Be sure and read Kurt Hofmann's series on the citizen disarmament shills at CSGV.

There is one aspect of CSGV's philosophy, though, that I now realize I had completely misunderstood. The strongest reason for their aversion to gun rights isn't "gun violence," or the supposed threat of "right wing terrorism" (although they exploit both of those to the maximum extent possible)--it's that they believe that a strong-willed, vigilant citizenry, prepared to say "No!" to government excess, and equipped to back that denial up, is right now impeding the "progressive" agenda.

Part One.
Part Two.
Part Three.

Steaming in circles. Barack seems to be channeling Captain Queeg. Is Obama losing his thread? Because that isn't what George Soros thought he bought.

A tip of the boonie hat to Pete at WRSA for this lovely Obama update.

Ok then, can I ask you your predictions for the November election, now that we are just days away? How bad do you think it’s going to be for the Democrats?

I have been given access to a significant amount of internals all across the country. Senate, House, and governor races, and…well, it is going to be a very tough night for the Democratic Party. It is as bad as I and some others feared it would be for us a couple months ago. Nothing has improved - maybe a few races here and there have tightened, but overall, it’s looking very bad for us. Actually worse than the national polling data currently suggests even.

So how many seats do you see Democrats losing in the House?

At least 50 – possibly a bit more. It will be worse than what we saw in 1994, and I was around for that ass-kicking.

How about the Senate?

That one is just a bit tougher to call. I think the Republicans right now have a 50/50 chance of taking a very slim majority. But at the very least, they are going to gain seven seats, which will basically shut down any sure-thing Democratic Party agenda in the Senate. We don’t fear that as much as what is going on with the House. It is going to be very difficult working with the House – the Republicans are taking on an increasingly aggressive tone heading into the election, and I think in 2011, they are going to putting on an all out offensive against the Obama agenda.

As a Democrat, do you see that as a bad thing?

Not necessarily, but at the same time, I don’t wish to see the political extremes swing back the other way. (Smiles) Then again, maybe I do, because if that happens, the Republicans could be right back on their ass in 2012 – IF the Democrats can get their -expletive- together, which at this point, I am not too hopeful of.

So who do you place the most blame for the Democratic Party’s troubles today?

President Obama and his administration -without a doubt. The Obama White House has been a political train wreck from day one, and it isn’t getting any better at the moment. You already know my feelings on that.

Previously you stated that Obama could be re-elected in 2012, and that if he improved himself on the job – that if he took a more active and responsible role as President, that you would support him. Do you still feel that way?

Is that what I said? (shakes head) Well…(pauses) Ok, I’ll just come out and say what is already underway, and to hell with the possible consequences to me. I will not support Barack Obama in 2012. That possibility has left the table for me. Based on what I know, what I have been told, what I have seen in recent weeks…no, I cannot support the President for a second term. My concern for the party, for the country…my conscience does not allow me that option any longer. Obama is not fit to be president. He simply does not possess the inclinations necessary to lead the country. And I don’t like saying that. I helped the man get elected. I was in the trenches day after day from city to city helping things get done in 2008…I take no pleasure in saying I was a part of that. And I take no pleasure in saying Obama should not be re-elected in 2012.

That is a very strong statement – anything recent that causes you to now say you will not support Obama in 2012? (Long pause – question is repeated)

There is much I have been told, some I know, some more that will probably develop in the coming weeks and months. But you want specifics, right? I understand that…I’ll give you an example of why President Obama is not right for America. He sure as hell has not been right for the party. Not long ago, the president took a meeting. He’s late, which apparently is becoming more and more common with him. The meeting was almost cancelled. In strolls the president, joking with an aide. He plops down on a sofa, leans over and claps another guy on the back asking how he’s been. Apologizes for being late, says he was “held up”. He laughs some more. The meeting begins. After just ten minutes, during which time the president appears to almost totally withdraw into himself, an aide walks in and whispers something to the president, who then nods and quickly stands up, shakes a few hands and tells another aide to update him later on the rest of the meeting. As the president is walking out he is laughing at something yet again. He asked no questions of those at the meeting – not one. He left after just ten minutes, coming in laughing and leaving laughing. His behavior during that brief time he was there was described as “borderline manic”.

