The following is an excerpt from U.S. Law and was adopted in 1976:
THE FLAG CODE
Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress
Approved July 7, 1976
§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
By now, most Americans understand flying a U.S. flag with the "union" or in other words, the stars representing the States, at the bottom of the flag mast or more simply, flying the flag upside down is meant to signal distress. As stated above, the upside down flag is meant to signal "dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
So as not to diminish the true gravity this action is meant to signify, I will not be flying my flag upside down. However, we do face a grave threat to our lives and especially our property. The name of this threat as referenced when introduced at today's inaugural address: Barack H. Obama.
The subtext of his entire speech screamed of collectivism, fanatical support for junk science; i.e. man-caused global warming, and class warfare. He spoke of how we cannot abandon such programs as Social Security and others simply because people, rather than find ways to become truly independent, have instead become heavily dependent on the government.
It begs the question Barack: where in the Constitution does it guarantee, health care or financial support in perpetuity? Sorry, I hate to burst the starry eyed liberal bubble of ignorance but it's just not there.
If we are ever to regain the American edge, we have to begin scaling back the size, scope, scale and intrusiveness of the Federal Government. If there are anymore executive orders signed by this President that directly impact our freedoms as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, I may in-fact change my mind about the orientation of my flag.
If Barack's agenda was fully employed as he envisions it, the America we once knew will become a historical footnote. That America is still within reach but if we continue this rapid slide toward socialism, it will simply not be possible to turn the ship around. I know I heard him right when he used the word "collective" when explaining the effort to keep the nation moving forward.
We all knew he was a collectivist but for him to come right out in his inaugural address and say it was pretty stunning. This President is the greatest threat, foreign or domestic, this nation has ever faced. Fore fathers predicted this. This country will remain a free country until we destroy ourselves from within. Barack's agenda is designed to do just that and he will not stop; on the contrary, he must be stopped.
Congress must stand their ground and thwart any further collectivist actions initiated by this buffoon. The only thing standing between us and the destructive agenda of this President are a handful of Congressmen and Women. I hope they have the spine for they will be relentlessly attacked and vilified by complicit and totally incompetent quacks in charge of the dominant media.
The greatest evil propagated on this nation is the socialist media lead around by the nose by a socialist President. The only thing that comes close is the willful ignorance of a slovenly voter. I sincerely hope and pray I will never have to fly my flag upside down. The determining factor will be whether people in this country begin to comprehend the scope and scale of the damage being done by this President and choose to call for a stop to the destruction. So far, I am not encouraged.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Distractions
Distractions indeed. Perhaps the biggest question a person might have right now is: Has America lost its collective mind? We have a President who has become enamored with the idea of disarming law abiding citizens. Or has he? I get into philosophical and practical arguments with every gun control fanatic on the planet it seems. Do I really have that many people who actually disagree with the notion of a firearm being nothing more than an inanimate object not capable of creating harm unless and until a human handles or mishandles it?
May we who have at one time or another mishandled a firearm be damned to hell for eternity! If the President’s IQ is above that of a newt, he understands the notion that no matter the magazine capacity (and no Barack, they are not called “clips” for God’s sake!) of a given weapon, it is utterly harmless until a human interacts with it.
I checked out a video the other day and I would link it if I could find it again. It featured a couple of men testing the effectiveness of a .22 round. They started with a .22 short round in a small handgun and from a short distance it easily penetrated a ½” pine board. At a distance of 10 yards, it was still able to penetrate the pine board. I know from over four decades of fight training, a ½” pine board is similar in penetrability to your forehead. Therefore, if a projectile can penetrate the board, it can theoretically penetrate your forehead or, in other words, be fatal.
These fine gentlemen then upgraded to a .22LR (.22 Long Rifle) round which is a substantially more powerful round yet, it is considered to be a tiny, relatively harmless, round. They loaded up a rifle with the .22LR rounds and fired them from various distances.
From every distance, the .22LR round penetrated the pine board with ease. They ended their experiment by taking the rifle out to 450 yards and firing it into the board. It penetrated the board multiple times with ease.
