<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858</id><updated>2011-07-08T05:50:18.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Smith Says</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-929430060032093862</id><published>2010-03-26T13:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T13:09:47.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>In the week following the aftermath of spitting, shredding and pissing on the constitution, there have been a lot of interesting turns of events.  There have been convenient and simultaneous, and strangely similar “racial” comments shouted at black legislators that no one can seem to come up with any real evidence for, other than some politicians “word”.  The same politicians that lie to us all the time, and tell us half truths.  But here they are as pure as the wind driven snow... Right? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been the fake outrage by the republicans, and fingers being pointed on both sides of the isle, and everyone blaming every one else for the outrage of the American people.  There has been the term “racist” levied at people that oppose the Soetoro administration; because of course if you are against Barry’s agenda you have to be racist, NOT of course because you believe what he is pushing through is wrong or UN-constitutional.  It is obvious that you are racist and you hate all people of color.  Doesn’t that make sense to you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though many people are outraged about the government over reaching of their power one thing is certain, we must not turn to violent attempts to have our voices heard.  That time may come in the future but it is not here yet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, said this about the unconstitutional law …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The individual mandate-forcing Americans to purchase health insurance under penalty of law-violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, most Americans do not want this plan. That includes millions of pro-life Americans who don't want to be forced to purchase a health care package that funds abortion. This health care law should not be forced upon the American people. We believe the courts will agree."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fourteen states have filed suit against the federal government over the HUGE usurpation of the people’s rights.  Has your state?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If not find out who your attorney general is, find out who your senators and congressmen are, and find out who your Governor is, and contact them all and urge them to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of this abortion paid, and soon the euthanasia of YOUR grandmother.  Once they set up the panels and bureaucratic red tape committee’s that will determine if YOUR grandma is worth saving, and how much she can contribute back to society in return for the money they spend on her treatment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But not only is this law unconstitutional, it is only for the unwashed masses, NOT for Congress the Senate or the President.  It is good enough to keep you in line but not good enough to entrust the first families health to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Politico reports this… &lt;em&gt;“page 158 of the bill defines “congressional staff” narrowly, as “employees employed by the official office of a member of congress, whether in the district office or in Washington.  “The Congressional Research Service believes a court could rule that the legislation would exclude professional committee staff, joint committee staff, some shared staff, as well as potentially those staff employed by leadership offices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If that’s so, staffers who work for Nancy Pelosi in her capacity as representative from California would go into the exchange program, while staffers who work for her in her capacity as speaker would stay on the government’s plan. Other Capitol employees, like those who work for the Clerk of the House or the House Historian, would be similarly exempted.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Republican Senator Coburn said … &lt;em&gt;“The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts leadership and committee staff. This special deal for unelected staff underscores everything the public detests about the arrogance of power in Washington, I tried to fix this inequity along with senators Grassley, Burr and Vitter, but Majority Leader [Harry] Reid obstructed our effort.  And, President Obama himself will not live under Obama health care. The message to grassroots America is that it’s good enough for you, but not for us.  Meanwhile, we await Mr. Obama’s explanation why if his historic health care law is so great for America, it’s not good enough for him and his family.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Again the Republicans and the Democrats are all in on this.  They started with the TARP, then to the Bank Bailouts, and it is now to Healthcare, and next you will see them push amnesty again, and then to Cap and Tax, and other Facist ideas... &lt;strong&gt;MARK MY WORDS&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It is time for the sleeping giant to wake up and stop swallowing the mind numbing medicine that is their propaganda.   Start growing your own food and stop eating Genetically Modified Food, Push to remove Flouride from your water.  Which by the way was a trick the Russians learned from their German scientists that defected to the USSR after WWII to give to people to make them docile and non violent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-929430060032093862?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/929430060032093862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=929430060032093862' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/929430060032093862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/929430060032093862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-week-following-aftermath-of-spitting.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-638600039330095174</id><published>2009-01-28T06:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T08:12:18.299-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Spirit Of Hitler Lives On In The Modern Democratic Party</title><content type='html'>I am stupefied by the Modern Dem's and their insane antics.  Telling lie after foolish lie.  Pretending to be "for the people" and spitting on them and removing their self-worth and self-esteem and self-reliance by making them dependant on the Government to survive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we have a new and all time low in the "speaker" Nancy Pelosi.  Even though she is as sharp as a bowling ball, she is the "leader" of the dumb-o-crats in congress.  And of course is towing the line and trying to pass the new "stimulus" plan which is nothing more than a spending bill that gives pork spending to EVERY dumb-o-crat special interest group there is.  With that being said I think the statements she made the other day about contraceptives being "good" for the economy.  Which in an almost too simple fashion what she said is right.  Less people = not as much use of items/ products which will lessen demand on them and cause the prices to go down &amp;amp; in a round about way help our dollar to recover, &amp;amp; in turn help our economy "recover".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However most people don't look past the utter stupidity of the statement and see the rationale behind it.  Eugenics.  All the ideas of eugenics ... infanticide, euthanasia, creating a "better" human race, are INSANE. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although "speaker" (who really should not, ever again) Pelosi is only the most recent political figure to show her true colors on this subject, she is not the first.  This idea is as old as the devil himself.  &lt;strong&gt;It is a horrible way to destroy life for the sake of the living.  And murder in the name of CONVENIENCE.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eugenics&lt;/strong&gt; was an international scientific, political and moral IDEOLOGY and movement which was at its height in first half of the twentieth century, but was dealt a huge blow with the defeat of HITLER in WWII.  However it did not go away.  brutal movement which inflicted massive human rights violations on millions of people.  The movement, led by race scientists, financed by private philanthropies such as the Carnegie Institute and the ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION and implemented by governmental parties in many nations.  Hitler is probably the one person that comes to the minds of most people when this now "defunct" movement is mention.  It was first introduced to us in the late 1800's from the cousin of good ol' darwin I don't remember off the top of my head what his first name was but his last name was Galton I think.  Some other names like Theodore Roosevelt, HG Wells, William Kellogg (yep Kellogg's cereal, think about that when you eat your Wheaties) and &lt;strong&gt;Margaret Sanger&lt;/strong&gt; (The founder of &lt;strong&gt;PLANNED PARENTHOOD&lt;/strong&gt;).  This movement lead to legislation, that forced sterilization of "defectives". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hitler thought the blond hair and blue eyes of the Arian were the perfect race.  (Never mind the fact that they are actually recessive genes.)  &lt;strong&gt;Sanger&lt;/strong&gt; on the other hand believed that "people of color" were less than those that were of the better more evolved "white" race.  Which we all know is absolute insanity.  However that would explain why she opened the first Planned Parenthood in Brooklyn.  Now take note of the location of the planned parenthood in your area.  Is it in "upper class white" neighborhood?  Or in a poor primarily "ethnic" neighborhood?  Now I am sure not ALL of these abortion mills are in ethnic neighborhoods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now ask your self these questions, and be truly honest with yourself.  Which political party supports always increasing funds for Planned Parenthood?  Which party asks you to get on welfare and always come to them daily for a fish?  Which one of the parties asks you to be self-sufficient?  Which one doesn't want you to be dependant on the government?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, back to the "speaker" Pelosi.  Following the party platform is pushing an agenda of Eugenics.  Now I am sure she believes this stuff, and has the best intentions.  I mean in a super twisted way... Hitler had the best intentions too, for the Mother race and Father Germany.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-638600039330095174?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/638600039330095174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=638600039330095174' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/638600039330095174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/638600039330095174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/spirit-of-hitler-lives-on-in-modern.html' title='The Spirit Of Hitler Lives On In The Modern Democratic Party'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-1136636377995151525</id><published>2009-01-23T06:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T06:46:59.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gun control... a good thing? HITLER says yes. So does OBAMA, HOLDER, EMANUEL AND THE LIKE!</title><content type='html'>Here is something I will almost bet you DON'T KNOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quote from the evil man of the Nazi regime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or native police.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strong-points must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;" --&lt;strong&gt;Adolf Hitler&lt;/strong&gt;, dinner talk on April 11, 1942, quoted in Hitler's Table Talk 1941-44: His Private Conversations, Second Edition (1973), Pg. 425-426. Translated by Norman Cameron and R. H. Stevens. Introduced and with a new preface by H. R. Trevor-Roper. The original German papers were known as &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Bormann&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Vermerke&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now to the actual law... The "Nazi Weapons Act of 1938" did several things...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. It classified guns into &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;categories&lt;/span&gt; and said guns were for "sporting purposes".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. All citizens who wished to purchase firearms had to register with the Nazi officials and have a background check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Presumed German citizens were hostile and thereby exempted Nazis from the gun control law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Gave Nazis unrestricted power to decide what kinds of firearms could, or could not be owned by private persons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. The types of ammunition that were legal were subject to control by bureaucrats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Juveniles under 18 years could not buy firearms and ammunition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Gun Control Law Passed by the German Government One Day After &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Kristallnacht&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11 November 1938&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With a basis in §31 of the Weapons Law of 18 March 1938 (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Reichsgesetzblatt&lt;/span&gt; I, p.265), Article III of the Law on the Reunification of Austria with Germany of 13 March 1938&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Reichsgesetzblatt&lt;/span&gt; I, p. 237), and §9 of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Führer&lt;/span&gt; and Chancellor's decree on the administration of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Sudeten&lt;/span&gt;-German districts of 1 October 1938 (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Reichsgesetzblatt&lt;/span&gt; I, p 1331) are the following ordered: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;§1 Jews (§5 of the First Regulations of the German Citizenship Law of 14 November 1935, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Reichsgesetzblatt&lt;/span&gt; I, p. 1333) are prohibited from acquiring, possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or stabbing weapons. Those now possessing weapons and ammunition are at once to turn them over to the local police authority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;§2 Firearms and ammunition found in a Jew's possession will be forfeited to the government without compensation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;§3 The Minister of the Interior may make exceptions to the Prohibition in §1 for Jews who are foreign nationals. He can entrust other authorities with this power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;§4 Whoever willfully or negligently violates the provisions of §1 will be punished with imprisonment and a fine. In especially severe cases of deliberate violations, the punishment is imprisonment in a penitentiary for up to five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;§5 For the implementation of this regulation, the Minister of the Interior waives the necessary legal and administrative provisions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;§6 This regulation is valid in the state of Austria and in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Sudeten&lt;/span&gt;-German districts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berlin, 11 November 1938&lt;br /&gt;Minister of the Interior&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Frick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now if you are honest with yourself and look at this disgusting piece of Nazi trash law. You will see that the &lt;em&gt;Brady &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Campaign&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is in full agreement, &lt;em&gt;California &lt;/em&gt;is in full agreement, &lt;em&gt;Chicago, NYC, Washington DC&lt;/em&gt;, are all in full agreement. Not to mention &lt;em&gt;attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Rahm&lt;/span&gt; Emanuel, &amp;amp; even Obama his self. (If you don't believe Obama hates the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;amendment&lt;/span&gt;, look at where his vote has been cast in the past. Not the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;drivel&lt;/span&gt; that spews from his mouth.)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now you are probably asking the same question I was when I learned this dirty little secret...Where does that leave you and I?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ENSLAVED, BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR POWER AND CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE.&lt;/strong&gt; Which is why the USA became a nation to start with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-1136636377995151525?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/1136636377995151525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=1136636377995151525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1136636377995151525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1136636377995151525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/gun-control-good-thing-hitler-says-yes.html' title='Gun control... a good thing? HITLER says yes. So does OBAMA, HOLDER, EMANUEL AND THE LIKE!'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-466271707237232656</id><published>2009-01-23T05:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T06:19:33.230-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Congress is not listening...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I have written on several occasions to our "senator" Claire McCaskill. This in and of it self does not seem to be out of the ordinary. But what I received in return is what is the amusing part of the whole situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wrote to &lt;strong&gt;both senators and my representative&lt;/strong&gt;.  All of them except the brilliant McCaskill have not written back as of yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let me frame the situation so you will understand what happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you "contact" the almighty senators or representatives, you have to put in all of your information, and you have to select the "topic" from a drop down menu. So since I was writing about the new unconstitutional BS proposal from Blair Holt. You know the &lt;strong&gt;Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (H.R. 45)&lt;/strong&gt;.  I asked her to review and vote against this pathetic attempt to ENSLAVE, yep I said enslave, the people of the USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically along with a dozen or so other completely unconstitutional parts of the wanna be law, HR 45 requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a &lt;strong&gt;database of information&lt;/strong&gt; that includes the &lt;strong&gt;name, address, and firearm license number of any individual receiving a firearm. In addition, this database must include the manufacturer, model, serial number, and date of receipt of the firearms received by each individual.&lt;/strong&gt; As it is so clearly described above, this information is not necessary to trace firearms used in crimes. It is only necessary to create "people of interest lists" of the people who own/sell or buy certain numbers or types of firearms and ammo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now you know what the message I sent to the "senator" said. Now see her response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;"Dear XXXXXXXXXXXX:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Thank you for contacting me regarding the “DC Gun Ban.” I appreciate hearing from you, and I welcome the chance to respond.As you may know, in 1976, the Washington D.C. City Council passed laws banning handguns and restricting the possession of rifles and shotguns. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Last November, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would take up the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, which will determine if DC’s gun laws violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This is the first time since 1939 that the Supreme Court will rule on Second Amendment rights. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;I am encouraged that our nation’s highest court will review this case – this is the correct forum to determine such important matters of Constitutional law.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;As your United States Senator, I will work to ensure that any efforts in Congress to promote appropriate gun safety measures do not unduly infringe upon law-abiding citizens’ right to own firearms or burden the hunting and sportsmanship culture of Missouri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Again, I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me.  Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future regarding other matters of interest or concern to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;All best,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Senator Claire McCaskill"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now let me break this down for you. Most people think that this is not a big deal because they won't do anything wrong with the guns they buy so why should it matter? Right? Well that is nice and all, but just is not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This database can only have one use. GUN CONFISCATION. Knowing who bought the gun to start with, NO MORE PRIVATE SALES FACE TO FACE. When they can track each one, and put in jail those that lost one or had one stolen and didn't report it within 48 hours to the Attorney General. Also if they can get their "micro-stamping" passed it will be illegal to own "untraceable" or unmarked ammo. Now they can take away your rights and you will not be able to do a thing about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LET ME MAKE MYSELF CLEAR. You ONLY have your other rights because the people as a whole in the USA are armed. The FBI estimates that there are OVER 200,000,000 firearms in PRIVATE ownership in the USA. Do you think the gov. can roll over the people when they have that many firearms? &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;It is quite sad that most people don't know enough about history to know how the USA came INTO existance.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; By the end of the gun, and death, and blood sweat and many, many tears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time and time again throughout history, the people have first been disarmed, then enslaved and killed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is all for this one.  I will expand further in coming letters.  Thank you for reading.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-466271707237232656?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/466271707237232656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=466271707237232656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/466271707237232656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/466271707237232656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/congress-is-not-listening.html' title='Congress is not listening...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-6573384596576058564</id><published>2009-01-12T08:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T11:33:38.565-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Brady Camp Lie...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SWt0Buq9_pI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bLF3Bks7zv0/s1600-h/stupid.brady.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290449760333725330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SWt0Buq9_pI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bLF3Bks7zv0/s320/stupid.brady.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well the folks at the Brady camp are at it all the time aren't they&lt;/strong&gt;?  Now this isn't a lie in and of itself, because I am sure that they can prove where they got all their data from and they are all very reputable sources.  And the facts are the facts.  But they are just dishonest as to what the data means more than what it says.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just looking for some stats on gun violence in Australia, and knife crime in the UK that has been exploding and increasing at an alarming rate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;But as I was google-ing... and found the all scary "Brady Campaign of Stupidity". And looking on their site I found a poster with a really cool red/ white / and blue in the stars and stripes motif picture of a revolver... and it had some interesting "facts" on it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kinda cool, I guess. Until I actually did a little looking at the "facts" that it has on it...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And you didn't even get past the first sentence before you get the first "fact" (in the real world we call them lies). "&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IN 2004, GUNS MURDERED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;..." &lt;em&gt;See this is where they are a little stupid there at the Brady campaign&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;In fact UNTIL I saw this poster I was under the very false assumption apparently that guns were inanimate objects. But apparently they are evil and they murder people. Stupid me.&lt;/strong&gt; Now I am worried about other inanimate objects like the blender, the washer and dryer, and not to mention the fridge OH then there is the hammer, and oil containers in the garage and the house itself .... They will start to murder people any day now I just know it....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;All joking aside. These people at the Brady camp I am sure really mean well (at least I hope so). But are just grossly misguided in their cause. What they fail to realize, or they just ignore, is that no GUN shot Mr. Brady. It was the man that used the tool that was responsible. NOT the TOOL.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Another thought was ... &lt;strong&gt;2004&lt;/strong&gt; ? &lt;strong&gt;Really&lt;/strong&gt;, 5 years behind the times. &lt;strong&gt;Wow&lt;/strong&gt; they are not too quick on the draw... no pun intended.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But as I looked the "&lt;em&gt;facts&lt;/em&gt;" up on google, I could not come up with any of their numbers. But not to be discouraged I gave them the benefit of the doubt, and just used their numbers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So basically they use 6 countries...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;New Zealand - NZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Sweden - S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Australia - A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;England/Whales - Eng&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Canada - Can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;U.S.A. - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Then they put the numbers of the sweet innocent people that "guns murdered". I mean not one single person on this list could be someone killed in self-defense. Seriously ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;In the same order (all the lists) those murdered by the gun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NZ - 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;S - 35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;A - 56&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Eng - 73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Can - 184&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;USA - 11,344&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now just by looking at these numbers you are to assume that USA is horribly violent, and murders all the time. And if they just take all the guns, it would be safe. But that is not the case if you really look hard behind the "facts" you will find the complete opposite is true.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All the numbers on how many guns are in each Country and their populations are easily attainable from Google. Simple searching really. I had all my numbers in a few minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Lets look at population then actual number of firearms estimated by the governments... understanding that both are estimates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;population/ #of murdering guns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NZ - 3,737,277 / 250,000&lt;br /&gt;S - 9,000,000 / 2,000,000&lt;br /&gt;A - 19,008,000 / 2,500,000 (This is after the huge, get the guns campaign)&lt;br /&gt;Eng - 60,587,500 / 120,000 (This includes "deactivated" firearms)&lt;br /&gt;Can - 35,000,000 / 11,000,000&lt;br /&gt;USA - 305,599,518 / 200,000,000 (yes that is 2 hundred million, ask the FBI)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Using those 3 sets of numbers, you can come up with some interesting information to really put this wave of crazy gun crime into perspective. This in no way diminishes the value of any and all lives lost from any type of crime or even self-defense. Every life no matter what is precious to God, and should be to everyone else too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first # I would like to direct your attention to is the population % of people "murdered by guns" &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NZ - .01337%&lt;br /&gt;S - .03888%&lt;br /&gt;A - .02946%&lt;br /&gt;Eng - .01204%&lt;br /&gt;Can - .05257%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;USA - .37120%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;So again at this point it looks like it is best for the places that have less guns, right? But then you keep looking and find some interesting things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Guns per-capita in each of these countries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NZ - .06&lt;br /&gt;S - .22&lt;br /&gt;A - .13&lt;br /&gt;Eng - .198&lt;br /&gt;Can - .31&lt;br /&gt;USA - .65&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now this is quite interesting. I have more than 5 firearms. So that means that there are at least 6 people just from myself, that do not own a firearm. My firearms range and vary. No two are alike. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now all that is also very interesting. Now here is the nuts and bolts of the issue. The gun deaths per guns owned in each country...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NZ - .002&lt;br /&gt;S - .00175&lt;br /&gt;A - .00224&lt;br /&gt;Eng - .06083&lt;br /&gt;Can - .00167&lt;br /&gt;USA - .005672&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Now the Brady Campaign has said over and over that more regulation and less guns equal less crime. Now just from these few super basic figures you can see, that theory doesn't necessarily hold water. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;What can you make your figures say about anything and statistics can look and say just about anything. The Brady Campaign does a good job of that. Pushing an agenda with a little bit of shady information. Just like any other organization with an agenda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;What the Brady Campaign won't tell you is that in their Utopian society of Great Britain, where it is almost impossible to get a firearm. There is now a huge problem with knife crime. So I will ask this question? Is this a gun issue or a moral breakdown in society? Is this really a Crime/ gun issue, or fear mongering at its worst? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Brady camp also won't tell you that suicide, in all these places where guns are restricted, has not decreased in any way. It has stayed the same and sometimes it has risen. The only thing different is the manner in which the suicide takes place. Example, is guns are restricted so people hang themselves or gas themselves instead. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;This is not a gun issue, nor a crime issue. It is fear mongering at its worse. But what is more sad is that these are just symptoms of the real issue. And the Brady camp is more interested in putting a band aid on this problem instead of getting the cause of the symptoms. Although it is much easier to remain hoplophobic &lt;em&gt;(that means to be afraid of weapons, or guns)&lt;/em&gt; and demonize guns than it is to address the moral and social decay of a nation. And we can not expect the Brady folks to be any different than the rest of our society. Always wanting an easy way out.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Sometimes doing your best is not good enough, sometimes you have to do what is required. - W. Churchill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-6573384596576058564?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/6573384596576058564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=6573384596576058564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6573384596576058564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6573384596576058564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-brady-camp-lie.html' title='Another Brady Camp Lie...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SWt0Buq9_pI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bLF3Bks7zv0/s72-c/stupid.brady.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3085021178232068901</id><published>2008-11-12T07:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T14:24:53.231-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Intellectuals, do they really exist?</title><content type='html'>My grandfather had no tolerance for stupid people.  He had no degree, or specialized training other than the training he received in the Army.  He had an 8th grade education, yet was wiser than most of the Intellectuals today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess he had it right when he would state that those that graduated from any university, that had no common sense, or those that think they are too smart for us “unwashed masses”, were nothing but College Bred Idiots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intellectuals are always lauded and praised by other intellectuals at the time of their “genius”.  However more often than not, once the dust of time settles &amp;amp; the facts are clear, they end up being as sharp as bowling balls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is painfully obvious to most people that Intellectuals are not taken as seriously by us normal folks as they take themselves.  In fact I would wager to say that, it is a good thing that the piece of paper they get when they graduate from college / university says that they are smart.  Because if it didn’t no one would ever know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is truly amusing to me (of course as one of the unwashed masses) is that you don’t even really have to actually be an intellectual; you just have to fit in and look like one.  Or if you read some old books, or speak some socialist BS you read from the idiot Marx.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is more amusing is that they always get stuff wrong… and yet are still considered smart.  Here are some examples…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harry S. Truman – I do believe someone once said about the “country bumpkin” that he could hold his tongue in five languages.  I do know he spoke and read latin and was highly intelligent.  Mr Obama eat your heart out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calvin Coolidge – I know that he spoke and or read 4 languages like Latin, Greek, English, and Italian. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But leave it up to the intellectuals to be wrong at least 99% of the time.  I mean what other field could you be wrong so often and still be praised and envied?  How many times have you seen the news or read a headline that says… XXXXXX baffles experts, or xxxxxx stuns experts, or ... xxxxxxx better or worse than the experts expected etc?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is interesting is that in the 1930’s the intellectuals said that capitalism was the problem and that we should look at the soviet union for the proper model and the way to go.  But looking back we now know that up to 6 million people died in the soviet states while they were a huge exporter of food.  (That is as many Russians that died as compared to the jews under Hitler.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and speaking of Hitler…  Let’s not forget the intellectuals HUGE mistake in how they told us we should treat Hitler.  They said Hitler was just “misunderstood” and if they could just sit down next to him and give him a hug.  Then all would be well and the world would be sunshine and lollipops.  I mean germany is just a small country what kind of a threat could they be?  Right Obama?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yeah and all the time they were saying “pay no attention to the man behind the german curtain” they were also urging both the US and the west to disarm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I seriously hope Mr. Obama knows his history.  But saying as he went to Harvard, and became a lawyer… he probably does not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact there are not enough trees to cut down to make enough paper to make enough books to be filled with the things the intellectual’s were 180 degrees away from being right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yeah lets not forget the whole “the earth is flat” thing either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It only takes one of the unwashed masses with a pinch of common sense to out do the intellectual any day of the week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Sowell states …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“How have intellectuals managed to be so wrong, so often? By thinking that because they are knowledgeable -- or even expert -- within some narrow band out of the vast spectrum of human concerns, that makes them wise guides to the masses and to the rulers of the nation. But the ignorance of Ph.D.s is still ignorance and high-IQ groupthink is still groupthink, which is the antithesis of real thinking.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could not have said it better myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;THINK ABOUT IT.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3085021178232068901?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3085021178232068901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3085021178232068901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3085021178232068901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3085021178232068901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/intellectuals-do-they-really-exist.html' title='Intellectuals, do they really exist?'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-1884740979012088530</id><published>2008-11-12T06:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T07:10:28.307-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Election</title><content type='html'>I am writing to say that Obama is the president elect of the USA.  I do not like it.  I think that it is a huge mistake, that we as Americans will have to pay for, for a generation, if not more.  Not because he made history in becoming the first Black United States President, but because &lt;strong&gt;his voting record&lt;/strong&gt; says that he is the most liberal senator in the senate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, he is now the next president.  When he is sworn in, I urge all Americans to support him.  I don't urge people to be taken in and duped with the "messiah" complex he has.  But he will be every ones president, not just those that voted for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This doesn't mean however, that I will not be taking him to task on his radical ideas he wishes to impose on the nation.  Some of these ideals are harmless enough ... while others could kill millions and possibly destroy the USA and cause it to stop being the nation we all love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is interesting however, that he supports the idea of abortion and planned parenthood.  I only say that it is interesting because the lady that started it was into this insane idea of "eugenics".  You know eugenics right... that was the movement to eliminate the "unwanted" from the gene pool.  And at the time the movement thought that Black folks were not wanted and therefore should be eliminated.  Praised by the US left of course  (&lt;a title="Margaret Sanger" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger"&gt;Margaret Sanger&lt;/a&gt;) started in the mostly white populated area called BROOKLYN NEW YORK.  Oh did I say white?  Ever notice where these "planned parenthood" places are located.  "Helping" those not have babies, that should not have them? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Margaret Sanger who was white, and loved by today's US Leftists, was a racist and a murderer (in my opinnion).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I digress...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Support and &lt;strong&gt;PRAY&lt;/strong&gt; for our president.  That means Bush now and Obama next year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-1884740979012088530?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/1884740979012088530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=1884740979012088530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1884740979012088530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1884740979012088530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/election.html' title='The Election'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2415454787563228832</id><published>2008-11-04T11:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T11:46:17.668-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheat, Steal, Destroy</title><content type='html'>There is a disturbing trend that is emerging in the "electorate" as it were.  And that trend is politicians, and other people involved in trying to elect them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;None more disturbing as those that I have been seeing in this election.  Here are some instances...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People registered in many states like ... Farah &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Minwalla&lt;/span&gt; is apparently registered to vote in North Carolina, New York, and Nevada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have New Yorkers registered to vote in Ohio, to skew the election in that state I would assume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have Acorn trading cigarettes and beer to homeless people in exchange for a registration and vote.  And in some cases the same homeless people vote multiple times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have NFL stars that don't live in Nevada, registered to vote there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to mention Mickey Mouse registered to vote in Florida... and I am not talking about the people in the costumes in Florida either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes then there is the Black Panthers "guarding" polling places in Philly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the list goes on and on and on....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the point is.  What is winning election worth?  Is it worth selling your soul to the devil?  If you have to lie, cheat, steal and destroy ... just to win; is the victory really a victory? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another disturbing turn of events is the fact that the Dumb-o-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;crats&lt;/span&gt; ... are trying to pour unlimited amounts of money into the secretary of state races in "battle ground" states to make for themselves a so called "fire-wall", against republican recounts of elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do have to say that I am registered a Republican, and the reason there is that I registered at 18 and have not changed it since.  So now I am registered Rep, but don't vote that way all the time.  In fact I didn't vote for all Republican today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have the majority of the "news" organizations in the tank ... lock, stock, and barrel -- now they can not hardly hold in their bias at this point. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have the Republican candidates trashed on a multiple basis, daily.  When the Republican VP was brought up on charges of "ethics" the entire establishment was slobbering and tripping over each other and them selves to report it.  Now when She was cleared of ALL charges... all you hear is crickets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If a woman on the blue side was treated the way &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Palin&lt;/span&gt; was treated on the red side.  We would be in the middle of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;WWIII&lt;/span&gt; right now.  But to the establishment there is only one way to be successful as a woman, their specific formula.  And when this is not the way a woman makes herself successful, they freak out, and try to tear her down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did vote today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I encourage you to also vote.  Don't let anyone intimidate you into not voting.  No one has the right to intimidate you away from voting, not the KKK, nor the Black Panthers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless America, and more importantly America Bless God.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2415454787563228832?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2415454787563228832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2415454787563228832' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2415454787563228832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2415454787563228832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheat-steal-destroy.html' title='Cheat, Steal, Destroy'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-7451323054743026741</id><published>2008-10-31T07:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T08:53:47.401-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama Vs. America</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I am now more convinced than ever that Barrack Hussein Obama is a Socialist through and through. Not a full Communist, quite frankly he does not have the balls. Communism is Socialism forced on the people by the government, by the end of a gun. And Obama is not a gun liking person. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;If you want to see what a "politician" really believes, look at the things they do while they are not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;campaigning&lt;/span&gt;. If you look at what BO said while in his super short 143 DAY career in the Senate, after being a street hustler in Chicago, he is clearly an anti-gun candidate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;And then there are his dumb-ass &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;comments&lt;/span&gt; like this...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Uhhmmm&lt;/span&gt;... what the ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Now there was another "Civilian" or "Para-military" group in history it was called the Hitler Youth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“ &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Kater&lt;/span&gt; looks at how the [Hitler Youth organization] undermined traditional morality while claiming to uphold it, and the brave but futile attempt at resistance. He believes that, while the "Hitler Youth" generation cannot completely escape culpability for the Hitler regime, moral guilt cannot be laid on wholesale. Ultimately, it was the political/social system their elders handed them that determined the way they would go.&lt;/strong&gt; --Roger K. Miller about HITLER YOUTH by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Kater&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; ”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Now what I am NOT saying is that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Obama's&lt;/span&gt; "Civilian National Security Force" is going to be the Hitler Youth or something similar. However what I am saying is that indoctrination comes in all forms. It comes in the form of insane dictators like Hitler, and it also comes in the form of "academia" and the Socialist - Marxist beliefs of so many people that attend their uptight universities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Now ... with all that being said. Let us take a journey down memory lane and back in time to a time where there was much strife. Lets say December 15, 1791 for example... For those less &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;knowledgeable&lt;/span&gt;... that would be the day that the the&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Virginia&lt;/span&gt; legislature ratified the Bill of Rights, thereby achieving the ratification of three-fourths of the states needed to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Now the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; amendment states... "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;So if you agree with the founding Fathers (yep I said fathers ... don't care about being &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;politically&lt;/span&gt; correct) then you know that we the people with our "evil" guns are necessary to the security of a free state. So no need for another (Government funded no doubt) government organization to do what we do already.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;I believe there is a statement "there is no use beating a dead horse". This speaks to the heart of the Dumb-o-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;crat&lt;/span&gt; thinking... they want to fix problems that don't need fixed. Create problems that they blame on others to get re-elected to "fix" the "problem". Now there is a huge flaw in this logic... On the surface it sounds great... However their fatal flaw is that IF they did fix the problem, then there would be nothing for them to do, and they would be out of a job. So they perpetuate myths and stir up class envy and racial hate, all the while saying they will fix it if we elect them. But all the while knowing they can not do that, or they would no longer have a base to plea for re-election.