Awww. Too bad.

Dead murderer. Murdering women and children in the line of duty. Thug. Can you die from a guilty conscience? Plenty pertaining to what I'm talking about here.

Quincy Cop Loses Gun

Heh. Wow, Quincy of all places. Where the civilians shall not be issued a carry permit. (I know, I know, cops are civilians but we all know they don't fancy themselves civilian.) Of course, the offending officer's license won't be revoked. Check it out here. Bruce at mASS BACKWARDS is going to have a field day with this. (I hope.)

Veterans Day

I couldn't help but notice that Google changes their logo on just about all holidays to something festive or relating to the holiday.

Not Veterans Day though.

Hmmm. Odd.

Anyway.

Thanks Dad, Gramp, the Beirut Marine next door, the angry Korea vets I work with, Uncle Dick, Doug, and Larry. Thanks Buddy Mage. Thanks guys in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thanks guys who served in Vietnam and Korea. Thanks Spec Op guys doing crazy stuff in crazy places. Thanks veterans of WWII and WWI. Thanks to everyone who has risked or lost their lives to defend the best country in the world. You are our country.

Faded Glory.

So, my buddy and I got into a discussion about Wal-Mart the other day. "They're bad, they're not that bad...blah blah blah." I won't bore you with it.

This morning, while I was in the head taking a Kennedy, since my pants were around my ankles I decided to take a look at the tags on my $10 Wal-Mart jeans. (Get off my balls, I'm on a budget and I need pants for work. Well, do I? Yeah I do.)

After I little searching, I found that my jeans are made in Pakistan. Hmmmm. OK.

Then, I looked at the back tag. "Faded Glory. The way America lives"

You gotta' be kidding me. Is that a joke. Pakistanis must be pissing themselves while the sew these things up. Faded Glory? Jeez. Was there already a trade mark on "Fallen Empire?" How about "Former Superpower."

Bruce's rules.

Check out the rules Bruce from mASSBACKWARDS has laid down. I'll be employing the same rules.

King Edward I You scored 66 Wisdom, 73 Tactics, 52 Guts, and 51 Ruthlessness!

Or rather, King Edward the Longshanks if you've seen Braveheart. You, like Edward, are incredibly smart and shrewd, but you win at any costs.... William Wallace died at his hands after a fierce Scottish rebellion against his reign. Despite his reputation though, Longshanks had the best interests of his people at heart. But God help you if you got on his bad side.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 58% on Unorthodox You scored higher than 58% on Tactics You scored higher than 39% on Guts You scored higher than 60% on Ruthlessness

Link: The Which Historic General Are You Test written by dasnyds on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

The Gun from Ipanema

Yeow!

Brazilians vote to keep there guns.

One man shot dead by opponent of ban during a debate

No that's how you debate an issue! I'd like to see Ted Kennedy involved in a similar means of debate.

More than two thirds of Brazilians vote against banning firearms

I sometimes doubt we could do so well.

If you take guns away from people and leave them only in the hands of criminals, what will happen?" - Yome, 80, opponent of the ban

No shit? They get it in Brazil? They don't get it in Boston. No shit.

I have to say I'm impressed.

Lynn Bars

Really funny post over on the Boston Noise forum. Of course it's commented on by a bunch af Allston hipster fucktards but you don't have to read all of that.

Fourth Place!

Hurray! At least we excel at something! The Lynn Item reports this.

City ranks fourth in violent crimes

Do we get a trophy?

An annual crime statistics report released by the FBI this week indicates that there were 990 violent crimes reported in the city in 2004, which translates into about one violent crime for every 90 residents.
The statistics put Lynn right below Springfield, Boston and Fall River, respectively, in a class of cities with the highest crimes rates in the state.
Compared to Lynn's 1-in-90 ratio, Springfield had one crime committed for every 54 residents - making it the city with the highest rate of violent crimes in the state. Boston and Fall River both had one crime committed for every 83 residents

But we're working on it.

While the numbers represent a slight increase in the crime rate from the previous year in Lynn, Police Chief John Suslak responded to the FBI's report by defending the department's recent crackdown on gang violence and efforts to revive the former days of community policing.

No offense chief, but I drive by these gang bangers just about every other day. they ain't hard to find. Do something.

"(The numbers) are higher than we'd like to see," Suslak said. "Unfortunately, a lot of the violent crimes are part of the gang environment. It's not like this is occurring randomly."

So...

Clancy said while the gang presence of the city concerns him, he doesn't believe the average person is affected or at-risk of violence.

Dope.

ommmmmm.

I'm not reading the news, listening to talk radio, or reading blogs for a week to see if it makes me a happier person. The fact that I am absolutely steaming and it's only 9:56 AM Monday morning is the reason why. blah blah blah. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

For now, heres 2 guys drinking in a boat. On dry land. In a garage. Everett style.

Remember.

* Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, 21, of Mechanicsville, Virginia.
* Electronics Technician Chief Petty Officer Richard Costelow, 35, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
* Mess Management Specialist Seaman Lakeina Monique Francis, 19, of Woodleaf, North Carolina
* Information Systems Technician Seaman Timothy Lee Gauna, 21, of Rice, Texas
* Signalman Seaman Cherone Louis Gunn, 22, of Rex, Georgia
* Seaman James Rodrick McDaniels, 19, of Norfolk, Virginia
* Engineman 2nd Class Marc Ian Nieto, 24, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
* Electronics Warfare Technician 2nd Class Ronald Scott Owens, 24, of Vero Beach, Florida
* Seaman Lakiba Nicole Palmer, 22, of San Diego, California
* Engineman Fireman Joshua Langdon Parlett, 19, of Churchville, Maryland
* Fireman Patrick Howard Roy, 19, of Cornwall on Hudson, New York
* Electronics Warfare Technician 1st Class Kevin Shawn Rux, 30, of Portland, North Dakota
* Mess Management Specialist 3rd Class Ronchester Manangan Santiago, 22, Kingsville, Texas
* Operations Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Lamont Saunders, 32, of Ringgold, Virginia
* Fireman Gary Graham Swenchonis Jr., 26, Rockport, Texas
* Ensign Andrew Triplett, 31, of Macon, Mississippi
* Seaman Craig Bryan Wibberley, 19, of Williamsport, Maryland

Helpful Site.

I was scouring the internet trying to find a site like this. Of course my wife found it effortlessly.

http://www.newenglandoil.com/index.asp

Poppy Zegger-Murphy

This makes me so fucking mad I could cry. In fact I did a little. With all the fucking filth we let stream over our borders we are busting this poor couples balls?!?!?!? This is where we choose to be firm on our policies? ALL THEY WANT IS A FUCKING GREEN CARD SO THEY CAN WORK TO PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS NECESSARY TO SAVE THEIR DAUGHTER'S LIFE WHILE STAYING CLOSE TO THEIR DAUGHTER!!! THEY DON"T WANT A HANDOUT!

There is more info here.

I'll update this later. I'm too fucking distraught right now.

More here.

"We would like to get the green card so that we can support ourselves. We're trying to do the right thing. We don't want to be a burden on society," says Zegger-Murphy.




"Anyone wishing to donate towards care costs for Poppy is asked to send money to: Natwest Bank, 121 High St, Oxford, OX1 4DD, Sort Code: 60-70-03, Account Number 50086405.

