RNS Quote of the Day: 08/19/10

Senators John McCain (RINO-AZ) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have sponsored a bill in the Senate which force the District of Columbia to drop all the onerous new laws they wrote and passed in the wake of the Heller decision.

But one of the DC Councilmen thinks they’re meddling where they shouldn’t be

Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) said the McCain-Tester bill could gut the District’s regulatory powers, including laws that are stricter than most states about keeping guns away from people with records of domestic violence. He also said the law shows a disregard for the realities of the District, where guns mean drive-bys, holdups and intimidation more than sport, tradition and the American way.

Frederick Kunkle – WaPo Staff Writer

Well then, if Councilman Mendelson thinks this is true, then maybe there is an issue with the folks in DC the council could look at fixing instead of enabiling it by treating the residents as if they were retarded children?

In all seriousness, the past and current city councils have created the culture that exists through their abominable legislative efforts. They should all resign if they truly believe that the only reason the law abiding citizenry are not killing each other is because of the city’s hyper-restrictive firearm regulations.

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Minority Report will soon be real

This is very cool, and real damn scary.

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Stupid Judiciary Tricks

Of course, we’ll be talking about the 9th Circuit today. They laid a pair of goose eggs yesterday, each of which deserves ridicule in its own post, but I don’t have that kind of time.

First, one of their three-panel groups decided that lying about military award and commendations shouldn’t be a crime because the statute violates the liar’s 1st Amendment Rights.

I can almost see where they’re coming with this if it was just about media attention. Generally, once the liar is discovered, the shame is just as great as the previous accolades (unless you’re a leftist spewing anti-war propaganda against the Bush Administration), but in almost all other cases the lie is part of a larger con. If you make the smaller parts of the con illegal, it deters most of those who would work the con itself.

Secondly, another three judge panel of the 9th Circuit decided that mud that washes off of dirt roads when it rains is “pollution”.

Yes, you read that right! Mother Earth is a self polluter.

They wrote that the federal government now has to task the EPA with writing new regulations on how to control this “pollution” and then implement the upgrades on all currently existing logging roads and build future roads to those specifications.

It is a good thing that there are plenty of existing homes on the market for sale, because building them just got more expensive.

Lastly, some anti-mining/drilling activists got together and sued to stop the State of Idaho from issuing hauling permits to Conoco and Exxon so that the companies can move their mining/drilling equipment down Hwy 12.

And even after the state got the companies to agree to each buy $10 Million dollar bonds to cover any road repair costs and reasonable stipulations about traffic hold-ups, a 2nd District judge put a halt to the transport of the equipment.

I wonder how many jobs in Idaho are being held up so that Mother Gaia isn’t “violated” by eevviill Capitalists?

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O-Booma

Since I work in the transportation business, we got emails from the city telling us where the “bad places to be” were in relation to yesterday’s Presidential visit to Seattle.

For those to whom it is not obvious, what with Boeing being founded here, the Seattle metro area punches above its weight in regards to the number of airports. Plus, there are at least a half-dozen companies who have float plane operations in either Lake Union or Lake Washington or Elliott Bay.

I made a mad attempt to stay asleep through the supersonic flight of the pair of F-15’s and damn near made it.

Unfortunately, I did wake up. But knowing the situation north of me I quite literally opened my eyes, heard the second boom mumbled something along the lines of “someone broke the airspace rules” and rolled over and went back to sleep. After waking fully later, I learned I was right.

Btw, Obama pulled in a quick $1.3 million or so for Murray yesterday. While in town, he met with “small business owners” at a sandwich shop in Pioneer Square so that Murray’s campaign didn’t have to pay for the trip. Very small business owners: The owners of the sandwich shop, the owners of a pizzeria and the owners of an over sized B&B out on the coast.

All service industry businesses. None with more than a dozen employees. No manufacturing businesses. There were more Secret Service people there than the combined number of people these business owners employ.

And we’re supposed to believe he is “serious” about jobs. I’d bet a $5 foot long that these folks think he hasn’t gone far enough with health care, the environment, amnesty for illegals and extending unemployment benefits.

And in case you didn’t hear, it was Primary Day for us here yesterday. My man Didier didn’t make through our “top two” primary system. I do hope, however, that Rossi’s people saw how many votes Didier and Akers pulled away from him and and realize that he’ll need those to beat Murray.

I’d like for him to at least makes some promises between now and November so I don’t have to hold my nose too tight.

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Sounds tasty!

Looks stupid.

With the IQ of your standard mall cretin, maybe they’ll be selling them there soon.

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Sex Machine

Why yes, it is.

I would name mine “Fairchild”, and I don’t even like blondes.

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Now they consider Mens Rea

For a school district.

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FeralJundi’s Blog, and LMS Defense has Comics

Found this intriguing blog by a reference in the comments to one of LMS Defense’s comics. http://feraljundi.com/

Oh, and did you know that LMS Defense has comics? Good stuff, by a pretty cool defense contractor. You don’t see that every day.
http://lmsdefense.wordpress.com/

I have GOT to figure out how to post links to WordPress from Safari. Or maybe I’ll just go back to Firefox for blogging stuff. Yeah, that’s easier.

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US Litigiousness is a liability

As businesses seek foreign districts for legal work, mostly in Britain.

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RNS Quote of the Day: 08/17/10

More truisms.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

Ludwig von Mises

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