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Now, with all that being said... again. I will pose a couple of questions and leave you with them to ponder ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Which political party is the compassionate one?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Now think of the old saying "Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Then ask yourself ... Is it more compassionate to give the man a fish and tell him come back tomorrow and I will give you another, or to teach him how to fish and be self-sufficient?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;God bless everyone. And pray for our leaders, no matter who they are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-7451323054743026741?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/7451323054743026741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=7451323054743026741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7451323054743026741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7451323054743026741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-vs-america.html' title='Obama Vs. America'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4284723294136291141</id><published>2008-08-19T14:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T14:19:47.689-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choice, eh?</title><content type='html'>The dumb-o-crats say they are for CHOICE but they are really not.  They are only for choice when it is something they like or is for a popular cause.  But when they get laws passed to fit their demented point of view… (ie. The phasing out of the incandescent light bulbs, for the mercury vapor laced swirl compact fluorescent) they leave you with only one option. … Which is no choice at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;AGAIN I WILL REPEAT THAT… WHEN LEFT WITH ONLY ONE OPTION, YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you want to murder an innocent child in its mothers womb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when a doctor wants to choose whether or not to take a patient (in a non-emergency situation – in this case a fertility clinic) as a patient?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you make fun of Christians, when they try to live the way they are supposed to live according to the Scriptures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when you draw a funny cartoon that makes ol Mohum-mad look like the idiot he is?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you don’t hire a white guy that is qualified to do a job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when you don’t hire a “minority” when they are not qualified?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you want to waste huge amounts of money to put solar panels or other stupid “green energy” item on your house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when you don’t recycle with rabid intensity?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you want to replace your non-hazardous incandescent light bulbs with the stupid swirly ones that are laced with mercury vapors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when you want to keep the old fashion incandescent ones, because you don’t want the mercury vapors in your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is ok to “choose”, when you don’t want to eat tuna because there is mercury in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But it is not ok to “choose” when you don’t want to bring into your home a light bulb that has 50-100% more mercury in them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;Wake up America before you are caught like a wild pig, eating the corn from the government in a cage you don’t even know how it got there !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4284723294136291141?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4284723294136291141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4284723294136291141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4284723294136291141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4284723294136291141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/choice-eh.html' title='Choice, eh?'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-6713815546463880484</id><published>2008-08-19T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T11:35:28.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Granny's got a gun...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These stories just make me feel warm and fuzzy.  Picture it... punk kid breaks into old lady's house because he thinks she is a "easy target" and comes face to face with a gun.  Now imagine you are the boy, and imagine the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;embarrassment&lt;/span&gt; (if in deed he is part of a burglary ring) when he gets out and has to explain how the old lady held him at gunpoint and made him call 911 on himself... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Oh that is not something he will ever live down.  And maybe the old lady taught this boy a lesson that his parents never did.  Don't mess with granny, especially when granny's got a &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GUN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406185,00.html"&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406185,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"POINT MARION, Pa. —  An 85-year-old woman busted a would-be burglar by pulling a gun on him, then forcing him to call 911 while she kept him in her sights, police said.&lt;br /&gt;"I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," said Leda Smith, of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Springhill&lt;/span&gt; Township, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.&lt;br /&gt;Smith heard the 17-year-old boy break into her home about 3 p.m. Monday. She grabbed a .22-caliber revolver she began keeping by her bed when a neighbor's home was burglarized a few weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;"I said, 'What are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it," Smith said.&lt;br /&gt;After the boy called 911, Smith held him at bay until the state police arrived.&lt;br /&gt;The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in Fayette County Juvenile Court, Trooper Christian &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Lieberum&lt;/span&gt; said. The boy was not identified because of his age.&lt;br /&gt;"It was exciting," Smith said, who hoped the incident stops burglaries in her neighborhood. "I just hope I broke up the ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here." "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20079819&amp;amp;BRD=2280&amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;dept_id=480247&amp;amp;rfi=6"&gt;http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20079819&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;BRD&lt;/span&gt;=2280&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;PAG&lt;/span&gt;=461&amp;amp;dept_id=480247&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;rfi&lt;/span&gt;=6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story above states a good one...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Smith said she had just come home from church when she noticed a door open at her home and an outer door broken.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Lieberum&lt;/span&gt; said Smith immediately realized someone was in her home and decided to retrieve her handgun and went looking for the intruder."I saw him move by my keyboard near the wall but I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Smith said, noting that she started keeping the .22-caliber revolver by her bed after a burglary at a neighboring home several weeks ago.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Smith said she then found the boy hiding and confronted him."I said, 'What are you doing in my house?'" Smith said during an interview Monday with &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;WPXI&lt;/span&gt;-TV, Channel 11 in Pittsburgh, a news partner with the Herald-Standard. "He just kept saying he didn't do it." Smith ordered the teen to turn around and not to run and then had him pick up the telephone and dial 911.She then ordered the boy to give her the telephone after placing the call and she told dispatchers about the intruder.Officials from 911 stayed on the telephone with Smith as she had the boy lay &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;facedown&lt;/span&gt; and spread-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;eagled&lt;/span&gt; on the floor. "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Although this is something that should be on "the worlds dumbest criminals".    I wonder if "&lt;strong&gt;he was thinking about what he did&lt;/strong&gt;".?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Some people do not ever learn.  Some people do.  People that get a gun pointed in their faces when trying to rob an 85 yr old lady tend to learn.  Sometimes they learn the hard way like the fellas that charged Joe Horn, in Texas.  Now this young man did not get shot, so I hope he did learn, and does not end up as the 2 Illegals in Texas.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Joe Horn is my hero.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-6713815546463880484?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/6713815546463880484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=6713815546463880484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6713815546463880484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6713815546463880484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/grannys-got-gun.html' title='Granny&apos;s got a gun...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2571651529696915399</id><published>2008-08-12T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T11:10:43.781-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The world is upside down</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is proof positive that the media and the libtards are fused. Not only do they pat each others back, they are one and the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the deal. I just pulled up Google and looked at the headlines for the U.S. and what did I see? I see topics ranging from missing children to police beatings etc. Then I noticed something that caught my eye. I see a bill that Bush has proposed that would cut the knees out from under greenpeace, the sierra club, and others. (Which I like by the way. Any thing that pisses of the tree hugging hippie burnouts and their kind) But then I noticed that there were 525 news articles that are related. Which is not too many, but when you only have 241 for a missing and feared dead child in Florida, 305 for an 8 yr old boy and father mauled by a black bear, and a whopping 260 on a Gestapo police officer beating a man in handcuffs; it is too many.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In all these other stories deal with actual people and their lives, the story about the bill that removes power from the “green boys” only deals with things like the poor grub or speckled termite. You can not hunt a whale, but you can murder a child in the womb of its mother. You can not drill for the lifeblood of the world at this time (oil for you libtards) because you might upset the stomach of a caribou, but it is ok to murder a human before its life outside the womb has began, because it is an inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What the bill would do, is cut red tape. It would allow them not to have to hire an “expert” to tell them it will or will not “harm” the environment. Which has been a good racket for the “green boys” because they are the “experts”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;Stupid Libtards… Oxygen is for Conservatives.  Oh and by the way the Libtards are the reason you are paying out the nose for oil, and therefore GAS.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;Libtards, pull your heads out of your... and wipe the brown off your ears, and help out the little guys that you are supposed to be "FOR".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2571651529696915399?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2571651529696915399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2571651529696915399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2571651529696915399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2571651529696915399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/world-is-upside-down.html' title='The world is upside down'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4655658863086365221</id><published>2008-08-06T07:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T09:38:27.311-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ILLEGAL ? GO HOME.  COME BACK WHEN YOU ARE LEGAL.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;This nice quote comes from this source...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;And I will not even correct the spelling errors...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/06/usa"&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/06/usa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"A Mexican man at the centre of an international legal dispute has been executed in Texas for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in 1993.&lt;br /&gt;While protestors both for and against the death penalty demonstrated outside the Huntsville Unit near Houston last night, José Medellín, 33, died after being given a lethal injection.&lt;br /&gt;The execution came just before 10pm shortly after the US supreme court denied a last request for a reprieve. "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Now, I do not like being negative.  But I do not have any sympathy for this man.  I really hope he made his peace with the one and only God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is something that I do not think was intentional but funny anyway...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Pleas for a stay came from Washington, Mexico and the international court of justice (ICJ)."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Wait... I thought Washington was in America?  Is it seriously in Mexico?  Makes me think.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The state's Republican governor, Rick Perry, rebutted attempts to delay off the execution arguing that the state's courts were not bound by the rulings of the ICJ. "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Thank God Almighty that there is a Governor in the US that still has his Balls.  And they have not been removed and put in a mason jar under the kitchen sink.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The ICJ in the Hague had ordered Medellín's case and those of 50 other Mexicans on death row be reviewed because none had been informed of their right to consular assistance."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Wait a minute... how are they supposed to be told they can contact their consulate if we can not ask if they are Illegal or not?  Woooooo, chalk up another BRILLIANT move for the DUMB-O-CRAP LIBERALS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;NOW HERE IS WHY I WROTE THIS ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The Mexican government has now sent a note of protest to the US state department, expressing "its concern for the precedent that (the execution) may create for the rights of Mexican nationals who may be detained in that country." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;WHY AGAIN ARE THEY HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?  If they were not here to begin with ILLEGALLY... there would be no problem with them NOT being able to contact their consulate, because they WOULD NOT BE HERE TO COMMIT THE CRIME IN THE FIRST PLACE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;AGAIN WAY TO GO LIBTARDS...!!!  YEAH... YOU ARE SMART!!  TRUTH BE KNOWN YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF COLLEGE BRED IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Medellín and five other teenage boys in his Houston street gang took part in the rape and murder of two girls, Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jennifer Ertman, 14, in 1993.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medellín, who was born in Mexico but moved to the US as a child, was convicted of Pena's murder and has never contested the conviction.&lt;/strong&gt; Two other members of the gang were also sentenced to die. Two had their sentences commuted to life in prison. The sixth, &lt;strong&gt;Medellín's brother, Vernacio&lt;/strong&gt;, is serving a 40-year sentence."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;You mean his parents made him break the law?  Did he never want to be a Citizen?  Or did he just want to share the wealth, and not the responsibility?  Then why are his parents not in jail?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The 1963 Vienna Convention, which both Mexico and the US signed, requires foreigners accused of crimes to be given that opportunity.&lt;br /&gt;Over the last five days, Medellín's lawyers tried to stop the execution by arguing to the Supreme Court that it should be put off until Congress had a chance to pass pending legislation that would require a review of similar cases. "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Two comments here...  One...  Uh... they don't tell you that he said nothing until 4 years after he was already in JAIL.&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;And two ... Uh am I supposed to believe that we are now going to enact a law in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA that bows to the UN and the INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE?  UHHH... where the hell is Captain America when you need him?  He would pimp slap these people back where they belong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"One member of the supreme court, justice Stephen Breyer wrote however, that to permit the execution would place the US "irremediably in violation of international law and breaks our treaty promises." "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Uh... Are we sovereign?  Are we under the "jurisdiction" of the UN and the ICJ?  Why is STEPHEN BREYER on trial for treason?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Mexico, which opposes the death penalty, has used the Vienna convention on consular relations to try to block the executions of Medellín and 50 other Mexicans in the US."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Are we north mexico?  Why are these mexicans here illegally?  Oh yeah... we are the #1 source of revenue for mexico.  When is America going to wake up and demand our employees (Government) to do what we want and not whatever lines their pockets with the largest number of $100 bills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wake up America.  Have we forgotten 1776?  Have we forgotten "Come and take it"?  Have we forgotten "Don't tread on me"?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4655658863086365221?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4655658863086365221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4655658863086365221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4655658863086365221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4655658863086365221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/illegal-go-home-come-back-when-you-are.html' title='ILLEGAL ? GO HOME.  COME BACK WHEN YOU ARE LEGAL.'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5490519790313308417</id><published>2008-08-05T13:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T14:04:45.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Down with the UN</title><content type='html'>Ban Ki-moon today called for stay of Texas execution of Jose Medellin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has urged the United States not to go ahead with the execution of a Mexican citizen. The Secretary General says the US must respect the judgement of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which decreed that the execution should be stopped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who the Hell does this guy think he is? Is this someone you elected? I know I sure as hell did not vote for him. Is this someone that has any say what so ever to the courts or states, or anything else for that matter? Then again who the hell is the ICJ? They do not have any authority on American soil. They do not have the right to tell us as Americans to do anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact in March 2005, the United States pulled out of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which allows the International Court of Justice to have compulsory jurisdiction over disputes arising under the Convention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then in the summer of 2006, there was (Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon) where the Supreme Court of the USA stated that ...foreign nationals who were not notified of their right to consular notification and access after an arrest may not use the treaty violation to suppress evidence obtained in police interrogation or belatedly raise legal challenges after trial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then there was the Medellin case in  2008, the Supreme Court further ruled that the decision of the ICJ directing the United States to give "review and reconsideration" to the cases of 51 Mexican convicts on death row was not a binding domestic law and therefore could not be used to overcome state procedural default rules that barred further post-conviction challenges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would be willing to bet that Obama thinks that this execution should be postponed or put of indefinitely. But the facts are the facts. This guy initiated the contact with the 2 barely teenage girls. They were brutally gang raped, forced to perform sex acts, beaten and strangled to death and then left to rot in the hot Houston sun for 4 days. Obama would probably be on this murderers side in the matter after all both he and his wife are lawyers, and everyone they know are lawyers... well that is what his wife says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some think that lethal injection is cruel and inhumane. Oh well so is gang rape and beating and strangling of barely teenage girls. Oh yeah and then there is the fact that he stood on one of the girls throats because "she just would not die". So I have no sympathy for him. Although a .45 acp round is much cheaper, and give him what he would not give his victims, a quick and relatively painless death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact everyone should try to get Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, to run for President. Way to go Gov. Perry, thanks for not jumping when the UN and others shout "jump".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5490519790313308417?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5490519790313308417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5490519790313308417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5490519790313308417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5490519790313308417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/down-with-un.html' title='Down with the UN'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5284675196550224563</id><published>2008-08-05T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T07:54:35.119-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Adios Jose...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I had decided not to say anything about this case from the start.  Because this should be an easy one for anyone to look at and, with the smallest bit of common sense, this is an open and shut case.   Well... until the UN, Mexico, and the President try to stick their noses where it does not&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;belong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But what can you expect from people that are "true believers" in Liberalism, and Marxism?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Now lets go over some facts about the basics, you know... who, what, when, where, why, and how...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;And here is the story...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;An Illegal Immigrant (brought by his Illegal immigrant parents when he was a small boy) in America, when he was @18 back in the good &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ol'days&lt;/span&gt; of Clinton (1993).  In Houston TX - two young beautiful American daughters (Jennifer &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Ertman&lt;/span&gt;, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16) take a short cut home from a friends house and stumble across this scum bag and 5 of his "tough gangster" buddies drinking beer after a new "gangster" was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;initiated&lt;/span&gt; into the gang.  So now these "tough hard gangsters" decide that it would in fact be a good idea to grab these two girls and for more than an hour gang rape, force them do perform sex acts, beat, and strangle these two innocent girls with shoelaces and belts.  And I do believe in one of the girls cases, which Jose here will get to go see God about in less than a day now, he said he even stood on her throat because "she just would not die".  (Which by the way is really manly of these 6 guys to beat up, rape and kill, 2 young teenage girls)  Then they were cast aside like garbage and their bodies lay not&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt; found&lt;/span&gt; for 4 days.  So when they were found they were decomposing already.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;SIDE NOTE : ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE JUST HERE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND GET GOOD PAYING JOBS THEY CAN NOT FIND IN MEXICO.  THEY NEVER BREAK THE LAW AND WHEN THEY ARE PUT IN JAIL IT IS ONLY BECAUSE WHITEY IS A RACIST PIG AND THEY HATE ALL THOSE THAT DO NOT LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THE DOLLAR BILL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;So then after all this takes place.  A friend or relative of one of these "big, tough, hard, gangsters" tells the police.  They all get arrested and they go on trial, they are convicted, and one has already been sent to see God.  But he was just an American citizen so who cares, right?  This is about the poor Mexican citizens, that were here &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;ILLEGALLY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and didn't get a fair shake in the trial because some one did not tell them they could contact Mommy Mexico so they could come up here and hold there hand while they were sentenced to death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now a quote from &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7542794.stm"&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7542794.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"At the time of his arrest, police did not tell him that he could request assistance from the Mexican consulate - in violation of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Oh yeah... well I bet no one told him right before gang raping and beating and strangling two young teenage girls it was not legal for him to do so... so we should just let him off anyway right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But that would be mean to think that someone that has brutally raped and murdered two young girls should actually pay for what they did.  Nay...we should hold their hand and put them in timeout and say they cant have supper and send them &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;straight&lt;/span&gt; off to bed.  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Hah&lt;/span&gt;... that will teach them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;And of course this is where Mexico pushes in her ugly nose into the mix... since they do not have a death penalty they do not want us killing "their citizens".  Sniffle, sniffle, sob, sob...  Maybe if they had really cared about their precious citizens in the first place so many of them would not be trying to jump our borders and come here and kill our children.  What about that one?  Nope I bet it is whitey's fault there too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But anyway... Mexico in 2003 decides to run to Mommy UN and lodge a complaint against TX in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;ICJ&lt;/span&gt; (which is supposed to stand for the International Court of Justice but should be the  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;ICJoPBS&lt;/span&gt;  that would be the International Court of Justice or Political Bull Spit).  Which ruled that Mexico was right and that TX was wrong and the US HAD to review their cases.  Which Jose &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Medellin's&lt;/span&gt; case has been reviewed up to the SUPREME COURT... which stated that NO ONE has the authority over TX except TX and its citizens.  Which means...  Say hello to God for us &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Mr&lt;/span&gt;. "tough gangster man".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;And on the surface this seems to be mean and calloused toward the people who didn't bring up the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;consulate&lt;/span&gt; before he confessed, during the confession, after the confession, before - during or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;immediately&lt;/span&gt; after the trial or sentencing.  Nope it wasn't until some lawyer searched through and found an all too common "loop hole" to get this scum bag... excuse me ... poor misunderstood man off.  If it were up to me the only loop hole he would be able to use is the one with a short drop and a sudden stop.  If you catch my drift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article goes on to say ... "&lt;em&gt;Texas acknowledged that Medellin had not been told he could ask for help from Mexican diplomats, but argued that he had forfeited the right because he never raised the issue at trial or sentencing. State officials also argued that it would not have made any difference to the outcome of the case. ...Last month, in response to an urgent request from Mexico, the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;ICJ&lt;/span&gt; ordered the US to "take all measures necessary" to halt &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Medellin's&lt;/span&gt; execution." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Wait a minute now... I thought they just wanted it to be reviewed?  No, they want us as taxpayers to provide 3 hot meals a day for this scumbag for the rest of his life.  Well I guess we can do that since there is only one or two left...we should even spend a little extra on his last one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Here is what Texas told the UN, Mexico, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Presedente&lt;/span&gt; Bush...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"But Texas judicial authorities said in response that the law in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Medellin's&lt;/span&gt; case was "clear".&lt;br /&gt;"Texas is not bound by the World Court but by the US Supreme Court, which reviewed this matter and determined that the convicted murderer's execution shall proceed," a statement from the attorney &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;general's&lt;/span&gt; office said.&lt;br /&gt;On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a request by Medellin and his legal team for a reprieve."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Now a question... this guy is guilty.  He admitted it.  He was put on trial and convicted of it by a jury.  Now... we want to second guess the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;execution&lt;/span&gt;?  "Legal team" Oh and I bet we are paying for this too.  Unless some Liberal lawyer is willing to do if for free or $.14 a day.  And the inmates can only earn that if they have a real job in jail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Now here is the kicker...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;"Medellin's&lt;/span&gt; legal team are still hoping the Supreme Court will grant a stay of execution that would give Congress time to enact new legislation compelling US states to abide by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;ICJ&lt;/span&gt; decisions.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; read this last statement and thought WHAT THE ......  We should abide by the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;ICJ&lt;/span&gt; decision?  Are you kidding me?  Tell me you are joking.  Please.  Because that seems an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;awful&lt;/span&gt; lot like treason to me.  Selling us down the river to the UN.  In times past people were put on trial and executed for the same treasonous stunts.  Oh yes but now we are more "enlightened" and "civilized".  Well except for Mr. Medellin and his "tough, hard, real gangster" buddies back in 1993... you know when they stole the life of 2 barely teenage girls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But in all honesty.  People don't care about the two girls that were murdered.  At least not those trying to help Mr. Medellin.  They would feel better if they could get him off of death row, and into the prison system that is already over populated, by illegal immigrants by the way.  Which you would pay for with your tax dollars, which means that the dumb-o-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;crats&lt;/span&gt; in congress don't have it to spend somewhere else, and have the need to tax us some more...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Oh yeah and also ... there is the bragging that Mr. Medellin did in jail... about having virgin blood on his underwear.  But oh yeah he just wanted a better life for him and his family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Adios Jose.  Farewell to you and look for the little white light.  Or the large lake of burning fire thing that might be a little bit on the warm side.  But hey, I bet you had fun with those two girls right?  I hope you can swim there are no life guards on duty.  I repeat NO LIFE GUARDS ARE ON DUTY.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Now, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;truly&lt;/span&gt; hope that you have found God in this life.  I hope you have accepted the Lord and you have made your peace.  He is willing and able to forgive anyone.  Even Judas himself would have been forgiven, if he would have asked for it.  But if not, you have made your choice, and God will honor your choice here with where you go after you leave here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5284675196550224563?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5284675196550224563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5284675196550224563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5284675196550224563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5284675196550224563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/08/adios-jose.html' title='Adios Jose...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4867119492500640643</id><published>2008-07-25T07:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T07:40:03.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Do as I say, Not as I do...</title><content type='html'>Democratic motto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a lot of difference in the two parties in some areas, but then in other areas there is no difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a story that made my blood boil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of us "unwashed masses" have been watching more and more, the rise in gas prices. Now the congress is sitting on their butts and not doing anything about it. And the items they are proposing are beholden to the special interests. Mostly those that think that "trees are people too", you know the people that make you want to slap the ever-loving bat crap out of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now with all this the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;DNC&lt;/span&gt; is again saying "Do as I say, not as I do". They are filling up their &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;vehicles&lt;/span&gt; at the city pumps. The ones that are anywhere between $.40-$1 cheaper, because they do not have city or state or federal gas taxes added. These are the same pumps they use to fill up the police cruisers. For "STATE" use. Not for stupid politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may be hard to find anyone in the major media that will say anything about this because they do not care...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is a link to the local story...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=96282&amp;amp;catid=346"&gt;http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=96282&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;catid&lt;/span&gt;=346&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is time to take our country back. It is time to teach these college bred idiots what the Constitution of the USA is all about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your mental consumption.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4867119492500640643?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4867119492500640643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4867119492500640643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4867119492500640643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4867119492500640643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do.html' title='Do as I say, Not as I do...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2865355622695091132</id><published>2008-07-25T06:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T07:05:50.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Successful GUN FREE ZONE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/07/24/20080724shooting0725.html"&gt;http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/07/24/20080724shooting0725.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/121518"&gt;http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/121518&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we have another winner in the debate on whether or not the "gun free zones" are really safe. And quite frankly we have proof again that they are not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What we have is a community college, a public access computer lab, and 2 guys fighting. On another news page other than the two that I have left for you, they have an eye witness that says the two youngsters started fighting after the one came in and picked a fight with the other. The one that came in (with a gun by the way... completely ignoring the gun free zone) gets punched a couple of times and he shoots the guy that he came in to pick a fight with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am sure that this guy has a permit for this gun. And I am sure that He has had his approved training that many states mandate in order to carry a firearm. Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well let us not get ahead of ourselves. This guy after being punched pulls out a gun and shoots. Now he was trying to hit the guy that punched him but shoots not only him but two other people with 3 total shots. Which on the first glance looks like this guy can shoot really well. But ... uh... not so much. He &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;accidentally&lt;/span&gt; shot the other two while trying to kill the one guy. Since tactics is my forte, lets break this one down. To hit someone you have to be within arms distance of them. Now if the gunman was trained in Close Combat tactical handgun shooting (which it is clear that he was not) he would still be at a max. of 10 ft (assuming the other guy actually landed the punches that he threw). Now... from 10 feet you should be able to hit anything you are aiming at especially anything that is the size of a human. I mean even my 90 yr old, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;shaky&lt;/span&gt; great grandma could do that with her .38 S&amp;amp;W that she sleeps with under her pillow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it is clear that this guy needs more practice at shooting, but sadly if he gets out of jail in the next 30 years or so, he might be able to get some practice then. Sadly my Great grandma won't be around to show him how to shoot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My prayers and thoughts go out to the families of those who are shot. And it does look like all three victims will survive after all. So I guess there is just 3 counts of attempted murder instead of 1 count of 1st degree murder.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2865355622695091132?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2865355622695091132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2865355622695091132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2865355622695091132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2865355622695091132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-successful-gun-free-zone.html' title='Another Successful GUN FREE ZONE'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3135544100575153775</id><published>2008-07-24T11:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T11:55:44.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama is the Energizer Senator</title><content type='html'>It is interesting to see Mr. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; go over seas and talk to the people in a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;foreign&lt;/span&gt; land (In English by the way) about being a "Citizen of the world".  Among other things this is a prime example of "do as I say, and not as I do..." which is very common in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Libtard&lt;/span&gt; circles. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I love it.  Just like the Dumb-o-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;crats&lt;/span&gt; in congress, saying that drilling will not do any good (getting more oil in the system), but releasing the oil from the strategic reserve (getting more in the system) will help a whole lot.  Well since Nancy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Pelosi&lt;/span&gt; cleared that one right up for us.  I think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But back to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; (Which reminds me ... your ears never stop growing... Just a little fun trivia for you to mull over) it seems that this man is 110% utterly and completely INSANE. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EXAMPLE...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/obama_team_begins_work_on_pres.php"&gt;http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/obama_team_begins_work_on_pres.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I will give you the fact that this is a blog.  And will ask you to think about what is said.  And disprove if you can anything that I say.  I challenge you to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this blog, the beginning sentence is &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;"With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation’s 44&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; president, Sen. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Barack&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I forced my self to read on because this is enough here for my head to literally explode off of my neck.  I can't help but think that people are smarter than to elect such a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;narcissistic&lt;/span&gt; Idiot to the oval office.  &lt;em&gt;But either way I bet you dollars to donuts that there won't be anything destroyed, or stolen, or any cabinets glued shut as was the case from the Clinton graceful departing.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And his "world &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;groupie&lt;/span&gt; tour" in the middle east, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Europe&lt;/span&gt;.  I should not have to say more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;But I can not help my self sometimes... so I will.   I see a man that can only parrot from a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;tele&lt;/span&gt;-prompter.  I see the product of the Liberal system, a man that can not think for himself but only repeat in overwhelming, continuous &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;monotonous&lt;/span&gt; repeated repetitive &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;redundancy&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But like his ears, I can see that his ego and his self-image will be identical to the energizer bunny.  But instead of going, his ego keeps growing, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;and growing,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;and growing...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3135544100575153775?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3135544100575153775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3135544100575153775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3135544100575153775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3135544100575153775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-is-energizer-senator.html' title='Obama is the Energizer Senator'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-490111719303176509</id><published>2008-07-21T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T14:08:59.818-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Charisma...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;I have always been fascinated by the character of Hitler and the Nazi insanity.  I do NOT adore him or wish to be like him IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM however  I have often wondered what can cause someone to go that completely insane, as to kill millions of people just because of their “ancestry”.  Now I know the discovery of the fact that Hitler suffered from at the very least Syphilis.  &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;However it is sad that not everyone has learned from the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Hitler was a man of the people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Or so they thought.  In reality he was just a chameleon, or a shape shifter that could bend and mold to seem to be “identical” to those he was around.  I mean in every US presidential election cycle don’t we always get the question from the media, about “who is cooler”, or “who would we rather have a beer with” or “who would we rather have over for a BBQ at our house” ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Propaganda is not dead, and in fact it has found a permanent home in “political parties”, “civil rights champions” and now into the scary new cult of “climate warriors” like wash up Al Gore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is something you might find interesting these are the same type of tactics (favors for their “supporters”, intimidate any or all opponents, control the media to push propaganda) that are prevalent in the modern democratic party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Just like Hitler’s manipulation and blind following of the unwashed masses that jump on the bandwagon very similar to every NFL Super Bowl.  Sadly it is also very similar to the Democratic party.  Evidence can be seen in the “Circus” trying to give legitimacy to the joke candidacy of Obama. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;There was a poll out that said more people would “Like to have Obama to a BBQ” than McCain.  However I am sure that many Germans would to have loved to have Hitler over for a BBQ as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well what can we know, We can’t criticize him because of his inexperience, Or his gianormous ears, or his “half –white ness”, or His wife, or his record, or his views, or his radical pastor, or His name or anything else, because it would be racist.  Unless you are also black … then if you don’t agree you are either a traitor or just stupid.  But it seems that he is really the “can’t” candidate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Although this behavior does have a name, it is called &lt;strong&gt;Sociopathic mirroring&lt;/strong&gt;.  What is &lt;strong&gt;Sociopathic mirroring&lt;/strong&gt; you ask?  &lt;strong&gt;Literaly it is the imitation of empathy.…The ability to mirror whoever one is speaking to (you know like speaking to a Jewish group and saying “Jerusalem must stay the capital of Israel”, and then going to a Palestinian group and saying “Israel would have to give more” to secure peace, when speaking of Jerusalem.)&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Very similar to Hitler by the way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;This allows Obama to seem empathetic to every group he speaks to.  And be on everyone’s side.&lt;/strong&gt;  He, like Hitler is a skilled communicator.  &lt;strong&gt;Being able to read and measure up people and then “relate” to the “unwashed masses” in pseudo – righteous indignation and to create a rock-star, i.e. Obama and an atmosphere that is complete with energy and feinting fans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just for your mental consumption....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-490111719303176509?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/490111719303176509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=490111719303176509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/490111719303176509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/490111719303176509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/charisma.html' title='Charisma...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2029498967138480243</id><published>2008-07-16T13:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T14:19:27.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Uh... some people pay money for that...</title><content type='html'>This just keeps getting better and better. This is a great story of the "torture" of the poor little &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;muslims&lt;/span&gt; that we (the great &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;satan&lt;/span&gt; by the way) are unfairly keeping as religious prisoners at the scary &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Guantanamo&lt;/span&gt; bay...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All we see in the news now a days, is story after story after story; about how we are evil and we torture people and we are bad and so on and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I want you to read the article for yourself. The link is below and I will post sections from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502018.html?hpid=topnews"&gt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502018.html?hpid=topnews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can’t get over how people (Most of the time Dim - o – &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;crat&lt;/span&gt;, and always liberal) see these things as “torture”. Especially since many of these same &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;dim's&lt;/span&gt; have probably paid for the same treatment from the "escort services" that seem to be so popular in D.C..