A Serious Impeachable Offense--5th Amendment

When one gives careful consideration to the provisions of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it becomes clear that Obama and company have committed impeachable offenses in the government-imposed and supervised bankruptcy terms for GM and Chrysler.

Obama has violated the provisions of the 5th Amendment in at least 2 places--the due process clause and the just compensation clause.

Read all about this new twist to the takeover of the auto industry at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Not only were the automakers deprived of their rights under the Constitution, but they willingly allowed Obama to force these violations upon them in exchange for a taxpayer bailout...all the more reason for a boycott!

Follow-Up to 'Don't Tread on Me' Controversy

It seems that the veracity of the story about the man in Louisiana who was detained by law enforcement due to his bumper-sticker that says 'Don't Tread on Me' is in dispute.

As a follow-up I noticed that World Net Daily has a major, exclusive story on this matter.

The WND reporter contacted the persons involved in Ball, Louisiana, and spoke directly with the person detained by police and his sister-in-law. Their names are being withheld by WND.

Contrary to the opinion of some, I have not found WND to be untrustworthy. I do admit they publish stories that sometimes can be hard to verify due to the extreme sensitive nature of their content...and the fact that you won't find these types of stories reported by anyone else.

And this is why I see their value.

On the other hand, Texas Fred is a blogger that I trust. He says that the story is not true.

Here is Fred's reasoning:

Knowing the cops in that part of the country, the ONLY thing they would have said about that flag is, 'Hey man, where can I get one of those??'

Unless, and on this I am only speculating, unless this happened to be a Dem and/or a Black officer, and then, yeah, this could be real...

Those guys in that part of Louisiana are still flying the Stars and Bars and have *Be a MAN, Join the Klan* stickers on the back of the pickup!!

Something about this story stinks man, not your part, you're reporting from the source, I am going on experience, and the fact that I am from Louisiana, it's my home, and the fact that our entire family, both sides, mine and the wife, are cops, past, present and retired, and the Louisiana branch have ALL called BS on this one...

Just sayin'...

I have absolutely no reason to doubt or question Fred's integrity as he has been a stellar example of honesty in the time I have known him.

But I do believe there is more to this story than what meets the eye. It may not have been Ball police officers that pulled him over. It could have been any number of law enforcement agencies--county, state, etc.

I am also certain that they would not pull him over for merely displaying the bumper sticker, although that may have been an unspoken, underlying reason for doing so. They are not going to subject themselves to legal and disciplinary action, but cops use all sorts of legitimate excuses to pull over drivers, when their ulterior motive is something different.

We also must not forget that the Obama administration sent out a memo to all law enforcement agencies in the country alerting them to the now-infamous 'potential homegrown terrorist' allegation directed at patriotic Americans.

One thing is for certain, if the story turns out to be false, I WILL retract it. Until we get clear proof, stay tuned...

Bill Quietly Becomes Law That Forbids Opposition! (UPDATE)

Note: Scroll down for an important update!

Have you ever heard of legislation in the United States of America that forbids any opposition to it?

Well, we now have it, and it is the law of the land, courtesy of the thugs in the White House and Congress.

Read all about it in my column at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Thank-you.

Update notice! I went to the Thomas site and downloaded the entire bill from top to bottom so that I could examine it myself. Indeed, the amendment that prevented opposition was included in the final document as a provision to prevent employees in these agencies from engaging in partisan political activity while on the job. I stand corrected.

Americans 'Scared' of the Words of the Framers?

It would appear that many Americans today are 'scared' of the direct words of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Why would this be?

I provide 2 possible explanations today in my column at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

It seems I sparked a heated debate that has been raging at my Examiner site and at Digg. Be sure to click on the link above, read it, comment if you wish, and pass it along to others.

And thank-you very kindly for all of your support in recent days. I am deeply grateful.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 3/24/09

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

Sipsy Street Irregulars has two great reads, the first being Patrick Henry's 'Give me Liberty or Give me Death' speech, and the second being a rather provocative yard sign that got the locals in an uproar.

David Codrea announces he will be on the radio early this evening to discuss 'ammunition accountability.'

David's Gun Rights Examiner column says that the Oakland cop killings show that gun control is useless.

Armed and Safe wonders if all that spinning has made the Brady Campaign for gun confiscation dizzy...

Hofmann's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner posts a column, the title of which says it all--'Militia Members are not Terrorists.'

Western Rifle Shooters Association blogs on some 'non-options' in the current political and economic climate.

Conservative Libertarian Outpost has the absolute MUST-read of the day as he thoroughly fisks Obama's rewriting of the Bill of Rights on the White House website. Do yourself a big favor and read it all!

