BATF rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

comes to mind.
Yeah, a new name, that'll fix everything!


In the post on solar power and avian cuisinarts*, commenter pointed me to an interesting side-effect in Ireland:

Irish environmental groups have called for a moratorium on wind farm constructions on bog sites until Best Practice Guidelines for construction on peatlands are in place.

A landslide in the Stacks Mountains in County Kerry in August has now been followed by a further landslide in County Leitrim. The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board has confirmed that both of these bogslides have led to extensive juvenile fish kills and destruction of the aquatic environment.

The two slides occurred while roads were under construction on raised peat lands. The roads are to facilitate the construction of wind farms.

Well, if you called him the '10% wants America better/90% wants it humbled President', then I'd agree with that 10%.  Otherwise, Mr. Pres, you're full of crap.

Twenty rules for racism. 

Ref the Officer Anonymous thing this morning, this pisses me off more the more I think on it.  If you haven't read the piece, in the original article you'll find this:
 In Utah, we have had many individuals walking around with open carry weapons around malls and theaters. Should I still feel safe and hope you are a sane person? If you are that person, should you really be offended if police approach you with guns drawn?
Translation: "I don't like you legally open-carrying, so if my highly-trained and psychologically-tested self sees you, I'll stick a gun in your face and treat you like a criminal.  Probable cause and all that crap?  I don't need it."
This is the attitude of a psychologically sound individual of good training?  Really?  And that doesn't yet touch on just what kind of exam this gun bigot would find acceptable, and who'd decide if you pass(we already know: someone like you).

And I'm sick of clowns like you demanding my arms be registered 'for the public good'.  Year or so back an officer in OKC was shot by an illegal alien with a AR15.  When our Chief of Police expressed his upset, did he demand the feds to more to get illegals out of the country?  Did he even MENTION the 'illegal alien' part?  Hell no, he stated that 'people who own guns like this should have to register them.'  Yeah, someone already in violation of at least one federal law is going to run right down and fill out a registration for the gun he illegally obtained.  Right.  And somehow("That's the part where the magic happens!") honest citizens being forced to register their arms will stop people like him...

Officer Anonymous, I'll join the other gentleman: fuck you, you miserable excuse for a lawman.


*I originally referred to 'bird cuisinarts';  Titan noted he preferred 'avian'.  Considering the also mince bats and God knows what else, I'm changing.