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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Friday, November 04, 2011
Heaters and the 2nd amendment in the news: two strange handgun stories from the South
By Jack Brummet, 2nd Amendment Editor
Ten Year Old Boy Pulls .9MM on Woman
Who Threatened to Take His Halloween
Candy
[thanks to Dean Ericksen for passing this story along]
In a lot of ways, this is a heart-warming story, or at least it should be if you are pro-second amendment. We are always told by the gun lobby that we need guns to prevent crime and preserve our family and property. This story is a great follow on to the story of the Texas sheriff (see below) who encouraged women this week to get a .45 for self defense (why such a big gun, reporters asked "Because you don't really have to aim, just point in the general direction and pull the trigger.").
South Carolina sheriff urges women to
get concealed weapons permits and
carry guns to protect themselves
A Spartanburg, South Carolina sheriff is urging women to get concealed weapons permits and carry guns to protect themselves.
County Sheriff Chuck Wright made the suggestion earlier this week when discussing the arrest of a suspect in an attempted rape last weekend.
image from http://righthook.com/
Who Threatened to Take His Halloween
Candy
[thanks to Dean Ericksen for passing this story along]
In a lot of ways, this is a heart-warming story, or at least it should be if you are pro-second amendment. We are always told by the gun lobby that we need guns to prevent crime and preserve our family and property. This story is a great follow on to the story of the Texas sheriff (see below) who encouraged women this week to get a .45 for self defense (why such a big gun, reporters asked "Because you don't really have to aim, just point in the general direction and pull the trigger.").
This poor youth was just defending his property--and doing it with style and elan, with the ever popular .9mm with its 19 round magazine. From The Augusta Chronicle:
A 10-year-old Aiken trick-or-treater pulled a gun on a woman who said she would take his candy on Halloween.
According to a police incident report, the 28-year-old victim told authorities she recognized some boys from her neighborhood while they were trick-or-treating about 6:30 p.m. Monday near Schroeder and George streets and jokingly told them she would take their candy.
One 10-year-old in the group of about 10 juveniles responded with “no you’re not …” and then pointed a 9 mm handgun at her.
According to Aiken Public Safety Lt. David Turno, the clip was not in the gun at the time, but the boy did have a loaded clip in his possession.
The boy’s brother, also 10, told authorities he also had a gun. The second weapon was recovered Tuesday morning. The boy who pulled the weapon was brought to the police station where he was turned over to the custody of his parents.
Turno said the boys got the weapons from their grandfather without permission.
A 10-year-old Aiken trick-or-treater pulled a gun on a woman who said she would take his candy on Halloween.
According to a police incident report, the 28-year-old victim told authorities she recognized some boys from her neighborhood while they were trick-or-treating about 6:30 p.m. Monday near Schroeder and George streets and jokingly told them she would take their candy.
One 10-year-old in the group of about 10 juveniles responded with “no you’re not …” and then pointed a 9 mm handgun at her.
According to Aiken Public Safety Lt. David Turno, the clip was not in the gun at the time, but the boy did have a loaded clip in his possession.
The boy’s brother, also 10, told authorities he also had a gun. The second weapon was recovered Tuesday morning. The boy who pulled the weapon was brought to the police station where he was turned over to the custody of his parents.
Turno said the boys got the weapons from their grandfather without permission.
image from http://righthook.com/
South Carolina sheriff urges women to
get concealed weapons permits and
carry guns to protect themselves
A Spartanburg, South Carolina sheriff is urging women to get concealed weapons permits and carry guns to protect themselves.
County Sheriff Chuck Wright made the suggestion earlier this week when discussing the arrest of a suspect in an attempted rape last weekend.
The Republican-Tea Party: a new Presidential candidate with a serious resume
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
The G.O.P. has finally rolled out the one Republican candidate that I could possibly support, and vote for.
The G.O.P. has finally rolled out the one Republican candidate that I could possibly support, and vote for.
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Thursday, November 03, 2011
A great piece by Beverly Gage, in Slate, on the Occupy Uprising, and what comes next
By Jack Brummet, Occupy Uprising Editor
A great article by Beverly Gage, a Yale history professor, on the Occupy Uprising, and what may be in store in the future, based on the fate of earlier movements that attempted to provoke and force social and economic change. Thanks to Neil McIlvaine for passing this one along.
You can read the slate article here.
A great article by Beverly Gage, a Yale history professor, on the Occupy Uprising, and what may be in store in the future, based on the fate of earlier movements that attempted to provoke and force social and economic change. Thanks to Neil McIlvaine for passing this one along.
"As they sort out what to do next, the Occupiers might take a page from the history of American labor, the only social movement that has ever made a real dent in the nation’s extremes of wealth and poverty."
You can read the slate article here.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Hello! Why do I occupy?
Occupytogether.org put out this name tag template for you to use. Click and save the top to use as a template in Photoshop, or print it out and do it by hand. . .
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
The Golden Driller—third largest statue in the United States
By Jack Brummet, Travel and Monuments Editor
The Golden Driller is a 76-foot-tall, 22 ton, statue of an oil worker, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the third tallest statue in the United States, behind the Statue of Liberty, and Our Lady of the Rockies.
The Golden Driller was built in 1953 by the Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth for an International Petroleum Exposition. Six years later, it was erected again for a show. Due to the buzz it generated, the company donated the statue to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds which had it permanently installed in front of the Tulsa Expo Center in 1966. The statue's right hand rests on a decommissioned oil derrick from an oil field in Oklahoma.
