Infighting

Kevin Baker put up a post that has brought out the worst of the pro-gun camp. It got so bad that one person was banned.

The "Three Percenters" referenced by Mr. Baker haven't exactly made a good showing. One thing that really chaps my hide is how many of them have insulted Kim du Toit, but I'll get to that in a moment.

When Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech, he was already known as a firebrand. In fact, he was known to be outspoken well before the Revolutionary War. Consider him to be the historical equivalent to the modern-day Three Percenters, those gunnies who are just as outspoken about their freedoms as Patrick Henry was in his day.

Patrick Henry set a spark to tinder, to use a metaphorical phrase. He was the blazing torch thrust into a pile of hay. But in order to have that hay set alight, someone had to pile it up first.

In order for spark to be set to tinder, someone has to gather the tinder and pile it together for it to burn.

Here's where the Three Percenters seem to miss their mark. The blogger who got banned, one Billy Beck, was vitriolic to the extreme, and not just to the anti-freedom, pro-Obama crowd. He was vitriolic to the people who are on his side, but who disagreed about the rubrics of the argument. It's like two people arguing about how to scramble eggs - one person wants to use a fork, one wants to use a whisk, and the person who advocates for using the fork starts screaming at the person who wants to use the whisk. At some point, the person who wants to use the whisk is going to say "You know what? Fuck it. I'll pass on the eggs." and walk away.

You cannot alienate your allies, unless you want to stand all by your lonesome when the enemy starts charging.

But perhaps the most important part is this: as bad as it is to alienate your allies, it's just as bad if not worse to alienate the people who you want to win to your side. Which is why the vitriol against Kim du Toit pisses me off quite a bit.

So the Three Percenters are pro-gun, pro-freedom, fine, yes, we got it. They are the firebrands, ready to set the tinder on fire. Gotcha, no problem with that. But just who the hell do they think is setting that tinder up?

Kim du Toit is responsible for getting thousands of people into shooting, some after a long absence, but most for the very first time. His essays have been used to convince recalcitrant spouses and significant others to try shooting, or to overcome the resistance to buying a gun. And the people that he influenced have in turn gone on to influence others, bringing even more people into the shooting camp. That's thousands of people who before didn't give a damn about guns, or were opposed to personal gun ownership, who have now been brought over to the pro-gun, pro-freedom side.

I don't know how many people Billy Beck has brought over to the pro-freedom side of the argument. But based on his internet writing style, I'd have to say "Not many". I could be wrong. He could be as sweet as a lamb in person. But people who savage their possible allies online probably don't change their attitude much offline. Beck would probably say some not-so-nice things to me just for challenging him on his attitude. Fine. THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT. Let's say that the Three Percenter's worst nightmare comes true, and the military is marching around trying to take people's guns. Just who the hell does he want knocking at his door? Some guy who's looking at him as the enemy, or someone like me? Because I've thought this over quite a bit given who the Media just elected as President. What happens if I get the order to confiscate guns?

I'm looking at two possibilities - the first is to tell my commander that the order is unconstitutional. But that would get me relieved rather quickly, and possibly tossed in Ft. Leavenworth, where I can't do a damn bit of good to anyone.

The second, which is what I'm leaning towards, is to walk into a house and not see a damn thing, even if they have an entire arsenal laid out on the livingroom floor. "Guns? No guns here, Sir. Next!" And make sure that my troops underneath me do the same damn thing. Can one man make a difference? Yes, especially if he has a platoon following his lead.

I'm the guy Billy Beck wants on his side, not arguing with him. I'm his ally, not his enemy. But if he's going to prosecute me for not agreeing with him on every little detail, then chances are he's not going to want me standing side by side with him either.

More to the point, if I'm going to be outcast by the Three Percenter crowd for not going along with every little damn thing they demand, then just what's going to happen to the people who can be swayed to our side but aren't there yet? Sometimes to win an argument, you need gentle nudges to get the other side to see what you're saying.

Now I'm not talking about the hard-core Lefties. As far as I'm concerned, they're a lost cause. We might be able to convert one or two here or there, but the Left as a whole has been indoctrinated to the point that they can no longer recognize what is up and what is down, and will in fact spend their entire day trying to tell you that up is in fact down, black is in fact white, and there is no absolute truth. I don't care about converting them, I care about shoving them aside and trying to make sure they can't do any more damage to my country. But there is still a huge swath in the middle who hasn't made up their minds yet. Hell, there's plenty of those folks who haven't even seen the argument from our side yet. It's not that they're anti-freedom, it's that we haven't had a chance to convince them. Lumping them in with the Left and lambasting them is NOT the way to win them to our side!