Texas Fred reports that the parolee in the Oakland cop killings is linked to rape.

Days of our Trailers has news on an anti-gun media debate coming up Thursday on the radio.

The Rustmeister points to a series of articles about 'Oath Keepers.'

Sebastian reports the ominous news that more and more groups are using Mexico as an excuse for calling for gun bans.

Say Uncle points to a buffoon who believes that some people should be exempt from the very gun laws they passed for the masses.

Robb Allen has an excellent post on why he scoffs at gun laws.

Breda announces a VERY special guest for tonight's edition of Gun Nuts Radio. This is shaping up to be a good one!

Rev. Kharma provides essential reading on the Obama administration, entitled, 'What Will Be Next?'

Pax Parabellum opines on an apparent hoplophobic restaurant owner in Tennessee. Walls of the City has apparently weighed in on the issue as well.

Mr. Completely posts a highly informative read on stimulus projects state-by-state. Take a look.

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has Kirby Ferris' latest article, entitled, 'Is There Still Time?' Read it all.

Occupied Nashville blogs on the ammo called the 12GA from Hell!

Walls of the City reports that a town in New York is actually considering declaring Martial Law!

Bill to Control Religious Group Fails!

Under intense pressure from concerned citizens, Connecticut Democrats withdrew their bill to control the Roman Catholic Church in the state.

Thus, for now, First Amendment rights are still intact in Connecticut.

Rev. Kharma has the complete details.

What If 'Direct Orders' Go Against Constitution?

Increasingly in today's Topsy-turvy world, military and police officials are finding themselves facing a critical issue that goes to heart of the American way of life--'What should I do when a direct order requires me to go against the Constitution?'

One group in particular, Oath Keepers, is determined to uphold the Constitution even if it means disobeying orders.

And this is the subject of my column today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

This is a critical issue that needs to be discussed on a widespread basis in American society at this juncture in our history. Read it and pass it along. Thank-you.

Obsessed with the 'Gun Culture?'

From time to time I get emails from readers wanting to know 'why are you so obsessed with the gun culture when the world faces so many more important issues today?'

My response is the subject of today's column at Columbia Conservative Examiner.


Give it a read and pass it along, especially to someone who is not convinced that guns are all that important.

Guns A-Blazin'

Let's cut right to the chase at the very outset. The Founders of this Republic believed that all citizens should be armed as the best means of preventing government tyranny, including our own. They also believed that the rights enumerated in the First Amendment were secured and protected by an armed citizenry.

Now that we have that much out of the way, let's move on to another step.

Since the Founders believed these things and included gun rights in the Bill of Rights to be protected as one of the 'unalienable rights' of citizens, all of our so-called 'reasonable restrictions' on gun rights are illegal.

The common argument, for example, in favor of gun control compares firearms registration with getting a driver's license. But the two cannot be compared because getting a driver's license is not a Constitutional right but a privilege granted by states. Keeping and bearing firearms is not a privilege granted by anyone. It is an absolute right as stated in the Constitution.

OK, so we have dropped the ball in allowing encroachments upon this unalienable right ever since the 1940s. We refused to mount a serious fight against gun control in all forms. We did not draw a line in the sand, and even if we did, we didn't force those who crossed that line to suffer any measurable consequence.

That day is quickly drawing to an end.

Citizens around this nation who are perceptive and aware enough to know that under the current administration and Congress our rights are in grave danger are beginning to wake up to the fact that a day of reckoning may be approaching.

And, as the 'run on the gun shops' is proving, the citizens in record numbers are getting prepared not only to draw a line in the sand but to force those who cross that line to pay for their actions.

Never again will we allow the forces of anti-freedom in this country to encroach upon a God-given, Constitution-protected right. We have learned our lesson from our failures of the past. And we are ready.

Here we stand.

MORE OUTRAGE! THIS TIME, IT'S GUN RIGHTS!

By now it should be very clear to any thinking person who values liberty that Obama, together with a Democrat Congress, is a scourge to the nation. But it only gets worse.

A U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, has ruled that the Second Amendment cannot override gun bans imposed by individual states.

The notion is an outrage by the mere fact that there is no need for any 'Bill of Rights' at all if those rights do not apply to the citizens of the country in all of the individual states.

Thus, if you live in a state that bans all handguns, for example, then you are thoroughly screwed because the right of your state to take away your rights overrides any provision in the U.S. Constitution that protects those rights.

What complete, lawless, subversive, and dangerous imbeciles we have sitting on Court benches in America!

