EU to strike Iran?

Probably not. But they're considering it, seriously, apparently.

Video: Ron Paul on Maher

He makes some good points, just some, although very good. Others, not so much. I'm still not going to vote for him but admire his convictions.

As always with Libertarians, I agree with them up to a point, such as when they want to demolish the CIA because of bad policy. The CIA is one of the best equipped forces of counter-terrorism in the world despite its shortcomings. To go without, would be going blind. The ATFE on the other hand...

Iranian propaganda via Faye Turney

The AP has got the text of all three letters supposedly written by captured British sailor Faye Turney.

The last two letters are impersonal, very anti-US and anti-UK.

The fact that these look like complete fakes, and if not then forcibly written, not even counting their parading of the sailors and marines, shows Iran's complete lack of understanding the West. Too bad, because everybody understands the language of force.

Here's an excerpt of the latest letter:

The Iranian people have treated me well and have proved themselves to be caring, compassionate, hospitable and friendly. For this I am thankful.

I believe that for our countries to move forward we need to start withdrawing our forces from Iraq and leave the people of Iraq to start re building their lives...

It is now our time to ask our government to make a change to its oppressive behaviour towards other people.

John McCain: 2A supporter, "Always."

Well, that's what he says:

"I've been a consistent and strong supporter of the Second Amendment... and will remain so. I've always been, always."

Really Senator? Another honest politician folks.

The Joke of a Human Rights Council

Great video over at Screw the UN.

Thanks to Kathy.

BFB Vlogburst

In this weeks edition...

Americans punished for doing the "jobs Americans won't do?"
Do criminal aliens have a 'right' to commit crimes in America?
Is something from a sci-fi novel the solution to illegal immigration?
And "uncounted beans?"

All this and more in this weeks exciting episode...



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"Purtesy"

Maybe I should be a gun blogger...

You know, exclusively a gun blogger.

Cause I feel like even the best of what I have to offer is just another shout into an arena filled with tens of thousands of screaming people. Nobody is really that interested in foreign policy, other than Iraq and maybe Iran, and that's stretchin it. Nobody really cares about another opinion on the same Washington Post story blogged about a hundred times. It gets old.

But the gunblogging community is so passionate, so in sync, yet not overly redundant. I was so bored with the vast political blogosphere; once you read the paper you've read every political blog from Kos to Malkin. But you rarely got the hard-to-find stories about guns and gun rights. You rarely get the stories about liberty. When I bumped in to Mr. Codrea's blog it was like a whole new universe had opened its door to me. Fascinating reads from law to philosophy and personal stories, all of them filled with humor, satire, brutal logic, and justified emotion.

Maybe my disheartening is because of the fact that half the political blogosphere is from New England; I mean a little common courtesy wouldn't strip you of your Yankee pride. Maybe it's that half the political blogosphere doesn't know if they agree with Instapundit or Stop the ACLU. It's like an arrogant madness that pretends it's quaintly organized. Maybe I'm just throwing stones, but there's a difference between the gun blogs and the political blogs, and it's whatever you call the combination of purity and courtesy. I'll call it "purtesy."

Maybe it's time I started hangin with a better crowd.

Freedom Fighter Recruitment Video... Gone Awry

Sick of the evil Imperialist Uncle Sam? Tired of the daily pro-U.S. propaganda, but yet you desire to serve that nobler cause?

Look no further:


Heh. I don't know who the people are, Hamas, Hezbollah, or even the Palestinian Authority for all I know. But it's priceless.

Update: Thanks to Google Translator, much of the youtuber's videos are captioned with what appears to be anti-Hamas statements... So, my bets on this being Hamas.

Update: It seems these Hamas trucks are accident prone:

When it comes down to it...

Many wouldn't dare do what Wayne Fincher did.

Kurt at Armed and Safe says it well:

Fincher is in jail, facing prison, while I sit comfortably behind a computer--for precisely one reason. That reason is that he is a patriot with the courage to put his freedom on the line for his belief in the Constitution, and I am a keyboard commando, always ready to talk about Constitutional freedoms, but much less willing to suffer for them.