I know that someone who's nom de cyber is "Ragin' Dave" is probably the last guy you would expect to argue for moderation. Look, there's a need for H.E. rounds in this war. But you had damn well make sure those rounds aren't aimed at your own troops, otherwise you won't have anyone to fight with you against the enemy. You do not shoot at the folks who are recruiting people to your side. And to force this already-tortured analogy even further, you do NOT shoot at the people in the middle who are holding rifles and wondering which side to shoot at.

We needed Patrick Henry. We also needed Thomas Jefferson, and Samuel Adams. We need the firebrands, and we need the less abrasive recruiters. We need those people who are a driving force, but we also need those people who can convince the fence-sitters to hop down on our side.

We cannot win against the anti-freedom forces in ones and twos. And we need a hell of a lot more than three percent of the population if it comes to a shooting war. If it comes down to flying bullets, I'm going to have to choose not just where to make my stand, but who to make it with. Are my cohorts the people who say "Sure, we quibble on the details, but we're together on the big items", or the people who say "AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I SAY OR GO FUCK OFF AND DIE!".

I know where I'll make my stand. The question that remains is who I'll make my stand with. I'm hoping those three percent will break out of their shell and see that we're on their side.

Obama the Perennial Liar

When the Blagojevich flop first came out, the Obama camp was quick to claim "Oh no, we haven't met with Blago in a long time!"

Except some guy named Axelrod first stated that the Obama camp had been in contact with Blago. The Obama camp's response? "Alxelrod mis-spoke". To which the sane people in this country laughed. Yeah right. "Mis-spoke". Bite me if you expect me to believe that bullshit. I'm not some Media Whore with my lips wrapped around the Liberal Lord and Messiah's cock. I don't drink Kool-Aide.

So guess what we have here? Why, could it be Rahm Emanuel, the man that Obama picked to be his Chief of Staff, ON TAPE TALKING TO BLAGOJEVICH ABOUT OBAMA'S SENATE SEAT REPLACESMENTS?

Why yes, yes it is. And I have to ask the same question that the Real King of France is asking:

Those wiretaps prove that Rahm Emmanuel presented Gov. Blagojevich with names of four people Obama would accept to fill his Senate seat. The question now becomes, why did Obama lie about it, when he could easily have said, "yes, of course I gave my recommendations to the Gov."? Is he, like the Clintons. a pathological liar? Or is he, like the Clintons, hiding something more? He's not even sworn in yet, but Obama is, if anything, running ahead of the Clinton Scandal timeline. Kenneth Starr, in the person of Patrick Fitzgerald, already has a bead on him.

Is Barack Hussein Obama the only virgin in the Harem?

Blagojavich(D)? You are worried about a petty shakedown artist like Blagojavich(D)?

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with Frank Davis makes Barack Hussein Obama a Communist? No...

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with Jeremiah Wright makes Barack Hussein Obama a racist hater? No...

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with Syrian Tony Rezko makes Barack Hussein Obama a criminal? No...

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with George Soros makes Barack Hussein Obama a tool of a Nazi sympathizing Socialist? No...

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with Louis Farrakhan makes Barack Hussein Obama a black-supremicist Muslim? No...

Do I believe that Barack Hussein Obama's association with William C. Ayers makes Barack Hussein Obama a terror bombing murderer? No...

But if these are the people he associates with just who are the 3,000 he's bringing with him to Washington and what are they capable of?

Why GM is going under

I'm supposed to be on the road right now. I have a TDY mission in Lake Geneva. I rented a car in order to get there. Picked it up last night. It's a Chevy Aveo.

What. A. Piece. Of. Shit.

It's a roller-skate with an engine attached. And to top it off, when I started it up this morning, the defrost didn't work. There's no heat. How the FUCK can you expect to drive a car in Wisconsin if the fucking DEFROST DOES NOT WORK??????

It's uncomfortable to sit in. You feel every damn bump of the road. Suspension sucks. Handling sucks. This is a brand new car, folks! And it's already fucking broken! No wonder these things aren't selling, they're pieces of shit!

So now I'm sitting here, waiting for the rental agency to come pick it up, because I CANNOT DRIVE THE FUCKING THING IF I CANNOT SEE OUT THE FUCKING WINDSHIELD. I sat there for fifteen minutes waiting for enough heat to come out of the defrost to get the windshield clear. Didn't happen. I am so pissed right now that I can't even see straight.