Alternatively, people can send cheques made payable to Chris or Philomena Zegger-Murphy, C/O 16 Florence Street, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 6EB."

That's the only address I can find so far. I'd feel better about a US contact address. If I find one I'll post it.

Update.

A little more here.

Update.


USA: Poppy Zegger-Murphy
c/0 Philomena & Chris Zegger-Murphy
The Family Inn, 70 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Boston MA 02446

Subway.

I call bullshit on the whole NY subway threat thing. Sorry. I just don't buy it. The intel cam out of Iraq? 19 terrorists? Give me a break. Sorry. I just don't buy it.

I Live for Scams.

Ocassionally at my work we will be target by some kind of credit card scam. Ususally it starts with a relay call with an email follow-up. I love this stuff. It's the one time at my work I'm allowed to REALLY screw with people.

This one went like this...

Scammer.
hello,
i was the caller who just called you and want to order a bmw car fuel pumps and the year is 96 and the model is 318i..and will want (20)of them..
so want to know the cost of 1 and the total cost of all the 20 ..
want to hear from you...
cedrick with best regards

Me.
20 of them! Oh my gosh! Thats the biggest order I've ever recieved! I
will actually make some commision for once and finally be able to buy my
children christmas presents this year. Thank you so much! I will sell
them for $150 each so 20 will cost $3000.00!!
I am very excited about your order! Please get back to me as soon a
possible!

Love
John

Scammer.
thanks for your reply and are they new units ?good and when can they be ordered and shipping day..
want to know and did you calculated them with the tax?
want to know and with best regards..

Me.
I love you so much. Seriously. With tax $3150.00. All new units. I live in a really bad neighborhood and we have no heat. Sometimes I steal food from my coworkers to feed my children so your super sale is super terrific.Don't tell anyone please. I can have them tomorrow and ship them tommorow. With the money from this sale I will move to better apartment finally and not live with the rats.

Me.
I have the fuel pumps here. Are we still a go? I hope so. I have plans for that money. I really need your money or I'll get fired for ordering all thee fuel pumps in.

Me.
HELLO? ANYBODY HOME?

Me.
HEY! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO SHIP THESE FUCKING FUEL PUMPS AND HOW THE FUCK YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEM! I PUT CURSES ON YOU EYES!

Scammer.(finally!)
thanks for your madafucking sheet reply you stupid
jerk with idiot wife and children and also put full
curse to you ,your family ,your work that and that is
going to work upon you ..since you dont know whom im
and you are telling me all this JERK MAN WITH NASTY
FAMILY AND WORK PLACE ...NEED NOT A REPLY FROM YOU
HORK....COX DONT HAVE TIME AND NOT GOING TO EVEN READ
THAT SHEET DO WILL ADVICE YOU TO KEEP THE REPLY TO UR
SELF NASTY BONE
FROM MR WISE

Oh great. Just what I need. A curse. What does "hork and cox" mean?

Me.
Does that mean you don't want the fuel pumps? Hey man I was just joshing you. Just having a good time! You know we cool man. What is a nasty bone? Does that mean white person? I'm not white if that is what that means. If I was white I would be rich like all the other rich white mother fuckers inthis shitty country. A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom. You know how we do. Kanye West is like all that up in the hizoo. Much peace and chicken grease cuz you know this fool don't be eatin no swine. George Bush hates black people. Black power.

Me.
Oh, and by the way. Is everyone in Africa a dishonest peice of shit like you? Nobody falls for these bull shit scams anymore.




To be madafucking continued?

Weasels!

I have a soft spot for ferrets. I admit it, I'm a sucker for cute little fuzzy jesters. They make awesome pets. They are by NO means easy pets to own but you cannot stay in a bad mood when ferrets are running around and they genuinely seem to love you back.

Mass Ferret Friends is the shelter my wife and I adopted 2 of our 4 ferrets from.(Above.) They have run out of foster homes and can no longer accept any surrendered ferrets.

If you have the time in your life for a couple of really great pets please look into adopting a couple of cage mates. They can be a pain in the ass sometimes (thats why so many people give them up) and they will really break your heart if you lose one but the enjoyment you will get from them is awesome. It really is.

Here is the list of adoptable ferrets.

From the Florida Tourism Department.

Sheep. You can see what these assholes are about here. The demeanor of the whole thing makes me want puke. What the hell is wrong with people?

Brilliant.

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." - Thomas Jefferson

56 Years Old.

So I was over my parents house this past weekend and I saw a returned package on the kitchen table. My Dad told me he sent it to his best friend Buddy Mage over in Afghanistan and for some reason it didn't make it.

Woah. Wait a fucking minute. Buddy is my Dad's best friend when he was growing up in the mining hills of Pennsylvania. Buddy, like my Dad, is 56 years old! Granted he's an Army reservist but give me a fucking break. George Bush, the Idiot I voted for, needs 56 year old men to go to a dangerouis shithole like Afghanistan?

I know, I know. It's all Bill Clinton's fault, he downsized the military...blah blah blah.

Fuck that.

This is George's mess. How about this...If you don't have the resources to go to war, dont. Unless you are willing to get your balls out of your pocket and use some of the awesome weaponry at our disposal, DON"T FUCKING GET INVOLVED. If if IS important enough for us to get involved USE THE FUCKING BIG GUNS not boots filled with 56 year old men.

So, as if that's not bad enough...

They dicked him around.

They told him he was shipping out 3 FUCKING TIMES.

Buddy is recently divorced. He and his wife split with the understanding she would get the house and she would leave his pension alone. So, Buddy rents.

So, 3 FUCKING times Buddy had to put all his belongings into storage and get rid of his apartment. 3 FUCKING TIMES!

That's how we treat our soldiers and the government cant figure out why no one wants to join and no one wants to re-up.

Fucking disgraceful.

Mom, if you read this I apologize for the gratuitous use of the word 'fucking."

I Like It.

My sister forwarded me this picture with the title...

"Fw: why was there no looting in Texas after Rita?"

Very funny. I like it.

Whats even funnier is the comment that her friend who forwarded it to her put on the email.

"Amy, wouldn't your brother look perfect in this picture :-)"

Indeed I would.

Globe vs. Big Dig, Black vs. White?

This is an odd story. I want to follow this.

Stanley Seney, 28, had allegedly pointed his gun, and possibly even fired, at two uniformed cops seconds after he apparently unleashed a fusillade of bullets at a Mercedes, killing the passenger inside, BPD Superintendent Paul Joyce said.
The man shot in the car, 27-year-old Michael Hayward of Revere, later died, and a third man was wounded. It was unclear how many weapons were fired during the 2:15 a.m. melee.

Hayward=The white guy.The victim. Big dig worker.
Seney=The black guy. The shooter. Boston Globe employee.
Makes it easier to keep track.

Both officers fired at Seney, and he died a short time later at Boston Medical Center, Joyce said. The suspect's weapon was recovered in the parking lot, but Joyce could not say if he fired the gun at the cops.

Um...ask the cops maybe?

Joyce refused to disclose how many weapons were found at the scene, or to reveal how many shots were believed to have been fired.

THERE ARE NO GUNS IN BOSTON. I REPEAT, YOUR ARE COMPLETELY SAFE, THERE ARE NO GUNS IN BOSTON.

Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley said the shooting appeared to be a justified use of force.

Good call Dan! Tough one to figure out?

