When the wolves come for us, are we the sheepdog or the sheep?

On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs " "Then there are the wolves," the old war veteran said, "and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy." Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial.

" "Then there are sheepdogs," he went on, "and I'm a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf.""

http://terrellaftermath.com/

 

An opinion on gun control

"There were four mass killing attempts this week. Only one made the news because it helped the agreed upon media narrative.

1. Oregon. NOT a gun free zone. Shooter confronted by permit holder. Shooter commits suicide. Only a few casualties.
2. Texas. NOT a gun free zone. Shooter killed immediately by off duty cop. Only a few casualties.
3. Connecticut. GUN FREE ZONE. Shooters kills until the police arrive. Suicide. 26 dead.
4. China. GUN FREE COUNTRY. A guy with a KNIFE stabs 22 children.

"And here is the nail in the coffin for Gun Free Zones. Over the last fifty years, with only one single exception (Gabby Giffords), every single mass shooting event with more than four casualties has taken place in a place where guns were supposedly not allowed".

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if...

You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if....You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.

•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if... Your government believes that  the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions  more of our money.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... A seven year old boy can be  thrown out of school for calling his teacher "cute" but hosting a sexual  exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if..... The Supreme Court of the  United States can rule that lower courts cannot display the 10 Commandments in  their courtroom, while sitting in front of a display of the 10 Commandments.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Children are forcibly removed  from parents who appropriately discipline them while children of "underprivileged" drug addicts are left to rot in filth infested cesspools.
• You  know you live in Country run by idiots if.... Working class Americans pay for  their own health care (and the health care of everyone else) while unmarried  women are free to have child after child on the "State's" dime while never  being held responsible for their own choices.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Hard work and success are  rewarded with higher taxes and government intrusion, while slothful, lazy  behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid and subsidized housing, and free cell phones.
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... The government's plan for  getting people back to work is to provide 99 weeks of unemployment checks (to not work).
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Being self-sufficient is  considered a threat to the government.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Politicians think that stripping away the amendments to the constitution is really protecting the rights of the people.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... The rights of the Government  come before the rights of the individual.
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Parents believe the State is  responsible for providing for their children.
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You can write a post like this  just by reading the news headlines.
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor defaults on his mortgage (while buying iphones, TV's and new cars) and the government forgives his debt and reduces his mortgage (with your tax dollars).
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Your government can add  anything they want to your kid's water (fluoride, chlorine, etc.) but you are  not allowed to give them raw milk.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Being stripped of the ability  to defend yourself makes you "safe".
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You have to have your parents  signature to go on a school field trip but not to get an abortion.
• You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... An 80 year old woman can be  strip searched by the TSA but a Muslim woman in a burka is only subject to  having her neck and head searched.
•  You  know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Using the "N" word is considered "hate speech" but writing and singing songs about raping women and  killing cops is considered "art".

 Hat tip to Jack Hamner; Santa Maria, Ca

Children and liberal demagoguery

Obama's use of wide-eyed children to promote his gun-control proposals shows just how infantile the anti-gun campaign has become "There was something nauseating about the way Barack Obama surrounded himself with children as he unveiled his gun control plans. It looked like emotional blackmail. "Look these innocent babes in the face and tell them guns are good" – that was the implicit message of this cynical, innocence-exploiting press conference, which brought to mind one of the late Wacko Jacko's weird child-centred peace concerts more than it did a serious Lincoln-style presidential address." Via Lucianne

http://legalinsurrection.com/

Shameless: White House Posts Videos Of Children Asking Obama To Crack Down On Guns…
"Even the New York Times concedes this is going to look like Obama “exploiting little children for his own political purpose.”"

Obama's Inauguration

Slew of celebrities heading to DC for Obama’s inauguration, parties  "Grammy Award winner John Legend, who performed at several Obama fundraisers last year, will help ring in another four years for the president over the weekend at an official ball and other soirees. Legend, along with actress Rosario Dawson, La La Anthony, rapper 2 Chainz, Doug E. Fresh, Swizz Beatz, MC Lyte and “E! News” co-anchor Terrence J are among the expected guests joining music mogul Russell Simmons at what’s being dubbed “the dopest ball ever,” the Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball at The Harman Center in downtown D.C. on Sunday."

"President Obama's inaugural parade will feature eight floats, including a Hawaii float to honor his birthplace, an Illinois float to honor the first lady’s home state, and a Kenyan float just to mess with Republicans." –Jimmy Fallon

 

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/109155894

 

Obama Second Term Overview: The Beginning, not the End,of the Campaign

Get ready for more Republican-bashing and demagoguery, beginning with the inaugural address.

