Hey, stupid...

That "white man's law" you're so contemptuous of?  It's the only thing keeping most of the freakin' country from shooting your worthless ass, and that of every other jobless, entitlement-minded, speshul snowflake sucking the life out of the productive taxpayers.  With the exception of the mainstream media, leftist politicians counting on your vote to keep you enslaved, and your thuggish, worthless peers, everybody wishes you would just stop breathing.

And when I say "everybody" I do mean everybody: white, black, red, brown, and yellow. 

Oh. My. F***ing. God.

I've heard some stupid stuff trying to get butts in the pews come Sunday morning, but this went way beyond stupid and bulldozed directly into criminal assault. 

A youth group staged a fake raid and "kidnapping" of its members (mildly injuring one fourteen year old girl, who wisely pressed charges).  Complete with "an off-duty police officer who was allegedly using a real, unloaded gun." 

Um...safety violation there.  At least two, if not all four rules, were broken, if that was the case.

I certainly hope somebody at least winds up on probation, if not in jail for a while, over this.

Would you call it a cliche or a meme?

It's no longer just the Obamas blaming a Bush for everything from how much gas costs to how fat the First Wookie's ass happens to be.  Now, news network hosts are getting into the action.  Granted, it's not the same Bush, but it's beginning to get a little tiresome.

In the same category as suing McDonalds for having hot coffee...

Someone needs to tell this lady that what she wants to sue Apple over is less grounds for a lawsuit, and more grounds for failblog. 

Amen to that.

I've waited to weigh in on the Zimmerman/Martin thing, mostly because the first reports made it seem like cold-blooded, race-motivated murder, perpetrated by a CCW permit holder.  

Yet the cops didn't make an arrest, and the DA didn't charge.  As a CCW holder myself, that made me suspicious.  Most people in law enforcement hold us to a higher standard than they do people who do not have a concealed carry permit.  We are told--repeatedly and loudly--that we must deescalate potential conflicts, that we cannot take offense at things like we would like to, that we should not engage in arguments, because if we argue, and then someone pulls a knife, we may be justified in drawing a gun, but we're also possibly open to charges of manslaughter for inciting a fight that we end with a kill.

Was Zimmerman stupid for following a suspicious black kid after the 911 dispatcher told him not to?  Yes.  Was he even more stupid for getting out of his vehicle because he couldn't see the kid anymore?  Absolutely.  Does that take away his right to defend himself from a younger, fitter, larger, stronger, and more aggressive adversary, one that already had him down and beating him?

No.  He's going to regret his stupid decisions for the rest of his life, but he had every right to defend his life with deadly force.

So why all the frothing at the mouth?

I can see a few reasons: first, Zimmerman was portrayed as a mall-ninja cop wannabe, just waiting for his chance to kill a bad guy, rather than a concerned individual on a neighborhood watch that just happened to have a concealed carry permit.  And they're trying to paint us all with the same brush.

Second, Zimmerman was portrayed as a white man shooting a little black boy.  This could be used to flog the racial tension up to the flash over point (as it has--the New Black Panthers have put a bounty on Zimmerman).

Unfortunately for the mainstream media outlets spinning the story to try to create a crisis for our less-than-benevolent-overseers to take advantage of, we are no longer limited to the information they distort and try to spoon feed us.  We have access to, and the ability to use, the internet to find the actual facts the mainstream media try so hard to bury. 

However, there is still a preponderance of idiots that buy what the media is selling, and get outraged about it.  And that permits race baiters like the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the Reverend Al Sharpster--er, Sharpton (sorry about that), to whip up their extralegal supporters into placing a bounty on the head of an American citizen.

That is not a good precedent.  Especially if someone takes them up on that bounty, and gets a slap on the wrist.

So, what do we do?  Simple.  Reply in kind.  An Ordinary American proposes that

a bounty be put on the head of every single active member of the New Black Panthers. And if a member of the black community itself turns one of these racist alpha-hotels in, then I propose the reward be tripled.

Never forget that such groups like the New Black Panthers, the Ku Klux Klowns, Aryan Nazikooks and other race-baiting hate-groups exist to divide--not unite.

I think he is spot on in what should be done, and why.  What he did not explicitly state, but is implicit in the proposal, is that this is spawned and reinforced by tribalism, and by the predator/prey mentality that understands nothing but retaliation in kind, with enough escalation to discourage future stupidity, as well as cash incentives to break free from that tribal mentality.

On the nature of faith...

