Don’t be a victim of Sandy Hook

January 19, 2013 was Gun Appreciation Day. It was in response to the outcry from the Left Stream Media, Sen. Feinstein, Barack Obama, and the normal cast of gun grabbers. After the shootings at Sandy Hook the media has pushed and the government has worked to disarm the American people. Now I know that the overall answer to this is: “No one is talking about gun confiscation.” But that is a lie. There are way too many people in power who have talked about it. This is a standard Progressive dodge and lie. I’ve seen this type of thing happen over and over again. I’ve seen people talk about something, get called on it, and then deny that they were talking about what they just said. There are many tricks that these misguided and uninformed people use to push their agenda. But they are pushing very hard to obtain, what is without a doubt, a major infringement on the Constitution and the rights enshrined within.

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This is such a shameful example of overreach that it must not go unanswered. The direct attack on one of the oldest and largest civil rights organizations in the nation is slanderous and dangerous. The NRA has been maligned and misrepresented to the point that far too many people believe the lies over the truth. Too many people are unwilling to do their own research and choose to believe lies about an organization that promotes gun safety and education. But education is not something that the media and gun grabbers want. They prefer that the average citizen is ignorant. It is harder to manipulate and control people if they only listen to one source of information. They only believe lies and distrust who they are told to distrust. This puts not only our freedoms but our live in jeopardy as people turn their lives and safety to people only want to manipulate and control them.

It is plan that too many in the media and government are not only willing to bath in the blood of the innocent victims of Sandy Hook, but are willing to dance on their graves. They are willing to use the emotions of the moment to convince people to accept policies that have nothing to do with protecting children, but push their misguided agenda in the name of protection. But we must not let those failed policies and mistakes of the past to be repeated. We cannot allow them to “fix” problems that do not exist and ignore the rights of all Americans. We must not allow them to make us all victims of the madman who murder innocent people. For if we allow the gun grabbers repeat the mistakes made in Chicago, Detroit, and New York we will all become defenseless and victims of anyone wishing to harm our families. We cannot allow the elites who surround themselves with armed guards take away one of our basic freedoms. They are talking confiscation in places we are not hearing. They are putting policies in place that will make that easier. They are trying to convince a majority of American that if you respect the Constitution and the Second Amendment then there is something wrong with you.

Don’t let them laugh you into submission. Don’t turn your back on a fundamental right of We The People. Don’t become another victim of Sandy Hook.

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Living In Fantasy Land

In the 1950s Walt Disney dreamed of an amusement park. “It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together.” This dream was realized in the creation of Disneyland. Within Disneyland one of the popular sections is Fantasyland. Fantasyland was created with the goal to "make dreams come true" from the lyrics of "When You Wish Upon a Star." It is good for the human condition to, on occasion, relieve the stress of everyday life and indulge in relaxation. But it is very unhealthy to live your life divorced from reality.

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It is very frightening to realize how many adults seem to live in a fantasyland that they have created. The Progressive movement and the New Age Religion have encouraged this type of delusional thinking. A major idea behind Progressive thinking is the idea that man can create a perfect world. The belief that man can find a way to change the world to fit their image of perfection should make everyone worry. What happens to those who do not fit their mold? Just what will happen to those who don’t match or agree with the prefect image created by those in power? How far will this totalitarian regime go to control this perfect world? What price will have to be paid by those who think differently?

To demonstrate such thinking you only need to look at what people are saying about the terrible shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Before the victims had been removed from the school house, people were already wallowing in the blood. They wasted no time to start blaming the violence on guns and demanding new gun control laws. It doesn’t matter that this tragic event had nothing to do with guns or so-called “assault” weapons. This entire affair falls directly on the shoulders of government and misguided gun laws. The laws now being proposed in Congress are the reaction of blood thirsty politicians who were just waiting for the next mass killing to manipulate the emotions of the American People. They wasted no time to dance out and propose new laws and attempt to undo (dare I say it) progress made over the last few years to undo the damage done by the gun grabbers in the past. Many are being misled into believing lies, half-truths, and misinformation about the cause of this tragic attack by a coward.

