- The “scariest search engine on the Internet” could be ripe for some mayhem in the
right wrong hands. Borepatch has more.
- Hey, if our children really belong to the state, or the “community” or whatever, doesn’t that mean everybody else ought to have to buy them their expensive sneakers and put up with them when they’re having a case of the raging hormones? Just — boom! — hand ’em off to some random bureaucrat or neighbor for a while whenever they get a little out of hand. “Whaddaya mean, you won’t take Maddie Mae and Jacob? They’re your kids as much as they’re mine, aren’t they? Here! I’ll be back to get them when I darned well feel like it.”
- Testimony on gun rights from a survivor of communism: “You don’t know what freedom is because you’ve never lost it.”
- Confiscation: And so it begins (in NY). I shudder when I hear friends say, “I’m for gun rights; but they should take guns from the mentally ill.” Be careful what you wish for.
- I don’t know whether these parents really did anything to lose custody of their kids. But the more I read of this story, the more it sounds like 1992-3 all over again, when being “anti-government” was all the justification needed for killing parents and their kids. Fleeing to Cuba for freedom. That’s rich; I hope they find it. (H/T RC from comments)
- Could cops end up on our side, after all? This largish poll on their attitudes about “gun control” sounds hopeful. (H/T JW from comments)
Re Shodan: “A bigger issue is that many of these devices shouldn’t even be online at all. Companies will often buy systems that can enable them to control, say, a heating system with a computer. How do they connect the computer to the heating system? Rather than connect them directly, many IT departments just plug them both into a Web server, *INADVERTENTLY* sharing them with the rest of the world.” [My emphasis]
Why wouldn’t the IT departments know this? Don’t they understand their own electronic connections? (And who is setting up and training these departments?)
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The testimony from the survivor of communism was quite moving. I hope – though doubt – that the assembly members truly heard him.
“Rather than connect them directly, many IT departments just plug them both into a Web server, *INADVERTENTLY* sharing them with the rest of the world.”
Haha, yes I also had a laugh. That is not a description of anything an ‘IT Department’ would do, even the laughably ignorant ones. Its also quite technically inaccurate, but I think we’re used to that kind of reporting.
So… if everyone’s children belong to the state … and everyone is responsible for all those children … waitaminnit…
But I don’t have children. I use protection or keep my fly zipped. This means I’m on the hook for child support without ever getting the good part.
Clearly all those mothers should be retroactively required to have sex with me. Just to be fair.
I care less about what cops “believe” than what they do. And I’ve seen enough of their actions to know I don’t trust them to do the right thing. I just don’t care for cops.
Kent McManigal, I just don’t care for cops either.
That got me to thinking about a prior comment about getting a new job if cutting expenses and such isn’t enough to get ahead or stay afloat.
Which jobs and industries should Freedomistas avoid?
I’ve read elsewhere that the focus should be, any job is ok, as long as it does not make the goberment more efficient, or so long as funds are diverted to pay you vs. funding the war machine.
But then…
Working for companies such as say, Caterpillar, is wrong?
Working for companies that supply Caterpillar with parts, is wrong?
Working for gun manufacturers that sell and specifically market to the military and law enforcement, is wrong?
Discounts for seniors at restaurants and such kind of irks me, seeing the same kind of pitch to law enforcer’s makes me feel ill.
It’s great that some gun manufacturers do not sell to goberments which deny The People the ability to purchase the very same guns, yet they still generally sell to law enforcement. It’s something I’m having difficulty following, I guess.
I frequently see what looks like very large wings for drones going down the Interstate (maybe they’re for something else, idk) is it wrong to work for those trucking companies doing the hauling of drones?
Being a Freedomista certainly is not easy.
Perhaps the CO commentators can shed more light on this: http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/04/09/following-suit-more-than-half-of-colorados-sheriffs-join-lawsuit-to-overturn-gun-laws/
I see a few are outlying (that is, away from Denver) sections that are still rather rural (or spread out more than the big cities). And I’ve read they they did get a few together for their own little rally (across the street) when Obama was in town recently. Personally, I am wary of anything police do – but maybe we need all the help we can get when it comes to pushing back the gun control absurdities.