"If he cannot enact his policies fully, however, President Obama can still hope to begin the transformation of American government and society for which he has long hoped. To that end, he intends to shatter Republican resistance on principles that have long been the consensus view in Washington and which the left has been determined to destroy, because they interfere with its goals of social democracy and (leftist) world governance."

Cruz: Obama 'High on His Own Power'

The Weekly Standard  "Republican senator Ted Cruz of Texas said Thursday that Barack Obama is "high on his own power" with regard to the president's announced efforts on gun control. Speaking on Laura Ingraham's radio talk show, Cruz, who was just elected to the Senate last November, said "this is a president who has drunk the Kool-Aid.""

Sen. Rand Paul arguing that President Barack Obama may be developing a "king complex," said that he plans to introduce a bill next week that "will nullify anything the president does that smacks of legislation."  Video at the link
 

 

Our Orwellian president speaks as if we have no collective memory. But that is OK if you are considered to be "hip"

Victor Davis Hanson "As a senator and presidential candidate, Barack Obama said that he detested budget deficits. In 2006, when the aggregate national debt was almost $8 trillion less than today, he blasted George W. Bush's chronic borrowing and refused to vote for upping the debt ceiling: "Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.'"


PA Pundits

....
"A second explanation for Obama's "irresponsible" and "unpatriotic" behavior is that, at some point, he began to see political advantages to massive borrowing when combined with near-zero interest rates. The growth of entitlements is popular with many voters, especially given that 47 percent pay no federal income taxes. Politically, it proved wiser to provide free birth control pills than to be demagogued as wanting to throw granny over a cliff. Who wants to run on giving fewer things to voters and making everyone pay more for what they receive?"

In other words, it is easy to be a liberal but it takes courage to be a conservative. Should Obama do the right thing about federal spending and give up all the adulation from Hollywood; the admiring interviews from a sycophantic media; the glowing check stand magazine cover photos? Would Obama have the integrity to forsake his reputation of being "hip"? Or would he prefer being "hip" to actually governing?
Let's discuss "hipness" in the light of the article above, shall we?

Victyor Davis Hanson; The Hipster Façade  ..."Or does the fact that LeBron is hip exempt him from association with his fellow fat cats? Could the Tea Party just change its name to Occupy Washington?
" Barack Obama baffles his detractors. How can one who golfs so frequently, or who vacations in only the most tony resorts, keep haranguing the nation about the transgressions of the one percent? When he sees them stroll by on Martha’s Vineyard, does he jump up and shout out at their mansions: “You didn’t build that!”?
"How did corpse-man not win the NPR vitriol that nu-cu-lar had in the past?" 

Sodahead

Because Obama is "hip" and no Republican can be. Ever.

Reading list on Obama's gun control measures

These are from the soon-to-be-gone Neal Boortz:
Random Thoughts on Obama's Gun Control Measures  "The libs are trying to change the language here.  They know that the phrase “gun control” elicits a strong negative response among many.  Look for “gun violence prevention” or some other such phrase.  Same goals, different phraseology.  Liberals know the masses are suckers … and will play them."

 Obama's Victim Disarmament Proposals "I really do feel for you folks in the media who have to continue to honestly and objectively cover this dangerous man in the White House.  .... I simply cannot sit here and do the daily play-by-play of his destruction of this country that I love any more.  This last election made it clear.  The moochers, parasites, leaches and the looters who support them are in control.  We simply have too many people voting for a living in this country … the takers rule, and too many makers are disengaged and sit on their hands on Election Day."

The Race Card  "It was only a matter of time, as it is with most issues lately, before somebody pulled out the race card.  The person to do it this time around was none other than Hank“Guam will tip over” Johnson.  He says that the NRA opposes Obama's gun control plans because the group “still cannot get over” the fact that the president is “black.”" Don't miss this one either; now back to our original topic:

Gun Control Through ... ObamaCare? "Hey you doctors out there, did you hear what Dear Ruler has in store for you?  You thought that you went to school to get a medical degree to practice medicine, help people and earn the big bucks.  Now you are realizing that you will be a government employee, subject to the demands of a feckless ruler."
I'm sure Mr. Boortz means that in a nice way.

Lucianne has these:

NRO; Obama’s Unserious Gun Proposals "So why has the Obama administration come up with these tired, already-failed proposals? Not so that they can pass, and certainly not so that if passed, they would be effective. Rather, Obama’s gun-control initiatives are part of his permanent campaign. The objective is to rile up the Democratic party’s faithful so they will be motivated to turn out in November 2014. President Obama has always been more interested in campaigning than governing. Beyond that, he knows he can do little to transform America unless the Democrats capture the House next year. So today’s proposals, pointless as they may seem, are part of a political strategy — not to convert the majority, but to motivate the minority."

