A place where any item of interest to our readers can be linked and not be off topic.
There is much going on and news abounds, such as the Pope’s retirement and the manufactured “sequester” crisis.
I’ll start it off with a few things that didn’t fit on any other thread and didn’t really have the time to create separate posts that would do the topics justice.
First off, since the Vatican is in the news, yesterday (27 Feb) was St. Possenti Day:
The St. Gabriel Possenti Society promotes the public recognition of St. Gabriel Possenti, including his Vatican designation as Patron Saint of Handgunners.
St. Gabriel Possenti was a Catholic seminarian whose marksmanship and proficiency with handguns single-handedly saved the village of Isola, Italy from a band of 20 terrorists in 1860.
The Possenti Society offers a variety of materials related to St. Gabriel Possenti and a biblical understanding of self-defense.
Another topic I have been studying is whether a Constitutional Convention should be considered. I haven’t examined the issue to my satisfaction, but I have done some reading and found some with firm opinions. One of those is Glenn Reynolds and I read this interesting post the other day citing the good Professor at Bob Owens blog, “…if that’s what you believe, then all of this talk of revolution suddenly doesn’t seem so crazy, it seems almost mandatory.” A short yet informative post which includes a link to Prof. Reynolds view on a ConCon, but the link that really blew me away in this post was an excerpt from a book by Matt Bracken that foretells the terrifying prospects of a ConCon with so many lawless citizens in this country.
I highly recommend reading this excerpt from Foreign Enemies and traitors.
“Tell me something, Doug. You’re obviously a smart guy. I’ve been out of the country for seven years. What the hell happened to America? I always thought Americans would fight to keep their freedom. What happened? How could Americans just roll over and give up their rights?”
“Well, we didn’t just ‘give up’ our rights. It wasn’t like that. Not at all. It’s more like they were stolen in broad daylight, at the constitutional convention.”
There is much more out there that is interesting to me and I’m certain to our readers, as well.
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Down went the gunner, a bullet was his fate
Down went the gunner, and then the gunner’s mate
Up jumped the sky pilot, gave the boys a look
And manned the gun himself as he laid aside the Book, shouting
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we’ll all stay free
Praise the Lord and swing into position
Can’t afford to be a politician
Praise the Lord, we’re all between perdition
And the deep blue sea
Yes the sky pilot said it
Ya gotta give him credit
For a sonofagun of a gunner was he
Shouting Praise the Lord, we’re on a mighty mission
All aboard, we ain’t a-goin’ fishin’
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we’ll all stay free
Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation~Robert Burns 1791
“Fight” by Gary Hess:
Serious anxiety flowing
Crashing through my mind
Blood rushing through my veins
Muscles tightening upon compression
The moment is soon to come
Where losers will not win
The masks come off from posers
And winners show their skills
The death of one has come quickly
Another soon to fall
The abilities matched between us
Strength, quickness, stamina
Just the same
I choose the weapon I know best
To fight off the evil souls
Outnumbering my foolish hatred
They strike quickly
This moment of oppression
Only seen by some
It’s the time to attack
My weapon swung but too soon
They move quickly to retaliate
My arm struck, bleeding
My opponent strong but still foolish
I use my mind to strike back
Weakening their hope to win
Seeing the passion within my eyes
They settle into fear
Victory will soon come
Victory will soon come
A Con Con…would be an absolute disaster. On a similar note you heard about McConnell’s preposed solution for the sequester? It’s a draft of a bill to turn over the power of budget to Obumfuck for the next 7 months so HE can deal with it. Why? Because he’s tired of the dems using it as a fear bludgeon every time repubs propose something realistic…”Oh my god the republicans are gonna push granny off a cliff and let her die!” blah blah blah.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/senate-gop-ponders-shifting-power-to-obama-88149.html?hp=l1
Sigh…I don’t hate the republicans for being tired of the bullshit. I hold them in utter contempt for being this…FUCKING STUPID!
Nobody EVER learns from history.
1. Nothing is more permanent than a temporary/emergency government measure. Failing to understand that one is how we ended up with Social Security among other bureaucratic clusterfucks.
2. Power…once voluntarily surrendered, even for the supposedly best of intentions, can only be taken back by force!
I read an interesting piece by George Will of the Washington Writers Group on this manufactured “sequester” crisis. Any sensible person knows that more spending does not equate with wise expenditures, if anything much of the spending goes to administrative costs with very minimal for the actual need.
The Pres wants his budget bloated to create more and more un-needed expenditures. I am still attempting to comprehend the recent fiasco:
- the billions for storm Sandy “survivors.” NFIP supports a bailout for natural disasters? How many of you live in an area prone to natural disasters? Now we need to supplement private insurers for being dumb and “survivors” because they experienced losses by living in a natural disaster area? Money shoveled out the door according to Will. I agree…
Meanwhile, in the land of honor: With honor and fond memories, Gen. Schwarzkopf is laid to rest at West Point
Rest if peace, sir.
Truly a great man.