This quotation from Western Rifle Shooters Association says it all:

Once the idea that the Second Amendment is not binding against state and local government becomes the law of the land via the adoption of Maloney by other Circuits and SCOTUS' refusal to look at the issue, "multijurisdictional task forces" will have a green light to bring down the hammer of "gun terrorists".

The fuse is lit.

This farce of a government we have elected is pushing us too far. It therefore lacks the moral authority to govern.

Such a boiling cauldron of outrage is brewing among the citizens in the heartland that it should not be surprising to see a sudden eruption of gargantuan proportions at any moment unless this government backs off its obvious agenda to thwart the liberties of the people.

'The Unwritten Constitution'

Certain unwritten but commonly accepted truths undergird the U.S. Constitution. These concepts are known as 'the unwritten Constitution,' and are often cited in the writings of the Founding Fathers.

Constitutional truth is in no way as complicated a matter as the legal profession would have us believe.

The Founding Fathers did us all a great favor by leaving behind their written works for us to see. And within those documents we find the commonly accepted truths that led them to frame the Constitution in the manner in which they did.

For example, the First Amendment provision of freedom of religion was never meant to keep religion out of the public marketplace of ideas but to prevent government from establishing an official church of the United States, supported with our tax dollars such as we find in Great Britain and dozens of other countries.

In like manner, we know that the Second Amendment provision of the freedom to keep and bear arms is an individual right and not a collective one.

The Framers made both of these things clear in their many writings.

Mike Vanderboegh has written a most interesting piece on the topic of 'the unwritten Constitution' that begs for these issues to be discussed and considered by all of those who are serious students of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

I strongly urge each of you to carefully read it and contemplate the obvious issues that arise from it.

Bill of Rights Day--An American Benchmark

This is a Liberty Sphere classic from 2006--one of my first posts after launching this blog. It is entitled, 'An Ignored American Benchmark--Dec. 15.'

On December 15 we mark one of the most important dates in American history, yet it is one with which I am sure many of you may not be familiar. The 'Bill of Rights Day' is celebrated on December 15, and the fact that this date in history is one of the most unnoticed and ignored speaks volumes about the U.S. educational system.

Since 1941 the ratification of the Bill of Rights has been commemorated in this country on December 15. Yet today, I am sure that the average guy on the street has no clue that one of the most significant events in human history happened on that day...thanks to the dumbing down of the educational system and the failure of modern politicians to give proper recognition to the basic rights we all are guaranteed in the United States of America.

The original Constitution, ratified in 1788, had no Bill of Rights. The fledgling young Republic had just managed to fight off the British for their independence and declare themselves a new nation united by a commonly accepted rule of law--the U.S. Constitution. Yet long before the Constitution was ratified many of the Founders insisted that the document would be woefully incomplete without protecting certain individual rights. One of these was James Madison, who was elected by Virginia to the first Congress upon the promise that he would work for a Bill of Rights.

George Mason, also of Virginia, refused to sign the original Constitution precisely because it contained no Bill of Rights. Mason had written a Bill of Rights for the state of Virginia which many other states used to adopt their own Bill of Rights.

Patrick Henry had originally opposed the inclusion of the Bill. Revisionist historians often use Henry as some sort of proof that the Founders were not in agreement about the rights that should be guaranteed to the citizens. Nothing could be further from the truth. Henry also opposed the Constitution. But this was not due to anything other than his opposition to a centralized government of any kind, believing instead that such power should be reserved for the states.

It is also to be noted that in spite of Patrick Henry's initial opposition, he would later change his mind and work for both the U.S. Constitution and for the ratification of the Bill of Rights.

Having succeeded in getting a Constitution approved by the states, the Founders went to work on a document that would protect the rights with which each citizen had been endowed by their Creator. The Bill does not 'grant' or 'give' rights. The rights are automatically inherent in our very existence. The Constitution PROTECTS these basic, inherent rights.

In 1789 the Bill of Rights was written in Federal Hall in New York City, which at the time was the capital of the U.S. The first Congress was made up of 26 Senators and 65 Representatives from the 13 states. On September 25, 1789, Congress passed 12 amendments to the Constitution which would be called the Bill of Rights. In October of that year President George Washington sent a copy of the 12 amendments to the states for their approval.

From October of 1789 until December of 1791 the thirteen states debated the amendments. By the time the amendments had made their rounds the original 12 amendments were whittled down to 10. On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the eleventh state to ratify the 10 amendments, and thus, according to the provisions of amending the Constitution, the Bill of Rights became part of the supreme law of the land.