There is the idea that we would all be safer if all guns were taken out of the hands of American Citizens. The idea comes right out of fantasy land. Those who live in this fantasy land believe that the problem is the guns. That anyone who owns a gun should be considered a criminal. The idea that anyone would ever need to engage in self-defend is a crazy notion. They believe that somehow we can put all of the evil in the world back into Pandora’s Box. They see guns as the root of evil and that without guns people would not kill one another. Well that is simply crazy. Guns are not the problem. Yes we do live in a society that has violence in it. But that is the nature of a free society. We must accept some violence but we must also be able to fight violence with violence. That is what self-defense is all about. Guns are not the only device that can be used to mortally wound another person. But that really is not the point. Man alone cannot end man’s inhumanity to man.

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As the Progressive / Democrats have moved to outlaw gun possession in this country, crime increased. Now as states have undone the anti-gun laws and instituted concealed carry laws, the crime rate has decreased. In many cases this is due to those who might consider robbing someone, are now uncertain of who might be ready, willing, and able to fight back. A potential victim may be well armed and willing to use it. The biggest problem with the implementation of these laws, and the ones that came before, is the creation of free-fire/killing zones. The most glaring are educational institutions. If I walk into a school building, or any place that does not allow concealed-carry, I know that all the law abiding people in there are unarmed. Unless there is an armed police officer or security guard, the criminal feels free to create as much mayhem as they wish. If they are suicidal then they can go down in a blaze of glory with the Left Stream Media more than willing to give them the notoriety they desire. But if there is the possibility that their potential victims will fight back, their blaze of glory will turn into a short lived news flash, soon forgotten.

Almost every morning millions of parents send their children off to government run schools. In the fall parents send their teenager off to government regulated colleges. These schools and colleges should be safe. But the government has failed in their primary responsibility because politicians refuse to admit that they were wrong. By preventing the trained professionals who are committed to not only teaching but protecting their daily charges, they created an environment that welcomed the type of events that have occurred in Newtown and other educational institutions in this nation. By not trusting the educators to protect their charges they created an environment that allowed this coward to walking and kill at will. I will not use the name of any coward that commits mass murder to gain fame. By creating schools that are “gun free” the state welcomed anyone so inclined, to have no fear of meeting any resistance as they carry out whatever senseless act they wish. Sandy Hook Elementary School’s only protection was a locked door. There was nothing else standing in the coward’s way that could even slow him down. This is a failure of government and the politicians who promised to keep our children safe. This is not the fault of educators as a whole. Many of them feel responsible for their students and would do anything to protect them. You need to look no further than the heroics of those adults killed at Sandy Hook.

I’m an educator. After the murders at Virginia Tech, there were those of us that hoped that those in power would see the danger created by not allowing educators the ability to defend our students. But all the talk was about gun control and improving security plans. (It is easy to see how security plans fall apart.) Yes, many schools studied the murders at VT and put in new procedures, but few really made any major changes. After a while most administrators simply forgot or moved on to other projects. Little has changed on many campuses that would stop the type of death and destruction seen at VT.

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Now I know that the detractors will say: That we can’t trust teachers to actually carry and use firearms in a school. But why can we not trust them? Why haven’t we already had an educator who opened fire on their students? As it has been said many times; murder is illegal. So what is stopping any person who wants to kill from carrying out that crime? If you are going to murder someone in a public place, you are not going to care about whether or not it is illegal to possess a firearm. So yes we actually have to trust law abiding citizens who are charged with the protection of innocent children, young and in many cases adults.

I’m not saying that you should arm every educator in the nation, no more that everyone in the country should be forced to wear a gun all the time. What I’m saying: is that we should remove the label free-fire zone from our schools and make sure that a coward will never feel comfortable with the idea that they can walk into any educational institution and kill at will. We should never have children huddled, defenseless, in a closet waiting for a cowardly madman to take their lives. It is time to take action to stop limiting guns, but improve access to the guns that are needed by law abiding citizens. Any move to disarm the nation will leave everyone at the mercy of the next madman who wishes to impose his will or kill us outright. The Progressive anti-gun lobby would have us all cowering, defenseless like the victims at Sandy Hook.

So, no we are unable to stop all violence. We cannot live in a perfect world as the Progressives wish. We must demand some answers to one very important question. What do they do with those who don’t fit or accept their definition of “perfect?” The last attempts at creating perfect societies were major human disasters. I can name three off the top of my head:

1. Jonestown
2. Pol Pot’s Cambodia
3. Adolf Hitler’s Germany.

All ended badly in mass murder. But don’t forget about Stalin’s Soviet Union and Mao’s China. Each killed millions and still didn’t fulfill the stated goal. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.

