THIS IS THE REASON WE HAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT

When the election of "president" Barack Hussein Obama was looming, the value of firearms rose and firearms sales took off. There was much discussion on the various gun-owner's forums about what the election of Obama would mean, and of how close we were to "The Day" when we would have to either take up arms against a rogue government or in the alternative be plunged into the darkness of a statist tyranny. Serious debate was waged over such things as to whether to get an AK-47 (since it is famously reliable - let it rust shut, then kick open the bolt, load it and fire) or a semiautomatic version of the M-16 or its variants (since ammunition could be obtained by theft from Government sources if need be).

For the most part I tried to calm such talk. After all, "The Day" would mean the onset of American Civil War II; and this war would not be fought as the first one was, with one rebel government and its loyal States fielding uniformed orders of battle, as ACWI was fought in the East. ACWII would be fought more like what occurred in Kansas and Missouri during our last civil conflict. ACWII would resemble Somalia or Rwanda complete with the unspeakable butchery and horrors those conflicts engendered.

My position has always been that everyone needs to be prepared for something like this, BUT keep in mind that it is extremely unlikely to happen. After all, the Founders of our Nation put into place a system of division and separation of powers and a brilliant staggering of elections which make it all but impossible for a bunch of kooks to seize power and do irreparable damage to the Nation.

Here's a little Civics 101: The most powerful single PERSON in government is the Executive (or the Presidency). The President (currently "president" Obama) signs treaties, nominates high officials, commissions military officers, and is the Commander In Chief of the American military. BUT!

The most powerful BRANCH of government is the United States Congress. Congress can block just about anything the President wants and can force just about anything they want to past his objections. However, Congress is split into two parts. The most powerful part of the Congress is the House of Representatives. Nothing gets done without the approval of the House of Representatives, because the House must first approve ANY expenditure of money. A bill might pass both Houses for example authorizing the construction of a replica of the Colossus of Rhodes. But until the House of Representatives votes the money to actually fund it, the thing will not get done.

But no matter what the House of Representatives does, it STILL needs to get past the Senate. One hundred Senators - two from each State - can turn on MAJOR stopping power simply by refusing to shut the fuck up, and all they need is 41 motormouths. But at the same time, if the Senate wants something, they STILL need to successfully woo a majority in the House; which has more than 425 squabbling members.

The other Branch is the Judiciary, with the United States Supreme Court at the top. But judges and Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the President with "the advice and consent of the Senate"; and the House must still approve the Judiciary's budget.

And so the most powerful PERSON in the United States is subject to re-election every FOUR YEARS; and his tour of duty cannot exceed two tours of four years in elected office as President.

The most powerful House of the most powerful BRANCH of government, the House of Representatives, faces the prospect of a 100 percent turnover every TWO YEARS.

However, the Senate (which is allowed to call itself the "upper house of Congress" despite the fact that they have to beg the House of Representatives for money) only faces the election of ONE THIRD of its membership every SIX years. This means that even if the Presidency is taken by an extremist AND House winds up being overrun with extremists, there will almost assuredly be enough opposing Senators to foil attempts to pervert the government, and the extremists will either have to move so slowly that they will not accomplish their goals in two years, OR that they will have to move so fast that they will not be able to hide the jiggery-pokery from the voters, who will of course eject them in the next election.

But what would happen if one party were effectively hijacked by extremists and gained control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress - with a filibuster proof majority in the Senate?

That is what happened in November 2008. And for two years, the Democrat left sought to push through its statist agenda; and they had quite a measure of success. Then, in November of 2010, We the People had our say. And we said to the Statists:

FUCK YOU!

The writing is on the wall for the Statist Left. They are doomed in November 2012 and they damned well know it.

Now comes Governor Beverly Perdue (D-NC) to say that, um, well maybe we need to suspend the November 2012 elections. This sentiment has been voiced by more than one Obama official also.

See, folks; I have long said that the only scenario that would justify the implementation of the Second Amendment in its true intent - defense against tyranny - would be the announcement that the people holding office refused to leave and that our Constitution be suspended to allow them to stay in power. Even in that event, mechanisms exist to disabuse the powers-that-be that peculiar notion.

