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The buck stops…elsewhere

Posted on March 17, 2013 | Comments Off on The buck stops…elsewhere

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Posted in Afghanistan, Blogosphere, Iraq, Israel, Obamalot, South of the Border, The Drug War, The Economy, The War, Troops

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The Ammunition Myth

Posted on March 8, 2013 | Comments Off on The Ammunition Myth

I’m not getting excited about all those chain emails I’ve been getting shrieking about reports of federal ammo buying—hundreds of thousands of rounds here, millions of round there—because I know something more important.

Which is that while federal agents may feel free to push around the occasional unlucky individual, they aren’t crazy enough to take on even ten percent of the population. A very well-armed population.

So I wasn’t surprised to see this pretty good explanation of the phenom:

“And why does the USDA need 320,000 rounds? Because it runs the Forest Service, which covers ‘155 national forests’ and ’20 national grasslands’ on a total of ‘193 million acres of land.’ As well as agents in the field, the outfit has a law-enforcement unit based in Washington, D.C., whose responsibility it is to enforce federal laws and regulations. In context, those 320,000 rounds look a lot less threatening: ….for an organization that covers an area the size of Pakistan (or twice the size of Japan or Germany).”

If concern is keeping you from your beauty sleep, you should read it all here.

Via Instapundit.

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Those hidden Ben Ghazi survivors

Posted on March 7, 2013 | Comments Off on Those hidden Ben Ghazi survivors

Lurch’s stutter the other day, when questioned by Fox News (but without any followup question, shame on Fox) about why the Ben Ghazi “embassy” survivors are not available for interviews, was really priceless. What a doofus.

The whole thing is disgusting. It underscores how the Democrat snooze media covers for their president. If he was a Republican, we’d never hear the end of it until the survivors held a newser and even then the exalted WaPo and NYTimes, not to mention the Alphabet electronics, would pick apart every answer. As it is they’re Obamalot’s quiet mice.

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Pocket knives to be allowed on planes?

Posted on March 6, 2013 | Comments Off on Pocket knives to be allowed on planes?

So says the LA Times, a newspaper long notorious for inaccuracy and bias. They say TSA will allow blades under 2.6 inches. Figures. Couldn’t be an even two or two-and-a-half inches. Nah, got to make it hard to measure. Typical government operation.

Well one of my pocket knives (I usually carry one or the other for whatever I might need a tool for) has a two-inch blade, the other has 2.5. Right. I can see those hamburger-flippers measuring blades and confiscating the knives they say don’t make the, uh, cut.

More federal circus security with a new basis for argument and possible arrest. Jerks. I might risk losing the smaller, cheaper one. But definitely not the other, a gift from the NRA for renewing my membership. Best to just leave them at home. Even better not to fly at all.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE: Delta pilots and Stewardi are opposed. They say it will slow down the security checks. It will that. Government fixes never are.

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Obamalot’s Keystone sleight of hand

Posted on March 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Obamalot’s Keystone sleight of hand

No. Heaven forfend. King Caboose is pulling a fast one on his very own backers? Well, only the mostly little ones who come out for demos against the Keystone Pipeline.

“[I]f opponents of the Keystone pipeline are going to stop the flow of crude, they are going to have to do more than just get arrested or hold a rally—they are going to have block nearly every north-south rail line in North America.”

Yep, that oil is moving by rail, which seems to benefit one of Barry’s BIG backers, none other than Warren Buffet his ownself. Big surprise. And you know rail is riskier. Pipelines seldom leak. Trains derail all the time.

Funny how you rarely hear about this in the Democrat snooze media.

Via Powerline.

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If the Tsar only knew

Posted on February 28, 2013 | Comments Off on If the Tsar only knew

Instapundit’s reasoned take on why the Boy Emperor is probably behind his aides’ attempt to intimidate journalists. The few he hasn’t already leashed, that is. It’s an old story. When you have the snooze media in your pocket, the few who take their profession seriously are such outliers they can be abused.

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Ignore Biden, ladies, get a handgun

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Posted on February 25, 2013 in Guns, Obamalot, The Economy

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