[Could cops end up on our side, after all?]
Sort of.
1. Back in 2004 Congress was debating the LEO national reciprocity law. The Brady folks and VPC were all, “No. We can’ trust off-duty officers with guns. They’ll shoot innocent people and cost cities billions in liability.” Street cops from back then remember that crap. They know which side the anti-gun folks are really on.
2. Cops know that sooner or later they’ll retire or change jobs and become “civilians.” They don’t want to lose their RKBA.
3. Cops have spouses, children, and parents, and want them able to protect themselves.
4. A lot of cops are realizing that civilian gun/magazine/ammo sales are 95% of the market. If that goes away, their expenses will go trough the roof. Just tracking serial-numbered magazines will be a supply nightmare.
5 There’s a You-Tube video I don’t have time to look up right now that shows a line of British police forced to back away from rioters because their government won’t give them the tools to do their jobs. That impressed the hell out of several cops I know. “See,” I said. “Gun control. If-he-wants-your-wallet-give-him-your-wallet theory. Slippery slope.”
It’s in the cops’ best interest to protect our RKBA, and most street cops understand that.
“all the help we can get”
“[Could cops end up on our side, after all?] Sort of.”
Hmm, did you two see/read this one?:
That 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy of Yours?
He’ll take your guns, says David Hathaway, a former supervisory DEA Agent.
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/hathaway3.1.1.html
I know two guys from my youth who became cops. They fit that jig to a T. They’ll say screw the rest, it’s the paycheck and the company they keep that matters. After all, like most statist, they love the goberment more than their own families.
I imagine it’s mostly the same most everywhere else, no matter what they say, it’s what they do in the moment that matters.
If there’s an exception, I’d like to know about it.
So far, I’ve yet to read or hear of one.
YMMV I suppose. If so, good for you.
The transition from Dodo birds and peace officers to, now there’s only hawks and law enforcers, incrementally.
I mean, I’d like to believe there are such things as peace officers, but lately all I see are monsters around every bend in the road.
I keep being reminded of the description and title of this bit:
The American Police State vs. Little Boys
Paul Craig Roberts on how things change out from under us.
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/04/20/how-things-change-out-from-under-us/
Goodnight, Irene
http://audio.wben.com/a/73353495/bauerle-with-the-tresmonds.htm
Was looking exactly like back door confiscation was starting, then they said “Oops, we got the wrong guy. Give him his guns back” a couple days after this story goes viral.
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/erie/police-wrongly-pulled-mans-gun-permit
maybe a trial balloon, and it got popped by the light of day?
RE: the idea about getting a new job if cutting expenses and such isn’t enough to get ahead or stay afloat:
“We’re in a situation where we’ve been operating for 500 years in a financial model. I call it the Central Banking Warfare model. So imagine if an entire global society is doing the waltz and we think we need to change to the tango. Well, you know if everybody’s doing one dance it’s not so easy for one person to change. So we’re in a situation where real change is something not in any one of our control…
When you have an entire society running around pretending in an official story that’s not true and engineering and rigging all sorts of things and behaving as a criminal enterprise – a criminal enterprise does not optimize total wealth in an economy. So if we’re managing the country like it’s a scene from “Animal House” we’re not going to end up happy and wealthy.” …
http://thedailybell.com/28967/Catherine-Austin-Fitts-Solari-Stories-A-State-of-Amusement
Watch the video for me (if you want to) I haven’t the time today and her stuff seems pretty good.
The following link has nothing to do with the wednesday links that Claire posted, but has a lot to do with freedom and growing poverty in our society.
It is a tough read, will tug at heart strings and make you sad and angry.
