Linoge Gets an Education

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Alaska

on shipping ammunition to himself, via UPS.

Phil, (and the various Boomershoot gunbloggers under the tent) take note.

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With this list of sponsors

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Phil Kadath

You know it can’t be good

Jacki Schechner, minor co-blogger at Jumpin’ John Aravosis’ ineptly named AmericaBlog, is moving on to other things. She probably sees them as bigger and better, but they’re just simply frightening.

Health Care for America Now, is the name of the organization where she is now the new Director of Communications. They’re basically a lobbying group who will be spending the rest of the year “pushing to guarantee the first order of business for the new President and Congress is quality, affordable health care for all of us.”

Here is the list of organizations on HCAN’s steering committee

ACORN, AFSCME, Americans United for Change, Campaign for America’s Future, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Center for Community Change, MoveOn, NEA, National Women’s Law Center, Planned Parenthood, SEIU, UFCW, and USAction.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little just typing those in.

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Justice Can Be Slow

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Phil Kadath

But it does eventually get around to its job, as Stefan Sharkansky points out here, Todd McGuire, a bigwig Democrat activist in Jefferson County (think Port Townsend) has finally had felony charges dropped on him for voting on his wife’s ballot while she was out of the country during a February special election in 2007.

I wish I could say that we’re gonna see him do the perp walk, but he has simply been sent a summons, so that option is entirely up to him.

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Everybody, Take Cover

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Rumor has it that Mr. BigHopeyChangey will be visiting a NASCAR event.

And we all know that that means what will be next on his “I’m just like you gun and religion clinger types” tour, right?

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And the people, they did rejoice!

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Phil Kadath

In 2004, the King County Council passed a new set of land use regulations titled The Critical Areas Ordinance that severely limited what tens of thousands of property owners could do with developing their property.

Basically, if you owned between 1.25 and 5 acres, you had to leave 50% of your property covered in its “natural vegetation”. No big yards, no gravel driveways or parking areas, definitely no concrete slabs or structures. It was 35% if you owned more than five acres.

This sent land prices skyrocketing within the county and sent many more people outside of it to buy property.

It was done as blanket protection for streams, creeks and other items the County Council deemed “critical”.

And yesterday, a three judge panel of the Washington State Appellate court unanimously tossed the ordinance out on its ear, stating that the county can only regulate specific areas pertaining to specific developments. No blanket ordinances allowed.

King County Executive, Ron “Tax to the Max” Sims had this to say

“We are still researching what today’s decision means for King County residents and government,” Sims said in the statement. “We will work with our attorneys to carefully review the decision and determine our next steps. One possible unintended consequence to this decision is that some property owners may face higher restrictions than those currently in place.”

There were five individual landowners involved with The Citizen’s Alliance for Property Rights who brought the suit.

I’ve got a fiver that says these folks will have a tough time getting permits.

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A Lack of Reason

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Phil Kadath

In the UK where they have a black hole somewhere near Swindon that seems to suck all the reason out of the country

The Government has announced it will review knife sentencing guidelines as police continue to question five people in relation to the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend.

Two men aged 22 and 18, two teenage boys aged 16 and 17, and a 16-year-old girl are being held at south London police stations in connection with the teenager’s death.

Sentencing guidelines, due to come into force next month, state that knife possession can be punished with a fine in the least serious cases, but Justice Secretary Jack Straw said this would be re-examined.

“It’s not a U-turn,” he said. “We will be talking to other ministers about it and we will make an announcement.”

Meanwhile David Cameron has called on the Government to toughen up on knife crime.

The Conservative Party leader now says anyone found carrying a knife should be jailed.

Last month the Prime Minister said everyone, from the age of 16 upwards, should be prosecuted for carrying a knife, but there was no mention of an automatic prison sentence.

That is not tough enough for Mr Cameron.

“I don’t believe that the Government’s ‘presumption to prosecute’ is enough.

“It doesn’t send a strong enough signal. We need a ‘presumption to prison’.”

And, in an interview with The Sun, he said: “We have to send the strongest possible message that carrying a knife is completely unacceptable in Britain, end of subject.”

He went on: “It is not a minor offence. There is no excuse for carrying a knife when you walk out of your door.”

It sounds to me as though I have plenty of reasons to carry a defensive weapon when I leave my house: All the yobs you can’t keep locked up because your ideas about sentencing high crimes is out of whack. Especially now when you want to make it a felony to carry a utility tool on your person.

And I know that the “conservative” party are basically our Democrats, but even with the release of Heller I haven’t heard something so outrageous escape the Dems mouths as of late (not that they don’t think it).

I am gleefully awaiting the announcement from the Home Office about how all rocks more than two inches in diameter will be collected next Thursday at noon.

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In the spirit of Monty Python’s King Arthur

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Running away is now considered the proper thing for Londoners to do

Boris Johnson urged people to walk away if they see a crime committed rather than risk their own lives.

The London mayor admitted he would tell his own children to “look after themselves” rather than play Good Samaritan to a victim.

Just last year, he called on people to “take a risk” and tackle thugs, saying the chance of being stabbed was “microscopic”.

But Mr Johnson revealed a “very nice ex-jailbird” recently warned him: “If you see a fight in the street, don’t risk it, someone might have a knife.”

He said: “I’m afraid that may sound like a lack of public spirit if someone is being badly attacked.

“But if I was giving advice to my kids and there was a bar brawl it would be to look after themselves.

“Everybody is shocked by the level of violence we are seeing, particularly towards young people, and we must all work as hard as we can to reverse this dreadful trend.”