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Here is the story…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;em&gt;GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 15 -- &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Salim+Ahmed+Hamdan?tid=informline"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salim Ahmed &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, an alleged &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Al+Qaeda?tid=informline"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;al&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Qaeda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; driver … testified Tuesday that a female interrogator elicited information from him using sexually suggestive behavior that he called "improper.”&lt;/em&gt; ”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Improper... uh lets just see what the evil penis-less &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;infidel&lt;/span&gt; did that was "improper".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt;, a former driver for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Osama+bin+Laden?tid=informline" target=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Osama&lt;/span&gt; bin Laden&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; who is accused in a terrorism conspiracy, told a military court that during questioning in 2002, a female interrogator "came close to me, she came very close, with her whole body towards me. I couldn't do anything. I was afraid of the soldiers."&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Still not seeing the problem or for that matter the "torture" here...... But wait I can almost see the "compassion" on the bleeding heart lawyers face as I read this story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;""D&lt;em&gt;id she touch your thigh?" asked &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Hamdan's&lt;/span&gt; attorney Charles Swift.&lt;br /&gt;"Yes. . . . I said to her, 'What do you want?' " &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt; said at a pretrial hearing. "She said, 'I want you to answer all of my questions.' " &lt;/em&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Again not seeing torture or anything wrong. Other than using their fears against them. And by the way &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;much &lt;/span&gt;nicer than I would be. And this is little compared to what they would be doing to our people over there. Anyone &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;remember&lt;/span&gt; the whole "cutting peoples heads off" thing... and for real and not just a figure of speech. But it gets better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;"Did you answer all of her questions after that?" Swift asked. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt; said he did.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;So this is the torture we are using. I know people that would pay for that kind of torture. In fact I know of people that try to get chicks drunk at the bar for that kind of torture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Oh but wait, never underestimate the stupidity of those that paid way too much for college. Here is the objective that they are trying to push &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Hamdan's&lt;/span&gt; attorneys are seeking to persuade a judge to throw out incriminating statements he allegedly made to interrogators at the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Armed+Forces?tid=informline" target=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;U.S. military&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; prison here, arguing that they were obtained through coercive tactics.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uh....... just out of curiosity; isn't just asking questions (technically) a "coercive tactic"?&lt;/strong&gt; I mean come on people. I don't see how this is torture. I mean I know they have a high standard of morality in Islam. (&lt;em&gt;Well except for murdering anyone that isn't a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;muslim&lt;/span&gt;, and lying to anyone that isn't &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;muslim&lt;/span&gt;, or terrorism, or honor killings, or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;clitorectomy's&lt;/span&gt;, or the womanizing, or the control and beating their women, and the selling of opium, or the blowing up innocent women and children, or driving a bulldozer down a busy road, or cutting peoples heads off&lt;/em&gt;.) But other than those "minute" problems, they are hugely moral. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;If he was naked or just in underwear and he got a military woman (or a non military woman) to touch his thigh or what ever else, well I guess we could call him - Bill Clinton. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Hamdan's&lt;/span&gt; testimony in a former aircraft operations center-turned-courtroom came on the same day that lawyers representing another &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Guantanamo+Bay?tid=informline" target=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guantanamo Bay&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; detainee released more than seven hours of videotape of his questioning. The tapes, the first to publicly show an interrogation session at the U.S. military prison, depicted Canadian &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Omar+Khadr?tid=informline" target=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Omar &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, picked up as a teenager and accused of killing a U.S. soldier in a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan, being questioned by Canadian officials in 2003.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The interrogators are shown offering &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt; cans of soda and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/McDonald" target="" tid="'informline"&gt;&lt;em&gt;McDonald's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; hamburgers while trying to win his trust. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt; complains to them about his treatment during captivity.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;EEEEEEEEeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeee&lt;/span&gt;...... now that is torture right there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;Navy Cmdr. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/J.D.+Gordon?tid=informline" target=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;J.D. Gordon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, a Pentagon spokesman, said Tuesday that U.S. interrogators treat detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere humanely.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;So asking questions and getting touched on the thigh by a woman in the military and being offered &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;McDonalds&lt;/span&gt;, is torture. Wow, if I wasn't a married man I would be looking into getting tortured myself. Even if I have to get to Cuba and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;GitMo&lt;/span&gt; to get tortured ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;In his testimony, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt; said he was repeatedly held in solitary confinement and sometimes deprived of sleep by guards who banged on his cell door every few minutes. He acknowledged, however, that he also took naps of up to three hours on some afternoons.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Wow, so living the life of a teenager is torture. I loved working at a coffee shop staying up late, chicks, and naps in the afternoon. ... So again where is the torture? Up late and not sleeping at night... but nap taking of up to 3 hours in the afternoon. Wait maybe it was torture, after all my baby son can not sleep with out his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;binkie&lt;/span&gt; either.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;Defense attorneys acknowledge that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt; worked as a driver at bin &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;Laden's&lt;/span&gt; farm in Kandahar, Afghanistan, but say that the Yemeni father of two, now in his late 30s, had no involvement in terrorism.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;Apparently&lt;/span&gt; he should hear the speech my grandpa used to give about "guilt by association" or the fine speech on "choices". See if he had made better choices... he would not be touched by a girl. Wait a minute... crap. The world is upside down. Hang on a second... they don't like girls touching them... but there are no gays (especially in Iran). &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;HHHhhhmmm&lt;/span&gt;... someone is LYING !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;Hamdan&lt;/span&gt; seemed a bit dazed when he arrived in court amid heavy security. Wearing a beige sport coat, white pants, sandals and a white headdress, he walked slowly to the stand, escorted by military guards, and refused to raise his hand when he was sworn in.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Maybe the girl that touched him was there in the court and he needed his hands elsewhere. And therefore would have been "sexually humiliated" if he had raised his hand. Because that is torture ... Right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;In the interrogation tapes released Tuesday, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt;, then 16, is seen smiling and cooperating with questioners but is also shown burying his head in his hands and sobbing. In one video clip, he sits in a chair, grabs his hair and rocks back and forth, repeatedly saying what sounds like "help me" on the grainy video with crackling audio.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Maybe they were trying to employ the old &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;Chinese&lt;/span&gt; smiling torture to tickle him to death... or maybe not...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt;, who is also scheduled to face a military trial, told his interrogators that he was abused at Guantanamo Bay. At one point on the video, he lifts his T-shirt to explain how some of his wounds still hurt and decries his medical care. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Now here is where I have a problem. What the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;lawyer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;conveniently&lt;/span&gt; leaves out is that the wounds you see are from throwing a grenade and killing a US soldier in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;Afghanistan&lt;/span&gt;. And you can hear the Canadian rep say that they look healed, even though he is "not a doctor".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;"The actual abuse and torture isn't on the video," said Nathan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;Whitling&lt;/span&gt;, a Canadian lawyer who represents &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt;. Whiting said that he thinks U.S. interrogators videotaped harsher methods but that the videos have been destroyed.&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me... maybe &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;Bigfoot&lt;/span&gt; took the tapes, and used them as &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"&gt;TP&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" &lt;em&gt;Retired Sgt. 1st Class Layne Morris, 46, a Special Forces soldier who was injured in the firefight at the Afghanistan compound where &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"&gt;Khadr&lt;/span&gt; was captured, said Tuesday that the release of the interrogation video is a "pathetic attempt at manipulating public opinion."&lt;br /&gt;"That's not just a 16-year-old boy snapped up off the streets," said Morris, who lost sight in his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel. "This is a demonstrated, hardened killer who is not happy with his new perspective on life, which is that he's going to be spending a long, long time in U.S. custody."&lt;/em&gt; "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Maybe we should just end his misery. Since it is wrong to torture people. And I am not talking about letting him go. But if what has transpired here really "torture" I bet you could find some volunteer teenage boys to get "tortured".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;People wake up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Some ideas..........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Start making all airline seats out of pigskin, that will keep them off the airliners. Not to mention if more people started keeping pigs as pets, they wouldn't have to worry about suicide bombers. Because they think pigs are vile and would certainly go to hell if they died next to one... Or you could just be a "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"&gt;inappropriate&lt;/span&gt;" female. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;I don't know much but the world is upside down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2029498967138480243?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2029498967138480243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2029498967138480243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2029498967138480243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2029498967138480243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/uh-some-people-pay-money-for-that.html' title='Uh... some people pay money for that...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3402151095677582061</id><published>2008-07-16T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T11:11:55.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To drill or not to drill....</title><content type='html'>Oil plunges on supply increase&lt;br /&gt;Futures plummet after report shows surprise growth in crude, gasoline stockpiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a headline from a news story about how the price of oil dropped because the market had more than they could sell.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wait… if you get more oil from drilling in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ANWR&lt;/span&gt; and out there in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;OCS&lt;/span&gt; (outer continental shelf) that won’t bring down the price of oil.  Or gas.  Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/16/markets/oil/index.htm"&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/16/markets/oil/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CNN money posted a story about demand decreases and price decreases that followed.  Well how did that happen?  I wish they had a name for such a radical right wing phenomena like that.  You know like a law of economics that you should be able to read in any public library or even in a crazy place called a University or College.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know I think they did make a law about that.  In fact I learned about that when I was in High School in the small chapter of economics in Government class.  I think it was called Supply and Demand, and I am pretty sure it was a law of economics.  That would mean that it is unbreakable (in science and economics).  Because if it was breakable, then it would just be a theory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now all the dim - o - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;crats&lt;/span&gt; say that “we can’t drill to solve this problem” or “we won’t have any oil for 10 years, even if we start drilling.”  (Even though we know this is a lie.  The people in the field, those that actually drill and are in the oil business, not those that sit on their fat butts in congress and tell everyone how the world works.  Even when they have never been there, or have any idea about what they are talking about.  The oil guys say that if they are allowed to go after the oil some can be online in less than a year, some in 2-3 years, some in 5-7 years and all by 10 years.  Now that is not the story that you will hear from the brilliant people in the news media.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But they continually will tell us that we should go after “alternative” or “green” energy sources.  Now again they have failed to use that stuff that God made for use that is between their ears.  THESE ALSO WILL NOT BE READY FOR 10 YEARS AT THE VERY LEAST.  But none of these will ever bring down the price of gas either.  And lets face the facts here.  Oil drives our economy.  I am not saying that this is good or bad it just is.  Now we need to go to the sources and get more to bring down the price and will free up more money for R&amp;amp;D on these pie in the sky technologies (at this point). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I would love to have solar power, and hydrogen cars.  It just is not feasible at this point in time.  We know that we have the best and the brightest in the world in R &amp;amp; D in this country.  Why?  Because they have the freedom and finances to make research possible.  Now look at the Tesla Motors new roadster, that is a fantastic car with only a few problems.  The first is the price… just like any other “new technology” it is expensive at first and then comes down as the tech is further used.  The second is the life of the battery.  A hundred or so miles and it has to be recharged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Just like cell phones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, when they first came out, would only stay charged for a few hours and less when used.  Now my phone will stay charged for 4-5 days when it is not used and 1-2 when it is used more.  Why?  Because we did the development on the items that were cheap enough at the time to mass produce.  Therefore making the evil “P” word, profit.  And in turn had money and capital to put back into the business and further develop the tech. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All these “future” ideas and technologies are great and I am sure we will have them one day but for now we need to improve what we have and then work on the upgrade.  We should all dream and never stop.  But we can’t keep dreaming with our heads in the sand, and ignore the reality that is in front of us in the present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For those "brilliant" folks in the dim - o - &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;crat&lt;/span&gt; party sitting up there in Washington, and those other Libs in the GOP...... maybe they should go back to school.  Or maybe they should learn something at the library by reading a book on economics.  Either way while they are there they might check out the book on the job description is for a representative.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They work for us.  Not the other way around.  We live in a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Representative&lt;/span&gt; Republic.  They are to vote the way we want.  Not the way some group in another state or country pays them to.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3402151095677582061?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3402151095677582061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3402151095677582061' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3402151095677582061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3402151095677582061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/to-drill-or-not-to-drill.html' title='To drill or not to drill....'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-8618382824183354100</id><published>2008-07-16T07:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T07:53:30.065-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This makes me think...</title><content type='html'>Here is my 2 cents worth.  I am not calling names and pointing fingers here.  Just raising the questions that I had and showing what I know. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The question is why is Obama so upset about this cartoon on the cover of the New Yorker?  (That is the leftist “I am smarter than you” magazine). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Who do we know in the world gets all bent out of shape about cartoons that depict them in a not so good light?  Normal every day people?  Christians?  Muslims?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that I don’t care what other people think.  I don’t care if you want to draw me in any way.  Your opinion is exactly that and to each his own.  But your opinion of me, unless I am close to you, means nothing to me.  You won’t be able to hurt me because I know who and what I am. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now with all these things being said.  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;We have freedom of speech in this country (well at least we used to)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  If you want to say something about me, go right ahead.  I may not agree with it but that is ok.  If someone wants to stop you from saying whatever it is, I will be on your side allowing you the right to say it anyway.  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because freedom is not relative; just like truth is not relative.  If I allow someone to stop you from saying anything, then somewhere down the road they can stop me from saying something.  And therefore speech becomes &lt;em&gt;policed&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t put too much stock in the wisdom of men.  However Voltaire did have a particular quote that I have loved and repeat as often as I can.  “I may not agree with what you say.  But I will defend to my dying day your right to say it.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the problem.  The Leftists in the media and in Hollywood want to be able to say what ever they want.  But when you want to say something that they don’t agree with they scream and holler and piss and moan.  I mean they even go so far as to get you fired… (hello Imus).  But you know that is just getting us back for slavery or something else the evil republicans have done in the past.  Because we know that only dim - o - crats are for the people.  Right? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Here is a little secret that you may not know.  In fact if you went to a college or university that is saturated by Libtards, you almost certainly don’t know this.  The Republican party was founded by people that wanted to end slavery.  In fact that was one of the original pillars of the party platform.)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not a Republican, I am an independent.  But I am also a conservative first.  And have some Libertarian leanings.  I am for the freedom of choice as long as it only effects you (unless that includes killing innocent babies, then I don’t agree with your choice to murder).  Just like I think Charles Mansen did not do the right thing.  Murderers of babies are wrong.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-8618382824183354100?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/8618382824183354100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=8618382824183354100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/8618382824183354100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/8618382824183354100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/this-makes-me-think.html' title='This makes me think...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5438899101972209397</id><published>2008-07-15T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T13:00:11.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IN HIS OWN WORDS...</title><content type='html'>In an op-ed piece written by &lt;strong&gt;his holiness Barrack H. Obama&lt;/strong&gt;, writes this quote. (These are his actual words, word for word).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“In the 18 months since President Bush announced the surge, our troops have performed heroically in bringing down the level of violence. New tactics have protected the Iraqi population, and the Sunni tribes have rejected Al Qaeda — greatly weakening its effectiveness.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/14obama.html?em&amp;amp;ex=1216267200&amp;amp;en=693dcfabffcdace0&amp;amp;ei=5087"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/14obama.html?em&amp;amp;ex=1216267200&amp;amp;en=693dcfabffcdace0&amp;amp;ei=5087&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, what do we know about Mr. Obama? &lt;strong&gt;Many &lt;/strong&gt;have rated him the most Liberal Senator in America. Some see him as a “&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;new kind of politician&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;”, &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;but the fact is that you can not stand for change and stand shoulder to shoulder and hold hands (figuratively) with Ted &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Kennedy.&lt;/span&gt; Who happens to be one of the most ineffective and useless Senator in the Senate; who represents the very antithesis of this precious “Change”, we all keep hearing about with no real details as to any actual substance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok to the point I wanted to make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why would sending “more” soldiers in to a field of Battle bring down the level of violence?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer is quite simple actually. Guns, it is as simple as that. Soldiers are people who have a job; and that job is to kill the enemies of the USA in a time of war and protect the USA in times of piece. “To seek peace, one must prepare for war.” Is one of my favorite quotes, I am not sure who said it first and I have heard many variations. It doesn’t matter if you are a soldier, or a scared house wife protecting her children. If you kill a criminal, he will NEVER hurt anyone again. And therefore overall crime is decreased, not increased. However since the “brilliant” idea of gun control has never worked; maybe it will work the next time we try it. That makes perfect sense huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does it all mean you ask? I am glad you did. I will tell you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do liberals think that “gun control” or “fewer guns” will reduce violence; when the most liberal senator says that since we sent in more guns, the level of violence went down?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all if you listen to the idiot mayor of D.C. will tell you that “more guns will lead to more gun violence”. So which one is it? Did the surge in Iraq really not work or is the mayor of D.C. just a political hack?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do guns CAUSE violence? Nope…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do people cause the violence or do people? I do promise you that it is people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382922,00.html"&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382922,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a link to a sad story about a 9 yr old girl stabbed and left in an alley in Chicago. Where is the knife control? Knives are dangerous. Where are the stupid "knife free zones" and why don't we have background checks and waiting periods for the purchase of a knife? I mean these things caused this girls death right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We as free Americans must use what God gave us. Our BRAIN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stop checking your brain at the door. Stop believing the hogwash that the media and the Libtards keep feeding us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No one&lt;/strong&gt; is the master of your destiny, &lt;strong&gt;except for you&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No one&lt;/strong&gt; is responsible for your actions, &lt;strong&gt;except for you&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No one&lt;/strong&gt; is responsible for your failings in life, &lt;strong&gt;except for you&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is time we pull ourselves up by our boot straps, tell the government they need to mind their own business and only need to fulfill their duty according to the constitution. We also need to stop looking for a handout at someone else’s expense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now on a last note think about this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;If you give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day. If you teach him how to fish you will feed him for a lifetime. &lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt; … what happens when you give him a fish and tell him, “&lt;em&gt;Come back tomorrow and I will give you another fish&lt;/em&gt;”, but you &lt;strong&gt;NEVER&lt;/strong&gt; teach him how to fish? That is what the libs do all the time. Now ask yourself two more questions ... Is that a man that is Independent or dependent? Will he be a proud man, or a man being kept down? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5438899101972209397?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5438899101972209397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5438899101972209397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5438899101972209397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5438899101972209397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-op-ed-piece-written-by-his-holiness.html' title='IN HIS OWN WORDS...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5998094633331316836</id><published>2008-07-14T13:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T14:08:30.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Things...</title><content type='html'>I am a man of unclean lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have many opinions on how the world should act. I have many assumptions that come from either something I have learned or heard. And I have been asked a question today from a dear friend and I have been found wanting in my thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been focused on little things, and things that are in complete control of God (YHWH). I know that these things seem to be as huge as can be from our point of view. However they are not out of the control of the Almighty One that CREATED this earth. He set into motion the laws and dynamics that people still can not even fathom much less understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where was God when Israel was during the Babylonian captivity? Where was God when Joseph was sold into slavery and treated unfairly and put in jail? Where was God when the Martyrs were being ripped apart by wild animals? Where was God when your family member died?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer is simple and yet missed by most. He was right there. And this is something that will blow you away; I believe he was directing the things that we see as horrible, and unfair. We don’t see the end. He does. We don’t see the why, and if we are not careful we will drive ourselves insane trying to find the why. He sees the why and not only does He see it, He IS it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why would a loving God do this? Simple, He loves us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that is hard to understand. But now that I am a parent, I do understand it better. What kind of Father would allow their child have everything and do everything they wanted? A bad one is the proper answer. No one that doesn’t either want to raise a serial killer or some heiress with a sex tape would allow them to have all that they want. Why is that you ask? Simple, not everything that we want is good for us. In fact a lot of things we want are in fact not good for us. Harmful is more like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been rebuked, and loved by a good friend. I am joyous because of it. Not that I enjoy being rebuked. But that there are Godly men that are willing to “go out on a limb” and state the facts no matter the popularity. Not to mention that in our narcissistic society, it is a good way to loose a friend, by “offending” them. And since many people can not forgive someone that would rebuke them … I mean how dare they… they don’t know me…. Who is he to say… At least I am not like… etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have more respect for those that do the will of the Lord no matter the cost. I have a friend that is willing to do that. I have family that is willing to do that. And I am Blessed beyond anything I could ever imagine. It has nothing to do with money, in fact my wife and I live with our (soon to be 2) children below the poverty line, and could not be happier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not assume that I will stop defending that which I believe, and that which I love with brutal, and rabid intensity. However I will try to focus on the big picture and try not to worry about the little stuff. After all the God that spoke all things into existence, is there to keep us. Safe or otherwise. In his control.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5998094633331316836?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5998094633331316836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5998094633331316836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5998094633331316836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5998094633331316836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/little-things.html' title='Little Things...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4006407271599813642</id><published>2008-07-11T13:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T14:12:30.515-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama is an Idiot</title><content type='html'>I am posting this on Dumb-o-crat Barrack Obama’s comments on language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another example why Obama is wrong for America.  He is a fool.  He has been completely brain washed and is now a “poster child” of the Liberal agenda.  And please let me stress the child part.  And the reason I say this is that his lack understanding the very nature of life in America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing you should ask your self is, “Can you (we) really afford an Obama Presidency?”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean he has already told us that the tax cuts will be repealed, and he will raise the Capital gains tax, oh and when you die –instead of you being able to give 100% of your hard earned items / money to your children; Obama says that the death tax should be extended (I have heard up to 55% of your total wealth).  And this is just the beginning.  He wants HUGE increases in governmental services… and let’s face it… you won’t be getting them for free.  I mean it sure as HELL isn’t not coming out of the goodness of their hearts… if there is any, that is.  It will come out of your paycheck.  Just one step closer to a socialist society.  Which by the way is just one step away from a Communist society.  Communism is just socialism forced upon the people … most of the time by the guns of the military.  (NOW – TELL ME YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT IS NOT IMPORTANT).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now back to the topic and off my ranting about the Anti-Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This asinine comment about “you should be teaching your child to learn spanish”.  Now correct me if I am wrong but…  Osama or I mean Obama is not my daddy.  He is messing with dangerous things.  Walking blindfolded through a mind field is never intelligent.  And that is what he is doing.  Yes I know he is smarter than I am because he graduated from Harvard… Uh… ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know he is the epitome of “diversity”.  But… there is just something that “us bitter gun hugging religious folks” don’t like; and that is people talking to us like we are a not so bright 4 yr old.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama is not what he seems.  He is not telling you the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t have any problem with my children learning another language.  However I will not cram Spanish down their throat.  They will not watch Dora the Explorer or Go Diego Go.  They will choose for themselves.  I know that this doesn’t fit the Liberal mold.  It should be dictated to them what they learn; that is the Liberal mold.  Because they are Smarter than us … right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now who is with me on this one?  In my opinion is that he is a Narcissistic, Pompous, Arrogant, A#@.  That doesn’t deserve to be any kind of elected official.  Much less the most powerful man in the world … the President of the United States.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4006407271599813642?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4006407271599813642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4006407271599813642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4006407271599813642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4006407271599813642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-is-idiot.html' title='Obama is an Idiot'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-862891417372071287</id><published>2008-06-27T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T12:21:17.972-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Corruption and Arrogance in D.C.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Here is something interesting …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a memo from the “chief of police” from the DC Metro police dept.  But there is something interesting about it, and her.  Now what you should know is that she was not “hired” by the people but appointed and confirmed by the council.  (&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;You know this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;’t the same as the District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes ordering a crowd of those against the unconstitutional DC Gun Ban to "pipe down!"&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0w8sdDaXDY&lt;/span&gt;)  She was “named Chief of Metropolitan Police Department by DC Mayor Adrian &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Fenty&lt;/span&gt;”. (&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1230,Q,561417,mpdcNav,,.asp&lt;/span&gt;)  With that being said I want to compare their “statements” on the “Rogue” Supreme Court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the beginning 3 paragraphs of the press release from the DC Mayor’s office - June 26, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Mayor Adrian M. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Fenty&lt;/span&gt;, Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Lanier&lt;/span&gt; announced their disappointment in today’s ruling of the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled that District of Columbia statutes banning private handgun possession at home and requiring safe storage of firearms at home violate the Second Amendment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m disappointed in the Court’s ruling and believe introducing more handguns into the District will mean more handgun violence,” said Mayor &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Fenty&lt;/span&gt;. “But I want to emphasize that at this moment, our gun laws remain in effect. It may be several weeks before there are changes to announce. “In the meantime, I have directed the Metropolitan Police Department to implement an orderly process for allowing qualified citizens to register handguns for lawful possession in their homes.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it continues later by saying…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The Mayor, Attorney General and Chief emphasized that the Supreme Court’s ruling is limited and leaves intact various other laws that apply to private citizens who would purchase handguns or other firearms for home possession. First, all firearms must be registered with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Firearms Registration Section before they may be lawfully possessed.  Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered. Third, the Supreme Court’s ruling is limited to handguns in the home and does not entitle anyone to carry firearms outside his or her own home. In addition, although the Court struck the safe storage provision on the ground that it was too broadly written, firearms at home should be kept either unloaded and disassembled or else locked except for use in self-defense in emergencies.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now lets view an email from the Chef of the keystone cops,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;From: &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Lanier&lt;/span&gt;, Cathy (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;MPD&lt;/span&gt;) Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:35 PM&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subject: Supreme Court Update&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Residents, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, the Supreme Court today struck down part of the District of Columbia's handgun ban. I wanted to drop you a note to let you know the immediate impact of this decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court's ruling &lt;strong&gt;is limited&lt;/strong&gt; and leaves intact various other laws that apply to private residents who would purchase handguns or other firearms for home possession. It is important that everyone know that: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a.. &lt;strong&gt;First, all firearms must be registered with the Metropolitan Police Department's Firearms Registration Section before they may be lawfully possessed. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;a.. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Chief of police and doesn't know the difference between automatic and semiautomatic)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;a.. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Third, the Supreme Court's ruling is limited to handguns in the home and does not entitle anyone to carry firearms outside his or her own home.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;(You know because no one ever needs to protect themselves OUTSIDE of their home)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lastly, although the Court struck the safe storage provision on the ground that it was too broadly written, in my opinion firearms in the home should be kept either unloaded and disassembled or locked.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;(Well there is a brilliant assessment.  Maybe the Criminal and yourself can have a "gun build-off" to see which one gets to die.  That sounds like fun.  That is why people keep guns, because when seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will comply with the Court's reading of the Second Amendment in its letter and spirit. At the same time, I will continue to vigorously enforce the District's other gun-related laws. I will also continue to find additional ways to protect the District's residents against the scourge of gun violence.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Residents who want additional information can visit the Metropolitan Police Website at www.mpdc.dc.gov/gunregistration. Residents with questions are encouraged to contact the Firearms Registration Section at 202-727-9490. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Cathy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Lanier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chief of Police&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Comparing the two statements, it seems that someone is a puppet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well, well, well.  We have an idiot leading an idiot.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my translation of the statements above…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well we know better than the Supreme Court, the NRA, the people of this country, or the founding fathers.  We have read this in a book somewhere or maybe some one told us, about it while we were being brain washed in the Liberal college we attended.  Either way we know that gun control works to keep our citizens safe.  Even if it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;hasn&lt;/span&gt;’t worked yet, and has continued to fail every time it is tried, but it will work one day.  And if you don’t agree, we don’t care.  We think the Supreme Court is wrong so we are going to skirt them by only barely going along with them.  We are going to re-categorize the “classification” of the guns we don’t want you to have.  In fact we don’t want you to be able to protect yourself in your own home;  because even if you abide by the law, you could be a Criminal and no one knows it.  Also, We know better than everyone else.  We have a huge, crime rate because guns are evil.  And if good people have guns, they turn evil because of the gun and they kill everyone they can.  We know this because we just do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Now it is a good thing they have degrees that tell everyone they are smart, because otherwise NO ONE would ever know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Just in case anyone was confused by what the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; amendment says.  Lets just see what our founding fathers and others that were close to them knew about it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.&lt;/span&gt;          --- &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Bergh&lt;/span&gt;, editors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---Thomas Jefferson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Draft Virginia Constitution, 1776.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---Alexander Hamilton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---James Madison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed46.htm"&gt;The Federalist Papers, No. 46&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;gainst&lt;/span&gt; his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Tenche&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Coxe&lt;/span&gt;, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;--- Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Bergh&lt;/span&gt;, editors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Memorial Edition 16:45, Lipscomb and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Bergh&lt;/span&gt;, editors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;---Noah Webster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia 1787).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Maybe they were confuse by what the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; Amendment means.  I mean when someone today says the same thing, sometimes word for word, they are confused.  Maybe the people that wrote it were confused too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-862891417372071287?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/862891417372071287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=862891417372071287' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/862891417372071287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/862891417372071287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/corruption-and-arrogance-in-dc.html' title='Corruption and Arrogance in D.C.'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-6381003809745956408</id><published>2008-06-27T07:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T08:18:42.712-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For the Record</title><content type='html'>I wanted to go “on the record” so we can look back, and see what &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;these idiots&lt;/span&gt; have said.  And compare this idiocy to the truth of what will happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This comes on the heels of the Supreme Court decision to strike down a gun BAN in cities, and governmental enclaves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is what some of the “&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;effective&lt;/span&gt;” mayors all around the country are saying about the “scary decision”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(If you want to read the decision directly from the Supreme Court with out the libtard news spin you can go to this link…   &lt;a title="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf" href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf"&gt;http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;San Francisco - Mayor Gavin Newsom&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(Big libtard idiot)&lt;/span&gt; – And his “brilliant” assessment of and comment on the situation is that it…"just flies in the face of reality. You just wish the Supreme Court could spend a week in public housing and then come out with this decision. It's very easy and comfortable to stand there with security guards and metal detectors and make these decisions."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Question to Mr. Newsom&lt;/span&gt; – Who in public housing can afford to buy a gun from a gun store anyway?  And if the Supreme Court justices did spend some time in the public housing … I would assure you they would have voted for this ruling 9-0.  However, since gun-control and gun bans work so well, how is the murder rate in your city?  How many of the “alleged” criminal murderers, bought the gun from a legit gun shop?  How many of them passed the “background check”, that you love so much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty&lt;/span&gt; … Says this about the decision.  "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Question to Mr. Fenty&lt;/span&gt; – who apparently has never ACTUALLY been to DC before.    Uh… how is the “keep the guns out and murders will go away” thing working out for you there puddin?  I know that since I hold the idea that “guns are not bad” and do protect good people, I am too stupid even to drool on myself.  However, he doesn’t know about “Gun Town USA”.  (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n15_v46/ai_15729634 )  Uh cause I am pretty sure they have a HUGE crime rate, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Chicago Mayor Richard Daley&lt;/span&gt; said it was a “very frightening decision”.  Uh … why?  Are you afraid of the unwashed masses if they have the power to stand up to you sir?  