If All You See…

By William Teach December 20, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is an energy sucking smartphone, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on free speech advocates squashing free speech.

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Schoolkids Won’t Know What Outside Looks Like

By William Teach December 20, 2012 – 9:51 am

Won’t someone think of the kids?

The combination of heavy snow and fast-whipping winds caused most people to simply not brave the conditions and take to the roads in Dodge County.

It’s so terrible, kids in Wisconsin can’t go outside!

Elsewhere, I-70 is closed, and drivers in Iowa and Nebraska were warned to just stay home.

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Obama Says Hotcoldwetdry One Of The Top 3 Issues He’ll Blow Off In 2nd Term

By William Teach December 20, 2012 – 7:04 am

Well, he didn’t quite say that, but if he’s focusing on it like the economy, little will get done

(The Hill) President Obama has identified climate change as one of his top three priorities in his second term after coming under fire from environmentalists for giving the issue short shrift during the campaign.

The president, in an interview for TIME’s Person of the Year award, said the economy, immigration, climate change and energy would be at the top of his agenda for the next four years.

What we saw during Obama’s first term was a laser like focus on the economy for a few days after a speech, then he’d forget about it for months and months as things like golf, parties, vacations, and campaigning became his top priorities. Then a speech about a laser like focus for a few days. Lather, rinse, repeat. So, he’s specifically telling us what three issues he’ll mostly blow off over the next 4 years.

And he has got to know that he’ll never get the votes in the GOP controlled House, and even some Democrat Senators aren’t on board with artificially jacking up the cost of living for Americans through “climate change” legislation.

In that press conference, Obama touted executive actions designed to curb emissions, such as finalizing new vehicle fuel efficiency standards and rolling out the first-ever air pollution limits for new coal-fired power plants.

So, more legislation by kingly decree. Still, don’t expect a whole bunch out of Obama in his attempt to make the weather nicer. Perhaps he could tell us what the optimal temperature should be. Oh, and give up his own big “carbon” lifestyle.

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Crazy Republican Senator Proposes Putting National Guard In Schools

By William Teach December 20, 2012 – 6:49 am

….and by crazy Republican, I mean Barbara “Don’t Call Me Ma’am” Boxer (D-Brokeifornia)

(LA Times) Federal funds would be made available to deploy National Guard troops at schools under legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in response to last week’s mass slaying at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

The Save Our Schools Act would leave it to governors to decide whether to call out the National Guard and how to use troops around schools.

“Is it not part of the national defense to make sure that your children are safe?” Boxer said at Capitol Hill press conference.

Well, now, that is very interesting, and very “crazy Republican” of her. It’s not often that I agree with Babs (I do agree with many of her non-globull warming environmental stances), but this is not that bad of an idea.

Boxer said the National Guard legislation is modeled after a program in place since 1989 that allows governors to use the National Guard to aid law enforcement in anti-drug operations.  Troops could be deployed at schools, or assigned to desk jobs at police stations to free up local law enforcement to patrol schools.

All we need is one, perhaps two, armed people at the school to deter one of these crazy people who are looking to commit mass murder before suicide and get not only their 15 minutes of fame, but in the history books. Though, providing some teachers/administrators with weapons and proper training would be just as good. The guns would stay on them during school hours and be locked up in, say, the school office at the end of the shift.

OK, I’m going to patiently wait for Liberals/Democrats to attack Boxer as crazy insane like they’ve attacked any Republican/Conservative who has recommended putting armed people in schools.

The best idea comes via DaTechGuy

Let’s say a school has 100-1000 students, odds are you can find plenty of students who have grandfathers who are retired ex police, ex military, ex law enforcement etc etc etc. These are people who have used weapons, have been trained with weapons and know how to use them with responsibility.

While retirement can be pleasant one of the thing that can be hard is no longer having responsibility. Going from a position of respect to a position where people just see you as old.

