Archive of entries posted on 4th February 2013

Obama Thinks Groups Smaller Than “Everybody” Don’t Exist

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[High Praise! to Moe Lane]

This is the president’s favorite false alternative: either we do things “alone,” or government does them for us “collectively.” What this world view leaves out, of course, is the voluntary cooperation of private individuals, particularly their cooperation in the free market. Which is to say that he excludes from his world view the actual majority of human activity.

But this is the basic false alternative of every Obama speech, and it is the flimsy intellectual foundation of his entire presidency. Individualism and the free market always mean doing everything “alone,” and the only alternative, the only way of doing things “together,” is a giant government program.

That is what “this moment” turns out to be all about: “My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it-so long as we seize it together.” No seizing moments on your own. You can only seize it if you brought enough for everybody.

To Obama there’s no Red Cross or Salvation Army. There’s only FEMA and food stamps.

Up yours, Mr. President. We’re perfectly capable of self-organizing when the need arises, and that need actually arises far less often than you assert or most people imagine.

Link of the Day: Satire – The Irony of Being an American Soldier

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[High Praise! to The Duffel Blog]

[CAUTION: Contains some uncensored cursing]
Soldier Fights For, Gives Up American Freedoms

On a personal note, it occurred to me while I was in the Navy that, in order to preserve American freedoms, members of the military must – in their day-to-day lives – live under a communist dictatorship. The entire organization is a gigantic central bureaucracy that uses people as mere tools to further the organization’s goals, with very little consideration for individual needs or desires.

That’s not a complaint. Just an observation.

And if you think about it, it’s quite sensible.

Nothing’s more efficient at killing people and destroying things on a massive scale than communism.

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Wisdom of the Day: Suspect Super Bowl Yogurt Vegan Keynesian Regulated

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DHS Sniffs Glue, Recommends Scissors

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What do you do if you’re in the middle of a mass shooting? Well the DHS has some advice for you: grab a pair of scissors and fight back.

I’ve seen the left belittle the idea that a regular person with a gun would have the composure to do anything against a mass shooter, and yet we have the DHS literally recommending us bring a knife to a gun fight. Not a great idea; gun beats scissors (along with rock and paper — even if the paper is a gun control law).

Here’s an idea even better than scissors: Stop passing mass shooter protection laws that make sure we’re disarmed at schools and other potential targets.

Barry’s Got a Gun

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When Obama, who has never once been seen holding a gun and has always seemed to have a huge disdain for them, said that he goes skeet shooting all the time, everyone laughed. Well, the White House has now released something you thought you’d never see: Obama firing a gun!

Obama, one second before tossing the gun away and crying.

Obama, one second before tossing the gun away and crying.

It also came with some warning about not photoshopping the image, which I’m sure never occurred to anyone.

So there it is. Obama firing at skeet — probably not successfully since he’s not aiming up. But anyway, this should settle it. Obama is a total badass who loves him some firearm action. Don’t mess with that guy or he will release a photo demonstrating that he could beat you up.

And no worries about the 2nd Amendment, because Obama loves skeet shooting and hunting, which is what the 2nd Amendment is all about.

Random Thoughts: Affordable Care, Scissors, and the Super Soaker

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Why in the world is it called the “Affordable Care Act”? I guess it was determined we could all afford to pay more.

Funny, now that I’m more certain my first novel is good, I’m more worried my second isn’t since it’s completely different. Strategy was to try a bunch of different styles until I could find one that would sell. Hopefully I’m awesome no matter what I write.

If there is a mass shooting, the DHS suggests fighting back with scissors? What if the gunman has a rock?

I’ll probably stick to fighting back using my own firearm.

Are we going to act like the NRA’s “good guy with a gun” was a crazy statement, or are we still arming security and police officers?

What’s the dumber government advice: The “duck and cover” response to a nuclear attack or the “scissors” response to a mass shooting?

Being down in the Grand Canyon is crazy. You can just snap your camera in any direction and have a picture worth framing.

The fact that people have to refer to the Super Bowl as the “Big Game” to not get sued is one of the dumbest things ever.

My favorite figure in black history is Lonnie Johnson. Thanks to him, my brother and I pwned an entire summer camp.

Nothing like being the first kid to have a Super Soaker. That’s something no other generation will get to know. It’s just like the short time when the U.S. was the only one with an atomic bomb.

Just told coworker: “I just design it. I don’t know how to test it or even exactly what it does.” I could probably be a better engineer.

But not a more awesome one.

Hagel is so dumb Obama should have made him his vice president.

States that don’t honor concealed carry permits if you don’t live in the state that issued it, what the hell?

Taxes = “give us money to support cowboy poetry festivals or I’ll send people with guns after you.” Something fundamentally wrong about that.