Canales News Briefs

July 15, 2004

"...After an informal market survey of certain retail

stores was conducted, the following partial product

distribution list was determined:

Made or substantially assembled in China, among

others:

Black and Decker Quantum Pro Cordless Drill

Nerf Ball Brand "Nerfoop" basketball set

Spiderman Action Figures by Toy Biz of New

York, with the Columbia Pictures "frank" on

the label

Huffy Brand bicycles

Sunbeam brand Charcoal grills

General Electric HEPA air purifiers

Brinks Brand Double Combo doorknobs and

deadbolt locks (keyed)

Eagle Claw brand 6" filet knife, 440 stainless

Coleman Brand 12 volt Quick Pump (electric)

Farberware Forged steak knives, 4 piece set

Chicago Cutlery Brand steak knives

Oneida Brand stainless dinner utensils,

20 piece set

George Foreman "Lean Mean Fat Reducing

Grilling Machine" cookers

General Electric Countertop ovens w/rotisserie

Rival Brand crock pots, electric

West Bend Brand 6 Quart Crockery Cookers

General Electric Removable Grid Contact Grills

Hamilton Beach Brand Cool-touch 2 slice toasters

General Electric Four Speed food processors

General Electric Electric Knife w/set

Mr. Coffee Brand NLX5 4 cup coffeemaker

Dirt Devil Brand Power Reach Hand vacuums

Wham-O Slip and Slide

Mattel Brand "Shield Blaster" style "enhanced"

water pistol-type carbines

Play Skool Brand Fun Rocker 'n Benchs

Hasbro Brand GI Joe Action Figures ( 82nd

Airborne Paratrooper)

Mattel Brand "Hot Wheels Tiki Torcher" car and

track sets

Spalding Classic Tetherball sets

Made or substantially assembled in the USA,

among others:

Remington 700 BDL centerfire rifles

Remington 870 Wingmaster shotguns

U.S. Repeating Arms Model 70 Custom

Ultimate Classic ( .270 Win)

Savage 40 Varmint Hunter Series (.223 Rem,

204 Ruger) rifles

Smith & Wesson Model 500 Revolvers ( 500

S & W Magnum)

Smith & Wesson Model 629 Classic Revolvers

(.44 Magnum/.44 S & W Special)

Smith & Wesson Model 5906TSW Pistols

( 9 mm)

Colt Model 1911 Series Pistol ( .45 ACP)

Colt Match Target Competition HBAR ( .223 Rem)

Bushmaster Varminter Rifles (.223 Rem)

Beretta 92 FS pistols ( 9 mm, .40 S&W)

Marlin 1895RL rifles (480 Ruger/475 Linebaugh)

Marlin 1895 Cowboy rifles (.45/70)

Ruger Gold Label Side by Side shotguns

(12 gauge)

Ruger M77 Mark II Ultra Light rifles (.270 Win)

Ruger New Model Blackhawk revolvers (.357 Mag)

Federal Brand Premium Ammunition

Union Metallic Cartridge "UMC" Brand Ammunition

Olin Brass and Winchester Brand Ammunition

Sierra Brand bullets

Hornaday Brand bullets

Nosler Partition Brand bullets..."

-Partial list of products sold in the United

States, as related to their place of

manufacture

To All,

It would seem that it would be best to buy more guns and ammo, if one truly wishes to help the U.S. economy. The shooting and hunting sports, self-defense prerogatives, and even the jobs one would save might be his or her own.

In other news:

The Sounds of Silence:

AP News reporter Marc Humbert reported yesterday that a certain junior Senator from the State of New York has been "conveniently omitted" from a prime time slot at the Democrat Party Convention in Boston later this month by Team Kerry.

Humbert also reports that the former Chairwoman of the New York State Democrat Party, Judith Hope, is more than peeved with the arrangement. This appears all the more controversial given that Mrs. Christie Vilsack, the wife of Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and an early Kerry supporter, is herself getting a prime-time slot.

In addition, the situation is even more intriguing given the recent speculation that a "defeated" John Edwards might still be the odds-on favorite for a potential 2008 Presidential run, now that the Fickle Finger of Fate has made him "Number 2" in John Kerry's eyes.

But one is more likely to suspect that the Junior Senator from New York is first in line for a lifeboat than chancing to be stuck aboard the luxury yacht S.S. Kerry when it collides with the sensibilities of the regular American voter. Given that the current Democrat ticket is the most socialist since the tag team of Lenin and Trotsky hit the international hustings, it is more likely to end up on the ash heap of campaign history than not. Stay tuned.

Story may be found at:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040714/D83QLSPO0.html

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6830

The Establishment Clause:

Every once and a while it is informative to watch CNN, despite its reputation as favoring a more liberal point of view (Word of Warning- Overexposure to CNN News Coverage is likely to turn one's mental faculties to mush at a rate 2.7 times faster than comparable exposure to PBS. Viewers should beware.).

In this case, the revelation comes from an interview conducted by Daryn Kagen of Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. The subject initially concerned the recent flooding in New Jersey, and the amount of structural damage that had occurred to a number of bridges.

But when Kagen surprised McGreevey with a question as to whether his administration had maintained the affected bridges sufficiently enough to withstand the flooding, McGreevey noted that the flooding itself was "...an act of God...". As such, McGreevey implies that his administration could not be held responsible for the damage, road stoppages and construction delays to come given the extraordinary nature of the recent rains.

Imagine the surprise of Michael Newdow and the other Doubting Thomases at the ACLU that a secular authority had proposed that God had anything at all to do with an event in the physical universe. But as long as The Establishment, in the form of insurers and governments, needs to have a catch-all category to relieve it from paying out on damage claims of one kind or another, it seems that there may be a use after all for an official recognition by the state of an All-Powerful Diety. As such, there now seems to be a practical limit to the current efforts by those who wish to confine religious beliefs to the sanctuaries and narthexes of Main Street America. Given the Founder's reliance on "...God-given rights..." in the formulation of the Constitution and the Second Amendment, this is "...a good thing..." to happen, and in the nick of time.

If anything, the Establishment should reverse field on the latest efforts by the atheists among us, in an effort to reduce liability claims all around. Imagine the kind of tort reform that could be enacted should an ever increasing set of injuries and damages be reclassified as having been "acts of God". The cost savings alone could theoretically offset the entire loss related to offshoring over the past decade. And who would have thought that the old hymn "(Give Me) That Old Time Religion" would be so appropriate in this day of multiculturalism, Hegelianism, and crass materialism? If anything, this sounds like a miracle in the making. Mysterious are the ways of Providence...

Respectfully,

Anthony Canales

SFVMC-NRA