Criminy, people.
So the big blog story today is that the Obama campaign deliberately disabled a basic credit card security check feature for donors. As in, you know how to buy anything with your credit card online, your name and address have to match the card? Well not on the Obama campaign site. You can put your name as Shithead McAsshole from UpYours, Utah, and his site will accept it. Unlike any other legitimate enterprise in the entire world, including the McCain site.
Very important to know, of course. Fraud, if you ask me. And lots of people have been testing out the system to prove the point. See here and here and here and here.
But OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. So many of the examples are people making $10, $15, and $20 donations just to test the system. What the hell? I can see the point here but why aren’t you making one cent or five cent donations? Good lord! If there’s a minimum donation, okay my bad, but I’m just saying. Enough with the fucking $20 donations. I know the minimum isn’t more than five bucks.
Sorry. I’m punchy today. Lots of homework and it’s cold.
So then there’s this Drudge headline, but Ace thinks it might be a hoax. But you can bet your ASS that if the candidate affiliations and races were reversed, it’d be all over CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC tonight, anyway, hoax or no.
PITTSBURGH — A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said.
Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street just before 9 p.m.
Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim’s car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter “B” into her face, Richard said.
Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank’s surveillance cameras.
The robber is described as a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes.
If it’s sketchy, that’s kind of an amazingly ballsy hoax to publish on a legitimate newstation’s web site with quotes from the cops. We shall see. We shall see.
Oh, and guess what? The Democrats want to screw the pooch on your 401(k). Buddha*. On a. Sabbatical.
That means your employer can no longer write off their contributions to your 401(k), and your capital gains would be taxable year-on-year. In other words, it becomes just another investment or savings account, with no tax benefit at all, and no employer contribution. Instead, Uncle Sam would give you your “matching” funds — up to a whopping $600 per year! Whoopee!
As Michelle Obama says, you could buy a pair of earrings every year … except, of course, you can’t. It’s in The Lockbox, defined by politicians as Locked Away from You but Accessible to Us. It goes there along with 5% of your gross earnings, apparently to play with the 7% of your gross earnings that already goes to Social Security. And what do they do with the money? They give you government bonds as your only investment option.
And if you’re not quite mortified enough about what’s happening right in front of your face, check this out, and then this. It’s about Ayers, you know, the guy who gave Obama his coming-out party. At those links you’ll see screen shots of his own personal commie manifesto and a video of the FBI informant that sat in on Weather Underground meetings.
Inclusive, progressive, nuanced things like:
I asked, “well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?” and the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers.
And when I say “eliminate,” I mean “kill.”
Twenty-five million people.
I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people.
And they were dead serious.
I’m sure they were. But HEY. SHUT UP. Sarah Palin has some pretty clothes! And, and, and, uhhhh, it’s all Bush’s fault! Failed war! Uhhh, Karl Rove! You’re a racist!
*One of my most favorite, respected, and trusted reader/commenters just emailed me to say that she won’t read my site anymore because of the “Jesus” blasphemy. I respect her so much that I actually edited this post’s title to remove Jesus from it. I truly didn’t know it was THAT offensive. I may regret this tomorrow but I like this person so much, I felt compelled to do it. Buddha will take the brunt of my blasphemy for a while now.
Wow, I don’t know what to say other than buy ammo.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pmESTThis country is going down the shithole if Bambimessiah wins the election.
I’m looking in buying my first handgun ever. Ever. I own a .243 rifle already and I should stock up ammo for that also.
Banana republic, here we come!
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pmESTBlah.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:25 pmESTThe Obots are nucking futs. Obambi isn’t nuts he’s just a stupid leftist whacko. MichelleO is the frickin’ witch queen of Angmar.
Hold on tight, there’s major league crazy coming up if these loons get in power.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:32 pmESTI should be sending bills to the Obama campaign. You see, the problem is the Obama TV campaign ads have given me a strange mental condition. Upon seeing Obama on television, I get a temporary case of Tourettes, and I scream things like “liar”, “swindler”, “communist”, and “elf-ears” at the TV. Luckily my symptoms subside the moment Barack’s leering face disappears from the screen. I also get the sudden urge to go out and buy a box of ammo. So I need to send the Obama campaign a bill for the earplugs for my next-door neighbors, and the hundreds of rounds of ammo I’ve bought since he won the primaries.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pmESTDaveW,
I’m afraid there’s major league crazy coming if these loons fail to get in power too - just of a different variety.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 pmESTI’d love to see that whole documentary.
Do they have the lovely Mr. and Mrs. Ayers encouraging young folks to “Kill your parents!” ? I do remember that from being a teenager in Chicago while they were hatching their plots. I mean, sure, I used to get angry at my parents, too, but I did think that was a little extreme.
Oh, and is Bernadine featured making the 3-fingered fork symbol that she found so amusing? She read that Charles Manson stuck a fork in the stomach of one of his victims and she thought it was just the perfect symbol for what should happen to capitalist pigs that she adopted it as a greeting.
But it’s OK now. I heard they got rehabilitated and you can’t hold some youthful hijinks against people who are now pillars of their community…and deeply involved in educating the next generation of Americans.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 pmESTI’m so glad I canceled my cable service a couple of months ago. I’ve been spared the worst of the campaign.
Help me make a decision: should I purchase a Glock 23, Ruger Mini 14, or a Remington in .270 for my post-election gun-clinging?
