From Baldr Odinson of Ceasefire Oregon
Sadly, more People Giving Guns as Christmas Gifts This Year in MO –
He links this story.
Of course my response is “It isn’t sad if you get a Gun for Christmas, Dummy!”
But as an anti-rights advocate, he has chosen a lot in life that only leads to sorrow…and he knows it.
Merry Christmas to all!
This story is getting a lot of play and its one of my hot buttons so I thought I’d give it a shot. First my home state of Maine…in the Wal Mart I used to shop at.
During the 2010 and 2011 summers, I was a cashier at Wal-Mart #1788 in Scarborough, Maine. I spent hours upon hours toiling away at a register, scanning, bagging, and dealing with questionable clientele. These were all expected parts of the job, and I was okay with it. What I didn’t expect to be part of my job at Wal-Mart was to witness massive amounts of welfare fraud and abuse….a) People ignoring me on their iPhones while the state paid for their food. (For those of you keeping score at home, an iPhone is at least $200, and requires a data package of at least $25 a month. If a person can spend $25+ a month so they can watch YouTube 24/7, I don’t see why they can’t spend that money on food.)
b) People using TANF (EBT Cash) money to buy such necessities such as earrings, kitkat bars, beer, WWE figurines, and, my personal favorite, a slip n’ slide. TANF money does not have restrictions like food stamps on what can be bought with it.
c) Extravagant purchases made with food stamps; including, but not limited to: steaks, lobsters, and giant birthday cakes.
d) A man who ran a hotdog stand on the pier in Portland, Maine used to come through my line. He would always discuss his hotdog stand and encourage me to “come visit him for lunch some day.” What would he buy? Hotdogs, buns, mustard, ketchup, etc. How would he pay for it? Food stamps. Either that man really likes hotdogs, or the state is paying for his business. Not okay.
Go read the whole thing its an amazing post. Now on to Massachusetts.
Abuse of the Electronic Benefits Transfer cards that are issued to needy families in Massachusetts is apparently so rampant that we won’t be surprised if drug dealers start hanging “We Accept EBT!” signs in their car windows.
The latest scam was revealed this week, with prosecutors alleging that employees of four Lynn convenience stores allowed customers to withdraw hundreds of dollars from their EBT accounts, which was then used to buy crack cocaine. The stores kept half the withdrawn cash as a fee, authorities allege.
I think at this point we must ALL know somebody who has or is abusing the system. Hell back when they had actual food stamps people would buy the stamps from the junkies for 50c on the Dollar so they could eat on the cheap, and the junkie can stay balls-deep in their sweet-sweet vice…and on the government’s dime!
I’m sure there are lots of people who don’t cheat the system and DO use EBT and other welfare programs to feed themselves and their families…but at this point the well is officially poisoned and we need to 100% re-think how things are done.
You may remember this self-centered Lesbian who shoved her kid into Michelle Bachman’s face so he could recite Mom’s talking points. And like a Brave activist Mom beats feet before Michelle can respond to the person who ACTUALLY said the lines, not the mouthpeice.
This goes a step further.
There’s a reason why Mom-and-Dad didn’t let us play in traffic or on the train tracks…and it was NOT so we wouldn’t interrupt the supply chain of the Capitalist Bourgeois. Its because you might get killed by heavy machinery.
BTW notice Mom’s name? Lotus. Not sure if she changed her name, or was born into it. Either way any adult with such a name will see similar results.
I heard this story over the wire and had my suspicions on what was driving it.
In the findings, “sarcastic” media-savvy comedies and morally murky antiheroes tend to draw Dems. While serious work-centered shows (both reality shows and stylized scripted procedurals), along with reality competitions, tend to draw conservatives.
Oh those Conservatives! They have no sense of humor! But look at the listed shows.
Sure we have things that are expected, like Lefties liking The View, and Conservatives liking Swamp Loggers and Top Shot.
But what’s with Conservatives not liking comedy? Do conservatives have no sense of humor? Odd, I consider myself conservative, and I run in both circles of Liberals and Conservatives, and it seems that the more extremist you are the less likely you are to be happy, but overall both seem to be equally likely to laugh.
Now I don’t watch TV at all, so many of these shows I’ve never seen. I will say I can see why Lefties won’t like Myth Busters. I mean if you’re demanding laws based on Global Warming, the last thing you want to watch is a show that proves that things you passed off as fact as untrue.
Still look at the Comedies the Left loves: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , etc.
I haven’t watch some of these shows, and only seen a few shows of others, but I know many of them are left-leaning shows, and others have a reputation that proceeds them.
Conservatives don’t like “Sarcastic Comedies”? Yeah, because you’re definition of “Sarcastic Comedies” are shows that make fun of Conservatives.
Check this, if you had a show that constantly made fat-chick jokes overweight women would click by. People like a good laugh, but they won’t sign on for a bully they can’t fight back with.
What’s really interesting is my Left-Leaning Father constantly sends me joke emails that make fun of Democrats and the left. I doubt he enjoys them as much as I do, but that market is quite saturated. Meanwhile network TV? That’s a monoculture, and we can tell.
**UPDATE** Bob has a great post up with a video. Go have a watch it dovetails nicely!
An interesting story to look at.