During these days when collectivist revisionists see no inherent individual rights in the Bill of RIGHTS, it is vitally important to note that the sole motivation of the Founders in insisting on the Bill was the protection of INDIVIDUAL rights. It is impossible, for example, for someone to make a valid philosophical argument claiming that the 2nd Amendment does nothing but establish a militia, when the whole idea of the Bill to begin with was to protect the INDIVIDUAL rights of citizens.

Thus, on this December 15 let each of us as Americans give thought to the basic philosophical premise that motivated the Founders--that each individual American is free, and as such, we are guaranteed the protection of certain specified individual rights. If no such guarantee exists, then the whole notion of establishing a free Republic was in vain.

Wisdom for the Storms Ahead

A statement of advice is found in The Bible which says, 'Be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove.'

Very good advice, it would seem, for those who would act and behave with wisdom.

Wisdom is not in knowing that you have the power to act but in knowing when and how to act.

As we face great uncertainty in the coming days with regard to the Constitutional protections of our God-given rights, the issue it seems is not allowing ourselves to react in knee-jerk fashion to every single perceived threat to liberty.

The key issue is to act, not react, in response to actual, verified threats to our safety, our right to self-defense, our right to live peacefully in freedom.

The way of the Timothy McVeigh phenomenon is NOT our way. We want absolutely no harm to come to anyone, except in the case of clear self-defense.

On the other hand, when it comes to defending the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the lives of those we love, and our own lives, we will use the resources and tools the Founding Fathers used to procure and guard liberty.

Our forebears were not blood-thirsty barbarians but men and women of reason. And they left us with a clear heritage that spoke of their high regard for human life and liberty, as well as the means by which to protect life and liberty.

This is an entirely reasonable response to direct encroachments upon human freedom.

So it is today. But we have to be absolutely certain that when we act it is in response to a direct affront.

Read more on this vital issue by clicking here to go to Sipsey Street Irregulars.

Calm, Rational Thoughts from the Non-Compliant

Make no mistake about it, many patriotic Americans have no intention of being compliant with laws, directives, and programs initiated during a possible Barack Obama administration.

This is no knee-jerk reaction, no hot-headed racist blather from hayseeds, no irrational musings from the paranoid, but the logical sequence of behaviors by those who still believe in the idea of liberty as encapsulated by the Founders in the U.S. Constitution.

And, since I have been designated as part of the 'angry mob against Obama,' I thought it would be appropriate to verbalize some of my calm, rational thoughts from the non-compliant sector of society.

First, let it be made crystal clear that tens of thousands, if not millions of Americans will be so thoroughly disgusted by the fact that an outright neo-Communist was elected to the White House that civil disobedience will become commonplace.

In the past, this action seemed to be reserved for those liberals who wished to overthrow the capitalism inherent in the U.S. Government. Today, however, civil disobedience will be embraced by those who love personal, individual liberty so much that they will dare to refuse to comply with the neo-Communist concepts espoused by Barack Obama and his supporters in Congress.

Two, some of these among the non-compliant may well refuse to pay taxes in protest, including some small business owners. Those who feel they cannot follow this course of action should not be singled out as 'turncoats,' for this decision is an ominous one that could land such persons in jail. This is a very personal decision made only after counting the cost soberly.

But even if we feel we cannot engage in this form of civil disobedience, we must lend our support in any way we can to those who put their all on the line in defense of liberty. This is a MUST.

Beyond these two principles, here is a list of some things ALL of us can do to express our outrage in the event that Obama is elected or the Democrats increase their majorities in the Congress, or both:

1. On Inauguration Day and afterward, we can inundate the White House and the offices of our Senators and Representatives with phone calls expressing our intent to oppose each and every proposal put forth by Barack Obama or a veto-proof liberal Congress. This tactic must be a permanent fact of everyday life and not just short term. We must keep the pressure on them each and every single day.

2. We can write letters on a regular basis to Senators, Governors, Representatives, and other government officials expressing our opposition to the Obama agenda. This, too, must be a regular, permanent tactic.

3. We can inundate newspapers with letters to the editor expressing opposition to Obama proposals...refraining from attacking but stating clearly and rationally why we oppose those proposals.

4. We can get involved with local politics, from the ground up, if we have not done so already. Lethargy on the part of mainstream America may be the very thing that ruins this country. We are about to lose our liberties. Our inaction will be partly to blame. We MUST change that now.

5. Between now and Inauguration Day purchase your tools...as many as you can. This may be the last time you and I as free citizens can exercise our Second Amendment rights in this country by buying firearms. If money is an issue, remember that $300 can purchase all you need if you know where to look.