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:44 pmESTExcept that if you work for a greedy evil capitalist or corporation, they have to match your 7%, so they are in reality stealing 14% of your money every week.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 pmESTOh, well, I was going to convert my individual 401(k) to a defined-benefits Keogh next year, anyway, to shelter my income from what will almost certainly be confiscatory taxes if Obama is elected President, or Savior, or Fuehrer, or whatever he’s running for. I’m lucky in that respect to be self-employed. God help those who aren’t.
Obama’s campaign has, for some time, reminded me of Jimmy Carter’s in 1976. The administrations will be different, however. For one thing, Carter didn’t get to make any Supreme Court appointments. For another, Jimmy Carter, although probably the most inept President in our history, was a decent man (he stopped being that some time ago, but he was a decent man when he was President).
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pmESTSarah Palin has some pretty clothes!
And the GOP spent more for her clothes than the Democrats spent for Obama’s DNC stagesetting. But not by much. And unlike those stupid columns, she has entasis and looks a lot better. But what’s with the fixation on her feet? The Manolo has been himself rather quiet.
I’d never, until this turn, given a penny to a political campaign. But I’m getting to be a sucker for Republican women. After Sarah Palin tore my virginity from me — she reached into my pants and pulled out my — checkbook, now I find myself giving money to Michele Bachmann. Some leftard talked me into it, complaining “people were sick of” her politics. He was wrong about everything else.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pmEST“Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim’s car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter “B” into her face, Richard said.”
Must have been a “community organizer”.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 pmESTHope and change, people, hope and change…
Um…the girl’s photo is up on Drudge right now. Is it just me or is the B backwards? Are we sure it is not self inflicted? I hate to be a doubter but it just seems SO insane as to be made up. And if you’re carving a B in your own face would it then look backwards when looking at her? Or am I reaching?
If it IS true…God help us.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:13 pmESTTo dfwmtx,
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pmESTI am going in for a CT scan tomorrow morning to find out the cause for my excruciating tummy aches. I bet the scan is going to come back with a huge picture of his snooty mug smack dab in the middle of my gut. I do believe I will send him the bill….Thanks for the idea!
The report out of Pittsburgh is apparently not a hoax. I live outside the Burgh and just checked Channel 4’s website, ThePittsburghChannel.com, and the story is there.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:21 pmESTI am 65 years old, and I have voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1964, when, God forgive me, I cast my first vote for Lyndon Baines Johnson. I mention this only because I find myself toying with the idea of casting my vote for Mr. Obama — not because he represents change I can believe in, but because the last eight years of mindless screeching from the left has made me want to cut off my nose to spite my face. I know this isn’t a grownup thought, and neither is this one: the grumpy scab-picker in me wants to hear the joyful screams of the lemmings as they leap into the void… followed by the stunned silence as the rocks they were told weren’t really there rush up to meet them.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:22 pmESTScratch a reactionary leftist , find the gibbering fascist underneath.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 pmESTYeah…Stacy…I read the story on the Pittsburgh website and I’m not saying it’s a “hoax” per say. I’m just a little skeptical. I know people are crazy but a robber who has ALREADY gotten the money but is so politically outraged that he goes BACK to the woman (in broad daylight?) to carve a B in her face and assault her? It just seems so outrageous. We’ll see how it plays out.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 pmESTThe Pitts story is explained over at Ace’s
http://www.ace.mu.nu/
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pmESTThe “B” is backwards… or upsidedown. If he was standing over her from behind and to the side as she was laying on the ground it would make sense.
Also, the story says it was at 9pm- not exactly broad daylight.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pmESTLooks like we already know who the violent criminals are voting for. Awesome.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pmEST* get real brave and start using Mohammad as the “brunt of your blasphemy.”
Jesus, no violence
Buddah, no violence
Mohammad (that is a dictionary spelling, one of several), some good time serious violence from the believers of the religion of peace.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:50 pmESTHeh.
And I’m firmly willing to believe it is real…I just have my skeptical hat on today.
It does make perfect sense if she was thrown to the ground and the a-hole above her head.
So sad and pathetic.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 pmESTEin Volk!
Ein Reich!
Ein Obama!
God, I want to throw up. First, we’ll disarm them. then we’ll take away their assets, you know, to spread the wealth around. And if they refuse to get with the program, we can put them in reeducation camps.
Hopey Change!
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmESTOne of the posters at Ace’s tried to test with $1, but as you stated, $5 is the minimum. Apparently minus$5 goes through. Weird, that.
As for the rest, I’m sick and fvcking tired of living according to a Chinese proverb. I’ll take some steady, boring-ass times if you don’t mind. Buddha.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmEST1. The “B” might just be backwards IN THAT PHOTO ITSELF because sometimes graphics people don’t flop the graphic before using it.
2. I don’t give a shit if you say JESUS WHATEVER ON YOUR OWN GODDAMNED BLOG. Please don’t stop being who you are, even if you lose a reader. We all bend so much to various PC and other crap as it is. SIGH. That’s my .2 cents. Sorry.
Nah. Not sorry.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 pmESTThe only consolation here is that the extremism of Commie Obama will continue to keep him isolated from Congress. Mr. B may set the record for shortest time from oath of office to impeachment to conviction. “When in the course of human events..”
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 pmESTRachel, I also find it offensive (as is “goddamn,” for the record), but yeah, it is your blog. Personally, I would be very appreciative of your not using such terminology, but I wouldn’t stop reading over that, because I don’t think you intend to be offensive.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pmEST“Shithead McAsshole from UpYours, Utah”
I find that “Mc” suspiciously offensive!