Ok, you have already stated previously that the president doesn’t show much interest in the day to day business of being president – why is this example so bad, or different?

Care to know what that particular meeting was about on that day?

Certainly.

Afghanistan. That meeting was an update on Afghanistan, and the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, could give a -expletive-.

Were you actually there to witness this?

No, I was long gone from the White House by then. It was told to me though by someone who was. They were there. First hand. They were also left to apologize to the ones left in the room after the president left. Some of these were military. They were not happy. No…that is not accurate. They were pissed. They didn’t say much at the time, but word got back. They were in shock at the president’s behavior. The country had just lost a number of soldiers the week prior, the public opinion on the war was falling…and the president didn’t seem to care. He arrives late, leaves early, appears to emotionally shut down during the actual discussion, and to then start laughing once again as he is leaving…how does someone reconcile with that kind of behavior? I can’t. It turns my stomach. I didn’t want to believe what I was being told, but I had seen similar kinds of behavior from the president myself, and I can’t dispute the credibility of the source. They have no reason to lie.

From Chucky Schumer's lips to God's ears.

David Codrea asks the question: "Is anti-gun Chuck Schumer poised to become Senate Majority Leader?"

When he looks in the mirror, I'm sure Chucky assures himself that he is. There are folks that such a prospect might frighten. Not me. In fact, I would be happy if that potential turn of events goes from his lips to God's ears.

Indeed, I would be as happy as a pig in excrement after a big meal of fodder from the Unintended Consequences Feed Store.

Follow my logic: We know from experience that Senator Jeff Sessions, who is poised to become the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is at best half-hearted on the subject of ATF oversight and constitutional government. In this he is no different than most of the old RINO bulls in the Senate.

Ole Jeff is like the old mule who the farmer had to hit in the head with a two by four every time he wanted to plow, just to get the critter's attention. Putting Jeff in as second fiddle might help him concentrate his mind on earning that slot in two years. Remember a minority member can ask embarrassing questions of a witness under oath just like a majority member can and we'll certainly have the House majority necessary to chart the investigations over on the other side of the Capitol.



Second, Chucky as Majority Leader would help concentrate the minds of the credulous and half-hearted on our side. With him in charge, the gun issue comes roaring back with an undeniably more left wing body of congressional Democrats.

Third, with Chucky in as Majority Leader, we have a better chance of getting an anti-firearm Supreme to tilt the balance. This would be outstanding. Does anyone here seriously think that with the Constitution and the rule of law being in the debilitated shape that they are that we're going to be able to roll back a century of infringements by mere political actions, elections, etc., WITHOUT a fight? Do you really think that immoral collectivists are going to give up meekly, curb their appetites for your life, liberty and property, and go home, take out their tyranny dentures and drink constitutional Ensure? As an ex-communist who knows the way they think, I can tell you that they certainly will not.

Given that, a re-ruling on Heller would get some of the Fudds into our trenches where they belong. We can use all the help we can get.

Chucky Schumer as Majority Leader? I LOVE it!~!~!

"Remember, boys and girls of the Obama Jugend, you don't have to be anti-Semitic to act like a Nazi. Heil Schumer!"

"When elections are stolen . . . citizens with rifles still get to vote." Final Press Release, Restore the Constitution Rally, Horse Pens 40.

Folks,

Feel free to forward this to whomever you think might benefit from it.

Thanks,

Mike
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Press Release
29 October 2010

Mike Vanderboegh, long-time constitutional militia advocate and founder of the Three Percent movement, will speak on the subject of the unintended consequences of election fraud in a speech at the armed Restore the Constitution rally at Horse Pens 40 park, just off Interstate 59 in northeast St. Clair County Alabama on Saturday, 30 October, from 12 Noon to 4 PM.

Amid a growing number of credible reports of election fraud from all across the country, Vanderboegh will observe, among other things:

"You know, we don't have the death penalty in this country for simple thievery, except in the case of federal elections. That law isn't on the books. Yet. But it does exist. How do I know? Try it and find out."

