From a comment posted at the Devil’s Kitchen —

But when it comes to broken promises, explicit promises, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are two cheeks if the same Vichy arse and I would gladly cut off his cock and winch Gordon Brown’s intestines from his treacherous stomach and cook them for him in front of his remaining eye before cutting him in four and beating the rest of the cabinet to death with bits of him, cunt.

And the American lamestream snoozemedia labels the Tea Party folks here in the States as “disgrunted,” “hate-filled,” and such.

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I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to rig a desktop printer to fit Federal Reserve Notes — I’d like to add the following disclaimer to as many FRNs as possible:

This note is redeemable upon State demand from your life, liberty, property and pursuit of happiness.

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Just recently (25 August), Senator Ted Kennedy (Fascist-Massachusetts) croaked.

Of course, Republicans are memorializing him in their own way by showcasing his 1969 underwater expedition. Can’t really blame them — after all, they’re Republicans, and that’s what they do — nitpick the “other side’s” personal failings while excusing their stupid, insane and evil policies.

As for Teddy’s swim that night, well, maybe he felt envious of brother Jack’s status as a war hero and a bit of guilt over skating out the Korean War in Europe, and plunging the car into the water was his way of making things right.

And of course, the Democrats are also memorializing him in their own way, by using him as a martyr of sorts to pass their stupid, insane and evil medical plan for all of society AKA ObamaCare — “This was his dream.” “Let’s pass it for him.” and such.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the Democrats decided to revive their idea to re-enact the “assault weapons” ban, as The Barack said he wanted to do while on the campaign trail.

Nauseating.

Now what exactly was Kennedy good at while warming chairs in the U.S. Senate? Let’s see –

• He was good at sponsoring anti-Constitutional legislation.
• He was good at re-writing the laws of supply and demand by exploding the size and scope of the welfare state.
• He was good at invoking the memory of Jack and Bobby as a reason to inflict victim disarmament laws on everyone else in America.
• He was good at poking the nose of the federal government into every aspect of Americans’ lives as he could.

So maybe he had a good life after all . . .?

The concepts of “age of consent” and “age of majority” are culturally defined, so the idea of the legislature passing laws about how old you have to be to do anything is idiotic.

Let’s see –

• The bar mitzvah (or bat mitzvah for girls) is the rite of passage into adulthood for Jews, at age 13.

 

• The Romans (and most other societies up to the 1890′s) didn’t really care what age you were when you joined their army or navy, just that you were an able-bodied male at the time of enlistment. ^[1]

 

• It wasn’t until the 20th Century, and in Western cultures at that, that the age of marriage rose above 18 years. In some American states, the age of consent remains at 16.

• “The power of the sword, say the minority…, is in the hands of Congress. My friends and countrymen, it is not so, for THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY. The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress has no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every terrible implement of the soldier are the birthright of Americans. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but where, I trust in God, it will always remain, in the hands of the people.”
  – Tench Coxe

  The emphasis (bold text) above is mine alone — why no insistence on age 18 from Coxe?

Didn’t all of these people they know they’re supposed to wait until age 18 to recategorize kids as adults, so they’re in “compliance with State and Federal Law” ?

Apparently, the Feds and State legislatures don’t care about that either, as while people can join the military, vote in public elections and buy rifles at age 18,

• American state governments allow people to get “driver’s licenses” at age 16.

 

• Those same state governments mandate that people must wait until age 21 before being purchasing or drinking alcohol, or purchasing and carrying a handgun.

Oh, that’s right — the age of 18 “requirement” started mostly after World War II. Before then, it wasn’t a big deal if a teenager had a drink, or carried a pistol or rifle.

The people that crack me up are the “Christian” socialists (Falwell Followers, 700 Club members, etc.) and their counterparts amongst the Islamic and Judaic faiths who insist that without such laws, some fifty-year-old will their eight-year-old to sex, drugs, drink and rock-n-roll.

Let’s say that such a case does indeed happen — the kid goes out the front door and tells Mom and Dad just what they’re going out for.

What’s that say about the parents’ skills as parents if they let the kids do that sort of thing? When I was a kid, cigarettes, alcohol, pot and cocaine were available if I had chosen to partake. Yet I didn’t avail myself of any of these. Why was that the case?

