More fun to come in the Courts

If you haven't heard, Chicago is going to the mat on its handgun ban, with Oak Park tagging along for the ride, Thelma-and-Louise style. I say OUSTANDING - let's get this over with.

In other news, Dick Heller is suing DC yet again for its BS "machine gun" law that outlaws 1911's, and it's "Revised" law that requires you to get a printed invite from a home invader before you can unlock and load your home defense firearm. Saddle UP!

Weep for the future

More stupidity from MoveON.org



Thanks to Hot Air for the tip.

I don't know who the chick is, but she's hot. The idiots/all-kinds-of-crazy ones usually tend to be.

A Hot Air commenter said it best:

Dopes who can’t cope mope and emote about hope.

petefrt on July 28, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Seriously, people are supposed to be inspired by this to go out and choose the leader of our nation? Hopefully, Election Day will feature a "Cribs" or "My Sweet Sixteenth" marathon to keep the stellar performers at home. "Election? Isn't that, like, tomorrow or something?"

"Disgrace to the Man Race"

LOL!




GET SOME NUTS!!!

MoCO home Invasions Update 7-17-08

WashPost


Crime Report

Thursday, July 17, 2008; GZ16

Montgomery County

These were among incidents recorded by the Montgomery County Police Department's Media Services Division. For information, call 240-773-5030.


DISTRICT 1 ROCKVILLE STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

EDMONSTON DR.,300 block, June 27. Property was stolen from a residence. Two women, 33 and 41, and a man, 51, were arrested.

GRANDIN AVE.,1100 block, June 30. A residence was entered. A man was arrested.

MONROE PL.,1 to 100 block, June 26. A residence was entered. Nothing was reported missing. A man was arrested.


DISTRICT 3 SILVER SPRING STATION
THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BRONZEGATE PL.,12000 block, 11:20 a.m. June 25. Two males took property from a residence they had entered by force.

GARDINER AVE.,9900 block, 1:20 p.m. June 30. Two males entered a residence by force.

MENLO AVE.,10000 block, 10 to 10:40 a.m. June 24. A residence was entered by force. Nothing was reported missing.

UNIVERSITY BLVD. E.,600 block, 9 to 10:45 p.m. June 25. A digital music player and a computer were stolen from a vehicle entered by force.


DISTRICT 4 WHEATON STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

GEORGIAN WOODS PL.,200 block, 4:20 a.m. June 26. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force.

SPARTAN RD.,3200 block, June 23. An attempt was made to enter a residence.


DISTRICT 5 GERMANTOWN STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

DAIRYMAID DR.,13200 block, noon June 27. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force.

-- Compiled by LISA M. BOLTON

MoCO home Invasions Update 7-10-08

WashPost

Crime Report
Thursday, July 10, 2008; GZ14

Montgomery County

These were among incidents recorded by the Montgomery County Police Department's Media Services Division. For information, call 240-773-5030.


District 1 Rockville Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

ASHLEIGH WOODS CT.,2000 block, 9:30 p.m. June 23 to 4 p.m. June 24. Someone attempted to enter a residence by force. Nothing was reported missing.

LAMPLIGHTER LANE,11000 block, 12:20 p.m. June 21. A man attempted to enter a residence by force. Nothing was reported missing.

MERCY HOLLOW LANE,9300 block, 11 to 11:15 a.m. June 22. A man entered a residence. Nothing was reported missing.

RESERVE CHAMPION DR. ,800 block, 7 to 7:30 a.m. June 16. Property was stolen from a residence.

VEIRS MILL RD.,2300 block, 1:32 p.m. June 23. A male entered the residence of a female acquaintance. A male was arrested in connection with the incident.


District 3 Silver Spring Station

ROBBERIES

PINEY BRANCH RD.,8600 block, 11:10 p.m. June 22. Two men with a shotgun followed several people into a building, pushed them up against a wall, took property and fled.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

GARLAND AVE.,7800 block, 2:15 p.m. June 18. Property was stolen from a residence.


District 4 Wheaton Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

DENHIGH CIR.,18500 block, 1 a.m. June 18. Property was stolen from a garage at a residence. Three people were seen running from the garage and fleeing in a small, two-door black vehicle.

UNIVERSITY BLVD.,1100 block, 3 a.m. June 22. Property was stolen from a residence. A District male, 17, was arrested.


District 5 Germantown Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

SUGARLAND RD.,16500 block, 6 to 6:15 p.m. June 18. A residence was entered by force. Nothing was reported missing.

TALL CEDAR WAY,200 block, 10:05 p.m. June 17. An attempt was made to enter a residence. Nothing was reported missing.


District 6 Gaithersburg Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BRAMBLE BUSH RD. ,1 to 2 p.m. June 19. Three male youths on bicycles attempted to steal bicycles from a residence but fled upon encountering the homeowner. The youths left behind their own bicycles.

WALKER HOUSE RD.,9800 block, 2:30 a.m. June 18. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force. Nothing was reported missing.


Rockville

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

MONROE ST.,1 to 100 block, 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. June 26. A Gaithersburg man, 18, was arrested and charged with fourth-degree burglary, obstructing a police investigation and resisting arrest in connection with an incident at this location.


Takoma Park

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

MANOR CIR.,200 block, 10:14 p.m. June 29. A woman was arrested and charged with fourth-degree burglary in connection with an incident at this location.

-- Compiled by LISA M. BOLTON

...."More than meets the eye .. ."

Back in the day, that was the slogan for the Transformers. Today it refers to The One.

NY Times (believe it or not!)

June 20, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
The Two Obamas
By DAVID BROOKS

God, Republicans are saps. They think that they’re running against some academic liberal who wouldn’t wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn’t proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they’re running against some naïve university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson.

But as recent weeks have made clear, Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today. On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes.

This guy is the whole Chicago package: an idealistic, lakefront liberal fronting a sharp-elbowed machine operator. He’s the only politician of our lifetime who is underestimated because he’s too intelligent. He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.
(....)

And Fast Eddie Obama didn’t just sell out the primary cause of his life. He did it with style. He did it with a video so risibly insincere that somewhere down in the shadow world, Lee Atwater is gaping and applauding. Obama blamed the (so far marginal) Republican 527s. He claimed that private donations are really public financing. He made a cut-throat political calculation seem like Mother Teresa’s final steps to sainthood.

The media and the activists won’t care (they were only interested in campaign-finance reform only when the Republicans had more money). Meanwhile, Obama’s money is forever. He’s got an army of small donors and a phalanx of big money bundlers, including, according to The Washington Post, Kenneth Griffin of the Citadel Investment Group; Kirk Wager, a Florida trial lawyer; James Crown, a director of General Dynamics; and Neil Bluhm, a hotel, office and casino developer.

I've been saying this all along - beware the razor blades in the mouth (a reference to the NYC days of my youth). Even my moonbat sister in law doesn't like Obama (but she thinks he's too conservative).

"Someone Else's Alex" = FAIL

The idiots at MOveOn.org had a retarded Youtube "hard hitting video" that supposedly skewered Johhny Mac. Here is Bill Kristol's dose of reality:

NY Times

June 23, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Someone Else’s Alex
By WILLIAM KRISTOL

The people at MoveOn.org have a new Iraq ad that is, if they do say so themselves, their most effective ever. Then again, for the group that brought us the “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” ad last September, that might not be saying much.

Nevertheless, the organization boasts on its Web site, “This isn’t your average political ad — it lays out the truth about McCain’s Iraq policy in a personal and compelling way.” MoveOn also claims, “We just got the results back and polling shows that voters found it to be more persuasive than any other ad we’ve tested before.”

I’m not persuaded. Having slandered a distinguished general officer, MoveOn has now moved on to express contempt for all who might choose to serve their country in uniform.

Their new and improved message is presented in a 30-second TV spot, “Not Alex,” produced in conjunction with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. It’s airing for a week on local broadcast stations in markets in the swing states of Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin, and on two national cable channels, with a reported buy of over half a million dollars.

The ad is simple. A mother speaks as she holds her baby boy:

“Hi, John McCain. This is Alex. And he’s my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can’t have him.”

Take that, warmonger!

Now it might be pedantic to point out that John McCain isn’t counting on Alex to serve in Iraq, because little Alex will only be 9 years old when President McCain leaves office after two terms.

And it might be picky to remark that when McCain was asked whether U.S. troops might have to remain in Iraq for as long as 50 years, he replied, “Maybe 100” — explaining, “As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it’s fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world. ...”

In other words, McCain is open to an extended military presence in Iraq, similar to ones we’ve had in Germany, Japan or Kuwait. He does not wish for, nor does he anticipate, a 100-year war in Iraq.

But it is surely relevant to point out that the United States has an all-volunteer Army. Alex won’t be drafted, and his mommy can’t enlist him. He can decide when he’s an adult whether he wants to serve. And, of course, McCain supports the volunteer army.

All of this is pretty much par for the course in political advertising. And I’m of the latitudinarian school when it comes to campaign discourse; politics is supposed to be rough and ready. So, why, I wondered after first seeing the MoveOn ad, did I find it so ... creepy?

I was having trouble putting my finger on just why until I came across a post by a mother of a soldier recently deployed in Iraq, at the Web site BlueStarChronicles.com.

Here’s what the mother of an actual soldier has to say about the remarks of the mother of the prospective non-soldier in the ad:

“Does that mean that she wants other people’s sons to keep the wolves at bay so that her son can live a life of complete narcissism? What is it she thinks happens in the world? ... Someone has to stand between our society and danger. If not my son, then who? If not little Alex then someone else will have to stand and deliver. Someone’s son, somewhere.”

This is the sober truth. Unless we enter a world without enemies and without war, we will need young men and women willing to risk their lives for our nation. And we’re not entering any such world.

We do, however, live in a free country with a volunteer army. In the United States, individuals can choose to serve in the military or not. The choice not to serve should carry no taint, nor should it be viewed with the least prejudice. If Alex chooses to pursue other opportunities, he won’t be criticized by John McCain or anyone else.

But that’s not at all the message of the MoveOn ad.

The MoveOn ad is unapologetic in its selfishness, and barely disguised in its disdain for those who have chosen to serve — and its contempt for those parents who might be proud of sons and daughters who are serving. The ad boldly embraces a vision of a selfish and infantilized America, suggesting that military service and sacrifice are unnecessary and deplorable relics of the past.

And the sole responsibility of others.

I'm glad I didn't see the video - I may have been left dumber than before I watched it.

Knife beats police STATION

ABC News

(PRC- guy with knife assaults police station, kills five officers)

MoCO home Invasions Update 7-3-08

WashPost

CRIME REPORT

Thursday, July 3, 2008; GZ18

Montgomery County

These were among incidents recorded by the Montgomery County Police Department's Media Services Division, which might not have received complete reports from all six stations for today's Montgomery Extra. For more information, call 240-773-5030.

DISTRICT 2 BETHESDA STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

CLIFFORD AVE.,8800 block, 4:30 to 5 p.m. June 12. Property was stolen from a residence entered by force.

DISTRICT 3 SILVER SPRING STATION

ROBBERIES

MCALPINE RD.,9600 block, 4:05 a.m. June 15. Three males armed with a gun forced their way back into a residence after being told to leave. The assailants attacked one of the occupants, took his wallet, fired a shot and fled.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BALLET WAY,3900 block, 12:18 p.m. June 12. An attempted residential burglary was reported. Nothing was reported missing.

CASTLE BLVD.,14000 block, 4 to 4:20 p.m. June 11. A residence was entered.

WILLIAMSBURG DR.,400 block, 9:20 a.m. June 12. A man entered a residence. When confronted by a person, the robber fled in a waiting silver minivan.

DISTRICT 4 WHEATON STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BEL PRE AND GRAND PRE ROADS,3:49 a.m. June 15. Four youths assaulted a male, robbed him of property and fled. Four youths were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

BEL PRE AND HOMECREST ROADS,4:05 p.m. June 16. Three female youths and a male youth accosted a person, took property and fled.

DISTRICT 5 GERMANTOWN STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

AFTERNOON LANE,20400 block, 3:30 a.m. June 14. An attempt was made to enter a residence by force.

LOCUSTDALE DR.,20100 block, 3:30 p.m. June 13. Two males entered a residence by force. Nothing was reported missing.

SPINNING WHEEL DR.,13600 block, 4:30 to 5 p.m. June 11. Property was stolen from a residence entered by force.

DISTRICT 6 GAITHERSBURG STATION

PEEPING TOM

QUONDAL CT.,18300 block, 9:40 a.m. June 12. A male on the back deck of a house was seen trying to look inside a window. He fled toward Washington Grove Lane.

TAKOMA PARK

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

KANSAS AVE.,6400 block, 6 p.m. June 17. Property was stolen from a residence.

NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.,6400 block, 5:26 a.m. June 22. Property was stolen from a residence entered by force.

SLIGO MILL RD. AND SHERIDAN ST.,1:57 a.m. June 24. A man was arrested and charged with fourth-degree burglary, trespassing, failure to obey a lawful order and making a false statement to a law enforcement officer.

-- Compiled by LISA M. BOLTON