But in the event that the Statists are successful, it will be time for We the People to defend ourselves by main force of arms.

We must pray this contingency never comes upon us. But if it does, I am ready.

How about you??

IDIOTIC STATEMENTS BY THE LEFT

IN RECENT DAYS THE EXTREME LEFT OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS BEEN BANDYING ABOUT A LOT OF WARMED-OVER LEFTIST GARBAGE, RE-PHRASED OF COURSE TO MAKE IT SOUND TIMELY. DEMONRAT ELIZABETH WARREN, WHO IS RUNNING TO UNSEAT SCOTT BROWN AND WIN BACK THE JUNIOR SEAT IN THE SENATE FOR MASSACHUSETTS KICKED OFF THE BALL.

Warren gave a speech in which she gave a spit-flying excoriation of some unnamed "factory owner" and said: well good for you, keep a big chunk of that money you made, but also "give back" a big hunk for the rest of us who paid to educate your workers and pay for the highways you transport your product to market on and protect your business against crime and fire, etc.

Now this would be perfectly reasonable IF the factory owner were exempt from all taxes already; AND if the only people being educated were his "workers" AND if he and the other "rich" business owners were the only ones paying for and using roads and police protection, AND if Federal income taxes were the main source of all these State and local amenities.

Aside from a woman running for a seat in the United States Senate lecturing about State and local matters, Warren failed to address the issue of what an employee of the factory owner would owe HIM if that employee parlayed the work experience he had gained at the factory to find a way to create his own wealth. Elizabeth Warren is a stupid bitch and a spit-flying maniac.

Then yesterday we were treated to what was almost certainly a planted shill in a "town hall meeting" who said he was "unemployed by choice" and asked "president" Obama to please raise his taxes.

HUH??

THE IDIOT IS UNEMPLOYED!! WHAT FUCKING TAXES IS HE TALKING ABOUT??? The dude is taxing my patience, that's for sure. What he really meant was "Please raise taxes on my working neighbors". A few years ago, Arlington County, Virginia wanted to impose some kind of special tax which local governments are prohibited from imposing in the Commonwealth. In the news coverage of that item, the local TV channel had an interview with some skinny bearded foofer who lisped, "If I want to tax myself, what business is that of the State?" Hey, if he wants to tax himself, he can just send money into the general fund. Again, he wants his neighbors to pay more (probably to pay for his AIDS treatment).

But the piece d' resistance was an alleged statement by Abraham Lincoln which was purported to infer that workers are not being paid "what they are worth".

Labor is like any other commodity. It is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it. If I have two guys who want me to hire them to paint my house - both being equally competent and doing an equally good job - and one wants five hundred dollars but the other only wants two hundred; then the "worth" of the first guy is exactly one hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety nine cents.

It is really frustrating to have to explain this stuff. Are you people who follow Obama and the leftists REALLY this FUCKING STUPID?????

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER!!

I'M NOT SURE WHAT INSPIRED ME TO SEARCH YOU-TUBE FOR A VIDEO OF THE MARINE CORPS BAND PLAYING JOHN PHILIP SOUSA'S BEST-KNOWN WORK "THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER". Perhaps it is the way "president" Obama is tanking in the polls. Our Flag is a symbol of everything the Left hates and resents, and my heart has never failed to swell nor have tears ever failed to come into my eyes whenever that tune is played (except when played as a mockery by the likes of the Portsmouth Sinfonia).

But no one can play that piece like the United States Marine Corps Band. In a very real sense they own it, seeing as how its composer was the leader of that entity. The young musicians in that band are not only musicians. They are trained riflemen all and would be quite as competent in battle as any other Marine. I and most folks can translate "Semper Fidelis" from Latin into "Always Faithful". But what one Marine means when he says "Semper Fi" to another Marine is something that neither a former Air Force cop like me nor anyone else who is not a Marine can ever wholly understand.

But back to the purpose of this blog, which is Leftie-bashing.

