RePost of RG Yoho

I Am a Gun By Clash Daily / by R.G. Yoho I am a gun. I have challenged the waves and crossed a vast, unforgiving sea. I have landed on these shores. I am held by the pilgrim, the pioneer, and the trail blazer. I have brought civilization to a barren wilderness. I am a gun. I have fed the early settlers. I have protected their cabins. I have flamed in the cause of liberty. I have brought down tyrants. I have given birth to a brave and noble land of freedom. I am a gun. I have ended slavery. I have tamed the West. I have established law and order. I have crossed a continent. I am a gun. I am fallen into the dirt wherever brave warriors die. I rest beside their bodies. I am stained with their blood. I am covered by their battle helmets. Planted with my bayonet in the soil, I stand as a battlefield cross, a simple but poignant memorial for their sacrifice. I am a gun. I returned across that vast, unforgiving sea. I have won two World Wars. I have flown over war-torn skies. I have jumped from planes, parachuting into danger. I am a gun. I have stormed the beaches, the jungles, the volcanic sands, and the frozen land. I have won great victories and signed peace treaties. I have returned to our shores for ticker tape parades and sometimes with no welcome at all. I am a gun. I started out as a rather primitive weapon, only firing one shot before I must be reloaded. But as the times changed and as man progressed, so did I. I am a gun. I can be used for both good and evil. I can take a life. I can be used to save them. I am a gun. I can inflict great hardship and suffering upon many in my path. I can also be used by good men to stop the actions of evil ones. I can end the bloodshed and restore peace. I am a gun. I can put meat on a family’s table. I can protect your household from harm by intruders. I can provide a means of recreation. I am a gun. If left untouched upon the table or nightstand, I can harm no one. I am a gun. I cannot drive to an elementary school, a crowded shopping mall, or a Hollywood movie premiere. I am a gun. My eye cannot see but where I am pointed. I have no motive. I have no soul. I have no compassion. I hold no malice. I am a gun. I cast no vote. I hold no political allegiance. I embrace no party. I employ no political agenda. I practice no faith. I am a gun. When only the military or the police may own me, then I will always be used to inflict great numbers of deaths upon their citizens. I am a gun. Hitler used me to drive millions of Jews into cattle cars like livestock, transporting them to the gas chambers for their deaths. Stalin, Mao, and other notorious butchers of humanity used me to maintain their evil and twisted lust for power. I am a gun. Those who seek to remove me from the hands of a free people are brothers to those who commit great acts of genocide. I am a gun. I can be used to stop the forces of evil. I can be used for evil itself. I am a gun. Those who use me to harm others can only be stopped by those who wisely employ me in their defeat. I am a gun. Samuel Colt understood that I could even the odds against those of overwhelming strength or superior numbers. I have made it possible for the meek to overcome the mighty. I am a gun. When you mention the names of Wyatt Earp, Bill Hickok, Alvin York, Audie Murphy, and Chris Kyle, it brings me to mind. Their mastery of me made them famous. I am a gun. I have been praised and cursed. I have been both destroyed and treasured. I have been proudly passed down from father to son. I am a gun. I am only as good or as bad as the ones who possess me. I am a gun. I am the defender of liberty. I am the guarantor of free speech. I am a friend of the free. I am the missing element of the enslaved. I am a gun. My purposes and my destiny are in your hands alone. I am a gun.

GOVT HURTING THE PEOPLE

The CT Curmudgeon has the privldlege to know a physician who has revolutionized certain aspects of medical treatment,and is past president of a major medical society. He said the research programs at the medical device companies has all but dried up. The industry can't afford to take a chance with the Obamacare business environment. There will be a plateau of technology because of this. We have a good standard of care now, but we can do so much more. Sad to lose the drive to make life better. The price of "fairness". Sigh.

Logic of Laws

There is a belief in this country that laws will fix all problems. After Enron, Sarbanes Oxley was passed to end corruption. Result business costs go up, and leave the country. There was a machinist at a company I worked at. Taped to his toolbox was this. "If you arent happy with what you own, how can you possibly be happy with more?" This thinking applies to politicians. They arent happy tha criminals ignore laws, how can they possibly believe they will behave with more laws? Criminals ignore gun free zones at schools and kill people. Politicians prose enlarging the GFZ. Right, that will work.

Blumenthal

No suprise that RB is most liberal Senator.

Snowplows vs Mailboxes

Taking a page from Tim White's data presentation, the CT Curmudgeon looked at mailboxes around town post storm. There were a good number of them down. Not using scientific method, it appears the boxes in front on the driveway in the direction of traffic fare worse. Isolated mailboxes, not near a driveway, seem to be down. Boxes on the downstream side of the drive way seem to do better. This could be an interesting study. Better do it soon, as they are being fixed fast and we are loosing data.

Is China behind N Korea nuke?

Is China using N Korea to threaten Obama? They want nuclear disarmorment and no second amendment. Spineless turd he is, he will work for both.

Humor-Capitalism

Obamas war on Christianity?

Is BHO at war with Christianity? Supports any Muslim with a gun in the middle east. Forces Catholics institutions to provide birth control, or makes them fight hard to preserve. Their foundation. Al Jazera appears on NPR while he is president. Expanding govt to break the back of this primarily Christian country. Mulsim senstivity training for law wnforcement and military. It on, he possesses excellent community organizing skill set. Watch what this man does, not what he says.

State Budget

Saw a break down of part of the CT budget dealing wirh transportation. It was a pie chart. The largest piece was debt service of 36.8. To me it seems we have a situation similar to having a credit card with nearly 40 percent interest. Yikes!

School Safety -Lock down drills

There was a lock down drill at the high school this week. I understand it went well. Curiously missing was communication to families on this. God forbid something happen, the public has had no information on how these happen, during, release etc. The pricipal said this is by design, so misinformation doesnt get out. There needs to be preparation now, and not via rumor behind a yellow tape barrier. Wonder how well the communications were handled in Newtown? There seems to be a cicrcle the wagons mentality on this in the schools. Again thinking of themselves (teachdrs) ahead of community. We should ask the police department on this.

Media Tricks

Here is an observation on how the media works against conservatives. In the last election, about a month before, rumors abounded Romney would win. We breathed easier, maybe let up on our efforts, and he lost. Now I hear rumors the weapon ban is dead. The other oddity that gegs in public discussion is, both candidates are terrible so I am wasting my vote. Or lets let them win and keep our hands off while their plans fail. I don't think these are accidental rumors. They are well placed and subtle methods to decrease our drive. Now they are exposed!

Call to Action-AWB

CT Curmudgeon contacted key members of the Senate Jud Committee. Lets kill the AWB in committee. http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members.cfm