Wayne could use some help.

A French Backbone

A rare find...

French Presidential candidate Francois Bayrou, has called for boycotting the upcoming Olympics to be held in China. This is somewhat of pleasant surprise, considering France and China have been increasingly strengthening their relations.

And what is this boycott over? Darfur. Which is good, because it is another example of China blocking UN sanctions against rogue regimes.

From the AP:

French Olympic officials expressed surprise at Francois Bayrou's boycott call at a pro-Darfur rally late Tuesday. At the same rally, the two leading presidential candidates joined Bayrou in pledging not to host any members of the Sudanese government in France.

That would mark a change in policy: President Jacques Chirac hosted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on the French Riviera at a summit of African leaders last month.

The Sudanese government is accused of funding militias and allowing its military to brutalize civilians in a conflict that has killed some 200,000 people and left 2.5 million homeless since 2003.

China - a U.N. Security Council permanent member with veto power - opposes any sanctions against Sudan, where it is the biggest foreign investor.

"If this drama does not stop, France would do itself credit by not coming to the Olympic Games," Bayrou told the rally, his office said Wednesday.

"There is nothing easier than stopping this tragedy, this genocide," said Bayrou, who visited Darfur on a private trip in 2005. "This is a political issue because China decided to bring its protection to the Khartoum regime."

The best '4 years' post.

The best post marking our 4 years in Iraq, in my opinion, is the one by Gerard Van der Leun at American Digest.

It's almost a tear jerker, because you know the fragility of our strength. I'd quote some, but it wouldn't do justice. Read it.

The Arbiter of 2nd Amendment 'Firearms'

There's a good discussion going on at David's as to where to draw the line between guns and bazookas, or nukes for that matter. And who is to draw that line?

Fred Thompson on Mexico

I'm beginning to really like this guy.

(via AllahPundit)

Russia, hard on Iran? Call me skeptical.

Apparently, Russia cut off fuel to Iran's new Bushehr nuclear plant until they comply with the UN's several ultimatums to stop enriching uranium. From the NYT:

Recently, however, Moscow and Tehran have been engaged in a public argument about whether Iran has paid its bills, which may explain Russia’s apparent shift. But the ultimatum may also reflect an increasing displeasure and frustration on Moscow’s part with Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium at its vast facility at Natanz.

“We’re not sure what mix of commercial and political motives are at play here,” one senior Bush administration official said in Washington. “But clearly the Russians and the Iranians are getting on each other’s nerves — and that’s not all bad.”

It might be a financial feud, but it could partly be a power struggle. Russia letting Iran know just who needs who. I don't think it's an example of Russia asserting it's comparative power advantage over the UN, because well, the UN has proven its complete lack of effectiveness.

One thing is certain, Russia did not suddenly decide to warm up to the West, they after all, built that power plant and expect a return on that and many other of their investments in Iran.

Anti-War Pork

Lacking in votes in another attempt to end the war --giving the enemy a nice future V-A day, Democrats will buy the votes with our money.

That's right, defeatism and wasteful spending in one shiny package...
From the WaPo:

House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers' pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year.

...a few Republicans and conservative Democrats who otherwise would vote "no" remain undecided, as they ponder whether they can leave on the table millions of dollars for constituents by opposing the $124 billion war funding bill due for a vote on Thursday.

Flopping Aces has more.

BFB Vlogburst

Have illegal aliens contaminated America's blood supply?
Frank Jorge gets inside the mind of a reconquista teen in California.
Just how much of our tax money is going to illegal aliens? We take a look.
Cindy Sheehan and crew aced out in Washington by patriots!

All this and more in this weeks edition!



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Tags: illegal immigration, blogs for borders video blogburst, mexico, crime, criminal aliens, chagas, tuberculosis, hepatitis a, blood supply, gathering of eagles, cindy sheehan, code pink, patriots, numbersusa

Bloomberg sells guns.

Well, sorta.

"Ask about the Bloomberg Gun GiveAway" reads a sign taped to the gun shop's register...