James Steffen, Acting New Port Richey Police Chief, said the victim met the suspects at a motel located nearby where the homicide took place.
“He in fact was going to engage in some illicit behavior surrounding some narcotics and/or some sexual favors. He was lured into this vacant house across the street under the pretense they were gonna engage in this act,” he said. “What he could not possibly have known was that these four suspects conspired prior to taking him over there that they were going to rob him and they were prepared beat him to death with a blunt force object.”
Now first up this story takes place in Florida, which is both gun-friendly and in the South. Two things frequently vilified by those who use the metric of “Gun Death”. They claim that restrictive states that have high “Gun Death” have it because criminals buy their guns in gun-friendly states and bring them back to unfriendly states. Of course they have no evidence to support this.
Still look at this story. We’re talking drugs and prostitution…not to mention murder. All are 100% illegal no matter what state you live in, or licenses you apply for. And of course the weapon was a blunt object, not a gun. So much for that.
h/t McThag
Why not one more. No link, but you can all find it on the Web, but this is in response to this fiasco:
Some of the writers (even I am guilty of this) have appropriated content from other places without permission and publishing it on this site, something they did not for malicious reasons but simply because they didn’t understand the way the law works. It’s a problem that we will try to fix going forward by educating the writers on the basics of copyright law and by streamlining the “takedown” process for those whose content has appeared on the site without their permission.
now compare this with these quotes here:
What else is there to say? We used the photo under Fair Use provisions. We do so with thousands of pictures per year. If you’re the snapper, be advised: if it’s on the net it’s fair game. (Note: I didn’t make the rules. )…Mr. McNally came at us all guns blazing, accusing the site of intellectual thievery. I’m sorry he’s offended by this internet standard practice. Really, I am. But I will not apologize for doing my job in full accordance with the law.
both quotes are by Robert Farago of The Truth About Guns. The big part that I feel obliged to point out is the “…something they did not for malicious reasons but simply because they didn’t understand the way the law works.” The above response to a polite request to take down property they feel is being used in an unflattering way, or improperly is practically universal. He certainly gave the same response to me, and about a dozen other people who requested he take images he didn’t generate down.
This response shows FULL contempt, not a mistake or an oversight. It wasn’t like people on a twitter feed or a blog thread he didn’t read were bitching about it. He came, he saw, and he told them to pound sand.
Remember this next time he tells you he isn’t in TTAG for money, or that TTAG is a Pro-2nd Amendment Website. In the words of President William Jefferson Clinton:
“But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false.”
Nothing but a speeding ticket machine, with a few thrown in for “Excessive Engine Noise”
Still being America, if you want it and have the bread, buy it, enjoy it!
I’ve always loved the lines on the new Elise as well.
Mitt Romney and his massive assaults on individual liberty as Governor of Massachusetts.
Rick Perry generally coming across as a soft-headed dullard who REALLY hates the homos
and now this fucking communist!
If you think otherwise you’re part of the problem, NOT the solution.
So in November, like many others, I plan to vote for the lesser of two evils. From my score card that’s Barack Obama.
If your card looks different, let me know.
Not a relevant post, but if this annoys Mark Smith its worth it.
But FYI I get more traffic from people bitching about Robert Farago stealing their stuff and being idiots than an actual link from the Troll himself.
…and that’s damning with faint praise because this isn’t a big blog day as far as traffic is concerned.
Bob has this post linking to this post from Cranky Chicks with guns.
No quotes from the cited blogs, go read the whole things, both Sarah’s description of the attack and the defense, and Bob brings some great insight as well.
I’ll recap simply, some shitback swung by Sarah’s Brother’s trailer where she’s staying helping out. The guy cased the house and likely KNEW there would be people at home. It was a trailer, so its not like he expected to sneak around without being detected. Sarah’s sister-in-law put a 9mm Gold Dot inches from his head as he attempted to enter a forced door, and the guy exited the property with great haste.
I think everything went down perfectly, and any “mistakes” are simply minor oversights that may have made things a bit better, but in the end they were targeted by a jerk, its all on his head which he’s lucky to still have intact.
Also those who say Defensive Gun Uses are a myth or a rarity, note that this is a BLOG post done by one of the victims, not the local paper. Don’t expect to hear about this in the local news….and remember they are NOT alone.
Glad everybody is safe. I will repeat one quote cited by Bob found here.
Those Americans who have acquired handguns for protection are living with “serious delusions,” says Caroline Brewer, a spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. She contends that few are trained rigorously enough to deploy their weapons in the shock and heat of an attack, that they’ll shoot innocent bystanders, that more times than not their firearms will be turned against them.
If you support or work for the Brady Campaign, or the other like-minded anti-freedom pro-criminal mills. You are a bad person, and you should eat nothing but shit for the rest of your miserable life. Fuck you.
And to Sarah and company, I’m so glad you’re all doing well, and I wish you the best.
Oh one more thing, Sarah’s post is titled “You Picked the Wrong House, Asshole”. A great sentiment. Note that those who call for gun control want YOUR house to be the RIGHT house for the ASSHOLE. Anti-freedom, Pro Criminal!