I do not believe God exists, nor do I believe He cares about us, nor yet that He sent His only Son to die to cleanse our sins so that we may go back to Him when we die.

I don't believe any of that.  I know it.  I know it to the depths of the damaged soul I have. 

And my soul is very damaged.  I am not a good person.  I am not a civilized person.  I do not understand the "rules," not on an instinctive level like most understand them.  I have to think about a situation, think about the rules, and think about how and why the rule works in the situation in question.  I never quite understand why other people act the way they do, not in moral or "Good Samaritan" situations, where someone is helping or protecting a complete and total stranger, or their belongings. 

I fully understand the morals and motivations behind the criminals that prey on others.  I share them, in large part. 

Let me explain: I do not look at people who I do not know and love as brothers and sisters in Christ.  I can't.  I've tried.  I tend to judge them by how I think they'll react in certain situations.  I'm glad to be off campus because most of my colleagues are sheep--they're kind, for the most part, but think that evil doesn't exist, think that sociopaths can be reformed, and think that no matter what crime was committed, once jail time is served, the person should be released with no restrictions (except for that nasty one about gun ownership--and they tend to think that everyone should be restricted, there.  It works so well in Chicago, and in Washington, D.C.).  In a campus shooting, they'd either huddle down and hope the shooter doesn't go looking for victims, or they'd be running around like headless chickens and getting in the way of first responders, during and after the emergency. 

They're weak.  Prey, even.  I tend to sympathize more with the predator--I'm a high-functioning sociopath (meaning I at least understand what I don't understand, and can follow rules when they make sense intellectually), and a lot of predators aren't.  They don't understand anything but strength and weakness. 

Many of my friends are the same.  I like many of them, but look at most and consider how much punishment they could take before ceasing to function as self-propelled sandbags.  They're prey.  Not predators.  Not even sheepdogs. 

This is not a Christian world view.  I remember being different when I was very small--before the family courts handed my sister and me to our abuser, gift wrapped and tied with red tape.  I wasn't born damaged, but broken young.  God did not make me this way.  I don't blame Him for my shortcomings.

Sometimes, though, I can't help but blame Him for letting it happen.

Most people who've been abused lose their belief in God and His love.  I certainly understand why they do.  I lost my belief.  Like I said earlier, I know He's there.  I never would have survived my childhood without Him holding me in the palm of His hand.

The Bible speaks of faith, and how holding your faith in the face of trials is difficult, at best.  It speaks of that faith as being the foundation of the grace of forgiveness.  It speaks of how you're no less forgiven if you can't quite hang onto that faith, but without faith, you tend to turn away from that forgiveness. 

Sometimes, I'm not sure that the knowledge that He's there and cares is good enough.  But I keep trying--not to be a good person, because that I can't do, but to follow His rules.

What the f***ing hell???

Okay, I can see the city approving a permit for a new strip club.  That neither surprises me nor bothers me.  Nor does it surprise or bother me that they licensed it for right next door to a convent/school--I'd imagine that most of the operational time would not be during school hours.

What shocks the hell out of me is that the owner/builder/investor thinks it's a good idea to build there.  I mean, how much business does he think he can afford to lose?

Judging by those of you who've clicked on that blue follower button (thanks again, everyone!), about 2/3 of my readers are guys.  Say you were the type to visit strip clubs.  Say you were excited about a new one opening up.  Say you went to go check it out.

Would you be willing to actually go into said strip club under the eyes of disapproving penguins?

I'm neither a guy, nor Catholic, but I can't help but think that would put a damper on any possibility of festivities.     

It really takes a lot of courage to taunt people whose entire job is protecting them.

No, really--do you know how many dog attacks are caused by people taunting them?  What makes this bunch of ground apes think that the cops they're taunting (really?  really??  a donut on a stick and string?  can they be any less original in their mocking?) won't wind up turning on them?  Yeah, they may not own a car right now, might not even have their drivers' licenses...but all the cops I've ever known have long memories for insults, and most people like that tend to ignore traffic laws.  I wonder if someone can be driven into bankruptcy by repeated traffic violations tickets?

In the meantime, I wonder how many emergency calls that particular pack of ground apes make, and how long it's going to start taking to get a response?  I wonder how quick cops will respond to calls made on them? 

And I wonder how long it's going to be before the nightsticks come out.

Electable?

Only by a Fluke.  No one on earth would take the stupid bint seriously.  I mean, really--adults provide for their own contraception.  Children expect their parents or other people to provide for them.

FFOT: Pests...

