But only Xenia has a blog and it’s more social than representative of her writing. Here is something from James and Xenia. I also have stuff from Kim that would definitely qualify but none of it is on the web (hint, hint).


They must have inherited this from their mother. I always had an extremely tough time writing until I was in my early twenties. It was just extremely painful and difficult for me to think of anything worth putting into words.


Barb on the other hand wrote lots of stories and got excellent grades on her writings all through school. And then there was the book she wrote but never bothered to try and get published. She said, “It was just for practice.” Here are some samples of her work:



  • Can’t Say Goodbye Again. Very short romance. Written for a contest in the Writer’s Edge Ezine (defunct web site).
  • The Medicine Cabinet. This is what I call one of her “Anti-Romance” stories. Others have compared it to Hitchcock because of the suspense, story twists, and surprises. Very good stuff.
  • The Rose. Another “Anti-Romance” story. Definitely Hitchcock like.

She would definitely get an award–if she had a blog and put her best work on it.


Enough with the potential nepotism.


In line with having to look up words, as I did with Mark’s work, to understand the post I have to give an award to Roberta X for The Adventures of Roberta X. She writes with a vocabulary a little bit above my comfort level at times but she puts interesting twists on things.


In terms of “interesting twists” (extreme snark is a better description) Tamara K with view from the porch also gets an award.


Alan Korwin and his blog Page Nine gets an award for inspiring a lot of my alternate ways of viewing things in the world of gun politics. And that doesn’t even count all the books he has written.


I don’t know who it is but the VPC Blog has to get an award. Wow! Just Wow! He or she really does a number with the satire.


Yeah, I know, that’s only four. But with all the recognition to my family members can’t each of those count as 1/4 of an award each?

Quote of the day–Roberta X

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Well, you’d be no fun if you lost interest.


Roberta X
October 26, 2008
Speaking Of Wood
Regarding a new camo pattern (it’s call Morning Wood) she saw at the gun show yesterday.
[I really need to write the post that has been poking around in my head ever since I read Bonnie’s Twitter post from over a month ago. It all has to do with the differences between the male and female brain. Read The Female Brain for the long version–you might get the answer sooner than if you wait for me to write the post.–Joe]

I know that guy!

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Ry points out a great article on the evolution of sniping gear and deployment in the last few years.


The article was written by Michael Haugen who attended two Boomershoots. Michael also wrote three articles which are posted on the Boomershoot website:



If you have ever heard me tell the story about shooting on the 1000 yard range at Fort Lewis–Michael was the guy next to me with Eugene Econ spotting for both Michael and me.


Michael was the guy that referred to watching me build reactive targets on the tailgate of my pickup as “Bomb Building 101“.


I’m glad to hear he is still in the sniping business and apparently is well. I was impressed with his brains, seriousness, and dedication to our country and constitution.


And, as Ry said, I’m happy he calls out American Snipers as Good Thing. I donate money to them which Microsoft matches dollar for dollar.

Quote of the day–Barrett Tillman

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Tell me why you think a woman should ‘lie back and enjoy being raped’ instead of shooting a rapist dead with the handgun in her handbag.


Tell me why black Americans should submit to being lynched instead of shooting the lynch mob dead.


Tell me why homophobes should be free to beat up homosexuals without the risk of being shot.


Watch Schindler’s List and tell me again why only the police and military should have guns.


Tell me why you think police should be able to shoot an attacker to save their lives but I shouldn’t.


Tell me why I shouldn’t have the best means of defending myself — a semiauto firearm with a standard capacity magazine.


Tell me why a woman’s right to choose should not include weapon, mag size and ammunition.


Tell me why you think I shouldn’t be able to defend my life or my freedom.


More than that, tell me why you should not have that right!


Barrett Tillman
Via Alan Korwin October 25, 2008 — Liberty Poll Grows

Seattle area blog meet

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The plan for the next gun blogger meet is for us to get together at the Mexican restaurant on Beacon Hill called La Cabana Cafe:



2532 Beacon Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 322-9643


1800 on November 9th.

Because Criminals Have Rights Too…

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…We must advocate tougher gun restrictions.  I found this on Oleg’s blog.




 


and part two, “The Carjackers”;




 


That’s the way to do it!  Humor.  Blistering sarcasm actually– illustrating absurdity by being absurd.  There is no other proper response to the anti-rights movement.  Not at the moment.

Muggers for Obama

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I doubt this is part of their official campaign:




A knife-wielding man robbed a McCain-Palin campaign volunteer and etched a “B” into her face after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the woman’s car, Pittsburgh police said.


But socialism does inspire and in fact outright demand (read Karl Marx) violence to achieve Utopia.


So I’m not surprised.

In 2004 there were hundreds of reports of Republican campaign offices being vandalized and worse. There was something like 10 or 20 Democrat campaign offices damaged in the same time frame.

In the big scheme of things–think about willingness of Stalin, Hitler, Chairman Mao, Pol Pot, etc. and their followers to use force to implement socialism. Barack Obama and his followers come from a long line of violent political ancestors. That doesn’t even count the “white collar” crime activities they engage in like the governor’s election in Washington state last time where in King County (Seattle area) there were more votes counted than there were registered voters.