And goes on to predict “greater violence” if Chicago’s gun ban was overturned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Uh….  Should we start calling him Forrest?  He is definitely not in touch with anything other than the “greenbacks” that he gets from the political contributors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Anne Milgram (NJ ATT. GEN.)&lt;/span&gt; – “We regulate the possession of handguns, we don't ban handguns.  But we have strict licensing requirements, and we are prepared to maintain those requirements and vigorously enforce our laws."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I don’t know this person but she doesn’t seem too bright.  When you “restrict” or “regulate” in a restrictive manner, you are round-a-bout-ly banning handguns.  Now you don’t actually use that language but you are skirting it nonetheless.  Which makes me wonder… who can have them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg&lt;/span&gt; – &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(another big libtard idiot RINO)&lt;/span&gt; said "fighting illegal guns has nothing to do with the Second Amendment rights of Americans." And that local authorities "have a responsibility to crack down on illegal guns and punish gun criminals, and it is encouraging that the Supreme Court recognizes the constitutionality of reasonable regulations."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wow, did no one ever tell him that illegal means “outside of the law” or in “contradiction of the law” or “against the law”.  Now what does making more LAWS help with ILLEGAL stuff?  Start cracking down there … stud-muffin.  Stop making the law abiding citizens VICTIMS.  Laws are followed by law abiding citizens.  Criminals break the law.  Criminals don’t respect the laws we have now… what is one more?  But I guess billionaires don’t have to think much. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You also have many people that have lost loved ones by the “evil gun” with no mention of the Criminal that did the Killing of course.  If guns weren’t here we would still have little Johnny… Uh has anyone ever been killed with anything other than a gun?  Apparently not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hoplophobia seems to be running rampant these days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then there are a lot of the usual mantra like “there will be blood running in the streets”.  Just like what the guys that want to take your guns say every time there is a CCW law up for passage.  And you know once they pass, &lt;strong&gt;NO BLOOD…  go figure&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Now a question to all of them … do they carry a firearm?  Or do they have body guards that have them?  Why the double standard?  Why are they exempt from the bans?  Why when the average joe can’t get a permit to buy, or carry, they are allowed to have them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Anyone know why the 2nd amendment was written?  Any one know what was going on at the time?  Anyone read plain English of the Constitution or the Bill of Rights?  Any one think that our government really cares what happens to us, if that doesn’t include getting to the poles to vote for them?  Funny huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-6381003809745956408?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/6381003809745956408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=6381003809745956408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6381003809745956408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/6381003809745956408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/for-record.html' title='For the Record'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2877006680696969160</id><published>2008-06-24T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T10:52:53.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Barrack Obama Should Be Put In Jail</title><content type='html'>I know that the modern politicians think they are above the law. I mean after all they make the law right? They also think that if we break one iota of the law; we should go to jail or pay the penalty to the fullest extent of the law. However I really doubt if anything will be done for this completely obvious and flagrant mutilation of the presidential seal by the "presumptive democratic presidential nominee". See below ... for the pic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SGEesjgonhI/AAAAAAAAAAU/-PN2ls7xSjY/s1600-h/seal.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215483594266942994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SGEesjgonhI/AAAAAAAAAAU/-PN2ls7xSjY/s320/seal.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the Law is very specific on this issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18.html"&gt;TITLE 18&lt;/a&gt; &gt; &lt;a title="PART I - CRIMES" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I.html"&gt;PART I&lt;/a&gt; &gt; &lt;a title="CHAPTER 33 - EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_33.html"&gt;CHAPTER 33&lt;/a&gt; &gt; § 713&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;§ 713.&lt;/span&gt; Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the United States Congress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Title 18 of the US Code as currently published by the US Government reflects the laws passed by Congress as of Jan. 2, 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a name="a"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(a)&lt;/span&gt; Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="b"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(b)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whoever&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, &lt;strong&gt;any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; Government&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; of the United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;shall&lt;/span&gt; be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name="c"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(c)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Whoever, except as directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="d"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(d)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Whoever,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;except as directed by the United States House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its behalf&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name="e"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(e)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Whoever, except as directed by the United States Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly on&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; its&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Congress, &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;or any substantial part thereof&lt;/span&gt;, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name="f"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(f)&lt;/span&gt; A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="f_1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(1)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;in the case of the great seal of the United States and the seals of the President and Vice President, upon complaint by any authorized representative of any department or agency of the United States;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a name="f_2"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(2)&lt;/span&gt; in the case of the seal of the United States Senate, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="f_3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(3)&lt;/span&gt; in the case of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the House of Representatives; and &lt;a name="f_4"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(4) in the case of the seal of the United States Congress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;I am going to leave it there. If you can read, you know that Barrack Husein &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; needs to go to jail, for no more than six months, and fined or both.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone&lt;/strong&gt; think this will happen?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2877006680696969160?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2877006680696969160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2877006680696969160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2877006680696969160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2877006680696969160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/barrack-obama-should-be-put-in-jail.html' title='Barrack Obama Should Be Put In Jail'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vJ_KOHPl9mM/SGEesjgonhI/AAAAAAAAAAU/-PN2ls7xSjY/s72-c/seal.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4354283935173031308</id><published>2008-06-20T10:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T14:08:24.891-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So Where Is This "Change" We Keep Hearing About?</title><content type='html'>This is quite &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;AMUSING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Barrack Husein Obama, is the Candidate of CHANGE right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean that is the “&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;mantra&lt;/span&gt;” of the campaign. But then he goes and …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Good ol’ Hillary, and Barrack, ain’t they a pair? How cute. And IMAGINE the Obama campaign won’t comment. How convenient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Now Let’s look at the change we can expect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; Earlier this week, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; included several high profile &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;“Clintonites”&lt;/span&gt; in his "meeting" &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Madeleine Albright&lt;/span&gt; and retired &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Gen. Wesley Clark&lt;/span&gt; in meetings to advise him on national security. &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Ohhhhh yeah this is Change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Backers on wall street that have bought many mortgages (Fanny Mae bought from Countrywide) are huge backers of &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt;. Which means they will get &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;bailed out from the government&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;So they see a good investment in Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Barrack also has now opted out from the “public funds” which he swore to abide by, because hey. Money in politics is what brings corruption right?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;The first one to do this by the way, since the system was put in place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; You also have the 527 groups like “Move on.org” or as I like to call them &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;MORON .org&lt;/span&gt;, and the Sierra Club. Can take as much money from who ever, without limits, and put on many commercials without any checks as to the credibility of the content. Can anyone say &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;George Soros&lt;/span&gt;? &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(In&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; case you don’t know who that is… He is an uber-wealthy Liberal that hates conservatives, and I would almost bet he is only a capitalist when it is in his best interest. Oh and he took 1 billion GBP in ONE DAY. By playing the futures market. The same reason your oil is insanely high.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt; You also have the “&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;traditional” Dem. $$ givers&lt;/span&gt; like &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Trial Lawyers&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wall Street&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Hedge Fund Exec’s&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Business owners&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Chicago Land Developers (Tony Rezko&lt;/span&gt; sound familiar to anyone?), &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Black Business Elite&lt;/span&gt; (whatever that means), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Partners in Law firms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wall street Execs&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Power Brokers from fortune 500 companies&lt;/span&gt;. Oh yeah then there is people like &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Kenneth Griffin&lt;/span&gt; (a late thirties – early forties billionaire) that has hired a bunch of Lobbyists to go to Washington to lobby for the preservation of a “&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;lucrative tax loophole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;”. &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Or how about the director of General Dynamics (that is the military subcontractor that has made HUGE PROFITS from the Iraq war) who has made out like a bandit from AT LEAST one Obama earmark. Now with all this being said.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;WHERE IS THE CHANGE. Sounds like the SAME OL’ POLITICS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THERE WILL BE MORE ……..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4354283935173031308?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4354283935173031308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4354283935173031308' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4354283935173031308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4354283935173031308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-where-is-this-change-we-keep-hearing.html' title='So Where Is This &quot;Change&quot; We Keep Hearing About?'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4396995983658030338</id><published>2008-06-18T13:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T13:55:41.512-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Democrat Solution To Gas Prices...</title><content type='html'>This is a comment from me about a blog from a Senator that should know better. But of course is just part of the Hate America crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Sen. Robert &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Menendez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NJ senator - Democrat of course…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; love it when people like this dumb-o-crap senator will lie to your face and pretend that nothing happened. And then complain if anyone complains; and of course blame someone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is funny to me that he would place on his blog lies that I am sure he knows are lies. (No matter how much money he gets from tree hugging hippie burnouts) It is still a lie.&lt;br /&gt;Here is the link that you can go to, if you want to subject yourself to this ignorant drivel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-menendez/bush-and-mccain-drilling_b_107839.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-menendez/bush-and-mccain-drilling_b_107839.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The sad thing is that you only have to get to sentence 2 to get into the “lie”. He is speaking of McCain and Bush (of course, no Chamberlain dumb-o-crap can pass up a chance to do that)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“He was having a hard enough time trying pass the laugh test when claiming that his plan would have any effect on gas prices anytime soon. Now this over-hyped plan has the stamp of approval from the one person you want to avoid -- a president who is not only an oil man but has also been wrong on just about every issue over the course of eight years.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is where he is &lt;strong&gt;wrong&lt;/strong&gt; or trying to bend the truth a little… or whatever word the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Libtards&lt;/span&gt; are using for the week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technically it is true that it won’t help gas prices in the next 15 minutes. BUT the problem with that argument is that the thing that is driving the price of oil, and in turn driving the price of gas is speculation in the futures market. Yep that’s right folks a bunch of rich white democrats (You can look up how much they have invested – I mean “donated” to the Dem’s versus the GOP) on wall street are the reason you are paying insane prices for gas. What you really think that the Saudi’s could do enough for us to drive them up? Actually our top 2 importers are Canada, and Mexico. But they won’t tell you that. They also won’t tell you that the flood of oil will force the “speculators” to lower prices, because … the supply that overwhelms the demand will drop the price &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;EVERY SINGLE TIME&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Which goes to show how much these “educated” people really know about economics. (Now I am no scholar, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;’t get to go to Harvard or Stanford, I have just made the best out of these neat little things called libraries. Oh and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Internet&lt;/span&gt;… thanks Al Gore !…)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On to the next point, and that is the point that the plan is over-hyped… Uh can anyone say “alternative energy”… I mean these will be great and we should be working on them now. But … They also won’t tell you that their “alternative” won’t help prices now either. And their GRAND idea of ethanol has caused a world wide food shortage. Because this is the first time in the history of the WORLD that someone has BURNED THEIR FOOD SOURCE. All in the name of some speckled monkey ant or something like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not even going to touch the “everyone run from Bush” comment. What does he have leprosy or is his head on fire? Does he sweat acid and blow lightning bolts out his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;hoo&lt;/span&gt; ha? Oh and I just Love the “oil man” thing. He was in the oil business for about 20 minutes. Look him up… the employment records will stand for themselves. Oh yes but he is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Doesn&lt;/span&gt;’t matter what he says he is wrong. Come on, seriously… Are we in kindergarten again. It is almost as if he is saying, “I know you are but what am I?”. Good grief, why don’t you just call him a poo poo head and be done with it you childish buffoon. They said the same things about Ronald Reagan too, (RIP) oh and he just came in and cleaned up the Carter mess (fiasco) and scared the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;ever loving&lt;/span&gt; bat crap out of Iran, destroyed the Communist USSR. And many other amazing things. And the Dumb-o-craps are still bitter from that one too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;On to the next ignorant statement in the article.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“But people understand that, in an area devoid of the appropriate infrastructure, it takes a long, long time to build the derricks that would line our shores, along with the pipelines to reach land and the refineries to process the oil. And people also understand that the type of production McCain and Bush are talking about is a drop in the bucket -- or a drop in the barrel -- compared to what this nation consumes.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;A couple of questions for the senator…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Who are people?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Why don’t we have infrastructure?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Why don’t we have refineries?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; Why does he assume just a “drop in the barrel”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now the answers…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; The people he is referring to is no doubt us idiots that are the “unwashed masses”. Unfortunately for this guy… if you are outside of 20 miles of a “big city” you don’t think the way he does. Even with the constant brain washing of the popular media outlets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; The infrastructure is decaying because of the Tax, Levy, and Permits that our “brilliant” officials have put on the “evil” oil companies that makes it almost a foolish investment to keep up, and that is IF they can get the permits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Oh yeah, and the refineries are about the same as #2 except what he &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;doesn&lt;/span&gt;’t mention is that this is a BILLION dollar investment with no guarantee you will be able to get your money back. Here is why, we are not talking about the building necessarily, but they have to pay tree &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;huggers&lt;/span&gt; to do survey after survey, environmental study after environmental study. Then who wants to have the go ahead on a 2.5 BILLION dollar endeavor, just to have it get the “no pass” once all is complete. All so that some worm won’t be displaced. (And I am not talking about any elected officials on the worm thing)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; Many conservative (not politically) estimates are that there is enough oil that we could be self sufficient on oil for more than 100 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do we have…? This guy (maybe not personally, but the party) gets a policy put in place. And in doing so gets the approval and donations from the tree &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;huggers&lt;/span&gt;. The result. Every one gets screwed at the gas pump. Solution, complain and blame the GOP. BRILLIANT. And that is not even to mention the GE lobby. They bought HUGE $$ in antiquated electric windmill tech. and the like. They only get a HUGE payback if everyone buys this tech. If they can’t get in with Al Gore, -- and the rest of the run for your life, we are all going to die crowd. -- They are going to loose money. I wonder if the dumb-o-craps will then look at taxing them for their “wind fall” profits?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now on to another gem of idiocy…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;“They&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; may sell it as immediate relief at the pump, but what they're talking about is really a decade or more down the road and would amount to maybe a few pennies in savings, according to the Energy Information Administration. Who would think that's worth the wait? Or the economic risk?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wow this guy must have taken “lying 101” with the textbook written by Hitler himself. There will be some but not much immediate relief. &lt;strong&gt;NOTHING&lt;/strong&gt; will give immediate relief. Now another “fail to mention” that he does here is that this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;isn'&lt;/span&gt;t the first time this has come around. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;It was talked about during the Clinton admin. which means… there was no really thinking about it at all. The only thought from him is where to get the next fat intern, and how he could convince them to get under his desk. So 10 years later would be OH YEAH … NOW…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe he went to the same remedial basic math class taught by the same “professor” as his economic professor. There are some good estimates from the heritage foundation I think (I know they are an evil conservative think tank, so everything the think or say is a lie.)(If it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;’t the heritage found. I apologize, but I think it is.) that estimate that if we HAD started doing this 10 years ago; the price for regular unleaded would still be around $1- $1.50 a gallon. That is pennies, but way more pennies than this wind bag would have you believe. The wait, Yes. The “economic” risk, again Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does he mention what the economic risk that the gas shortage now is to the country and the rest of the world? Does he mention how ethanol is destroying 3rd world countries? Nope, but I am sure it is Bush’s fault either way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now to the most pernicious lie yet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;“What John McCain and George Bush are not saying is how their friends at the oil companies are sitting on -- get this -- 68 million acres of unused land leased to them by the American taxpayer. 68 million acres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;As we are moving to develop renewable energy, create alternative fuels and boost energy efficiency, that land represents domestic oil and gas production waiting to be had -- only the oil companies are not doing anything about it.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wow I almost hear the harp playing behind this saint.&lt;/strong&gt; Pure as the wind driven snow. Oh wait… McCain has friends at the oil companies now? I know it is Cheney and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Haliburton&lt;/span&gt; right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;68 Million acres sounds like a lot &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;doesn&lt;/span&gt;’t it. &lt;strong&gt;But here is the rub&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Though we have more oil in the shale of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming than combined in the Middle East (800 billion barrels),&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/06/news/economy/birger_shale.fortune/?postversion=2008060617"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;liberals and environmentalists have made it illegal to touch it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's illegal to drill in northern Alaska (&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.287/pub_detail.asp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Arctic National Wildlife Refuge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;), or off the coasts of Florida or California.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oil fields in Colorado are being shut down&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We won't develop shale oil fields in the Western states.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26744&amp;amp;s=rcmc"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;illegal to explore in the Atlantic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's illegal to explore in the Pacific.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's illegal to explore in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, except a small area off Florida.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We're not receiving any more leases to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, while &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&amp;amp;status=article&amp;amp;id=297645188487872"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;China, Venezuela and Cuba are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We haven't built an oil refinery in 25 years and reduced in half those we have.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There's enough &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a oncontextmenu="return false;" id="KonaLink4" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=66557" target="_top"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;natural gas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; beneath America (406 trillion cube feet at least) to heat every home in America for the next 150 years, but we can't tap it all.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We have the&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; largest&lt;/span&gt; supply of coal in the world, but it's Germany who is planning to build 27 coal-fired electrical plants by 2020.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;American airlines are in danger of going out of business.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;American truckers are being stranded on the sides of the road. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;American commuters are &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a oncontextmenu="return false;" id="KonaLink5" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=66557" target="_top"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;going bankrupt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; trying to travel back and forth to work, and are being forced to work locally for lower wages. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You know reading all this might make you think that someone else instead of the “big bad oil companies” were making it impossible to drill in the 68 million acres that the oil companies have leased. But nope it is the oil companies. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;….&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;who makes things legal and illegal? &lt;strong&gt;OH YEAH congress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; … And who controls congress? The Dumb-o-craps… ding ding ding…..&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;You guessed it correct the Dumb-o-craps are the reason you are paying your $4 + a gallon for gas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. If they wanted to do something about it they could, but they&lt;strong&gt; won’t&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;But they might have another meeting or hearing to point a finger at some idiot that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;’t graduate high school, but can swing a bat and play baseball, and use steroids. They want you to be mad at the oil companies, and switch to their buddies company and make them money from “contributions” in the process&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And with that being said… let me introduce something that will prove my point.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;“I'm an original co-sponsor of Senator Chris &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Dodd's&lt;/span&gt; legislation to penalize the oil companies that leave this type of land unused. Big Oil is looking for yet another government handout by opening up our coastline and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling -- it's time that our government stopped bending over backward for oil companies and instead started pushing them to do what they can with the generous resources they have been given.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;So they make it illegal to drill. Then make it a huge fine to not drill. UH……well I don’t know what to say. &lt;strong&gt;"BIG OIL"&lt;/strong&gt;… What about “&lt;strong&gt;BIG GOVERNMENT&lt;/strong&gt;”. &lt;em&gt;Another gov. handout… Can anyone say welfare, or any other hand-out program in America?&lt;/em&gt; We don’t bend over backward for the oil companies. The congress want us to tar and feather the oil companies, then come back to them and bend over forward so Congress can screw us again. Pushing them to do what they can with the generous resources they have been given? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Uhmmmm&lt;/span&gt;.. are they &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;MacGyver&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;Last time I checked only &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;MacGyver&lt;/span&gt; can take a paper clip and a roll of duct tape and make a refinery. Stupid oil companies. Why don’t you go hire &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;MacGyver&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then idiot of the week goes on and spouts many, many Mantras. From every special interest group that have given him money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China and others are getting leases for the Gulf of Mexico and are getting &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;HORIZONTAL DRILLING PERMITS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does this mean&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;? &lt;strong&gt;It means once the have begun to drill down in the gulf they will tap into &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;OUR oil sources&lt;/span&gt;. Leaving us to flap in the wind. But hey, we won’t harm any worms.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What it boils down to is that everyone is pointing fingers. Everyone is blaming the other guy. And&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; NO ONE is DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I always love the heart-felt stories of Good &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;ol&lt;/span&gt;' Ted Kennedy, and how he is FOR wind mills for wind energy. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;WELL UNLESS YOU WANT TO PUT THEM WHERE HE CAN SEE THEM FROM HIS ESTATE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is a link to join the call for them to get up off their fat pompous asses and do something about this crisis, and dependence on others for OUR OIL. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659"&gt;http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4396995983658030338?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4396995983658030338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4396995983658030338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4396995983658030338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4396995983658030338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/democrat-solution-to-gas-prices.html' title='The Democrat Solution To Gas Prices...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3523463803984770068</id><published>2008-06-18T05:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T09:11:19.881-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What our "elect" think about your rights</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is a side by side &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;comparison&lt;/span&gt; of some famous leaders, and some of our leaders today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;They believe that your rights should be restricted, and theirs boundless.  It isn't &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;OK&lt;/span&gt; for you to carry your firearm, but in many states only "special" permits are allowed.  (And by special, this means powerful, or rich.  Or elected official.)  Those "rich and famous" idiots that want you not to be able to carry your guns to protect yourself ... pay body guards to carry one to protect them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;I know this seems a little &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;hypocritical&lt;/span&gt;... but if you were "smart" or knew what they did ... this would all make perfect sense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Adolf Hitler:&lt;/span&gt; "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead.&lt;/strong&gt;" &lt;em&gt;(&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Chancellor's&lt;/span&gt; Speech, 1935) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Charles (Chuck) &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Shumer&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;US Congress, has sworn an oath to defend the US Constitution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; "All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Press conference, 1993, exact date being sought) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Adolf&lt;/span&gt; Hitler:&lt;/span&gt; "The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subject peoples to possess arms. So let's not have any talk about native militias."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Hitler's Secret Conversations, 1941-44, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Farrar&lt;/span&gt;, Strauss and Young, 1953) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Mao &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Tse&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Tung&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; "All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Problems of War and Strategy, Nov 6 1938, published in "Selected Works of Mao Zedong," 1965)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Diane &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Feinstein&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"US Senator, If I could have banned them all- 'Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns' -I would have!"&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Statement on TV program 69 Minutes, Feb 5 1995) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Mahatma Gandhi:&lt;/span&gt; "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;("Gandhi, an Autobiography," M.K. Gandhi, 446)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sigmund Freud:&lt;/span&gt; "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;("General Introduction to Psychoanalysis," S. Freud) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Bill Clinton:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;(US President, has sworn an oath to defend the US Constitution, (not to violate it, criticize it, and belittle it)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to Americans, it was assumed that Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly...When personal freedom is being abused, you have to move to limit it."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(April 19 1994, on MTV)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Now Lets Look At What Our Founding Fathers Thought About The Subject ... These Might Be Names You Know.  They Were Brilliant, Unlike Our "Educated" Elect Today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Benjamin Franklin:&lt;/span&gt; Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Nov 11 1755, from the Pennsylvania Assembly's reply to the Governor of Pennsylvania.) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Thomas Jefferson:&lt;/span&gt; "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined or determined to commit crimes. Such laws only make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assassins; they serve to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(1764 Letter and speech from T. Jefferson quoting with approval an essay by Cesare &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Beccari&lt;/span&gt;) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;George Mason:&lt;/span&gt; "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(3 Elliot, Debates at 380)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Thomas Jefferson:&lt;/span&gt; "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(T. Jefferson papers, 334, C.J. Boyd, Ed. 1950) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;George Washington:&lt;/span&gt; "A free people ought to be armed."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Jan 14 1790, Boston Independent Chronicle.) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Noah Webster:&lt;/span&gt; "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(1787, Pamphlets on the Constitution of the US) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;John Adams:&lt;/span&gt; "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; (A defense of the Constitution of the US) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;George Washington:&lt;/span&gt; "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth (and) keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them [guns] by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference [crime]. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Address to 1st session of Congress) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;James Madison:&lt;/span&gt; "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose people are afraid to trust them with arms."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Federalist Paper #46)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;George Mason:&lt;/span&gt; "I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Elliott, Debates, 425-426) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Alexander Hamilton:&lt;/span&gt; "...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in the use of arms."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Federalist Paper #29) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Patrick Henry:&lt;/span&gt; "The people have a right to keep and bear arms."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Elliott, Debates at 185)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;James Madison:&lt;/span&gt; "A WELL REGULATED militia, composed of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(1st Annals of Congress, at 434, June 8&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; 1789)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Richard Henry Lee:&lt;/span&gt; "A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Additional letters from the Federal Farmer, at 169, 1788) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now lets move to a more current &amp;amp; pressing situation&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Since I believe you can't believe anything a politician says during a campaign, you have to look to what they have said in the past to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;truly&lt;/span&gt; get what they believe.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2003 Independent Voters of Illinois – Independent Precinct Organization Questionnaire. &lt;strong&gt;  Barrack Husein &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; answered the following &lt;em&gt;(no wait... my uh.. staffer... yeah my staffer filled that out... yeah &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt; the ticket)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;35. Do you support legislation to ban the manufacture, sale and possession &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; handguns?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While a &lt;strong&gt;complete ban&lt;/strong&gt; on handguns is not politically practicable, &lt;strong&gt;I believe reasonable restrictions on the sale and possession of handguns are necessary to protect the public safety&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the Illinois Senate last year, I supported a package of bills to limit individual Illinoisans to purchasing one handgun a month&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;; require all promoters and sellers at firearms shows to carry a state license; &lt;strong&gt;allow civil liability&lt;/strong&gt; for death or injuries caused by handguns; and require &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;FOID&lt;/span&gt; applicants to apply in person. &lt;strong&gt;I would support similar efforts at the federal level, including retaining the Brady Law.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Boy, it sure is a good thing CRIMINALS don't get their guns from anywhere other than a LEGAL "promoter and seller".  And it is a good thing they go in and have a background check ran.  And it is a good thing that they only get one a month too.  OTHERWISE I would be afraid.  I don't know where Barrack Husein &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; went to school but he needs to see if he can get a refund.  &lt;strong&gt;They didn't learn him too good !! If a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;midwestern&lt;/span&gt; redneck gets it, why can't he?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;questionnaire&lt;/span&gt; continues on the same question but with a points b, and c...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b. assault weapons?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c. ammunition for handguns and assault weapons?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would support banning the sale of ammunition for assault weapons and &lt;strong&gt;limiting the sale of ammunition for handguns.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;You know... limiting bullets is a round about way of taking away guns.  Well we won't take away your gun ... but you can't have any bullets.  So your gun is useless anyway.   And in turn it takes away the power that was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;guaranteed&lt;/span&gt; by the constitution... just without "taking" the gun.  Because they know they can't&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;But then again, the fact that they can't take them away is why they are scared of them in the first place&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his book - The Audacity of Hope, p.215 Oct 1, 2006&lt;br /&gt;"I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;manufacturer's&lt;/span&gt; lobby. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Did he ever stop and think?  I doubt it.  But what he fails to see is that he wants to put a law into place that would only hurt the people that go by the law.  Not the criminal.  &lt;strong&gt;This is administering a wrong treatment for the wrong disease.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;No one goes into the doctor with cancer and the doctor says... here is a bottle of baby aspirin... HOPE it helps...  &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Are you kidding&lt;/span&gt; !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; is proposing to make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt; (Define "securely")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;He's proposing restricting gun purchases to &lt;strong&gt;one weapon a month&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and banning the sale of firearms at gun shows except for "antique" weapons&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; is also proposing increasing the licensing fee to obtain a federal firearms license.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(No way... &lt;strong&gt;R RAISE&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Taxes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  Say it ain't so Mr. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;    ....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt; He's proposing that all federally licensed gun dealers sell firearms in a storefront and not from their homes while banning their business from being within five miles of a school or a park. He's also banning the sale of 'junk' handguns like the popular Saturday Night Specials."  &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(So I think we established the FACT that Criminals don't get their guns from a dealer, so why mess with the dealers?  Why make it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;difficult&lt;/span&gt; to impossible to have a gun store?  Simple it is the same reason they want to make it hard to buy bullets.  To be able to skirt the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; amendment.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1996 Independent Voters of Illinois – Independent Precinct Organization Questionnaire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you support state legislation ???&lt;br /&gt;  a. ban the manufacture, sale or possession of handguns?  &lt;br /&gt;     Yes.&lt;br /&gt;  b. ban the manufacture, sale or possession of assault weapons?&lt;br /&gt;     Yes.&lt;br /&gt;  c. mandatory waiting periods with background checks for weapons?&lt;br /&gt;     Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Now my apologies about sounding like a parrot... But AGAIN... CRIMINALS DON'T BUY THE GUNS THEY USE, IN A STORE OR FROM A DEALER.  THEY STEAL THEM OR BUY THEM FROM SOMEONE THAT DID STEAL THEM, OR SELLS THEM &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;ILLEGALLY&lt;/span&gt;.  BUT THEY ARE NOT WAITING FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEY DON'T GET CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS EITHER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;WHEN will the "brilliant" leaders who are "educated" stop doing the same thing over and over and over and over and think that "this time" it will work.  Isn't that INSANE?  But the reason they do is to blame others for their mistakes in the hopes that people will vote for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In the senate... &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; has voted as follows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Newest first (closest to the "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;runnin&lt;/span&gt; for the president")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006  &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa4615.html"&gt;SA4615&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Prohibition On Confiscation Of Firearms  &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(this keeps Homeland security from using their funds to come and take your guns) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Vote for gun owners.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005  &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/s397-2.html" target="_self"&gt;S.397&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act  &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(This stops any current and prevents any future lawsuits against the gun &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;manuf&lt;/span&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Vote against gun  manufacturers twice.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1615.html"&gt;SA1615&lt;/a&gt;  Cop Killer Bullet Ban &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(hi-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;vel&lt;/span&gt;. rounds or "armor piercing" which are both handgun and rifle rounds)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote against gun owners.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1620.html"&gt;SA1620&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  S.397Exemption for Children &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(which skirts the law that lets the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;manuf&lt;/span&gt;. to be held blameless for the actions of CRIMINALS that use their guns.  This is like you choosing to eat a greasy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;cheeseburger&lt;/span&gt; from "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;cheeseburger&lt;/span&gt; world" every meal for 10 years and then blaming them because YOU have hi cholesterol.  OR putting a lawsuit against GM &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;because&lt;/span&gt; someone you love was killed in a wreck where the other person was driving a Chevy.  Doesn't really make sense does it?