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:15 pmESTaaahhhhh Rachel. I’m sorry! I don’t like using the Lord’s name in vain (and yes, I am serious) but it doesn’t offend me and some of the Jesus on a crack me up. But I guess it’s also good to be an equal opportunity offender. I’m thinking Mohammed on a cracker is a good one too. =)
I think it’s sad that people can’t just skip over that kind of thing. I don’t *have* to read certain words when I read … I can skip over them and pretend they aren’t there. It’s not that hard.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:15 pmESTThe Democrats have actually devolved so much that they’re giving people the scarlet letter for the crime of not voting for their candidate.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 pmESTBending to political correctness is what has dug many of the holes our country is now in. There is nothing wrong with being respectful to other people, just don’t allow others to push you into a corner where you can no longer say anything. Everything is offensive to someone, sometimes people need to step back and consider the context something is being said in. Also the source who is saying it. If you do those things most of the time something that looks offensive at first, is perhaps not so offensive after all.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 pmESTUm yeah.
Who’s going to impeach the big O (assuming he wins)? Nancy Pelosi’s House? And he’s going to get convicted by a Dem super majority controlled US Senate?
Forget it.
Maybe the country will wake up in the next 10 days. It could happen. And its always possible that the polling is being manipulated or just wrong. I find it very hard to believe that McCain is really behind in Virginia and NC.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:19 pmEST“I’m afraid there’s major league crazy coming if these loons fail to get in power too - just of a different variety”
nothing that the proper application of 5.56 and 7.62 can’t fix
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pmEST“Apparently minus$5 goes through. Weird, that”
then -$100.00 is even better
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pmESTRachl,
Your blog, your property. End of discussion.
BUT: why would you want to offend anybody, even if they’re hyper-sensitive about various *rules*?
I’ve learned to avoid gratuitous offensive behavior as a general principle because it keeps things more pleasant. Pleasant is rare these days.
But if you need to get it off your chest, Babe, go for it. Some of us really enjoy your edginess.
TC
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pmESTI can’t believe that about Obama’s contribution links. I take that back. I can. But, it’s true about McCain’s stuff. I tried, tried, tried to donate $$ to the campaign via the official McCain website and for whatever reason, it would not take my credit card info. I don’t know if it’s because it was one of the bank cards that is “officially” a credit card but it debits your account RIGHT THEN or what or if it was because we moved and my home address was different than what was on the statement (I had fixed that already, though). But, I could not donate because there was some issue with my card. And then the Obama folks completely disable any safe guards on their website. Just classic.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pmESTDon’t just limit yourself to Buddha…spread it around.
Thor on a front-loader!
Zeus on skates!
Elvis on velvet!
I choose not to be offended by your formulations. That others might not make the same choice is understandable.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pmESTCasto, Dogette, and others:
It was I who, in private and quite rudely (to my shame) made my long-held feelings known. I did not demand anything of Rachel, and after her reply, did apologize for the ambush.
I respect Rachel’s blog, her humor, her adorable dogs, Rupert, and her readers.
I simply have seen too many beautiful ideals mocked and ridiculed in the last 40 years. I snapped and snarked rashly, but would never presume to take it public or demand anything of Rachel.
I’m no prude, no blushing flower of delicacy, as any of my readers would know. I don’t believe in majoring in the minors when it comes to Truth, and no one saying something rude changes what is True. I’m not that shallow or fragile. Can I overlook it? Why, yes. I can overlook it by choosing to not visit blogs that abuse my sensibilities about whatever offends me.
I suppose that it is because I know Rachel to be a better writer than I, that it just grates on me to have her spend her creative energies on finding new ways to mock what is meaningful to others.
My comments to her were private, my apologies as well. I make them publicly here.
De-link me as you will.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pmESTNovember 4th is going to be an interesting day. I do hope it is not a dangerous one. We shall see what it brings.
Middle ground must be sought and populated, joan of argghh. I love your posts, and your sensibilities, having read them on more than one blog. Rachel’s blog knocks me out. And there are many wise and wonderful commenters here.
What did the Buddhist say to the purveyor at the hot dog stand? Make me one with everything.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pmESTI am also a fan of the “Jesus on a __________.”
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 pmESTWhat do we have to do if “O” wins this? Form some sort of undergroung resistance I guess…
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pmESTOne comment about the firearm. Don’t register it. Registered owners will be targeted for reeducation/elimination first.
Wow. I live in Pittsburgh and this is the first I’ve heard of this story. I guess I should start paying attention to local news.
I can tell you that the area in question is a side of town where you are unlikely to see a McCain / Palin sign in the yard, if you catch my drift. I’m not talking about race, mind you, but a certain frame of mind. The layout of the streets go something like this: liquor store, laundry mat, bar, quick check cash, repeat, repeat, repeat
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pmESTReally?
If someone here is so offended at the use of the name Jesus on this website, that they threatened to leave forever, I would have expected the Rachel I know to have shown that whiner the door.
Screw that person.
Rachel, write whatever you want. Don’t be bullied by any religious nutbag. Muslim, Christian, Jewish, it doesn’t matter. THEY CAN’T IMPOSE THEIR RELGIOUS BELIEFS ON YOU. Rupert’s been thru some real bad shit to ensure that.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 pmESTYou guys, if you really think I would censor myself at the whim of some random person, you’re crazy. Like I said, this came from someone I profoundly respect for many many reasons, and is nothing to do with PC or any bullying. It’s just a discussion she and I are having, and I am making a choice about something, and it is just no big deal.