"The truth is, if Bloomberg hadn't picked on Virginia, we wouldn't have gotten involved. But he made the mistake of stepping into Virginia with this," said Philip Van Cleave, president of the pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League and mastermind of the giveaway, which has boosted business for the two participating store owners.

Capital of the Free World Illiterate

At first glance, a study like this doesn't do much for America's image:

WASHINGTON (AP) - About one-third of the people living in the national's capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia.
[...]
The growing number of Hispanic and Ethiopian immigrants who aren't proficient in English contributed to the city's high functional illiteracy level, which translated to 170,000 people, said Connie Spinner, director of the State Education Agency. The report says the district's functional illiteracy rate is 36 percent and the nation's 21 percent.

Once you factor in small children, immigrants, and of course politicians, it makes sense. Really though, it shows a severe lack of assimilation --an emerging pattern born of the PC multiculturist age. It's looking like the fire under that melting pot went out.

Second Amendment Carnival X

Welcome to the (belated) tenth edition
of the Second Amendment Carnival

Providing the best 2nd Amendment coverage the blogosphere has to offer.

"The 2-1 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia striking down the District of Columbia’s handgun law is judicial activism at its worst." -President Paul Helmke of the Brady Bunch

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." -U.S. Constitution

...

The people have a right to know about criminals with guns, but of course only if it's newsworthy. There's no mainstream news at Liberty News (which by the way, got the new GunBloggers site up and running).

Shall we get serious... Why we should have black rifles and why they're not for "sporting use." The language game at Front Sight, Press.

Ok, I know: The very important D.C. Court of Appeals decision, and my first submission on it from Lest Darkness Fall.

And the nay saying WaPo gun-grabbing law professor, fisked at Walls of the City.

The NRA and the Brady Bunch, one and the same? Suspicions are increasingly raised; the War on Guns is always on top of things.

The WoG also has another perspective on the arming of teachers.

A blogger enlightened? "...the more I think about this, the more I feel the urgent need to buy a gun, and then I'd just be more of a hypocrite." Almost.

So juicy... Following the money of the infamous GunGuys. And a good fisking of a genuine statist courtesy of Armed and Safe.

Is gun control thought control? WeAreTheMilitia.org notes some similarities.

Chicks with guns are always nice to look at, but as with chicks, choosing the right gun can be a life saver.

And Say Uncle shows the logic of government, where the ATF is the almighty of gun definitions.

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"...for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger when the means of insuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least suspicion." -Alexander Hamilton
Many thanks to all those who participated in this edition, and stay tuned for Carnival XI. If you would like to participate in the next 2nd Amendment Carnival please go here, or submit via email to freeconstitution at gmail.com

Second Amendment Carnival Saturday

I've been busy the last few weeks, but I always have time for the 2A Carnival.

If you'd like to be a part of this carnival, there's still time. You can go here to submit or just send me an email at freeconstitution at gmail.com

BFB Vlogburst

Reconquista Babes in Texas?
Reconquista dancers in Chicago?
Bank Of America takes one on the chin from patriots nationwide?
America's border: Fact or Fiction?
All this and more in this weeks Vburst!



If you feel inspired to get more involved here are some suggestions:

The Minuteman Project
Save Our State
NumbersUSA

Not all of us should go to the border.
Not all of us should hold signs at rallies.
But all of us should be involved in any way we can be.
If not you, who?
If not now, when?

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Tags: illegal immigration, amnesty, border security, mexico, blogs for borders video blogburst, galveston texas, philadelphia, temecula arizona, chicago illinois, reconquista

Oh my!

D.C. gun ban ruled unconstitutional...

More later.

Banned in France...

The direction of individual rights in the technological age. Hopefully that direction is limited to France.

Fight Fire with Fire

Or moral authority, with moral authority. Really this article just exposes the fallacious moral argument of the Reconquista.

BFB Vlogburst

If it's Tuesday it must be Blogs For Borders Vburst time again!

This week we focus in on the Amnesty Gravy Train.
In "When Aliens Attack" we show the chaotic reality when patriots tell illegal aliens 'no.'
100% Preventable shows us three more examples of crimes that are 100% Preventable.
More coverage of the nationwide "Free The Texas Three" rallies.
And Eagles gather in Washington?