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Vote against gun manufacturers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1623.html"&gt;SA1623&lt;/a&gt;  Gross Negligence Amendment &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; (This one is a gem.  This would gut the one previous.  And would leave it open for the COURT to decide "gross neg".  And the "court" is doing a bang up job letting people who are not citizens and enemy combatants, legal rights under the US Constitution.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Vote against gun manufacturers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1626.html"&gt;SA1626&lt;/a&gt;  Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; (This makes it a requirement to purchase a gun lock when you buy a gun.  If you have the gun for home defense this makes &lt;strong&gt;PERFECT&lt;/strong&gt; sense... I mean who doesn't want to fumble around in the dark to get the lock off your gun when there is someone in your child's room in the middle of the night?  That is if you have the key right there, and not on the other side of the house or in the garage.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Vote against gun owners.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1644.html"&gt;SA1644&lt;/a&gt;  Update to &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1620.html"&gt;SA1620&lt;/a&gt;  (This one is really a non issue.  And is a perfect example of repeated, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;repetitive&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;redundancy&lt;/span&gt;.  And a good use of taxpayer money.  But that assumes that they don't have anything better to be doing.)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Vote against gun manufacturers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1645-2.html"&gt;SA1645&lt;/a&gt;  Update to &lt;a href="http://www.gunlawnews.org/Senate-Bills/sa1615.html"&gt;SA1615&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;(&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;Asinine&lt;/span&gt; amendment, just ups spent money that belongs to the taxpayer of course.  Also &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;Ol&lt;/span&gt;' Kennedy gets to write in it that they should have passed his bill earlier.  What a wast of time.  And on top of that ... &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; votes "no comment" or present.  Why even waste your time voting if you aren't going to ACTUALLY vote?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Neutral vote.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We can conclude the following from his votes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;Obama&lt;/span&gt; says he is for the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; amendment ... but doesn't really.  He just says so to court the voter that is "clinging to their guns and religion."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some thing else ... How can you say that you are for &lt;em&gt;CHANGE&lt;/em&gt; and then be in alignment with people like Ted Kennedy and other people that are the &lt;em&gt;Antithisis&lt;/em&gt; of CHANGE?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3523463803984770068?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3523463803984770068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3523463803984770068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3523463803984770068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3523463803984770068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-our-elect-think-about-your-rights.html' title='What our &quot;elect&quot; think about your rights'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3509440495896194285</id><published>2008-06-17T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T11:42:14.207-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guns are people too.......</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have heard the first part of this story about the young girl in NY that was shot with a “stray” bullet. It is a tragic story that deserves to be heard. However, like many people that claim to be journalists, this particular “journalist” puts things in the common and usual “liberal” light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is actually quite sad&lt;/em&gt;. Because I am sure that he actually paid for the “&lt;em&gt;education&lt;/em&gt;” he received. Or maybe not… I don’t really know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is funny to me that they are trying to do the same thing now with guns, that they have tried and continue to try with the “evil” SUV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here is the whole story and then I will add my comments...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'Neighborhood' Gun Tied to Girl's Death&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'Everyone in the Neighborhood Uses That Gun,' Suspect Allegedly Says&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By SCOTT MICHELS&lt;br /&gt;June 17, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A teenager is expected to plead&lt;strong&gt; not guilty&lt;/strong&gt; today to charges that he shot and killed a 10-year-old girl with a "&lt;/em&gt;community gun&lt;em&gt;" that he allegedly claims was shared by "&lt;/em&gt;everyone in the neighborhood&lt;em&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Kathina Thomas was killed late last month after a stray bullet, allegedly fired by 15-year-old Jermayne Timmons, struck her in the back.&lt;/span&gt; The crime has shocked the city of Albany and prompted law enforcement to &lt;strong&gt;ramp up a crackdown on so-called community guns&lt;/strong&gt; — weapons that are shared among alleged gang members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Law enforcement officials say gangs across the country stash and share weapons, often in abandoned buildings, in an attempt to circumvent gun control laws and avoid being caught with a gun that has been tied to a crime&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If the area is somewhat controlled by a gang group, they will often have weapons in the area. It's there in close proximity and if trouble does break out someone can get to it," said &lt;strong&gt;Andrew Grascia&lt;/strong&gt;, a longtime gang investigator and president of the New York Gang Investigator's Association.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;It shows how dangerous a single firearm can be. When you have multiple people who have access to it, it broadens its reach on the street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a statement Timmons gave police, he was riding his bike with his friends on May 29 when he fired a shot at a group of teenagers after he thought he saw one of them pull a gun. Police believe the bullet hit and killed Kathina Thomas.&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards, Timmons put the gun in a garbage can outside the Ida Yarborough Houses because "&lt;/em&gt;everyone in the neighborhood uses that gun and that's where we keep it&lt;em&gt;," Timmons allegedly told police.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Timmons was charged as an adult with second-degree murder. His attorney said he would plead not guilty at his arraignment today, but declined to comment further.&lt;br /&gt;Timmons' mother did not return a phone message, but in an interview with the Albany Times Union &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;she disputed that her son was a gang member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;That's all hearsay at this point&lt;/span&gt;," Mosetta Timmons told the paper. "&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;He was an average teenager, with &lt;strong&gt;good &lt;/strong&gt;days and &lt;strong&gt;bad&lt;/strong&gt; days&lt;/span&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kathina's death has galvanized the city. Hundreds, including the mayor and district attorney, mourned at her funeral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's brought us together and everyone in the community, it seems, has come together to say that enough is enough," said the Rev. Edward Smart, pastor of the AME Zion church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It has also focused attention on so-called community guns&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;As law enforcement has made obtaining and transporting guns more difficult, gangs have sought new ways to make weapons available&lt;/span&gt; to large groups of people&lt;/strong&gt;, said Det. Bruce Ferrell of the Omaha Police Gang Intelligence Unit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Community guns also help criminals avoid being caught with a weapon, he said.&lt;br /&gt;"In the 1980s and early 1990s, they were throwing those guns in the river. But they aren't doing that anymore," Ferrell said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before&lt;/strong&gt; we tended to believe that a lot of guns were being stolen. In our area, we have found that not to be the truth&lt;/span&gt;," he said. "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;A lot of times they pass it around to other gang members or may trade it for drugs. They don't discard them as often as they used to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;problem of community guns&lt;/strong&gt; is not limited to Albany. Investigators in Suffolk County, N.Y., recently recovered a gun that has been linked to the execution-style murders of three students in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard and may have been involved in at least two other out-of-state murders. &lt;strong&gt;The Suffolk County district attorney's office believes the gun may have moved to New York through a gang network that has a custom of recycling guns used in violent crimes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within the last year, police in cities such as Cleveland, Trenton, Philadelphia and Boston have found &lt;strong&gt;troves of weapons&lt;/strong&gt; in &lt;strong&gt;abandoned buildings&lt;/strong&gt; that they &lt;strong&gt;believe&lt;/strong&gt; were shared among criminals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;To combat community weapons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Albany County district attorney is asking owners of all vacant lots and buildings — attractive locations for &lt;strong&gt;shared guns&lt;/strong&gt; — in the city to give police permission to search their property at any time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of the 1,300 requests, so far 320 property owners have agreed and &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;10 have refused&lt;/span&gt;, according to the district attorney's office. John Fenimore, president of the Capital District Association of Rental Property Owners, said the request from the district attorney's office was "too broad" and that he would not sign it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don’t seem to even know where to begin…. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Let’s start with gun control&lt;/strong&gt;… &lt;em&gt;Because we all know that makes us safer&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Which person in this “community” submitted to the background check? &lt;/strong&gt;Did they have to wait the time that NY makes their law abiding citizens wait? Or maybe since this is a “community” gun they didn’t have to do the background check. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wait a minute; these guys are trying to go around the gun control&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;laws?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;But I thought gun control will keep crime down… Oh wait … Never mind … Apparently not.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now the Libtards just say to “give them stiffer penalties” yeah that will fix it. In fact that is why they have these “community” guns so they don’t get caught with one.&lt;/strong&gt; Since getting caught with one will get them a stiffer penalty. But wait the Libtards are smart right? (…&lt;em&gt;let me contain my laughter, and then I will continue&lt;/em&gt;…) &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So did they know that they would in fact screw this up too? Just like everything else they “try” to do&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do have to say these guys (the criminals) are smart; at least tactically. A weapon is a much more advantage than a cell phone to call a cop- who might make it there about 5 min or so after the fact. Then we have the idiot of the minute, &lt;strong&gt;Andrew Grascia &lt;/strong&gt;– in his &lt;strong&gt;BRILLIANT&lt;/strong&gt; assessment of the situation…."It shows how dangerous a single firearm can be. When you have multiple people who have access to it, it broadens its reach on the street.” &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WELL, there you have it. Guns are not only evil and dangerous; they are also so smart that it can have “reach” by getting unwitting people to share in its evil plan to take over the world.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh … then we have a mom that is &lt;em&gt;completely in &lt;strong&gt;denial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; about her son. Saying that the fact that her son is in a gang, “is hearsay” at this point. I wonder who she thinks also “share” this gun that is a “community gun”. I mean… &lt;em&gt;I like my neighbors but they don’t need to be touching any of my firearms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This young lady's death has given many hoplophobic people, a new avenue to push their fears off onto others. Not to mention the opportunistic political people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All these people of the gang community are not passing background checks, they are not getting a permit to carry a handgun, they are not being forced to submit to a FBI investigation, and fingerprinting, etc. So why are law abiding citizens required to do so?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Simple, the government is afraid of the people. But more specifically the citizenry armed and trained with firearms.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most disturbing item in the article by far is that these people in the “people friendly” government; and the DA in this area are asking people to give up their constitutional rights. They have sent out 1300 requests, to people to sign over their freedoms to “have a little security”. But I guess they were brain washed (&lt;em&gt;re-educated&lt;/em&gt;) in their “college” by their &lt;strong&gt;liberal fascist professors&lt;/strong&gt;; &lt;em&gt;so that they don’t know the thought of Benjamin Franklin&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Benjamin Franklin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;: &lt;em&gt;"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." &lt;/em&gt;(Nov 11 1755, from the Pennsylvania Assembly's reply to the Governor of Pennsylvania.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that was the past, and you can hardly find anyone today that has the same or even similar point of view…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as far as the 10 that refused, they should be proud of themselves. I hope many more will do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With all this being said, let us look at what the FBI thinks. They estimate that there are @&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;200,000,000&lt;/span&gt; (That is - &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;two hundred million&lt;/span&gt;)guns in the united states in the hands of citizens. Also in the year 2000(I know I need to update my year) they thought that &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;66%&lt;/span&gt; of all murders (&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;15,517 - 100%&lt;/span&gt;) were commited by people using guns (&lt;strong&gt;or if you are a liberal&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;10,241&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;guns ran out and murdered people&lt;/em&gt;). That leaves &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;199,989,756&lt;/span&gt; (That is - &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;one hundred ninety nine million nine hundred eighty nine thousand seven hundred fifty six&lt;/span&gt;) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;guns that did not kill anyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;And&lt;/strong&gt; taking the &lt;em&gt;200mil as a 100% figure&lt;/em&gt;, then .0051205% (That is - &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;fifty one thousand two hundred five ten millionths of &lt;strong&gt;one percent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)of the guns in America killed anyone in the year 2000. &lt;strong&gt;This isn't to say that every life lost wasn't precious. This is to keep the "out-of-control crisis" in context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t see the reason for many things. I don’t know why young children want to be adults; and adults want to be young again, and forever. I do know a few things. And one of these things is that the firearm is an equalizer, that levels the playing field. It will help an elderly woman or man defend themselves against a stronger attacker or force (even more than one). It can make Governments tremble in their shoes, and realize that their power is in the people that they were elected to govern, not in themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people learn the hard way. Others can learn from someone else’s mistakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3509440495896194285?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3509440495896194285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3509440495896194285' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3509440495896194285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3509440495896194285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/guns-are-people-too.html' title='Guns are people too.......'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3206415226093080861</id><published>2008-06-16T05:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T07:52:19.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Hot Circle of Hell Awaits...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;This was a hard article for me this morning. Yesterday was my son’s first birthday. I find it hard to imagine anyone wanting to hurt someone who is so innocent. Not to mention has no way of fighting back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know this is out of California, and that is another world compared to the rest of the U.S.. However, I know that this is probably less of a crime in California than let’s say, killing some speckled, two-tone, yellow tongued Lizard. Or maybe leaning up against some old tree, picking a sacred flower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In commenting on this I don’t want to come across as calloused or cold-hearted. In fact, I just want to point out the stupidity of those that hold anything else on this earth on an equal or greater plane than human life. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will list the article and let you read it for yourself. Of course, with my comments added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article comes from Mercury News.com .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Officer kills man who beat toddler to death&lt;br /&gt;WITNESSES COULDN'T STOP ROADSIDE ATTACK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This is the title. But my thought is ... why not? Did they really try hard?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;As eyewitnesses watched in horror, a 27-year-old Turlock man punched and stomped a toddler to death on a darkened country road Saturday night in Stanislaus County before a police officer shot and killed the attacker.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is exactly why the people of the USA are SHEEP. They WATCHED. I don't care what I would have had to do to this man (assuming I got there in time, and from the article some of these people did) he would have NOT killed that child. Me going to jail is worth that child's life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eyewitnesses tried to stop the man, who swung and slammed the child into the asphalt behind his parked four-door Toyota pickup.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AGAIN let me ask ... how hard? Wasn't it not too long ago when a man was hit by a car and then people just drove by him and did nothing? Again let me ask... did they really TRY ? TRY.... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? We are doomed as a people if we have become so narcissistic that people just &lt;em&gt;TRY&lt;/em&gt; to save a 1-2 year old child from an adult.  If I had to get out and papercut the man to death from the insurace cards in my glove box (Here I have a gun, but they were in California) I would have done it.  There is a quote that they would have done well to listen to..... "Sometimes your best is not good enough.  Sometimes you have to do what is required."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's move on before my head EXPLODES...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Investigators spent Father's Day trying to understand and cope with the savage attack on Bradbury Road, 10 miles west of Turlock near cow pastures and dairy farms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boy's beating left police and rescue workers badly shaken, said Deputy Royjindar Singh. "Why would somebody do this?" Singh said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In the shadows and light it looked like he had hit an animal," said Dan Robinson, chief of the Crows Landing Volunteer Fire Department, who came upon the chaos driving home from a late dinner in Turlock, in an interview with the Modesto Bee. "As we backed up again, I could see that he had blood on his arms. I could see that it was a small child."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robinson jumped from his vehicle and confronted the man, who lunged at him. Robinson said the man wasn't screaming and wasn't loud, but was forceful, saying "demons" were in the boy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Give me the knife. Give me the knife," the man said as he grabbed for a pen in the fireman's front pocket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There was a total hollowness in his eyes," Robinson said, "like I could see right through to the back of his head."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"confronted"... ?  Does this mean the same as &lt;em&gt;TRY&lt;/em&gt;?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;An elderly couple was first on the scene, calling 911 about 10:15 p.m. to describe the terror unfolding before their eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man ripped the child out of a car seat in the back of a pickup truck, threw him to the ground and kicked and stomped him against the pavement, witnesses told deputies. At least three people yelled at the man and attempted to pull him off the boy, but were brushed back by the attacker.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what is wrong with us, in our society.  We call someone else to do something for us instead of doing it for ourselves.  Now I understand that they were an elderly couple, and I get that... But my grandfather, until the day he died would have gotten out the tire iron and went after him... there would have not have been any ... &lt;em&gt;TRY&lt;/em&gt;.... And the "brushed back"... what the hell does that mean?  Does this mean they "gave it the ol' college try" that resulted in nothing.  You know but its ok... no one is a looser here.... &lt;strong&gt;OH, WAIT&lt;/strong&gt;... the child, &lt;strong&gt;DIED&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Coroner's deputies believe they know the boy's name, but "due to the severity of his injuries making a visual identification is nearly impossible," Singh said.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what could this child have done that deserved this?  What is going to come of this?  Will this action wake anyone up?  Nope, no polar bears or baby seals are involved, and so therefore it isn't important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;They were also trying to establish the connection between the attacker and the boy. Authorities were attempting to contact family members on Sunday, but Singh said many live out of the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Stanislaus County sheriff's helicopter flying in the area on another matter arrived about six minutes after the initial 911 call.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know there is another quote... this time from ... let's see someone people should know.... it was George Washington... You remember Ol' George. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the &lt;br /&gt;people's liberty teeth (and) keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them [guns] by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference [crime]. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." (Address to 1st session of Congress) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wonder what he meant by "every hour"?  I don't when I read stories like this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Officers in the helicopter could see the man beating a child on the road.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So did the people "watching" and "trying" to help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Because patrol deputies were still several minutes away, they decided to land in a field near the man's vehicle, Singh said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The helicopter's tactical flight officer, a Modesto police officer, ran toward the suspect with his gun drawn, but he was unable to reach the roadway because of an electric and barbed wire fence, Singh said.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I could get through this "obsticle" if it was important to me to do so.  Don't you think?  But this guy took action that was effective so I can't complain about him.  Even though he showed up too late to save the child's life, he did ACT on the situation that confronted him.  And he DID what was required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"When the flight officer first contacted the suspect and tried to get him to stop, the infant was on the ground and the suspect was kicking and stomping the child," Singh said. "The officer demanded that the man stop, but he just continued his assault."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The officer, who has not been identified, then shot the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The toddler was taken to Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In keeping with the spirit of California, to blame everyone else whose fault it is not.  Why don't we round up the people that just stood around and watched... and put them on trial for accessories to murder.  Would that be fair?  Wait life isn't fair... No...You don't say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Some of the key questions we're trying to answer is why this happened?" Singh said. "What was going on before the suspect left? Where was he going? Where had he been? What was going on in his life that day?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A child was beat beyond recognition and these people are trying to find out the important question of ... "was this guy sad".  I seriously think my head will explode.  Why... Why...?  &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE THIS MAN WAS EVIL, AND HE HAD MURDER IN HIS HEART.  P p p p p problem solved.&lt;/strong&gt;  Does it really mattered where he was going, or had been or what was "going on in his life"?  He is a &lt;strong&gt;MURDERER&lt;/strong&gt; plain and simple.  There is no puzzle to solve here.  I am sure we need to find out if he was hugged too much or was teased in school... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson sent department employees an e-mail Sunday offering assistance to any staff member affected by the incident, Singh said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It does hit home, especially for the deputies with children and those officers in the helicopter that attempted to save the boy's life," he said. "This is one of the more violent scenes they've ever seen. It involves a victim who is defenseless and helpless. And it's Father's Day."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well... here is the definition of compassion... we send an email to people and give them info on "assistance for the staff people affected by the incident".  Now if someone at "one of the more violent scenes" would have done what was "required" instead of just "trying".  Maybe no one would need "assistance" except for the MURDERER.  And why does it matter that it is father's day?  Would this be less horrific if it was just another Tuesday?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nurse Isabelle Thomas, who lives a few hundred yards from the scene, was working at Emanuel Medical Center when her son called her with word something bad had happened. Soon she heard of the little boy who died 500 yards from her front door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I couldn't go to sleep," she said. "I couldn't rest without seeing it and all that blood. I couldn't believe all that blood."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now in my house there are any number of HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of items that could be used as a weapon.  In my car there are much less.  BUT... I am sure that this house had at least a Louisville slugger.  ... &lt;strong&gt;Problem solved&lt;/strong&gt;.  Had no one there watched Wrestling on TV or the UFC... anyone ever hear of a clothesline or a chokehold... those do actually work... &lt;strong&gt;problem solved&lt;/strong&gt;  Or maybe a shotgun... &lt;strong&gt;again problem solved&lt;/strong&gt;.  Or maybe there was a big stick that was just laying around, or a big rock, or a can of peas would be ok to crack this MURDERER, in the head... &lt;strong&gt;problem solved&lt;/strong&gt;.  I have a belt... that can be taken off and you could have hit this guy in the head with a belt buckle... &lt;strong&gt;again problem solved&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So am I to belive that these people really TRIED?  Now I wasn't there and can't tell EXACTLY what happened.  But there are very few things that really light my fuse... and this is one of them.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't stand it when I see someone hurting someone that is much weaker than themselves.  I would get involved.  And by involved I don't mean call someone else and let them take too much time in getting here and doing something.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The liberals love to tell you how to defend yourself, or the people around you.  They love to say "call the cops" because it isn't our place to be responsible for our own destiny.  We are like sheep to the slaughter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This guy got what he deserved, and saved the taxpayers alot of money in the process.  The cop should be given a medal and a raise.  And those that "tried" to help, should be ashamed of themselves.  Not to mention they need to be put in jail, or be made to register on the sex offenders list as ... child endangerers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Would you have done what was necessary, or would you have just tried?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3206415226093080861?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3206415226093080861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3206415226093080861' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3206415226093080861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3206415226093080861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/06/hot-circle-of-hell-awaits.html' title='A Hot Circle of Hell Awaits...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-249477018159396458</id><published>2008-05-20T05:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T05:58:26.468-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Its time to put on the Big Boy pants...</title><content type='html'>I have about had it with people being too serious with themselves.  I am a Conservative Christian, and you can shoot the Bible with anything you want; You can even use it for toilet paper.  It won’t matter really.  Yes the book is sacred, and yes it is Holy.  However the Book itself is not.  The contents are what are sacred, not the paper.  So why is it that the koran is so sacred?  Is the content not only sacred but also the paper it is printed on?  Also we do know that some of it is sacred, because it is plagerized from the Scriptures.  Old Mo’ was good at copying, but not very original.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a story that is plainly outrageous.  And NOT because someone used the koran as a target.  Not at all.  In fact what I find outrageous is that they could have found 10 Bibles shot to pieces, and that would have just been “in good fun”.  But shoot one koran, and the stuff hits the fan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for target practice, Iraq's government said on Tuesday. &lt;br /&gt;It said in a statement Bush had tendered a personal apology in a telephone call with Maliki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U.S. military commanders in Iraq had already apologized to Iraqi leaders after a copy of the Muslim holy book was found riddled with more than 10 bullet holes at a shooting range near Baghdad on May 11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The soldier accused of carrying out the shooting has been disciplined and ordered out of Iraq. The U.S. military has not said whether he will face a court martial.&lt;br /&gt;"The American president apologized on behalf of the United States ... promising to present the soldier to the courts," the Iraqi cabinet said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy said she was unaware of the telephone call and the White House was not immediately available for comment.&lt;br /&gt;(Writing by Ross Colvin, edited by Richard Meares)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe what makes me so mad is that there is no account if this is a good soldier or a bad soldier.  He made a choice (not one I would make, because I still respect others beliefs) to shoot up their holy book.  Not too smart over there but lets face it… not everyone that joins the military is playing with a full deck.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is extremely stupid is that he was “ordered out of iraq”, not because I don’t think he deserves to be “disciplined”; but because of a little character called “Corporal Klinger”.  Name ring a bell, anyone?  If soldiers who are “distraught” see this as a quick ticket out of combat; do you know how many we will see?  In my opinion, any book that looses its “inspired” status when translated out of the “original” language it is written in; is at best a poorly written book.  And furthermore has no real inspiration or it would be able to be translated.  Inspiration will, and should supersede any language barrier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing that bothers me the most about this is, that there is a clear and growing double standard.  You are allowing the terrorists to dictate our policies in a round-a-bout way.  There would not be a court martial or transfer or even any disciplinary action taken if this had been a Bible.  Why is this?  Simple, other than the Catholics, and the Mormons, the Christians in this country and around the world don’t whine, cry, bitch and moan every time someone drops a Bible (or a book of Moron).  Every other day, we have to listen to some poor muslim or other person whine because they got their feelings hurt.  OR someone has offended them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is outright Pathetic is that Chaplains in the US Military are hardly allowed to pray “in Jesus name” because it MIGHT offend someone.  This is an outrage.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People need to stand up for the things that matter, not just ink and paper but the beliefs that this ink and paper foster in the individual.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This soldier was out of line.  But the punishment is way, way too severe for just destroying some ink and paper.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the extremists would read the Mecca passages as well as the Medina passages, they might understand this too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ultimately it is time for all the people who are “offended” when everything doesn’t go their way or the wind is blowing from the wrong direction, to &lt;strong&gt;put on their Big Boy Pants and continue with their lives&lt;/strong&gt;.  Maybe it is ok for someone to have a different point of view from you.  But that doesn’t change the name of their religion.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is time for them to put on a helmet (preferably one that doesn’t explode) and face life with Joy and gratitude that they are allowed to live another day in this beautiful world.  Not everyone gets that chance.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-249477018159396458?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/249477018159396458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=249477018159396458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/249477018159396458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/249477018159396458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-have-about-had-it-with-people-being.html' title='Its time to put on the Big Boy pants...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2986628821245156984</id><published>2008-05-16T12:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T13:11:10.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is being Gay natural.....</title><content type='html'>Below is an article from Newsmax, about Michael Reagan’s response to the Rogue Supreme Court in California, that ignores the voting public and chooses to legislate law from the bench.  (If you have ever taken a class in government, you know what they did this week, is ILLEGAL.  But no one will have the balls to stand up to them and remove them or put them behind bars.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reacting to the decision of the California Supreme Court to ignore Proposition 22, which declares that “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California," and was passed with a whopping 61 percent of the vote, an outraged Michael Reagan urged California voters to join him in refusing to vote for any ballot measures in the State of California in the 2008 November election since the courts can simply nullify their votes whenever they want to. &lt;br /&gt;Reagan, whose father Ronald Reagan served two terms as California’s governor before winning the presidency in 1980, said "I am taking my ballot and mailing it directly to the Supreme Court of California at 350 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA 94102-4797 to allow the judges to decide for us. They’re going to do it anyway.” &lt;br /&gt;Reagan told Newsmax: "We have seen this time and time again, Democracy usurped, the voters wishes do not matter, whether its Proposition 187 or the Gay Marriage Ban, its no longer 'We the People,' it is now, 'They the Judges' who make the decisions in the Golden State. As the son of a former Governor of this state I am disgusted." &lt;br /&gt;Noting that the courts have been thwarting the express will of the people, Reagan explained to NewsMax in an exclusive interview that “Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot initiative designed to deny social services, health care, and public education to illegal aliens that passed with 58.8 percent of the vote was overturned by a federal court, in effect telling the voters their will doesn’t count. &lt;br /&gt;“The state of California has a history of voting for ballot measures. But any time Californians seem to vote for an issue that may be even slightly conservative, the liberal left goes out and shops judges, or as in this case, shops courts, and gets them to overturn ballot measures overwhelmingly supported by the voters,” Reagan said. &lt;br /&gt;California voters have no remedy for judicial interference with their expressed will. Reagan said, “We don’t have a Republican Party, it does not exist, it does nothing, and we have a nincompoop for a governor who wants to raise sale taxes or borrow money from the lottery to pay down the out-of-control debt caused by the liberals who are running this state. I’m about ready to say bring back Grey Davis, the guy we recalled. &lt;br /&gt;Schwarzenegger has vetoed two measures that would have authorized same-sex marriage, and today said he would abide by the court's ruling. &lt;br /&gt;"I respect the court's decision and as governor, I will uphold its ruling," he said in a statement. "Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling." &lt;br /&gt;Said Mike Reagan “The only recourse California voters have is to protest by following my example and mailing their ballots dealing with the proposed propositions to the State Supreme Court. Let them mark it since it does the voters no good to vote in California when we have a Supreme Court that overturns their will whenever they feel like it." &lt;br /&gt;“Why should I vote?” Reagan asked. “I have no reason to vote so as of now I’m stopping. It doesn’t matter what the voters think. It only matters what liberals in black robes think.” &lt;br /&gt;© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.  By: Phil Brennan  Friday, May 16, 2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more and more I see this crap, the more irritated I become.  I have had it with people that can’t get their point of view passed by the legal way; so they must get it passed by the courts the illegal way.  The Homosexual agenda and the Nazi-esqe tactics they employ is pretty pathetic.  They are people just like you and I but that is not good enough for them.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They want “special” treatment, and laws that protect their perverse lifestyles.  The most common argument for gay marriage is they want “equal protection” under the law.  You have to be as sharp as a bowling ball to believe that.  (I guess the California Supreme court must staff themselves with people right off the short bus.)  This has nothing to do with equal protection.  And apparently those who believe it is must do some pretty good political and legal jujitsu to come to that conclusion.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is why.&lt;/strong&gt;  I being a male, cannot marry another male.  A gay man being a male, cannot marry another male.  My sister, being a female, cannot marry a female.  A gay woman being a woman, cannot marry another female.  Where is this law discriminatory I ask?  Simple, it doesn’t provide what they want.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The only difference in me marrying a male, and a gay man marrying a male; is that I don’t want to.  Plain, and Simple.  It is just that Simple, No more No less.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no other factors.  It isn’t that I hate gays, or they scare me.  Not at all.  In fact I love them just like I love everyone else.  This doesn’t mean they get to break the law just because they want to.  If the world ran like that there would be complete and total anarchy.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know many gays and have many gays as friends.  And what I see most often… is that being gay is what their ENTIRE life becomes about.  Nothing they do can just BE DONE.  It has to somehow identify them as being Gay, or it has to Justify their being gay, or something along those lines.  Their entire world becomes consumed with “gay”-ness.  Which to me is odd; because my life isn’t about my being heterosexual at every second of the day.  My daily life is not consumed with my sexuality, and everything that, that entails.  I don’t look at everything in life through the “straight” lens; in fact I really don’t even think about it.  It is there to enhance my life not to consume every minute of it to justify why I am the way I am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All that being said&lt;/strong&gt;; It does bring up the topic of nature and what is natural and un-natural.  If something is natural, you don’t need to justify it.  It would not need to be defended at every step, and at every second of every minute of every hour of every day.  This in and of itself, should be proof of what is really “natural” and what is not “natural”.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were indeed “born that way” why would you need to justify it…if it in fact is natural?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we are to believe evolution is correct, and we are to believe that homosexuality is correct, and we are to believe that “survival of the fittest” is correct.  Would there not be a way to procreate through a same sex union?  Why the need for both sexes if it is indeed natural?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The truth of the matter is that it isn’t normal, it isn’t natural.  In fact it is against the very order of nature.  That is why there is a need to constantly, and militantly defend this lifestyle.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2986628821245156984?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2986628821245156984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2986628821245156984' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2986628821245156984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2986628821245156984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-being-gay-natural.html' title='Is being Gay natural.....'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-7569532143084194862</id><published>2008-05-16T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T08:26:26.807-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Can we learn from mistakes?</title><content type='html'>I am writing today about a topic that hit the national news.  This topic is an easy target for people that are “compassionate”, or say they are.  This topic is a hard one for me.  I can see both sides of the argument.  And also realize that some people are taking it way to far.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the story of Megan Meier.  Everyone knows it or can find out about it easily by a quick search on the internet.  It is a sad story with and uncommon tragic ending.  It is a story of mean people and a young girl who killed herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to help people find where I stand, let’s go over the facts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A young girl (13) is on her computer on MySpace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allegedly a mean mom down the road creates a fake account and poses as a 16yr old boy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The young girl and Fake I.D. boy converse on MySpace. (maybe mean mama maybe not) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mean mama (allegedly) is mean to young girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young girl kills herself.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are not the only issues in the case but these are the ones I am going to go over.  Because I don’t have the kind of time it would take to completely go over the issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;A young girl (13) is on her computer on MySpace.&lt;/em&gt;  :  Now, I am not sure where I should begin on this one.  Did any one notice this girl is 13 years old…maybe I was the only one that noticed.  She is 13, and no doubt had absolutely no supervision when she was on the computer.  Maybe she had one in her room; cuz mommy and daddy were trying to be her friend or wanted her to like them.  But I don’t know that for a fact.  My opinion MySpace would have a minimum age, to me that would be a responsible thing to do.  But then again that is common sense.  And that is something that seems to be on the endangered species list nowadays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Allegedly a mean mom down the road creates a fake account and poses as a 16yr old boy.&lt;/em&gt; :  This part is where I really get off track.  There is not really any proof that SHE, IS in fact the person that made the account.  OR that SHE is the one that contacted the young girl.  SO… it seems that this is a fishing trip to MAYBE find some evidence to charge her or to prove the charges already.  But wait…this is California we are talking about.  This is a whole other world.  They do have Hollywood though….wait that doesn’t HELP their argument.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The young girl and Fake I.D. boy converse on MySpace. (maybe mean mama maybe not)&lt;/em&gt;:  This is where I need to ask… Where the Hell was either of her Parents?  Why is a 13 yr old doing talking to a 16 yr old anyway?  Because I know and remember what I thought about as a 16yr old… and that shouldn’t include anyone that is 13.  So again…Where the Hell was either of her Parents?  Irresponsible and Completely Stupid, at best.  Now I understand more than most you need to learn from the mistakes you make, and to learn from them you have to make them.  I hope all have learned from this situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mean mama (allegedly) is mean to young girl.&lt;/em&gt; :  And to this I ask… Who has had someone been mean to them?  I know I have in my life.  How about you.  Why or how could this young lady been so emotionally disturbed that she kills herself over some idiot on the computer?  This sounds like an unhealthy child to start with.  What was her home situation like?  Why didn’t she think she could talk to her parents?  I always knew growing up that I could talk to my Mom (Dad not there) about anything.  I may have gotten my face slapped into next week if I had done something too stupid.  But none the less, she would still love me.  Why did this girl not feel like her parents would take the time to help her?  Did they not care, as the parents of the kids in the movie The Chumscrubber?  (Screwed up movie.  But scary true.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Young girl kills herself.&lt;/em&gt;  :  I have always believed that suicide is the ultimate form of selfishness.  I know that this thought is not a popular one, and I know it brings no comfort, and brings no peace to the family.  This is the same sentiment I hear from Psychologists, and Psychiatrists both.  And maybe this is the rub.  Our society has taught since the 1960’s and the “love” children, that “ME” matters above all else.  Is it too hard to assume that some children and young adults would grow up thinking they are the center of the universe?  Then when they find out that they are not (the center of the universe) they can not handle that world?    But maybe we shouldn't be comfortable and peaceful about this situation.  