Or at least realize what voting for more gun control would do to their prospects.

54-46 AGAINST!

National Journal makes all sorts of excuses. They repeat the 90% manta, (although I don’t believe that poll) and they blame, of course, the NRA and something called the “National Association for Gun Rights”…an organization which I had never heard of until today.

But ultimately, I think this was a battle fought and won by We The People…We called, we wrote, we e-mailed and we made out wishes known…..And that, more than anything else, kept our Senators in line.

ETA: Now maybe gun and ammo pricing will return to normal……

That the President is crying crocodile tears over the victims of the madman(men?) who set the bombs in Boston.

If he finds the act of setting bombs so terrible, so repugnant, then why is he friends with William Ayres?

The man has said “I don’t regret setting bombs” and “I feel we didn’t do enough” about his past. Mr Ayres is a domestic terrorist. 


He is also a friend of, and mentor to Barack Hussein Obama. One of the people who helped launch Obama’s political career. 


To my knowledge, William Ayres has never apologized for his action. 


Had things not gone awry, he would have participated in setting EXACTLY the same type of bomb that was used in Boston. 


Yer Barry still counts Ayres as his friend. 


So…., Barry, which is it? Bombing is good as a political statement? Or is it bad? Is terrorism ok, or is it not? 


Tell us, please. 

Now might be a good time to do so.

If you haven;t got a clue how to do so (in which case I am disgusted, but whatever) you can find the information on the left side of this blog, at the top, marked “contacting the congress” (or you can click on the link here).

Tell em NOT to vote for Toomey Manchin.

You voice might be the one that makes him/her/it change their mind.

Even if they have already stated their opposition to the bill, make sure that they know that it was the right decision.

Congressmen and women and senators all want to get re-elected. Make sure that they know how you feel.

Today is her funeral.

Conspicuously absent is anyone from the Obama administration.

I find that to be disgusting.

I am sure that it is a calculated insult to Britain.

And they’ll remember. Both the British people and their leaders.

And it’ll affect the relations between our nations for a long time.

That failure to attend is stupid. 

Looking at Youtube videos today. Videos of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. I did this to see if my first impressions were right, and to see what the media couldn’t (or didn’t) show.

Impressions:

1. These were fairly small  devices.

2. The finish line bomb had to be a fairly low order explosive. The blast wavefront wasn’t moving very fast.

I’d bet AMFO. 15 lbs or so. Or something similar. Maybe black powder, but I don’t think so.(ETA: others disagree)

3. Amazingly, once people got over the shock, many ran TO the site and knew what to do and did it. Not everyone, but a significant percentage of them. Heroes, each of them. I am impressed by the nearly instant reaction of those folks. I bet that many lives were saved because of this. It restored (a little) my faith in my fellow citizens.

When Adam Lanza did his ting at Sandy Hook, we knew withing HOURS everything about him…his age, where he lived, who he last spoke with, what he ate for lunch and when his last bowel movement was….

Same thing with James Homes, of Aurora Colorado fame.

Same with Jared Laughner.

But what have we heard about the suspected Bomber Person of interest? His name is Abduhl Rahman Ali Alharbi. He is from Revere. 


But do we have anything on the MSM? Nope. Nothing. Zero. Nada. 


Wonder why? 

So, what? Did the FBI fuck up and give the Bomber a real bomb instead of a fake one this time?
Never thought of that.

and he points out that they ‘COULD” have been made from commercially available reloading powder.

If so, expect bans

Or controls

Or something.

Read THIS.

Good points.

Shortly after he terrorist bombing in Boston yesterday (04.15.13), the “authorities” (likely DHS) temporarily shut down the cell hone networks as a precaution against other bombs being detonated by remote control through the cellular networks.

While I understand the reasoning behind this action, (perhaps they were disarming the other bomb they (reportedly) found). It did, no doubt, cause a great deal of issues for many urban dwellers who have no other form of communication.

Just a thought: If that is the only telecommunications device your friends and family have in order to contact you, or you the rest of the world, you should have a backup plan.

I’m not talking a way to update your Facebook and such (although you could do that at any shop with Wi-Fi), but a plan to check in with your fellows and family in the event that the Cell networks are down. Perhaps Skype using Wi-Fi….perhaps a number you can call from a land line (if you can access one) to make contact with someone.

Just a thought.