Now. Back to the point of the post!
Also, Rupert is making chili. This bodes well and I am quite pleased. After dinner, I plan to post dog pics. And then everyone will be happy. And whoever isn’t, is an asshole. Because who doesn’t like dog pics? Only assholes.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:10 pmESTUp until a few weeks ago I was considering getting a CHL. Now, not so much.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:15 pmESTAahhh. Life is good again. You rock, Young Lady.
TC
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:19 pmESTHaha! Now that’s funny, because I’ve just come to the opposite conclusion! (see previous thread — heh!)
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 pmESTRachel, if the Buddha read your blog, he’d get a real chuckle out of it - and he’d tell you that you could invoke his name as much as you want. See, the Buddha was the original libertarian - and buddhism is all about individuals taking charge of themselves. Heck, I’d trust a buddhist more than I would anyone else to vote intelligently.
Anyways, seen from the Great White North (Canada), if Obama gets in, you guys are going to be more socialist than we are, and I really feel for you. What scares me most is what’ll follow the election. In Canada, it’s usually sheepish calm, but I can’t see the great people of the US of A calmly letting a marxist president remove the guarantees of the Constitution. Even in Canada, our worst lefwingers would never even think about nationalizing our equivalent of your 401(k),
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pmESTJ*s*s H. G*dd*mn M*th*rf*ck*ng Chr*st on a Minibike. Never apologize for what you write on your own blog.
If people choose to be offended, they can take precious sensibilities elsewhere (where they’ll only find something else to be offended by more often than not).
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:31 pmESTAwww - you’re a good person to respect the wishes of the person who complained about the use of the Lord’s name on your blog. You’re just plain good folks.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:31 pmESTOk, for those of us who are ballistically challenged, is one required by law to register a firearm?
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:34 pmESTWorst Case Scenario:
(Make sure the worst case scenario can’t happen by voting.)
Obama-Biden ticket wins in electoral landslide in November (vote percentage 52-48). Mandate is assumed. Democrats pick up filibuster-proof majority in Senate and extend majority in House due to Republican’s perceived mishandling of economy. New justices are added to Federal District, Appeals and Supreme Courts on the basis of how they “feel” about the fairness of cases before them.
Democrats begin immediate hearings, arrests and convictions on Bush administration “crimes.” Fairness Doctrine is reestablished and talk radio is removed from the air, doctrine is also added for web content. Patriot Act provisions are used to monitor the web and shut down sites critical of new administration. The Justice Department is used to silence any other critics.
The economy tanking is blamed on fat cats and big business and taxes are raised to cover all of the additional programs the new administration created, including the civilian defense network which has siphoned off funds originally intended for the Department of Defense.
Thirty million undocumented people become citizens and are given the right to bring in all relatives into the country and they are immediately given citizenship as well. Unemployment is rampant so they are given welfare to tide them over.
Mandated “maximum wage” laws are passed on all businesses. Minimum wages are raised to levels called “living wages” that community organizers have studied.
A crisis in the midwest blamed on “right-wing extremists” extend the PA’s reach into the people. Farm failures caused by climate change (earlier frosts and colder winters) require reductions in food and fuel consumption since “green” derived is now mandated. Private transportation is prohibited for most people. Thermostats are required to be governmentally controlled.
People are asked to share their homes with others to save energy and protect the homeless. Rooms are allocated by the number of people in a family. Youth Corps participants are required to discuss their relatives’ views on the new administration to their cadre leaders (community organizers).
Any discussion of this is strictly prohibi…..
(Yes it has been posted before, but vote so the worst case scenario doesn’t occur.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 pmESTI quite like Mohammed taking a beating for a while. Though I don’t mind Jesus either, because our Lord has a sense of humor and I’m sure He reads Rachel’s blog too.
The problem with unrest and revolution is that lots of people die in those. The remedy for our nation is supposed to be the ballot box, not the bullet. We need to get conservatives elected and kick Obama to the curb where he belongs.
I’ve never prayed so hard in my freakin’ life.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pmESTIt depends upon state and local law. In CA, for example, handguns must be registered, but long guns* are not.
NRA-ILA is a good place to start: http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/
Note that in some states, localities can implement stricter laws, so it’s important to know both state and local laws for where you live and where you intend to travel.
* Except for long guns with certain cosmetic features that trigger the “assault weapons” law.
Oh! Oh! I have some:
[snip]
OK, maybe that was uncalled for. EDIT: nevermind, that was uncalled for… sorry.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pmESTRachel;
A scenario:
Say that, as some pundits have suggested, the polls are as skewed as the coverage, and Obama-Rama-Ding-Dong tanks on elections day.
Say, further, that the threatened riots materialize, not entirely without planning. Bets that assorted camel-pesterers use the confusion to set off a bomb or three? Killing many ‘innocent’ anti-McCain protesters … and making it very hard NOT to investigate connections between the dim-bulb Left and Swinish Islam.
We already KNOW that the Left lacks the common sense to NOT scream “Vote fraud” if they lose. If McCain has ANY spine he will order wholesale investigations, which would (naturally) turn up a LOT of Democrat vote fraud.