It does however make a quote that I have seen around acutely true… &lt;strong&gt;“Yesterday’s flower children, are today’s blooming IDIOTS”&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what should I conclude from this story?  Whose fault is it?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mean Mama’s that may or may not have had anything to do with this at all……….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The child of the Mean Mama that may or may not have had anything to do with this either………..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The parents of the young girl that took her own life………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe the young girl that thought the world was at an end in her view, and decided to kill herself……..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some have taken this story and created a new law.  Which is all well and good; However, the first person that this law helps, ironically, is the Mean Mama and her family.  They received death threats because of this story.  And enough hate mail / messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When will our people realize they are not the center of the universe?  Maybe that is the moral of the story.  Another is to treat people the way you would want to be treated.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny … If these people (and everyone else for that matter) went by the golden rule, this story wouldn’t ever been a story.  Because this young lady would probably still be alive.  But we will never know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The saddest part of the story is that this is still going on.  Nothing will bring the young girl back.  And in our society, “someone has to pay”.  Mostly I don’t see that anyone cares if it is the right person… as long as someone pays.  This is a destructive and vindictive mindset that has permeated our society since we have taken the focus off of God, and put it on ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-7569532143084194862?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/7569532143084194862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=7569532143084194862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7569532143084194862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7569532143084194862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/can-we-learn-from-mistakes.html' title='Can we learn from mistakes?'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-1705425829405935331</id><published>2008-05-13T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T12:41:04.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Al Gore is an idiot and so is the Church of global warming...</title><content type='html'>There were 181 nominations for the Nobel peace prize in 2007.  There were 135 individuals, and 46 companies.  They range from people that really work for peace to radio talk show hosts to tv talk show hosts, to washed up former VP’s still bitter from loosing.  There are some very moving stories in the histories of some.  And some that make up their past…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the nominees include…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheila Watt-Cloutier – a Canadian inuit political and environmental activist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evo morales – the president of Bolivia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shih Ming-The – another political activist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martti Ahtisarri - former president of Finland&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mahathi Mohomad - ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oprah – You know Oprah.  She is probably the leader (via some really silly looking pathetically washed up guru) of the largest cult in the world at the present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naseem Shaikh - ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AlGore – the inventor of the internet (even when he didn’t win for that).  And the vice president to the the 2nd worst president in all of history.  Second only to Jimmy the peanut farmer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rush Limbaugh – radio show host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Irena Sendler – a Polish social worker that saved more than 2k lives of children of Jewish families during WWII.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of these people can be found on wikipedia and other news sources, some can not.  Or at least I could not find some of these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the most touching story that I found, was that of Irena Sendler.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Irena Sendler was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1910 and sadly passed away May 12, 2008.  She lived a life that most people will only read about or see in movies.  She lived through joy and sometimes the most horrific situations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was an activist in the Polish underground during WWII.  During that time she managed to get a job under her father in the Warsaw Social Welfare Department.  Under the false premise of conducting inspections of sanitary conditions during a typhoid outbreak, she would go into the Warsaw Ghetto and convince the parents of children to let her have them.  She would smuggle them out of the Ghetto in anything from a toolbox to a burlap sack.  She would drive them out of the Ghetto and into the country and placed them into families that would take care of them.  She kept very good records of who the children were, who the parents were, and where she placed them.  She kept all this in a jar which she buried.  She also trained her dog to bark when the Gestapo came near to hide the cries of the children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She single handedly saved at least 2500 children from being killed by the Germans.  She was arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo, and was tortured, beaten arms and legs broken, and sentenced to death by the Nazi’s.  She was rescued from death by bribing a guard on the way and was left in the woods bleeding broken, and unconscious.  She was listed on public bulletin boards as among those executed.  She went into hiding but even in hiding, she continued her work for the Jewish children.  After this she went back and retrieved the jar and tried to match up the children with their parents.  Many of the children (when the parents were dead) were placed in the homes of families that took care of them.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is just one of the stories that stuck out to me.  There are of course hundreds of them like this.  Well maybe not exactly like it but many moving stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But all that being said.  Al Gore wins it for a stupid and false power point presentation.  Not to mention that many if not half of the “scientists” don’t even agree with man made global warming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So when you take everything into consideration.  I mean it makes sense that he won right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saving children…well we can tell that is over rated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But lying to the world about something you can’t prove or disprove.  Well THAT deserves an award.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to say… I actually thought the Nobel Prize was something that was good.  All the time growing up that was something to aspire to.  But with the fiasco in 2007 with the bastardization of the Nobel Peace Prize; I no longer hold that view.  I no longer have any respect for the “award” at all.  In fact, I now look at it as a joke.  You can not look at it any other way.  When there were so many very deserving candidates and Al “I invented the internet” Gore wins with a lie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You decide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-1705425829405935331?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/1705425829405935331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=1705425829405935331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1705425829405935331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1705425829405935331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/al-gore-is-idiot-and-so-is-church-of.html' title='Al Gore is an idiot and so is the Church of global warming...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-4934302713632314845</id><published>2008-04-01T13:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T13:09:58.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Libtards</title><content type='html'>Liberalism is the problem, (not just when it comes to the Border Fence that should have been up within the week from 9/11 on both borders, not just the southern one), but in everything.  It doesn’t matter if the topic is abortion, marriage, or immigration.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is some of the “intelligence” of the Libtards...  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You love Jobs, but you hate evil business owners that provide the jobs.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You hate high gas prices, but you won’t let American oil companies (that provide people with jobs) go get the oil that is right here, because of the mating habits of some stupid bird or elk, or spotted caribou.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You complain and moan about health care, but give it free to people who are here illegally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You complain about “overcrowding in the prisons” but don’t bother to mention that if you deported all the illegals (from all countries) you would almost have half the prisons empty.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are for the troops but don’t want them to do the JOB they signed up to do.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You hate the Bush administration, for cozying up to the Saudi’s who are killing us with the oil prices… but what you don’t know is that the number 1 and 2 oil importers into America (US) is #1 CANADA , #2 – MEXICO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You LOVE alternative fuels but don’t know that it takes more energy to make them than they put out.  Not to mention the pollution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You hate the rich, but don’t realize you have never been employed by the poor guy down the road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one should hand you something for nothing.  You should not expect someone to give you something for nothing.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Convenience  -  laziness  -  immorality  -  lust  -  the inability to tell the difference between truth and falsehood  -  inability to call a spade a spade  -  dishonesty  -  Cowardice to speak the truth  -  Relativity or Situational Ethics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the areas we need to work on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change the heart, change the person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People today love to blame someone else for their failures, but that does not change the fact that they are still their failures.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."&lt;br /&gt;— James Madison&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-4934302713632314845?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/4934302713632314845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=4934302713632314845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4934302713632314845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/4934302713632314845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/libtards.html' title='Libtards'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-3208312167326735931</id><published>2008-03-31T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-31T10:30:38.195-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foolish People &amp; The Bible</title><content type='html'>I sometimes see people preach, and by using their references to scripture and actually reading the scripture in context, you will see, the truth.  And 99.9 % of the time, they are wrong.  Not just wrong in their statements but also wrong in the misuse of Scripture.  That is what bothers me.  I can stand it and tolerate the misuse of a mind that is full of hate or bitterness.  But when you start messing with the Scripture, to twist it to fit your narrow and deceitful ends; that is where I draw the line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been keeping up with this “pastor-gate” crap on the news.  I am sure that Sen. Obama really is a good person (I think, I don’t know him personally), but his judgment is lacking.  We don’t need another president that has a lack in judgment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know people swoon over him… or treat him like a rock-star that is on top of the rock world.  What about the people that were “feinting” at the site of him, in some kind of a sycophantic infatuation?  This is similar to the idiotic people that screamed themselves to death at the site of Elvis or the Beetles.  Does that not bother anyone else?  I am all for being excited about someone you like or hold in high esteem.  But…Some control or self-control is needed.  It is not healthy for anyone much less the Country.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now back to the story that I read this morning.  The issue of “soundbytes” versus the “sermon excerpt”.  When you break down the excerpt it is worse than what they run in the “soundbyte”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I will comment on is what I know.  This is what I know……&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is sad for someone who is supposed to be a “reverend” and is ordained as such to speak the way the “reverend” Wright does.  Out of the lengthy “excerpt” there are only 2 obscure scripture passages quoted, and what is worse they are not even used in context.  I know that lots of preachers like to take a small bit of text and twist it to fit their doctrine.  This is not new… they have been doing the same since the beginning of time.  In fact the first words spoken to man (other than Gods words) were a lie.  And this is the constant until today and will continue till the end of time.  The first is Psalm 137, which is one of the most wrongly interpreted scripture passages.  He insinuates that this is a call for them to act in violence.  Against those that have done violence to them.  When in fact the truth of the text is not in any way what he makes of it.  It says “O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!  Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!” (verses 8&amp;9)  Now if you look quickly at it you can believe what Mr. Wright is saying.  But if you look at it for what is really there you cannot come to the same conclusion.  What Wright claims is that is a call to violence i.e. revenge against those who have done you wrong.  I don’t believe that is taught anywhere including here in scripture.  In fact I remember it better as “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.  Says the Lord.” (Duet. 32:35)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not getting too deeply into the actual Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic of the text (which Mr. Wright should be aware of), we can see from the actual context of the English.  That this has been un-rightly interpreted.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a good idea, there is a rule to go by.  It is called the 20/20 rule.  Just like getting “perfect” vision.  The same can be put to the scripture.  Don’t just believe a “one verse wonder” person.  20 verses before and 20 verses after to get the proper context.  Some times that is possible, like this one there is only 9 verses in the chapter.  This would be good to know the text itself, and a little other knowledge of the scripture.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The proper interpretation of this scripture is true.  Blessed be the one that repays the people that has done wrong to the chosen people of God.  This would be the same as saying Blessed be God because he will repay you for the evil you have done to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On to the next…one…………..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next slight “mis-statement” comes from Malachi 3, Mr. Wright quotes the 6th verse.  He states the part that says… God does not change.  Which is true.  But the application that he uses is not in context of the Scripture.  The context of the scripture is that this is talking about the judgment of Israel.  It states “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.”  This is a testament to the faithfulness of God toward his chosen people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he assumes to make statements for God that the scripture does not support.  Not to mention a chain of irrational links that seem to be guided by racism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what really bothered me about the statements Mr. Wright has chosen to spout is that at every turn he points out the race of everyone.  Out of the 3 “excerpts” there were 28 references to race and or class.  Who tells you “you can’t” and is effective, and I don’t care what race you are?  Yourself.  If you don’t ever strive to make anything out of yourself, who is to blame?  Yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is much easier to hold on to bitterness and blame someone else for your failures.  But that doesn’t change the fact that they are YOUR failures.  There is always a way.  It may not be easy or the most comfortable but you CAN do what you set YOUR mind to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a sure thing.  The only one responsible for you, is YOU.  You know being a mixed race myself, (white and American Indian) I could get on the role and get free stuff for the government, but I don’t.  This is not to be “holier than thou”.  But you know what … I have been fired, and you know what he was white.  You also know what … it had nothing to do with my race, it was what it was.  Something that was not good.  But you can get down and whine or you can shut up pick yourself up and MOVE ON.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-wright-transcripts-webmar29,0,4778852.story?page=1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The worn out excuse of “my great, great, great great grandparents were slaves”.  That does not affect you.  I don’t care what you say.  Anyone under 30 can’t even blame the “civil rights” movement for their being “scared for life”.  I am sorry you were treated unfairly.  Here is a news flash LIFE IS NOT FAIR.  Life sucks, wear a helmet.  My great, great, great, great grandparents were Union soldiers and fought and some lost their lives, to free the slaves.  I can’t tell you if they owned any slaves.  Quite frankly I don’t care.  It is not a problem that can or should affect my life.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same hate for the “white man” is a trait that is taught, the same way the hate of the “black man” taught by the KKK.  These two areas of HATE are just that, HATE.  They will never go away, they will always be with us, but we don’t have to be sucked in by them and perpetuate the cycle of hate.  If everyone’s race, was gone tomorrow, do you think the hate would be gone?  OR, would there be something else or some other reason, they would hate.  They would hate the short or the tall or the ugly or the deformed or handicapped.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also wish that Martin Luther King was still around.  That way some of the less scrupulous “race baiters” that are out their making money on the backs of the poor in their race, just because they are one race or another.  They should be ashamed.  And they should pull their heads out of their who-ha’s and walk up tall for a change.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nevermind, if they did do that or did what they say they wanted to do.  They would be out of a job shortly, because we could do this IF we worked together.  But maybe money is more important to them than the other people in their race.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-3208312167326735931?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/3208312167326735931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=3208312167326735931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3208312167326735931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/3208312167326735931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/foolish-people-bible.html' title='Foolish People &amp; The Bible'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-7842699570618006361</id><published>2008-03-24T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T08:13:27.219-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Have the Canadians Lost Their Everloving Minds???</title><content type='html'>Just when I think Liberals can not get any dumber.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am proven wrong ... again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How have these people lived past the age of 6?  Anyone tell me the answer?  I don't get it.  How can you go through life, being afraid of anything that "might" be dangerous?  I am surprised they don't have every phobia in recorded Medical Journals.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one I found this morning...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Pursaga_Joyanne/2008/03/23/5078366.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is in the Winnipeg Sun 23March08 by Joyanne Pursaga.  And I get it that Canadians are decendants from the French but this is too much.  The title of the article... "Common-sense restriction needed for PELLET guns" .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first I didn't believe it and I thought I either read the title wrong or it was a typo.... But it wasn't ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't have the time or the energy to disect this complete and totally ignorant and almost blatantly stupid article.  So I will just say a little.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article would have you believe there is a "need" to restrict the buying and selling of a child's toy.  Even if it is dangerous.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  Fire crackers have caused more deaths than pellet guns.  But everyone likes to shoot off fire crackers...with no restriction on those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  The article would have you believe that there are roving gangs of youngsters, roaming Canada shooting people, robbing them, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  The author has obviously never watched the movie "demolition man".  Just because something is dangerous doesn't mean we need laws and restrictions on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.  These people are stupid.  And are more than likely Hoplophobic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.  I am glad they don't do stuff like this here in the US.  because if they did they would have to arrest every other 8 yr old in the country.  Or at least every 8 yr old this side of the Mississippi.  And they are complaining about jail overcrowding now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.  People need to seek Psycological help with their irrational fear of firearms.  When someone commits a crime with a firearm... the Libtards go straight for the guns... completly ignoring the person who actually commited the crime.  They want to illiminate the tool.  Because of their fear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.  I have a few very simple rules that deal with firearms of any kind.  (and these are simple enough that even the libtards can understand)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;a.  Every fire arm (real or pellet gun) has a nifty little thing on it called the barrel.  (that is the long cylindrycal thing the projectile comes out of and kills every thing and everyone in its path) That is where the bullet or pellet comes out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b. The end of the barrel is where the projectile comes out.  If you don't want to shoot yourself in the foot, don't point it at your foot.  If you don't want to shoot someone else, don't point it at someone else.  If you don't want to shoot the neighbor in the eye don't point it at the neighbors eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So stop trying to push your fear off on everyone else.  If you are Hoplophobic, fine but don't make everyone believe that they are in danger just because you are too stupid to handle a firearm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-7842699570618006361?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/7842699570618006361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=7842699570618006361' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7842699570618006361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7842699570618006361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/have-canadians-lost-their-everloving.html' title='Have the Canadians Lost Their Everloving Minds???'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2698186409743748641</id><published>2008-03-21T08:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-21T08:55:30.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stupid Liberals...</title><content type='html'>Here are a few quotes by the founding fathers.  (For the libs...I say "fathers" because they happened to be male.  If they were female I would have said "mothers".  I am in no way trying to promote the male agenda.  Or not give "cred" to the females that helped in the founding of this great Christian nation.  I don't know of any "mother" quotes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benjamin Franklin:&lt;/strong&gt; | Portrait of Ben Franklin&lt;br /&gt;“ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern." &lt;/strong&gt;(BOY THE LIBS WOULD BE PISSED TODAY HUH?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1787 when Franklin helped found Benjamin Franklin University, it was dedicated as "a nursery of religion and learning, built on Christ, the Cornerstone." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Samuel Adams: | Portrait of Sam Adams&lt;/strong&gt;  “ He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.” [ "American Independence," August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Samuel Adams:&lt;/strong&gt;“ Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity… and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” [October 4, 1790]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charles Carroll &lt;/strong&gt;- signer of the Declaration of Independence | Portrait of Charles Carroll&lt;br /&gt;" Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." [Source: To James McHenry on November 4, 1800.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexander Hamilton:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Hamilton began work with the Rev. James Bayard to form the Christian Constitutional Society to help spread over the world the two things which Hamilton said made America great:&lt;br /&gt;(1) Christianity&lt;br /&gt;(2) a Constitution formed under Christianity. &lt;br /&gt;“The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On July 12, 1804 at his death, Hamilton said, “I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For my own part, I sincerely esteem it [the Constitution] a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests." [1787 after the Constitutional Convention]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More to follow...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2698186409743748641?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2698186409743748641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2698186409743748641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2698186409743748641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2698186409743748641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/stupid-liberals.html' title='Stupid Liberals...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5157941599674867882</id><published>2008-03-19T08:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T09:39:42.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Brady Campain Wants You Dead...</title><content type='html'>I was just out looking at the various "news" stories on the net looking for any on the uproar in DC as of late.  (That would be the issue of the US supreme court hearing the ban on guns in DC and the 2nd amendment)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was saddened by the amount of stupidity on the part of the "guns are bad" crowd.  I mean I normaly expect some amount of stupidity from them but today was an extra special helping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see the president of the Brady Campain (Paul Helmke) saying "The lower-court decision in the DC gun case was an example of judicial activism at its worst." &lt;br /&gt;(I guess judicial activism is only ok when it is in his favor)  What I find side spliting is that, everyone in the media has known, but didn't want the American people to know, that courts are overstepping their bounderies and need to be put back in check.  Now, what I am not saying is, that the "lower court" has done anything wrong.  I don't believe the DC area has the right to tell people when, where, or how they can defend themselves.  Period.  Then he goes on to say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The lower court court ignored longstanding Supreme Court precedent, discounted the express language of the Second Amendment, and substituted its policy preferences for those of the District's elected representatives."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what I have a problem with... he is more concerned about precident than the Constitution itself...  You know some precidents are bad... lets pick an example... Slavery...that one sucked, So by the same logic, we should still have slaves because it was a precident, Mr. Helmke?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next is the part of the "express language of the second amendment".  I will give him the argument  OOPPS they screwed up the language (grammer) of the 2nd amendment.  IT WOULD BE THE ONLY GRAMATICAL ERROR IN THE ENTIRE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. If I remember my english properly, people means.....well people.  I may be wrong on this.  I mean I am sure not as smart as Mr. Helmke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he says they "substitued its policy preferences for those of the District's elected representatives".  Uhhh... Well when the "elected" idiots pass laws that are in direct violation to the constitution... Yep, that is the job for ....DUH da da duh.....Super Court............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the Brady campain is not a stranger to lies, and half-truths.  I visited their site...(don't bother, it sucked) I saw things like the NRA lies etc...But what caught my eye is the part about "gun facts" and especially the "fact sheet" of "women and guns".  You can view it yourself at the link below...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/pdf/women.pdf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say things in a sly manner to make you relate the real issue with one they are pointing out to you.  When they try to pull the wool over your eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples?  I'm glad you asked...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They start off with this statement...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For years, the gun industry and gun lobby have perpetrated the myth that owning guns will protect women from violent crime." Then they say the industries goal is to sell more guns to women.  WOW ... You don't say.  A business, wanting to sell its own product... You don't say... Say it isn't so....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It continues by stating another "fact".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Separating out facts from myth makes clear that women are endangered rather protected by the proliferation of handguns."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What they are saying is that illeagal guns sales are bad.  Wait, I can't argue that. But what they want you to think is that Guns sold by a licensed dealers are a danger to women.  Which is a bold faced lie. Legal guns owned by law abiding citizens, are not the issue; Illegal ones are, and therefore the illegal ones are unable to be controled by "gun control laws" therefore gun control doesn't work.  It only hurts the law abiding citizen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But wait there is more...(I feel like I am in an infomercial)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Myth: Guns protect women from gun violence." &lt;/em&gt; Of course that is a myth.  What they want you to think about the myth... they are saying in the start they say violent crime, and now they say gun violence.  Wait they are not the same thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say the "truth" is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Fact: Rates of female homicide, suicide and unintentional firearm death are disproportionately higher in states where guns are more prevalent." they give a study for a reference... (Matthew Miller et. al., "Firearm Availability and Suicide, Homicide, and Unintentional Firearm Deaths Among Women." Journal of Urban Health 79: 26-38 (2002).)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Fact: In the US, regions with higher levels of handgun ownership have higher suicide rates.  Although women have higher rates of depression than men, it is the handgun-suicide connection, rather than depression, that accounts for higher suicide rates."&lt;/em&gt; they give the reference....(David Hemenway and Matthew Miller, "Association of Rates of Household Handgun Ownership, Lifetime Major Depression, and Serious Suicidal Thoughts with Rates of Suicide across US Census Regions." Injury Prevention 8: 313-316 (2002).) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two problems...&lt;br /&gt;1.  They forget that guns are a tool, and that people who have mental health issues kill themselves...&lt;br /&gt;2.  They don't mention the studies in Canada (their praised bastion of gun control) that show when guns are removed from the equasion... they kill themselves in other manners.  Huh... go figure ... I am sure that it is the guns right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next part...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Myth: Handgun ownership increases women’s ability to defend themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact: In 1998, women were 101 times more likely to be murdered with a handgun than to use a handgun to kill in self-defense. Women were 302 times more likely to be murdered with a handgun than to use a handgun to kill a stranger in self-defense. Women were 83 times more likely to be murdered by an intimate acquaintance with a handgun than to kill an intimate acquaintance in self-defense.[5](Violence Policy Center, “A Deadly Myth: Women, Handguns, and Self-Defense,” 2001http://www.vpc.org/studies/myth.htm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact: In the rare cases in which women do use guns in self-defense, it is most commonly against an attacker known to them.[6](Ibid.)"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now let me address something here ... this "fact" says nothing about the gun and everything about the woman.  You NEVER pull a firearm unless you REALLY mean to use it. You have to train to shoot.  And the plain truth... even Police officers HESITATE.  Training the mind is harder than training the body.  Combat is 80% mental and 20% physical.  Again don't go after a tool.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They then say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Myth: Guns protect women from rape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact: Guns are rarely used by rapists - less than 2 percent of rapes are committed with guns,while almost 70 percent are committed with personal weapons (physical violence). Women would be safer knowing self-defense to fight off an attacker than using a gun which can easily be turned against them.[7]"  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reference...(FBI Uniform Crime Reports, The Structure of Family Violence: An Analysis of Selected Incidents. Washington, D.C., 1998.) and should be after the parenthetical... the last sentence is an oppinion and is not supported by the reference.  But again they want you to just belive it... not to look up the info.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last one is ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Myth: Women need guns to protect against stranger rape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact: Stranger rape is not the greatest danger for women as most women (75 percent) are raped by offenders known to the victim. 60 percent of rapes are committed against victims under the age of 18 who are forbidden by law to own a gun.[8] reference...  (Glick, “Female Persuasion: How the Firearms Industry Markets to Women and the Reality of Women and Guns.”) &lt;/em&gt;and from what I can gather are venomous "anti-gun" folks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do we have... some numbers and "facts" cherry picked to be twisted to form a narrow, closed minded view of the world.  Not real facts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These people are snakes in the grass.  They Are not honest.  They have an agenda to push... and will do anything to do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now on the other side (Robert A. Levy, Cato Institute) Says the following...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"On March 18, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Heller v. District of Columbia, a Second Amendment challenge to D.C.'s ban on all functional firearms in the home.  The issue is straightforward:  Does the Second Amendment mean anything at all?  The city and its allies contend that the Framers ratified a provision in the Bill of Rights that should be interpreted to have no content whatsoever.  In effect, the city argues that the right to keep and bear arms can be exercised only in the context of militia service -- that is, exercised by persons chosen by government, at a time and place chosen by government, and in a manner chosen by government.  At the same time, the city concedes that one of the original purposes of the Second Amendment was to deter government tyranny.  Astonishingly, the city pretends that its inherently contradictory positions can somehow be reconciled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the relevant question in a nutshell:  In a city with a deplorable record of violent crime -- after 32 years of a supposed ban on functional firearms -- can citizens be prevented from defending themselves in their homes with suitable, commonly-used weapons.  Even if Mr. Heller should vindicate his constitutional right to self-defense, Washington, DC will be able to enact sensible gun regulations.  No one is suggesting that the city cannot keep guns away from children, mentally incompetent persons, and violent felons.  Nor does the city have to allow massively destructive weapons to be possessed and used.  Reasonable registration requirements, proficiency testing, and a variety of other regulations will no doubt survive judicial review.  But the nation's capital may not treat the Bill of Rights like so much tissue paper.  It may not deprive residents of an opportunity to protect themselves and their families in an environment where the city itself has been singularly ineffective.  We have a written Constitution and its Bill of Rights cannot  be eradicated by declaration of the D.C. city counsel."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You make up your own mind.  I know that facts are on my side.  If they were not... I would choose another side.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5157941599674867882?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5157941599674867882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5157941599674867882' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5157941599674867882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5157941599674867882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/brady-campain-wants-you-dead.html' title='The Brady Campain Wants You Dead...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2616396731583230172</id><published>2008-03-14T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T10:41:46.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Silly Idiot Kicks Are For Bigots…</title><content type='html'>What can you say in today’s society? Well you can’t say anything that might “offend” someone or hurt someone’s “feelings”. If you do you are immediately written off and labeled a Bigot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fascinating isn’t it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;…the ones complaining about their “freedom” or “rights” they are being denied; are most often the ones trying to silence someone else’s freedom or rights to say what they want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let’s look back in history shall we? And we only have to look in the last 100 years.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Who is the most famous for this type of tactic…?&lt;/strong&gt; Well I will give you a hint……… &lt;em&gt;he is dead now&lt;/em&gt;… &lt;em&gt;he was white&lt;/em&gt;… (Any guesses yet? … No? ) …&lt;em&gt; he had a silly mustache… and spoke fluent German&lt;/em&gt;. …..&lt;strong&gt;Oh yeah he was involved and possibly also caused the 2nd World War&lt;/strong&gt;……… &lt;em&gt;oh and killed a whole bunch of those “jewish people”… oh yeah and the war itself……killed somewhere in the neighborhood of about 60 million people…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you haven’t guessed by now….it is &lt;strong&gt;Adolf Hitler&lt;/strong&gt;. If you didn’t guess it… you are as dumb as poop. Stop watching T.V., playing video games, and voting for the “next American idol”, and slow down long enough to read a book. Try something that is not fiction. I know elves and magic swords are cool and everything; but you might trying to live in the real world for a change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I digress…………………Hitler, had a great &lt;strong&gt;propaganda machine&lt;/strong&gt;. He also said “ By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.” (&lt;em&gt;Can you say Obama&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are those in the “agenda driven” media of today buying into a Hitler mentality? Are you able to see where things you knew to be “true” sometime ago are now “not true”? When did truth change? When did black become white, and white became black? Who is the one (or are the ones) that changed it, and who are the people preaching it, and who are the fools that believe it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea political correctness will help is a farce. Those who don’t like what you say, don’t have the right to keep you from saying it. I believe that too many people mix up the right of “freedom of speech” with a idea that has evolved in the recent years, but has no basis other than peoples feelings… freedom to be heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly I looked at wikipedia… and found a lot of bigotry I didn’t even knew existed. Mainly because I don’t care. But also because I don’t care what you think about me either. You can say what you want…but that doesn’t make it true. You can hate me because of what or who I am. You can hate me because I’m white, or you can hate me because I’m black, or you can hate me because I’m Native American. All of which matters not to me. Because I know who I am and I am secure in who I am. And the fact that your opinion doesn’t matter to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a list of the things that you can be bigoted against…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ableism – you hate handicaps&lt;br /&gt;Adultism – you hate kids&lt;br /&gt;Ageism – you hate people who are a different age than you&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Americanism – you hate America&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Catholicism – you hate Catholics&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Mormonism - you hate Mormons&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Polish sentiment - you hate Pollocks&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Protestantism – you hate Christians&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Semitism - you hate Jews&lt;br /&gt;Biphobia - you hate bisexuals&lt;br /&gt;Chauvinism – you hate women&lt;br /&gt;Chronocentrism – you hate your ancesters&lt;br /&gt;Classism – you hate people from another class (do we still live in a class system? I’m confused?)&lt;br /&gt;Discrimination – Uhhhhhhh….…&lt;br /&gt;Hate group – again uhhhh…….&lt;br /&gt;Heterophobia – you hate straight people&lt;br /&gt;Homophobia – you hate homos&lt;br /&gt;Islamophobia – you hate muslims&lt;br /&gt;Misandry –you hate boys (men)&lt;br /&gt;Misogyny – you hate girls (women)&lt;br /&gt;Narcissism –you hate everyone but yourself&lt;br /&gt;Nazism – you hate everyone who is weak, or not white&lt;br /&gt;Racism – you hate other peoples skin color&lt;br /&gt;Religious persecution – self-explanitory&lt;br /&gt;Religious intolerance - again self-explainitory&lt;br /&gt;Reverse Discrimination – switcheroo discrimination&lt;br /&gt;Sectarianism – you hate groups of people that are different&lt;br /&gt;Sexism – you hate sex (just seeing if you are paying attention) You hate others sex.&lt;br /&gt;Stereotype - is a simplified and/or standardized conception or image with specific meaning, often held in common by one group of people about another group. (I’m not sure what that means)&lt;br /&gt;Supremacism – you think that your race is supreme…kinda like hitler&lt;br /&gt;Transphobia - you hate “transgendered” guys/girls-ish people&lt;br /&gt;Xenophobia – you hate strangers…or strange people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My head hurts … if you don’t like one of these groups, or you think that a certain one is not right, you are a bigot…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact they had more things that you can be bigoted against than I even know were there to begin with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why do people not want the truth&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;strong&gt; Oh yes, the truth hurts&lt;/strong&gt;. Nothing like pouring salt on an open wound, right? (lemon juice hurts too, just in case you ever wanted to try that one)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hate no-one person, or lifestyle, or religion. Some people don’t get that because they have hate, and can’t understand why others don’t also have hate. I believe in wrong and right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What it boils down to is -- moral relativism, or situational ethics. The idea of nothing is iron clad – wrong or right. Whatever is right for you may not be right for me. BS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which way is north? It is not relative. Does gravity remain a constant? It is not relative. Which way is up? It is not relative. What is 2 + 2 ? It is not relative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why then, when there are absolutes, do we continue to say there are no absolutes. Which is really funny, because the statement; “There are no absolutes” IS an absolute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silly idiots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a little bit of info that you may or may not know……&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Any civilization that wholly embraces homosexuality, &lt;strong&gt;NEVER&lt;/strong&gt; survives. &lt;/span&gt;There is no grey area on this one. Let me clarify…&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; it does &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have anything to do with homosexuality. It has to do with the moral relativism and sin in general.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; If you can’t say something is wrong or right, or whether something is a sin or not. Not only will the idea or sin itself to fester unchecked, but resentment about it (on both sides) will also go unchecked. And those two items are like baking soda and vinegar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In our culture, moral relativism has taken hold of us, and not in a gentle way… it has a death grip on us. We must be able to speak freely. Without fear of retribution on either side of the isle…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am not saying that what you say will not have consequences. Not at all. But you should not be destroyed, or thrown under the bus, because of your point of view. &lt;em&gt;Some people will point out someone like the dixi chix as “retribution” when it is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. They are recording artists that sell a product. If people don’t want to buy their items because they don’t like them. That is not retribution. &lt;strong&gt;Retribution&lt;/strong&gt; would be the record label canceling their contract, because of what they said. &lt;strong&gt;Retribution &lt;em&gt;is the firing of Imus, because someone didn’t like what he said, If he has offended his audience they will fire him, and they will stop listening, and then when his ratings drop, he will no longer have a desirable product to sell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think for yourself. Be open to the statements of others. Don’t sell your self out. Don’t sell out for someone else’s opinion of you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2616396731583230172?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2616396731583230172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2616396731583230172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2616396731583230172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2616396731583230172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/silly-idiot-kicks-are-for-bigots.html' title='Silly Idiot Kicks Are For Bigots…'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2072197225772514958</id><published>2008-03-10T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T07:04:54.414-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Run Scared And Be Afraid Everyone, Run Scared…</title><content type='html'>Politicians are a problem.  They are selling out to some thing or some cause that the regular folks do not know about.  They are selling us out to the UN, the secret societies, and the globalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H.L. Mencken said, “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today’s politicians and possibly both political parties are doing that exact same thing.  They are helped by an accomplice … the media outlets on today’s T.V.  They are ALL guilty of pushing the propaganda on us in an un-ending cycle that is the 24 hour news cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t war, it’s terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t terrorism, it’s religious crazy folks.