O'Reilly is WRONG

You can not purchase a Class III firearm without paperwork.
He's wrong, and arrogant about it.
Trust me, if there was no tax stamp and subsequent waiving of any warrant-searches, I'd be the first one in line for a full auto, a suppressor, and an SBR shotgun!!
Here's the fail, see for yourself;

The way our government trains people

If the vid on this page doesn't load for you, basically it's a woman with 15 kids (12 still in her charge).
Her "fiance" (the father of 10 of them) is in jail on coke charges. She blames social services for her problems because "the system failed to take care of her" (even though her rent and utilities were being paid by other organizations and food/clothes were donated from all around her community)...
and at the 2:18 time stamp she says - "Somebody needs to pay...for ALL MY CHILDREN. For my, and their, all our suffering and all our pain. Somebody needs to be held accountable...and they need to PAY."

From Malkin re: Obama's Reaction to Fort Hood

Nobody said it better...and I sure can't.

On Thursday, 11 soldiers and civilian police at Fort Hood were slaughtered execution-style at close range and over 30 others wounded, allegedly by a U.S. Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The President immediately addressed the nation concerning this horrific event.
However, his expression of grief was very odd. He spent the first two minutes of the four-and-a-half minute address in a light-hearted discussion of his earlier “Tribal Nations Conference” on Native American rights, including a “shout out” recognition of a conference attendee.
When he finally got around to the purpose for his public appearance, he gave an uninspired and rambling dissertation on the tragedy. Even then, he could not keep the topic focused on sympathy for the pain of others:

"I want all of you to know that as Commander in Chief, that there’s no greater honor, but no greater responsibility for me (emphasis his) than to make sure that the extraordinary men and women in uniform are properly cared for…"

Poor soul, it’s so saddening to know how this tragedy affects him. Listening to this address provides some insight into Obama’s character and how he ranks his priorities.

EDITED to Add the UNsanitized for news version(where they cut out the first few minutes). Thanks for the prompting, Road Warrior!

The Month in Peace.

Islam. The “Religion of Peace”.

I’ve taken the time to compile just a few peaceful moments from the onslaught of happenings around the world each day so that you can enjoy a moment of the calm that must surely lie deep in the hearts of the most devout Muslims.
You can thank me later.

10/1 in Somalia; Islamists shell a vegetable market, killing civilians.

10/2 in Russia, Muslim gunmen kill a police officer in a drive-by while in Afghanistan, Taliban extremists attack a group of trucks, killing drivers.

10/3 in Pakistan, a group of Hindu men are abducted and murdered while a woman is beheaded in Iraq. Not to be outdone in Afghanistan, a peaceful Muslim masqueraded as a local soldier and murdered two American servicemen in their sleep.

10/4 a series of Jihad truck bombings killed drivers in Iraq while a woman was murdered in an “honor killing” not far away. In India, peaceful Muslim cops kill a Hindu boy for marrying a Muslim girl.

10/5 a 10-year-old boy is taken out by a bomb hidden in a garbage can in Iraq while just down the road, a half-dozen funeral mourners are blown to bits by a suicide bomber. Shortly after the funeral bombing, the tortured body of a Christian businessman is discovered after having been kidnapped by peaceful Muslim members.

10/6 in Afghanistan, a peaceful rocket aimed at a passenger bus, kills riders while a similar peaceful bus-bomb in Iraq explodes, too.

10/7 in Thailand, four civilians are killed in separate peaceful bombings while back in Afghanistan, bombers peacefully slay 4 cops.

10/8 in Kabul, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber detonates outside the Indian embassy, ending the lives of seventeen innocents while a similar peaceful explosion outside a shop in Iraq killed several shoppers.

10/9 in Somalia there were several peaceful shootouts resulting in many infidel deaths while hundreds are injured or burned to death from a suicide car bomber in a shopping plaza.

10/10 in Pakistan Muslims peacefully stormed a security headquarters, killing six officers in the siege taking a few hostages.

10/11 a hospital in Iraq is bombed while in Thailand a man drinking tea in a tea shop is gunned down in the name of peace…as was a cattle rancher in Thailand.

10/12 in the town of Abu Khamis, Iraq, the mayor was peacefully targeted, but they missed and took out his two sons.

10/13 in Iraq, an ambassador of peace detonates himself in a cafe, killing other patrons while another emissary in Afghanistan kills some American soldiers in the name of Allah (the god of peace?)

10/14 in Pakistan, a car peacefully plows into a crowd killing a dozen people when it blows up.

10/15 in Pakistan again, a little kid about 6 years old is blown apart by a remote-controlled car bomb along a city street.

10/16 in Iraq, a suicide bomber at a yell's 'Allah Akbar', then opens up with a machine-gun before detonating, leaving at least fifteen dead in the peaceful massacre.

10/17 in Somalia, a policeman is gunned down in an Islamist drive-by while a roadside bomb in Iraq killed members of a security detail.

10/18 in Iran, a peaceful demonstrator detonates in a gymnasium, slaughtering more than 50 people.