Before he was shot dead, Seney had gotten into a verbal dispute with Hayward, witnesses said. Both men were leaving Venu nightclub at 100 Warrenton St., which was hosting a hip-hop party, police sources said.

Guns don't kill people, hip-hop parties do.

It was unclear if Seney, who, until last week was employed by The Boston Globe, knew Hayward, a Big Dig laborer, before the deadly encounter.

Hmmmm. That's where this could get interesting.

Last night, Hayward's girlfriend refused to leave the Revere home the couple recently purchased together. Friends of the victim declined to identify her, but said the fight could have been racially motivated because Hayward, who is white, was dating a black woman. Seney is black.
``All her friends and ex-boyfriends were mad that she was dating a white guy,'' said the victim's close friend, Kristian Lombardi, 27.``He would do absolutely anything for his friends. I love him to death.''

Really? You mean blacks can be racists too? Holy shit! Call the fucking Boston Globe!

MMMMM.

What the hell?


Thanks Bruce for pointing that one out.

Harriet Miers

Well, the Democrats are pleased with Bush. You know what that means? It means he fucked us again. Why do we even bother to elect Republicans? Jay Severin got it right when he said if Bush had two Supreme Court seats at his disposal he would give one away. Way to go dummy. Man, I voted for a fucking idiot.

I like Fox 25.

You are a Social Moderate (56% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (70% permissive) You are best described as a: Capitalist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

I guess that could be about right. Pretty neat.

Blecchh.

Right or wrong, like her or not. Cindy Sheehan looks like a dude. I'm just saying.

Smut Police on Your Dollar.

Check this out.

Apparently our government has unlimited resources because even though we are constantly at risk of terrorist attacks, even though NOLA was destroyed, even though parts of Texas are about to be leveled, even though we are about to pay 5 friggin' dollars a gallon for gas, EVEN THOUGH we can't seem to wrap things up in Iraq we have the people and resources to fund the FBI's anti-obscenity squad. (Visions of Frank Drebin anyone?)

Pornography being smuggled into Massachusetts is getting more and more bizarre, just as the FBI is mobilizing to wage war with the flesh-fetish industry.

Cuz we don't have ANY bigger problems right?

In a recent span of two weeks, inspectors for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Logan International Airport confiscated the following:
# A laptop computer containing films and photos of women performing sex acts involving dogs, horses and reptiles, taken off a passenger returning to Boston from Ireland;

# One hundred copies of a DVD depicting ``explicit'' sex with excrement, seized from a Federal Express package shipped to Rhode Island from the Netherlands.

So what? Gross? Absolutely. Affect me? Not in the FUCKING least. Hell, German and Japanese economies reolve around that stuff. (Odd that we've conquered both of them. Apparently when America beats your ass you develop a propensity for sex involving ka-ka.)

It was intercepted in Worcester when the title ``Domina and Caviar'' raised a red flag.

Raised a flag?! Who the hell would know what "Domina and Caviar" means? Apparently we have an aficionado ot the good ol' FBI.

All other louche loot winds up in the custody of U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan's office, where it is ultimately destroyed unless someone is willing to fight for the sordid contraband in court.

I think that should probably read...

All other louche loot winds up in the custody of U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan's office, where it is vigorously wacked off to unless someone is willing to fight for the sordid contraband in court.

Tee hee.

``In some instances,'' said Sullivan's spokeswoman, Samantha Martin, ``if the items are on a computer, the computer will be wiped clean, but they may want the computer back.''

May want their computer back? Yeah, I guess sometimes when the Feds confiscate your stuff sometimes you want it back.

The Washington Post reported this week that FBI headquarters has put out a call to agents to join a new national anti-obscenity squad targeting the ``manufacturers and purveyors'' of porn.

??? There is NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO DEAL WITH?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Gail Marcinkiewicz, spokeswoman for the FBI's Boston field office, concedes pornography is a tough foe. ``What may be considered obscene in Amish country,'' she said, ``may not be obscene in Los Angeles.''

Well, I guess she's right. I mean, remember that time porn flew the planes into the trade center? What about when porn blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut? How about that time porn tried to set off a sneaker bomb aboard a flight?

Give me a fucking break.

School Buses.

If fat lazy housewives can't get their fat lazy kids on the school bus within thirty seconds of stopping in front of their houses the school bus should carry on and make it the parent's problem to get their fat lazy kids to school.

I am sick of sitting behind school buses waiting for people who can't grasp the concept of getting up early enough to be ready for school. Be ready or get your own ass to school and most importantly get the fuck out of my way.

I know all housewives are NOT fat and lazy but these ones are.

RRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH.

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A THIRD PARTY REALLY FUCKING BAD. SERIOUSLY. AND NOT THE LIBERTARIANS EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE NUTS TOO. If you dont think so check out their platform.

That is all.

Hot Little Bargain.

If you are into guns and don't have your C&R license, get it. If you have your C&R license and you don't have one of these, what the hell are you waiting for?

I just got back from the range (Danvers Fish and Game) and had a blast. I shot some 148 grain wadcutter loads I threw together for my Ruger Security Six .357 Magnum. Pretty fun. Pretty accurate.

I then brought out my S&W 910s 9mm. Not as accurate but lots of fun with high cap mags.

Then I brought out my CZ52 that I bought a couple years ago from AIM Surplus for 89 bucks. I always forget about this gun because I don't carry it (7.62x25 tokarev is known for overpenetration.) Also, most of the ammo I've had for it is corrosive Hungarian stuff that is VERY hot and VERY inconsistent. It's also a pain in the ass to clean corrosive ammo out of a semi-auto.

I forgot I had a bunch of Sellier and Belot kicking around for it. (Non-corrosive and boxer primed meaning it's reloadable.) This round kicks like a hot .357 and is CRAZY accurate.

The most fun I had all day was with this little bargain. Souther Ohio Gun has em' for $99.95. You're crazy if you don't pick up at least one.

Books by the Cover.

For anyone who's never seen it, Lynn's list of sex offenders is here.

Some people say you can't judge a book by its cover. I say bullshit. "You can't judge a book by it's cover," is only true when dealing with books. People are a different story. I've been judging "books" by there covers since I was a little paranoid Lynn kid. Ya know what? I'm right 99.9999% of the time.

Anyway, take a look at these scumbags. If ever a bunch of assholes looked like sex offenders, this lot does. A weirder looking bunch of dirtbags I've never seen.

Get a load of John Borrelli. There's a good looking guy!

Or how about David Bucknam. He just screams upstanding citizen, doesn't he?

Here's John Davis. Woah. Nice earing dude. He kinda looks like Beecher from Oz.

Here's a handsome guy. Gordon Wrenn. Sheesh. Clean up man. For crying out loud.

I'm not going to go through all of them but my point is, you can judge a book by it's cover as made evident by the Lynn Police level III sex offender list. Thanks Lynn Police level III sex offender list for proving my point.

By the way, don't forget to Google their addresses and see which of these lovely gentlemen live in your neighborhood!

Lynn

Found this. What I found interesting is this line...

The Anarchist Fighters had been linked to, among other things, the May Day bombing scheme of the year before and to radical groups (including what newspapers called the notorious “Galliani gang") around Lynn, Massachusetts, a place federal authorities then considered “the most dangerous spot in America,” according to a later investigator.

Lynn. Raising street smart jerks like me since the early 1900's.