And it would be VERY hard to derail such investigations if investigations into some terror attacks at some riots were showing that a) the riots weren’t all that spontaneous and b) there were connections between the riot planners, the terrorists, and Obama.
I’M making popcorn.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:53 pmESTYou’re so right, Rachel. My cats totally hate dog pics.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:58 pmESTstylinjulie -
Depends on the laws where you live. In the great state of Texas, there is no firearms registration requirement.
Rachel - you do what you want with your blog. I don’t think its bad to tailor your behavior in order not to offend someone who appears to be a good (online) friend. But I’m pretty live and let live, I wouldn’t be bothered if you told them to take a hike.
If The One wants to target 401ks for taxation, how long until he goes after public safety pensions and the like? Maybe I should offer to store some of my departments guns/ammo at my house.
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pmESTThis isn’t so much revolution plotting as a contemplation of the looming possibility of a “cold, dead fingers” moment — at least for me.
The imminent unrest for which I’m preparing — a truly frightening prospect — is the nationwide replay of the Watts riots we may see if The One loses (police departments in major cities are bracing themselves).
Yes, plz!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:09 pmESTWhen one buys a firearm from a store (gun, pawn, sporting goods, etc.) one fills out a federal form 4473. Then, the seller calls the FBI for an instant background check, to see if you are allowed to purchase said firearm. The paperwork at the FBI is SUPPOSED to be destroyed within 48 hours (much to the chagrin of the BATFE) and all FEDERAL record of your purhase deleted. EXCEPT: the firearm dealer is required to keep the 4473 on file and available for BATFE inspection (at ANY time) for seven years.
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pmESTWhenever possible, it is wise to make purchases from an individual. Just a private, person-to-person exchange of a good for money. Depending on your STATE’S law, there is usually no control on these transactions.
Because of the 4473 being kept by the dealer to be available to BATFE, one could consider that a “registration”, of sorts. Even if your state or municipality does not require a formal registration. And, do you really trust the FBI to destroy a record the have about anyone for any reason? Personally, I do not.
Be careful, people. Be very, very careful.
Mohammad on a goat! It’s getting dangerous out there.
Dog Pics! Dog Pics! Dog Pics!
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 pmESTHappy Mole Day!
Or, if “happy” doesn’t feel right, then: brain-grinding equation-mashing significant-figure-flensing Dalton-in-a-centrifuge Mole Day to everyone!
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pmESTI have a cat but I’m a “big tent” commenter.
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 pmESTI’ve heard Buddah and Mo, what about L.Ron. I don’t think anyone would be offended by that.
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 pmESTI say spread the wealth on religious figures on inanimate (and occasionally animate) objects.
PBUH on a pork loin !
Umm is that pronounced pooh buh or pee buh?
SteveinTX
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 pmESTGM has already announced that they are stopping matching beginning in January.
I believe the 4473 forms must be retained by the dealers for twenty years, not seven. After that time they can be destroyed. However, if the dealer goes out of business or loses his license before that, they must be turned over to the ATF. So make it a fire sale, OK?
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 pmESTThe only reservation I have about using mohammad not upper case intentionally. Is the danger to Rachel by some “peace loving” sand flea. And it’s kinda offensive that all spell checkers expect mo’s piece of crap name to be capitalized.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pmESTGood one, ccs. Now that could be funny using that clown. (oh a pun) (lame)
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 pmESTI thought the Jesus on a _____ was funny as all get out, and was actually mentally putting together a photo essay of some of the lines I’ve read here.
I’m a born-again Christian.
I feel that Joan of Argghh!’s comments equal to Rachel’s posts in their relevence and cohesiveness, but am wondering if Joan reads anyone else’s comments? I’d say 10 to 1 that the comments have far more objectional words than Rachel’s posts.
I do what another commentor said they do, I kind of skim over the stuff that pokes me in my mental eye and try to take in what the writer is saying as a whole.
Rachel - You’re a pretty special person for not going off on someone where others might have exploded in rage. Class act. Always.
Bring on the dog pics.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 pmESTAce of Spades has a story on how Virginia is kicking out military ballots from overseas due to a technicality but allowing non-resident students to vote even though there is a law against it.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 pmESTI’m sure neither buddhists nor buddha will give a crap about how you use his name. go for it.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 pmESTEver since I saw that video about “25 million eliminated” I got to thinking that if “O” does win, we will only have a short while before a lot of this free communication we have might be looked at suspiciously. I’m trying to figure out how we can all connect without too much of our personal information being put out there and outside of connecting online. I for one would like to know what is really happening in this world and, so far, I have found more truth on these pages than in all of the rest of the internet. I’ve really come to rely on you guys.
I’m hoping for the best, but assuming the worst is going to happen in the next few months.
Anybody else thinking the same thing?
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 pmESTBTW I forwarded that tape about “the Underground Weathermen and 25 million eliminated” to:
The Patriot Post - Great newsletter you all might enjoy.
Roger Hedgecock - Not entirely sure who he is yet, my husband suggested him, but supposedly quite a whistle blower.
Rush Limbaugh - Naturally.
Fox News - As I do not have cable TV, if anyone sees this particular video pop up, I would love to hear about it.
I tried sending to Bill O’Reilly, but can’t make a comment unless I am a “premium” member, meaning I would have to pay him. I just wish I could find a way to tell him to go suck an egg for this. Oh well.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 pmESTRachel,
Thanks for the update on the whereabouts of 14K, I hope that she reads this and knows that we are thinking of her and hope things get resolved (she seems tough).