 

Photo-op president shooting blanks  "So does the boilerplate admonition to “launch a national safe and responsible gun-ownership campaign.” (But, psst, the National Rifle Association’s been doing that for years.)"

 

Gov. Rick Perry fires back at Obama's gun limits

"The evil Perry spoke of "shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations," he said, "and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be.""

Now these gun control advocates mean business!

 

This next cartoon comes from Ronbo at The Freedom Fighter's Journal: 

Finally, from Weasel Zippers:  NRA: Obama Wants “War” With Us So We’re Preparing For “Battle”… "NRA members would hold accountable any politicians who “sell them out to some pie-in-the-sky scheme such as the president is proposing,” he said."

Investing: Biggest growth story is outside the US

The Financial Times  American business competitiveness has made this nation a good haven for investing. But now, Obama and the business-hating liberals are affecting the business climate, making Bulgaria a better investment than the US at present. TD

 "The drag might have been justified had the agreement actually addressed the long-term fiscal outlook. But it failed to tackle the US tax code’s dysfunction or the sustainability of major entitlement programmes. In abdicating any effort to stabilise the national debt, Washington now risks an eventual loss of international confidence in the US. Short term, it is not even clear that this deal does much to address the deficit. With significant fiscal drag still embedded in the deal, the economy is unlikely to grow as fast as current budget estimates assume. If growth disappoints, as it almost surely will, revenue will be below expectations and deficits above."  Full article from the UK Financial Times here.

http://www.tobytoons.com/td/

Coulter: Guns don’t kill people, mentally ill do

Ann Coulter  "Seung-Hui Cho, who committed the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, had been diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder as a child and placed under treatment.
"But Virginia Tech was prohibited from being told about Cho’s mental health problems because of federal privacy laws.
"At college, Cho engaged in behavior even more bizarre than the average college student. He stalked three women and, at one point, went totally silent, refusing to speak even to his roommates. He was involuntarily committed to a mental institution for one night and then unaccountably unleashed on the public, whereupon he proceeded to engage in the deadliest mass shooting by an individual in U.S. history.
"The 2011 Tucson, Ariz., shopping mall shooter, Jared Loughner, was so obviously disturbed that if he’d stayed in Pima Community College long enough to make the yearbook, he would have been named “Most Likely to Commit Mass Murder.” "

Full List of 23 Executive Actions in Gun Violence Reduction Measures

Fox News  "At President Obama’s announcement on new steps to be taken in an effort to control gun violence in the U.S., the president will sign measures which will initiate 23 separate executive actions on gun violence."
"It’s important to note that not each one is actually an executive order or presidential memorandum.
The Office of the Press Secretary sent out the following list of all 23 executive actions."
Also this:
FULL DETAILS: Fact Sheet on the President’s Plan to Reduce Gun Violence

Rand Paul To Push Legislation Nullifying Emperor Obama’s Executive Orders On Guns….
" “I’m told Sen. Rand Paul will introduce language within hours, within hours, to call for the nullification and prohibition of funding for the president’s executive actions announced today and possibly even using the federal courts to nullify and defund some of the things that he plans on doing,” Bolling said."

Related, if you reach a bit for it: Other Tyrants Who Have Used Children As Props

Get 'em early before he starves them to death.

 

 Bob Schieffer Likens Obama 'Taking on the Gun Lobby' to Hunt for Bin Laden,'Defeating the Nazis'  "This is a turning point in this country, and the President is going to have to do more than just make a speech about it. This is one of the best speeches I've ever heard him deliver, but it's going to take more than that from the White House. He's going to have to get his hands dirty. He's going to have to get in there and – and work this problem until he gets it done. But unless we figure out a way to make sure that something like Newtown never happens again, we're not the country that we once were. I think we still are. I think there's hope. I think something's going to happen here."  Emphases in the original.

Scaring People To Debt

Hope n' Change

"Forgetting his promise to use "words that heal rather than words that wound," Barack Obama held a news conference Monday to call Republicans "baby-raping terrorists" and "syphilitic(sp) whores gulping the pus of the evil rich."
" Okay, those weren't his exact words - but his meaning was clear enough. The president declared that he wouldn't even consider spending cuts in debt ceiling negotiations with the vile Republicans who are "holding a gun at the head of Americans" and "demanding ransom."
" He then went on to say that the only reason that the GOP is seeking deficit reduction is that they're ideologically opposed to "senior citizens (having) decent health care," "kids in poverty (getting) enough to eat," and "medical research." The bastards probably make smoothies out of kittens, too."

Obanomics in pictures