What a couple of boneheads these two.

Scott Knight of Chaska, MN PD “I certainly was not willing to turn those over to the public.”

And Lt David Whitlock, Colorado Springs, CO PD “The other [reason] is not introducing another weapon into the community."

Just two more elitist cops who refuse to acknowledge an armed citizenry is THEIR best defense.

Study after study proves More Guns, Less Crime.

Back in June I heard a brief story regarding Hal Turner a radio talk show host, white supremacist, holocaust denier, etc being arrested for threatening a few federal judges.

So what, right?

Nut jobs are out there.

As the evidence comes out it looks like, at least part of the time he was spewing his nonsense, he was getting paid by the FBI to do it.

I don’t have a problem with the idea of an FBI informant but at what point does your informant become an instigator?

If a guy goes to a Klan or ACORN meeting and manages to insinuate himself into the group that organized or leads the meeting and is able to learn of illegal activities and reports it back to his FBI handlers, great!! Crime solved or maybe even prevented.

When, the so called informant is the guy leading the meeting that seems to have crossed the line into instigating.

The feds paid this guy to do what he was doing. They knew what he was saying, the record is out there.

“Prosecutors have acknowledged that Turner was an informant who spied on radical right-wing organizations.”

A little investigative work shows Turner was saying the same types of things while on the FBI payroll.

It seems that you are only committing a crime when the FBI stops paying you to do it.

This isn’t a defense of Hal Turner, rather an indictment of the FBI and Federal Justice System.

We have all these liberals running around talking about how Rush or Sean or Glenn are inciting violence when the guys who are actually inciting violence are on the federal payroll.

How many people giving speeches at Tea Parties and urging people to action were on the federal payroll as “informants?”

Michael Ostrolenk “Starting this year, Americans will have to get government approval to travel by air. As Privacy Journal revealed last fall, henceforth "Permission Now Needed to Travel Within U.S." Getting a reservation and checking-in for air travel will soon require Transportation Security Administration authorization.”

Robert Nozick quoted on American Thinker “I like to think that intellectual honesty demands that, at least occasionally, we go out of our way to confront strong arguments opposed to our views.  How else are we to protect ourselves from continuing error?”

Barack Obama quoted by Rockwell “They do it all the time. If you think about it, UPS and Fed-Ex are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's always having problems.... there is nothing inevitable about this somehow destroying the private marketplace. As long as it is not set up where the government is being subsidized by the taxpayers so that even if they are providing a good deal, we keep having to pony up more and more money.”

BrianR “Let’s look at this another way: I have a right to own a Porsche. I can't afford a Porsche. How do I get the government to buy a Porsche for me?”

GunnyG “RINO/Bluebloods want to go along with change if it suits their purpose, i.e., lining their pockets, staying in power, and rolling over for the libs as necessary.”

Joseph Ashby “It is not working because of two basic truths. First, government does not have money that it first has not taken away from the people, so if the government spends more, the people necessarily spend less. Second, government (which does not earn the money it spends) will never spend as wisely as individuals who have earned the money themselves.”

ValiantForTruth “If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have a real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.”

Rosslyn Smith “The entire Republican establishment has lost a large section of the public for some time now. The elected officials did it by refusing to limit spending. The pundit class has done it by has largely showing themselves to be both obsessed with style over substance and forever ceding the shape of the debate to the Democrats and the mainstream media.”

At the RightOnline conference in Pittsburgh the final panel had some discussion of why we need to elect leftist Republicans (RINOS). The panel seemed in agreement that it was more important to gain control of the senate or the house than it was to be ideologically pure. I disagree and the corporate ethics problem as well as political history backs me up.

First, a little corporate history, unlike many on the right I do have a problem with Big Business. First they go Big and Multi-National and then they forget where they came from.

Second they quickly become focused on this year's bottom line and worry less about the mid to long term future. This lack of foresight is what puts them in the position of needing bailouts.

Combine the first issue with the second and you essentially have massive multi-national corporations that are on the one hand begging the US taxpayer for a bailout while on the other hand having absolutely no loyalty to the US as a nation. The nation that allowed them to be what they are. GM and Chrysler both looked at bailouts from the EU if I recall correctly. Is there anybody thinking GM or AIG or Citi cares about or has significant loyalty to the US?

Finally as Erick’s Diary, and the comments in it, point out they begin using our money (from Product sales) to directly oppose what we stand for. The left knows how to organize a real boycott of those who oppose them. The right? We just keep funding and supporting the companies that fund the left. Sometimes you get exactly what you deserve.