Gun Locks not Hard Body Proof.

I have to say this seems like another case of natural selection.

Police say after Hands on a Hardbody contestant Richard "Ricky" Vega, 24, broke into Kmart, then into the store's firearm glass case, he removed the trigger lock off the 12-gauge shotgun that he used to kill himself.

Messy. Are there no bridges in Texas? Breaking into a Wal-Mart seems like an awful lot of work just to blow your brains out.

Longview Police Sgt. Carlos Samples said information wasn't immediately available on how Vega removed the lock.

"It actually had a trigger lock on it, and he was able to remove that trigger lock," he said.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that he unlocked it with the key that the $7.50 an hour employee probably left hanging behind the counter.

Tom Crowley, public information officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Dallas, said the locks are not designed to be taken off easily.

Nosiree! They sure ain't designed to be taken off easily! You got that right bishop! They are designed to be fumbled around with in the dark while an intruder is breaking into your home.

Vernon Orms, a sales clerk in the Longview Academy Sporting Goods hunting department, said trigger locks are difficult to remove and a special key or tool is required to open them.

That special tool is a key genius. Well done Mr. Orms. Things that open locks are keys. Just for future reference.

"He probably had to knock that thing off with something," Orms said. "He could take a hammer and bust one off. Even the metal ones can be knocked off, if you have something hard enough to hit it with."

Or he used Mr.Orms' "special tool."

Brathwaite said Friday the company reported the shotgun theft to ATF.

Why did he steal it? Wouldn't it have been easier to just take care of business in Wal-Mart.

Two contestants said Vega left the internationally popular contest Thursday around 6 a.m. and shortly before a scheduled 15-minute break for competitors. He walked across the street to Kmart, where a witness saw him send a trash can through the store's front door.

6 A.M.? Good Lord those Texans sure do party late. Or early. Interationally poular?! LOLOLOLOLOL! Um, ok. I guess some people take losing "Hand on a Hard Body" pretty hard. (That sounds very gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Gregg County Justice of the Peace Arthur Fort said Vega's body was lying between the front door and the jewelry counter. The sporting goods department, where firearms are kept, is located diagonally behind the jewelry section.

So I guess he didn't really steal the shotgun. I mean, he didn't leave the store with it.

Fort emphasized he's not ordering an autopsy "because we know the cause of death. An autopsy is done to determine the cause of death," he said. The cause of death is suicide. He shot himself in front of witnesses. He had a single shot to the head by the shotgun."

Good call Fort!

Remember folks, guns don't kill people, Hands on a Hard Body contests do.

Oh, by the way. This is what a Hands on a Hard Body contest is. Cuz this yankee ain't never heard of such a thing. (I still think it sounds very gay.)

Pay Attention.

Some idiots in Newark lost some plague mice. No big deal, just the plague. Story is here.

I understand it's not a huge deal and a few people contract the plague every year, but...

If you're the guy that takes care of the plague mice, would it kill you to pay attention. A little. I sell auto parts and I don't just lose stuff. Stuff may disapear but I usually have a pretty good idea where it went.

Never Forget.

"Simply outrageous!"

That was the reaction from Erich Pratt and he is ABSOLUTELY right. The whole story is here.

In the wake of widespread lootings and home invasions in New Orleans, there have been reports of valiant men and women who defended themselves against opportunist, armed intruders and looters to protect what little they had, against the criminal thugs who had been released from the prisons.

The U.S. Constitutional Right to Bear Arms did its job! They thwarted off hardened criminals who were released from prison, roaming the streets robbing and pillaging! These men and women of valor protected their friends, family and neighbors when police were nowhere to be found!

The city of New Orleans has begun confiscating legally-owned firearms from its residents, stripping them of their right of self defense, as law-abiding citizens.

"Simply outrageous!", was the reaction from Erich Pratt, Director of Communications for Gun Owners of America.

"By what authority can the mayor order these confiscations?" Pratt said. "You can't legitimately suspend the God-given rights of American citizens who have committed no crimes.

"These confiscations will not make the people of New Orleans any safer. Privately owned firearms were the only thing that prevented good people from becoming victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when few policemen were to be found anywhere in the city."

"Unfortunately, we have yet to learn the lessons from previous dark episodes in our recent history," Pratt said. "We need to remember those lessons, such as the riots of Los Angeles more than a decade ago."

For several days in 1992, Los Angeles was in complete turmoil as stores were looted and burned. Motorists were dragged from their cars and beaten. As in New Orleans, police in L.A. were very slow in responding to the crisis. Many Guardsmen, after being mobilized to the affected areas, sat by and watched the violence because their rifles were low on ammunition.

"But not everybody in Los Angeles suffered," Pratt said. "In some of the hot spots, Korean merchants were able to successfully protect their stores with semi-automatic firearms. In areas where armed citizens banded together for self-protection, their businesses were spared while others -- which were left unprotected. -- burned to the ground."

Interestingly, press reports in the aftermath of the riots described how life-long gun control supporters were running to gun stores to buy an item they never thought they would need -- a gun.

Tragically, they were surprised (and outraged!) to learn there was a 15-day waiting period upon firearms.

"Will we never learn?" Pratt asked. "It is a fact that firearms save millions of lives every year. So if Mayor Ray Nagin really wanted to help the decent citizens of New Orleans, he would be issuing law abiding citizens firearms instead of taking them away. Nagin's actions will put people in further jeopardy -- and if one citizen dies in New Orleans because he was deprived of the ability to defend himself or his family, there will be blood on the Mayor's hands."

The question is: Mr. Mayor, if a mother or father dies because of your unconscionable confiscation: Will you take the responsibility to take care of the orphaned children and raise them as your own?

ABOUT LARRY AND ERICH PRATT.
Larry Pratt is founder and Executive Director of Gun Owners of America.

Gun Owners of America is a national gun lobby with over 300,000 members located at 8001 Forbes Place, Springfield, VA 22151 and at http://www.gunowners.org.

This is sick. I can't believe this is happening under a Republican watch.

Not Since 1842.

Mexican troops are on American soil. The America of our Fathers is dead. Get used to it.

Jack Boot Thugs.

I guessed we learned nothing from Katrina. The Jack Boot Thugs are coming disarm the good guys.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.

Gee. Saw that one coming.

No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.

Hey, that's the long-term goal isn't it?

But that order apparently does not apply to hundreds of security guards hired by businesses and some wealthy individuals to protect property. The guards, employees of private security companies like Blackwater, openly carry M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons.

Hmmm. Well, what did expect. I'm sure the folks who work for Blackwater are much smarter than the average citizen.

While armed looters roamed unchecked last week, the city is now calm. No arrests were made on Wednesday night or this morning, and the police received only 10 calls for service, a police spokesman said.

Then why the hell are you taking the law abiding citiznen's weapons away from them?

Officers will search houses in both dry and flooded neighborhoods, and no one will be allowed to stay, he said.

Why?

"I know the risks," said Renee de Pontchieux, as she sat on a stool outside Kajun's Pub in the working-class Bywater neighborhood east of downtown. "We used to think we lived in America - now we're not so sure. Why should we allow this government to chase us out and allow people from outside to rebuild our homes? We want to rebuild our homes."

I agree with that.

I don't like the way this is going one bit.

Sick.

Every now and then I come across something that just about makes me physically sick. Story is here.

The man, whom a police official described as emotionally disturbed, was taken into custody for questioning.

