December 28, 2007

                                    - Content from BBC.com

                                                           

 

 

"...Do you think that the federal government should have the

    authority to stop gun sales to terror suspects?....

 

                        - One of two key questions in a Mayors Against Gun

                           Violence Survey currently being "pushed" by

                           the Big Apple's own Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

 

 

 

To All,

     Perhaps someone should tell Captain Klutz that, short of actually obtaining

a felony terrorism conviction on any particular individual, CAIR and the ACLU might

object more than a bit to the degree of ethnic profiling it would take to make this

latest sound-bite come true:

 

 

Fuhgeddaboutit:

     Sam Youngman writes at Hill.com about the latest attempt by Mayor Bloomberg to stay somehow relevant as the 2008 Campaign Silly Season goes into high gear.

 

     In essence, Bloomberg is inviting quite a number of Presidential Primary Contenders (and not-so-contenders, as one would have it) to commit ritual seppuku on live television by asking them to join those who would make gun control Topic Numero Uno going into the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary.

 

     Remember, this is being brought up after one of the so-called "top tier" candidates called his "varmintin" experiences into question by answering a Tim Russert "screwgie" (thrown well outside the strike zone, to boot) about agreeing with renewing a certain firearms ban in a recent Sunday Morning interview. And, in another case, another top tier candidate showed a certain lack of firearms safety training (hence firearms familiarity) at an Iowa pheasant hunt-cum-photo-op more dedicated to disparaging Vice President Cheney's lonely quest to manage the current overpopulation of tort lawyers than anything else.

 

     Even the one major, openly declared, public sector-employed, sort-of-blond (can't draw it any plainer than that) candidate is still hedging her bets as to that all-important question (Mossy Oak or Real Tree?) when it comes to next September's selection of waders for the General Election-cum-General Season (Remember, given recent prognostications over the power to influence world oil markets, al Qaeda's "preferred" candidate is going to be hip deep in it right around September 2008.).

 

    In essence, Bloomberg is just making sure that a cozy slot on the Left Wing of the American Political Spectrum remains open for Hizzoner's Presidential Prius to charge itself at (Maybe he can join Cindy Sheehan's Hootenanny out on Pelosi's front lawn?).

Still, it will be interesting to see if any Perot-like exhibitions of megalomania might not take a piece of out of a Left Wing voter turnout more interested in wealth redistribution away from the middle class than in dealing with such real world problems as energy supplies, national security, maintaining economic growth, and, of course, the ever-popular ability of homeowners to be able to defend their residences, property, and loved-ones from thuggish harm during natural disasters. If that is the case, then it may be that those who have bet the farm in the current position of conventional wisdom may just end up wearing pickle barrels when this is all over next November. Stay tuned.

 

Link at:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/bloomberg-in-iowa--sort-of-2007-12-27.html

 

http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/12/romneys_position_on_guns_could.php

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2007/12/27/2007-12-27_mike_huckabee_hunts_for_votes_in_iowa.html

 

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/huckabees_muzzle_control_probl.html

 

 

 

Business is Business Update:

     The Times Wire service is reporting in today's Los Angeles Times that Remington Arms has bought Marlin, maker of fine lever action rifles and a host of .22 rimfire rifles most suitable for training youngsters and keep the local squirrels in check.

 

    Remington is owned by Cerberus Capitol Management, the same folks that bought Chrysler from the Germans for a song and a cup of coffee.

 

    With luck and a good SCOTUS ruling in June, let us hope that the firearms business is going to be "veddddy vedddy good" to some group of investors. Otherwise, we are all going to be left out in the cold in short order.

 

 

Existential Question of the Day:

    What are the odds that three California Fish & Game Commissioners who voted for an ammunition ban in California have given up using such lead-related items as wheel weights on their vehicles, electronics that have lead content in the circuit boards, and a whole host of items made of fine crystal that are considered traditional gifts for the Holiday Season? 

 

    Vegas bookmakers are excluded here, otherwise everyone should sharpen their pencils and warm up their hand calculators. Digital evidence of the Commissioner's environmental consistency would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

Respectfully,