And:

"When elections are stolen -- when democracy turns to tyranny -- citizens with rifles still get to vote."

Vanderboegh will also quote with approval these words from Selwyn Duke, writing at American Thinker in an article entitled "The Democrats' Final Recourse: Massive Vote Fraud":

"(V)ote-snatchers are worse than murderers. They not only steal votes, but also our future; they undermine the rule of law and threaten the republic itself. In a saner time, they would probably be hanged. And if it becomes apparent that the government -- the Eric Holder DOJ, judges, and others -- has become so corrupt that it will preserve its power by negating the votes of the people, then we should consider our Founding Fathers' words: 'whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.'"

Vanderboegh's Three Percent movement was denounced by former President Bill Clinton in a speech given at the Center for American Progress on April 19 this year. He is also notorious for having issued the call to break the windows of local Democrat party headquarters in advance of the passage of the "Obamacare" Law -- a call which was answered by vandalism at offices from New York to Alaska.

The overall purpose of this rally is to remind everyone that:

1. a right which is not regularly exercised is a right denied, and,

2. that it is past time for the Constitution and the rule of law first crafted by the Founders, securing our God-given and inalienable rights to liberty and property be restored. In fact, we insist upon it.

More details are available by responding to Mike Vanderboegh at GeorgeMason1776@aol.com.

Restore the Constitution website: http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/
Horse Pens 40 website: http://horsepens40.tripod.com/
Mike Vanderboegh's Three Percenter website: http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com
Selwyn Duke's article on voter fraud: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/the_democrats_final_recourse_m.html

"Alien vote-snatchers are worse than murderers. . . In a saner time, they would probably be hanged."

Election Thievery Redress Tool.

You know, we don't have the death penalty in this country for simple thievery, except in the case of federal elections. That law isn't on the books. Yet. But it does exist. How do I know? Try it and find out. -- Mike Vanderboegh.

My thanks to Pete at WRSA for drawing my attention to this piece on election thievery at American Thinker by Selwyn Duke -- "The Democrats' Final Recourse: Massive Vote Fraud."

Duke makes several salient observations about this. The first and most important one is this:

Most of all, though, we have to remember that leftists are, well, leftists. They are simply much more corrupt than those on the right. I know this sounds like blind partisanship, so I'll explain.

I'll introduce this with a point once made by former military-intelligence man Ralph Peters about how you could understand the Taliban: You have to view them as aliens. His point was that most people have trouble conceiving of mindsets radically different from their own and, consequently, often mistakenly assume that others operate by the same principles they do. Even liberals recognize this phenomenon -- when they warn of "ethnocentrism." I, however, am more concerned about conservocentrism.

If you're an average bright-eyed conservative and you really want to understand leftists, begin by viewing them as aliens. Because they really aren't like you, and the difference isn't simply ideology, either. They truly are far more dishonest, deceitful, and manipulative than conservatives.

In explaining why this is so, I'll again draw an analogy to Islamists. Many have pointed out that Western and Islamic thought dictate very different things with respect to honesty. While the West's formative religion, Christianity, teaches that lying is a sin, period, Islam states that lying to an infidel for the glory of Allah is a good. In other words, Christians can lie, but they must commit what they consider a sin to do so. Muslims can do so with what they view as divine approval.

Another difference is that Islamic thought includes a concept known as "dual truth," which basically states, writes American Thinker's Patrick Poole, "that what may be true in the realm of religion may be contrary to what is true in nature." Thus, even if an action is forbidden in Islamic texts, Muslims may be able to take it in the "real world." It's always convenient when you have more than one "truth" with which to justify behavior.

This brings us to liberals. Like Islamists, they have more than one "truth" from which to choose, something they readily admit to with pronouncements such as "that is your truth; someone else's might be different." To be precise, however, they use the word "truth" loosely, as a synonym for taste, and don't actually believe in Truth, properly defined (i.e., divinely ordained morality). They are moral relativists.