No shit. Emotionally disturbed? Ya think? He should be dead. I'm not going to try to put a RKBA spin on everything but it would have been splendid if someone had popped him because the way the laws are in this country he won't get what he deserves.

The building has a mix of apartments that residents said rent for $1,500 to $1,800 a month, as well as some apartments that rent to people in a supportive housing program for the mentally ill affiliated with the Federation Employment and Guidance Service Inc.

That's nice. That worked out well.

Outrage.

Following up on Joshua Fromer, the 19 year old fellow Lynner who was taken from the world by an illegal immigrant...

The Lynn Item story is here.

Lynn District Court Judge Albert Conlon denied the prosecution's request to hold Lopes on $100,000 cash bail at Tuesday's court hearing, and instead ordered Lopes held on $7,500.

$7500.00?! For killing a citizen of a country your not supposed to be in, while operating a vehicle your not licensed to operate?

So if this swine makes bail are we to assume he's going to follow the rules and show up for court and not head back to Guatemala? He hasn't done a very good job of following the rules so far. So what, his family sends some of the money he has sent to Guatemala back to the U.S. to bail him out and he lies low in Guatemala for a while so he can come back under another alias in a few years?

Thanks Judge Albert Conlon. Way to send a message to the illegal immigrants in our country.

Rest in Peace.

Judge Rehnquist has died at 80.









So much for the libs having a good long weekend.

Gas Theft.

I can't believe it's starting already.

I woke up on my my couch at 4:00 AM. As I was shutting off the TV and the lights as noticed the motion sensor flood light in my yard go off. I grabbed my 12 gauge and ran downstairs to see what was going on. I stood on my back porch Remington in hand and yelled,"Who the fuck is out here?"

I started to come off the steps to do a walk around of my house to make sure there were no signs of someone breaking in.(My sister lives on the first floor.) There was a truck that I had never seen before in the drive way with the driver's door wide open and the interior light on. I went back in to make sure it belonged to a friend of my sister"s and was not abandoned. It did indeed belong to friend of hers who had crashed on the couch.(His ass better be on the couch!) I told him his truck was open and to go make sure nothing was stolen.

After I went back upstairs it went off again, which leads me to believe someone may have been hiding in my neighbors yard waiting for the guy with the shotgun to go away. I went downstairs and did another walk around. This time with a pistol. I stayed up for a while and watched the yard from my second floor porch with my SW99 compact at the ready.(It's not good to stand in front of your house with a 12 gauge and a flashlight, especially on a busy street.) While I was waiting I saw a neighbor's motion sensor light go off. Who knows if it was related. Eventually my adrenaline lowered to a level where I could go back to sleep.

I figured someone tried to steal stuff out friend of my sister's truck.

I didn't put 2 and 2 together until today when I went out and noticed the gas door on my pickup was open. That's what set the motion sensor off. The must have had plenty of time to mess with the other pickup truck but when they got to mine it set off the light.

Goldangit! If they got mine the next step probably would have been to force the gas door open on my wife's Lexus, causing body damage. Holy Shit I would have been pissed.

Get a motion light and a shotgun, these are crazy times.

(Would I have shot someone for trying to steal gas? Nah, probably not. Unless they were stupid enough to attack the guy with the shotgun. Would I point it at them and let them put a load in their Levi's? Absolutely.)

Are You Ready?

A very good post from Preacherman over at thehighroad.org. You never know when a SHTF situation will arise.

Instant Messenger Quote of the Day!

Cr*******78: I bet none the Hollywood assholes are going all out to help people down South because they want maximum body count to embarass Bush. I bet they're all that sick.

No explanation necessary. I guess Harry Connick is better than nothing. (Aww, I guess he's not that bad.)

WTF!

What the hell is going in down South? Who are these looters? I'm not talking about the ones who grabbed Pampers and water, I'm talking about the savages running around with weapons ransacking shops and hospitals. It's like a third world country. I feel very bad for any honest citizen who is not armed. The looters have shot a cop, shot a national guardsman, shot at rescue helicopters and so much more I can't mention it all. What the hell is that? These people have forfeited their status as American citizens and should be dealt with in the same manner as any enemy combatant. It looks like the Rodney King riots at a water park and something needs to be done. Quickly.

Is our military so overextended that we don't have the resources to handle this tragedy. It seems so. Maybe when our leaders tell us our military is of adequate size and capability for the task at hand they should add that it is only the case as long as NOTHING ELSE GOES WRONG IN OUR COUNTRY.

Buy a gun. Buy a whole bunch of guns. Buy guns for your neighbors. Your government cannot protect you from the savages that live among us.

Katrina Relief?

Where's all the charity organizations and musicians coming out to pass the hat for the victims of Katrina. Where's fucking Hollywood? Where's fucking Bono? Where the fuck is Tim Robbins? The tsunami victims hadn't even finished washing out to sea before all of the Hollywood pricks started telling us we are obligated to help Pygmy countries that hate us like Indonesia. (88% Muslim. I know, I know, not all muslims hate us, blah blah bah.)
Well, here are some victims that REALLY deserve our money. Our brothers and sisters. They can have my money. (When I figure out where to send it.)

Instant Messenger Quote of the Day!

Cr*******78: Bush is a fucking asshole. There's no excuse for an oil man being president and this happenning. Unless we're all getting robbed.

In response to hearing that if one of his accounts (A gas station that does automotive repairs in the Revere area.) wants to fill his tanks tomorrow he has to pay $3.47 a gallon. Yowza. These are bad times.

Where's the Pics Dude?

My very good friend John and I were joking about the Iraqi stampede this morning. We got out our Foreigner to American Casualty Conversion Chart and it turns out it's actually not that big a deal. It turns out 700 Iraqis is still only equal to 1 American's big toe and as tragic as it is for an American to lose their big toe, it's hardly a major tragedy. I commented that I was surprised there almost no pictures of this "tragic" event online and John pointed that the media doesn't post pictures of savages trampling over there own people but they have no problem posting pictures of wounded American soldiers. Of course if these 700+ Iraqis had died at the hands of our soldiers the pictures would be in the front page of the Boston Globe.

"What are these Bush Republicans afraid of? Dirty looks from the help at the country club?"

Woo hoo! Go Pat! That is a quote from Pat Buchanan. A conservative in the truest sense of the word. The whole commentary is here. If you haven't read it yet, READ IT! I love it. I think he's dead on. Calling for ol' W's impeachment may be a little over the top but hey, Bush is being way negligent in respect to our borders.

A national emergency
Posted: August 29, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 Creators Syndicate Inc.

On Aug. 12, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency "due to a chaotic situation involving illegal alien smuggling and illegal drug shipments" on his southern border. Three days later, Gov. Janet Napolitano followed suit in Arizona.

Reason: the crisis on the border. The ally-ally-in-free immigration policy of George Bush and Vicente Fox, beloved of corporate America, has created a hell on our southern border.

Those Southwestern states are being inundated by illegal aliens trashing ranches, killing cattle, committing crimes and eating up tax dollars. The traffic in narcotics and human beings from Mexico is a national scandal and a human-rights disgrace.

What is true of New Mexico and Arizona is true of our nation, which is now home to an estimated 10 million to 15 million aliens who have broken our laws and broken into our country. It is a mark of the cowardice of our leaders that they are so terrified of being called "bigots" they tolerate this criminality. The moral rot of political correctness runs deep today in both national parties.