6. Absolutely, positively refuse to turn over personal guns in the event of confiscation. This is OUR property, not theirs.

7. Join a conservative religious group that is not a part of the National Council of Churches or the World Council of Churches. These 2 organizations are full of Marxists. Conservative religious groups have some of the most stalwart advocates for personal rights and liberties anywhere. And beyond that, the message you hear might do you good.

8. If you can, pull your children-grandchildren out of the public school system. Find a school that teaches the principles of liberty, or decide to homeschool. The public school system in this country will become nothing more than a tool in the hands of Barack Obama to indoctrinate young minds in the ways of extremists like Bill Ayers.

9. Get out of debt as fast as you can. Tear up credit cards. Do your transactions with cash. Withdraw funds from banks and put the money in your personal safe. You can even take this further if you wish, withdrawing investments and stashing the money yourself in your safe. Pay yourself first. There really is no better way to force government and the new monopolistic banking system to deal with our displeasure than to hit them in the pocket book.

10. Make a list of like-minded persons who believe in the Constitution, the vision of the Founders, and the Bill of Rights. Make sure they are registered to vote. Get them to the polls in the next election. Become a free taxi service for the elderly, the frail, the sick--anyone who is like-minded but who cannot get to the polls on their own.

In short, as soon as the Election is over on November 4, begin laying the groundwork for the Congressional elections in 2010 and the Presidential election in 2012. The nation will be wrecked to pieces by the crowd getting ready to come to power this year . We must be ready to step up and step in to clean up the mess in 2010 and 2012.

What Is An 'Anti-American?'

An anonymous poster in the comments section of this blog took me to task over referring to former Democratic Presidential candidates George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry, and the present candidate Barack Obama, as anti-American.

I stand by the charge.

Thus, what is the definition of an 'anti-American?'

An anti-American is one whose political ideology is diametrically opposite of that which is embodied in the Constitution of the United States.

The Constitution is our final authority in all matters of law and governance.

Thus, one cannot be for robbing citizens of their right to own, bear, and use firearms for defense and protection, and then claim to uphold the U.S. Constitution. The two are mutually exclusive.

One cannot promote measures that limit free speech, free exercise of religion, a free press, or the freedom to assemble, and claim to uphold the U.S. Constitution. The two are blatantly incongruent.

And it really doesn't matter how much time such persons may have spent in the military. Some have even gone to war. While that is admirable, such acts of service to one's country do not automatically make them pro-American if they turn around and trash the Constitution in their political beliefs.

This is why in the United States of America one can be a true patriot even if they never served in the official, government-sanctioned military. And serving in that military does not automatically make one a patriot.

It is all about beliefs, ideology, political philosophy.

And this is precisely why I will fight tooth and toenail against those who self-righteously claim to be 'patriots' who love their country but who nonetheless work to rob citizens of their Constitutional rights, condone the killing of unborn infants and even those who survive attempts to kill them (this is barbarism every bit as dangerous as the Nazis and Communists), and who in the name of religion seek to steal from ordinary citizens through taxation to pay for programs that government has no business implementing in a free society.

In short, I don't give a damn what your military service has been if your views are more in line with Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, and Karl Marx than with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry.

As the old saying goes, 'Just because a mouse gets into the cookie jar doesn't make him a cookie.'

The Tipping Point May Be Closer Than You Think

All it would take for America to lose its hard-fought liberties as embodied in the Bill of Rights as applied to ALL citizens is two terms of Barack Obama along with a Democrat majority in Congress.

In less than 8 years the U.S. would become like Canada, Great Britain, and other so-called 'free countries' in the West that have disarmed their citizens and thrown people in jail for speaking their minds...unless their speech is approved by the 'pc speech and thought police.'

Canada even has the Nazi-like silencing of free speech down to an art through so-called 'human rights tribunals' that really have nothing to do with protecting human rights but persecuting and prosecuting citizens who speak an unpopular message that 'offends' certain minority sectors of society.

This is the ugly, hidden truth of modern-day liberalism. In the name of supposedly 'being open and accepting of all' liberals would dismantle the rights of citizens to say anything at all that anyone, anywhere would find offensive--that is, if the offended parties happen to be Muslim, gay, Leftist, or environmentalist extremist.

But the rest of us can simply go to hell.

Hence, Nancy Pelosi wants to bring back 'the fairness doctrine' so that she can be unfair to conservatives in the name of fairness.

With a majority in both houses of Congress, and with Barack Obama in the White House, you can rest assured that the Democrats will not stop until Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and others are forced off the air. The politically correct movement will have a field day with such lunacy as equating those who believe the global warming theory is faulty science with 'Holocaust deniers.'