There would be tons of retirees with the training and time who would jump at the chance. Heck, I bet they would do it for minimum wage. Have them work part time, like many retirees do just to keep busy. And, it is difficult for a potential mass murderer to shoot when someone else is shooting back.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Time Names Obama Person Of The Year

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 5:57 pm

I know I’m a little late to this party, but it still amuses Mr that a guy who enjoys personally picking who will receive a visit from a drone strike, continuously spits on the Constitution, and is the most decisive president ever gets the POY nod. Why?

Twenty-seven years after driving from New York City to Chicago in a $2,000 Honda Civic for a job that probably wouldn’t amount to much, Barack Obama, in better shape but with grayer hair, stood in the presidential suite on the top floor of the Fairmont Millennium Park hotel as flat screens announced his re-election as President of the United States. The networks called Ohio earlier than predicted, so his aides had to hightail it down the hall to join his family and friends. They encountered a room of high fives and fist pumps, hugs and relief.

That’s right, he won for…winning the election. That’s it. One hell of an accomplishment. Bah.

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I’m Concerned About The Weather Forecast

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 2:38 pm

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil dog causing the world to flood, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…., with a post on the need to ban eagles.

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Fast And Furious Gun Found At Site Of Mexican Beauty Queen Murder

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 11:21 am

Jammie Wearing Fool

Not to diminish the horrors of Newtown in any way, but where was a task group to investigate Fast & Furious when his Attorney General ran guns to Mexico that resulted in hundreds of deaths?

We’d all like to know more. Fortunately, one of the only real journalists out there, Sharyl Attkisson, is still on the case

A gun found at the scene of a shootout between a Mexican drug cartel and soldiers where a beauty queen died was part of the botched “Fast and Furious” operation, CBS Newsreports.

Authorities had said that Maria Susana Flores Gamez was likely used as a human shield and that an automatic rifle had been found near her body after the Nov. 23 shootout.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells CBS News that the Justice Department did not notify Congress that a Fast and Furious firearm was found at the scene in Sinaloa.

If the buck stops at the Oval Office, as Obama likes to say, then this is his responsibility.

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Shockingly, Benghazi Probe Finds Failures, But No One To Be Disciplined

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 8:53 am

Who could have seen this coming when no underling wants to indict their superiors?

(The Hill) An independent review of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi made public Tuesday night faults “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels” of the State Department.

The report by the Accountability Review Board says the local mission’s reliance on Libyan guards and militia members was “misplaced” and that the Libyan government’s response was “profoundly lacking.” However it “did not find reasonable cause to determine that any individual U.S. government employee breached his or her duty.”

Surprise!

NPR writes

Despite those failures, the board found that no individual U.S. official ignored or violated his or her duties and no cause for any disciplinary action.

So, there was lots wrong with the handling of the situation, but, hey, no one did anything wrong, despite 4 deaths.

Back to The Hill article

The report also confirms that there was no peaceful protest ahead of the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, as the Obama administration initially said in the days after the attack.

Well, yeah, that’s what most of us living in Reality Land knew as soon as it happened.

The report also found fault with Stevens, who was given a long leash because of his professed expertise about Libya and the security situation following Muamar Gadhafi’s overthrow.

“Embassy Tripoli did not demonstrate strong and sustained advocacy with Washington for increased security for Special Mission Benghazi,” the report says. It also confirmed that Stevens decided to travel to Benghazi on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks “independently of Washington, per standard practice.”

Ah, so we’re blaming the dead guy. Who asked for increased security many, many times. Which was denied many, many times.

Hey, where’s the report on who gave the stand down orders and refused to send in US military assets to attempt to save our citizens?

Fortunately, now that the horse has already escaped the barn (from the NPR article)

“[T]he State Department is asking permission from Congress to transfer $1.3 billion from funds that had been allocated for spending in Iraq. This includes $553 million for additional Marine security guards; $130 million for diplomatic security personnel; and $691 million for improving security at installations abroad.”

Oh, good, let’s make the Iraq mission less safe. Perhaps we could spend less on Chevy Volts for our embassies instead.