A president like Teddy Roosevelt would have led the Army to the border years ago. And if Fox did not cooperate, T.R. would have gone on to Mexico City. Nor would Ike, who deported all illegal aliens in 1953, have stood still for this being done to the country he had defended in war.

What are these Bush Republicans afraid of? Dirty looks from the help at the country club?

The question of whether America is going to remain one nation, or whether our Southwest will wind up as a giant Kosovo – separated by language and loyalty from the rest of America – is on the table.

Where is Bush? All wrapped up in the issue of whether women in Najaf will have the same rights in divorce and custody cases as women in Nebraska. His legislative agenda for the fall includes a blanket amnesty for illegals, so they can be exploited by businesses who want to hold wages down as they dump the social costs for their employees – health care, schools, courts, cops, prisons – onto taxpayers.

Not only have Richardson and Napolitano awakened – they are on the front lines – so, too, has Hillary Clinton, who has spoken out against illegal immigration with a forthrightness that makes Bush sound like a talking head for La Raza.

Why is a Republican Congress permitting this president to persist in the dereliction of his sworn duty?

George Bush is chief executive of the United States. It is his duty to enforce the laws. Can anyone fairly say he is enforcing the immigration laws? Those laws are clear. People who break in are to be sent back. Yet, more than 10 million have broken in with impunity. Another million attempt to break in every year. Half a million succeed. Border security is homeland security. How, then, can the Department of Homeland Security say America is secure?

Who can guarantee that, of the untold millions of illegals here, and the scores of thousands ordered deported for crimes who have disappeared into our midst, none is a terrorist waiting for orders to blow up a subway or mall and massacre American citizens?

Most of these illegals come to work to send money back to their families. They are not bad people. But because they are predominantly young and male, they commit a disproportionate share of violent crimes.

Why should U.S. citizens be assaulted, robbed, raped and murdered, and have their children molested, because their government will not enforce its own laws?

Is this not an indictment of democracy itself? What dictatorial regime would put up with this?

The Republican Party claims to be a conservative party. But what kind of conservative is it who, to cut a few costs or make a few bucks, will turn his family's home into a neighborhood flop house?

In a recent poll, 40 percent of Mexicans – 40 million people – said they would like to come to the United States, and 20 percent expressed a willingness to break in. Time to cut the babble about how NAFTA is going to solve the problem. This is a national emergency.

Twice, George Bush has taken an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Article IV, Section 4 of that Constitution reads, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion."

Well, we are being invaded, and the president of the United States is not doing his duty to protect the states against that invasion. Some courageous Republican, to get the attention of this White House, should drop into the hopper a bill of impeachment, charging George W. Bush with a conscious refusal to uphold his oath and defend the states of the Union against "invasion."

It may be the only way left to get his attention, before the border vanishes and our beloved country dissolves into MexAmerica, what T.R. called a "polyglot boarding house for the world."

Brilliant and perfect. Smart guy. Why isn't he our president again?

Common Sense has been Defeated. (Again)

Well, my new hero Jan Hall resigned. I can't say I blame her. The story is here. My previous post is here. I am really irritated.

Hall said she rejected the offers because officials did not address her key issue -- investigating how a principal at Englewood Elementary handled her complaints when a student battered her in 2002 so badly she underwent reconstructive surgery.

That woman is a saint. I would have killed the little bastard. I guess that's her reward for trying to teach the little savages.

Because she is leaving the district two years prior to her retirement, Hall will lose 10 percent of her pension, said teacher union president David DeMond.

Fucking bullshit.

Addressed ``Dear Honorable Congressman,'' the letter said Hispanics and other Caribbean natives were taking jobs and charged that Hispanics and immigrants were hurting schools.

Because they are. I guess that's what she gets for having an opinion in the new United States of America.

Rust!!!!

If, like me, you happen to carry a blued J-frame in a pocket holster heed my words. Don't put it away in the pocket holster for any extended period of time. The moisture from sweat and humidity in the holster will make your little guy rust. Also keep an eye on moisture getting under the grips. My beloved 1968 S&W M36 now has 2 rust spots on it. I feel like an abusive parent.

If anyone can find it their heart to donate a S&W M340 to me I can stop the abuse to my little M36 and give it a safe home in my safe.

In the words of Toby Keith...

I'm not as good as I once was.

Good Lord. I took a part-time job as a package-handler (Heh, package-handler.) at UPS for extra money while may wife stays home with my daughter, not to mention that once my benefits kick in it will save me the $492.00 dollars a month that I am paying for health insurance now. (Thanks Local 42.) (Oh yeah, I'll save my rant about the fact that I pay $492.00 a month for insurance while illegal immigrants wander into the emergency room and get treated on the tax payers dime for some time when I have more energy.)

Anyway, I would just like to say that this is the hardest gol-dang work I've ever done in my life. Being fat and 33 years old is no condition to take a job where you move HEAVY stuff from one place to another for 4 hours a night, 5 days a week. (After selling auto parts to mechanics who refuse to provide me with what kind of cars they are REALLY working on for 11 hours a day.) I've never felt more broken than when I get home from that hellhole of a facility.

On the bright side, if UPS doesn't kill me I'm going to be built like a brick shit house in about a month.

Hurricane Katrina

Looks like this is going to be a mother of a storm to the tune of 1 million homeless. With all the money we've been shoveling into Gaza strip relocations and stopping the AIDS epidemic in Africa (Which will never, ever, ever, ever happen.) I hope we've left some money in the piggy bank to take care of our own citizens. Probably not.

Jan Hall's Letter.

So, Jan Hall supposedly wrote a letter to her Congressman. Apparently this letter was soooooo terrible that a suspension of Jen Hall's job at the Sadler Elementary School was in order. Well, here is the letter. Let's see what was so bad about it.

Dear Honorable Congressman

Please consider my views when you are voting and representing voters.

I believe we must close the doors to all foreigners for awhile (sic) until we get this economy and the schools back on their feet. As a classroom teacher in Florida for 28 years, I know that foreigners are the largest users of our taxpayers' money. Foreigners are taking all of the jobs that poor and little-educated Americans could have. Many people are being paid under the table, and therefore they are not paying their fair share of taxes. Schools are dealing with too many problems with language differences, and time is lost to our American children who have parents who pay taxes. I'm seeing money going to local charities going to Mexican, Haitian, and Mid-Eastern immigrants instead of to the poorer people of American descent.


Our school at Sadler Elementary where I teach is 92% Puerto Rican. Please consider changing the laws and keeping these people home in Puerto Rico. They are trashing Orlando daily.

These P.R. children are holding American children back academically, and Puerto Rican teachers can keep getting extensions on their temporary certificates so that they are allowed to teach without proper training. I can truthfully say that Puerto Rican teachers at my school ask me continually for help with math, as they do not get but the equivalent of a fifth grade education in Puerto Rico. They almost always can do no algebra and rely on the system to get by.

I find that Haitian children are more aggressive in the classroom and have not been to school regularly. Their poor conduct is yet another real problem.

In Winter Haven, FL, a large orange grove area with Mexican migrants to do the work, jobs that poor blacks and poor whites used to take are filled by Mexicans, who I am told bring in drugs and disease, such as incurable TB, for the most part.

