The Wandering Minstrel

This is dedicated to Sean Penn, Janeane Garofalo, George Clooney, and the hundreds of narcissistic Hollywood types that won’t just shut the fuck up and act.

I read about a crash at the local airport the other night. The police lieutenant on the scene described the aircraft in terms of a ‘kite,’ but I would submit it’s more like a flying lawn chair. Apparently, the incident happened as a result of a taxiing accident.

Via the Breeze:

Torrance police Lt. David Petersen said the light aircraft, which he described as “a kite with an engine,” crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday night. Petersen says witnesses told police they heard what sounded like engine failure shortly after the aircraft took off. It crashed on the side of the runway.

Disclaimer: the photo shown is not that of the incident in question.

Seven .357 magnum 178 grain hollow-point rounds loaded into the cylinder of “Jerry Lee” sure do make a purdy picture . . .

As a virtual ambassador-at-large for the Obamination, former Philanderer-in-Chief Bill Clinton is out among ‘em. Recently, he dragged out all of the same tired rhetoric against scary ol’ guns from 15 years ago. Make no mistake, the Obamination will embrace every one of Slick Willie’s ridiculous ranting points and run with them.

This is a good article from Wayne LaPierre:

1994 All Over Again

When it comes to gun control failures, the corpse is always propped up and repainted like a new Joker -this time, Bill Clinton promoting a resurrected version of his long-dead 1994 semi-auto ban. Addressing the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Clinton let loose with the same saliva-slinging, fist-pounding, make-it-up-as-you-go-along sermonizing that he used to bamboozle Congress to pass the first senseless ban 15 years ago.

He is still spewing the same old tired torrent: “Nobody wants to repeal the Second Amendment, and nobody wants to keep you out of the deer woods, but wouldn’t it be nice if your children didn’t have to worry about being mowed down by an assault weapon when they turn the corner?”

Well, Mr. Former President who presided over a 47 percent drop in federal gun crime prosecutions, it would be nice if our children didn’t have to worry about violent crime in general. It would be nice if leaders like you were capable of attacking gang violence with a rational and effective policy. Instead you feed a ravenous ego with the cheap theater of ignorant fearmongering, the stuff that scares people into supporting gun control idiocies that protect no one - but that pump up your pomposity.

Considering four out of five crimes are committed by gang members, Mr. Clinton, a former president concerned more with safety than with swagger would ask, “Wouldn’t it be nice if your children didn’t have to worry about becoming a victim of gang violence anywhere, because we crushed them with our resolve?”

The National Institute for Justice said if Clinton’s ban were renewed, “the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best, and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. [These guns] were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.”

Mr. Clinton, your gun control garbage is already consigned to the trash can of history. Do us all a favor and put a lid on it.

Highlights are mine.

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. . . for idle hands.

Working at the computer desk at home, I have a number of things within my reach. My S&W 686 .357, “Jerry Lee,” a speed loader, my LED flashlight and some batteries. Will those AAA batteries fit in the speed loader? To my surprise - yes - and they stay in the speed loader when the lock is twisted.

And, no - the batteries won’t fit in the cylinder of the gun.

SCORECARD FOR DAY THIRTY-FOUR:

For those who do not believe the Obamination is having an effect on the market, I suggest you read this analysis by Charles Krauthammer (via NRO Corner):

The markets are responding remarkably, exquisitely, sensitively to political events, much more in than in the past.

And the reason is for the last year we have had huge intervention of the government in the markets and the banks, in autos. So it is not just a reaction to economic news, but to what’s happening in Washington.

As a result of that, we saw, for example, last year, that tremendous swing when the House rejected the first TARP, a drop of 700 points happening overnight.

What’s happening here is that you’ve got a negative reaction to the team. When you had Geithner rolling out the plan for TARP two, it deeply disappointed the markets because the promise had been it would be specific.

So, a, it introduced uncertainty, but, b, you had the impression of a new team that would take over, very smart people, a lot of experience, and you got a sense that they weren’t sure what to do after a month or two or three of deliberation.

And that’s what I think is spooking the markets. We may be in such unknown territory historically and economically, that no one knows. And the idea of nobody knowing at the helm, I think, is what is scaring the markets and dropping the market.

With all the crap the Obamination is beginning to pull, it’s time to get organized at the grass-roots level. We just got in touch with our statewide rifle and pistol association, first to become members, and second, to see what we can do to help out.

Photo credit: Damsel

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This looks like a time-warp to 1974 when Beetles were driven by many and hippies put flower decals on them or painted them with colors like lukewarm monkey-vomit green. I don’t remember painted rims, though.