On the Jesus thing, I fall more toward Joan’s side of things (although the corners of my mouth turn up on many of the situations that you put the messiah (the real one) in), and I give you extra high marks for showing consideration for a respected reader. I agree with an earlier post that said our savior has a sense of humor, and I don’t think you ever actually take his name in vain. I look at this way: if a friend won’t come to your house because your behavior makes them uncomfortable, you have the choice of changing your behavior or choosing to lose that friend. It’s your choice!
Ayers and Dohrn are the scum of the Earth. If he caught on fire, I wouldn’t piss on him to put him out. I try not to wish ill on anyone, but this guy is a special case. The snippet from the FBI agent says it all. I don’t know how people can vote for anybody that willingly and knowingly works on anything with this guy. A poster somewhere recently used the term “oxygen thief” and it fits Ayers and Dohrn to a T.
/spleen venting
Demotivators — YAY.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 pmESTI have almost decided to vote for Senator McCainFeingoldKennedy. I am well stocked up with Korbel champagne, Amaretto DiSaronno, tawny port, and bourbon. And there is a nice pizzeria nearby where I can drink Peroni beer. I solicit suggestions from the fine people who frequent this blog as to what else I might imbibe sos I can lessen the pain of voting for someone who holds me in comtempt.
Also, I need to go to the nearest shelter and adopt a goggie or kitteh or both sos I can cuddle with a creature who will love me and accept me as I am and comfort me as I endure the next four years of communist America.
Also, I must buy a gun to cling to bitterly. I already gots me plenty o Bibles.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 pmESTRE: “the Underground Weathermen and 25 million eliminated”
I watched the DVD The Lives of Others last night. (Anyone else seen it?) I now think I know how Obama is going to create all those new government jobs.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pmESTre: “I watched the DVD The Lives of Others last night.”
In the movie, the authorities didn’t have anything on the man to arrest him. The minister just wanted to have his girlfriend. The minister wanted the watchers to come up with anything to arrest the man for and threatened to arrest them if they didn’t.
Truly a frightening scenario to consider.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:38 pmESTFargus, when I had my dealer’s licence, it was only seven years - but that could have changed with a pen-stroke. It’s just a regulation, not a law.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pmESTAnd it probably won’t make a lot of difference whether it’s 7 or 20 if the obamassiah gets in. They’ll probably be around to the dealers to pick them up (the 4473’s) in 6 months or less. Probably just about the time the “crisis to test” hussein occurs (via slow joe biden).
Not wanting to be paranoid, and all, but I’d bet the “crisis” has already been planned, arranged for, and paid for by george soros. And it will be one that will “force” the obamassiah to suspend “certain civil liberties” for the protection of the populace.(Temporarily, of course. lol) That 0400 kick on your door by the “Civilian National Security Force” boys may not be to just check your carbon footprint.
Don,
While imbibing beer is good, keep a good stout hard liquor of your choice handy in case things go the way we don’t like. If you can’t do straight shots, I suggest keeping your mixers within arms length to reduce the time between drinks.
I suggest the dog. Haven’t you been reading this blog in the past month? Cats are assholes.
Additionally, I wonder sometimes if there’s a political split between the psychology of cat lovers and the psychology of dog lovers. I read the Democratic Undergound a lot -probably too much for my own good- and I notice there’s a lot of cat lovers on there. They talk about all the ways their cat annoys them, all the things they do to keep the cat happy, all the strange things their cats do. There’s even a couple of people so far on the cat-loving scale they go out, capture feral cats, spay & neuter them, then release them back in the wild. I find similarity between their interaction with cats, and their outlook on government. They put up with all the crazy things government does to them for small handouts, similar to the way cat owners will put up with all manner of crazy cat behaviour to get the smallest amount of feline affection. And the catch & release bunch reminds me too much of the attitude of liberals towards the welfare/criminal class.
But like I said, I may be making too much of that. In short, stick with the dog.
Just note: the Salvation Army does not give out guns.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 pmESTAs Londo Molari said in Babylon 5: “In a world where every day is a struggle for survival, you need all the gods you can get. Gods by the bushel! Gods by the pound! Gods for all occasions!”
Okay, dog pics will have to wait till morning.
Chili made me sleepy.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pmESTRachel,
1) I find that in some cases, “La!” can be sufficient to emote a wide range of frustration, awe, disappointment, even rage. Plus, it has the advantage of disorienting those without a classical music education, or that haven’t watched Julie Andrews in “Sound of Music”.
2) So what if Obama didn’t check credit card info? Presumably the credit card processor will simply charge the higher fees that apply when you take cards over the phone or online and don’t get all the info. And if they rack up a couple of chargebacks from people that change their minds? A few $25,000 chargeback penalties from the credit card processor will have Sen. Obama feeling like a gay porn vendor on the wrong side of the camera.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pmESTBill (Mamba1-0) Says:
Oh, Crap! Now I really need those dog pics. . . uuuuuuuurrrrrrgh. . .
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 pmESTI’m the same way T Rich, the more I hear about Ayers and his ilk, the harder it is (for me) to be a good Christian and be forgiving.