This mystery can only be solved by watching...



NumbersUSA
FAIR
A Gathering Of Eagles

This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If you'd like to join go to the Blogs For Borders Website and send us an email.

Tags: blogs for borders video blogburst, illegal immigration, amnesty, john mccain, ted kennedy, a gathering of eagles, save our state, criminal aliens, rape, pedophile, border security

Secular Islam Summit. Update: CAIR responds. Plus Wafa Sultan.

Almost forgot about the Secular Islam Summit. Thankfully Jim Hoft is there. He's got a good interview (w/video) with Nonie Darwish, on radical mosques here in America, and a few words for CAIR.

Be sure to check out the rest of his SIS coverage.

Update: Ahmed Bedier of CAIR on Glenn Beck's show:

Discredit secular Muslims, evade condemning specific acts of Islamic extremism, and claim to represent moderate Muslims... just who does CAIR think they are fooling?

Update: More from Glenn Beck's show. Shaker al-Nabulsi and Wafa Sultan on the non-existant fatwa against OBL, Islam as a religion and an ideology, and the dangers of Islam.

Video: Hillary's Southern Drawl

Eh, I don't see the big deal about pandering, at least in the form of fake accents. It's the John Kerry/John McCain pandering that's the problem. Anyway, video is below the fold...

More on that Orwellianism

Looks like Obama's been listening to Hillary-fearing conservatives.

(Via Instapundit)

Just give it away...

The nanny state, surveillance society, Orwellianism, etc., etc., etc. All increasingly synonymous with Britain.

Today, we have one more example:

The sale of imitation samurai swords could be banned by the end of the year, the Home Office announced today.

Importing or hiring the weapons could also be made illegal following a string of samurai sword attacks in recent years.

Breaching the ban, which is targeted at cheap imitation samurai swords rather than the more expensive genuine collectors' items made by licensed swordsmiths in Japan, would result in up to six months in jail and a £5,000 fine.

Oh that "menace of tyranny" of which Churchill was passionate:

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender...

But what of Britons today, about their freedom? Reminds me of this song:

The Only Ones Discharging Enough

Since David's on the road, I thought I'd cover "the only ones" for today.

Officer shoots coworker in foot:

A Chapel Hill police officer was placed on routine administrative leave after accidentally shooting a co-worker in the foot...

Sgt. Donald Rhoads was unloading his rifle around 4:05 p.m. when it discharged, hitting Sgt. Andrew Smith's left foot.

To put it in the language of Thomas Hobbes, who's the author of this act? There are two references in the report of the rifle discharging, making the rifle the author of the act, yet only one reference making Rhoads the author. Mr. Hobbes must be rolling in his grave to see contemporary scribes attributing ownership of action to inanimate objects.

Tags: police, shooting, guns, hobbes

Steyn on Gore's eco-gore

"Unlike Christ, the Eco-Messiah can not yet walk on water, but then neither can the polar bears. However, only Al can survey the melting ice caps and turn water into whine." Heh.

Funniest read of the week

As a hunter and amateur roper, I was always curious what it'd be like to rope, rather than shoot, a deer. Now. I. know.

Copenhagen Riots, anti-Christian?

Or anti-capitalism, or is that one in the same nowadays? This is the third night in a row for these riots. Apparently, getting a year's notice to move out so the rightful owners can move in, is just asking too much...

The unrest stems from the eviction of squatters from a building that authorities say had become a hangout for anarchists, punk rockers and hippies.

Police say more than 600 people have been arrested since the protests began last Thursday, including 140 foreigners from Europe and the US.

The Copenhagen riots have drawn leftist sympathizers who view it as part of a wider struggle against capitalism.

And from Sky News:

Across the city, groups of protesters set fire to rubbish bins, while others ransacked a school and hurled chairs, desks and computers onto the street.

The eviction had been planned since last year, when courts ordered the squatters to hand the building over to a Christian congregation that had bought it six years ago.

Marxist revolution baby.

UPDATE: Copenhagen rioters at it again.