What am I getting at? Well the thesis, the ridiculous premise floated by the Manipulator in Chief is if you eliminate certain “types” of weapons, you can reduce violence. The utter lack of logic of the premise has infected the psyche of so many loons it is simply dumbfounding. This logic, if applied to any other subject would quickly be turned on its head. If I use a big, stainless steel pan to fry my steak, it is more likely to burn than if I use a little stainless steel pan, therefore the big stainless steel pans should be outlawed. Really? If I bring a machete to a knife fight, I have a much greater chance of killing my opponent therefore the machete should be banned. If I am way smarter than my opponent in a debate, I stand a much greater chance of making them look like an idiot therefore, intelligence should be banned.
How can one make a logical analogy from such utter stupidity? We deserve better, like having an idiot President who is destroying the country and gutting the Constitution elected to a second term…no wait, we already did that. How any logical person can subscribe to the lunatic fringe notion that by banning a certain type of weapon is going to reduce violence takes a unique brand of ignorance.
Somebody please tell me what comprises an assault weapon or a military style assault weapon. As one who has an enormous amount of experience and training with all manner of destruction, I can tell you a mini 14 is a semi automatic .223 caliber rifle. They are capable of handling a 30 round magazine. They are wonderful little rifles and are carried routinely by ranchers and others with the need to dispatch rodents.
During the Brady years of various types of weapons being banned, the manufacturers of the mini 14 came out with a “Rancher” version. It held the legally permissible number of rounds. It was still just as devastating as an AR-15, had the same capability (minus the round capacity) as an AR-15 and they tend to be more reliable. The difference? They have a wood stock and no pistol grip. They were not banned.
What most idiots who subscribe to the “ban those assault weapons” don’t seem to understand is I can do just as much damage with my little semi-automatic .22 rifle as scum boy in CT did with whatever weapon he used (which has yet to be revealed to the public). The misinformation and the disinformation (for the low information voters-disinformation is that information put out for public consumption that is deliberately inaccurate) flowing from the government and our esteemed Idiot in Chief, is stunning. His lapdogs are lapping it up and preaching his bullshit message of “banning certain types of guns will reduce violence”.
Tell that to the people who died in Oklahoma City at the hands of Timothy McVeigh or the 3000 killed by terrorists armed with…oh the horror…box cutters. Wake the hell up and smell what you’re shoveling people. The President thinks he can surround himself with children, read letters from children and sway public opinion. Well, apparently his sheep are easily fooled. This man is the most disgusting, cynical dictatorial freak to ever hold the office he currently occupies. 2016 cannot come soon enough. By the way Barry, make sure those armed guards protecting your children are in place tomorrow morning and make sure you disarm all of us law abiding people you hypocrite. I guarantee you if your children were ever placed in harm’s way, I would lay my life down for them as I would for you. You obviously do not subscribe to the American ethic so I won’t be looking for you to cover my six, rather I will look for you to undermine this great country.
As for the troops you are determined to lay waste, you have an eternity of karma coming your way. It is not my place to judge you but suffice to say, even a dork like me can identify an idiot when I see one.
Finally and to the title of this article; Barack Hussein Obama is nothing if not a master manipulator. You just have to be really stupid to buy his insanity. This whole school shooting and gun banning escapade is nothing more than his rather effective means of distracting us…his adamant opposition from the logical, gun owning public. Yes Barry, I know how to use them, I have more experience with guns than you have with governing and it shows. It’s much like what would happen if you hand a loaded firearm to a toddler. Either they will hurt somebody or scare the shit out of everyone. Just like Barry at the helm of the formerly great USA.
May we who have at one time or another mishandled a firearm be damned to hell for eternity! If the President’s IQ is above that of a newt, he understands the notion that no matter the magazine capacity (and no Barack, they are not called “clips” for God’s sake!) of a given weapon, it is utterly harmless until a human interacts with it.
I checked out a video the other day and I would link it if I could find it again. It featured a couple of men testing the effectiveness of a .22 round. They started with a .22 short round in a small handgun and from a short distance it easily penetrated a ½” pine board. At a distance of 10 yards, it was still able to penetrate the pine board. I know from over four decades of fight training, a ½” pine board is similar in penetrability to your forehead. Therefore, if a projectile can penetrate the board, it can theoretically penetrate your forehead or, in other words, be fatal.
