Hunt the Boeing!
"second amendment" at The Guns Network Forums - Heil Schumer - hehe. [smith2004]
To disarm the people; that is the best and most effectual way to enslave them. -- George Mason,
John McCabe at loony dot org - Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - Mr. McCabe saw the lights where the towers once stood. He posted a picture. [loony]
Asile.org - Hunt the Boeing! And test your perceptions! - a critical look at September 11 photographs of the Pentagon. Missing: one Boeing 757-200. Hmm... [grabbe]
Jack Glennon at Liberty for All - Arms Prohibition Initiates Constitutional Question - a deductive analysis leading to the fact that the f.a.a. may not prohibit anyone from carrying weapons in airports. Elementary my dear Watson.
This means no government entity can prohibit a U.S. citizen from bearing an arm on government-owned property, such as the St. Louis airport facility, EVER.
Only the PRIVATE owner of property (i.e., the airlines) can prohibit citizens from exercising their God-given, unalienable rights.
Thomas L. Knapp at smith2004 - Re: Boycott of Google - Lots of people are talking about boycotting Google because they refuse to run advertisements for guns or knives. Mr. Knapp has a better idea. Most of the other search engines have similar policies, so switching won't do any good. Instead, work hard at reducing their advertising revenue. Hit 'em where it hurts. Free account needed to read. His nastygram to Google: [smith2004]
From: Self ...
To: adwords-support@google.com
Subject: Now, why did you have to go and do a thing like that?
Date sent: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:49:25 -0600
Dear Sir or Ma'am,
I've been using Google for some time, have previously recommended it to my friends, and have found it to be the most usable and exhaustive search engine on the web. Nonetheless, I won't be using Google any more.
Scratch that -- I _will_ be using Google. And I'll be clicking through on your ads to an even greater degree than ever before. As a matter of fact, I pledge to click through on at least two of those ads every day, to inform the advertisers that they won't be getting any of my business so long as they continue to advertise on your site.
Why? I'm sure you've received a number of letters about your refusal to carry advertising for guns or gun parts, or even from businesses which carry guns or gun parts as part of their product line.
That's your business, of course. But it's bad business. The most conservative estimates hold that about 70 million Americans are gun owners, and that 50% of the U.S. population now uses the Internet. Assuming that gun owners are average in the latter regard, you are effectively writing off the concerns and product needs of 35 million Americans as inconsequential, and my aim is to make sure that a substantial portion of the other 34,999,999 of them know about Google's disrespect for them, and act on that disrespect by refraining from actions which generate revenue for Google.
Regards,
Thomas L. Knapp
Joe Garner at The Rocky Mountain News - 'Whities' mascot about education, not retaliation - an intramural basketball team at Colorado State University in Greeley has chosen the name "The Fighting Whities" to make a point about Indian-named teams, in particular the Eaton High School "Fightin' Reds". I love it. [jim]
Rick Gee at anti-state.com - 101 Things to Do 'til the Revolution - Mr. Gee reviews Claire Wolfe's classic. If you haven't read it, run, don't walk over to Claire's page about the book, and order from Loompanics via the link at the bottom. [anti-state]
Visualize Vermont carry:
If the government issued permits for free speech, would you get in line for one? If your state allowed you to hold a political meeting, but only if you obtained the proper license and consented to having your name entered in a government database, would you lay your money down? If you ask the government for a permit, you are admitting you don't have a right.
The same principal applies to the Second Amendment: "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Therefore, Wolfe advises, "don't -- ever -- get a concealed carry permit. If you have the courage, bear your gun as you wish. It is your right. Think of it as an act of civil disobedience."
Debra Ricketts and Claire Wolfe with a little help from Charles Curley at Sierra Times - Microsoft Anonymous: The 12 Steps - how to free yourself from Microsoft addiction. Hehe. Requires a Roadhouse Sierra account. Get one today! [sierra]
A terrible addiction grips the world. It invades the most respectable middle-class homes and offices. It causes untold havoc. Yet, in this era when enlightened people understand that even coffee drinking ("caffeine use disorder") can be a serious disability, this addiction goes unrecognized and untreated.
We speak of Microsoft addiction -- a dependency that costs its victims billions, first to buy the products to feed their habits, then in damage done by opportunistic viruses that prey on MS-weakened systems.