I wish he would come by my local tavern during happy hour for a campaign stop, I’d set him straight…
on his ass!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 pmESTI think I may need to invest in a .22 pistol as well as a better rifle…
October 24th, 2008 at 12:06 amESTYou didn’t know it was THAT offensive, but buddha is never brought up, just Jesus? I know you know it is that offensive. Too cute by half…
October 24th, 2008 at 12:08 amESTBetter stock up on booze too…the health police are coming.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:10 amESTI am very happy you are blogging this stuff Rachel.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:13 amESTUm, howz about Obama on a pogo stick?
October 24th, 2008 at 12:14 amESTIs it ever wrong to stock up on booze?
October 24th, 2008 at 12:43 amESTHere’s the follow up to a doggie pix and story that’ll warm the ole cockles.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:52 amESTWhat’s so surprsing about that? It’s in the very basis of their ideology.
Karl Marx never even conteplated the possibility of dissent: according to him, everybody would convert to communism once they saw how fair and just and simply perfect his system was - which just goes to show how much he knew about human nature.
Even my communist high school friend agreed there was something missing.
But, hey, ipse dixit, so it’s all justifiable for The Cause.
What really drives me up the wall is when, upon being pointed out the horrors of Communist Russia, Cina and Cuba, the lefties all reply that the doctrine isn’t being applied correctly over there.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:14 amESTI suspect they actually think it’s all the dissenters’ fault: after all, who could ever be unhappy under the such a perceft and just system?
Buddha on a Treadmill!
October 24th, 2008 at 5:51 amESTTrue believers cannot be offended by mockery of their beliefs.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:24 amESTMy interpretation of the 401(k) thing is that they’re trying to eliminate/make unattractive all “loopholes” that would allow you to stash money away (thus keeping yourself from being dependent on the government when aged).
I wonder if they’ll try to eliminate the “take out money tax free” bit of the Roth IRA. I have a Roth - stopped paying into my regular IRA when they came on the scene - but I always had a little fear in the back of my head that some politician someday in the future is going to go “HA ha! We told you the money you put in your Roth would be tax-free when you took it out! We lied! Double taxation!”
As much as I’d hate the froth, anger, and possible vandalism from the O supporters if he loses, I really really hope he loses. McCain’s no prize, but at least he doesn’t seem bent on forcing the government teat into everyone’s mouths while simultaneously removing any means to resist it.
Oh, and as for the 25 calling for the “elimination” of “up to 25 million”? Considering that a lot of that “25 million” is gun owners, and that probably every single one of them “bitterly” clings to life…I don’t think those 25 Columbia folks pose much of a threat. (I, personally, could probably take out three of them at a go in hand-to-hand combat…I’m big and strong and I work out.)
October 24th, 2008 at 6:42 amESTBuddha can take it. I know him. He’s a good guy. I model my physique after him too.
I’ve made similar changes to my writing. I stopped cursing so much because SarahK reads my site pretty often. She’s worth it to me.
October 24th, 2008 at 7:40 amESTPeople: if you’re using your credit card to “scam” the Obamonster, STOP! You are committing credit card fraud. I used to work in the financial sector. The excuse of “I was just proving that the security is disabled” will not be a defense unless, of course, yo have a Barry Forever!!!! sticker on your car.
Rachel: the talk of chili gives me an idea completely devoid of politics. Your comments might not be the appropriate place for it, but I figure that you can kick me in the head if this is too wrong. Anyway, we could have a chili recipe sharing between the readers. People would make someone else’s recipe or two and then we congregate online to discuss. And yes, I know that you Texas people consider much of what the rest of the country calls chili to be an abomination.
Ehh, I’m just sick of politics, and even more sick of where this country might be headed. I’m rereading Atlas Shrugged right now to prepare for my going John Galt. Our Marxist would be emperors want to distribute the wealth? I won’t give them any to share.
October 24th, 2008 at 8:10 amESTMornin’, Carbo!
October 24th, 2008 at 8:30 amESTHere’s what I always fling at The Boss when he says something along those lines because I’ve accommodated the sensibilities of someone I love (and I know Paul’s talking about keeping Kosher, but I take it as metaphor — so sue me!):
All of the above. But I would recommend a rifle in a .30 caliber rather than the .270
Bill, they have indeed changed the record retention period for 4473’s. (see 27 CFR Part 478.129).
If you want a chilling read about how easily things could radically change our freedoms, check out “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” by Matthew Bracken.
October 24th, 2008 at 8:37 amESTAmaterasu on a unicycle!
October 24th, 2008 at 8:44 amESTPG,
I am sick of politics, too. It is making me have these kinds of thoughts
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- which is not normal for me.
The chili recipe swap sounds like a great idea to break us out of our anger. However, after watching the clip of the FBI agent that Miss Rachel posted, I think anger is justified. I say that only because I am becoming more and more convinced that Obama is in Ayers’ hip pocket (messiah in a pocket).
October 24th, 2008 at 8:51 amESTOr, considering that The One is pretty much Ayers’ creation, we might take Ayers’ group’s attitude toward dissent as an explanation and a warning — not irrational, considering how Obama has dealt with dissent thus far!
October 24th, 2008 at 8:55 amEST‘Tis not the Lucasian pinprick of wit that oozes thy grief.
Lo! ‘Tis the festering boil of Doubt which art thy suffering.
The Faithful need to bolster their faith. Just sayin’.
October 24th, 2008 at 9:09 amESTHowever, after watching the clip of the FBI agent that Miss Rachel posted, I think anger is justified.
T Rich, I never said that the anger wasn’t justified. It is. I’m just tired of being angry. Being overwrought all the time makes me have too much in common with the Kostards, so I’m trying to tone it down a notch.