What does this mean? It means the sky -- or perhaps I should say the netherworld -- is the limit for behavior restrictions. Unlike Islamists, liberals don't have to find their justifications in medieval texts or complex philosophical contortions, as their credo is simple: "If it feels good, do it." Without belief in anything that transcends man to use as a yardstick for behavior, they ultimately have nothing left to use but the "god within," which is just a gussied-up name for emotion. And their emotion-driven ends really do justify their means. If they feel that conservatives are "evil," conservatives must be. And if they feel that any tactic necessary to vanquish that evil is fair game, it must be. Understand that beneath the light of their deified feelings, lying, cheating or stealing to win elections is not merely justifiable -- it is a "good," and one they do with the only approval they need: self-approval. They are aliens from a planet much like the Hell described by the Devil in an old comic strip (in The New Yorker, I think) when he said, "There's no right or wrong down here. It's whatever works for you." It is a place where there is a wall of separation between man and Truth. . .

Remember folks, I am an ex-collectivist. As a revolutionary communist in the 70s I was taught how to lie, taught in fact how think in such a way that truth was subject to Marxist dialectic and thus any lie was in fact "objective truth." Believe me as an "ex-alien" escaped from the Borg, these folks' thought processes are alien to the "Country Class" like us.

Duke concludes:

And the truth is that in this election, as in every one, some races will be close enough so that vote fraud can be a factor. So how should we proceed once results are in? First, conservatives need an attitude adjustment: They have to understand the nature of their enemy (as outlined above) and become warriors. We mustn't for a moment entertain the notion that the best thing for the nation after a suspicious loss is to concede the race graciously. Rather, the best thing for the nation is to oust the alien vote-snatchers from power by any moral means necessary.

Second, we must recognize that razor-close races almost always go Democrat for a reason (think Al Franken in Minnesota) and view every such loss as a probable vote-fraud scenario. Then we must analyze exit polling -- which has become a very precise science -- for discrepancies between its findings and election results. And when they are found, the matter must be sifted to the very bottom.

Alien vote-snatchers are worse than murderers. They not only steal votes, but also our future; they undermine the rule of law and threaten the republic itself. In a saner time, they would probably be hanged. And if it becomes apparent that the government -- the Eric Holder DOJ, judges, and others -- has become so corrupt that it will preserve its power by negating the votes of the people, then we should consider our Founding Fathers' words: "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it."

Or as Alvie D. Zane says is the "Nominee for Best Comment Ever""

In reference to the 6 votes 1 man story in New York, New York. . .

"If they get 6 rounds of 1 vote each, can I have 1 vote of 30 rounds?" -radiowave

D Minus One -- Horse Pens 40 RTC Update.

As has been pointed out by several Threepers who will be attending, we have been having trouble getting the word out through state and local media who have ignored the press releases largely because of the demands of the larger story of the election. They view us, perhaps rightly, as a campfire set up in the middle of a forest fire that is the fight for the Alabama state house and governor's mansion.

Others who know about it and would otherwise participate, including the Libertarians, are fighting the various electoral campaigns on this last "surge" weekend before Tuesday and will not be there. This has also has had an effect on the speaker's list, which at the moment is short.

One more press effort goes out this morning, but I rather think that absent heroic individual efforts, our turnout will be small (less than a hundred). That is not to say that the press won't cover it, but any publicity would be after the fact.

Rest assured, we WILL have the rally. The day will be crisp but beautiful, especially up on Chandler Mountain. We will have speeches, and even if we have no media coverage whatsoever, we'll just cut the "public" part a little short and adjourn to an improvised but private liberty workshop. Among the topics I would like to discuss is what we are going to demand of the new Alabama legislature and senate when both houses change (as seems likely) to GOP control for the first time since Reconstruction -- Vermont carry, an Alabama Firearms Freedom Act, reform and re-invigoration of the Alabama State Defense Force, etc.

And of course I will be available for any and all questions afterward. We may in fact get more accomplished with a smaller crowd than a larger one.

This will also give those of you who bring family members a chance to explore the natural wonders of Horse Pens 40 and Chandler Mountain. We will make the day worth your time and money in any case.

