End the War on Freedom

From "Sunbeams" in the May 2003 issue of The Sun:

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. -- Jeannette Rankin

and:

If I got to make just one law, it would be that the men who make the decisions to drop bombs would first, every time, have to spend one whole day taking care of a baby. We were not made to do this killing thing, I swear. Back up. It's a big mistake -- Barbara Kingsolver

and:

If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.

-- Rudyard Kipling

From The Federalist:

In one edition late last year, we called Yasser Arafat a "rag head." His spokesman, Use bin Lyin, took offense and advised us Chairman Arafat wears a sheet on his head, not a rag. Our sincerest apologies -- from now on we will call him "sheet head."

Ron Paul in the House of Representatives - America National Sovereignty vs. UN "International Law"- Time for Congress to Vote - apparently, the speech that I wrote yesterday was going to happen last night was actually on Tuesday night. This is the transcript.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge the leadership of this body to bring a very important vote to the House floor. I recently reintroduced HR 1146, the American Sovereignty Restoration Act, which would end our participation in the United Nations. Millions of Americans have begun to question why we continue to spend $300 million each year funding and housing an organization that is actively hostile to American interests. Surely Congress, which routinely spends 15 minutes renaming post offices, can spare 15 minutes to vote on this fundamental issue of American sovereignty.

Mad Ogre - Myths and Molotovs - an experiment the Ogre performed with other members of his "Weapons Squad". Conclusion: the best Molotov cocktail is made with a Perrier glass water bottle, gasoline, and Quaker instant oatmeal. The bottle needs to break easily. Gasoline burns better than diesel oil or kerosene. And the oatmeal makes the concoction stick to the target while it burns. I have read elsewhere that gasoline is still effective against tanks, though their armor will now repel all small arms fire, even armor piercing .50 BMG. [madogre]

We found the best way to mix the ingredients was to only fill the bottles 1/2 way and to hold the bottle at an angle. This allowed the fuel to pour into the bottle all the way down to the bottom and facilitate actual mixing by simply rotating the bottle as the fuel was poured in. Worked like a charm. Some ingredients mixed better with the fuel than others.

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The best effect over all for Splash Flash and Stick was Oatmeal... the old man brand instant oatmeal was the best of best. The oatmeal is light enough to both mix readily with the fuel and splash like we wanted... while the oats themselves were able to stick to the target. It was almost ideal. With this mixture of Qua... of Oatmeal, Hi Octane gasoline, and a thin French bottles... we were able to score impressive and effective blasts that would make any Revolutionary get all misty eyed.

Jason Halperin at AlterNet - Patriot Raid - the author's experience at an Indian restaurant just off Times Square. Expect more like this in the Amerikan Sekurity state. Makes me want to carry my 444 Marlin wherever I go. Short, light, defeats most body armor. Only problem with it is that it will go through multiple walls and bodies before running out of energy. [birdman]

NRA Institute for Legislative Action - "The Bias Against Guns" a review of John R. Lott's newest book. Apparently, Mr. Lott has been getting lots of flack from the hoplophobes over this one. They can't counter his arguments rationally, so they behave predictably. [scopeny]

We haven't seen a rebuke of counter-productive gun laws articulated so compellingly since Lethal Laws, which the mainstream media ignored, was published a decade ago. However, because of Lott's scholastic and scientific status, his research has been impossible to suppress. His detractors in the anti-self-defense lobby responded predictably with ad hominem attacks. As his research and outspokenness regarding the benefits of private firearm ownership continue to erode the propaganda of the pro-control forces, the hoplophobe hysteria continues to mount. Both personal and academic assaults have palpably increased over the past year. Lott's ordeal has led him to conclude: "Over time, I have come to believe that the ultimate objective of most gun control advocates is to gradually eliminate the private ownership of guns."

Lott backs up politically-incorrect policy recommendations with science. He notes: "My role as an economist is not to consider whether Americans have a 'right' to own guns, to keep them unlocked, to sell them at gun shows, to carry guns with them wherever they go, and so on. My only objective is to study the measurable effect that gun laws have on incidents of violence, and to let the facts speak for themselves." And he does just that, so well that the non-scientifically-minded reader will generally have no trouble following the scientific explanations; science becomes very simple when your goal is to tell the truth, regardless of the political consequences.

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Buy The Bias Against Guns quickly. If the hoplophobes have their way with the First Amendment as they already have had with the Second Amendment, there may be a 1-month waiting period for purchase of the book. And in New York City and California, it might even be banned!

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