Democrats and crime? Typical. Who do you think some of the most dependable democrat voters are? Why do you think democrats want to register people to vote in prison and those with criminal records?


And the gun bans? If you wanted to get put on your tin-foil hat you could hypothesis they want to enable criminals so the political “leaders” can acquire more power to “protect the little guy”. Hitler sent his goons out to break things then claimed he needed more power to “protect the people”. What Schumer, Feinstein, Obama, and the others are doing is just a low level, indirect means of accomplishing the same thing. That they have supporters taking it to the next level is just showing us the trend and their roots more clearly.


They hate us and they hate freedom and they are certain they are right. That gives them justification for anything they do that furthers their cause. Think I’m exaggerating? Then read this. Here is a sample:



If a kid in a red state finds his daddy’s handgun and blows his head off, we’ll feel terrible (we’re like that), but we’ll try to look on the bright side: At least he won’t grow up to vote like his dad.


This is the mindset of the socialists. This is the mindset that resulted in socialist governments murdering tens of millions of their own citizens in the 20th century. This is the mindset of muggers for Obama.


Update: The attack on the girl was probably a hoax (H/T to Sebastian).

Headstamp help?

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I received an email from someone today asking for information on the military surplus ammo he recently purchased. Here is a picture of the headstamp:



I could make some guesses, but they would be just stuff I pulled out of the air. I’m sure someone can tell me a lot more. Send me an email or leave a comment.


Thanks.

Quote of the day–Alex Stone Dale

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The only reason that Democrats push gun control is that nothing scares them more than the thought of a black man with a gun. All the loudest proponents of gun control laws either have ‘carry permits’ or they surround themselves with armed bodyguards. They don’t push gun control laws to keep guns out of their own hands – because they know that they’ll always be able to get them – they push gun control laws to keep guns out of your hands.


I’m a Republican. I want to see a gun in the hand of every African American in the entire country – including you.


Alex Stone Dale
October 14, 2008
Former cab driver
Manhattan NY (Republican)
http://observers.france24.com/profile/20080707-alexander-dale

Spreading the Wealth Around

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When I heard BO talking to Joe The Plumber, saying that when we spread the wealth around, everyone benefits, I agreed with his words.  Any time you help to produce or deliver products or services, you are “spreading the wealth around”.  Anytime you trade products or service with another person, both parties in the transaction are “spreading the wealth around”.  Any time you buy stock in a company, you help finance that company and you’re spreading the wealth around.  Any time you put money in a savings plan, you’re helping to finance others, and you’re spreading the wealth around.  If you hire someone, you’re spreading the wealth around. If you go to work for someone else, you’re spreading the wealth around.  Even if you’re a miser and you buy gold to bury in your back yard, you’re supporting the gold mining and processing industry and all the people they employ throughout the supply chain, and you’re spreading the wealth around.


But we all know that Obama wasn’t talking about peaceable, voluntary exchange of goods and services between free citizens.  He was talking about spreading the wealth around using force and the threat of force.  To put it another way, Obama, and all who think similarly, does not trust you to produce they way HE thinks you should produce, so he wants to tell you how to do it.  He doesn’t trust you to make your own purchasing and financing decisions, so he’s going to do more of that for you.


Obama and socialists everywhere are jealous of your abilities to produce and they’re jealous of the freedom you’ve had in spreading your wealth around.  Make no mistake about it– that jealousy leads to anger and hatred.


We can look at the political struggle in this country in this way; Either you favor spreading the wealth around through peaceable, voluntary exchange, or you favor spreading the wealth around through the use of force and the threat of force.


Lest you be tempted to demand a look at history to find which method of spreading the wealth has a better record of success, I would warn you that the two sides (socialists and capitalists) have incompatible measures of “success”.  You may think that success means more people living at higher standards, with more choices in life, more mobility, a better life span and so on.  You’d be wrong if you think socialists will see that as a desirable outcome.


Update; Of course there is a whole lot more to participation in a free market beside “spreading” wealth.  In fact you are creating wealth– something the socialists have never been able to comprehend.  In the mind of a socialist, to become rich is to deprive someone else.  In fact, and as with virtually all socialist beliefs, the opposite is true.  In the process of building your own wealth in a capitalist market, and in the process of using it in a capitalist market, you are invariably benefiting others.

Turn it over so it can’t be stolen

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Wendy Cukier is at it again:



It’s one of the many measures that can help,” Ryerson professor and gun control advocate Wendy Cukier said yesterday. “When guns are removed from homes, it reduces the chance they are misused or stolen … That can have an impact on public safety.”


The amnesty program, Pixels for Pistols, is a joint endeavour with the 26-store Henry’s camera chain, based on Church St. in Toronto. For four weeks, Toronto residents who hand over a gun, legal or not, will receive a digital camera, either a Nikon Coolpix S52 or a Coolpix P60, listed at $230 and $190 on the Henry’s website. The offer includes photography lessons.


I find odd she doesn’t recommend turning over your car and money to the government too. Those might be misused as well. Oh, wait, the Democrats in this country are saying that. 


Jeff has other comments on the plan.