NOTES

1. Examples abound throughout history of kids as young as seven being enlisted in armies as foot soldiers and laborers.

Re: Public Defecation A Downtown Issue

While Dan McKay’s article points out a problem, it also illustrates larger issues in society, namely the State’s reach into the private lives of everyone, the desire of significant portions of the population for “something for nothing,” the politicians who pander to that desire using tax dollars, and the lack of common sense where politics is concerned.

1. Untreated waste from the homeless getting into the Rio Grande? Am I supposed to believe that animals such as deer, skunks, coyotes, birds, etc., make sure to leave their waste at places that have the prior approval of the Environment Department? Of course they don’t.
2. A portajohn being a “attractive spot for drug activity and prostitution” ? Well, that’s what happens when people who desire these activities can’t find a legal way to have their consensual fun. Guess what — the activity being illegal isn’t going to stop them from wanting to partake, and someone else will find a way to make a quick buck providing it. Sanitation, hygiene and personal safety of those involved (and bystanders, too!) comes in second place here.
   But we already know this from our history books (Prohibition of alcohol, 1919-1933), don’t we?
3. Establish a police presence? The combined headquarters of APD and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department is at 4th and Roma NW — right in the area in question. What more do you need?
4. Councilor Isaac Benton wants “affordable housing” and “high quality public restrooms.” What he doesn’t say is how he plans to pay for these without either cutting spending from some other program (I offer up the Mayor’s Summer Arts program as an example) and / or raising taxes.

Well, whatever your take on this, this is happening outside the office building where Pete Dinelli, Albuquerque’s “chief public safety officer,” holds court. How good of a job is he doing? There are some that think he’s good enough to be the next Mayor of Albuquerque.

Mike Blessing
Chair, Bernalillo County Libertarian Party
Albuquerque, New Mexico

As if ObamaCare wasn’t bad enough . . .

From the White House blog posting about the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act –

This legislation will not ban all tobacco products, and it will allow adults to make their own choices. But it will also ban tobacco advertising within a thousand feet of schools and playgrounds. It will curb the ability of tobacco companies to market products to our children by using appealing flavors. It will force these companies to more clearly and publicly acknowledge the harmful and deadly effects of the products they sell. And it will allow the scientists at the FDA to take other common-sense steps to reduce the harmful effects of smoking.

I’m hoping that this little bit of anti-Constitutional BS will be struck down by the Supremes on its merits, more specifically the lack of merit. But with the confirmation of Sotomayor, I’m not optimistic.

I wonder if he had a cigarette before or after making this announcement.

What does it say when the guy with his finger on the “nuclear button,” the “leader of the free world,” and the “guy who runs the country,” can’t summon the personal willpower to quit smoking?

Upon reading Secretary Vilsack’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s Journal, I noticed two glaring omissions on the Secretary’s part.

The first is that with every one of those “dollars” (really Federal Reserve Notes or “FRNs” that comes to New Mexico from Washington DC, also comes federal regulations on how the states are to spend that cash. This is what Washington does with highway money — “If you want your tax money back to spend on highways in your state, you have to agree to our conditions on how you spend it, and our conditions for anything related to those projects.”

Which brings me to the second point — the money in Obama’s programs was taxed away from productive Americans, who could grow the economy in an organic, sustainable manner by spending it themselves. How would they spend it? Let’s see — providing basic necessities for themselves and their families, donating to charities, and starting their own businesses are just three ways that they could contribute to the real recovery effort.

Mike Blessing
Chair, Bernalillo County Libertarian Party
Albuquerque, New Mexico

NOTE — This article was NOT published in the Albuquerque Journal.

While skimming the online version of the Journal, I noticed the recent clip about the upcoming mayoral race, in which both Richard Berry and Richard Romero promised to stick to the now-overturned two-term limit for mayors.

I note that the two-term rule was struck down by a court decision after a request from the current incumbent, who is on his second term^[1].

That incumbent also stated twice, both before and after being re-elected in 2005, that he would stick to the two-term limit.

If We the People can’t trust him on this, why should we trust him on anything else?

Mike Blessing
Chair, Bernalillo County Libertarian Party
Albuquerque, New Mexico

NOTES

1. Term Limits @ Eye on Albuquerque
2. This article was NOT published in the Albuquerque Journal