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t religious crazy folks. it’s guns.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t guns, it’s dog attacks.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t dog attacks, it’s big buisness.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t big buisness, it’s famine.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t famine, it’s AIDS.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t AIDS, it’s Cancer.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t Cancer, it’s water contamination.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t water contamination, it’s rain forest clear cutting.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t rain forest clear cutting, it’s the Democrats.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t the Democrats, it’s the Republicans.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t the Republicans, it’s illegal Drugs.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t illegal Drugs, it’s prescription drugs. &lt;br /&gt;(Oh and you should sue someone too)&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t prescription drugs, it’s global warming.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t global warming, it’s global cooling.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t global cooling, it’s the polar bear extinction.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t polar bear extinction, it’s tainted vaccines.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t tainted vaccines, it’s zombies &lt;br /&gt;(just seeing if you were paying attention).&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t zombies, it’s earth quakes – tornados – hurricanes - etc.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t earth quakes – tornados – hurricanes - etc, it’s the Christians.&lt;br /&gt;If it isn’t the Christians, it’s war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it seems a little over exaggerated but it isn’t.  You can see for yourself.  Just watch the news for a while.  And sadly enough… the propagandists of today are in short lock step behind Hitler himself.  Hitler said that if you say a lie loud enough and long enough, people will believe it.  Well I think he was right about that.  All you here from today’s media is that you should be afraid and give the government more power to protect you by giving up your individual rights.  By definition the government is against things like … individual liberties, business and the free market, and as a general rule … peace itself.  (That means peace as pertaining to war, and peace socially.)  The government says that they are the only ones that can protect you from the evils in the world.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you to be aware of something...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South V. Maryland 59 US (how) 396, 15L.ED.433 (1856) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, that local law enforcement had no duty to protect individuals, but only a general duty to enforce the law.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does this sound like someone that is able or willing to defend us?  I think we could do and should do better.  And that is simple ... &lt;strong&gt;ARM YOURSELF&lt;/strong&gt;.  That is the best and only true way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It sure is a good thing the founding fathers didn’t have CNN, or MSMBC, or Fox News.  I mean if they did, we would still be Britain.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason we hear about “guns” and the fact that it is always in a negative light, is because the government knows that the “evil gun” is the only thing that keeps them from making us all slaves.  And they are afraid of us with our guns, because we are a proud people and we are a fighting people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t believe yet?  What is the number one cause of death in the U.S.?  (heart disease)  But you don’t hear numerous stories on that.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still not a believer?  How about this.  What was happening in California on Sept. 11th 2001?  Or how about in Texas on the same day?  Or how about Florida, or Chicago or Kansas City?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can’t remember?  I wonder why.  Not really, because I know why.  You only know and hear what they want you to.  The brain washing started along time ago.  And we have to resist it.  It started with the sterilization of the College’s and Universities.  Yes, you can go and learn stuff there, but the problem is that you don’t learn &lt;strong&gt;HOW&lt;/strong&gt; to think, you learn &lt;strong&gt;WHAT&lt;/strong&gt; to think.  With no tolerance of any kind in the variation of belief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watched movies when I was a kid about there being a police state, and total government control… and thought “that could never happen”.  And I was wrong.  It is happening, only it is occurring so slowly that we don’t even notice it.  Just like the old saying, if you drop a frog in a pan of boiling water he will jump out, but if you put him in while it is cool and slowly turn on the heat to boil, the frog will boil to death before he can realize it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The society that we know today is being destroyed.  And it is being destroyed, methodically, deliberately and completely.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you afraid … You will be.  I just hope you took the warning and made the necessary precautions to not be taken off guard and by surprise…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2072197225772514958?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2072197225772514958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2072197225772514958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2072197225772514958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2072197225772514958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/run-scared-and-be-afraid-everyone-run.html' title='Run Scared And Be Afraid Everyone, Run Scared…'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2361257650677958476</id><published>2008-03-07T06:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-07T07:12:36.435-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Eat Whale Steaks</title><content type='html'>This is an article by VOA published March of 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure it seems like these "anti-whaling activists" are poor innocent people there to save the helpless whales and then BOOM out of nowhere... these evil Japanese Whale killers attack them...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the truth is somewhere else...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two links below to two different VOA stories...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-03-voa10.cfm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-07-voa12.cfm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now IF you read this for what it is... you will find two different parties, with 2 radically different views, clashing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not on either side of this issue. Because frankly I couldn't care less. &lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt; I am sick of these environmentalist retards picking a fight with some one (regular folks, governments, law enforcement, etc) and then whining cause they got pushed around, maced, or whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This all occurs because people care more about animals than they do people. However don't take that to mean that I think people should or can mistreat animals just because they are animals. But I also don't think people should harm a human to save some tree grub or any other animal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the reason people are so passionately about animals is they either have been hurt by people and use it as an escape or defensive mech. or they have to fill up the emptiness inside them with something. I mean we can pour our love into a furry little creature, and they won't hurt us back right.?.?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what happened in the arctic does mostly put into perspective on how childish or maybe stupid some can be. My grandfather told me to never pick a fight that I couldn't win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then we have the less intelligent "whale savers". I believe they call themselves or the boat the "Sea Shepherd". Because they are arrogant enough to think humans can control everything. Including nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what we have is hippies vs. the Japanese Coast Guard (military). This doesn't seem to be a fair match up but they have made their bed. The hippies throw a mild acid onto the whaling vessel which turns out to be butyric acid. (which is common in rotten butter, parmesan cheese, and vomit) And is what they use to make stink bombs... and not your run of the mill stink bombs but the kind that makes people vomit uncontrollably.  Which is so much fun.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we have a bunch of hippies out to save the world, throwing acid (mild enough to only give people a rash or make them have burning eyes, oh and the vomiting) onto the ship of the evil whalers.  Then the CG chucks flash bang grenades onto the other ship and the hippies whine and cry... and bitch and moan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now... The captain whines about someone shooting him... in his bulletproof vest.  I am not an "expert" on Japanese military munitions.  But if they are keeping up with the times... and I do believe they are... Any round fired from a CG rifle would have gone right through the vest and into the captain, and he would not be whining now because he would be dead.  Now if they shot him with a side arm (pistol, for the hippies) it is entirely possible that it would have not penetrated the vest and voila, the captain live to whine another day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the captain admits to not seeing who (and my oppinion IF) shot him.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again I don't have all the facts, just what it reads in these two stories.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I do want to point out that "Whaling" is a ingrain part of Japanese culture.  And I thought that the hippies were all about celebrating diversity and respecting others cultures.  No, I guess not.  That is only the case when they have something to gain from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will say it goes back to an older set of wisdom standards... Like don't pick a fight with someone who can and will kick the ever living crap out of you.  Unless that is what you are aiming for... so you can whine and moan... so you can get publicity...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hippies don't ever learn.  Maybe it is all the dope or acid?  Or maybe not?  I don't know.  But maybe someone should feed them to the whales, and see how long they still love the helpless creature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Food for thought.......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who wins in a fight?  The shark or the tiger?&lt;br /&gt;Post comments for your answer please. And someday I might write something on that subject.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2361257650677958476?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2361257650677958476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2361257650677958476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2361257650677958476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2361257650677958476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/eat-whale-steaks.html' title='Eat Whale Steaks'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-1316030233384993471</id><published>2008-03-04T08:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-04T09:00:58.354-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Libs are Insane...</title><content type='html'>Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So by this definition, the "gun control works" crowd are insane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love reading the insights from a man named Robert A. Levy. He is a brilliant man with a square head on his shoulders (and by that I don't mean his head is ACTUALLY square). I will list some of his "creds" so you can see he is not just some bumpkin hillbilly like me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He...&lt;br /&gt;Is senior fellow in constitutional studies and a member of the board of directors at the Cato Institute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also sits on boards of the Institute for Justice, the Federalist Society, and the George Mason University School of Law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of financial information and software, and was its CEO until 1991.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From 1997 until 2004, he was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has written numerous articles on investments, law, and public policy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, National Review, and many other publications. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He received his Ph.D. in business from the American University and his J.D. degree from the George Mason University School of Law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL that just to say... This guy is an intelligent man. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have no degrees. I have no awards or honors... But I think for myself. I read, and learn all I can on many subjects. But He &amp; I share some beliefs and ideas on the 2nd amendment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an article by him that appeared in the American Spectator on April 25, 2007. It is about Virginia Tech, the Awful Massacre that occurred there, and the idea of "gun free zones". If this topic is SENSITIVE to you, I ADVISE THAT YOU DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"What is needed, urgently, is stronger controls over the lethal weapons that cause such wasteful carnage." So said the New York Times in its predictable but wrongheaded editorial the day after the horrific events at Virginia Tech. Anti-gun advocates, however noble their motives, help create the environment in which horrors like Virginia Tech occur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Possession and use of guns on the Tech campus violated state-imposed restrictions. But crazed fanatics, undeterred by laws against murder, will not be dissuaded by laws against guns. More such laws will accomplish nothing. Indeed, liberalized laws might have enabled responsible, armed citizens on campus to defend the hapless victims. It took two hours for the killer methodically to massacre 32 people and injure another 15. Why did nobody intervene sooner to stop the killer? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For one possible explanation, consider this report from a Roanoke Times article: A bill, introduced on behalf of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, would have given properly licensed public college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus. The bill died on January 30, 2006 in the Virginia General Assembly. Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was pleased with the outcome. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus." Tell that to the ill-fated victims of April 16 and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article goes on to relate that most universities in Virginia require students and employees, other than police, to check their guns with police or campus security on entering campus. The proposed legislation would have eliminated that requirement for anyone who possessed a valid concealed handgun permit. Ironically, Tech's governing board had approved in June 2005 a violence prevention policy reiterating the school's ban on students, employees, or visitors -- even those properly licensed -- from bringing handguns onto campus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the Virginia Tech press conference after the slaughter of 32 defenseless people, the university's president cautioned that it wouldn't be possible to have police guard every classroom and dorm. What he omitted was this cold, hard fact: By making the university a "gun free zone," his administration and the state legislature had fostered a climate in which ubiquitous police would be necessary. Without a means to protect themselves, Virginia Tech students, faculty, and other employees were more likely to be victimized by the only people on campus who had readily available guns: killers and lunatics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the New York Times, the Brady Center, and the rest of the usual suspects continue their clamor for more gun regulations -- apparently oblivious to the destructive effects of their own proposals. The evidence is clear: more guns in the hands of responsible owners yield lower rates of violent crime. Gun control does not work. It just prevents weaker people from defending themselves against stronger predators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the numbers, as summarized by legal scholar Don B. Kates: Over the 30-year period from 1974 to 2003, guns in circulation doubled, but murder rates declined by a third. On a state-by-state basis, a 1 percent increase in gun ownership correlates with a 4.1 percent lower rate of violent crime. Each year, approximately 460,000 gun crimes are committed in the United States. But guns are also used to ward off gun criminals. Estimates of defensive gun use range from 1.3 million to 2.5 million times per year -- and usually the weapons are merely brandished, not fired. That means defensive uses occur about 3-to-5 times as often as violent gun crimes. Just as important, armed victims who resist gun criminals get injured less frequently than unarmed victims who submit. In more than 8 out of 10 cases where the victim pulls a gun, the criminal turns and flees, even if he's armed. "So much for the quasi-religious faith that more guns mean more murder."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, two federal government agencies recently examined gun control laws and found no statistically significant evidence to support their effectiveness. In 2004, the National Academy of Sciences reviewed 253 journal articles, 99 books, and 43 government publications evaluating 80 gun-control measures. The researchers could not identify a single gun-control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide, or accidents. A year earlier, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on an independent evaluation of firearms and ammunition bans, restrictions on acquisition, waiting periods, registration, licensing, child access prevention laws, and zero tolerance laws. Conclusion: none of the laws had a meaningful impact on gun violence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When will the gun controllers learn?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a reason that gun violence continues in spite of every gun control law that is out there. CRIMINALS DO NOT FOLLOW THE LAW !!! Maybe that is why they are CRIMINALS ? What do you think about that, Brady bunch of idiots? (for the "educated"; I am not talking about the lovely family friendly show from the 70's)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against murder.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against shooting people.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against assaulting people.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against driving drunk.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against wife beating.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against speeding.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against coming to this country illegally.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against hunting or fishing without a license.&lt;br /&gt;There is a law against cheating on your taxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I could go on, and on, and on.  But the point is... that people follow laws or they don't.  And those that do ... are law abiding citizens.  Those that don't ... are criminals.  It doesn't matter if you get caught or not.  If what you are doing is illegal ... it is illegal, period - end of sentence.  You only get punished if you get caught.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now here is another tidbit of info for you ... And I would bet that not too many of you know this ... in fact I just happened to stumble across it while trying to learn something the other day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;South V. Maryland  59 US (how) 396, 15L.ED.433 (1856) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, that local law enforcement had no duty to protect individuals, but only a general duty to enforce the law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow ... and what does the Left tell you to do when someone breaks into your house?  Run and call the cops...     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But if the Supreme Court says that " local law enforcement had no duty to protect individuals " why would you call the cops anyway?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you learn that you have a responsibility to protect yourself ... You will become a much more free individual.  Once you stop being a victim ... you will be able to live without the fear that so tightly grips the Left.  Once you see that you don't HAVE to be a victim ... the happier you will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are not cattle.  We are not sheep.  We are men.  We are Americans.  We are free by God's design.  If you are not willing to fight for that ... you will be enslaved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-1316030233384993471?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/1316030233384993471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=1316030233384993471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1316030233384993471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1316030233384993471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/libs-are-insane.html' title='Libs are Insane...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-1822885074405361905</id><published>2008-03-03T09:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T12:04:12.117-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A new breed of STUPID</title><content type='html'>I am have never ceased to be amazed with what people come up with. I know that these idiots that are the "educated" people in the highest circles of "academia" are smarter than us un-washed masses... but I still think they are ... well you can read and make up your own mind...........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some news headlines I have read in the past week...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(AP) Study : Spanking can bring later problems&lt;br /&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_he_me/spanking_study_2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(KYW Newsradio) Study: Spanking Children Could Lead to Sexual Dysfunctions&lt;br /&gt;http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/1754554.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=1657012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a medicinenet.com article) Spanking Raises Chances of Risky, Deviant Sexual Behavior http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=87491&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(WGAL 8) Spanking Messes Up Sex Lives, Author Says (with subtitle: Corporal Punishment Linked To Masochistic Sex)&lt;br /&gt;http://www.wgal.com/family/15471442/detail.html?rss=lan&amp;psp=nationalnews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(intelihealth.com) Study: Spanking Affects Adult Sex Lives&lt;br /&gt;http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/7228/723321.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I could go on but my head already hurts from the tree hugging, acid dropping, love - sex - &amp; rock&amp;roll, peace now... bull crap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will take some excerpts from these and we can discuss them...or I can say my peace and you can just read it...or not... either way. (I will not give ref. for each little piece I put in here... You are not a child, and I don't need to hold your hand so look it up for yourself.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know if you go into a study with a specific point of view... and only ask the right questions... you can get the answers you want. Most if not all of these people go at these "studies" as if they really want an objective outcome. Are we really to believe they are looking for a "whatever the outcome is" end to their study. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However this should not surprise most people. I can find many people who teach many things but all of them claim to have the same source. EVEN when the ideas and outcomes are completely contradictory. How can this be...? That is simple, it is called BIAS. Now, the mainstream press would have you believe that "bias" in, and of itself is evil. But the fact is you cannot make a decision, at all, if you don't have bias. (That is why you choose one thing over the other...because you like it better, or it is more familiar to you, etc. For all you "educated" among us). To take one side or another in anything you HAVE to have a bias. There is no other way you can make a decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now... When these people talk on this subject... I know for a fact that they are "experts" ...because they say they are. In quite a few articles (the above not being inclusive) I always read about, so-and-so "an expert in the field of XXXX". You can fill in the blank with what ever field you want...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started to read these ignorant pieces of ... well what I really mean is when I read these brilliant pieces of intellectual intellect...or what ever they want to call these "studies" by "experts". I can't help but notice a list of things that are caused by spanking your children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such as......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mental health problems&lt;br /&gt;Relationship violence&lt;br /&gt;Coerced sex&lt;br /&gt;Risky sex&lt;br /&gt;Alienation of the Child / Parental relationship&lt;br /&gt;Masochistic sex&lt;br /&gt;Sexual dysfunction&lt;br /&gt;Feelings of being unsafe&lt;br /&gt;Violence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now from the list and research above I should be a Mentally deranged or challenged violent wife beater with erectile dysfunction that has to pop viagra to coerce people into risky masochistic sex, so I can feel better about mommy &amp; Daddy's violent corporal punishment and my alienation from them. Wwheeeww.... That is a mouthful to say the least. And yet nothing could be farther from the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how we as a race of humanoids existed without these "experts". But I am glad we have them ... well at least for comic relief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was spanked as a child. I am a better man for it too. I can not think of a single time where either of my parents spanked me. I hold nothing against them either. I deserved every spanking I received, in fact I deserved a lot more than what I got. I now am married and happy, with 1 soon to be 2 children. They will be spanked when they step too far out of line. After all if it is good enough for me, and my parents, and their parents, and their parents, etc. So are we really expected to believe that all of a sudden they started to be deviants in the bedroom? Wait a minute...... I thought we were not supposed to be judgmental toward what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or can we find something else that could just maybe be a factor? You know like the moral disintegration of the society as a whole. Or maybe the moral relativity that the "educated" folks keep trying to force feed us on a daily basis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure all the evils in the world can be attributed to spankings...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But those who continue to try and defy all reality, by pushing this idiotic crap down our throughts.... Lighten up, and pull that stick out of your who-ha and join us regular folks in the real world.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I mean we all know your mom's probably smoked, drank, and droped acid while they were pregnant with you... but we love you anyway...)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-1822885074405361905?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/1822885074405361905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=1822885074405361905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1822885074405361905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/1822885074405361905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-breed-of-stupid.html' title='A new breed of STUPID'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5851478962737290398</id><published>2008-02-27T11:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T12:00:02.754-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2nd Amendment True And False</title><content type='html'>I would like to take some time today and try to reason through some of the insanity that keeps coming out of the mouths of our leaders.  As difficult as it is sometimes to decipher the incoherent B.S. that spews so freely and often from their mouths; I will try to use only common sense, reason, and logic.  But since these “elected officials” (who most of the time have absolutely NO experience in the areas of which they speak) are much more intelligent than the “unwashed masses”.  Therefore they must look after us…Right?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since we are as dumb as poop, and are therefore unable to protect ourselves, we should give them our guns and just rely on the police.  That makes since.  I mean after all that is the same reasoning our Founding Fathers had, right?  Oh wait, no it isn’t.  If the people of the USA continue to be distracted by the “spectacles” that this society continues to parade in front of us…we will allow the government to take over our rights and the sad thing is that most people won’t know it has happened until it has happened.  But by then it is too late… So continue and vote for your favorite “american idol” more than you do your elected officials…Because it has worked out so well for you so far.  Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will use some of the things I learned in ELEMENTARY school and use for the “reasoning of the issues” a few simple questions.  Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?    And I know this sounds simple enough.  But sadly it seems a bit out of the mental grasp of our brilliant “elected officials”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will deal today with some of the myths I have heard from childhood about the 2nd amendment.  Because it is the firm belief of my self, and of many if not all of my ancestors.. that if you don’t have a 2nd amendment, you don’t have a 1st.  I know that there are more than 8 myths but these are the ones that jumped out at me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  1  Guns are only used for killing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first response is B.S..  But then I wonder if they mean… guns were invented to kill only or if that is the only purpose?  Well we already know the what part of this item… the evil gun.  But I will help you with the others.  First I will help you with the who… and that is easy.  The Chinese.  The invention of the gun should and can only be attributed to the discovery of gun powder.  Without gun powder no boom.  I know that they discovered it sometime in the 800’s (9th century A.D.)  No one knows the exact date.  But I remember some of the early Taoist texts say that the people that discovered it accidentally burned down the house they were working in when they made the discovery.  (It sure is a good thing the 9th century Chinese were not yellow belly liberals or they would have just outlawed gun powder then and there.  Or would have just held a meeting or something, and gathered the “experts”.  To have them make a decision for them, so they could pawn it off as their own and pretend they were smart.)  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gunpowder was quickly used in a military use.  Using the rapid expansion of gasses, they shortly were able to make bombs that they could lob over with catapolts or something like them.  Then they moved on to cannons and such and were quickly able to make the first guns… aka “hand cannons”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now as far as the use.  The weapon that the libtards and the media love to bash.  Were guns made to kill.  Yep, they sure were.  But the idea I always here is that is their only purpose.  I would say No.  Think people.  Why do police officers carry firearms?  To deter criminals.  Does it always work?  Nope.  Do police officers have to kill people sometimes?  Yep.  But the fire arm is what it is and people are who they are.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People often attribute killing to guns.  Which is a false premise.  They fail to see that killing has been around since the beginning.  It goes back to the beginning of text… with the story of Cain and Able.  Another misconception is that killing and murder are the same.  This is also false.  Killing is the taking of a life (self-defense, justified war, hunting…etc.) and Murder is the taking of an innocent life without just cause.  And we see this on a daily basis here in the US.  But it will still occur if you had no gun.  Lets say this…all the guns in the world all of a sudden magically just disappeared.  Ok, no more guns… therefore no more murder right?  Sadly No.  Since we know for a fact that murder happened way, way before the guns arrived.  People would simply pick another vehicle to do the evil they have in their hearts.  It couldn’t be that our children are never taught wrong from right.  It couldn’t be that people are not held responsible for their actions, and therefore never learn that action = consequence.  It couldn’t be that we have destroyed the family because of rebellion.  It couldn’t be that people applaud, vial and debaucherous behavior as long as the people involved want to do it.  It couldn’t be that our society tells our children there is no right and wrong, as long as you are happy.  It couldn’t be that vial lifestyles are praised while others more “traditional” are laughed at.  It couldn’t be that the perversion of the population knows no boundaries.  It couldn’t be a society that glorifies the “thug” and nurtures the “thug” mentality, because it is cool or because of pride.                             Nah… it is the guns you idiot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  2  Guns are dangerous when used for protection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s start by saying, WOW, Thank you Doctor Obvious.  Guns are dangerous… Really?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guns are no more dangerous as the person behind it.  1.  once the bullet is fired, you cease having control of it.  2.  if you don’t know what you are shooting at…DON’T.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My grandfather loved and had many guns.  I knew from a young age the powerful destructive power of the gun.  But that is almost misleading.  Guns are an inanimate object.  They are a “THING”.  Remember that from 1st grade grammar?  Objects (Object is another word for thing…for you “intelligent” libs) do not move by themselves.  Some thing else has to move them.  They have no will, no desire, and no thought.  No gun in the entire history of the world, said (because they don’t have thought) I think I will go out and shoot something today.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With all that being said.  People on the other hand, do have thought, desire and will.  People do have the planning capability to wake up and say… I will shoot someone today.  But guns do not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe we should outlaw, bad guys.  No, that won’t work.  How about outlawing people.  No that won’t work either.  But what we can do, is repair the things in peoples worlds that make them want to murder other people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last on this myth is this, You better believe it.  If you come up to me or my family, and I think you will do bodily harm to anyone that I love.  Yep, my 45 is very dangerous to you, and I would not hesitate to send you straight to hell.  But most of the time when I hear this myth…they spout off about someone being shot by a stray bullet in some drive-by.  And sadly the argument shouldn’t be used here because a drive by is not “self-defense” it is an offensive tactic.  These drive-by idiots are the danger because again, the gun is an object.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The choice of ammo when someone carries for personal/ family self-defense, is as important as the choice to carry a firearm in the first place.  A rapidly expanding bullet (frangible, hollowpoint, etc) will transfer all / most of the muzzle energy into the attacker and not exit.  But a non expanding (full metal jacket, etc) which is the cheapest, will continue through the attacker and out.  This is a huge problem for a second strike of the same bullet (stray).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  3  There is an epidemic of gun violence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no more an epidemic of gun violence than there is of anything else.  When suicide by gun went down in Canada.  The supporters of gun control pointed to the success of their gun control legislation.  But there is a problem with that.  The suicides by other means (hanging, jumpers, etc) went way up.  They increased even more than the reduction of gun related suicides.  No one wants to outlaw rope.  But that is only because the “elected officials” don’t fear rope.  But they fear guns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gun violence is horrible.  Many people are hurt by guns every year, some are an accident and some are not.  What the brilliant officials seem to “overlook” is that more people are killed by teenagers driving, than by all ages killed by guns (both accident, and not).  In fact the CDC reports that car crashes kill over 40,000 people a year.  If you will follow this link   ……. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm ...........&lt;br /&gt;What is interesting to me is that you won’t find even homicides on the “leading causes of death” much less deaths from violent homicides involving firearms.  In fact the list reads as follows… #1 then 2 and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heart disease… 652,486,&lt;br /&gt;Cancer… 553,888 ,&lt;br /&gt;Stroke… 150,074,&lt;br /&gt;Chronic lower respiratory disease… 121,987,&lt;br /&gt;Accidents… 112,012,( from unintentional injuries)&lt;br /&gt;Diabetes… 73,138,&lt;br /&gt;Alzheimers… 65,965,&lt;br /&gt;Flu… 59,664,&lt;br /&gt;Nephritis… 42,480&lt;br /&gt;Septicemia… 33,373&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I find more interesting than there not being any “homicides” of any kind on this list… is that there is one other “epidemic” missing.  AIDS  …you know since we must give million, and billions of dollars to people all over the world… you would think it would at least make the top 10 or so…wouldn’t you…&lt;br /&gt;Nah, the real important thing is taking guns away… right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  4  Guns cause violence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is so ignorant it almost doesn’t even warrant a response.  If someone spouts this from their mouth you should automatically deduct about 100 i.q. points right away.  This would bring the most “educated” among us down to about … well barely able to tie their shoes…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spoons are the cause of obesity.&lt;br /&gt;Pencils, pens, and keyboards are in a world wide conspiracy to misspell words.&lt;br /&gt;And to top it all off, if you walk around with your shoes untied you WILL break your neck… Really.  I swear…&lt;br /&gt;No doubt this one was thought up in some weed smoke infested room of some brilliant college professor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  5  You are more likely to kill a loved one in your house than kill an intruder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is why you shouldn’t shoot at anything you can’t see.  What I want to know is; why they can’t tell the difference, between their wife and a robber?  I could.  I can tell the difference in the dark, with my eyes closed, not to mention smell.  If they are shooting in the dark they should be slapped.  If there is not enough light to see what you are shooting at… don’t shoot.  You know they make a nifty new invention for when the lights go out… it is called a flashlight.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have never shot anyone I know, much less love.  And I can tell the difference between my wife, son, or brother or sister, or friend, and a stranger.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to mention that the burglar is the one in the ski mask.  Plus if you are that jumpy with a firearm, you need to drill and practice with it in real life situations (at night in your house with the lights off type simulation.) to be able to…NOT be so shaky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  6  Gun control helps reduce gun violence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem with this myth is that it is 100% backward.  The libs know this and still shout it like it is the gospel.  Adolf Hitler said… “By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.”  And sadly this is what we see today from the “elected officials” almost always of the libtard persuasion.  They make these statements.  More guns = more crime, and gun control is the answer to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.  Both statements are very great lies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If “gun control” really works.  Then places with the most gun control laws should be the safer than those that just allow anyone to buy a gun.  AND the places where guns are not allowed at all… those should be the safest… right…Sadly, the place where the gun laws are the tightest…Washington DC … has the highest murder rate in the entire country.  Then those places which have insane laws like NY, NJ, ILL and CA, should be the next safest… Wrong again… with these states also having higher crime / murder rates than any other of the large cities that reside in states, that have less gun control laws…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An interview by John Stossel with convicted maximum security felons, showed that they couldn’t care less about the law.  Either for or against guns.  They carry them anyway.  Next, they also say they don’t fear the cops, as much as they fear an armed citizen.  Then they say, that they don’t buy guns from a store anyway, and therefore don’t have to get a background check to buy from the back of some van or car on the street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  7  We live in a different world than there was in 1778.  So there is no use for the 2nd amendment anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact that is true, to a degree.  They didn’t have people that hate this country like we do today.  They believed like some of us do, that the USA is the greatest country on earth.  They also believed that they needed to be able to protect the country from enemies foreign and domestic.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about it folks.  These brave men and women just finished fighting against the most powerful nation in the world at that time.  And won it by the help of the people that would be today, crazy right wingers.  The type of person the left loves to hate and smear any way they can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They knew that government is made up and exists BY and FOR the people, not the other way around.  They knew what it was like for government to get too big for their britches.  And they decided to do something about it.  They fought back.  With what, you ask?  With the arms they had.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This country is approaching a cross road, and must make the decisions that will affect its fate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myth #  8  The founding Fathers messed up in the 2nd amendment grammar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, because you know that stupid, Jefferson, Franklin, you know… those idiots.  What I find interesting about this one is that it would be the only mistake in “grammar” in the entire Constitution.  The only misspeaking.  The only oopsy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People in power are as afraid of an armed people as the criminal on the street is afraid of the armed law abiding citizen.  And that is why the 2nd amendment was written and put into law.  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This time from the LA Times. But if they continue to put these stories up and continue to dominate news cycles. It will lead to more shootings, because it is a perverted way of getting your 15 min. of fame and to go out with a bang (no pun intended), and be in the history books too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will start with the heading….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Gunman kills 6 at N. Illinois U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ex-graduate student opens fire from a lecture hall stage with a shotgun and two handguns, then kills himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LET ME START… by saying, this shooting will baffle the “experts” and the “highly educated” folks in the world because they will have a hard time coming up with a motive. At least yet. (2-15-08 7:00am)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;DEKALB, ILL. -- A gunman dressed all in black stepped on stage in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday and opened fire on a geology class.A short time later, five students were dead and the gunman had killed himself on the lecture hall stage. Sixteen others were wounded, at least two of them critically.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What have we learned so far? We have learned that an Ex-GRAD student of the same college took guns to class. Which is a big no-no in schools…and shot a lot of people. WAIT A MINUTE I thought that the STATE of Illinois had a lot of gun control laws. And you are not legally allowed to carry guns on school campi anywhere !? You mean a law that some stuff shirt idiot on Capitol Hill wrote a bill that was ignored by a criminal in the commission of a crime… HOW CAN THIS BE???? Oh wait…only law abiding citizens are affected by gun control laws because they ACTUALLY obey the laws. But the criminals will not, because they are criminals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets continue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Early Friday, the DeKalb County coroner said another student shot at the lecture hall had died, bringing the toll to seven, including the gunman. It was the fifth school shooting in a week in the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you look at this short part you will see a couple of things. There is a positive side of the story. The person that committed this &lt;strong&gt;horrific&lt;/strong&gt; crime, is now &lt;strong&gt;dead&lt;/strong&gt;. And that is a &lt;strong&gt;guarantee&lt;/strong&gt; that he won’t do this again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other thing I get from this is the way they phrase the last statement. “It was the fifth school shooting in a week in the US”… To me it is as if they were hoping for more. Just so they can get on their soap boxes and show the unwashed masses of the country how horrible guns are…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am one that has come to believe that the reason that schools are such “good” targets is the fact that &lt;strong&gt;no one is armed there EXCEPT the criminal&lt;/strong&gt;. And in turn, the criminal knows they have a tactical advantage and they don’t worry about some one stopping them. They know the Police can’t do anything until they get there, and by that time it is too late. They also know that since this is an “esteemed place of academia” and the people there are more intelligent than us knuckle draggers; they won’t have guns. Right, because only those with diminished intelligence would use such a crude and wretched weapon like a gun…. Or maybe, the gunman is just a sadistic son of a b*^$+, that gets off on watching people be afraid of him. But then again, I was not there… But he was a grad student from THEIR university…He was in sociology…maybe he was a sociopath…maybe he was just disturbed…maybe he was brain washed…or maybe he was a killer his whole life and just hadn’t killed anyone yet…What are they teaching there I wonder? I am sure whatever the reason is, some tree hugging libtard will figure out (you know because they are smarter than you) that it wasn’t his fault.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It probably happened because he was hugged too much…or too little. He was put in time-out too much…or too little. Or he was spanked too much … or too little. Or he was teased in school too much…or too little.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what ever it is you can bet that it was any or all of the following…talk radio (conservative of course)… the NRA…some racist hate group (but only if people of minorities were shot)…and of course you can’t leave out the vast right wing conspiracy…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But enough of my rambling lets continue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The violence at Northern Illinois unfolded about 3 p.m., as the entry-level ocean sciences class was wrapping up. The gunman -- described as a former graduate student -- stepped out from behind a black curtain on the lecture hall stage, armed with a shotgun and two handguns, police said. He first shot the instructor, who survived, and then began firing into the seats, filled with at least 100 students, authorities said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you think he knew that no one had a gun but him? I would bet ( way more than I bet on the superbowl) that he did in fact know. In fact I bet (and would bet my life savings) he was counting on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Desiree Smith, 21, was taking notes on continental drift when out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure in a black ski cap step onto the stage, beside the instructor."He was holding this huge gun," she said. "I couldn't even process it. He stood there with the gun pointing down, almost like an action-movie poster -- that's what he looked like for a second. Then he lifted it up and shot at my teacher."