You know, I was never one of those kids that took the magnifying glass outside and focused it on ant hills.  I thought it was cruel.

I begin to understand and sympathize with the sadistic little bastards that do, now.

(Warning:  LOTS of F-bombs below the fold)

Behold...

The North American Ground Ape.  

• I'd be willing to bet that the reason this one wasn't flinging her own feces at the professor and classmates was because she was constipated.

• This one did what monkeys tend to, climbed on top of something high, and screeched and screamed down at people below him.   

• And, like all social animals, the group tries to bully individuals it perceives as members into following the group's mores. 

• We've already established that the North American Ground Ape tends to sh!t where they eat.  

Note that most of these were of the Fishbelly Variety of North American Ground Ape, rather than the Chocolate Variety.

Yet another lesson Occupidots need to learn:

Don't sh!t where you eat.  Literally--the van used to transport it had also been used to haul food.

What does Islam and the Occupy movement have in common?

Both lie through their teeth when they claim to be peaceful movements.

I would bet that the main difference is that the Occupidiots individually have less physical courage when it comes to personal martyrdom than do the sand lice that inhabit the Middle East.

Note to self...

No cheap, knock-together, Wal-Mart special bookcases around small children.  Mine yanked the shelves down on themselves, and wound up nearly pulling it apart.  In less than 24 hours.

They do, however, make great pantry-style storage in kitchens.

Speaking of such...has anyone ever seen a dining table where the drop-leaves are on the long sides?  I have Odysseus's grandmother's dining table.  The thing is about six feet long, and a bit shy of four feet wide.  With the leaves dropped, it's about two feet wide.   It doesn't just dominate our thirteen by fourteen foot kitchen, it takes up most of the space in it.  Add in a drag-it-to-the-sink dishwasher, and the kitchen seems even smaller.

At least, it does until you try to de-clutter and clean it.  I've been working on it for about five hours straight, and it's still not quite done, though it is far better than it was. 

Tomorrow's project?  The living room.  It's a toddler-created disaster area. 

Spring Break?  What's that?  Oh, yeah...time to catch up on the housework I let go while I was working on grading my two classes, and one of my colleague's two online classes.  And chasing children. 

I think it's time for a drink.  I've bloody earned it. 

"But all the cool kids have one!!!"

Seriously, why else would the IRS need a SWAT team?  Tax evaders don't tend to be the most violent of criminals--rather, they tend to serve in Presidential cabinets. 

About time these dimwits got slapped down for infringing on private property rights.

Average citizen 1, EPA 0. 

It's about time these sanctimonious rectally-invasive trespassing bureaucrats got slapped down for telling people they couldn't build on their own property. 

If the EPA wants to block a build, they need to be required to purchase the property at twice market value.  They should not be allowed to issue enforceable injunctions against building on private property.

Only in Chicago...

Best advice for individuals living in Chicago: LEAVE!!!  RUN for your very LIVES!!! 

Why?  Because the place is becoming backwards-land, where people can't stop to offer help for fear of scaring the people they're trying to help into calling the police.  True quote: "Police maintain that if Peterson was worried about the welfare of the girls, he should have called 911."

Sorry, but I don't ever want to live in a place like that.  What if I actually needed help?  Potential Good Samaritans would be too afraid I'd call the cops on them to help me.  And even if they called the cops, it would more than likely be too late for me, given their draconian and unconstitutional view on concealed carry. 

So...what is "proper procedure" in a case like that?

Officer Dion Anthony, of the Memphis Police Department (if they'll still claim him) was caught having sex in his squad car.  He somehow managed to broadcast his...recreational activities...over his radio.  According to a department spokesperson, "In this instance it‘s possible [Anthony] didn’t follow proper procedure."

What exactly is proper procedure for that?  Negotiating the act before engaging?  Maybe making sure the prostitute knows that he'll release her afterwards?  Maybe putting a casing on the sausage, first?  Finding the right orifice before getting started, so that his happy-fun-time doesn't get broadcast to anyone with a police scanner?

Or maybe, I don't know, not having sex in the squad car while he's on duty???

The Underpants Gnomes model to nationalizing economic prioductivity

1.  Draft an executive order on a Friday afternoon.

2.??????

3.  Declare martial law and seize private corporations for "national defense...stuff," leading to... A SOCIALIST UTOPIA!!!


Oh, you think I'm exaggerating?  There are provisions to

assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel;

In other words, who's got the biggest production lines, and is making the most money?  Who would be best (most profitable) to seize first?  And what have they got that the government can seize?