10/19 in Somalia a Christian woman is peacefully murdered inside her home for refusing to wear a veil.

10/20 in Pakistan, two suicide bombers attack a women's university peacefully blowing up several students and faculty.

10/21 over in the Philippines, a bomb is peacefully planted near a water pipe which kills an inspector.

10/22 in Somalia, peaceful Islamists mortar an airport, killing several.

10/23 in Iraq, more peaceful Islamists bomb a family in their vehicle, killing them.

10/24 in Pakistan, a bomb peacefully detonates on a minibus killing people in a wedding party.

10/25 in Iraq, car bombs take out a couple hundred people standing near or in government buildings. The dead include a bunch of kids at a day care center. It was a good day for peace.

10/26 in Thailand, dedicated peaceful Muslims gun down two Buddhist civilians looking for food.

10/27 in Pakistan, they attacked a police post, peacefully killing some cops.

10/28 in Afghanistan, there was a peaceful attack when Muslims peacefully forced their way into a UN guesthouse, murdering nine people, including six international workers…while here at home police are investigating the assault of a Detroit News photographer outside a mosque whose leader was killed during a shootout with FBI agents Wednesday. He’d told an informant if the FBI came to get him: "I'll just strap a bomb on and blow up everybody."

10/29 A New York woman allegedly tried to slit her husband's throat because she said he wasn't the devout Muslim she thought she married five months ago. He was making her do horrible non-peaceful things (like eating pork, wearing short clothing and makeup…)

Today (10/30), I haven’t skimmed international news yet…but the day is young. I’m sure peace will break out in several places before long.

It Just Never Stops Getting Stupid.

A repeat offender mugger type tried to purse snatch from a 59 year old grandma in her motorized wheelchair and make off with her gold chain.
She pulled her licensed .357 Magnum and fired a round that struck his elbow.
Cops rounded him up and he went to trial denying all the while that he attempted to mug her (having been arrested nine times before for mugging).
He was acquitted. And now, he’s suing her.
Hat tip; Reason.com.

Black Friday

I don't much care for crowds, but this is sad and ridiculous:

A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after he was trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a Hobbesian frenzy…

The shoppers broke the doors off their hinges and surged in, toppling a 34-year-old temporary employee,…

The crowd kept running into the store even after the police arrived, jostling and pushing officers who were trying to perform CPR, the police said.

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And then there's this one:

Two people were gunned down and killed Friday inside a Toys R Us in Palm Desert, Calif., authorities said.

"We have two dead individuals inside the store," Gutierrez said. "The events of why the shots were fired is still ongoing."
The store is on lockdown, and KTTV in Los Angeles is reporting that a 6-year-old girl was one of the victims.

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I can believe it.
Yesterday, on our way to our family Thanksgiving, we stopped at a WalMart so I could run in and get a card that I'd forgotten to grab a couple days ago...
The employees were moving these big skids of stuff that was all wrapped with black plastic that was due to be the "black Friday" sale stuff for this morning. While they were moving the skids, customers were shoving each other out of the way and ripping the plastic to try to see what was inside. The employees were saying, "please, sir...don't do that!" and "Please, ma'am, that's for tomorrow...you're not supposed to!"
It was like they were sharks in a feeding frenzy.

But it’s for the children!!

For 150 years, it has stood in splendid serenity on the village green, harming no one and pleasing many.
Over the decades, the monkey puzzle tree at West Cross, near Swansea, became a much-loved local landmark.
But now it is facing the chop … because, in modern Britain, the needle-like points of its leaves are deemed a danger to health and safety.
One expert likened the effect of the needles to being pricked by a hypodermic syringe.
‘Every effort is made in this day and age to prevent children playing with discarded syringe needles,’ a report stated.
‘Every effort must be made to prevent children coming into contact with these potentially, equally sharp needles.’
I can’t stomach it… the rest is here.
I'm sure something just as asinine won't be too far behind in the U.S.

Manners!

How about those line jumpers? Loud cell phone talkers? What about Mr. Too Loud Car Stereo? Ms. Drive For Ten Miles With a Turn Signal Blinking? Mr. Cut You Off in Traffic and then drive 10mph under the speed limit? Ever have someone ask you a question just to interupt your answer by using their cell phone?
If these things annoy the crap out of you, have I got a place for you!
Linked over on the left at the top of the “Things that amuse me” list is Black Ops Manners! It’s a site dedicated to calling out the rude people in the world that need social lessons and manners! Give them a look and if it reminds you of something that’s griping you, send it in! I did! :D
Enjoy your vent!

Dang it!!

I'm so stinkin' ticked!

I sent this info in its COMPLETE letter form to someone.
Know what I got back???

"blah blah blah and I am very aware of the Lead issue blah blah blah environmental issues"

HOLY CRAP! If you're not going to really read what I send you then just fricken delete it, but don't send me back a reply that has NOTHING TO DO with what I sent you and pretend like you actually read it!!