I don’t want to live in a world controlled by those who would try to create a “Brave New World” on the bodies of millions of their victims. This is a disaster that would make the Sandy Hook killings look more like a happy day at the park. There is nothing perfect about that world. That is not a fantasy land, it is a nightmare. Don’t forget that man is not perfect and any attempt to create perfection will not end well. We must live in a reality that does not always fit our idea of how we desire to live, but it beats living under the total control a tyrant who is willing to kill millions just to satisfy they desires.

We live in a very dangerous world. We need the people in positions of influence to not be delusional. But in the hours following the last few tragedies the news media (Left Stream Media) was painting the standard narrative, blaming the violence on "Assault" weapons. The Second Amendment, and the NRA. Just like Vichy Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) in Casablanca as soon as the media hears a gun shot they round up the usual suspects. Which any thinking person should realize is a smoke screen. They start to play upon the emotions of the moment to convince us that the only way to stop this from happening again is to throw away one of our most important freedoms. Unfortunately I'm sure that many of the uninformed believe the media. It is up to the informed to fight back against those who have shown no regard for those killed. They only wish to use the blood of the innocent victims to: In the words of Rahm Emmanuel "not let a crisis go to waste."

The failure of the current system is not due to guns, it is due to unrealistic and unconstitutional gun control laws. We as a people must live in the real world. In the real world there are monsters, madmen, and pure evil. Believing that we can change that and still live a life of liberty and happiness is living in a fantasy land. The real world is real. Living in fantasy is a step closer to the madness that propelled the coward to murder the innocents of the world.

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Memos from Monday 12-12-11

To Kill a Mockingcain:
In 1960 Harper Lee’s American Classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published. Two years later it was released in movie form, starring Gregory Peck, Brook Peters, and Robert Duvall. For anyone who has never heard the story (and there should be few) the major theme is the trial of Tom Robertson, a black man falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman in the deep south of the United States. In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel the racism and injustice of depression era south is examined. Even though it was determined that Mayella had lied about the rape Tom is found guilty.

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The novel was based in the year 1936 during the Great Depression the events of the last few weeks reminded me of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and is occurring during the Great Recession. Just like Tom Robertson, Mr. Herman Cain has been tried and convicted but Mr. Cain trial occurred in the media. I can’t and very few people really know if the accusations are true. It just seems odd the way that all of this became public. The Left Stream Media is happy to cover up charges made against Democrat such as Bill Clinton and John Edwards. In Sen. Edwards case there was much more current evidence then the claims against Mr. Cain.

If you are not aware of the history of President Obama’s political career, then you need to look at the “scandals” and bad luck that has befallen his past opponents. With help of a news media that is more than willing to destroy anyone for any reason, Mr. Cain never stood a chance once he became the target. Mr. Cain was a victim of the willing allies of the DNC the Left Stream Media and their attempt to control the Republican primary by determining the GOP’s candidate. The media repeated the allegations over and over again until it did not matter whether they were true or not. The damage was done.

I must say that I felt that Mr. Cain was a viable candidate for President of the United States, but I had some problems with his 9-9-9 plan. But I don’t believe that there is anything known as a perfect person. The last thing we need is another slick politician in the oval office. We also don’t need a bunch of slick bureaucrats surrounding our President.

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So I really would like to know if there is anyway that a man can get a fair trail in the press. I know the answer but the idea that a black man was found guilty for allegations of sexual misconduct with nothing but allegations may prove that we have not as fair as we claim and that like Tom in “To Kill a Mockingbird” it is still possible to play upon the racial prejudices. Mr. Cain may or may not be guilty, but he had no way of defending himself against the onslaught of the press. Atticus Finch may be able to prove him innocent, but the real trial is over and the results are no different today then in 1936. The Democrat party should be ashamed of such tactics.

Fast and Furious with the Truth:
Following the general rules set down by Rohm Emmanuel it was reveled last week that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm used the crisis to push for more firearms sales restrictions. Those in charge of the ATF have no shame and once again prove that they are a corrupt organization. This organization has once again shown that it is willing to do almost anything to violate the Constitution. I’ve not forgotten the disaster caused by the overreach of ATF at Ruby Ridge and Waco. In both of those shameful incidences the ATF in the former used entrapment and the latter recklessness that violated the rights of American citizens.

