What a complete asshat
A state-certified firearms instructor sold firearms safety training course certificates required to obtain concealed handgun permits in North Carolina, deputies in Randolph County said. James…
Happy Birthday to the Nature Boy
Ric Flair turns 60 today. Da-yum. Or, as Ric would say
Wow
(Via Machael Bane) I’m not sure what is more worrisome–the scenario discussed or the fact that it’s being discussed on national TV. We should take…
Get your walking shoes on
(Via Gun Talk) Because we’re going to DC to march for our civil rights. The Second Amendment March is going to be held in the…
What you can do this week
Fellow North Carolinians who hold a concealed carry permit, rejoice! Sen. Andrew Brock filed a last week that would allow North Carolinians with concealed weapons…
Can I hold you to that?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has steadied Wall Street by telling Congress the recession would end this year. Not that I distrust my government, but…
This goes on the “must have” list
The Conservative Scalawag has discovered one of the coolest products in gun-dom–the “training barrel“. This is a bright yellow plastic barrel that replaces the real…
Mountain Man, this one is for you
(Via Ride Fast & Shoot Straight) We will tell no one why…
Woot! for the great outdoors
(Via Mad Ogre) Like Ogre says, you know about Woot! Well, now those of us who don’t need the Roomba of the Day have somewhere…
Mr. and Mrs. America, why are your faces so red?
And why is steam shooting out of your ears? Could it be that you don’t agree with The Enlightened One, He Who Brings Light? Could…
Oh look honey, more Change!
(Via the Drudge Report) For our own good, for the good of the environment, for the children, and because they think they can do it,…
OK, idiots, this is not how you’re going to boost the Republican Party
The Dark and Creepy Wing of the Republican Party weighs in with this lunacy: Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law…
I guess our new AG doesn’t get that “freedom of association” thing
Eric Holder, the nation’s first black attorney general, said Wednesday the United States was “a nation of cowards” on matters of race, with most Americans…
Allow me to offer a simple solution to the banking problem
(Vai the Drudge Report) Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator for South Carolina, says that many of his colleagues, including John McCain, the defeated presidential candidate,…
Someone check my math
The Big O plans on helping out 9,000,000 mortgage holders stay out of foreclosure, to the tune of $75,000,000,000. (That’s 9 million mortgage holders and…
My world view just took a hit
(Via Timebomb 2000) The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks,…
Not so stimulating
To great fanfare,the Big O signed the Oh So Stimulating Package into law. On Wall Street, capitalists of all persuasions failed to be enthused. You…
What? No “Car Czar”?
President Barack Obama has decided to form a government task force for restructuring the struggling U.S. auto industry instead of naming a “car czar” with…
Survivors
(This is proof that I’m so desperate to avoid talking about the Obama Follies or the Economic End of Days that I’ll even review a…
OK, I’ve got nothing…
With a $787 billion stimulus package in hand, President Barack Obama will pivot quickly to address a budget deficit that could now approach $2 trillion…
Brigid on self defense
I really ought to stop by Brigid’s place more often. She’s a great writer and a heck of a thinker as well. As a father…
Woo-hoo! We’re gonna get stimulated good and hard!
(Via the Drudge Report) But we’re going to be blindfolded for it. Kinky.
Like a few ashes with that victory?
On the eve of a hard victory on his “stimulus” package. Mr. Obama has been dealt another setback–Republican Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination…
Not my thing, but
I don’t do “This Day in History” type posts, but Tam does on occasion. Today’s is particularly good, if you’re into planes.
Attention, Republican National Committee…
I’m working on a little list of RINOs to be read out of the party. If anyone at the RNC is listening, here are the…
In this time of stimulus
I have something for you to consider: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover…
Finally, something I can laugh at
(As in, “laugh at because it’s funny” rather than “laugh at because it’s pitiful”. I’ve had way too much of that with The Bringer of…
Revenue collections musts have slowed down again
Because North Carolina’s “Operation Slowdown” is back on the road. If I were passing through my beloved home state on an Interstate highway, I’d take…
I hate it when that happens
So on Monday, the Head Tax Cheat’s bank rescue plan is delayed and the market goes down. Tuesday, he reveals the plan, and the market…
Incoming!
Well, whether or not you wish to be stimulated, you are going to be. It may be a procedural vote, but this is what it…