Someone's confused on the whole "jurisdiction" concept... and insecure

Yahoo reports (and blogs like Moonbattery cover - but not the mass media, oh no, wouldn't want them to do their jobs) that New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, having solved all of Gotham's other problems, is now conducting anti-gun stings in... Arizona?

Yeah, that took a second for it to sink in for me too. No, we're not getting retarded - this is just so outlandish that any normal person would do a double-take upon reading this insanity.

Putting aside the ridiculousness of a New York City official conducting investigations in Arizona...

Putting aside the amazing immaturity of seeking a public-relations stunt while the city whose caretaking he's (ostensibly) charged with, is drowning in snow and uncollected garbage...

Putting aside the borderline illegality of conducting a sting operation without informing the state's Attorney General's office (which wasn't too happy with this little stunt, and moreover Bloomie's been verbally spanked about this before, when "U.S. Justice Department warned in a letter to City Hall that such civilian operations risk "legal liabilities" and can "unintentionally interrupt or jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations." (h/t Moonbattery)...

Oh hell, putting aside the REAL illegality of a government official having a group of people perjure themselves (BTW, what happened to all the Form 4473's they were supposed to fill and sign???)...

Putting aside Bloomberg's own admission that "most illegal guns in New York City are coming from states along the East Coast", i.e. this was nothing but a publicity stunt, oh wait, here's another quote from Hizzoner - "the rampage in Tucson would bring national attention to the investigation"...

Putting aside the inhumanity in exploiting the shooting of 9 people at the hands of a deranged lunatic for political gain...

I can't help but wonder, is there something in the Liberal Kool-Aid that makes people go out and totally overcompensate for their own insecurities by forcing upon others the things that make them worry? We're up to our necks with people who can't control some aspect of their own life and therefore feel the burning need (no, not that burning sensation, go see a doctor about that) to repress it for everyone else?

Michelle O's apparent unhappiness with her weight seems to have launched a crusade against fattening foods... Bloomberg has made salt into the 2010 version of John Dillinger - and now it's guns, nevermind that NYC already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country... A demented garden of intolerant gnomes has sprung up on every mass media channel, crucifying (at least verbally... for now) anyone who disagrees with them, while extolling a "tone of civility"... The examples are countless.

I have a suggestion for our illustrious Mayor.

Stop freaking out about salt and guns, and DO YOUR JOB. Get the public-service unions under control, get MTA to stop hemorrhaging money on bullshit, collect the garbage already, and figure out something about the city budget. Oh yeah, "the rent is too damn high". Thank you, Jimmy McMillan.

Dereliction of Duty

So, the Middle East is spiraling into chaos (what else is new?), a repeat of the 1970's mess is threatening to repeat itself, and what's our beloved President doing?

Watching basketball and attending a party.

Of course, as some folks pointed out, you wouldn't know it from watching the mass-media channels, but it's like the liberals just plum forget about the existence of the Internet... As of this writing, the story is all over the blogosphere (the original Fox News report has 21,000 related articles according to Google). Stunning silence from NYC / ABC / MSNBC / CNN in 5... 4... 3...

Not everyone is silent, however. Liberal Propaganda Matters is already "on the case" with their usual well-thought-out, carefully balanced, non-partisan defense of the President's actions.

...but then again, what else can we expect from a President who didn't even respond to the Gulf Oil crisis for 9 days? Apparently, golfing vacations take precedence over, um, IDK, doing your job?

Target & Crosshairs: For Left-Wing Use ONLY

So folks on the left go completely apeshit over a SarahPAC map using symbols that could be / look like / somewhat resemble / maybe-possibly-nobody-knows-for-sure have something in common with target symbols, and she's the root of all evil & the cause of the latest deep freeze & the AIDS pandemic... also, she ran over your dog. Or something.

Yet when Chris Matthews uses an obvious target symbol, complete with cross-hairs added for emphasis, and the tagline "Fire On" - everyone just loses their powers of speech.

Nope, there's no media bias whatsoever.



Source: http://www.hapblog.com/2011/01/why-is-chris-matthews-displaying-target.html

...and we're back!

After a prolonged absence, we're picking up posting on this blog again.

Please, keep the applause down, we don't want to wake the neighbors. Thanks.

Isn't it ironic, don't you think?

Chris Smith pointed out that it's just a little "strange" that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner (Obama) just hosted a lavish state dinner for the president of the country that's holding the 2010 Nobel Peace prize winner as a political prisoner.

Oh, such interesting times we live in...