I apologize (in advance of knowing just how inadequate they will prove to be) for my own failures to successfully get the word out. If you can, please take today and get the word out on the 'Net out in any gun forums (ARFcom, etc.) or local political discussion venues (AL.com) you can.

This may be on private property -- because of an onerous Alabama law that should be overturned next year -- but it will be the first armed political rally in Alabama in modern memory. It will not be the last.

Thanks in advance for your efforts. I look forward to seeing y'all there.

Mike
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My latest letter to the Kansas City Sneeze (KCTEW) fusion center.

-----Original Message-----
From: georgemason1776
To: kctew
Cc: jthomas
Sent: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 10:58 pm
Subject: Are you lying out of both sides of your fusion center mouth, or just have an inability to "man up," as Sharron Angle would say?

CPT Bob Kolenda
Director, Kansas City Terrorism Early Warning Group (KCTEW)
C/O Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105

CPT Kolenda,

A week ago I made you an offer that I would have thought was a no-brainer.

I would be happy to venture out amongst the clueless heathen in our newly-federalized system of political police spying (aka "fusion centers" and "joint task forces") and give an in-service to KCTEW or any other law enforcement group who would like a direct briefing on the constitutional militia movement and the Three Percent concept straight, as they say, "from the horse's mouth.".

My only conditions are that

a. at such briefings my presentation would be video taped by my assistant so that a permanent record of the presentation, your questions and my responses would be available for public consumption afterward on the Internet (of course I'm certain that any shyness of the audience could be accommodated by seating them behind the camera), and,

b. that I pay all my expenses under the time-validated principle that you cannot take the King's shilling and not be the King's man.

Thus, what I offer to you is entirely free to you and your agency.

Of course the SPLC would never submit their lies to such a public airing subject to later fact-checking, and they certainly would never do it at no cost to your agency. The word "poverty" in their name makes it an oxymoron.

Besides sticking my thumb in SPLC's deserving eye, such a presentation would more fully inform your future ability to separate fact from lie which is certainly a positive result tending to make any potential conflict based on misapprehension less likely.

That is what "intelligence gathering" is all about, is it not?

I await your response with great interest.

Of course as you know I'm still waiting.

This is odd because you told Kansas City Star reporter Judy Thomas that you were "willing to talk to me" on this issue.

Now, are you lying out of both sides of your fusion center mouth, or do you just have an inability to "man up," as Sharron Angle would say? Or is it that your federal bosses disapprove?

If I'm reading this situation incorrectly, feel free to set me straight.

I still await your response -- ANY response -- with great interest.

Mike Vanderboegh
The alleged leader of a merry band of Three Percenters.
PO Box 926
Pinson, AL 35126*

*(But you knew that already, didn't you?)

Kipling might want to revise that bit about "never the twain shall meet."

OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
-- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), The Ballad of East and West

Looks like East beats West -- and on the West's turf as well.

Living in their heads rent free, with all utilities paid up to date, it seems..

Maybe they should read this book.

My thanks to Aaron Zelman for forwarding this screed from the El Guapo of citizen disarmament, Josh Horwitz, a man who Aaron calls a "bagel-brained Jew." Horwitz claims I'm in league with the moron who took the bait and stomped the MoveOn.org provocateur outside the Kentucky senatorial debate.

I am also reliably informed that I was denounced by a Democrat operative on the Larry King Live show tonight for being a "GOP hypocrite."

My Halloween Valentine to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

BOO!


Darrel Issa, soon to be Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

What's that smell? I think every senior executive in the Chief Counsel's Office just crapped in their underwear.

When does the Great Recession turn into the Greater Depression?

From Global Guerrillas, two links:

"Consumer Contraction Now Exceeds the Great Recession."

Run Turkey, Run.

We are, as even some Fed Governors now publically admit, in a “liquidity trap,” where interest rates or trillions in QEII asset purchases may not stimulate borrowing or lending because consumer demand is just not there. Escaping from a liquidity trap may be impossible, much like light trapped in a black hole.

Discovery of "The Liberal Gene." Can Dr. Mengele be far behind?