And don't forget the gun issue. No matter what the Supreme Court decided on Heller, two terms of Obama with a Democratic Congress will not only change the makeup of the Court but insure that gun bans are brought back full force.

My friends, this is why we may be nearing 'the tipping point.' Those who believe in the Bill of Rights for each individual citizen must get ready. If the potential scenario I have portrayed becomes reality, then it will be time to invoke Jefferson's reset button.

It's later than you think.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/3/08

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

Snow Flakes in Hell has the MUST-read of the day on Al Qaeda Plan C. If you want to know what that is, just think of what terrorists do in Israel.

Mike McCarville has another MUST-read on Barack 'If You Say Anything Bad About Me At All You're a Racist' Obama. Read it all.

Nicki at The Liberty Zone announces great news. She and her co-writer of the book Ashmadai are going to have a book-signing (autograph party) at Waldenbooks. Read her post for the details.

David Codrea reports this item that makes my blood boil. If the Bill of Rights is not binding on the States, then that means free speech, free press, etc, etc, aren't, either. Damn the freakin' imbeciles!

Codrea also reports on another travesty of the law perpetrated by imbeciles. David Olofson has surrendered himself to authorities for his jail term because his rifled failed. Let that be a warning to all--the jackbooted thugs will hold YOU responsible if your 'semi-automatic' weapon misfires.

A Keyboard and a .45 posts this important message via the Dallas Morning News entitled, 'Messages From Iraq.'

Alphecca shows us that there are at least some intelligent people around the country who really get it. The Bill of Rights must apply to ALL the people or else they are useless.

Armed and Safe has something you gotta see, entitled, 'Taking Rights to the Next Level.'

Gateway Pundit has the documentation proving that Barack Obama's latest TV ad is full of lies. Just wait till you see what he claims he did and what he actually did.

Squeaky blogs about her Zazzle Store. She's a photographer who does great work, so stop by there and take a look!

Michelle Malkin reports that 'Little Chucky' Schumer, D-NY, is at it again with his blabbermouth.

Joe Huffman at The View from North Central Idaho says that The Bastard has been caught with his pants down over the gun issue in his own city.

The American Thinker has an interesting read on the fact that the New York Times is growing increasingly hysterical about John McCain's possible SCOTUS nominees.

All American Blogger fisks a so-called expert who says oil companies engage in propaganda although climatology has shown the earth has actually cooled over the past 11 years.

Second Amendment News Roundup Special Edition 6/26/08

This is a special edition of the Second Amendment News Roundup.

The United States Supreme Court ruled today that Americans have the right to own and keep firearms--including handguns--in their homes. The ruling struck down a District of Columbia law banning handguns.

Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia stated that the record of history both before and after the ratification of the Second Amendment shows that individual citizens have the right to their preferred method of self-protection--the handgun.

The ruling also struck down D.C.'s requirement for safety locks or keeping the firearms disassembled.

The ruling does, however, leave intact many local regulations on the use of firearms.

Shockingly, the decision came with a 5-4 majority. In dissent were Stevens, Breyer, Ginsberg, and Souter, which shows that our precious right to self-defense in this country is a tenuous one.

In fact, the anti-freedom crowd is already attempting to spin the decision to its benefit...Nancy Pelosi being one of them, stating that 'D.C. still has the right to regulate handguns.'

Joining Justice Scalia in the majority were Alito, Roberts, Kennedy, and Thomas.

Naturally, the blogosphere is ablaze with commentary and analysis of the decision. The following is a run-down on the comments of various bloggers:

Let the celebration begin! The Breda Fallacy helps to get us started.

David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law quotes from Justice Scalia's majority opinion, and he follows up with highlighting the major key points in the ruling.

Say Uncle says the 5-4 ruling is too close for comfort. Uncle also has some Key Quotes from the ruling.

Snowflakes in Hell opines on what should scare us about this ruling and says that there is room to work.

David Codrea at The War on Guns provides insightful commentary on the decision, stating that the ruling leaves the door open for continued infringement.

Robb Allen reminds us that this decision is not a call to victory but a call to battle. It ain't over by a long shot.

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs gives her take on the Heller decision, including a comment on what it might mean to Jihadists.

Nicki at The Liberty Zone weighs in on the decision, including some sharp words for the turncoats, I mean, dissenters.

Tam at View from the Porch does a bit of well-deserved gloating.

Traction Control has the text version of the decision in two separate formats.