The last stanza (repeated three times) at some point had words written to accompany it. Sometimes an audience member will stand up and sing them. Do you know them?

Here they are:

HURRAH FOR THE FLAG OF THE FREE!

MAY IT WAVE AS OUR STANDARD FOREVER!

THE GEM OF THE LAND AND THE SEA,

THE BANNER OF THE BRAVE!

LET DESPOTS REMEMBER THE DAY

WHEN OUR FATHERS, WITH MIGHTY ENDEAVOR

PROCLAIMED AS THEY MARCHED TO THE FRAY

THAT BY THEIR RIGHT

AND BY THEIR MIGHT

IT WAVES FOREVER!

Any questions, Ubamanistas?

WOW, WINNING!!!!

VOTERS IN FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ANTHONY WIENER'S HEAVILY DEMOCRAT DISTRICT IN NEW YORK OVERWHELMINGLY CHOSE REPUBLICAN BOB TURNER TO FILL WIENER'S VACANT SEAT YESTERDAY.

Lest the message be unheard, top Democrat leaders openly denounced "president" Obama and said that they were tired of his screwups.

This particular Congressional district has been held for over a century by Democrats.

DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz babbled a whole bunch of mealy-mouthed explanations for the debacle, but the fact is that the Democrat party is headed full-tilt over a cliff, led by their own Chosen One, just like a pack of lemmings.

It's a joy to behold.

Just BTW, at this time The Alexandria Daily Poop is calling the Republican nomination AND the victory in November 2012 for Rick Perry.

But whoever it is, it's pretty plain that all the Republican nominee need be is "not Obama". In a way, that's good news; but seeing as to what we are saddled with right now, it's also pathetic.

THE PETERSON INVESTIGATION ON SALE NOW ON KINDLE E-BOOKS!!!! AT kINDLE

I AM VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE that my novel "The Peterson Investigation" is on sale now at Amazon/Kindle e-Books for a measly $3.99!!

A free sample containing the chapter list, Prologue, first chapter and about half of the second is available, as is a Kindle app for free (if you don't have one yet).

So get on Kindle, look it up (under Fiction-Police Procedural), sample it, like it, and buy it.

And tell your friends how good it is, but if they want to borrow it, tell them like in the old K-Tel commercial: "NOOOOO, MY BROTHA! You gots to buy your OWN!"

ZA VASHI ZDROVNIA (or something that sounds sorta like that)

Imagine my surprise today when, while checking the stats for this here piece of E-fishwrap, I discovered that someone using a Russian search engine actually looked for this specific blog! I've gotten hits from this search engine before, but always the search was for some topic that somehow linked to this blog. Howdy do, Ivan; and I hope you are quite entertained by what I have to say here. What attracted you to this blog?

Is it the masthead photo of me and my Smith and Wesson K-38 Combat Masterpiece? AH, Amerikanski nutjobski with cowboy gun! Those Amerikanskis crazy!

Or maybe it's the way I openly insult our (so-called) "president". Hey, Ivan. This here is America. I can say whatever the fuck I want and NOBODY CAN DO A DAMN THING ABOUT IT except disagree with me, and if they do then I have two words for them and those two words are NOT "Happy Birthday".

Hey, Ivan. Speaking of national leaders what is with this Putin guy? He's not the top guy over there, except he totally is. I'm not saying anything about YOU personally, but Putin seems to think he can just screw the United States in the ass as long as we have this fool of a "president". You need to tell Putin that Obama is going to be replaced very soon, and very likely by an American Nationalist.

You know, Ivan, I am really glad that our two nations are (kinda-sorta) friends. Let me tell you, you even made a better enemy than what we are facing now. At least you guys value your own hides as much as we do ours, and that's the reason we never incinerated each other even though we came damned close to it a whole bunch of times.

So don't be shy, my Balalaika Buddy. Post a comment. I'm having a beer right now. You having some vodka?

Za Vashi Zdrovnya (sorry, best I could approximate the traditional Russian toast. When I try to speak Russian I sound like I am gargling with banana pudding. )

PROSIT!