Obama calling for Blagojevich's resignation?

Well no shit. Because the longer the public scrutiny goes on, the more chance of people finding out just what a corrupt fucking communist that lying sack of shit Obama really is.

Oh, and by the way, Colin Powell

You can go fuck yourself up a tree sideways. When you tossed your support behind a corrupt fucking piece of shit commie, you lost any right you had to tell Republicans what they should do.

It snowed in New Orleans

There was up to eight inches of snow reported in some areas of Louisiana.

And yet California is wholly buying into the whole Global Warming BULLSHIT.

Once again, Mark Alger posts a link to yet another complete and total refutation of Anthropogenic Global Warming. It is a farce. A hoax. A lie, perpetrated by total fucking cons with hidden agendas. It's a lie. A false story. A fairy tale without a happy ending. It's one big fucking load of bullshit, bought by people who can't think their way out of a paper bag.

In the 1970's, the big story was OHMYGOD! WE'RE ALL GONNA FREEZE TO DEATH! And they wanted to dump soot onto the polar ice caps to MELT THEM and avoid the oncoming Ice Age. In the 90's, it was OHMYGOD! WE'RE ALL GONNA BURN TO DEATH! And they wanted to completely shut down any industry that used carbon for fuel, or used electricity created by burning carbon as fuel, which would have turned this country into a stone-age society. Now the very same people are simply screaming OHMYGOD! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! from some vague claim of "climate change", and the same fucking shysters who were COMPLETELY FUCKING WRONG in the 1970's, and COMPLETELY FUCKING WRONG in the 1990's, now want us to believe their hysterical shrieking and hyperventilating that they're currently shitting themselves about.

Fuck.

That.

I am done being nice. I was done being nice just about the time that fucking corrupt piece of shit Communist from Chicago got elected to the Office that he's unfit to hold. People's stupidity cannot be tolerated. Period. You childish little shits who whine and piss yourselves about "climate change" need to grow up really fucking fast, and if my boot up your ass helps you grow up so much the better. If you still remain a childish little shit with my boot up your ass, at least I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that your stupidity has finally brought you some pain, and plus it's a good vantage point to fucking curb stomp your retarded fucking brain into the ground.

Sigh

Maybe if the Main-Stream media pulled their lips away from their Lord and Messiah's cock, they might just be able to actually report on his shady connections.

I don't see that happening. The media would have to stop tongue-bathing Obama's scrotum in order to actually do their jobs. Unless their jobs consisted of being the propaganda organ of a corrupt Marxist from Chicago.

Hmmmmmmmmmm....

Civilization, dying

I found this link at The Smallest Minority, and I'm quite honestly shaking my head in disgust.

Fire extinguishers could be removed from communal areas in flats throughout the country because they are a safety hazard, it has emerged.

The life-saving devices encourage untrained people to fight a fire rather than leave the building, risk assessors in Bournemouth decided.

There are fears that their recommendation, which has seen the extinguishers ripped out of several private, high-rise flats in the town, could set a national precedent.

Under the Fire Safety Order of 2005, fire assessments must be carried out to 'eliminate or reduce risk as is reasonably practical'.

Ladies and Gents, there are no free English citizens any more. They've been phased out. Britain has turned it's citizens into slaves, who are obviously unable to help themselves in any way. What's next? Mandating that only "experts" wipe people's asses after their morning constitutional? Only "experts" wield napkins at the dinner table for fear of someone poking their eye out with them?

The fact that Britons haven't risen up and lynched the stupid bastards responsible for this crap makes me dispair.

Gov. Blagojevich Busted

I know a few folks from Southern Illinois who are jumping for joy right about now. Here's the link to Ace of Spades, who also has a good run-down of Barry the Chicago Commie throwing his pal Blago under the bus.

I'm not going to add much to it. I'll just say that Blagojevich was the Governor of Chicago, not the State of Illinois. I don't care what the nameplate on his door said. If it weren't for Chicago and it's suburbs, Blagojevich wouldn't have even sniffed the Governor's office. He's just another corrupt politician from Chicago, and I'm smiling right now that he's going down.

Hopefully, all his ties to the Liberal Lord and Messiah will be exposed. Although I doubt it. The media are too busy giving Barry the Marxist Wonder a blowjob to be bothered with any trivial thing like reporting facts.