Depends upon how you define "liberal" doesn't it?


Dr. Mengele, call your office.

What's next? "It's not their fault that they are a collectivist tyrant, they were born that way."

"Scarier than Stephen King."

A tip of the boonie to Irregular Chris for this link.

Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff says U.S. government debt is not $13.5-trillion (U.S.), which is 60 per cent of current gross domestic product, as global investors and American taxpayers think, but rather 14-fold higher: $200-trillion – 840 per cent of current GDP. “Let’s get real,” Prof. Kotlikoff says. “The U.S. is bankrupt.”

Request for We Are Everywhere sticker Avery template.

Just received an email from Spencer in New Hampshire. It says, in part:

I am a follower of your blog and I was wondering if you could email me the template for the avery labels. I know this was started last April, but better late than never I guess. I hope to put some in the area around the capital building of my state this weekend.

Somehow, I have lost this file in my database and I sure don't have time to look for it at the moment. I seem to recall that someone posted a copy publicly where anyone could download it. Can anyone who knows the address please post it here?

Thanks.

Mike
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More Details on Horse Pens 40 RTC.

Sorry, but it took me until today to get the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office to talk to me. After a conference with CPT Billy J. Murray & LT Freddie Turrentine I don't think we'll have any trouble at all.

Horse Pens 40 is private property, hence the Alabama public gathering law does not apply. Also, any counter-demonstrators will be asked to leave the rally area. If they do not, or if they misbehave, they will be ejected from the park. The Sheriff's Department will be on call to enforce this if necessary.

A stern warning from me regarding carriage of arms to and from the park: Recent experience has shown that the ATF has the ability to suborn local and state police agencies in Alabama to do their bidding. Thus, although I'm certain that Sheriff Terry Surles would not set up roadblocks to search for arms being transported contrary to law, I cannot be so certain about other agencies.

Thus, ALL ARMS, pistols or long guns, that are transported to the park (unless covered by an Alabama or other valid pistol permit recognized in Alabama) must be secured in the trunk of your car. Yes this is a PITA. It is also prudent given the situation we find ourselves in today.

Entrance to the park will require the payment of a $5.00 per person day use fee (excepting children). As I explained before, the incredible thing is that any monies over and above park expenses are plowed back into the Chandler Mountain and surrounding communities. For example, if you buy a $5.00 bundle of firewood to use at your campsite, $3.00 of it goes into a rescue horse program they run at HP40. (They currently have two rescue horses up there.) HP40 provides money to do an elderly visitation program, supports the local volunteer fire department and other community activities.

Thus, no one will be profiting from this event. If anyone has trouble rounding up the $5.00 -- and I know how tight things are these days -- please see me privately and I will take care of it.

ROE for arms at the rally will be as previous RTC's. That is, pistols holstered (loaded) and long guns (unloaded, and without magazines) slung over your back, chamber flagged, muzzle down. This is not a gun show. Anyone displaying a weapon out of holster or unslung and not demonstrating safe procedure will be asked to leave. No exceptions.

There will be a check-in table, where volunteer marshals (volunteers contact me by e-mail before Friday night) will go over the ROE and give out improvised chamber flags.

I will arrive early (the rally is from 1200 to 1600 HRS) and I encourage others to do so, for it will you a chance to roam around Horse Pens 40.

The Schultz family lives at the park and treats it as their home. We will be welcome visitors. The history, geology and botany of HP40 is just amazing. I have no doubt that if you come there to the RTC rally, you will bring your family back again and again.

Thanks,

Mike
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Does this include the dead guys who voted?

“Knocking off a bank or an armoured truck is merely crude. Knocking off an entire republic has, I feel, a certain style.” -- Sir James Manson, The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth.

Oh well, it IS Chicago.

You know, we don't have the death penalty in this country for simple thievery, except in the case of federal elections. That law isn't on the books. Yet. But it does exist. How do I know? Try it and find out. -- Mike Vanderboegh.

Armed Restore the Constitution Rallies around the country.

Be there, or be square.

Missed Anniversary: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. . ."