I know that the solution is difficult, but other countries protect their borders and do not allow foreigners to take citizens' jobs. Please do not allow criminals to stay, as they are filling the jobs in FL.

It's time to get our troops home!

Very truly,
Jan P. Hall

First of all, I agree with Jan Hall's letter 100% and I applaud her for having the balls to write it.

I believe we must close the doors to all foreigners for awhile (sic) until we get this economy and the schools back on their feet.

Yup. Sounds like a good idea to me. Notice she said "awhile". Nothing too harsh about that.

As a classroom teacher in Florida for 28 years, I know that foreigners are the largest users of our taxpayers' money.

True.

Foreigners are taking all of the jobs that poor and little-educated Americans could have. Many people are being paid under the table, and therefore they are not paying their fair share of taxes

True.

Schools are dealing with too many problems with language differences, and time is lost to our American children who have parents who pay taxes.

True.

Our school at Sadler Elementary where I teach is 92% Puerto Rican.

God Damn. 92 percent? Are classrooms in Puerto Rico even 92 percent Puerto Rican?

These P.R. children are holding American children back academically, and Puerto Rican teachers can keep getting extensions on their temporary certificates so that they are allowed to teach without proper training. I can truthfully say that Puerto Rican teachers at my school ask me continually for help with math, as they do not get but the equivalent of a fifth grade education in Puerto Rico. They almost always can do no algebra and rely on the system to get by.

I imagine that must be VERY frustrating.

I find that Haitian children are more aggressive in the classroom and have not been to school regularly. Their poor conduct is yet another real problem.

Could be true. She would know. She's been a teacher for 28 years.

I know that the solution is difficult, but other countries protect their borders and do not allow foreigners to take citizens' jobs. Please do not allow criminals to stay, as they are filling the jobs in FL.

Yes Ma'am!

John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
Governor of Florida

Mailing address:
Governor Jeb Bush
Executive Office of the Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Fl. 32399-0001

Phone: 850/488/7146
Fax: 850-487-0801

Governor Bush's email address: jeb.bush@myflorida.com

ATF for Kids!

I don't know why I find this so funny but I do. There is nothing inherently funny about the site other than the graphic at the top of the page. In fact, it's pretty much the same as the regular ATF site with the exception of the graphic but, of course we all know how much children enjoy reading about the ATF so I can see how this site would have been in big demand. I wonder how that meeting went...

Sgt. Stadenko: "Alright guys, we really need to get a handle on all these illegal guns and untaxed cigarettes."

Officer Lackey: "I know! How about a web site for kids!"

Sgt. Stadenko: "Good thinking. Remember, the bigger the bust..."

Officer Lackey: "The bigger the bust the bigger the boost!"

Officer Stadenko: "Let's get going!"

The Thinning of the Herd Continues

From TheCarolinaChanel.com . Story is here. Or many more here.

A 15-year-old boy shot during a California burglary has died.

Police said a 59-year-old woman returned to her South Los Angeles home Tuesday morning after a walk and was confronted by a boy wielding a tire iron. She shot him with a handgun she keeps for protection. The woman wasn't hurt.

The district attorney's office will determine if the woman will face any charges.

Authorities aren't releasing the boy's name.

Bravo, 59 year old woman! Bravo!

Stop Snitching? Start Shooting.

Anyone wearing one of these should be shot. Any parent letting their kid go out of the house with one of these should be shot. I'm just saying.

Another Illegal alien kills an American citizen.

The Lynn Item reports that 19 year old Lynn man Joshua Fromer was killed on his motorcycle by an unlicensed illegal immigrant. The whole story is here.

The driver of the Passeo, Jose Lopes, 25, of 10 Libby Court, has been charged with motor vehicle homicide, failure to use turn signal and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Not just unlicensed.

Lopes initially told police he had moved to Lynn from Guatemala approximately 10 months ago. Subsequent investigation revealed that his Guatemalan driver's license is fraudulent. Prosecutors said Lopes admitted to being in the country illegally, and suggested he may have a prior arrest on his record.

Illegal. Another f*&^ing illegal alien. If I here another idiot say, "Oh, they just want to come here to work, those people work really hard, everyone has a right to the American dream." SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP! You know what, we have enough lawn care professionals in this country. There are ways to come to this country legally. Come here legally! Learn the rules! Play along! He cut off some poor kid on a bike and killed him. He could have killed you, your kids, your Mom... People need to start getting pissed about this. Enough already. (Updated. You know what? If illegal's insist on coming here from Mexico, Central and South America I wish they would at least continue to use burrows as their main form of transportation. It would be a hell of a lot safer for all of us.) (Updated. And another thing, there is no doubt in my mind this would have been a hit and run had there been no witnesses. If an American went to Guatemala and killed a 19 year old Guatamalan, the American would get shot and dragged through the streets.)

mAss Backwards Firearm Removal Program

Pure genius from Bruce over at mAss Backwards. (Plus, my blog is mentioned.)

Here is the link.

For crying out loud! Pay attention!

The Boston Globe reports, "US warns that terrorists may pose as 'vagrants' ." How do they know? Because it looks like one already has.

The message noted a recent incident in Somerville, in which a police officer became suspicious about someone who seemed like a street person. The officer questioned the man and found he had a passport from a ''country of interest" -- typically a Middle Eastern or South Asian nation -- and a checkbook with a questionable address, the e-mail said. A probe is continuing, the e-mail added.

Somerville city spokesman Mark Horan said the incident occurred in early July, when the man walked back and forth in front of the Social Security office in Davis Square and kept looking in the windows. He was evasive about what he was doing but wasn't arrested. Police passed the information on to the FBI, Horan said

Yeah, for pete's sake don't arrest him. After all, you'd risk offending the "street person" community. Good Lord, security takes my Mom out of line at the airport for nail clippers but they can't bring this guy down to the station for some questions? Something in the system is not functioning properly. We're doomed to another attack if people don't remove their heads from their asses. (UPDATED. The suspect was Yemeni. Yumping Yemeni.)

We are so far away from this...

My buddy John reacquainted me with this and I thank him for that.

In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded, and that in place of them just and amicable feelings toward all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.

So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld; and it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity, gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation....

From George Washington's Farewell Address

Genius. Pure unadulterated genius. Think middle-east. Friends and foes. That is all.

Canada Shmanada

Um. Wow. Canada really is lost. Stumbled across this Sunday.

"This gun thing has been a scourge in our communities. I liken it to something as bad as the AIDS epidemic or drugs," said Ron Stalling, a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, who was among the more than 700 police officers attending an international conference presented by the National Black Police Association in Scarborough this week.

The gun "thing." Aye chiuaua. You took most of the law abiding citizen's guns away. You mean some people still have guns? Gasp! How could that be? You don't think perhaps the criminals refused to turn theirs in do you? Also, I'm not going to rant about this too much but... Can you imagine if there was a National White Police association? Good Lord. There would be riots in the street. Seriously. There would be.

"We knew what the problem was when we came in here this morning," said Stalling, who served as the moderator of a session about the impact of gun violence at the Delta Toronto East on Kennedy Road Friday. "No one remedy is going to fix this broken thing that we face here. But this doesn't take rocket science...we need to get involved to evolve."

LOL! Ok, I'll try to be as race sensitive as possible here. Why do so many black speakers feel they need to use corny rhymes like,"...we need to get involved to evolve." in their speeches and addresses?

