Monday, December 14, 2009

That All Depends on the Meaning of the Word "Visionary"

A strong case can be made that when it comes to energy and climate issues, Mr. Bloomberg is the most visionary public official in the country. [More]
If by "visionary" you mean nightmarish and hallucinatory, I guess...
This is not Bloombergian hypocrisy; it is a paradox, shared by most of humankind...It is probably not a good idea for the rest of us to look down our noses at people who cannot resist such temptations until we can afford them ourselves.
No, it's hypocrisy. And it would not be if "we" could afford it, if by "we' you mean people like me. That's because "we" don't believe in using state-backed coercion to ram this crap down other people's throats.

But you do, Jim Dwyer--which makes your excuse-making a disgusting display of "urinealistic" servicing of Furious Mike.

And that's a vision I could do without...

New Year's Gun Rights Resolution: Join a Gun Rights Group

I will join a gun rights organization. [More]
Here's today's second Gun Rights Examiner column--another in my daily series between now and Jan. 1 of suggested New Year's resolutions for gun owners.

A Matter of Security

CHP withholds costs of protecting Schwarzenegger [More]
What, you mean Mr. Action Hero can't protect himself in real life?

I ask, because he sure acts like we can. While being restrained by his idiot disarmament policies.

Still, bringing up the security excuse does raise a question--or for me, I should say it resurrects one I asked some years back:

Seeing as how Arnold is a dual citizen, and seeing as how the US State Department acknowledges it discourages that because "of the problems it may cause" since "dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country," what sensitive, classified and secret national security matters are being shared with this individual of officially acknowledged conflicted allegiances?

State takes the reality of this seriously enough to issue guidelines on Security Clearance Implications. In it they mandate:
If there is any doubt about unquestioned preference for and allegiance to the United States, unencumbered by any undue foreign influence, DS must render a determination in favor of the national security and determine that individual ineligible for access. These same adjudicative principles are used in all federal personnel security programs.
I submit ample evidence for such doubt exists. After all, we've already seen Arnold break two oaths.

The one here in Section 3:
I, ______, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California...
And before that, this one:
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...
And as long as we're discussing a matter of security, here's the most important one that everybody in power, especially dual-allegiance Arnold, is intentionally subverting:
Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

No Country for Old Leftists

"There's no place in our community for such extremism"... [More]
...said the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

That's almost funny.

An Ongoing Cluster

[T]he Arizona Court of Appeals today issued a temporary injunction against a possible retaliatory search of the judge's chambers and home by the Sheriff's Office. [More]
You remember...

William Grigg has more.

[Via Mack H]

Rock the World!

Competing Concealed Carry Bills in Iowa Divide Gun Owners

Jeff Knox of the Firearms Coalition says the NRA is derailing a good concealed carry bill and pushing a bad one in Iowa... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at two approaches to the same problem.

Also see an alert from JPFO and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: December 14

I am fully convinced that any proposition by us to release the Baron St. Vicary from captivity, either by an Exchange or on parole, would be unavailling. [More]