Yeah, that would be no mean feat. But I’ll give it a whirl anyway.
October 24th, 2008 at 9:30 amESTThink on this for a moment: if the 25 members of the Weather Underground were calling for the elimination of 25 million Americans, that’s about 13 million more than Hitler and the Nazis executed in their camps, and a mere 5 million more than the 20 million that died in the Soviet Union’s labour camps under Lenin, Stalin, and others.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:09 amESTRachel, I for one am really happy to hear you’re giving Jesus a break (surprise!). To me, the belittling of JC and using of OMG and GD are more offensive than the F-word. I’ve continued reading anyway because I love you, but but I think you’re awesome to make this decision. You do have a right to say whatever you want, and also to censor yourself out of respect for others.
_Jon, thanks. I noticed.
October 24th, 2008 at 11:35 amESTSo this seems as good of a time as any to clarify that my screen name comes from my initials, not a common curse.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pmESTThanks, Rachel.
Might I offer up, “Obama on a Bicycle!” as an apt pursuit of new expletives? He does have a Righteous Wind at his back…
October 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pmESTThe face-carving thing was a hoax.
Zeus on a Zamboni.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pmESTJumpin’ Jehosaphat.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:48 pmESTAllah be praised!
Cheese ‘n rice on a wakeboard!
October 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pmESTRead “The Last Centurion” by John Ringo to get a taste of this great future the Socialists want for us.
When I read this post and then some of the comments it made my skin crawl. I’m one of those 25 million die hards of which they speak. So is most of my family. To think that some dickhead and his cronies think that I need to be eliminated angers me greatly. These ivory tower liberals seem to have forgotten their history or maybe they haven’t read any of it. But if they truly think that any of this shit will get off the ground without some major backlash by the gun toting property owning citizenry they have another think coming. It is the gun toting property owning citizenry that made this country and we will defend it as well. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pmESTRachel, as you have often said, this is your blog. If you choose to modify your language because you don’t want to offend someone you respect, our only response should be, “Okay” and to offer substitutes worthy and deserving of blasphemy.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pmESTChupacabra on a cracker! The hoaxer was from Texas! Thanks a lot girl. You’re making us look like psychos. At this point, an Obama supporter would have to have “bad-touched” the Power Puff Girls to look as bad.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:33 pmESTIf those commies think they’ll get away with confiscating my hard-earned retirement accounts, they’ll die trying.
chicopanther
October 24th, 2008 at 4:58 pmESTImagine someone cracking “Galadriel on a Nazghul!” on the boat with Gimli. Would he have said “Now, I resent that remark. It is offensive to me.”
No, there would have been an actual sense of wrongness to it, and he would have made that very plain.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:36 pmESTJesus on a podium.
That would be the one.
October 24th, 2008 at 8:44 pmESTI have to tell you I am still bleeding out my ears on the Cheesus one. I saw that photo posted of Jesus, made of a stick of cracker barrel, or whatever it was, surrounded by those crackers, and every stitch in me popped. Never have I seen a more original piece of humor in my life. Hearty guffaws emanate spontaneously to this day. May I be forgiven, but I can’t help but believe He is laughing as well.
October 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pmEST“You can put your name as Shithead McAsshole from UpYours, Utah, and his site will accept it.”
Why not? These are probably some of the same names that are on ballots cast for B.Hussein Obama.
October 25th, 2008 at 1:50 amEST“It is the gun toting property owning citizenry that made this country and we will defend it as well. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
exactly.and theres no expiration date on my oath of enlistment,where I swore to do just that
October 25th, 2008 at 9:19 amESTStrangely, she almost resembles Monica Lewinsky.
I’d say it was need of attention.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pmESTAs I have been saying for years, why does the left want the general population unarmed? Certainly, it’s not because of crime on the streets.
Lenin, as sited by Saul Alinsky: They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns, then it will be through the bullet.
In America, we think perhaps it just can’t go that far. Any more, I am not so sure. I know that this election cycle, the air is very “different”. I am not proposing anything, except that perhaps to be forewarned is to be forearmed. And that if I ever expected the unexpected, it has never been more than in these particular days.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pmESTThe Defeatocrats are not only measuring the curtains prematurely, the “little dears” are also scheming to take away each tax deduction the working class folks have begun to count on.
What’s up next: taking away the mortgage deduction? If so, I predict the silent majority, who are already “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore” will stage a nationwide revolution that will scare the Defeatocrats out of their complacency.
BTW, Rachel: I hope that you and your favorite commenter have resolved the issue. It would be a shame otherwise. I am new here, and I must say, I love your sick mind! Sometimes the Dog commentary makes my day.
October 25th, 2008 at 5:15 pmESTNor should you be!!!
Rachel. If you won’t stop cussing on your blog for your own mother, for fuck’s sake, why would you change anything for any one of your hundreds of readers?! This is outrageous. A little bit of me died inside and no, I’m not being dramatic. WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO when Rachel Lucas bows down to politically correct overtures?!
Bah. I’m so disappointed.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pmESTRachel:
I don’t know if anyone else has thought of this but…
Obama’s “deregulated”, disabled security check feature of their site is similar to the loosening of loan standards of Fannie/Freddie. In both they have unstructured or de-secured something in order to take advantage of it. In both, there was a lot of money to be grabbed.
We have a pattern here. For them, the rules are for thee and not for me.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:32 pmEST