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Happy Independence Day

Well Massholes,

It has been some time since I last posted.  I gots da swine flu coach, and had to take a trip for several work projects, but I am back.

Well, Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY (not 4th of July - that is a date, not the actual holiday).  As I sit here and write this, I can't help but ponder everything that has transpired over the last year or so.  Our liberties are becoming fewer and fewer (some by POTUS fiat, some by direct legislative tyranny, some by overpaid FEDGOV bureaucrats regulatory "power").  As I was driving back from my trip, I was listening to satellite radio (no other radio stations in far west Texas to speak of) and I couldn't help but take note at the tone of the conversations being broadcast.  People are becoming fed up with what is going on.  And I'm not talking about just "conservatives" or "Republicans" but people who voted for and supported this POTUS are becoming alarmed at the rate and scope at which BHO is reversing his campaign stances on everything from gays in the military, no taxes on the middle class, and his whole "most transparent administration in history" meme.  They are also alarmed at the rate in which he is bankrupting the country and devaluing the dollar.  Well some of you will disagree with the last two sentences, but the evidence is out there (I just don't care to take the time to link to it - I gotta get the ribs on the grill!).

There is now a growing and sustained push for a new American Independence - from the various state resolutions declaring state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment (10 actively being considered or already passed with a 10 additional states getting ready to introduce them) to outright calls for a new Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution as it exists.  These are just a couple of legislative attempts to fix or at least curtail the FEDGOV's push for the Panopticon.  This doesn't even touch the various grassroots efforts - such as the "Tea Parties" being held across the nation today (yes NHB I told you I would put it in).  So if you are planning on attending, good for you.  If not, then at least celebrate a tea party of your own in your own way.  And stop to consider what is going on and how it can be fixed.  I don't normally advocate this (simply because I am not sure of the efficacy of it) but call your elected representatives (both federal AND state) and press for the introduction of not another bill to "fix" things, but how about a REPEAL of the various and overburdening laws AND regulations (don't forget about the fiats from POTUS and the bureaucrats) or the introduction (yeah, you gotta introduce SOME bills to fix things) of a State Sovereignty Bill in your state if there is not one already pending (or through your support behind it if there is one pending).

As always, hope for the best and prepare for the worst.  Stay informed as to the current state of affairs, guard your precious liberties and remember - the world will turn.  Enjoy your liberty and celebrate your INDEPENDENCE from whatever was holding your down.

H-Dizzle

P.S. - here is a little light humor for ya.

Posted by Huffdaddy at 7/4/2009 10:15 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

For the Arizona Massholes

Some common sense legislation out of Arizona. Hope this passes. Notice that the only people complaining are the cops who won't know who they can bully and who they can't. Seems Sherriff Joe doesn't mind at all. The law won't change a thing on the street. The pigs just won't be able to run your tags and find out if you have a permit.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/19/20090619guns0619.html

Posted by Aaron at 6/19/2009 4:57 PM | Add Comment

Reforming Cops

Radley Balko (he of the Agitator and Reason Magizine) has an extended interview with the Atlantic on the fucked up criminal justice system we have and key points on fixing it.
This link goes to part 5 of the interview, but also contains links to parts 1-4; a good read if you have the time, and for those embracing local involvement, many are suggestions that can be implemented on the local level and/or issues to watch your local police force on.

http://ideas.theatlantic.com/2009/06/interview_with_radley_balko_part_v.php#entry-more

Posted by Ryan at 6/19/2009 2:07 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

fed v. state

I absolutely love how the new administration is able to talk out of both sides of their mouth. Read each article below.

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S965500.shtml

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9mnrkJu2S7Mly9xuWs4p9_TRkdwD98OO3F00

I don't want to run the American automotive industry...WAKE THE HELL UP PEOPLE!!!

Posted by Landon at 6/16/2009 5:50 PM | Add Comment

Huffdaddy's links (weekly edition)

Well, it has be a while, but that is what you get when work comes in waves!  So here are my links over the past couple of weeks. Happy debating:

Continuing on with the theme of the economy as the Titanic and the doom that befell that "unsinkable" ship... (ironically the "unsinkable label was branded AFTER it sank (no citation because it's in the story)).