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NY Times Really Loves Anti-Gun Letters

By William Teach December 19, 2012 – 8:35 am

One has to love the hypocrisy of a big corporation which uses armed security guards being so anti-gun for everyone else. And they are apparently going to make sure they keep pushing the anti-gun meme, from the employees who write opinions to those writing letters. No opposing opinions are allowed in Liberal World

Taking Steps to Avert Mass Shootings

Re “The Gun Challenge: Reason to Hope After the Newtown Rampage” (editorial, Dec. 18):

Wouldn’t it be a wondrous thing if, in the aftermath of our latest national tragedy, every rational, feeling member of the National Rifle Association were to follow the example of Senators Joe Manchin III and Mark Warner and call for a less rigid stance toward gun control?

Wouldn’t it be amazing if every constituent of a pro-N.R.A. representative were to sign a petition stating strong support for more effective restrictions on weapons in this country?

It’s hard to believe there are that many Americans who genuinely believe that easy access to the tools of destruction makes the world a better place to live in.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if everyone had a unicorn to provide free, magical power? Unfortunately, there gun genie is out of the box, and has been for a long, long time. The only thing that these anti-gun zealots will accomplish will be to disarm those who use guns for hunting, sport, and protection. If the POTUS has lots and lots of people around him carrying guns to protect him, why should a private citizen not be afforded the ability to protect themselves? More and more women purchase handguns to protect themselves. Gun control zealots would prefer to put their own unyieldingpolitics above the safety of women.

Here’s another anti-gun zealot Einstein

When the heroes of Sandy Hook Elementary School defended 700 students against a lone gunman, they were also defending those children against an army of gun lobbyists — that force that continues to fight to allow hellish weapons to drop into the hands of our country’s Adam Lanzas.

Gun zealots promote the fantasy that when faced with violence, any one of us — students, holiday shoppers and moviegoers — could click into commando mode and stop a maniac in a bulletproof vest, if only we were armed. But Nancy Lanza had staggering firepower. She couldn’t stop her own son.

Well, gee, imagine that one of those teachers or administrators had a gun. The suicidal wackjob looking to go into the history books might have thought twice about attacking the school. Most large scale gun violence seems to take place in “gun free” zones. Furthermore, being able to fire one shot per trigger pull is not “staggering firepower”. I wonder what that anti-gun zealot thinks about Obama’s Secret Service protection carrying fully automatic submachine guns?

This letter does include some good ideas, but is still somewhat divorced from reality

The unspeakable tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School should challenge us to consider these measures:

¶There should be a waiting period to purchase any gun or rifle. (for the most part, there is, at least when it comes to handguns. I do agree that something should be done regarding the “gun show” exemption)

¶There should be a background check on all potential gun purchasers. (there is when it comes to handguns)

¶The mentally ill and convicted criminals should not be allowed to purchase or have weapons. (what if the conviction is for shoplifting or insider trading? Non-violent crimes? Should they be restricted? And, the ACLU and Democrats have done all they can to make sure that the mentally ill are not held to account.)

¶AK-47s and other automatic weapons should not be sold (with exceptions for the military and law enforcement) (It’s already illegal for automatic weapons to be sold and possessed).

¶High-capacity magazines and Teflon bullets should not be sold. (Certain bullets should not be manufactured. High cap mags make little difference, as a competent gun owner can change one out in 2-3 seconds)

¶Guns should not be able to be bought over the Internet. (All sales from actual companies require that the gun be picked up at a licensed firearms store. As far as selling on Ebay, etc, yes, I have a problem with that)

Let’s jump back a second, and discuss the criminal thing

(WRAL) Durham police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop.

Carlos Antonio Riley Jr., 21, faces charges of assault on a law enforcement officer causing serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Wait, a convicted felon had a firearm? And used it? How’d Riley get it? Would anyone like to consider that he obtained it illegally? Because he’s a criminal? And criminals do not care about the law? And if you take the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens you leave them prey to people like Riley, Jr. who do not care about the law, and will get a gun.

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