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-tunnel-people-that-live-under-the-streets-of-america
Part (a HUGE part) of all this butthurt about gun control is the existential dread we feel at being legally disarmed and which is quite reasonable. The other part, which is worse IMO, is the preciousness that many gun owners feel about what are after all soulless metal/plastic machines. “But my dad/grampa/best friend gave me that .22/deer rifle/old war trophy/ service pistol!” they say. Sheesh. Do they say that about their first ball-peen hammer, screw driver set, or power saw? Or do they use them maintain and then finally dispose of them when they are used up? I thought so. No sentiment about those tools.
After the first AWB back in ’94 I sold off, traded, or gave away every single gun I had. I took the money and reassembled a stash of self defense tools via cash-only private purchases and I made it a point to only go by price, parts/accessories being plentiful/ and ditto with caliber. Now if I have to blast somebody or something, I can toss the used tool into the river or down a well or whatever. Who cares if the authorities find it? It’s a used tool that served its purpose and has been discarded. Just sayin’.
Don’t love things that can’t love you back, eh?
Re: Matt, another’s link –
Too bad that story didn’t touch on how many there are with college degrees. I meet more degreed homeless people than I ever have “drunk/stoned/insane” homeless people.
Those with agendas want everyone to still think of the old stereotypes when it comes to this subject. It’s part of the “control.”
I read the other day about the guy in Maine who lived in the woods for 27 years and got caught for stealing. Of course he’s now in jail. And all those people they shoo-ed out of KC’s tunnels? Where did they go? – yeah, there’s the other problem: there is no follow up for people in that situation. But hey, the officials took care of the tunnel problem – *sarcasm*.
Bear: Hey, let me know if that line ever works for you. 😉
naturegirl: As far as it goes, on its own, I applaud those sheriffs for taking a stand against this law. I suspect there’s a good chance the courts will throw it out, based on being overly broad and vague. Whether a group of sheriffs have standing in court is another question, and I don’t know what CO constitutional law states on that point. But, on the “good cop” front, I also have to remind myself that these men (and women?) are also likely in favor of enforcing quite a few other laws, e.g. drug use and zoning.
Those with agendas want everyone to still think of the old stereotypes when it comes to this subject.
Yup. The powers that be keep trying to solve the “homelessness problem.” Trouble is that homelessness isn’t a problem, it’s a symptom. Some homeless are mentally ill, some are addicted, some are unemployed, some just don’t want the responsiblility of a home, and some have other reasons. The solutions are very different.
Jed – I’m assuming they elect sheriffs there? And they would also have to reside in the area they serve?
ng: As far as I know, yes, the sheriffs are elected. I assume a residency requrement too. I do remember yard signs etc. from when I lived in Jefferson County. Not so much where I live now, but there’s not much visible politics in my neighborhood. After Columbine, there was quite a bit of controversy around Sheriff Stone, including a recall effort, which I think didn’t come to anything.
So, if you’re thinking there’s a political element in the actions of this bunch, you might be right. The rural counties tend towards conservatism.
The cops’ stance is not all that difficult to understand if you look at it from their point of view, try to see the incentives they face. Really, how many are buds with Feinstein and Shumer? Not the sort of people they’d admire.
I don’t trust cops either Kent, but that’s almost because I don’t trust anybody I don’t know. Cops are a bit more suspect too, but that doesn’t mean they have any incentive to love Washington DC.
Cops have no problem taking lowlifes down, but when it comes to doing the same with ordinary people, or with ex military who know how to kill a man-sized silhouette at 500 yards, I suspect they will refrain, for the most part. First cop who gets shot by some old duffer who has nothing to lose, trying to take duffer’s guns, will help the others rethink gun confiscations.
Finally, ignoring the incentives, cops may well believe in RKBA. It’s not that difficult to believe.
Another bit about getting a new job if cutting expenses and such isn’t enough to get ahead or stay afloat:
Why a single mom is better off with a $29,000 job and welfare than taking a $69,000 job
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/04/why-single-mom-is-better-off-with-29000.html