Sorry start to a morning

News on the current efforts of the UN to make sure the peasants aren't armed:
“So, what might an ATT look like?” they ask. Here are two highlights from the report:

• We predict that small arms will be included, because that’s what this treaty is all about in the first place. But ammunition has, at best, a 50-percent chance of inclusion.
• We predict that a minimal Implementation Support Unit (ISU) will be approved, and will ultimately grow into a global BATFE on steroids.

What's the liklihood of administration support?

As for the US, it might seem confusing that the Obama government has taken a position against the inclusion of SALW [Small Arms and Light Weapons] and ammunition in the forthcoming Treaty. Yet, the US officially supports the inclusion of SALW into the UNROCA [UN Register of Conventional Arms] itself, as clearly stated in October 2011 by Laura E. Kennedy, one of the representatives to the UN.

And we know that Hillary Clinton is responsible for reanimating the discussion.
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I would not make that assumption because I would not put any underhanded maneuver beneath the enemies of freedom, and that includes a caution to those who (correctly) maintain a treaty cannot supersede the Constitution—if the folks behind this power grab had any respect for rights, they would not be behind it in the first place. It is incumbent on each of us to be aware of threats, including those which may appear to be on a distant horizon, and to be prepared to mobilize and repel it not when our backs are against the wall, but while we have the time to do so without expending too much effort--kind of like speculative scenarios for an approaching asteroid. Better to deflect it a fraction of a degree when it is still far off than wait for it to enter the atmosphere.

It won’t hurt us or distract from our other efforts to take a mere five minutes of our time—today—to contact our Senators and convey our expectation that they oppose any UN Arms Trade Treaty that may make it to the floor for their consideration.
Definitely yell at your Senators.

Also from Examiner,
Texas Congressman Ted Poe is convinced there is more to Operation Fast and Furious than just a monumental screw-up by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and he said so in an exclusive Monday afternoon interview with this column.

“To me this whole operation is just a ruse to go after gun sales in the United States; don’t punish the people involved in the killings, punish the guns.”—U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)

... Poe – a former prosecutor and judge who appears to have the instincts of a Texas Ranger –asked a simple question about that the other day during the House Judiciary Committee hearing and he did not get a simple answer from Holder:

Poe: So, we don’t know the person that signed off…I mean, and I know how the federal government works, everybody’s got to sign off on something, especially something like this. But, we don’t know who that person is yet, is that what you’re telling me?

Holder: With all due respect, I’d be surprised if we’re going to see a document that somebody signed off on that said ‘you can let guns walk.’

This exchange came immediately after the embattled attorney general told Poe during his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee that the operation actually kicked off at the Phoenix office of the ATF, and about a month later, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Phoenix got involved.

"It's only been a few months, you expect ME to know who started this?"

Yeah, keeping people from getting to work- which means they don't get paid- is a 'victory for the 99%'. Right.


This is something I've wondered about: why hasn't this happened earlier, with more companies?
Colt Firearms appears to be one of the many Connecticut companies looking for a less hostile home.

To clarify, Florida is a Right-to-Work state and Connecticut is not. Which may be why the UAW is so concerned about keeping jobs in the anti-business state:.

via The Miami Herald:

Colt Manufacturing Co. announced earlier this month it is bringing 63 jobs and a new regional headquarters and product manufacturing center to Kissimmee, Fla., next year.

Of course, Colt’s move may also have more to do with the hostile nature Connecticut has toward businesses, or the largest tax increase in the state’s history that was just imposed in June.
Not to mention politicians who keep wanting to restrict/license/ban guns, but they also want the company there so they can keep taxing it to death. I imagine CT politicians are having heartburn right now and wondering "Why do they want to hurt us this way?"


A bit of history on how NASA wound up with a Space Pen. Which they had nothing to do with the development of.


If you or I did something like this, we'd be in jail; but for a Friend of Obama and the Democrats? Nah.
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 — even as it carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The Post.

In all, the controversial activist and his empire, including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies, were $5.3 million in the red, public records show.

Most of NAN’s money woes stemmed from more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes, interest and penalties. It also paid more than $100,000 to settle two lawsuits, byproducts of the unpaid bills.

And it still owed $206,252 in loans to Sharpton’s for-profit Bo-Spanky Consulting Inc. and Sharpton Media LLC, the records show.


And, lacking anything else, the gun bigots are still pushing the "People didn't have guns at home" crap.

Things have to do here, see you later.