These fine gentlemen then upgraded to a .22LR (.22 Long Rifle) round which is a substantially more powerful round yet, it is considered to be a tiny, relatively harmless, round. They loaded up a rifle with the .22LR rounds and fired them from various distances.
From every distance, the .22LR round penetrated the pine board with ease. They ended their experiment by taking the rifle out to 450 yards and firing it into the board. It penetrated the board multiple times with ease.
What am I getting at? Well the thesis, the ridiculous premise floated by the Manipulator in Chief is if you eliminate certain “types” of weapons, you can reduce violence. The utter lack of logic of the premise has infected the psyche of so many loons it is simply dumbfounding. This logic, if applied to any other subject would quickly be turned on its head. If I use a big, stainless steel pan to fry my steak, it is more likely to burn than if I use a little stainless steel pan, therefore the big stainless steel pans should be outlawed. Really? If I bring a machete to a knife fight, I have a much greater chance of killing my opponent therefore the machete should be banned. If I am way smarter than my opponent in a debate, I stand a much greater chance of making them look like an idiot therefore, intelligence should be banned.
How can one make a logical analogy from such utter stupidity? We deserve better, like having an idiot President who is destroying the country and gutting the Constitution elected to a second term…no wait, we already did that. How any logical person can subscribe to the lunatic fringe notion that by banning a certain type of weapon is going to reduce violence takes a unique brand of ignorance.
Somebody please tell me what comprises an assault weapon or a military style assault weapon. As one who has an enormous amount of experience and training with all manner of destruction, I can tell you a mini 14 is a semi automatic .223 caliber rifle. They are capable of handling a 30 round magazine. They are wonderful little rifles and are carried routinely by ranchers and others with the need to dispatch rodents.
During the Brady years of various types of weapons being banned, the manufacturers of the mini 14 came out with a “Rancher” version. It held the legally permissible number of rounds. It was still just as devastating as an AR-15, had the same capability (minus the round capacity) as an AR-15 and they tend to be more reliable. The difference? They have a wood stock and no pistol grip. They were not banned.
What most idiots who subscribe to the “ban those assault weapons” don’t seem to understand is I can do just as much damage with my little semi-automatic .22 rifle as scum boy in CT did with whatever weapon he used (which has yet to be revealed to the public). The misinformation and the disinformation (for the low information voters-disinformation is that information put out for public consumption that is deliberately inaccurate) flowing from the government and our esteemed Idiot in Chief, is stunning. His lapdogs are lapping it up and preaching his bullshit message of “banning certain types of guns will reduce violence”.
Tell that to the people who died in Oklahoma City at the hands of Timothy McVeigh or the 3000 killed by terrorists armed with…oh the horror…box cutters. Wake the hell up and smell what you’re shoveling people. The President thinks he can surround himself with children, read letters from children and sway public opinion. Well, apparently his sheep are easily fooled. This man is the most disgusting, cynical dictatorial freak to ever hold the office he currently occupies. 2016 cannot come soon enough. By the way Barry, make sure those armed guards protecting your children are in place tomorrow morning and make sure you disarm all of us law abiding people you hypocrite. I guarantee you if your children were ever placed in harm’s way, I would lay my life down for them as I would for you. You obviously do not subscribe to the American ethic so I won’t be looking for you to cover my six, rather I will look for you to undermine this great country.
As for the troops you are determined to lay waste, you have an eternity of karma coming your way. It is not my place to judge you but suffice to say, even a dork like me can identify an idiot when I see one.
Finally and to the title of this article; Barack Hussein Obama is nothing if not a master manipulator. You just have to be really stupid to buy his insanity. This whole school shooting and gun banning escapade is nothing more than his rather effective means of distracting us…his adamant opposition from the logical, gun owning public. Yes Barry, I know how to use them, I have more experience with guns than you have with governing and it shows. It’s much like what would happen if you hand a loaded firearm to a toddler. Either they will hurt somebody or scare the shit out of everyone. Just like Barry at the helm of the formerly great USA.
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