"We learned that communities can solve this problem," he said, noting that people have to overcome their fear and know that it's okay to express an anti-gun view.

And how exactly will that benefit them should they find themselves staring down the barrel of one?

"It's okay to say no to guns...that's the starting point," he said, noting that it's also essential that the broader community begin to understand that gun violence is not a black-on-black crime.

In Toronto it is.

Sain quoted statistics from 1998 telling her colleagues that there were more than 30,000 deaths attributed to gun violence in the United States that year.

I searched the web for a half an hour trying to confirm that statistic. I found about ten different answers. What Sain doesn't mention is a LOT of those deaths are suicides. According to the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence 17,108 of the deaths were the result of suicide. I'm ok with someone buying a firearm to blow their own brains out. Just don't do it on my property and don't hurt anyone else in the process.

However, should a decision be made to issue firearms to every London bobby as a result, then Rhoden would leave the force, he said.

"I do not want to carry a firearm," he said. "I do not want every officer to carry a firearm."

Why are you in law enforcement? For chrissakes become a park ranger or something. (Not that there is anything wrong with being a park ranger.}

Canada and Europe fascinate me because if we're not careful, we are on the road to being just like them.

Canada making a little sense...

It's a few days old but I stumbled across this today and my eyes almost popped out of my head!

Councillor Michael Thompson says that police should be allowed to "target" young black men at random as part of a crackdown on guns. And he points out that, as a black man, he himself could be stopped under his own plan.

Thompson says a large percentage of the guns being used and a large number of victims are in the black community; and that's where police need to focus.

Holy crap! What a concept. Let me get this straight, you mean investigate where a large percentage of the problem is happening and not just blanket the entire city and overextend your police force? Why didn't someone else think of that?

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair immediately rejected Thompson's suggestion, saying the idea is inappropriate and "will not be the practice of our service."

Right, of course, because no one in Canada has guns anyway, right? Well, none of the law abiding citizens anyway.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty joined the chorus of politicians criticizing the proposal.

"I don't understand that approach and I'm glad that it's been rejected by police and the mayor," McGuinty said in Toronto on Wednesday.

C'mon, you REALLY don't understand it? Really, REALLY, don't? Swear on your mother's eyes then. Then I'll believe you! You may not agree with it (For whatever guilty reason.) but you can't sit there and say you don't understand it.

"Scaring all of our black youth is not about getting at the thugs. It's about racial profiling. It's very stupid of him to do that and I think he needs to apologize to the community immediately."

Um....HE IS THE BLACK COMMUNITY!

The councillor told Canada AM Wednesday that reaction that his office has received via emails and phone calls has been mostly positive.

That's because people who don't work in politics have a tendency to MAKE SENSE!

Black police officers attending the National Black Police association's 33rd conference in Toronto called Thompson's plan a violation of human rights.

Aye Chiuaua!

There have been 30 gun-related deaths in Toronto out of the 44 murders in the city so far in 2005.

So much for Canadian gun control.

Well, I'm off to the deli to look for a socket wrench.

Wally World

Just ran across this on the Herald's site and I wanted to throw my 2 cents in.

Lynn may not really be the City of Sin, it's hardly a seventh heaven for shoppers either. Ditto for practically every other Wal-Mart-infested community in Massachusetts.
Still, you have to be really, really dimwitted to think that Lynn's downtown - or other downtowns in the Bay State - would be thriving had not another one of Sam Walton's outposts sprung up on a big vacant lot just outside the main drag some years ago.

Thats an understatement. Lynn's downtown went down the toilet in the early 1970's. I remember my mom would take me down there to visit the few department stores that were left and even as a child I could recognize it as the mess that it was. Did Wal-Mart even exist back then? Probably but not around here. What did exist was welfare and section 8 housing. And boy howdy lots of it. The fact that the neighborhoods surrounding downtown were packed to the gills with people who didn't respect this country, didn't give a crap about the property they lived in, and didn't bother to RAISE their children is what destroyed our downtown. It WAS NOT a safe area. Hell it wasn't a safe area 10 years ago. The only reason it's marginally safe now is THERE IS NO REASON TO GO DOWN THERE. (Unless you're bailing someone out, the police headquarters is still down there.)

By the way, it pisses me off that Wal-Marts in Lynn and Salem won't sell ammunition. That's a statement from Wal-Mart about what they think of the citizens of Lynn and Salem as far as I'm concerned. Oh well, I'd rather go down to Four Seasons anyway. Maybe I can talk my wife into a new J-frame. (Not very likely.)

All fired up for the cheap stuff!

Ok, I know beer. I love beer. I've been brewing beer for the past 10 years. It makes me feel Jeffersonian. My point is I know what beer is supposed to taste like. Some of my favorites are Harpoon IPA, and Ipswich Stout. However...

Lately, due to my newfound frugality (A trait you acquire while attempting to keep your wife out of work to raise your baby. My wife worked in day care, we KNOW what goes on.) I have been experimenting with the left side of the beer chest at my local liquor store. You know, where they keep the Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, and Ballantine Ale. Let me tell you, if your palate tends toward the domestic mass produced beers (And I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that.), you are wasting your money on Budweiser, Coors, and the like.

I remember when I was a kid, Gramp's refrigerator always had a few ice cold Schlitz stacked in the back. I remember seeing Schlitz signs everywhere when I was a kid. Apparantly Schlitz was THE beer back in the day so when I saw Schlitz at Kappy's for $5.99 a 12-pack I figured what the hell. Guess what? It's pretty damn good.

The crazy old guy that used to live across from me when I was a kid use to drink fat little bottles of Ballantine Ale. It's really cheap at Kappy's. Guess what. It's pretty damn good.

Now, my new personal favorite. $10.86 for an 18 PACK of the superb Pabst Blue Ribbon. My Dad used to drink it when he was down cellar building stuff. (Or hiding from us, can't say I blame him.) You need to get it really cold but it's PRETTY DAMN GOOD.

Seriously, these beers were on top at one time. They just got their asses kicked by multi-million dollar advertising.

That is all.
Johnny
Former beer snob.

Whores!

Whores!!!! There's whore in my hometown! I'm ok with that. If a man chooses to pay $30.00 for a few minutes of pleasure in what is undoubtedly a very lonely life, then so be it.
What weirds me out is the fact that there are something like 20 different gangs operating in Lynn
and not enough police to deal with them.
OK, I admit I wouldn't want a brothel next door to me but If police have time to bust up whorehouses how am I supposed to believe there is no time to deal with the serious gang problem in Lynn. Besides, you have to LOOK for whore houses. The gangs are right there in the open going about there business. Take a ride through the highlands, you cant miss them.

Jolly Good Time!

Ok, I might as well jump right in. I find this amusing. I don't think it's funny that an innocent man got shot but.... Hey, Europe! Guess what? Your government lies to you too! Haha! As an American I've come to terms with the fact that my government is lying to me. In fact, I'm downright ok with it! But I'm sick of the rest of the "civilized world' pointing their fingers at us saying,"Oh, you stupid Americans, you don't even know when your government is lying to you." Yes we do! We just stopped caring a long time ago. Honestly, I could care less who the British police shoot because I don't live there and I'm never leaving the U.S.A.
I guess all those years of the Bobbies (Is that how they spell it, I don't really care) not carrying guns left them a little itchy in the fingers. That worked out well I guess.