Second Amendment News Roundup for 2/27/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Traction Control offers some good words about the profit motive, and how the world is a much better place because people are motivated to make money:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=985

David Codrea presents this riveting piece on Barack Obama, which I will designate as the MUST-read of the day:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/02/guest-editorial-assassination.html

And then Nicki has the second MUST-read of the day as she shows us that the U.S. has finally succeeded in raising an entire generation with the IQs of idiots:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/02/nation-of-idiots.html

John Lott reports that one of the most respected political tracking organizations in the world is now daily tracking the U.S. Presidential race in terms of popular vote and electoral vote (should the election be held today):
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/02/rasmussenreportscom-starts-daily.html

Gun Law News has provided a comprehensive look at the Obama record from his time in the Illinois legislature, and gun owners have plenty about which to be worried:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Federal-Politics/ob022608-2.html

Squeaky says that the state of Montana is threatening to secede from the Union if the Supreme Court upholds the D.C. gun ban:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/02/26/let-the-free-state-project-have-new-hampshire/

Sebastian has the quote of the day via Say Uncle via DirtCrashr:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/02/26/quote-of-the-day-31/

Mike McCarville reports on poll that shows Clinton and Obama in a dead-heat in Texas, just 7 days prior to the big March 4 primary:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/02/poll-obama-clinton-neck-and-neck-in.html

Armed and Safe has a great read entitled, 'Are Hawaii Police Officers Terrorists?':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-hawaii-police-officers-terrorists.html

Blogstitution has some very appropriate commentary, and some scientific facts from this very year, concerning 'global cooling deniers' (the past year has seen the largest snow cover on earth since the year 1966):
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/02/25/im-sick-and-tired-of-this/

Born Again Redneck says that Alaska's conservative Republican Governor Sarah Palin would be an excellent choice as McCain's running mate:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/02/sarah-palin-for-vp.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel blog on the Pelican Carrying Case, Model 1450--a carrying case for multiple small firearms:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/02/24/off-to-the-range-in-the-new-pelican-case/

Michelle Malkin has the blow-by-blow from the Democratic Debate tonight between Osama-'Bama and the Hildabeast:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/26/yep-another-democrat-debate/