Just remember if we trample on your freedoms, it's for the children...

More on the various states with pending 10th Amendment resolutions....

Even though Social Insecurity isn't going to be around much longer (no citation because I am lazy and you can google the relevant economic predictions from the OMB and the FEDGOV on the projections), here is an interesting look at the beginnings of Social Insecurity (and remember - the number will never be used for identification purposes, er, wait a minute...)

So it should be a great time to be learning how TARP was foisted on the elite bankers (since we all know how it was "sold" to the American sheeple).  NY AG is probing to find out what is going on....

Finally, a not so simple explanation of why Keynesians in general and Obamanomics in particular is wrong according to the author.

More to come later...

Posted by Huffdaddy at 5/14/2009 4:00 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

A Positive Sign (words only, though)

So here is some decent statements from a new fed enforcer (from WSJ).


The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

 In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation’s drug issues.

“Regardless of how you try to explain to people it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them,” he said. “We’re not at war with people in this country.”

Of course, if they just change the words and keep doing the same thing, its meaningless. In other areas of the news, everything still sucks.

Posted by Ryan at 5/14/2009 9:41 AM | Add Comment

The Fearmongers

Here's a good link on the alarmist tendencies of some factions in the foreign policy establishment:
 The Threat Mongers Handbook
I refer to the threatmongers as the bedwetters, becuase they are always seem to be running around and pissing themselves over any minor thing.  It also highly correlates to a willingess to scrap all civil liberties in response to any slight theoretical increase in security (even if there is no actual increase).  They typically support torture and other practices unworthy of a free and proud people.

I'm sure there are some domestic versions of this around; my favorites are on the subject of "security theater"
which is government doing a bunch of stuff that doesn't actually do a damn thing to make people safer or more secure, but it is doing "something" and is visible, so they can point to there efforts and say "look how hard we're working to make you safe!"  And typically, the BS secuirty measures never go away. 
Here are some good links from the same author of the main article:

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/goldberg_and_wallraff.php

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/security_theater_now_in_improv.php

thoughts, examples, disagreements, snark?



 


Posted by Ryan at 5/6/2009 12:18 PM | Add Comment

and a comin'

ive said for a while now that the drug conflicts on the border would be used to push through more gun control. this is really starting to piss me off.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/05/01/ldt.tucker.gun.rights.cnn?iref=24hours

Posted by Aaron at 5/3/2009 3:09 PM | Add Comment

the punches keep a comin'

I am very concerned. I am hoping Koler can find a way to give a warm fuzzy about this because I'm just not able to see anything positive.

Let me begin with Mr. Specter and his Calaparisk move. The democrats are moving ever closer to a true filibuster. Typically, this is a pretty big deal, but this time I believe it is much bigger. It isn't so much that some liberal ass law could pass ((another topic another time) and (which I am sure will occur regardless, as we have already seen from the BO admin and flip flopping puck ass Republicans)) but more of a concern as it pertains to how many SC justices BO is going to have the opportunity to appoint.

By my tally before the election, it was 3 plus or minus 1 or more specifically 2 for a 4 yr term/4 for an 8 year term. Of those, I figured it would be the oldest which would retire or die. So that includes John Paul Stevens, 88; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75; Antonin Scalia, 72; Anthony Kennedy, 71. Note: 2 of those Kennedy and Scalia were of the majority in the Heller vs. DC case.

As of this morning, we have this news of Justice Souter's retirement. not good I tells ya! Although Souter was appointed by Bush he has turned out to be more liberal than anticipated. Now that will potentially give Obama the chance to appoint 5 Justices to the SC.

Scary my friends, scary.

Posted by Landon at 5/1/2009 6:37 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

States' Rights Indeed

Look what passed the Georgia Senate...

Too bad the House didn't pass it.  That would have set up an interesting dilemma with FEDGOV.

Posted by Huffdaddy at 4/30/2009 3:35 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment
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