The Bitch Girls recognize and thank the key players in today's decision. Had it not been for these valuable persons in the cause, this may have never happened. Go have a look.

Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy is one of the ones Bitter Bitch cites as a valuable person in the cause, providing crucial legal guidance. Volokh is cited in the Heller decision as well. You can find plenty of commentary on the Court's action at The Volokh Conspiracy here. Simply scroll down for a variety of commentary and analysis.

Clayton Cramer is another who was cited in the majority opinion, and he provides his take on the ruling here.

Dustin's Gun Blog highlights the 'individual right' aspect of the Heller decision.

Dr. John Lott quotes D.C. Mayor Fenty who is still attempting to act as if the Heller case has not been decided. What a complete idiot.

Michelle Malkin reports that John McCain has jumped on the Heller decision to underscore his differences with Barack Obama on gun rights. And, not surprisingly, Obama does another 'flip flop' on the issue. I suppose now he is the 'Thomas Jefferson candidate' for unrestricted gun rights. ROFL!!

Mike McCarville is reporting that many are applauding the Heller decision today, including U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.

But wait till you see THIS stunner! McCarville also issues a news alert that a Leftwing blogger is ridiculing the Heller decision on the basis of the 'racial angle.'

Ahab points to a very important component of the Heller decision, which states that the Second Amendment codifies a pre-existing right.

Alphecca comments on the potential ramifications of Heller for the states and for the Chicago ban.

Armed and Safe points to the response of the Brady Bunch to the decision.

Gun Pundit makes an excellent point about the decision today being an affirmation of an old right rather than a 'new right.' He also breaks the thing down into a step-by-step analysis.

Gunservatively highlights a statement in the Heller decision that declares it is not the Court's role to declare the Second Amendment extinct. Read it all.

The various gun websites offer their commentary on the decision. Click on the underscored links to go to the statements issued by Gun Law News, the NRA, the Buckeye Firearms Association, Gun Owners of America, and Ohioans for Concealed Carry.

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has not yet released a statement.

Among the major political websites, statements on the Heller decision can be found at The Cato Institute, Human Events (which features an excellent article by Ted Nuggent), and National Review Online (which catches Barack Obama in a blatant lie about his position on gun rights).

I hope this collection of links will be helpful to you as we continue to decipher the ramifications of the Court's action today.

A Country on Skid Row

Since the 1930s the United States has been slouching toward addiction. It started as all addictions do, with a sip here and there, gradually increasing the level of consumption, until finally the victim is totally dominated and overwhelmed by the substance.

Many of these wind up on skid row, their brains fried and unable to function logically.

Physicians have a terms for this final phase of the addiction--organic brain syndrome. At this stage brain cells have died never again to be regenerated, leaving the victim with thought processes that have no basis in reality.

Of course I am not suggesting that the U.S. is being ruined by alcohol or drugs. Quite to the contrary. America is being ruined by its addiction to big government.

During the Great Depression President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a Democratic-controlled Congress decided this was the perfect opportunity to introduce big government solutions closely akin to socialism into the American experience.

Ever since that time Americans and the politicians they elect have gradually increased the consumption of big government solutions until now most of them feel as if they are going through withdrawal symptoms if the nanny state is not there to wipe every runny nose, nurse every stubbed toe, and fix every single thing in our lives that is not perfect.

But I maintain it's even worse than that. It would seem a majority (not a big majority, but a majority nonetheless) have reached the stage of organic brain syndrome and are sitting squarely on skid row due to their morbid addiction to big government.

Here are a few examples of the fact that our elected officials, and the people who put them into office, have taken leave of their rationality:

--Congress by overwhelming majorities in both Houses banned incandescent light bulbs, thinking, obviously, that this is a legitimate role of government in the United States of America. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid even stated forthrightly that this sort of thing IS the role of government.

--Although the Constitution clearly states that the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear firearms is not to be infringed (which means that this right is to be totally unfettered or unrestricted), Congress has just passed more laws restricting certain citizens from owning firearms--WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE LARGEST PRO-GUN LOBBY IN THE NATION. And don't give me this 'party line' that the bill does nothing and that it is a 'good bill.' To the contrary, it restricts what is supposed to be an unrestricted right. The NRA sold out on this one, to its shame.

--We have millions of people supporting for President a woman who thinks that her 'vast experience' includes the time she spent as the wife of a President, or a first-term Senator who has less than 2 years in office claiming he has 'the experience necessary' to lead America on the world stage. And then we have on the GOP side 'big government conservatives' (an oxymoron) such as Huckabee, Giuliani, and Romney. The best candidates are virtually ignored.