Video: Murtha on Meet the Press

Rep. John Murtha was Russert's show today and boy, is he optimistic.

According to Murtha, Iraq can take care of itself and al Qaeda better than we can... you know, once we leave them in the midst of a civil war. "It's not going to be any worse than it is now" he says. It'd be like throwing your infant child into a cage of rabid dogs, cause you know, he can fight 'em better alone.

Video below the fold...

Cold War II: Uncontainable?

It's Drudge's top link, but other than the new numbers, it's not really news.

China will boost military spending by 17.8 percent this year, a spokesman for the national legislature said Sunday, continuing more than a decade of double-digit annual increases that have raised concerns among the United States and China's neighbors.

This growing China, if it can overcome rampant corruption, unchecked pollution, and in twenty years its one-child-induced-top-heavy senior citizen problem, its military and economic standing will be second to none. The hurdles on the way however, make this one-man race to the top have the appearance of risk, but as with all one-man races, 1st place is guaranteed.

They learned that the USSR couldn't outspend the U.S., and is why it collapsed. China has the big capitalist beast on the leash of communism, and they know better than to let ideology get in the way of prudence. We need to get in the race, and we need some help.

We have options. 1) Hope they'll collapse on their own, and risk them rivaling or overtaking our supremacy, or 2) Bankrupt them now, and potentially ourselves in the process.

But our choice has already been made. Thanks to Korea and Vietnam, containment no longer has that allure, especially without half the world on our side. Thanks to Iraq, acting before it's do or die risks political suicide.

Even if we tried to contain China, or outspend them into the poor house, it wouldn't be another round of U.S. vs. the Soviets, it would be a game of capitalism. How do you take down a giant in the market?

Option 3) Buy Indian. India is China's main competitor, and right now, we have an advantage. We all but control the IMF, World Bank, and most global financial centers which we can use to India's advantage. We need to get India in the game, and use the two of them to our advantage. We'll need to support China's competition, and win this war economically. And we need to do it while we still can save Taiwan.

Pre-empting Pre-emption, & Wes Clark in '12? Complete with nutroots Video campaign

I'm frankly too tired to post on it in depth, probably for the better, but I was just so amazed to see such a high-profile idiot like Wesley Clark have the balls to position himself as the next anti-war Messiah. No not for this war, but the next one: The war with Iran.

It's risky for him to do this, I mean this war could just as well be Hillary's war. But for a guy like Wes, it was Bush's foreign policy that inspired Ahmadinejad to develop nukes, inspired Russia, China, and France to obstruct any real resolution, and inspired the trademark superficiality of UN ultimatums. For a guy like Wes, being the figurehead of the next big anti-war movement is a step in the door to the presidency. Where there's a war, there's a way... right Wes?

Oh, almost forgot, his fabulous video below the fold...


Maybe Wes is on to something. He's got the Iran war, so I'll take... China: StopChinaWar.com coming soon.

Video: Ann Coulter at CPAC and the infamous Edwards comment

Ann Coulter on Al Gore, Hollywood, Barack Obama, Hillary, and then another signature remark of hers. A little after 7 minutes in, You'll hear Coulter's "faggot" comment regarding John Edwards in the second video*. It was pretty low, and uncalled for, but that's Ann, and that's what CPAC gets for inviting her. What does it matter though, she'll be back with more, and I'll still like her.

Video is below the fold.

That video from the Constant American

If you don't want to watch 7 minutes of her speech, then here's the "faggot" part all by itself:

And this video from some Youtuber.

Video: Bill Maher on Cheney

What the rightosphere's been buzzing about today, is Bill Maher's ridiculous comments on Dick Cheney's near miss. Not surprisingly, he gets the laughter from his audience, and if you look closely, nodding approval from his guest, Representative Barney Frank.

Video is from Ms.Underestimated and is below the fold.

Technical Difficulties Over

My apologies for the blog being down for so long. It's been hell trying to get Blogger to host my domain. So far there have been few problems, such as a slightly slower load time, and some images not appearing. But things are, for the most part, back to normal.

The domain shown in the address bar obviously is my current URL, but my old blog*spot address works just the same.