The inscription reads: "The Golden Driller, a symbol of the International Petroleum Exposition. Dedicated to the men of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God's abundance a better life for mankind." The driller is the official state monument of Oklahoma.
The Golden Driller is a 76-foot-tall, 22 ton, statue of an oil worker, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the third tallest statue in the United States, behind the Statue of Liberty, and Our Lady of the Rockies.
The inscription reads: "The Golden Driller, a symbol of the International Petroleum Exposition. Dedicated to the men of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God's abundance a better life for mankind." The driller is the official state monument of Oklahoma.
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Focus in the Occupy Wall Street Uprising
By Jack Brummet, OWS Editor
I'm not sure we're going about Occupy Wall Street the right way. Should we be focused on Washington, D.C.?
Bankers, let's face it, have never had our interest at heart, and never will. In fact, quite the contrary. Their mission is to subtly--and even overtly--bone us every step of the way. Is anyone really surprised about the excesses and the outrages we've seen take place since Congress cut away the fetters with deregulation?
I'm sure the abuses go back much further, but we know that the one time Jesus actually became angry was when he encountered the money-changers, a/k/a bankers, at the temple. (This is the only account of Jesus using physical force in any of the Gospels). You can find the story at Mark 11:15–19, 11:27–33, Matthew 21:12–17, 21:23–27, Luke 19:45–48, 20:1–8 , and John 2:13–16).
We shouldn't expect much from the bankers. During the Great Depression, when they were also largely ungoverned, they foreclosed on many millions of people, just as they have in the Great Depression II. Bankers do what bankers do. . .they chafe under regulation, and go ape when they are periodically set free. But we should expect more--much much more--from the politicians we pay in the mid-six figures to defend our interests. Alas, those six figure salaries, franking privileges, fat pensions, platinum insurance, cars, large staffs, air travel, earmarks for the home district that insure re-election, and expense accounts, can't hold a candle to the satchels of cash delivered by special interest groups. As you know, one of the most pernicious and insidious special interest groups are the banks. And they are outbidding us every step of the way for the services of the legislators and staff we already pay a pretty penny to secure.
I think OWS is doing the right thing. And it feels like the uprising is maturing, and growing. But it would be nice to focus a little more on the politicians, hacks, and functionaries--both the corrupt ones, and the Good Germans, who go along to get along.
I'm not sure we're going about Occupy Wall Street the right way. Should we be focused on Washington, D.C.?
Bankers, let's face it, have never had our interest at heart, and never will. In fact, quite the contrary. Their mission is to subtly--and even overtly--bone us every step of the way. Is anyone really surprised about the excesses and the outrages we've seen take place since Congress cut away the fetters with deregulation?
I'm sure the abuses go back much further, but we know that the one time Jesus actually became angry was when he encountered the money-changers, a/k/a bankers, at the temple. (This is the only account of Jesus using physical force in any of the Gospels). You can find the story at Mark 11:15–19, 11:27–33, Matthew 21:12–17, 21:23–27, Luke 19:45–48, 20:1–8 , and John 2:13–16).
We shouldn't expect much from the bankers. During the Great Depression, when they were also largely ungoverned, they foreclosed on many millions of people, just as they have in the Great Depression II. Bankers do what bankers do. . .they chafe under regulation, and go ape when they are periodically set free. But we should expect more--much much more--from the politicians we pay in the mid-six figures to defend our interests. Alas, those six figure salaries, franking privileges, fat pensions, platinum insurance, cars, large staffs, air travel, earmarks for the home district that insure re-election, and expense accounts, can't hold a candle to the satchels of cash delivered by special interest groups. As you know, one of the most pernicious and insidious special interest groups are the banks. And they are outbidding us every step of the way for the services of the legislators and staff we already pay a pretty penny to secure.
I think OWS is doing the right thing. And it feels like the uprising is maturing, and growing. But it would be nice to focus a little more on the politicians, hacks, and functionaries--both the corrupt ones, and the Good Germans, who go along to get along.
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Asked and answered. Geraldo didn't like the answer; he shouldn't have asked the question.
By Jack Brummet, OWS Editor
Gerald Rivera, on Fox News the other night, asked an occupier at Zuccotti Park "So what's your goal?"
The Occuper responded, "My goal here is to occupy everything possible. I think what you're seeing here, Geraldo, is a large amount of people that have been deeply and profoundly fucked by the system."
Geraldo felt the need to apologize for that answer to his "viewers."
Gerald Rivera, on Fox News the other night, asked an occupier at Zuccotti Park "So what's your goal?"
The Occuper responded, "My goal here is to occupy everything possible. I think what you're seeing here, Geraldo, is a large amount of people that have been deeply and profoundly fucked by the system."
Geraldo felt the need to apologize for that answer to his "viewers."
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Wright suggests women pack a .45-caliber gun because he says they wouldn’t have to be accurate, just close to the target. (Ed's note: especially if they use the optional .410 shotgun shells).
Wright demonstrated a fanny pack at a news conference, saying that women could use them to carry their heaters while jogging. The sheriff also encouraged women to walk in groups. And, finally, he said it’s better to carry a gun than mace.
The catalyst for all this, 46 year-old Walter Monroe Lance, was charged in Spartanburg Monday with kidnapping, sexual conduct and grand larceny for the attack in the park.
Just in case you ever need to know, tips from the New York Police on how to spot a hidden weapons: