I'm going up to Westfield today for an 8-hour CCW course.
Just because I don't need the training to get my Wisconsin CCW license doesn't mean it's not a real good idea to learn the details of the law.
Responsible people learn about things before they run out and do them.
I'll update on the course after I get back.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Speaking of jobs...
I finally got one! CNC machine repair. I'll get paid to drive around and fix industrial stuff. Evidently, business is booming in the repair market - probably because what manufacturers left in America are fixing the older stuff rather than taking the risk of buying new.
I start right after Thanksgiving.
I start right after Thanksgiving.
Osama's Jobs Plan!
First the EPA, now the USDA.
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November 18, 2011 10:54am President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing.
“Conditions have changed since the 2006 Forest Plan was developed," announced WNF Supervisor Anne Carey on Tuesday. "The technology used in the Utica & Marcellus Shale formations need to be studied to see if potential effects to the surface are significantly different than those identified in the Forest Plan." The study will take up to six months to complete. The WNF study reportedly "will focus solely on how it could affect forest land," despite the significance of hydraulic fracturing to united proponents of the delay, "and not how it could affect groundwater."
Speaking of the WNF gas drilling, one environmentalist group spokesman suggested that moving forward with drilling "could turn the Ohio Valley into Ozone Alley," even though Wayne National Forest already has nearly 1300 oil and gas wells in operation.
The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) recently estimated that drilling in the Utica shale, which is affected by the suspension of the mineral lease auctions, would produce up 204,500 jobs by 2015.
"The President’s plan is to simply say ‘no’ to new energy production," House Natural Resources Committee chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash, said to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar during a hearing pertaining to hydraulic fracturing. "It’s a plan that is sending American jobs overseas, forfeiting new revenue, and denying access to American energy that would lessen our dependence on hostile Middle Eastern oil."
Salazar denied that suggestion, noting the sales of mineral leases over the last two years, but he also affirmed environmentalist concerns. "The increasing use of hydraulic fracturing has raised a number of concerns about the potential impacts on water quality and availability, particularly with respect to the chemical composition of fracturing fluids and the methods used."
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I recently posted about how the greenies think Osama is pushing energy exploration. THis ought to put their fears to rest.
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“Conditions have changed since the 2006 Forest Plan was developed," announced WNF Supervisor Anne Carey on Tuesday. "The technology used in the Utica & Marcellus Shale formations need to be studied to see if potential effects to the surface are significantly different than those identified in the Forest Plan." The study will take up to six months to complete. The WNF study reportedly "will focus solely on how it could affect forest land," despite the significance of hydraulic fracturing to united proponents of the delay, "and not how it could affect groundwater."
Speaking of the WNF gas drilling, one environmentalist group spokesman suggested that moving forward with drilling "could turn the Ohio Valley into Ozone Alley," even though Wayne National Forest already has nearly 1300 oil and gas wells in operation.
The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) recently estimated that drilling in the Utica shale, which is affected by the suspension of the mineral lease auctions, would produce up 204,500 jobs by 2015.
"The President’s plan is to simply say ‘no’ to new energy production," House Natural Resources Committee chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash, said to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar during a hearing pertaining to hydraulic fracturing. "It’s a plan that is sending American jobs overseas, forfeiting new revenue, and denying access to American energy that would lessen our dependence on hostile Middle Eastern oil."
Salazar denied that suggestion, noting the sales of mineral leases over the last two years, but he also affirmed environmentalist concerns. "The increasing use of hydraulic fracturing has raised a number of concerns about the potential impacts on water quality and availability, particularly with respect to the chemical composition of fracturing fluids and the methods used."
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I recently posted about how the greenies think Osama is pushing energy exploration. THis ought to put their fears to rest.
The European Union knows best!
Just like California...the state has real brains...
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EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration
Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.
EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.
Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense. Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large.
“The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true.
“If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”
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It only took them three years to figure that out. The money quote:
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It only took them three years to figure that out. The money quote:
A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.Have to wonder about the credentials of those "scientists".
More green insanity
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The Osama administration's EPA is bound and determined to destroy American energy sources, and these leftie idiots think that they are in danger of losing control.
Credo will only be happy once all Americans are reduced to paleolithic levels of living. Then, they will probably be agitating about those lucky enough to have found caves...
Video!
The news report last night was good:
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BELOIT, Wis. -- Beloit city leaders are still debating whether to ban carrying concealed weapons at City Hall.
Those opposed to the possible city ordinance in Beloit argued a ban is meaningless without a plan to enforce it.
"The Constitution says it very clearly: 'The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,'" said Town of Beloit resident Charles Kuecker.
Kuecker, a tea party member, said banning concealed carry in places like a city hall leaves area residents vulnerable.
"I think it's a really dumb thing to say we're going to ban weapons from a city building, and have no way to enforce this," Kuecker said. "I mean if they were going to hire off-duty Transportation Security Administration groper people to come and pat people down and metal detectors, then it would be a law with teeth."
"The Police Department will enforce any ordinance the city council passes, " said Capt. Vince Sciame, Beloit Police Department.Sciame said the possibility of having additional guns on city properties could make police officers' job more difficult.
"The state law to carry concealed is going to be a challenge for the Police Department, just because of the number of additional weapons that could be out there," Sciame said. "We are looking to make the transition as smooth as possible."
On his website, CKent.org, Kuecker has been encouraging people to arm themselves with information about state and federal gun laws. Whatever the outcome in Beloit, the lifelong gun enthusiast said he just wants his voice to be heard.
"I'd like them to understand there are people out there who feel strongly about this."
James E. Van De Bogart, the vice president of the Beloit City Council, said the ordinance was already read at a council meeting earlier this month. It will be read again at their meeting coming up on Monday.
Council members could vote at that time, or they could table it for a future date. There is a place on the agenda for public comments on Monday night.
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So much for my 15 minutes...
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Beloit Continues To Debate Concealed Carry Rules Within City Hall
Concealed Carry Ordinance To Be Discussed On Monday
Updated: 8:52 pm CST November 17, 2011BELOIT, Wis. -- Beloit city leaders are still debating whether to ban carrying concealed weapons at City Hall.
Those opposed to the possible city ordinance in Beloit argued a ban is meaningless without a plan to enforce it.
"The Constitution says it very clearly: 'The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,'" said Town of Beloit resident Charles Kuecker.
Kuecker, a tea party member, said banning concealed carry in places like a city hall leaves area residents vulnerable.
"I think it's a really dumb thing to say we're going to ban weapons from a city building, and have no way to enforce this," Kuecker said. "I mean if they were going to hire off-duty Transportation Security Administration groper people to come and pat people down and metal detectors, then it would be a law with teeth."
"The Police Department will enforce any ordinance the city council passes, " said Capt. Vince Sciame, Beloit Police Department.Sciame said the possibility of having additional guns on city properties could make police officers' job more difficult.
"The state law to carry concealed is going to be a challenge for the Police Department, just because of the number of additional weapons that could be out there," Sciame said. "We are looking to make the transition as smooth as possible."
On his website, CKent.org, Kuecker has been encouraging people to arm themselves with information about state and federal gun laws. Whatever the outcome in Beloit, the lifelong gun enthusiast said he just wants his voice to be heard.
"I'd like them to understand there are people out there who feel strongly about this."
James E. Van De Bogart, the vice president of the Beloit City Council, said the ordinance was already read at a council meeting earlier this month. It will be read again at their meeting coming up on Monday.
Council members could vote at that time, or they could table it for a future date. There is a place on the agenda for public comments on Monday night.
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So much for my 15 minutes...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
I made the local paper!
Just a couple of mentions, but I just got a call from a WISC Channel 3 TV reporter, wanting to do an interview...
Did my 15 minutes of fame start with the paper article, or is it after I see it on TV?
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Wisconsin's newly enacted concealed carry laws, the critics argue, reaffirm every individuals' constitutional rights to bear arms, and those rights should not be interfered with by the proposed city ordinance.
"The right to bear arms is a personal right that should not be infringed," said Chuck Kuecker, a federally licensed firearms dealer whose business is located in the Town of Beloit. "We think the City of Beloit would be better off if they just accept the fact that the state of Wisconsin says individuals can carry if they're law-abiding citizens with a permit."
Kuecker, who identified himself as a Tea Party member, was among a small group of like-minded gentlemen at the Beloit City Council meeting Nov. 7, when the ordinance was read for the first time. The ordinance will face a second reading on Nov. 21, and the seven-member council will decide whether to vote on or table the measure at that time.
The ordinance's wording leaves councilors with four key decisions that will dictate the measure's impact and reach. Essentially, the council could adopt a full ban, partial ban or no ban at all.
Attempts to contact several councilors went unanswered, so there's no telling what adjustments, if any, might be made to the ordinance before a vote is taken.
Beloit is not alone in considering a weapon-barring ordinance for its public facilities, as other municipalities near and far have also recently weighed similar measures.
"Numerous communities across Wisconsin such as West Bend, Green Bay, Delafield, Kenosha, Sturtevant, Germantown, Hudson, Elkhorn and Chippewa have rejected bans such as that put forth by the Beloit City Council," reads a press release from the Rock County Voter Education Forum, an organization encouraging residents to oppose the Beloit ordinance.
But other governing bodies, those in Whitewater, West Baraboo and elsewhere have supported a firearms ban in public properties. Rock County recently decided to prohibit dangerous weapons from county property.
The state legislation, named the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act, was designed to give local governing bodies a certain level of control over their own properties, said City Manager Larry Arft. Permitting individuals to carry firearms inside City Hall, which was never allowed before Nov. 1 (the Act's implementation date), could create unnecessary dangers, as certain visitors - those paying tickets, those disputing fines and the like - are prone to become emotionally upset, he said.
City employees, Arft said, strongly support the weapon-barring ordinance. City Attorney Tom Casper, who has worked with Assistant City Attorney Elizabeth Krueger in crafting the ordinance, confirmed Arft's statement.
Arft said councilors are free to adjust the budget as they see fit, but he is issuing a "staff recommendation" that it passes in its full capacity.
The ordinance, Arft and Casper said, essentially restores the city's rules regarding firearms inside public buildings as they were before Nov. 1. The two men also point out that the new state law bars weapons from specific facilities, including police stations and courtrooms.
"The Act outlines certain areas where carrying a weapon is strictly prohibited, regardless of whether any local restrictions are implemented," a report to city council reads. "In Beloit, the prohibition applies to those portions of City Hall that include the Police Department and the Municipal Court when the court is in session."
As for other municipal buildings or facilities, the Act permits municipalities to make decisions locally regarding whether to permit or restrict the carrying of weapons."
However, "just because a government can pass a law doesn't mean they have to," Kuecker and others fighting the ordinance have said.
Second Amendment arguments aside, those opposing the ordinance say there are several practical reasons it should not pass.
Under the Act, municipalities cannot place restraints on concealed carriers in open-air public places like parks, parking lots or the city streets. So what happens when an individual visits the park, gun in tow, but needs to use an indoor restroom facility?
Arft and ordinance supporters say the individual should place his or her weapon inside his or her vehicle.
But this simply isn't practical, opponents say. What if someone doesn't have a car?
"Is the city going to buy you a car?" asked Mike Zoril, a former city council candidate who plans to seek office again come springtime. "No."
The proposed ordinance unfairly punishes Beloit's bus riders those without vehicles, who through state law have now been granted the ability to defend themselves, Zoril said.
Weapons were never allowed on city buses before Nov. 1, and the ordinance being considered would reinstate that rule.
And what about entering City Hall? Will there be a locker for individuals to store their weapons while inside? Will there be additional metal detectors to ensure people aren't violating the ordinance?
No, Casper and Arft said.
Weapons have never been permitted inside City Hall and there have never been metal detectors at the building's entrances. Therefore the security policies to not need broad changes, the two men said.
Again, Casper said, the assumption is that individuals can leave weapons inside their vehicles.
Capt. Vince Sciame, a veteran member of the Beloit Police Department, said there have been no serious incidents involving weapons inside City Hall or in other public facilities in recent memory.
The intricacies of Wisconsin's concealed carry laws have been hotly debated since Gov. Scott Walker passed the legislation in July. The Wisconsin Department of Justice's website has several resources for individuals seeking more information.
State Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, seeking clarification, last week asked Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen for a formal opinion on liability for property owners regarding the Act.
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Did my 15 minutes of fame start with the paper article, or is it after I see it on TV?
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Gun rights advocates argue ban in city buildings goes too far
Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:00 pm | Updated: 2:14 pm, Wed Nov 16, 2011.
Some local gun rights advocates say a proposed city ordinance banning weapons from city properties goes too far.Wisconsin's newly enacted concealed carry laws, the critics argue, reaffirm every individuals' constitutional rights to bear arms, and those rights should not be interfered with by the proposed city ordinance.
"The right to bear arms is a personal right that should not be infringed," said Chuck Kuecker, a federally licensed firearms dealer whose business is located in the Town of Beloit. "We think the City of Beloit would be better off if they just accept the fact that the state of Wisconsin says individuals can carry if they're law-abiding citizens with a permit."
Kuecker, who identified himself as a Tea Party member, was among a small group of like-minded gentlemen at the Beloit City Council meeting Nov. 7, when the ordinance was read for the first time. The ordinance will face a second reading on Nov. 21, and the seven-member council will decide whether to vote on or table the measure at that time.
The ordinance's wording leaves councilors with four key decisions that will dictate the measure's impact and reach. Essentially, the council could adopt a full ban, partial ban or no ban at all.
Attempts to contact several councilors went unanswered, so there's no telling what adjustments, if any, might be made to the ordinance before a vote is taken.
Beloit is not alone in considering a weapon-barring ordinance for its public facilities, as other municipalities near and far have also recently weighed similar measures.
"Numerous communities across Wisconsin such as West Bend, Green Bay, Delafield, Kenosha, Sturtevant, Germantown, Hudson, Elkhorn and Chippewa have rejected bans such as that put forth by the Beloit City Council," reads a press release from the Rock County Voter Education Forum, an organization encouraging residents to oppose the Beloit ordinance.
But other governing bodies, those in Whitewater, West Baraboo and elsewhere have supported a firearms ban in public properties. Rock County recently decided to prohibit dangerous weapons from county property.
The state legislation, named the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act, was designed to give local governing bodies a certain level of control over their own properties, said City Manager Larry Arft. Permitting individuals to carry firearms inside City Hall, which was never allowed before Nov. 1 (the Act's implementation date), could create unnecessary dangers, as certain visitors - those paying tickets, those disputing fines and the like - are prone to become emotionally upset, he said.
City employees, Arft said, strongly support the weapon-barring ordinance. City Attorney Tom Casper, who has worked with Assistant City Attorney Elizabeth Krueger in crafting the ordinance, confirmed Arft's statement.
Arft said councilors are free to adjust the budget as they see fit, but he is issuing a "staff recommendation" that it passes in its full capacity.
The ordinance, Arft and Casper said, essentially restores the city's rules regarding firearms inside public buildings as they were before Nov. 1. The two men also point out that the new state law bars weapons from specific facilities, including police stations and courtrooms.
"The Act outlines certain areas where carrying a weapon is strictly prohibited, regardless of whether any local restrictions are implemented," a report to city council reads. "In Beloit, the prohibition applies to those portions of City Hall that include the Police Department and the Municipal Court when the court is in session."
As for other municipal buildings or facilities, the Act permits municipalities to make decisions locally regarding whether to permit or restrict the carrying of weapons."
However, "just because a government can pass a law doesn't mean they have to," Kuecker and others fighting the ordinance have said.
Second Amendment arguments aside, those opposing the ordinance say there are several practical reasons it should not pass.
Under the Act, municipalities cannot place restraints on concealed carriers in open-air public places like parks, parking lots or the city streets. So what happens when an individual visits the park, gun in tow, but needs to use an indoor restroom facility?
Arft and ordinance supporters say the individual should place his or her weapon inside his or her vehicle.
But this simply isn't practical, opponents say. What if someone doesn't have a car?
"Is the city going to buy you a car?" asked Mike Zoril, a former city council candidate who plans to seek office again come springtime. "No."
The proposed ordinance unfairly punishes Beloit's bus riders those without vehicles, who through state law have now been granted the ability to defend themselves, Zoril said.
Weapons were never allowed on city buses before Nov. 1, and the ordinance being considered would reinstate that rule.
And what about entering City Hall? Will there be a locker for individuals to store their weapons while inside? Will there be additional metal detectors to ensure people aren't violating the ordinance?
No, Casper and Arft said.
Weapons have never been permitted inside City Hall and there have never been metal detectors at the building's entrances. Therefore the security policies to not need broad changes, the two men said.
Again, Casper said, the assumption is that individuals can leave weapons inside their vehicles.
Capt. Vince Sciame, a veteran member of the Beloit Police Department, said there have been no serious incidents involving weapons inside City Hall or in other public facilities in recent memory.
The intricacies of Wisconsin's concealed carry laws have been hotly debated since Gov. Scott Walker passed the legislation in July. The Wisconsin Department of Justice's website has several resources for individuals seeking more information.
State Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, seeking clarification, last week asked Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen for a formal opinion on liability for property owners regarding the Act.
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Osama in trouble in New Hampshire!
We might hope this sticks:
CERTIFIGATE
Posted: November 16, 2011
8:43 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND
A hearing, with the apparent support of two state lawmakers, is scheduled before the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission to hear a complaint filed by Orly Taitz that alleges Barack Obama has used fraudulent documents and a fraudulent Social Security number.
The hearing is scheduled Friday at 2 p.m. in Room 307 of the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building, and Taitz is encouraging the public to be present.
The state holds the first presidential primary Jan. 10, 2012.
On her website, Taitz said state Rep. Harry Accornero had said he was joining in her complaint, and she expects Rep. Larry Rappoport also to be in attendance. The lawmakers could not be reached immediately for comment.
"Let's hope the elections board of New Hampshire will have the decency to refuse [to allow] Obama to appear on the ballot due to undeniable evidence of him using a stolen [Connecticut Social Security Number] … and due to the fact that he is using a computer generated forgery instead of a valid birth certificate," Taitz wrote.
Read more: New Hampshire wakes up to Obama's alleged Social Security fraud http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=368645#ixzz1dyN8wyE6
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Wow! New Hampshire wakes up to Obama's alleged Social Security fraud ...
Hearing Friday as state lawmakers also probe president's eligibility
Posted: November 16, 2011
8:43 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND
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| Orly Taitz |
The hearing is scheduled Friday at 2 p.m. in Room 307 of the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building, and Taitz is encouraging the public to be present.
The state holds the first presidential primary Jan. 10, 2012.
On her website, Taitz said state Rep. Harry Accornero had said he was joining in her complaint, and she expects Rep. Larry Rappoport also to be in attendance. The lawmakers could not be reached immediately for comment.
"Let's hope the elections board of New Hampshire will have the decency to refuse [to allow] Obama to appear on the ballot due to undeniable evidence of him using a stolen [Connecticut Social Security Number] … and due to the fact that he is using a computer generated forgery instead of a valid birth certificate," Taitz wrote.
Read more: New Hampshire wakes up to Obama's alleged Social Security fraud http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=368645#ixzz1dyN8wyE6
Have a Chore Boy? You are a federal felon!
ATF Classifies Chore Boy Pot Scrubber Pads NFA Firearms
David Codrea | Nov 15, 2011 | Comments 1
David Codrea's unregistered stockpile - for sale "off the books" to the highest cartel bidder. Chore Boy: the most trusted name in unregistered NFA firearms. Photo by David Codrea
The rationale Spencer uses:
A silencer is a firearm per U.S. Code, subject to National Firearms Act registration and transfer tax requirements.
“[S]ound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation, constitute a silencer…”
Therefore, it is illegal for an individual to replace deteriorated material within an already- registered suppressor without an approved ATF Form 1, ‘Application to Make and Register a Firearm,’” along with a “$200.00 making tax” and “a ‘no-marking’ variance…since there is no viable area in which to apply a serial number to the sound-absorbing material.” Read more
Demonrats going for the cemetary vote
As usual - though they usually are not so open about it:
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9 out of 10 Dead Voters vote Democrat.
Democrats are heading out to the cemeteries to collect names for their petition drive to oust Governor Scott Walker.
From the Wisconsin DNC website, via Free Republic:
UPDATE: It looks like the WI democrats took the page down.
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H/t Alphecca
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Democrats Plan Cemetery Petition Drive to Collect Names to Oust Scott Walker
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6:50 AM
You know what they say:9 out of 10 Dead Voters vote Democrat.
Democrats are heading out to the cemeteries to collect names for their petition drive to oust Governor Scott Walker.
From the Wisconsin DNC website, via Free Republic:
UPDATE: It looks like the WI democrats took the page down.
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H/t Alphecca
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The State owns your body parts?
I thought this was America - not Oceania.
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OsamaCare must die.
Quickly.
Osama must be impeached.
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OsamaCare must die.
Quickly.
Osama must be impeached.
Sustainable coercion
I took my wife to a meeting of local company representatives today in Beloit. The subject was Wisconsin's "Green Tier" law. This was first signed into law by Tommy Thompson with a five-year sunset - and made permanent by Doyle in 2009. It's a facet of the UN's Agenda 21. The local Tea Party tipped me off to this meeting, and I thought there would be an opportunity to oppose these initiatives. Little did I know.
"Green Tier" is a law administered by the Wisconsin DNR. What it does is "grease the skids" for companies and communities that drink the sustainability Kool-Aid and commit to approved environmental control procedures. These organizations can have environmental "incidents" that would result in instant legal action by the DNR, but if they confess their sins immediately, they get off with no fine or other punishment.
I am struck with the similarity to medieval indulgences, where people could confess their sins in advance, pay a fee, and receive absolution in advance of the actual act.
A company can sign up for an expensive environmental control procedure that is equivalent to an ISO approved process - note that the DNR does not charge for this, it's environmental consultants getting all the money. They get approvals for permits in days that take unbelievers months, if not years - and, of course, they get to skip the sanctions for spills and emissions that would be applied if they had not been confirmed in the Church of Green - as long as they clean it up in 45 days. Unbelievers get fined, if caught, whether or not they clean up the mess promptly.
Environmentalism is as much a religion as Scientology or Islam, and as vicious as either in its' persecution of infidels and apostates.
One thing that I noted from the presentation by the DNR guy was that companies in Wisconsin need to get permission, evidently, to launch any new products or expand production lines. I was naive enough to think that if you owned a commercial building and had a business license that you could go ahead and produce X, and then Y without asking for permission. Stupid me.
All in attendance except for us four Tea Partiers had already drunk the Kool-Aid. I can see the attraction for big companies - compliance costs are tax-deductible, and passed on to the consumer in any case - and they get preferential treatment for permits and avoid paying for violations.
A handout had bar graphs of emissions of various pollutants by Green Tier participants (200 in Wisconsin) versus non-participants (thousands). The graphs were in total tons of emissions for each group.
Not surprising was that the aggregate emissions from 200 organizations are a lot lower than those of a few thousand - but presented so as to convince us that "Green Tier" is greatly reducing pollution.
"Green Tier" is a law administered by the Wisconsin DNR. What it does is "grease the skids" for companies and communities that drink the sustainability Kool-Aid and commit to approved environmental control procedures. These organizations can have environmental "incidents" that would result in instant legal action by the DNR, but if they confess their sins immediately, they get off with no fine or other punishment.
I am struck with the similarity to medieval indulgences, where people could confess their sins in advance, pay a fee, and receive absolution in advance of the actual act.
A company can sign up for an expensive environmental control procedure that is equivalent to an ISO approved process - note that the DNR does not charge for this, it's environmental consultants getting all the money. They get approvals for permits in days that take unbelievers months, if not years - and, of course, they get to skip the sanctions for spills and emissions that would be applied if they had not been confirmed in the Church of Green - as long as they clean it up in 45 days. Unbelievers get fined, if caught, whether or not they clean up the mess promptly.
Environmentalism is as much a religion as Scientology or Islam, and as vicious as either in its' persecution of infidels and apostates.
One thing that I noted from the presentation by the DNR guy was that companies in Wisconsin need to get permission, evidently, to launch any new products or expand production lines. I was naive enough to think that if you owned a commercial building and had a business license that you could go ahead and produce X, and then Y without asking for permission. Stupid me.
All in attendance except for us four Tea Partiers had already drunk the Kool-Aid. I can see the attraction for big companies - compliance costs are tax-deductible, and passed on to the consumer in any case - and they get preferential treatment for permits and avoid paying for violations.
A handout had bar graphs of emissions of various pollutants by Green Tier participants (200 in Wisconsin) versus non-participants (thousands). The graphs were in total tons of emissions for each group.
Not surprising was that the aggregate emissions from 200 organizations are a lot lower than those of a few thousand - but presented so as to convince us that "Green Tier" is greatly reducing pollution.
He loses sleep over this
Poor Steve -he's getting to the point he's hallucinating.
++++++++++++++Chuck --
With the 2012 elections less than a year away, Republicans are relentlessly working to disenfranchise voters nationwide. Up to 5 million voters could be affected with voter suppression laws targeting minorities, seniors, and students around the country.
We will be announcing a major voter protection initiative led by Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn to ensure every American who has the right to vote is able to vote. But we need your help to get going.
We need $100,000 to kick off the DCCC’s Voter Protection Fund. Please contribute $3 or more by Midnight Friday.
Your generous contribution will go directly to our aggressive Voter Protection initiative and send a powerful message to Republicans that we will not allow them to assault voting rights across the country.
Our democracy is at stake. To win the Majority we need Democrats to be able to get out and vote. Frankly, I lose sleep over the possibility that Republicans' voter suppression could swing the 2012 election. We must fight back against the Republicans' undemocratic election strategy and show grassroots Democrats are united and stronger than ever.
We need your support to ensure we have the resources for the major voter protection initiative we’ll be announcing led by Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn to ensure every American who has the right to vote is able to vote.
Stand with us by contributing $3 or more right now to help us kick off our Voter Protection Fund.
Thank you,
Rep. Steve Israel
DCCC Chairman
P.S. Republicans are working tirelessly in deliberate and calculated efforts with state governments nationwide to assault Americans’ voting rights. We can’t let them get away with it. Contribute to our Voter Protection Fund today >>
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I agree - we can't let the Demonrats get away with stuffing the ballot box with votes from the dead, serial voters paid in cigarettes and cheap wine, or with votes from "undocumented aliens". We have to stand up and defend our various state's laws that require voters to demonstrate they are who they claim to be before they are given a ballot or are allowed into a voting booth.
One paragraph stands out:
Our democracy is at stake. To win the Majority we need Democrats to be able to get out and vote. Frankly, I lose sleep over the possibility that Republicans' voter suppression could swing the 2012 election. We must fight back against the Republicans' undemocratic election strategy and show grassroots Democrats are united and stronger than ever.
I take that as an admission that many, if not most Demonrat votes could not stand up to the light of day, and this fraud is all that keeps them winning any elections, anywhere.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Solyndra scandal deepens
Solyndra: Energy Dept. pushed firm to keep layoffs quiet until after midterms
By Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens,
The Obama administration urged officers of the struggling solar company Solyndra to postpone announcing planned layoffs until after the November 2010 midterm elections, newly released e-mails show.Solyndra, the now-shuttered California company, had been a poster child of President Obama’s initiative to invest in clean energies and received the administration’s first energy loan of $535 million. But a year ago, in October 2010, the solar panel manufacturer was quickly running out of money and had warned the Energy Department it would need emergency cash to avoid having to shut down.
The new e-mails about the layoff announcement were released Tuesday morning as part of a House Energy and Commerce committee memo, provided in advance of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s scheduled testimony before the investigative committee Thursday.
Solyndra’s chief executive warned the Energy Department on Oct. 25, 2010, that he intended to announce worker layoffs Oct. 28. He said he was spurred by numerous calls from reporters and potential investors about rumors the firm was in financial trouble and was planning to lay off workers and close one of its two plants.
But in an Oct. 30, 2010, e-mail, advisers to Solyndra’s primary investor, Argonaut Equity, explain that the Energy Department had strongly urged the company to put off the layoff announcement until Nov. 3. The midterm elections were held Nov. 2, and led to Republicans taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Isn't there some law against this kind of thing?
(Even if there is, who's going to enforce it?)
More jobs gone
Osama sure is making progress with US jobs - killing them off, that is:
But it was just a big pipe dream.
(Bob McCarty)
Obama refused to sign the Keystone agreement last week. Today Canadian Prime Minister Harper told Obama that he would look to Asia to sell its oil.
The Republic reporteed, via Free Republic:
Harper Tells Obama Canada Will Sell Oil to Asia Since His Administration Delayed Pipeline (Obama Loses Another 20,000 US Jobs)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 14, 2011, 11:54 AM
The Keystone Pipeline project was expected to create up to 1,000,000 high-paying US jobs in the oil manufacturing and associated industries. The project itself would create 20,000 construction jobs.But it was just a big pipe dream.
(Bob McCarty)
Obama refused to sign the Keystone agreement last week. Today Canadian Prime Minister Harper told Obama that he would look to Asia to sell its oil.
The Republic reporteed, via Free Republic:
Canada’s prime minister says he made it clear in a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama that Canada will step up its efforts to sell oil to Asia since the Obama administration delayed a decision on an oil pipeline.Nice work, Barack.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will continue to push the U.S. to approve the $7-billion Keystone XL project.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will continue to push the U.S. to approve the $7-billion Keystone XL project. Last week the U.S. State Department ordered that the pipeline be rerouted and subject to further environmental review, delaying a decision until 2013.
Harper says the U.S. move highlights why Canada must increase its efforts to diversify its exports to Asia. He says he communicated that clearly to Obama.
They're at it again!
Got to watch these jerks like a hawk:
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Senate subcommittee to discuss banning private gun sales, other infringements
The Demonrats know Mitt
Why won't the Republican party wake up and see this?
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It's not the $1500, which IS a band-aid, Demons, it's the idea that the federal government can tax and borrow and spend its' way out of a depression. Thanks for pointing out why we can NOT elect Mittens, anyway.
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| Chuck -- Mitt Romney recently described the President's plan to pass the American Jobs Act and extend the payroll tax cut -- a measure that would save working families an average of $1,500 a year -- as "temporary little band-aids." But after his earlier remarks were widely criticized, he said the exact opposite at last week's GOP presidential debate in Michigan. While the media frenzy surrounding the debate focused on a gaffe from one of our other opponents, the most amazing moment from my perspective was Mitt reversing course on an issue that anyone running for president should have a clear position on: Extend a tax cut worth $1,500 a year to working families. Or ask the middle-class to pay more so millionaires and billionaires don't have to. In Mitt's world, maybe $1,500 isn't a lot of money. But it's worth an awful lot to millions of families' budgets. And if he's unable to take a stand on something so critical to the middle class, how can we know how he'd react when confronting a crisis from the White House? This kind of behavior is part of a disturbing pattern where Romney says one thing and then the exact opposite, sometimes within the span of a few paragraphs, and hopes no one calls him on it. So we're putting together a list of people who will be the cops on the beat whenever Mitt wants to have it both ways, and help make sure all Americans know exactly how he operates. Watch a video of Mitt's latest flip-flop -- then, join the team that will hold him accountable. On Wednesday night, one of the moderators asked Mitt about his little problem. His response: "I think people understand I'm a man of steadiness and constancy." Saying it doesn't make it so. On reproductive rights, climate change, immigration, taxes, foreign policy, gay rights, gun control, and labor issues, Romney has reversed his positions -- often dramatically -- leaving his supporters and opponents alike feeling some combination of angry, confused, and betrayed. If he keeps up this pace, it's going to take all of us to keep track of Mitt's flip-flopping. Watch the video -- and sign up to be on the team that holds him accountable from now until however long he stays in this race. It seems he's at least committed to that. http://my.democrats.org/Watch-Mitt-Flip-Flop Thanks, Patrick Patrick Gaspard Executive Director Democratic National Committee |
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It's not the $1500, which IS a band-aid, Demons, it's the idea that the federal government can tax and borrow and spend its' way out of a depression. Thanks for pointing out why we can NOT elect Mittens, anyway.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Another Californian flake judge rules
Says threats of violence reason to hide stars and stripes clothing
The same federal judge who said it was perfectly fine for a homosexual judge in a long-term relationship with another man to rule on a dispute over homosexual marriage – a ruling from which he might benefit – now has concluded that it’s all right for a school to censor clothing displaying the American flag because there were students who threatened violence against those wearing the clothing.
The judge, James Ware, of the federal court in the Northern District of California’s San Francisco Division, has dismissed a complaint brought against the Morgan Hill Unified School District where the Old Glory theme on student T-shirts had been censored.
He found that it was reasonable because there were students who apparently hated the emblem enough to threaten with violence other students who were wearing it, and the censorship was “equal” even though the Mexican flag was not also censored because no one threatened violence against the students wearing that emblem.
The case was brought by parents of the students who had been ordered by school officials either to change their Old Glory shirts, turn them inside out or go home. They sued, alleging constitutional violations.
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All the Californian stereotypes in full bloom.
I would think that threats of violence would be a reason to take the threateners aside for a good old fashioned ass-whooping, but then, I am not a Californian judge.
The same federal judge who said it was perfectly fine for a homosexual judge in a long-term relationship with another man to rule on a dispute over homosexual marriage – a ruling from which he might benefit – now has concluded that it’s all right for a school to censor clothing displaying the American flag because there were students who threatened violence against those wearing the clothing.
The judge, James Ware, of the federal court in the Northern District of California’s San Francisco Division, has dismissed a complaint brought against the Morgan Hill Unified School District where the Old Glory theme on student T-shirts had been censored.
He found that it was reasonable because there were students who apparently hated the emblem enough to threaten with violence other students who were wearing it, and the censorship was “equal” even though the Mexican flag was not also censored because no one threatened violence against the students wearing that emblem.
The case was brought by parents of the students who had been ordered by school officials either to change their Old Glory shirts, turn them inside out or go home. They sued, alleging constitutional violations.
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All the Californian stereotypes in full bloom.
I would think that threats of violence would be a reason to take the threateners aside for a good old fashioned ass-whooping, but then, I am not a Californian judge.
Chevy Pinto?
Remember the "Ford Firebird" - the '70's Pinto with the exposed gas tank bolts that would puncture the tank in some rear-end collisions?
Chevy has a better idea. Load up the center frame of the car with a hand grenade or two:
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A Chevrolet Volt that caught fire three weeks after its lithium-ion battery was damaged in a government crash test has regulators taking a harder look at the safety of electric car batteries, federal officials said Friday.
But based on testing so far, regulators believe the batteries are safe and don't pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered engines, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official told The Associated Press. The official requested anonymity in order to speak freely.
The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by an agency contractor at a Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to replicate crashing into a pole or a tree, the official said. Three weeks later, while the car was parked at the test facility, it caught fire. A NHTSA investigation concluded the crash test damaged the battery, which later led to the fire.
Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in a vast array of consumer electronics, have a history of sometimes catching fire when damaged.
GM spokesman Greg Martin said the test did not follow procedures developed by GM engineers for handling the Volt after a crash. The engineers tested the Volt's battery pack for more than 300,000 hours to come up with the procedures, which include discharge and disposal of the battery pack, he said.
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I remember a hit piece put out by a national network a few years back about pickup truck gas tanks exploding during side impacts - and that the network had a special effects guy wire up a model rocket motor to the test vehicle to ensure a Hollywood explosion when it got hit.
I do have to wonder about GM's "procedures" for applying what will end up being a random impact vector to a test car. I am sure that certain impact vectors will have virtually no chance of damaging the battery pack enough to cause a meltdown, and that they cannot possibly have tested ALL possible scenarios...
The local Chevy dealer has three of these morphodites on the lot at $40K each. Not sure if the federal kickback for buying one of these green wonders is included.
Chevy has a better idea. Load up the center frame of the car with a hand grenade or two:
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Electric car battery catches fire after crash test
JOAN LOWY - Associated Press - Associated Press | Friday, November 11, 2011
But based on testing so far, regulators believe the batteries are safe and don't pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered engines, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official told The Associated Press. The official requested anonymity in order to speak freely.
The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by an agency contractor at a Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to replicate crashing into a pole or a tree, the official said. Three weeks later, while the car was parked at the test facility, it caught fire. A NHTSA investigation concluded the crash test damaged the battery, which later led to the fire.
Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in a vast array of consumer electronics, have a history of sometimes catching fire when damaged.
GM spokesman Greg Martin said the test did not follow procedures developed by GM engineers for handling the Volt after a crash. The engineers tested the Volt's battery pack for more than 300,000 hours to come up with the procedures, which include discharge and disposal of the battery pack, he said.
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I remember a hit piece put out by a national network a few years back about pickup truck gas tanks exploding during side impacts - and that the network had a special effects guy wire up a model rocket motor to the test vehicle to ensure a Hollywood explosion when it got hit.
I do have to wonder about GM's "procedures" for applying what will end up being a random impact vector to a test car. I am sure that certain impact vectors will have virtually no chance of damaging the battery pack enough to cause a meltdown, and that they cannot possibly have tested ALL possible scenarios...
The local Chevy dealer has three of these morphodites on the lot at $40K each. Not sure if the federal kickback for buying one of these green wonders is included.
"Smart" grid?
"Stupid" grid, the way the politicians will implement it. An engineer speaks:
Can some one please tell me the point of making our electrical grid more hackable than it already is? And please. Don't tell me about "security". Security is only a delaying tactic. Some one who wants to can figure out how to defeat it. If that wasn't so why does Microsoft continually send out security updates? Bad design? And you have a fool proof way of preventing that? Even I have turned out a few clunkers in my long career. So yes. We would have to build more plants than otherwise. But you have to ask yourself what real grid security (flowing electricity) is really worth. In fact I would go further. Dedicated lines with possibly a wireless back-up for ALL remote plants and equipment. If you have to have exposure - minimize it.
Smart Grid Security?
By M. Simon | Monday, November 14, 2011
Can some one please tell me the point of making our electrical grid more hackable than it already is? And please. Don't tell me about "security". Security is only a delaying tactic. Some one who wants to can figure out how to defeat it. If that wasn't so why does Microsoft continually send out security updates? Bad design? And you have a fool proof way of preventing that? Even I have turned out a few clunkers in my long career. So yes. We would have to build more plants than otherwise. But you have to ask yourself what real grid security (flowing electricity) is really worth. In fact I would go further. Dedicated lines with possibly a wireless back-up for ALL remote plants and equipment. If you have to have exposure - minimize it. While we are looking at laws
- this is just above the law I posted last time:
It goes on: "The town board is responsible for the destruction of all noxious weeds on the town highways."
Why, then, were there stands of toxic parsnips hundreds of feet along several local roads I was riding on this summer?
My wife and I spend quite a bit of time - and Diesel fuel - to try and eliminate these nasty weeds from our land, and the state and local governments are ignoring their legal responsibilities and wasting our money and manpower on posting stupid anti-gun signs.
66.0407 Noxious weeds.I have NEVER seen a "highway patrolman" anywhere in the state "destroy(ing) all noxious weeds on that portion of the highway which that highway patrolman patrols." I wonder if any Wisconsin highway patrolman even knows this is part of his legal responsibilities.
(1) In this section:(a) "Destroy" means the complete killing of weeds or the killing of weed plants above the surface of the ground by the use of chemicals, cutting, tillage, cropping system, pasturing livestock, or any or all of these in effective combination, at a time and in a manner as will effectually prevent the weed plants from maturing to the bloom or flower stage.(b) "Noxious weed" means Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed, any weed designated as a noxious weed by the department of natural resources by rule, and any other weed the governing body of any municipality or the county board of any county by ordinance or resolution declares to be noxious within its respective boundaries.(3) A person owning, occupying or controlling land shall destroy all noxious weeds on the land. The person having immediate charge of any public lands shall destroy all noxious weeds on the lands. The highway patrolman on all federal, state or county trunk highways shall destroy all noxious weeds on that portion of the highway which that highway patrolman patrols. The town board is responsible for the destruction of all noxious weeds on the town highways.(4) The chairperson of each town, the president of each village and the mayor or manager of each city may annually on or before May 15 publish a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, that every person is required by law to destroy all noxious weeds, as defined in this section, on lands in the municipality which the person owns, occupies or controls. A town, village or city which has designated as its official newspaper or which uses for its official notices the same newspaper as any other town, village or city may publish the notice under this subsection in combination with the other town, village or city.(5) This section does not apply to Canada thistle or annual noxious weeds that are located on land that the department of natural resources owns, occupies or controls and that is maintained in whole or in part as habitat for wild birds by the department of natural resources.History: 1975 c. 394 s. 12; 1975 c. 421; Stats. 1975 s. 66.96; 1983 a. 112, 189; 1989 a. 56 s. 258; 1991 a. 39, 316; 1997 a. 287; 1999 a. 150 ss. 617 to 619; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0407; 2009 a. 55.
It goes on: "The town board is responsible for the destruction of all noxious weeds on the town highways."
Why, then, were there stands of toxic parsnips hundreds of feet along several local roads I was riding on this summer?
My wife and I spend quite a bit of time - and Diesel fuel - to try and eliminate these nasty weeds from our land, and the state and local governments are ignoring their legal responsibilities and wasting our money and manpower on posting stupid anti-gun signs.
The stupidity! It burns!
Rock County spending tax money to alert criminals to "free-fire" zones and possible victims to "lawsuit-friendly" zones.
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JANESVILLE — Who knew it would be so complicated?
Wisconsin's concealed carry law allows local units of government to decide if concealed weapons will be allowed in the buildings under their care.
But if towns, cities or counties have rules more restrictive than the state's, they have to make sure they're legally covered. In most cases, the covering is plastic or aluminum signs reading, "No firearms or weapons in building."
Nick Osborne, Rock County assistant to the administrator, worked with the county's legal team to draft an ordinance regulating concealed weapons on county property.
"One of the first steps we took was to contact the department heads and ask them what they wanted," Osborne said.
They received a unanimous reply: no weapons in buildings.
To make that legal, state law requires signs be posted at all entry doors.
The county spent $3,420 to buy 733 signs.
At the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds, the county has posted signs reading, "No firearms or weapons in building," at each entry door for every building on the grounds, including the garage doors for vendor spaces under the grandstand. The signs ban all weapons—concealed or not.
Read the whole thing.
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What complications? This was a perfect chance for Rock County to ELIMINATE some outdated laws and help return our government to its' legal limits by removing laws banning weapons. At the least, they could have added language to existing laws banning weapons only for criminals or illegal purposes, and they would not have had to spend the money for the signs - not to mention the (union?) labor needed to put them up.
Wisconsin law puts the responsibility for any injury caused because of this disarmament squarely on the organization placing the signs, and indemnifies organizations who do NOT post. So if a criminal or nutcase goes into a Rock County building and starts shooting, the taxpayers of Rock County will foot the legal bill.
Of course, no mention made of how they will enforce this, so it's simply another un-Constitutional infringement on the law-abiding.
There's more. Wisconsin law 66.0409 Local regulation of firearms.
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Signs of the times: Rock County tackles concealed carry complications
By CATHERINE IDZERDA ( Contact ) Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011
Signs posted by Rock County officials prohibit guns or other weapons from most of the buildings at the Rock County 4H Fairgrounds. One building, which holds gun shows, prohibits concealed weapons.
Wisconsin's concealed carry law allows local units of government to decide if concealed weapons will be allowed in the buildings under their care.
But if towns, cities or counties have rules more restrictive than the state's, they have to make sure they're legally covered. In most cases, the covering is plastic or aluminum signs reading, "No firearms or weapons in building."
Nick Osborne, Rock County assistant to the administrator, worked with the county's legal team to draft an ordinance regulating concealed weapons on county property.
"One of the first steps we took was to contact the department heads and ask them what they wanted," Osborne said.
They received a unanimous reply: no weapons in buildings.
To make that legal, state law requires signs be posted at all entry doors.
The county spent $3,420 to buy 733 signs.
At the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds, the county has posted signs reading, "No firearms or weapons in building," at each entry door for every building on the grounds, including the garage doors for vendor spaces under the grandstand. The signs ban all weapons—concealed or not.
Read the whole thing.
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What complications? This was a perfect chance for Rock County to ELIMINATE some outdated laws and help return our government to its' legal limits by removing laws banning weapons. At the least, they could have added language to existing laws banning weapons only for criminals or illegal purposes, and they would not have had to spend the money for the signs - not to mention the (union?) labor needed to put them up.
Wisconsin law puts the responsibility for any injury caused because of this disarmament squarely on the organization placing the signs, and indemnifies organizations who do NOT post. So if a criminal or nutcase goes into a Rock County building and starts shooting, the taxpayers of Rock County will foot the legal bill.
Of course, no mention made of how they will enforce this, so it's simply another un-Constitutional infringement on the law-abiding.
"We didn't want to get ridiculous with this," Osborne said.Why not? Banning legal guns in washrooms is not only ludicrous, it's cruel.
There's more. Wisconsin law 66.0409 Local regulation of firearms.
4(b) If a political subdivision has in effect on November 17, 1995, an ordinance or resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, and the ordinance or resolution is not the same as or similar to a state statute, the ordinance or resolution shall have no legal effect and the political subdivision may not enforce the ordinance or resolution on or after November 18, 1995.I wonder if there's a legal route to get that section of the new CCW law declared void in relation to local concealed carry and weapons bans, since the CCW law opened up carry laws.
Cruel landlord!
Biden to continue collecting rent from Secret Service
Vice president to get $26,400
Federal spending records show the U.S. Secret Service approved a purchase order on Nov. 2 to pay Mr. Biden $26,400 for agents to stay at a cottage on lakefront property he owns in Delaware.
Edwin M. Donovan, special agent in charge at the Secret Service’s Office of Public Affairs in Washington, said Mr. Biden isn’t receiving all that money at once. Instead, he said, the purchase order shows plans by the Secret Service to pay Mr. Biden $2,200 per month for another year.
In other words, Mr. Biden isn’t raising the rent.
He has been charging the Secret Service that same rate under previous purchases orders, first reported by The Washington Times this past summer, totaling $13,200.
The White House declined to comment Thursday on the latest purchase order other than to point out that the cottage property was an existing rental when the Secret Service moved in.
But officials declined to say whether Mr. Biden considered letting agents stay in his cottage free of charge, or even at a reduced rate, following criticisms from taxpayer watchdogs who questioned the arrangement when it became public in July.
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When first questioned about collecting rent from the Secret Service this past summer, officials could not provide another example of anyone protected by the Secret Service charging rent. In fact, in a follow-up story about the arrangement, Mr. Biden’s own hometown newspaper, the News Journal, reported that Mr. Biden was the first official guarded by the Secret Service to receive rental income as a landlord for the agents who protect him.
According to Mr. Biden’s office, the cottage had been occupied by Mr. Biden’s mother, Jean Biden, who died in 2010 at 92.
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Well, Osama promised "change". This is an example. I wonder if he charged his mother rent?
How much is Biden paid to be Veep?
How much would comparable bodyguard services cost?
I think America ought to get paid back for the rent he's charged so far, and Biden fined for the value of protection he's enjoyed so far.
What do you think?
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Facts about the Koch Brothers
The MSM and lefties spend a lot of time screaming about "Kochsuckers" and such. I guess those who preach about liberty and self-reliance are pretty scary to people who just want to feel secure in their chains, with a kindly slave master and his protective whip watching over them to make sure they never stray from the party path.
Here's the facts, courtesy Alphecca:
KochFacts
Here's the facts, courtesy Alphecca:
KochFacts
Saturday, November 12, 2011
y'know, it's uproared...
Protesting against equality and change.
She can't concentrate on a job and school because of Homeland Security becoming insecure?
Unbelievable.
H/t Domestic Divapalooza, from the comments...
She can't concentrate on a job and school because of Homeland Security becoming insecure?
Unbelievable.
H/t Domestic Divapalooza, from the comments...
A loss
Senate Rejects Bid to Overturn EPA Rule
The Senate on Thursday rejected an effort to repeal an Environmental Protection Agency rule on power-plant emissions that cross state lines, dealing a blow to lawmakers who support the coal industry.Fifty-six lawmakers voted against the measure, including six Republicans, mostly from Eastern states, who defected to vote with the Democratic majority. Two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) and Ben Nelson (D., Neb.), joined 41 Republicans who voted to institute a less restrictive rule that previously was in place.
The result was a setback for critics who say the new rule’s timeline is too stringent and that it would lead to job losses in the coal industry by causing the closure of coal-fired power plants. It bolstered the position of Senate Democrats who have vowed to fight Republican efforts to stop EPA rules.
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I wonder how many of those "Republicans" are RINOs?
We MUST take back the Senate.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Concealed Carry update
Heard on the radio this morning - over 30,000 CCW permits issued so far in Wisconsin, and over 150,000 applications received.
Not bad for two weeks into the new law.
Not bad for two weeks into the new law.
I thought Croatia was a small country in Eastern Europe
I have no idea why they are involved with "Earth First", even as part of the name.
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If you live in beautiful North Carolina, you may have encountered the activities of the wildly radical group known as Croatan Earth First! This group is pushing “environmental justice” and is apparently opposed to the use of any natural resources for the production of energy. They’re determined to destroy capitalism to “save the planet.”
The group is aligned with a number of extremist groups including animal liberation organizations, anti-whaling groups, anti-logging activists, and anti-fossil fuel groups.
Its web site boasts of its alignment with Sea Shepherd, an anti-whaling group that has “sunk ten whaling vessels” so far. It is apparently okay to let the humans drown, but let’s save the whales.
The group is also opposed to logging hardwood in North Carolina because it will apparently damage the “ecosystem,” which includes bacteria and fungi living there. Croatan Earth First! is concerned about the death of the horn devil caterpillar and the wheel bug as well. Human need for fuel is irrelevant.
Its manifesto decries “machines” that dynamite mountains for coal and opposes “pigs packed into a factory, the endless expanse of tobacco fields, the M-16s pointed in the face of foreigners, the anti-depressants polluting our waters; these are all part of our reality.”
It opposes capitalism, economic growth and urges its followers to use direct action against those who commit “violence against the living world.”
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Read the whole thing.
Croatan Earth First's "who we are" web page includes a paragraph about "Respect for all life" - which, I guess, means that human beings are not "life" in their estimation, since 90% of us would ahve to die and be composted - organically, of course - for the world to work the way they envision.
I wonder how they would react to a good dose of violence applied up alongside their pointy heads?
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North Carolinians Face Ongoing ‘Environmental Justice’ Attacks
Croatan Earth First's! logo includes a tomahawk and a wrench -- to destroy industrialized society.
The group is aligned with a number of extremist groups including animal liberation organizations, anti-whaling groups, anti-logging activists, and anti-fossil fuel groups.
Its web site boasts of its alignment with Sea Shepherd, an anti-whaling group that has “sunk ten whaling vessels” so far. It is apparently okay to let the humans drown, but let’s save the whales.
The group is also opposed to logging hardwood in North Carolina because it will apparently damage the “ecosystem,” which includes bacteria and fungi living there. Croatan Earth First! is concerned about the death of the horn devil caterpillar and the wheel bug as well. Human need for fuel is irrelevant.
Its manifesto decries “machines” that dynamite mountains for coal and opposes “pigs packed into a factory, the endless expanse of tobacco fields, the M-16s pointed in the face of foreigners, the anti-depressants polluting our waters; these are all part of our reality.”
It opposes capitalism, economic growth and urges its followers to use direct action against those who commit “violence against the living world.”
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Read the whole thing.
Croatan Earth First's "who we are" web page includes a paragraph about "Respect for all life" - which, I guess, means that human beings are not "life" in their estimation, since 90% of us would ahve to die and be composted - organically, of course - for the world to work the way they envision.
I wonder how they would react to a good dose of violence applied up alongside their pointy heads?
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Four letter word
That white stuff along the edge of the prairie is SNOW. Left over from yesterday's "blizzard".
Current temperature is 34 F.
It's too early. Where is Algore and his glowbull worming?
Email to Senator Tim Cullen
Just sent this to my favorite fleebagger:
Dear Senator Cullen,
I just heard on the radio that you have an issue with Wisconsin's new concealed carry law, in particular that people or businesses that post "no weapons" signs will have to bear responsibility for any incidents that result from such a posting, while people or businesses who do not post will be legally shielded from responsibility for the actions of people who might be armed.
I don't see your problem. It is obvious to me that one who posts a sign requiring visitors to disarm before entering should bear full responsibility for his actions, just as someone who removes the fire extinguishers from a public building must accept responsibility for any injury or death his actions cause.
It is also obvious to me that a business or person cannot morally be held responsible for the acts of another. If someone comes into your home and starts shooting, possibly injuring me, while I am visiting you, do you really think I would be justified in suing you or your insurer for my injuries? On the other hand, if you had required me to leave my weapon at home before visiting, I would feel justified in suing, as without my defensive weapon, I was left helpless.
The person shooting bears total responsibility for his acts, legal or otherwise. The person stripping others of their rights also bears total responsibility for this act.
Recently, the Wisconsin Legislature passed the "castle doctrine" act, which allows the use of deadly force to protect one's home or property in certain circumstances. Again, this is correct - the criminal must accept the consequences of his acts, as must the property owner, if they act wrongly.
Self-defense is a basic, God-given right, not granted by our Constitution. The Second Amendment and Wisconsin's equivalent do not confer any rights - they simply prohibit the various governments from ever infringing on the right to defend oneself and one's property, with deadly force if justified. That our various governments have been allowed to enact laws in violation of the Constitution is shameful, but at least Wisconsin and other states have taken the first steps toward rectifying this wrong.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
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