Those involved with this current disaster of an operation should be looking at criminal prosecutions. Beyond that there are definite signs that the entire organization seems to verge on being criminal. There mission is not to overturn the Second Amendment. Of course I believe that their mission should really be reviewed and their connection to the IRS and treasury be examined very closely. Something stinks about this whole Fast and Furious operation. The truth must be revealed and heads must roll this time. It is time for the ATF to face the music. It is no wonder why gun sales are increasing. With the government overreach and repeated abuse of power, more and more are beginning to fear the motives of those in positions of power.

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Monday’s Memos 3/14/11

Crossing the line:
I must say that I am not against Labor Unions. There have been situations where people have been abused, living in intolerable working conditions, and situations close to slavery. The only way in which they could break free was through organizing and demanding better pay and working conditions. I understand why many people are loyal to labor unions and willing to go to extremes to protect what they see as hard fought concessions. But as labor unions grew and became more powerful their mission seems to have changed. The political power and socialist agenda of the leaders of the large unions are not in sync with the foundational ideas that allowed for the growth of human freedom as never known on this planet.

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I believe that one of the greatest dangers that our nation faces is the possibility that our public sector workers loyalties are split between serving the community and the union. Those who work for the state governments are our employees and first loyalty must be the people. When they are willing to follow labor leaders and protest or possibly strike due to situations created outside of their own working conditions they are violating our trust. Looking back to the work slowdown in New York this winter it is easy to see how labor unions are willing to endanger the public to protest. Such actions make public sector unions a danger to society. I fully support the actions of Gov. Walker of Wisconsin. The unions and the media are saying this is about taking away union rights. This has nothing to do with unions and everything to do with the public sector. We are being played for fools if we believe that public workers are being mistreated. It is time for these workers to join the rest of the nation in reality.

The Union bosses appear to be scared. Well they must be. Look at the money or should I say the amount of member’s money they’ve spending to protest nationwide. The rise of the TEA Party and last November’s elections awoke the public unions that their world was becoming endangered. The failure of the Progressive Socialist to maintain their hold on power allowed such leaders as Gov. Walker to actually bring sanity into the public sector. I see no difference in Bell, California and the abuse of the city government and the incestuous relationship between the Democrat party and the unions. It is time to clip the wings of these out of control union leaders.

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35% of Americans
It was reported last week that over one third of Americans are currently unable to provide for their own needs. When this many citizens of this country are dependent on the government to provide their basic needs the fate of the nation is in danger. How can anyone really say that the recession is over with this many people dependent upon hand outs, welfare, Social Security, and unemployment? Is this really the hope and change that Obama’s supporters were expecting?


Debt ceiling and Cowboys:
It is once again clear that the Democrat Party Leaders are determined to continue to blindly spend this nation’s future away. They seem to be blind to reality. With the disaster in Japan it should be clear that we must not commit national suicide through endless spending. They truly believe that government spending creates jobs and prosperity. But after two years of record spending that went to pay off Democrat supporter, including the labor unions, and used as a slush fund the nation has nothing but an empty treasury to show for it. The idea that Sen. Reid would defend federal funding for a Cowboy Poetry Festival when the national debt is approaching the GDP is insane. The Democrat Party is out of control. If the people who call themselves Democrats don’t see the folly in these policies then the nation is in much more trouble then I thought.

Act of War?
Is it not an act of war for one nation to arm rebels in another country? It was reported last week that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm has been allowing guns to be sold to gunrunners. It seems that while politicians and various anti-gun individuals and groups have been complaining about gun sells in states on the border with Mexico and with calls to restrict the freedoms of Americans, the ATF was responsible. It seems that at least 1700 guns sold in this country and smuggled into the sovereign nation of Mexico.

After the death of an ICE agent, shot by a gun sold by the ATF, an agent decided to go public. For that he should be praised, but I really have to wonder how far up this went up the chain of command. Such a stunt is not only an act of war against Mexico; it is an attack on the Constitutional Rights of all Americans. Such operations cause more Americans to doubt their government as a whole. Once again it appears that our unelected government has attempted to take freedoms and undermine our republic. Once again we see the administrative branch of government exceeding their authority and acting against the will and best interest of the public. Will there be an investigation with results over this incident or will it be swept under the rug. I just wonder how many innocent Mexicans have been kill indirectly by this operation. It would seem that the Mexican government would be demanding some answers. I know I would like to hear some and see some heads roll at the ATF.

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