Obama in the Cartoons. . .

Day by Day does it again.

For Obama and his claim of Open Administration he fails yet again. This guy went in saying he would change things, open up how things were done, no more back room deals. . . . people would see a bill for a few days before a vote to comment on it. . . .

Instead he takes all the bad deals from the Bush years and cranks it up to 11. Health care laws that have to pass before we tell you what is in them, Gun Running into Mexico to the drug lords that end up getting Americans killed, back room deals. . . and now "Truth Squads" to try to silence any who disagree with him.

I thought the Black Panthers and ACORN at the polls was bad last time, can't wait to see what he does to intimidate people who vote this time.

And the worst part of it is the Media is going along with it. Had a Republican tried to crank it up like this they would be screaming from the roof tops about the attack on our rights. . . . where are they?

We truly live in dangerous times folks. . . keep your eyes open. . . .

Cut the Armed Pilot Program

Looks like Obama has cut funding for the armed pilot program.  Makes sense if you thing about it.  Armed pilots might actually do something like stop a terrorist and that would look bad in the news.  Self help is bad you know. 

We would much rather you depend on the vastly more expensive TSA to protect you.  Never mind that they fail to detect arms when tested and have yet to stop a damn thing.  We have been lucky so far.  But Obama needs his union vote so the gropers at the TSA stay and our protection on the plane goes.

What a joke this is.  All theater to show the sheep so they can feel safe.  Can't wait for the cancer rates to take off with the frequent flyer crowd. . .  Wonder how they will spin that. . .  .

I think I need to start driving more. . .  .

Gun running by Obama

Read it here.

More proof Obama and his administration knew the Fed was running guns to the Mexican drug lords.  And that they were going to use the lie to further attack our gun rights.  For an administration that was supposed to be open they sure do hide a lot. . . .  .

U.S. Must Address Critical Questions on U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

U.S. Must Address Critical Questions on U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

This is just another UN attack on our rights. What the US should do is tell them up front we don't support it, we won't support it, and we won't sign on to it in any way shape or form.

Time we tell the UN to shove it and stand by our Constitution folks. We can't let the UN tell us what to do or take our rights from us!

We should cut our funding to this mess, see how well the UN does without us backing them and paying for everything.

Time to use our veto and kill this stupid idea.

Karate Teachers

Had a guest teacher last night at karate.  It is interesting to see the different approach other teachers take.  My teacher is more toward the traditional side, and she does not get too into the defensive part of Karate.  We do mostly kata and drills. 

The guest did more comments about using Karate to defend yourself, and his drills were aimed at that aspect of things. . .

My original school was Shotokan, and that teacher was almost totally centered on how to use what you learn to defend yourself.  The school had stared off as a woman's defense class so you could see where that came from.

Anyway. . . . found it interesting to think over

Permit

Once again I had a great interaction with the licence folks at the police station.  My town actually respects us and the law so as long as you have a clean record you get your permit. . . should have my new one in two weeks or so which is fine since I have to the end of March on my current permit.

This is how things should be all over MA, it is too bad so many don't respect our laws.  Especially in and around Boston.  Funny how they won't issue permits for guns, and they are the ones with the gang, drug and crime problems. . .

Just another reason I love living in my town.

Occupy VS Tea

Go and give this a look

You see quickly that Occupy Wall Street is nothing more than a bunch of unemployed, spoiled kids and thugs pushing for more government control where the Tea Party is a bunch of employed folks pushing for less government intrusion in their lives.

It is easy to see which one are the law abiding folks working in the system to fix it.

That Time Again

OK folks, wish me luck. . . .

It is that time again.  That time when those of us who live in MA and own guns have to go beg to be allowed to keep our 2ed Amendment rights.

I am one of the lucky ones.  My town has a great Police Chief who respects our rights and I fully expect my license to be renewed after they do the background check. . . others are not so lucky.

Those that say MA is the way to do things are fools.  They don't get it.  If I move towns or get a new Chief of Police they can pull my permit for no reason at all.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Your ability to OWN a gun, never mind carry one is totally dependent on the Chief of Police deciding that you are qualified.  He/She can refuse you for any reason including feeling that you are not a good candidate for a permit.  Even if you have a clean record and never had a run in with the law.

And what happens if you loose your permit?  you get to sell all your guns.  You can appeal it and may win, but you will have to pay for your guns to be stored while you appeal.

So today I go for my renewal.  After paying $100 to exercise my "right" I should get it, as I said we have a good Chief and Police force here in town.  They respect us and we respect them.  And in six years I get to do it all over again. . . .

This is why permits need to be shall issue.  It is not a right if someone can strip it from you based on a gut feeling folks.  Rights should only be stripped by a court of law.

Oh and by the way, Thanks Mitt for that nice $100 fee.  Use to only be $25 for my permit but instead of raising taxes Mitt Romney raised fees all over and that was one of them.  If he figured your interest group was small enough he added to your fees, since you couldn't do anything about it. . . .He also signed off on the Assault Weapons Ban we are still dealing with here in MA. . ..  He is no friend to our rights or our paychecks folks.  He may not raise taxes but expect fees for anything you do to go up big time if he wins. . . .

Someday I hope we can fix this state. . . . or that I can at least move to a free state. . . .

Back to Karate

OK, I have been going back to karate now for a month so I guess I can say I am back.  It has been two years or so since I went on any kind of a regular basis so I am trying to get back everything I forgot. . . . It is slow going.

But on the bright side I am going with my younger daughter so it is something we are doing together.  Good dad time with her, and fun for both of us.  Lord knows I need the exercise....

With a bit of luck I will be back up to brown belt level in a few months and going for my black belt in a year or so....

The Big Game

OK here we go, take two against the Giants. . . . .  GO PATS!