Friday, November 18, 2011

Mike Makes the Timeline

Several times!  [Read]

No such luck for me, despite some promising signs. Guess I'd better try harder.

Jeez, what's a feller have to do to get branded a "hater" by these commie bedwetters?

Vanderboegh reports call between ATF’s Newell and ‘Wide Receiver’ CI

In another in a series of exclusives reported on the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog, online journalist Mike Vanderboegh has obtained a transcript and recording of a telephone conversation between “Operation Wide Receiver” confidential informant Mike Detty and then-Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Phoenix Field Division, William Newell, a central figure in the “Fast and Furious” government gunwalking scandal. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report says Dial "G" for Gunwalker. Includes exclusive audio.

Why We Fight


For "democracy"!

Unintended Consequences

Those federal law enforcement funds can be applied for other purposes... [Read]

Don't tell Chuckie.

A Proposed List

I'd love to see a Jay Leno-style street interview with random OWS participants, asking questions like:
  • What specific changes did the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act make to the Glass–Steagall Act, and what was that about?
  • As far as social justice goes, what kind of greedy capitalist pig exploiter of the masses needs $65M, and what do you think we should do to him if he doesn't give it back?
  • Etc.

We're the Only Ones Nonspontaneous Enough

Fitzgerald explained that by banning weapons, no one would react spontaneously, in a violent manner, due to highly emotional issues and pull a gun. [More]
Well, not quite "no one"...

Right, "Only One" Tyler...?

I wonder if Cheesehead Chris will assume a legal obligation to protect individuals in those "guns-for-me-but-not for-thee" zones he demands--and since he's making it personal, with attendant personal liability should he fail?

I kid.

This Day in History: November 18

In fact, Lt. Lodge was given a task of great import in November of 1779, when he assisted Nathanael Greene, then Quartermaster General, with selecting the site for the Army’s winter encampment. On November 18, Erskine wrote to Greene that he had sent Lodge to Morristown, and would soon follow. Later that month, Lodge reported to Greene from Bullion’s Tavern that he had surveyed a site between Basking Ridge and Capt. Dennis’ that Greene should come and inspect. [More]