Sweet smell of freedom

Libya is making a run at overthrowing a tyrant government. Almost 235 years after we did the same.

And they don't have a Second Amendment; hell they don't even have a Constitution.

Number of Privately Owned Firearms

The estimated total number of guns held by civilians in Libya is 900,000.

Military Firearms

The defence forces of Libya are reported to have 535,200 firearms

Law Enforcement Firearms

Police in Libya are reported to have 22,022 firearms.

On paper the free militia of Libya has a 1.6 to 1 majority of guns over Gaddafi and his henchmen.

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/libya

Say what you want but our Constitution states that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Thomas Jefferson summed it up when he was quoted as saying:

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Mid East Countries Looking for Democracy.

In mid-January the people of Tunisia rose up and smote down their authoritarian government. Then just a little over a week ago we saw the same thing erupt in Egypt. Topping that off, we see today that Jordan’s king has replaced his entire government. It now appears that this unrest is spreading at a faster pace than anticipated in other countries.

Just where this is going is anybody’s guess at this time, or is it?

Most of these corrupt governments have been propped up for years by our government and now that they appear on the brink of falling we are not sure where we need to place our support. For my 2 cents worth I say we need to support the people and not the government. I would rather have the 150 million look at us as a friend that supported their efforts than a country who continued to support a corrupt government.

On another side of the coin, buried away in the today’s Arizona Daily Star, on Page A18, in the bottom right hand corner is an article entitled “Tunisia – 219 killed in ongoing protests, UN says”. The article goes on to say that a Jewish synagogue was set afire by a "gang". The article further states that this appears to be the first attack on a Jewish institute so far. Does anyone want to venture on how many more there will be in the coming months?

In Cairo the daunted Muslim Brotherhood has been instrumental in organizing the mainstream protests. Yes, I know, it is politically incorrect to go down this road. However, you won’t hear it from anyone in Washington.

However, this just in: President Obama “just” got back in the fray, so things might heat up now. When you visit the “fray” site take a look at the “halo” around our president’s head; really rather ominous don’t you think.

Just released is a demand by Muslims demanding that the new Prime Minister of Jordan must step down. Obviously they didn’t get who or what they wanted so now the demands start?

I urge each of you to get involved, don’t just set there and watch things unravel in front of you on the tube. Let your government know what you expect of them. I am not asking for you to support me, but I am asking that you do something in a manner consistent with what you believe

Your dead, yells Arizona tragedy victim.

One week to the day and after being shot two times in the tragedy involving Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, James Eric Fuller attended another town hall meeting. Afterwards he took pictures and yelled out at a tea party leader “YOUR DEAD”. This little altercation was limited to a small article in the Arizona Daily Star "Your Dead". Do you wonder how the press would have covered this if it had been part of a Democratic town hall? Does anyone really have any questions as to what side of the aisle the Star resides on? Is this vitriol rhetoric? I think not, just my attempt to call a “spade a spade”.

Obama, the never ending opportunist.

Our President has seized on the tragedy in Tucson to turn the attention away from his failed and detrimental policies. It is unfortunate that he leeches on to the country’s remorse over the shooting of our Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, and uses this as a stepping stone to the voters in 2012. He will of course expound on the virtues of his repeated attempts to reach across the aisle and of continuously being rebuffed by the other side. What you will not hear is what they have done to immediately cope with the unemployment situation, how they will address the glut of government spending that has this country on the thresh hold of bankruptcy, or what is being done to secure our borders.

He will talk about the virtues of Gabrielle and what she has meant to the citizens of Arizona as well as the country. And he will be right, except his comments it will be from the re-election environment as opposed to being from the heart. Yes, I know, I should at least give him the benefit of the doubt, but do any of you honestly believe that he is coming out of compassion for Gabrielle? It is nothing more than a photo op to embellish his re-election efforts in 2010. In February 2010, Congressman John Murtha died and President Obama sent his hatchet man, Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/09/john-murtha-barack-obama-democrats.

If per chance there is to be a speech of compassion, it should be delivered by the First Lady Michelle Obama, who by her behind the scene involvement with youth in general, has clearly demonstrated that she really cares.

I hate to bemoan the point but the President will use this platform to further his socialistic agenda. It will also afford him the opportunity to expound the need for tighter gun control which we all know that Congresswoman Giffords was opposed to http://giffords.house.gov/2008/09/VOTESTOREPEALBANONHANDGUNSINTHENATIONSCAPITAL.shtml.

The last thing that is needed is more laws when it is apparent that they cannot enforce the ones that we already have.

America's Hunters - The World's Largest Army.

The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great, considering there were over 600,000 hunters that got permits this year.

Allow me to restate that number.

Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a single American state to keep the deer population under control.

But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week.  Michigan's 700,000 hunters have now returned home.  Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

And that is just FOUR states.

The total population of registered hunters in America today ranges from 23 million to 43.7 million individuals. (Based on annual data provided by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.)

As long as the American Hunter retains his right to Bear Arms, America will forever be safe from foreign invasion of troops.
Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer.  It's a matter of national security.

You’ve Got State Taxes to Pay?

Arizona has a 1 for 1 tax credit that allows you to make contributions to qualifying organizations. Why not have a real say in where some of your State tax dollars go.

Have Seniors Really Paid for Their Medicare Benefits?

Have Seniors Really Paid for Their Medicare Benefits?