Yesterday was the anniversary of Agincourt.

They went to vote for Sharron Angle and Harry Reid's name was already checked.

Fluke or election stealing?

And here's another "isolated incident" from NC.

Washington Post's boo-hooing over ATF's "limitations" forced on it by the "gun lobby." My email in reply.

The Washington Post weeps "ATF's oversight limited in face of gun lobby." In a story by Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi and starring all the usual federal guncop suspects familiar to Sipsey Street readers including "Waco Jim" Cavanaugh, the Post anguishes over their "lack of resources" and other terrible ordeals forced upon these tax-paid bureaucrats.

I could critique this, but I'm sure other bloggers such as David Codrea will do a better job at that. Here, however, is my reply email to the authors of this tearjerker.

-----Original Message-----
From: georgemason1776
To: horwitzs ; grimaldij
Sent: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 11:44 am
Subject: Are you intellectually honest enough to critically examine HOW the ATF does its business?

Because if you are, you might want to examine:

* The David Olofson case. -- A malfunctioning semi-auto rifle became the basis of a "machinegun transfer charge" even after the ATF's own experts initially found it was simply a malfunctioning semi-auto. The rifle was returned to the testers with the order to find differently. Olofson, a Wisconsin Army reservist and firearms instructor with a wife and kids was sent to federal prison. He is now out and available for interview.

* The lack of published standardized testing procedures and deliberately vague rule making. This is done deliberately so the ATF has the option of testifying both ways in a case depending up which is more advantageous to them.

* The joke that is the National Firearms Registry. People have been sent to federal prison based on ATF testimony that the weapon in question wasn't on the NFRTR and therefore illegal when the ATF is painfully aware that the not only is the NFRTR full of holes, but THEY ADD FIREARMS TO IT REGULARLY, even though there have been no machine guns imported or manufactured since 1986. This travesty was exposed in the recent Freisen case, and when that threatened to upset the ATF regulatory applecart, the feds folded and allowed Friesen to plead guilty to a paperwork violation with a fine of $25 after spending more than a million dollars to prosecute him. How's that for a waste of precious taxpayer dollars? I can put you in touch with experts who can rip the lying facade off this ATF scandal, if you are looking for the truth and not merely acting out an agenda.

* The "Economic Waco" that the ATF has waged for years on Georgia firearms designer Len Savage, as "payback" for his expert testimony on behalf of ATF victims such as Olofson and Friesen. Millions more have been wasted on their jihad against Len. I am told by my own sources within the Justice Department that there is a back story on that as well about an unlawful ex parte communication with a federal judge which is a scandal in itself.

* As part of the Savage persecution, ATF' wasted millions of dollars of resources searching for R.A. Bear, a man alleged by a highly placed ATF confidential informant (who used his position with friendly agents to get away with his own crimes) to be an "associate" of Len's. ATF agents searched nationwide for R.A. Bear, demanded to know about him from defense witnesses under discovery in the Savage case, only to find after years of search that "R.A. Bear" was the name of the stuffed toy bear belonging to the daughter of one of Len's friends who was being pressured for information on Savage by the confidential informant. Want to have some fun? Get in front of any of your ATF sources you used on that story and ask them about R.A. Bear and watch the blood drain out of their face.

* The existence of a website run by dissident ATF agents who have been victimized by their own agency, CleanUpAtf.org. Some of their stories of betrayal by ATF senior executives, especially the Chief Counsel's Office, should curl your hair if you have any.

* The inside story behind the granting of permission by the State Department, then denial, of the importation of Korean War surplus arms from South Korea. An ATF mid-level supervisor was ordered to produce a report to deny the deal. He has now come clean. Senator Jeff Sessions office is now interested in his case. It is my belief that the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "ATF Reform" was canceled out of fear that questions would be asked UNDER OATH of ATF command leadership about this and other misdeeds of the ATF Chief Counsels' Office.

Which begs the original question: Are you intellectually honest enough to critically examine HOW the ATF does its business? Or are you just a couple of agenda-driven hacks?

Mike Vanderboegh
Pinson, AL