Let Arlen Spector be a Republican if it means we get control or let Jim Jeffords be a Republican if it means we get control. So we just held our nose and let them be Republicans and we didn't primary them and in return they showed their loyalty when the chips were down and we actually needed them right? Most here know, of course, when the chips were down; Jeffords handed the Senate to the Democrats and Arlen handed the filibuster proof majority to the Democrats.  Are we going to be foolish enough to think Snow wouldn’t do the same? Short term gain means long term pain.

We have made the same short-sighted mistakes as Big Business; we focused short term on the bottom line instead of practicing a long term strategy. We would have been better off kicking Jeffords out by primary or general election, same with Spector. As for Spector, Jeffords, Snow, etc, they probably can't even tell you what state they are from. Those on the right in the power structure have also forgotten where they come from. Let’s be honest; for the last eight years it didn't matter much who controlled the House and Senate.

The establishment right forgot it was the little guy who wanted SMALLER, LESS INTRUSIVE government that got them elected in the first place. Part of the reason they forgot; a significant minority of their Republican colleagues never believed to begin with. Our guys were rubbing elbows with Republicans that never understood what conservative meant. It's a contagious disease. I tell my kids, "They are the company they keep," how is my senator any different?

First we had a short-sighted, win at any cost view. Second they forgot where they came from. Finally they started spending our money on stuff directly opposed to what we believe. Same story as Big Business, remember when Wal-Mart had a buy “Made in the US” policy? No I don’t oppose free trade just unfair trade.

Sometimes a football or basketball coach realizes that the old “talent” they have is just phoning it in and they are left with a choice; let a bunch of halfhearted guys win enough games to show a winning season or start trading them off for draft picks. If they trade for draft picks they know they will have a few bad seasons at minimum; but once the new guys get the hang of the big leagues they may have a shot at the playoffs.

As Biden would say, “It’s time to rebuild the team to be more patriotic. It’s time to payout more RINO’s.”

We need to get rid of the short-sighted attitude that says we must have a winning season at the expense of getting to the playoffs. We need to get rid of the RINOs that have forgotten where they came from even if it means a couple of losing seasons.

The truth, while the vast majority of the country is conservative; the right has not had 10 winning seasons in the last 100 years based on an actual roll back of the statist agenda. We keep playing defense and predictably we keep giving up ground. We spent more than 10 years in Vietnam winning the “hearts and minds,” but we still lost. It is not enough for conservatives to say we are winning the hearts and minds (the battle of ideas) or we will lose this fight too.

If we try to purify the party and fail what have we lost? When I say purify I don’t mean party line voters I mean liberty line voters. Has our current approach stopped the steady march of the statist over the last 100 years? The only serious threat to the progressives in the last 100 years was Ronald Reagan. You remember him the extremist? One man didn’t stop the march and as soon as he was gone the socialists redoubled their efforts. Maybe a serious electoral threat from Americans at a few Republican Senators and Congressman would cause them to rethink their loyalties.

Ramblings from the Right

Sowell “Perhaps the scariest aspect of our times is how many people think in talking points, rather than in terms of real world consequences.”

Dr. Anne Doig President CMA "We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize"

Coulter on Kathleen “Ole Miss” Parker "Oh, and one more thing. I was once employed by MSNBC. Speaking as an MSNBC insider, I regret to inform you: We MSNBC-ers hate the military, loathe cops, despise the South and absolutely detest Christians. No really, take it from me -- I'm an old MSNBC hand"

CincyConservative "The Democrats are furious, and are mobilizing real organized, astroturfed groups like SEIU, to oppose mainstream Americans, and as we see in Tampa and St Louis, this is going to lead to violence and further alienation of the American people."

Michelle "If, however, you are a member of Congress confronted with silly questions about whether you have read the bill, feel free to giggle."

Socrates "The right to health care implies only that the government must not interfere with our attempts to care for ourselves and others."

Patrick Bohan "As usual, Obama says the right things, but how many times has he said the right thing and turned around and did something else. Obama is good at deceiving the public and preys on gullible Americans that cling to and take his messages as gospel. It is time for Americans to stop listening to all of Obama’s words and look at his actions."

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Are you one of those deluded people who persist in the belief that you are receiving adequate healthcare?

Have you been so bold  as to speak your deranged opinions to your neighbor?

The White House wants to know.

They have setup a special email address, flag@whitehouse.gov, where your neighbors can intervene on your behalf and help the government identify you as a HealthCare Denier.

The White House wants to know so they can assist you in coming to the proper conclusions regarding how bad your healthcare really is, or will be, if you persist in your denial.

It seems like they are creating a list of early adopter volunteers for their new mental health program.

“It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.”

Was it Goebbels or Obama who said that?

Does it really matter? They all have the best of intentions for us. Even those on their enemies list will receive special care.

Don’t be a naive Neville. Peace in our time means taking the blue pill and drifting peacefully away. If you don’t want the pill these guys will have a gas chamber waiting for you.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him. Karl Marx