"But HH, what has that got to do with nationalization?  And socialism?"

From the horse's rear's mouth, this is supposed to "provide for the central coordination of the plans and programs incident to authorities and functions delegated under this order, and provide guidance to agencies assigned functions under this order, developed in consultation with such agencies..."  Central coordination and economic planning = socialist market.  In other words, the market isn't allowed to be responsive to what consumers want.  You can have what Big Brother tells you that you can have.

"But HH, aren't you being a little alarmist and extreme?  Surely they wouldn't go that far..."

Again, yes, they would.  There are plans in place, articulated by that executive order that was carefully scheduled to be overlooked by the media, to restrict everything from basic necessities to medical care to luxuries to travel to energy usage.

(1)  the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2)  the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3)  the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4)  the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5)  the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6)  the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

"But HH, how in the hell can anyone restrict and ration our access to all that?  This is a big country, after all..."

Tell me this doesn't sound like raising a private army that isn't bound by the Posse Comitatus Act:

Sec. 501.  National Defense Executive Reserve.  (a) In accordance with section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), there is established in the executive branch a National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER) composed of persons of recognized expertise from various segments of the private sector and from Government (except full time Federal employees) for training for employment in executive positions in the Federal Government in the event of a national defense emergency.

(b)  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue necessary guidance for the NDER program, including appropriate guidance for establishment, recruitment, training, monitoring, and activation of NDER units and shall be responsible for the overall coordination of the NDER program.  The authority of the President under section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), to determine periods of national defense emergency is delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

To translate from bureaucratese, this basically says that the President can create a federal branch of the Reserves from people with training in critical areas, for deployment by the President and by the Secretary of Homeland Security.  And yes, there will be recruitment, and training, of said reserves.  I would assume that a "national defense emergency" means whatever the President says it does. 

"But HH, if they're talking about recruitment, doesn't that mean it's a voluntary organization?  Won't that mean people will know what's going on and just...I don't know, not volunteer?"

You'd think that, wouldn't you?  However, there also seem to be provisions for keeping an eye on the labor pool, with a possible eye toward drafting anyone Big Brother deems necessary:

Sec. 601.  Secretary of Labor.  (a)  The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other agencies, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall:

(1)  collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal of the Nation's workforce needs for purposes of national defense;

(2)  upon request by the Director of Selective Service, and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, assist the Director of Selective Service in development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of persons for duty in the armed services;

(3)  upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order, consult with that agency with respect to:  (i) the effect of contemplated actions on labor demand and utilization; (ii) the relation of labor demand to materials and facilities requirements; and (iii) such other matters as will assist in making the exercise of priority and allocations functions consistent with effective utilization and distribution of labor;

(4)  upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order:  (i) formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and (ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements and promote necessary and appropriate training programs; and

(5)  develop and implement an effective labor management relations policy to support the activities and programs under this order, with the cooperation of other agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the National Mediation Board, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

 (b)  All agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor, upon request, for the purposes of this section, to the extent permitted by law.

In other words, Big Brother is saying, "Be good little proles and volunteer, or we'll fucking draft you."

My dear brother and sister citizens of the United States of America...we are well and truly fucked.  Executive orders stand until subsequent executive orders rescind them.  I cannot see either Romney or Santorum rescinding this order.

Looks like a probable win for the Underpants Gnomes.

ADDENDUM: Let me make a request of all who read this (few though there are): even if you don't link my blog post, please link and make noise about the executive order.  The only reason this was signed and issued on Friday is to make sure it wouldn't catch public attention.  Let's at least make sure he can't accomplish that much.

Another argument against drugging children into somnolence

Apparently, those children who are easily distracted have minds and memories that work on a higher level than their peers, according to recent studies.

So, instead of drugging them into shambling sleepwalkers, how 'bout we admit that some children need harder, faster curricula than their peers?  How about we give them that challenge, and see if we can take all (or most) of the ADD/ADHD diagnoses and turn them into the next Tolkien or Bronte or Milton.  Or possibly Tesla or Einsteins or Smith .

Hell, I'd be thrilled with another Sowell, Williams, Hanson, or Regan.

But no--that would be suggesting that some children are sub-par, and/or that some parents aren't doing right by their children.  It might well not be possible with the current trend of public education to not only cater to but actively recruit the lowest common denominator to teach our children.  I suppose it probably isn't possible for a teacher to adequately challenge a child that is far smarter than the teacher.