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to be rude or anything to this young lady… but I wonder if she ever has shot a gun? Also was she speaking to the enormity of one of the pistols or of the shotgun? Does she know the difference between a shotgun, and a rifle, or an assault rifle? … The reason I ask is… my wife grew up around guns (she grew up on a farm) and she asked me a while back what the difference between a rifle and a shotgun. So going back to the question… did they interview the people that they believe to be the most hysterical and “strange to guns” … so they can get the most ignorant / hysterical point of view to exploit them…? Again I am not denigrating or belittling this young lady in the least. Because the media uses people to their own ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Smith dropped to the ground. Under the chair, she locked eyes with another student. They stared at one another in terrified stillness. Then the other student began to move. Afraid of being left alone, Smith followed her, clambering on elbows and knees up the aisle."I could feel people bumping me, crawling over me. Everyone was pushing, clawing at the ground, trying to get out as soon as possible," Smith said.When she got to the door, she could barely make herself stand. "All I could think was, 'I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die.' " She forced herself to get up, as shots and screams rang out behind her. "I'm sure I was running really fast, but it felt like slow motion," she said. Only when she had made her way into another building -- into an office, with the door locked behind her -- did Smith realize she had made it out uninjured."I kept thanking God, over and over," she said. "I didn't even know what else to do."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray for this young lady. She reacted exactly as she should have. Without a firearm to protect her-self, she was in no tactical position to do anything. She experienced something called the “Fight or Flight” response. It is an adrenaline dump that happens when you are confronted with a traumatic or dangerous situation… This young lady should be proud of herself, that she did exactly what she needed to do in the situation. Being from a city. I understand the idea of shootings, drive by’s to be exact. You must realize that in these type of situations, you have no control unless you are armed yourself. In her case you could have possibly done something… however in a drive by it is best to just kiss the pavement and seek cover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is assuming that the shooter was out of her arms reach. Given the opportunity… if a few of those students had been carrying a concealed firearm, and was proficient at shooting; This could have ended much sooner and maybe better with only the shooter being killed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But since the gun control people have made our University’s / College’s safer by not allowing people / students to have guns there… Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;John Puterbaugh, a senior, was in the building next door when the first survivors burst in and began barricading themselves in offices.Puterbaugh, the editor in chief of the campus newspaper, tried to talk to the witnesses; some broke down in tears, shaking, while others recounted the horror in flat, distant tones.One student in particular, Puterbaugh said, was in such shock that he seemed to be retelling the plot of a movie, "like it wasn't even real to him . . . as if he hadn't just seen a gunman open fire on his class."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now what do we have here…. A “journalist” of the campus newspaper… directly after they have possibly survived the most traumatic situation they have ever experienced. Instead of trying to comfort them …HE starts to interview them…. Well I guess … just leave it up to a journalist to not give a damn about people as long as he gets his scoop… Right…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can say that it is therapeutic for people to “vent” or “tell their story” but that is not the place. These young people will never forget what they have experienced. Not saying they can’t cope and deal with what they have gone through. But …lets move on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Associate Dean W. William Minor saw students pouring out of Cole Hall -- and police arriving en masse, guns drawn -- but could not make sense of the scene."I thought someone must have called in a bomb threat," he said.Within minutes of the shooting police had locked down the campus, posted an alert on the university website about a "possible gunman on campus" and began e-mailing students.University President John Peters did not release the gunman's name but said he had been enrolled as recently as last spring as a graduate student in sociology at Northern Illinois.The 25,000-student campus is located in DeKalb, a semirural community about an hour's drive west of Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a few problems with this little bit…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cops got there… but it was too late.&lt;br /&gt;Once they get there they post a note on the website, and send e-mails&lt;br /&gt;They assume that since they are not in Chicago…They are safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this would have been much easier with the following. IF people would just understand that “guns” themselves are not the enemy. The real enemy are the idiots that commit a crime. Now the libtards that believe that people are good normally just don’t get it… IF people would realize that sometimes they are responsible for their own destiny, and not the government (police) they will be better for it. &lt;strong&gt;The police had NO POWER to help any one there at the time, because they were NOT there. They only come when they are called.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People who understand tactics, understand when you are being attacked, your firearm is your first line of defense. &lt;strong&gt;The cops will come in time&lt;/strong&gt;. But if you refuse to have a gun… you are putting your life in the hands of a person that will take it. And you can call the cops… and they will come… and take pictures of your dead body and try to find out who killed you…… and maybe find and or prosecute them. But that won’t bring you back to life…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"We are surrounded by corn," said Kei Nomaguchi, an assistant professor of sociology. "I am shocked that this happened on our campus." Another sociology professor, Charles Cappell, said he could not think of any graduate students who had seemed disgruntled or unbalanced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hate to say it… Wait no I don’t. These “professors” are flipping idiots. I can’t believe these people are allowed to teach anyone. I want to know why this “ass. prof. of sociology” is really “shocked” after all shouldn’t (I don’t know whether the prof. is a male or female…and I know this is sexist of me but I will assume that they are a he) he know about our society and the flaws therein? Maybe he doesn’t think that evil people exist. And the other “prof of sociology” doesn’t know that most serial killers are described by their neighbors as “normal” and “nice guys” and that all their neighbors are “shocked” that they can be a serial killers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess my grandfather was right … there are such a thing as “college bred idiots”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But lets continue…he (2nd prof.) continues to say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"We all have incredibly heavy hearts," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes lets bring it back to our feelings............... You think jackass... Heavy hearts... You think....&lt;br /&gt;Sorry I have to move on because my head will blow up if I don't...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Security had been stepped up on the campus in December, after students found menacing graffiti, including racial slurs, in a dorm bathroom. The scrawled note described last year's shooting at Virginia Tech -- which left 32 students and faculty dead -- as unfinished and warned of major changes to come at Northern Illinois.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently not enough…or not the right kind at least……&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Peters told a news conference he had "no reason to believe" the graffiti was related to Thursday's shooting, though police will investigate. The graffiti explicitly targeted African Americans; the gunman in Cole Hall appeared to be firing at random.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I guess we can all rest easier knowing the shooter wasn’t racist… Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;University Police Chief Donald Grady said the assailant was found dead on the stage. Both of his handguns still had ammunition in them. Gun magazines were scattered across the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;What would have happened if our government really believed in the constitution and bill of rights… and someone would have “packing heat”. Would this situation have been differently?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Four of his victims were found dead in the lecture hall; the fifth was pronounced dead at a hospital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think this is a interesting statement… because yes they were victims… but were they willing or forced?… I am not one to sue for much or maybe even anything… but maybe someone should sue the government of Illinois… for not allowing their young son or daughter to protect themselves against this idiot…Maybe if they have to pay out a few hundred million dollars … THAT might make them rethink the issue…Or it might not… they would just raise everyone’s taxes I guess….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Several of the wounded made their way out of the lecture hall as the gunman was firing.Ben Gross, 22, said he was working at the office of the campus newspaper, the Northern Star, when he heard a "shots fired" bulletin on the police scanner. He raced to Cole Hall -- and then followed a trail of blood about 100 yards to the student center.In the campus bookstore, he saw a wounded student surrounded by paramedics.Other victims fled to a nearby dorm, Neptune Hall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if this reporter waited to try to interview the victims…? I am not trying to be insensitive to the situation. Just trying to point out that sometimes the media doesn’t know when the time is appropriate to interview people and splash their lives all over the news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Andrew Patten, a sophomore who had been walking through the area when the shots broke out, followed the wounded into Neptune Hall and treated a student with gunshots to the leg and hand. Someone handed him a first-aid kit, he said; next thing he knew, he was pressing gauze on the wounds and talking to the student about anything he could think of just to keep him conscious. He stayed until paramedics arrived."It's still kind of sinking in what actually happened," said Patten, 20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am proud of this man. He is a true leader. Helping when he is needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The shooting followed a string of violence in schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least the writers at the LA Times have a real grip on the obvious…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Last Friday, a woman shot two students to death and killed herself at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. Also Friday, a man shot at his wife, a teacher, in an elementary school in Portsmouth, Ohio. This week, a high school student in Memphis, Tenn., was shot, allegedly by a classmate, during gym class. And a 15-year-old was shot at a junior high in Oxnard; he has been declared brain-dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And guns are to blame right? Or does it say a “woman shot” or a “Man shot” or a “student shot”? I am sure that the people were just pawns in the guns evil plan…. Right?… or is there a more ugly issue, a more underlying issue here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In DeKalb, federal and state investigators worked late into the night Thursday, swarming the campus and setting up floodlights around Cole Hall, a two-story, red-brick building.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the job of the police again…? To protect and serve… if you didn’t know…But that does not do you any good if they don’t show up until about 20 minutes after the fact. Does it? Why are we too afraid to do what our Founding Fathers did and take up arms against those that do wrong to us?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;With midnight approaching, law enforcement officers shot out the window of a white Honda Civic they thought belonged to the gunman and sent a bomb-detecting robot to circle the car. Police dogs were searching the area, which was blanketed in more than a foot of snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this and they still can not have the crime preventing power on one “believer in the bill of rights” in the class. And if people in general would stop choosing to be victims to the idiots that do these kinds of things, maybe those that do these kinds of things would think twice about doing them in the first place…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;While some students huddled together in their dorms, or tried to work through the trauma with counselors, Michelle Johansson, 19, said she had to leave campus. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;She no longer felt safe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"I'm getting out of here," Johansson said, climbing into her car. "I just want to go home right now."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the truth be told. No criminal (with any weapon) and the intent on murder cares two shakes about any law outlawing any weapon he has in hand, or can get, or make. I mean after all isn’t murder illegal too? So if the criminal does not care about the law when it comes to murder… why do you think he cares about another law… like not carrying a gun into a school…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Our world is a fallen one. Evil people live here. People do bad things. And bad things happen to good people. People have a choice in life… they can choose to be or not to be a victim. They can “wait for the police” and deal with the consequences of their actions. Or they can choose to use their God given right. And fight back against the evil and the injustice of the criminals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evil is here, and until the end of things, it is not going away. You can fight it. Or you can be consumed by it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as the moral fibers of our society continue to be unraveled by those that don’t have any… we will see more of this type of situation. Criminals know where and how to take advantage. But the “educated” keep telling the general population that the police are the ones to protect us from the criminals. But tell that to the families of these unfortunate young people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is your choice?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Below are the people who wrote the original article. They have all the credit for the articles contents… I just comment on their writing…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:p.j.huffstutter@latimes.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;p.j.huffstutter@latimes.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:stephanie.simon@latimes.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;stephanie.simon@latimes.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:ralph.vartabedian@latimes.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;ralph.vartabedian@latimes.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Huffstutter reported from DeKalb, Simon from Denver and Vartabedian from Los Angeles. The Associated Press contributed to this report. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Original - By Stephanie Simon, Ralph Vartabedian and P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers 4:29 AM PST, February 15, 2008 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-7684375268058995600?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/7684375268058995600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=7684375268058995600' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7684375268058995600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/7684375268058995600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/02/nort-illinois-university-shooting.html' title='Nort Illinois University Shooting'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5613732420643920498</id><published>2008-02-07T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T08:21:05.093-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Confused about Free Speech...</title><content type='html'>I read today in the news about something that struck an all too familiar cord with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was in the "San Jose Mercury News"  linked ... &lt;a href="http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8186244"&gt;http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8186244&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is sad about this article is that they only stop short of saying "them right-wingers want to kill your children"....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is how the article starts…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Several Republicans in Congress are moving forward with an effort to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marines their recruiting station is not welcome in the city.&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates issued an apology Wednesday to those who serve in the military for any personal offense taken by the council declaration last week.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;And again I have to say, the media has a clear and set agenda.  What is this agenda you ask?  It is the constant and ever expanding dissemination of the fascist ideals of the Left.  They have no morals.  And since they don’t have morals or don’t profess any, they shouldn’t have to be held accountable to any morals.  –This makes sense…right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I will get back to the subject at hand.  You will notice first the insertion of the “bad guys” in this case “several republicans” are trying to unfairly strip (the children of course, or “the greater good”) of much needed money.  So basically we have a few things here… Republicans in congress are retaliating against small little Berkley city council.  Even after they apologized for their utter stupidity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could go on all day about their ignorance but I will not.  The story continues by stating...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Six Republican senators, led by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and an Orange County representative on Wednesday introduced companion bills called the Semper Fi Act of 2008 that seek to take away $2.3 million from Berkeley earmarked in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill and give it to the Marine Corps.&lt;br /&gt;The funds are designated for school lunches, Bay ferry service, disability organizations, UC Berkeley and public safety.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we have very subtle overstating of the senators affiliation.  After all they second word in the piece of leftist drivel is that, they are republicans.  Then the third sentence they state AGAIN that they are republican…(do the jounalists, and that is a loosest of terms, think you are too stupid to remember something from the first sentence to the third?)  I have ADD  and I have a short attention span.  But I remember stuff that I read, even if there is one sentence in between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do we have?  Well the article goes on to say where the funds were going… “school lunches” = the children, “bay ferry” = the greater good, “disability orgs” = poor and disadvantaged people, UC Berkeley = the children (those that need assistance, can get it from the socialist peoples party  a.k.a. the democrats), and lastly “public safety” = the safety for the greater good of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can we deduce from this section?…  It is simple Republicans hate children and the public, especially the disabled or the poor in schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See that was easy.  Shall we continue?  The article goes on to say…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"Berkeley needs to learn that their actions have consequences," DeMint said in a statement. "Patriotic American taxpayers won't sit quietly while Berkeley insults our brave Marines and tries to run them out of town. Berkeley City Council members have shown complete ingratitude to our military and their families, and the city doesn't deserve a single dime of special pet project handouts."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a well spoken statement.  Why?  Because it is true.  Most people (excluding those in Berkley of course) like the Military.  Or at least think that the Military is a Good thing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But wait here comes more libtard drivel…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Bates and others wondered why the legislators would want to punish institutions that have nothing to do with the city government.&lt;br /&gt;"There's really no correlation between federal funds for schools, water ferries and police communications systems and the council's actions, for God's sake," said Bates, a retired U.S. Army captain. "We apologize for any offense to any families of anyone who may serve in Iraq. We want them to come home and be safe at home." “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this is where it gets good, well, stupid, but good for commentary. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bates and others… who are these mysterious others… is it the infamous “they” or “them” you hear of in so many “informed” arguments.  I don’t know how many times I hear… well you know what they say… or… they told me…  Usually when you hear this, some one is speaking out of their butt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what we have is the mayor and the unnamed persons of mysterious backgrounds, saying is …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Government controls schools, ferry systems and police.  But the city councils actions (again government) should not be held against the government controlled stuff in California.  And then says “for God’s sake”.  Wait isn’t there a separation of church and state in this country?… Oh wait, that is just when it is convenient for the leftists. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the story says (of course, to prove he doesn’t hate the Military…right?) he (the mayor) is a retired US Army Captain.  This statement has always baffled me.  Are we supposed to think that he was a captain in the French, Mexican, or some other Army if they didn’t put on the US part?  I love all the “military experts” or “retired military” the left is always trotting out to parade in front of us to help their credibility.  But to this I only have one thing to say…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that is that Benedict Arnold was a war hero too…Well before he sold us down the river that is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On to the next point…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“A spokeswoman for UC Berkeley noted the university has a long relationship with the U.S. military.&lt;br /&gt;"We think it's unfortunate that these senators would target the University of California simply because the campus is located in the city of Berkeley," Marie Felde said. "We have a long history of ROTC at UC Berkeley, and military recruiters come here to recruit frequently. It makes no sense to punish the campus." “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go again, us evil right-wingers trying to single out schools and children and punish them for the actions of others…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is sad is that this is a spokesman for the college.  And I don’t even know where to start with the utter stupidity in this statement…I thought you were supposed to learn “how” to think in College and University, not “what” to think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I will go on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who toured Berkeley last month promoting federal funding she had secured for her district, said in a statement that she would "strongly oppose" the bill.&lt;br /&gt;And a spokesman for Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she would "vigorously fight any effort to cut funding to these programs."  “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boy it sure is a good thing that you don’t have to be educated to be in congress. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We learn a couple of things from this…&lt;br /&gt;1.  Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, does the whole “earmark thing”  funding she secured for her district … huh?&lt;br /&gt;2.  She strongly opposes the un-funding of stuff she got as an earmark.&lt;br /&gt;3.  Barbara Boxer doesn’t get it.  And on top of that she doesn’t have time to give her opinion herself.  But the most fascinating thing is that her statement given by proxy is that they are going to cut funding of the programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you have to remember is that, this is just the FEDERAL funding of these specific earmarks, no doubt slipped in the back pages of some noble piece of legislation…But what a lot of people fail to remember or know is that California has a larger economy than most countries in the civilized world.  (I believe it is about the 4th or 5th largest in the world)  So don’t tell me they cant afford it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On we go...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Ann Cooper, director of nutrition services for the Berkeley Unified School District, which receives federal funds through the Chez Panisse foundation, called the congressional effort "absurd."  “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What with the economy as crappy as it is we should continue to give out free stuff and free money.  (how many of these poor disadvantaged children getting these “free lunches” are children of ILLEGAL immigrants that don’t pay taxes?  Or only ask what this country can do for them instead of asking what they can do for this country?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then this brilliant lady goes on to say this little gem…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“ "Why anyone would want to take healthy food away from children is just beyond me," Cooper said. "We're in the throes of a health crisis due to childhood obesity, and Berkeley is one of the very few cities in America that's actually really working on children's health through school food."  “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again with the Republicans ( or you can substitute the right wingers) want to starve your children.  But wait… I thought she said they are in a health crisis because of little fat kids.  And that Berkeley is one of the only cities doing anything about it… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holy bat crap… When did we start teaching people to be stupid, and then put them in charge of nutrition of our children?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If kids are fat.  Make them get off the couch, away from the playstation, xbox and just tv in general, and have them do something physical.  I mean nutrition is a good start… but eventually they will plateau and will have to get up and move. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And where the HELL are the PARENTS.  Our kids being fat is not a school problem, or a government problem, or a public health problem, it IS a parenting problem.  And when did the school lunch lady become the parent of all our kids…??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that goes in line with the socialists agenda… you know… from each according to their means, and to each according to their needs…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure I am being insensitive or close minded… maybe I hate kids or just fat people.  Who knows…I mean I watched Rosie when she was on and I liked the show… well at least I did before she got so fat… oh wait… nevermind…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving on…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"Bates said the council's declaration was a symbolic act against the war in Iraq, not against the "men and women who serve in the Marines or any other armed force."  "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok I have two words for you…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first is the male cow…&lt;br /&gt;The second is exactly that  #2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it was indeed a symbolic act… why the need for a resolution from a governing body?  Let’s see if I have this right…&lt;br /&gt;It is against the war…and the Marine recruiters…but not those that chose to join the Marines as a job.  Knowing full well that they may have to go to war.  You can't criticize a institution but then “not mean any criticism” toward those who identify them selves with that organization. I know this because they tell you when you join.  And they tell you that you will have to use a gun too.  And we all know that guns kill people right boys and girls?...&lt;br /&gt;..............................................................Well not ani mor than thiz keybord makes mi hav tiepoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOW all I can say is … what stunning intellectualism…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;“Two Berkeley City Council members this week said they would ask the council on Tuesday to rescind the item that declares the Marines "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." But Betty Olds and Laurie Capitelli, who wrote the proposal, did not move to retract three other related items the council approved at the same meeting: calling on residents to impede the work of any military recruiting station in the city; asking the city attorney to investigate whether the Marines violate city laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation; and giving the protest group Code Pink a free weekly parking space and sound permit to protest in front of the Shattuck Avenue recruiting station. “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now that they are found out, they want to say “do over”… huh funny how that works. &lt;br /&gt;But they still want people to impede the Military’s freedom of speech.  Plus what happened to the Clintonov policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell”.  I mean you can’t go into the Marine recruiter in a dress(if you are male) and expect to not be found out...&lt;br /&gt;And another thing why is it that people that have morals must compromise to debased behavior and debaucheries, but they don’t ever have to compromise.  As if to silence our freedom of speech.  Funny how that works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"Code Pink plans to be at Tuesday's council meeting, as does a pro-military group called Move America Forward, which said Wednesday it is bringing the mother of the first Navy Seal killed in Iraq from Arizona. Move America Forward plans to stage a daylong protest in front the council chambers. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if anyone gave them a permit to have noise amplification like they did for “code pink” in front of the Marine recruiters?  I doubt that.  In fact it is only stifling freedom of speech if you don’t have morals and you speak out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;"The Senate bill was introduced by DeMint, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Sen. David Vitter, R-La. Rep. John Campbell, R-Newport Beach, introduced the companion bill in the House. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Staff writer Shelly Meron contributed to this story. E-mail Doug Oakley at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:doakley@bayareanewsgroup.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;doakley@bayareanewsgroup.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;What can we learn from this article?…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of speech is under fire but only for those on the right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of speech is only if you don’t offend someone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak out and not worry about being thrown in jail.  Not your right for all people in the world to hear you.  We don’t have that freedom in the Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the media… democrats love kids, republicans want to starve your children to death. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People in Berkeley, Cal.  Want to invoke the freedom of speech issue when it comes to them not getting money from the government, because of something they drafted by legislation by a governing body… but have no problem silencing the voices of the people that don’t agree with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is all for now…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5613732420643920498?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5613732420643920498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5613732420643920498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5613732420643920498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5613732420643920498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/02/confused-about-free-speech.html' title='Confused about Free Speech...'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-2350522518408099468</id><published>2008-02-01T08:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T08:23:38.840-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Code Pink Sucks</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;City Attacks Marines, Calls Them "Unwelcome Intruders"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Code Pink Protects Berkeley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;SAN FRANCISCO - The City of Berkeley, California has passed two resolutions attacking the United States Marine Corps, calling the Marines, "uninvited and unwelcome intruders in the city."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Who the hell do these people think they are?!?! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The Berkeley City Council voted to condemn the Marines on Tuesday night (January 29th) as part of a campaign by anti-war activists to shut down a U.S. Marine Recruiting Center located in the city of Berkeley. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;This goes to show how utterly ignorant or willfully stupid these people are. News flash for you stupid flashback, lsd dropping tree hugging libtards.... Without the MARINES, you couldn't pass your stupid resolutions. Why don't you pull your head out and do something productive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The votes by the Berkeley City Council were immediately condemned by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Move America Forward&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;, the nation's largest grassroots pro-troop organization. "It is disgraceful that in the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, anti-military activists would attempt to silence the same military men and women who serve this country and give their lives to protect the free speech rights of all Americans, including these ungrateful and despicable people on the Berkeley City Council," said Melanie Morgan, Chairman of Move America Forward. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;If ever there was a need for someone to be "pimp slapped" back into their place I can't think of a better time. But the guy from "Move America Forward" has it somewhat wrong. Berkley is not the birthplace of the free speech movement, in fact is seems like they are trying to silence free speech, well, unless you hold the same cowardly, double standard, communist beliefs as they do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The actions by the Berkeley City Council followed continuous protests by Code Pink and other anti-military organizations that vandalized and defaced the U.S. Marine Recruiting Center in September 2007&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Since they are just "pink" does that mean that they are just burnt out washed up communinsts? I wonder............. Maybe the city council should grow a pair and tell these people that "EVERYONE" has free speech. Not just the liberal fascists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;One of the two resolutions passed by the Berkeley City Council last night granted a parking spot in front of the Marine Recruiting Center to be used by anti-military activists to harass Marine recruiters. The anti-military activists would not need to apply for a sound permit for the next six months - allowing them free reign to disrupt the day-to-day operations by the Marines. Move America Forward organized a counter-protest in support of the Marines last October that attracted over 400 pro-troop supporters who stood in solidarity of the Marine Recruiting Center.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Now, I have a couple of questions here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;1. Is this equal treatment under the law to "code pink" or is it special treatment? Seeing as they were just given the permit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;2. Did Move "Move America Forward" receive the same permit? Or were they just left hanging out to dry while the pinkos get special treatment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"We have hundreds of thousands of military men and women serving honorably overseas to protect our freedoms. Imagine how they feel when they go to turn on the news and see that they are being stabbed in the back by shameful people here at home, it's disgraceful!" said Catherine Moy, Executive Director of Move America Forward.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Probably the same way they did in Vietnam. Maybe if these pinkos and the like, had the same amount of patriotism as those that are and have bled and died or lost limbs for this country. It would be a better place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Editor's Note: The sound permit is necessary for any amplified sound ie protest chants or songs, addressing a crowd, etc. This is one of the more difficult permits to get in Berkeley, as it requires an environmental impact assessment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An environmental impact assessment to give a permit to amplify sound? Really? Is the sound going to hurt some chipmunks ears...? Maybe it will make the sky fall? Or maybe mess up the migration of some rare owl or whale or monkey, or maybe it would make the San Andreas fault dump California into the ocean................... Oh Wait... Can I get one of those permits? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-2350522518408099468?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/2350522518408099468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=2350522518408099468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2350522518408099468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/2350522518408099468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/02/code-pink-sucks.html' title='Code Pink Sucks'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161285448944622858.post-5921065982002704153</id><published>2008-01-31T07:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T14:05:24.976-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Way to go John</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;This is a prime example of how much people in this country are tired of the legal system. But not just necessarily of the legal system itself, but of the people that do their absolute best to get guilty people off. They are tired of people doing bad things without consequences. I guess these two will not get off because they could afford a super lawyer or someone for got to emphasize the right word in the reading of their rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This also is another example of the press stating the obvious, and thinking they are the only ones that can do their jobs…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;PLANTATION - Some are calling a former U.S. Marine a hero for shooting two men — killing one — during the botched robbery of a sandwich shop in Plantation. But the men's friends and family want to know how he could gun them down and not be charged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Ok, so lets take a look at what we have already…We have two robbers who can’t rob well. And their families defending them. ( Even though they were shot while THEY were committing a FELONY ) I am sure their “street cred” won’t go up since they can not even “knock off” a subway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;John Lovell had just finished dinner at about 11: 15 p.m. Wednesday when, Plantation police say, two men armed with guns rushed inside a Subway shop and demanded cash. After robbing the store, the men turned to Lovell. They wanted his money, police said.&lt;br /&gt;But like his attackers, Lovell was armed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Here we have a problem. The press is trying (even if it is subliminally done) to make the guns the CRIMINALS are carrying the same as the one Lowell is carrying. Criminals = carrying guns illegally to commit crime BUT Lowell = carrying a gun LEGALLY to use for self-defense. AND they are trying to make the crime “not their fault” by comparing them to a law abiding citizen. You know they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The retired military man opened fire, shooting dead Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale, and critically injuring Fredrick Gadson, 21, of Fort Lauderdale.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what they are trying to do is link a couple of things Military, Guns, and Open Fire. Lets all face it. From what I can gather from all the reports, Lowell gave these two criminals a lot of opportunities to go with just his money… but they didn’t. Maybe Lowell “disrespected” in some way. But for what ever reason they were taking him into the girls bathroom…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lovell, 71, of Plantation, has a valid concealed weapons permit and is not expected to be charged in the shooting, said police spokesman Detective Robert Rettig. Gadson, however, faces multiple felony charges that could include murder, he said. Under Florida law, anyone who commits a felony such as armed robbery resulting in a death can be held accountable for the capital offense.&lt;br /&gt;Florida law gives people the right of "self-defense without the duty to retreat." That means individuals can use deadly force virtually anywhere to prevent death or serious injury.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;As it should be. This is the best thing they have said yet. But they were just stating a fact of law this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;According to a police statement, Arrindell ordered Lovell to hand over his wallet. He intentionally dropped it on the floor and refused to pick it up, saying he was afraid. That's when Arrindell ordered him into the women's restroom.&lt;br /&gt;"The victim believed he would be executed and when he noticed [Arrindell] distracted ... reached behind his back, removed his loaded .45 caliber handgun from his holster and fired seven rounds," the statement said.&lt;br /&gt;Arrindell was struck twice — once in the head and once in the stomach — and collapsed. Officers found him face down, wearing sunglasses and a bandanna, with a gun near his left hand. Gadson was hit in the chest and ran from the store. Police dogs found him in the hedges of a nearby office building and bank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;There are a few questions I have for this section…First, why mess with “the old man”? Second, after you have the wallet; why make him go into the girls bathroom? And Third, why out of seven rounds did the Marine only land three? But I digress… They could have left after they robbed the store, and left the senior citizen alone. They could have picked up his wallet and left then. Or even better they could have NOT ROBBED the store altogether. But they CHOSE to do the things that led to one of their death, and the other a possible murder sentence…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Both men were taken to Broward General Medical Center, where Arrindell died and Gadson was in critical condition Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is where I really start to have a problem…in the following...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;But Gadson's grandmother, Rosa Jones, said: "He ain't no hero. He is a murderer and God will serve justice."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;When all else fails bring out Grandma to get sympathy for the ones that should have had sympathy on those who, they were ROBBING…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;She and her husband, Ivory Jones, pastor of a Fort Lauderdale church, sat on their front porch in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday wondering how a man could shoot two people and not go to jail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Lets stop right here…Pastor? Really…&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pastor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, and they don’t know about action and consequence? I will give it to them, ok sonny is a wonderful person. What was Mr. Wonderful doing robbing a Subway…WITH a weapon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;They said their grandson sometimes hung with the wrong crowd but never got into legal trouble. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, he has no arrest record. They said Gadson, who never finished high school, got tired of low-wage jobs and was pursuing his GED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;And that night happened to be one of those times. That he was hanging with the wrong crowd and it got his friend killed and himself shot in the chest by a LAW ABIDING, PISTOL PACKING MARINE SENIOR CITIZEN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Arrindell’s, friends said, found himself in a similar situation: no high school diploma and working odd jobs. So he went back to school. He was a man with past troubles, including a 2004 arrest for carrying a concealed weapon, but he was improving his life, they said. He recently bought a car and had a girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;I love the argument here on the robber that was killed. “&lt;em&gt;He was a man with past troubles&lt;/em&gt;” it says, apparently he was still getting in trouble or he and his friend would not have been robbing someone. “&lt;em&gt;A 2004 arrest for carrying a concealed weapon&lt;/em&gt;” Now... I don’t know the circumstances behind this but he obviously didn’t learn his lesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But best of all they use the argument of “&lt;em&gt;he recently bought a car and had a girlfriend&lt;/em&gt;” as proof that he was turning his life around. &lt;strong&gt;Wait&lt;/strong&gt;, don’t other people have those things too? People like rapists, and murderers, gangsters, thugs, and armed robbers. So that is a really weak way to say someone was turning their life around…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So I ask, what is the real issue here?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this a problem of mistaken identity?&lt;br /&gt;Or is it, bad things happen to good people?&lt;br /&gt;Or is it a culture that tells young males that if someone disrespects you (&lt;em&gt;you know, like look at you wrong&lt;/em&gt;) it is ok to kill them or “show them who’s boss”?&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it is the education system? I mean neither one of them finished high school.&lt;br /&gt;Is it, the breakdown of the morality of our society? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Is it the breakdown of the family unit?&lt;br /&gt;Is it the media, sensationalizing all the instances like this?&lt;br /&gt;I am not 100% sure what the issue is. I was not there, I didn’t know anyone in the situation. I don’t have all the answers. But I can say this. I have learned a few things from this story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. A man has 3 faces, 1 he shows the world, 1 he shows his closest family, and 1 he keeps to himself.&lt;br /&gt;2. Don’t mess with old people, they may be packing heat.&lt;br /&gt;3. Don’t rob people…or subways…especially in Florida (or any other state that has a conceal carry law).&lt;br /&gt;4. Don’t steal.&lt;br /&gt;5. The media is stupid. And they have to constantly justify their exsistance by stating the obvious.&lt;br /&gt;6. If you get in a gunfight while you are robbing someone or someplace, and make it out alive, you still may go down for murder. Even if you didn't shoot anyone&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;strong&gt;Marines Rock&lt;/strong&gt;, even if they are older.&lt;br /&gt;8. Lastly and maybe the most important… &lt;strong&gt;If you live by the gun, you die by the gun&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My prayers are with all involved in this situation. I understand that the two armed robbers are people too. I also understand that every man involved with this situation is someone’s, son, brother, father, husband, boyfriend, or friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These situations make me sad. My heart breaks sometimes for people so young to think this is the only way. There is a better way. Maybe Gadson should have listened when his grandparents preached.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8161285448944622858-5921065982002704153?l=ariksmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/feeds/5921065982002704153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8161285448944622858&amp;postID=5921065982002704153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5921065982002704153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8161285448944622858/posts/default/5921065982002704153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ariksmith.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-prime-example-of-how-much.html' title='Way to go John'/><author><name>Mr. Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04642802767490025926</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