--We have an ambulance-chaser lawyer (John Edwards) who does not believe owning a gun is a Constitutional right but says that having free healthcare and Internet access ARE Constitutional rights. The law school that trained this man should recall his diploma. Yet, like sheep headed for the slaughter, millions of Americans will walk like zombies into polling places to vote for this man.

I could very well go on and on with more examples, such as the indoctrination to which the government educational system subjects our young, the attempt of the Supreme Court to weaken private property rights in favor of local municipalities who collude with big business to take private property, the notion that provisions in the Bill of Rights are not individual rights but 'collective rights,' which is just a code word for Communistic thinking.

You tell me. Does this sound like a rational country to you? Is the majority engaging in logical thinking? Are they even aware that the final rule of law for this nation is the Constitution, no matter what ANY court--even the Supreme Court--says?

I don't think they are aware at all. It's organic brain syndrome. Their addiction to big government has landed them on skid row where tweety birds softly sing their names while they wait for the next handout or the next multi-billion dollar solution to a 'problem,' paid for by confiscating the money of the citizens in the form of taxation.

I am quite certain that we are very close to the need to invoke Thomas Jefferson's 'reset button' where Patriots insure by whatever means necessary that liberty in this country, as delineated in the Constitution, continues unfettered.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/19/07

Many apologies for yesterday's absence of the Second Amendment News Roundup. I was out all day, and then last evening I had one of those family Christmas gatherings where I needed to show my face.

At any rate, focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

The War on Guns reports that U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss has sidelined himself on the Sullivan confirmation as head of ATF:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/saxby-sidelines-self-on-sullivan.html

And in case you missed it, The War on Guns has an excellent piece entitled, 'More From the Ghost of Thomas Jefferson':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-from-ghost-of-thomas-jefferson.html

Alphecca gives us the perfect example of 'the slippery slope' with regard to gun control--this one comes from Australia:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=581

Red's Trading Post has the story of Bill Akins and his personal nightmare at the hands of the ATF:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-victim-of-maximum-mike-and-atf.html

Born Again Redneck has Fred Thompson on video telling it like it is concerning Mike Huckabee's supposed conservatism:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2007/12/thompson-huckabee-is-not-conservative.html

Mike McCarville reports that President Bush has declared 7 counties in Oklahoma as major disaster areas in light of the recent devastating ice storm:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/bush-approves-major-disaster.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has the latest piece of pure, unadulterated, aromatic BULLSHIT from the federal government:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2194

Say Uncle has a funny Fred Thompson ad:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/12/19/you_had_me_at_punch_the_hippies/

A Keyboard and a .45 has an excellent post on those who dance in the blood of innocents:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-dancing-in-blood-of-innocents.html

It seems that Professor Bogus is making a bogus argument for gun bans. Armed and Safe has the story here:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/12/bogus-argument-for-citizen-disarmament.html

Breda reports that Jeri Thompson gives the reason she loves Fred--he is his own man. Real men also like Fred for that reason. It's hard to support most politicians because in the final analysis they are pussies, placating the media, special interests, etc., to the point to where they appear emasculated. But not Fred:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/12/alpha-male.html

Today's MUST-read is provided by Nicki at The Liberty Zone. You have gotta read this!:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/liberals-love-guns.html

Michelle Malkin reports that the fire near V.P. Cheney's office has set the blogosphere ablaze with reference to 'Reichstag!' For the past few years these sorts of things always expose the liberals for who they really are--a bunch of deranged, hate-filled, rabid nutcases who belong in a mental hospital:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/19/fire-near-vp-cheneys-office-sets-off-nutroots-alarm/

John Lott has this important post on the issue of gun-free zones:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/12/making-question-of-gun-free-zones-clear.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association points to an op-ed on the Bill of Rights, entitled, 'The Founders Were Straight Shooters':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4099.html

The Volokh Conspiracy has a intriguing read on Presidential elections and 'Condorcet' winners:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_16-2007_12_22.shtml#1198039756

The U.S. Government is run by a group of lunatics. Traction Control has the proof:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=863

The Bitch Girls have 'the question of the day':
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7740

In case you missed it yesterday, Robb Allen provides us with an update on his Mom's chemotherapy:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/12/18/Day-124--Halfway-there.aspx

ROFL! Click over to Front Sight, Press to see Syd's two different ways of wishing Merry Christmas--one for Democrats and one for Republicans:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/merry-christmas/

Priscilla Esquivel at Clarity points to the most humorous quotes for 2007:
http://pmesquivel.blogspot.com/2007/12/dont-tase-me-bro.html