And, if the wish that you have a blessed day offends you, grow up. The world does not revolve around you.
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Shamelessly lifted from TexasFred’s:
Regarding Gun Control… An Op/Ed…
Gun Control, I have posted this before but in my opinion it’s worth re-posting every so often…
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million ‘educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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It has now been many months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:
List of 7 items:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are ‘citizens’.
Without them, we are ’subjects’.
During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends and post it on your sites…
Thanks, Fred, for letting me “borrow” this. I promise to return it in the same shape it was in, except maybe a little more read. And remember – “gun control” means hitting what you are aiming at.
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It was low tide. The young man stood on the outermost shelf of the reef that protected this island paradise, the crashing waves behind him, the coral cliffs that supported the flat top of the island more than a hundred yards away and thirty to forty feet high. The reef itself was only eight inches below the surface of the water; waves didn’t make it to this point because of the deep drop off at the end of the coral shelf. He had carefully made his way to this vantage point, gingerly stepping around the many sink holes that would be hidden from view in more turbulent water. His eyes scanned the many scars and cracks on the face of the cliff, knowing that each mark was man made-either with the picks and shovels of the defenders or the impact of high-explosive ordinance thrown from the invaders’ ships more than forty years in the past.
He searched and found the narrow slits at the tops of the cliffs, and followed them down twisted pathways to the narrow strips of dazzling white sand at the water’s edge. In his mind he replayed the words he had read – “…the landing craft ran aground on the reef… …as the ramps crashed down, we were sitting ducks for the Japanese guns in the cliffs… …I was the only one that made it to the beach from our LC… …they were dug in so deep we couldn’t get at them… …the water was red from the waves to the shore…” – and stood there, in the quiet summer sunshine, and listened to the ghosts of the Marines who had taken Tarawa.
He turned from the cliffs, and rejoined his fellow Marines as they regrouped at the base of one of the paths to the top. Pausing, they examined the shreds of leather that had been their boots before they stepped onto the knife-sharp coral shelf. The joking back and forth died down, replaced with the sobering realization of just what those young kids had faced in World War Two. Scrambling up the steep path, they found an opening into the warren of caves behind the cliff face. Moving from room to room, bent over double, they could see every inch of the defender’s territory from the base of the cliffs to the watery horizon. Idle kicking of the dust on the floor would turn up Japanese machine gun casings, bits of shrapnel, and the remains of cooking fires – signs of human occupation many years past.
Returning to the coveted airstrip, they boarded an older model cargo plane, ready to continue their flight back to the base on the island of Okinawa. The plane’s propellers strained against the wheel brakes as the engines were readied for the launch; assisted by an auxiliary jet engine, the plane leaped back into the clear blue sky over the Sea of Japan.
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Please copy this posting and put it up on your blog. Please don’t consider this a left or right posting. It concerns all bloggers. – It will only cost you a few minutes time. Spread the word and have your friends post it too! Originally from Publius Forum
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-By Warner Todd Huston
Here is an interesting question: Can a city stop a private citizen from putting a link on their website to a city website?
The question arises over a Sheboygan, Wisconsin case where a woman who is often critical of the town mayor was ordered by the city to remove a city website link from her own pages. Yes, you heard me correctly… ORDERED to remove that link. The Sheboygan Press posted the story a week or so ago and it got me thinking about the abuse of power indulged in by this small Wisconsin town.
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In a move initiated by Perez, City Attorney Steve McLean sent a cease-and-desist letter earlier this month to Jeni Reisinger, who was among the leaders of a mayoral recall effort last year, officials acknowledged Friday.
The letter, dated Oct. 19, states, “maintenance of this link could be construed as having been authorized or endorsed by the city and/or its police department” and should be removed “until such time as the city were to authorize such a link.”
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This has to be a joke, right? A city attorney who has the gall to attempt to force a private citizen to remove a link to public city website should be summarily removed from his position. Further, if he was put up to this outrageous action by Mayor Juan Perez, then this mayor should similarly be removed.
Of course, this city government is being run by a bunch of bumbling nitwits, here. Of that none can deny. But, the situation is galling none-the-less. If this city can prevent people from linking to a public service, then what else can they strong-arm the public over? Can the city decide that, forthwith, all people critical of office holders should receive a “cease and desist” letter? Maybe no one should even be “allowed” to run against them for office from this point onward? The arrogance of this is shocking, to say the least.
The next thing you know, every city will look like the mob infested city of Chicago, run by the criminal enterprise we call the Daley family!
In any case, if the City of Sheboygan is so afraid of people visiting their webpages then why have them at all? Now, if you’d like to go to their sites and ask a few questions, you can see them here:
The officious Sheyboygan Police are here –
http://www.sheboyganpolice.com/main.html
Give a shout out and a Sieg Heil to Mayor Juan Perez here —
http://ci.sheboygan.wi.us/Mayor/MayorHome.html
Perez’ henchman, attorney Stephen G. McLean, can be visited here–
http://ci.sheboygan.wi.us/Attorney/AttorneyHome.html
Now, I hope every blogger adds these links to their websites. Let’s see if the “people’s city” city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin can get all of us to stop linking to a public website?
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I’m looking forward to getting a C&D letter from the city attorney. My first question will be “What is your jurisdiction?”
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MEG has been keeping me very much on my toes, since she has figured out that she can crawl fast enough that she is down the hall and out of sight before I can turn around and say “What are you up to?” I can hardly wait for her to start walking…
Last week, I spent my time doing a bath remodel for my chiropractor. Seems that the new place he moved into has a slight problem with building maintenance – they don’t exactly jump to with enthusiasm. So, he asked if I could do a few things around the office, in exchange for adjustments. Since I can’t go more than a week without my spine needing some sort of cracking, I agreed.
I started out just doing little things – hanging some cabinets, installing the x-ray viewer, that sort of thing, when he asked if I could cobble something together in the bathroom. He was looking for something to hide the pipes under the wall-hanging sink, and also needed some storage for the ladder, the vacuum, and paper products. Well – I don’t “cobble” anything together. I either do it right or tell you I can’t help you. I installed a new vanity and sink, and an 80″ tall, 36″ wide storage cabinet. Made it look all pretty – and forgot to take pictures of “before” and “after” – so I’ll get those on Wednesday, when I go in for my next (free!) adjustment.
Over at the church property, we built the Christmas decorations on Saturday. I’ll have picture of those, also.
I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving, how about you? Any big plans? Going to visit anyone in particular? Come on, spill! Share the joy…
Quick reminder – I’ll be traveling to Florida in January to pick up my Grandfather’s genealogy files – the plan is to fly there and drive back. If you live along the I-75/I-10 corridor between Tampa Bay and Phoenix, and would like to be part of a “People and Places” type feature, drop me a line. If you blog anonymously, I will respect that, with a picture similar to this one:
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