"There is a war in heaven." Or at least, so it is rumored, a nasty internecine knife fight in Fairfax in advance of the annual meeting/convention.
"There is a war in heaven." Or at least, so it is rumored, a nasty internecine knife fight in Fairfax in advance of the annual meeting/convention.
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I donated nra's share to GOA. At least they'll do something useful with it.
Another little birdie, actually a flock of them, are chirping up a storm to those who fail to pay attention because they have themselves cordoned off from reality -
Ignoring the body politic, considering them underling serfs who should just hush up and do as they are told, never works out well for those in their ivory towers.
The Whigs had a similar problem - the "leaders" lost their way. They stopped paying attention to reality on the ground. The "leaders" found themselves with no followers AND even less supporters. This while the "leaders" thought it was the followers and supporters who were foolish and misguided.
Personally, I don't think there is anything left to save. The "leaders" can infight, backstab and try to pull the wool all they want to - but what they want control of us dying a miserable and pathetic death. A pure closed eyes and closed mind suicide.
Good riddance. All gun control groups - especially fake gun rights groups SHOULD die a miserable death.
After the 594 fiasco there sure should be some blood letting!
No way should any state be given up like they did with Washington state.
I understand the 591/Gottlieb diversion was a lot to over come but even Gottlieb should know that the cat is out of the bag now on him and he better not try any more 591's in other states unless he wants his Bloomberg ties to be totally exposed.
The NRA better stand and fight in Nevada!
Stand and fight in Nevada? How? By giving Harry Reid some more campaign cash? In Nevada, the NRA fights to empower the STATE government with Authorities that the Second Amendment "removes from the hands of government".
The NRA should STAND DOWN its assault on the Second Amendment it's engaged in. Gun rights are NOT a Tenth Amendment issue. They are a SECOND AMENDMENT issue. Those running the NRA should ADMIT that the state preemption strategy is was and always has been a gun CONTROL effort disguised as a "advancing of rights" effort. The NRA deserved no forgiveness or redemption until it EARNS it- starting with a open admission about it losing its way alongside a deep apology for it.
There is no reason to continue the farce. Unless of course the NRA wants to continue to relegate itself to professional wrestling status and deem it's members "fans".
Mike: it would be helpful and speed up the process of reading your great blog if the links could open in another window. Then a reader could continue to read your site while the link fills out. Hope this makes sense. Typically, this action is a matter of checking a box on your page setup. Thanks, Larry Morse ldmorse@hughes.net
I have just re-read Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" AKA "Resistance to Civil Government", and I recommend it to everyone in this day and age.
http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html
I was also reading an analysis of Thoreau's times, including the Fugitive Slave Law, and found something interesting (see paragraphs 23 and 24)
http://thoreau.eserver.org/MJF/MJF5.html
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The arrest, trial, and return to slavery of one Anthony Burns prompted Thoreau’s most scathing denunciation of slavery to date.
On May 24, 1854, Burns was arrested. The next day Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. And a day later, a Boston crowd mobbed the courthouse in a failed rescue attempt of Burns. Richardson explains that "it had taken a battalion of U.S. artillery, four platoons of marines, the sheriff’s posse, twenty-two companies of state militia, and forty thousand dollars to return Anthony Burns to slavery."(178) The exorbitant cost of returning a single individual to bondage outraged Northern-moderates and compelled many to shift their opinion in favor of abolitionism. Among the Transcendentalists, Parker and Alcott had earlier joined the vigilance committee, helping to patrol the streets of Boston at night to protect blacks from indiscriminate arrest as fugitives.
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What does this remind one of today? Of course, the enforcement of gun prohibition in states like Connecticut, Colorado, New York and Washington state. MAKE IT COST!
There will be a 594 type vote in Nevada upcoming.
The NRA needs to commit real resources in the fight against it in Nevada and any other state where 594 type petitions are voted upon.
They need to make statewide votes as important as they do making sure congress and the US Senate are pro 2nd amendment.
The anti gunners have been stopped on the federal level for now, the battle field up coming will be in the states.
Any chance of a birdie clueing in the rest of us?
It would be good IF this were a real fight and better people were put in charge. However, the GOP just had a fight and the same ol' same ol' are still in charge. We'll just have to wait and see?
Hey, guys. I want Mike to publish on this blog a list of all the reasons he's against The NRA. Please include everything you think The NRA didn't do they should have done and everything The NRA did that they shouldn't have. Go back in history as far as you want. If I see an itemized list of those reasons, maybe I'll understand why you're so against The NRA. I will be attending their Annual Meetings and Exhibitions at Nashville in April.
I remain,
A NRA Life Member, Benefactor Level
- Old Greybeard
The ill fleged chicks have come home to roost and have grown into very scrawny TURKEYS
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Fight from within. The NRA is worth saving if you totally vanquish the fudds from the proletariat. We are seeing a steady rise in backbone now that a few new members are seeing their way into the ranks. Had it not been for the newer members, there wouldn't be a fight. The infighting is a sign of change. I'll keep my money going to the GOA, but I'm getting a life membership to the NRA in order to work MY will upon the machine.
"but I'm getting a life membership to the NRA in order to work MY will upon the machine."
Thank You! -- another NRA life member, benefactor level.
To paraphrase Country Joe at Woodstock, "I don't know how the 3% think you're gonna win the soft war if you won't spend the cost of an NRA membership."
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