Obamacare is so great that…

Obamacare is so great that it is mandatory, failing to use it comes with penalties and many of it’s key provisions are being delayed until after important elections so that the results will not harm Democrat candidates.

Irony

Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney were both assaulted in the media for saying that Russia is an enemy.  Obama and his allies also attacked these two viciously for their claims.  Now that they have been proved right what is this Administration doing?  Gutting our military to pre-WWII levels.

176 Democrats vote to continue IRS targeting based on political beliefs

176 Democrats voted against a bill which would make it absolutely clear that any targeting of any individual or group based upon their political beliefs is illegal. If this is not happening, as the left claims, then why should any bill ensuring it is clearly illegal be voted down by those who claim to be the party of inclusiveness, tolerance and open-mindedness?

Siri vs IRS Siri 1, IRS 0

Every now and then I like to ask Siri questions just to reileve a bit of stress because sometimes it’s answers are quite amusing. This morning, while on hold for the IRS, I asked “Why are IRS employees morons?” Siri’s first response… “Fuck the IRS”…

I think I just fell in love with Siri.

Poor Poor Piers

Piers Morgan is in the news today, not reporting or commenting on the news but he IS the news.  Piers has joined the millions of Americans who are unemployed.  Piers is unemployed because most American’s don’t want to watch his Socialist diatribes on TV while millions of Americans are unemployed thanks to the implementation of such Socialist ideas.

To thine own self…

We constantly see and hear people making claims about the TEA Party and Conservatives.  We’re extremists, racists, homophobes, rednecks, flat Earthers, anti-science, so on and so forth.  The problem with the caricatures is two fold, 1 they are patently false and 2 they serve to silence the views of people like me through intimidation and  undermine our views through smear tactics.  You see, no rational person would ever associate with, debate with or agree with a racist, homophobic, NAZI, back woods whatchamacallit.

The truth is that the TEA Party, Conservatism and Libertarianism are nothing new.  It existed before I was born and will exist when I’m dead.  It isn’t an organization so much as it is an ideology.  An ideology that in spite of the libel, slander, propaganda and smear campaigns is not based on hating anyone or anything but rather based on a simple set of common sense principals including natural rights, limited government, self reliance and most importantly individualism.  The debate between the right and the left is simply a fight over the concepts of collectivism and individualism.  Are you a person who stands on his/her own two feet or are you a cog in the collective machine there to support the greater good.  Do you believe that humanity has the capacity for its citizens to live their own lives or do you think that people are so weak in their nature that they must have a benevolent nanny government to take care of their every need?

 

I’ll never forget, I was at my brothers wedding and, as often happens, the topic turned to politics.  A liberal family member found out I am a Conservative and his response was “That’s ok as long as he isn’t one of those crazy TEA Party types.”  To which I politely said, yep, I’m exactly one of those crazy guys”.  Look I believe in individual liberty, the American dream, limited government and maximum liberty.  If that’s crazy then go ahead and lock me up because I personally think that collectivism, statism and etc are not just wrong, they are damn evil and they crush the spirit of all who are forced to live under it.  The only ones who seem to enjoy collectivism, statism, communism, fascism and all the other non-liberty ism’s are those in charge.  The elitists who live like kings while the peasants scurry around supporting the common good.

The Sunshine Civil Libertarian.

In my now forty years I have honestly never met a person left, right or in-between who did not claim to be a staunch defender of Civil Liberties.  With that said I have also never met a person who is honestly a true defender of Civil Liberties.  To those who are currently gasping in outrage please continue reading and you may understand my point… maybe, but probably not.  For those easily offended be warned, there is incredibly foul and offensive language in this blog posting… oddly enough something protected as free speech.  Printing foul language is something rare for me I know but you will understand why.

Starve the military! Feed the hungry!

Every so often a person is confronted with the type of naïve bleeding heart idiocy that you are only left shaking your head and wondering how it is a person who considers themselves to be rational can come up with such an argument.  This was a recent experience in my life.  To start off I’m ex-military, my son is in the Army, my father is a vet as is my grandfather multiple aunts and uncles.  Several cousins are active duty or ex-military so I am not completely unbiased in my opinion.  Oh and I function using something I like to call facts and logic so that also impacts my views on such silliness.

This is an example of the type of inane arguments that we, as conservatives, must face on a daily basis.  The text is simple but the meaning is not.  “The money required to eradicate hunger for everyone in the world has been estimated at 30 billion dollars a year…about as much as the world spends on the military every eight days” with the image of a US Air Force B2 Spirit Bomber dropping bombs on a starving child.  The inclusion of an American bomber wipes out the word World and leaves the impression America in it’s place.  This is, of course, intentional since in the minds of globalist liberals we are the cause of the worlds problems.  Somehow the fact that we are successful causes many other parts of the world to be unsuccessful.  A significant leap in logic which assumes that there is a set level of global wealth and that in order for us to be a wealthy nation other nations must be poor.  Absolutely insane if you take a moment to think about it, but again that is what we have to deal with.

Assault Weapon vs. Assault Rifle

There is much confusion between the terms Assault Weapon and Assault Rifle and both the gun control advocates and 2nd Amendment advocates seem to be getting this wrong.  The two are very different and the two terms have very different usages.  The term Assault Weapon is a Progressive term created to scare people.  The term Assault Rifle is a military term used to identify a specific type of firearm.

Lets begin with the real gun… the Assault rifle.  The assault rifle most commonly recognized in our nation is the M-16.  It was created to provide greater firepower in a smaller/lighter package.  It once had full auto capability but is now limited to burst.  That is exactly what makes it an Assault Rifle, light, fairly small and burst or full auto.

The Assault Weapon is a leftist term created to confuse people.  It is a term applied to semi-automatic firearms which look like Assault Rifles, i.e. AR-15.  Leftists and some on the right think that AR means Assault Rifle but it doesn’t.  AR is short for Armalite.  It is the semi-automatic version of the M-16 designed by Eugene Stoner.  Unlike the M-16 which, depending on the year made, each time you pull the trigger you either empty the magazine or fire a burst of bullets with the AR you get one bullet per trigger pull.  The AR is, again, a semi-automatic civilian rifle that looks like an Assault Rifle.

This tactic is very effective because there are so many people in this country who do not know much about firearms and because the M-16 and AR-15 look virtually identical.

Can you tell the difference?

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TSA the alternate universe.

There are two recent stories involving the TSA which tell you everything you need to know about where our current Administration stands on terrorism.  First a United States Marine who had lost his legs in combat fighting terrorists was subjected to a thorough search which even went so far as to require him to remove his prosthetic legs for inspection.  Second the DHS/TSA are allowing Saudi Arabian airline passengers to “speed their way” through security.