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Acronymed To Death

The lamestream media told you:

Nothing.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

When California's government-run gun-transfer bureaucracy crashes, it prevents any guns from being transferred or shipped into the state for the day. No apologies are made. Any business lost is lost. Martin Luther King Jr. day had this honor recently.

Because California Department of Justice (DOJ) must control everything, their California Firearms Licensee Check Program (CFLCP) must issue a Firearm Shipment Verification Approval Letter (FSVAL) to any Federal Firearms Dealer (FFL), all of whom must be enrolled in the California's Centralized List of Firearm Dealers (CCLFD).

Since the CDOJ's CFLCP requires the FSVAL for any CCLFD registered FFL to proceed, dealers and customers on MLK Day were SOL, a SNAFU, but AOK now. This may not be clear because it is FUBAR, OK? In California, this is considered acceptable management of your rights. Thanks to Chuck Michel at CalGuns for the details.

"I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law."
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-st-louis/void%280%29/%2a249%2a/  --Martin Luther King Jr.

Killer's Rights Defended?

The lamestream media told you:

"SAN DIEGO - A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales that perform at marine parks - an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is nonetheless likely to stoke an ongoing, intense debate at America's law schools over expansion of animal rights," according to the Associated Press. http://tinyurl.com/7zs66cr.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is accusing the SeaWorld parks of keeping five star-performer whales in conditions that violate the 13th Amendment ban on slavery... PETA relishes engaging in the court of public opinion, as evidenced by its provocative anti-fur and pro-vegan campaigns.

The plaintiffs are the five orcas - Tilikum and Katina, based at SeaWorld in Orlando; and Corky, Kasatka and Ulises at SeaWorld San Diego. Tilikum, a 6-ton male, made national news in February 2010 when he grabbed a trainer at the close of a performance and dragged her underwater until she drowned. PETA's five-member legal team spent 18 months preparing the case.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Any questions remaining about the U.S. justice system's legitimacy, and willingness to stray from the bounds of reasonable jurisprudence, were put to death today with the acceptance of a slavery lawsuit defending animals -- that belongs instead in an obscure philosophy journal, but I repeat myself.

In days when the justice system would cling vigorously to real law, a case like this would have been summarily dismissed, its perpetrator lawyers disbarred, and the legal community in need of oxygen for laughing so hard. A simple question or two from the bench would have served to sever the nonsense and ridicule the monstrous assault on American courts.

"When did your clients retain you for this action counselor?" "What are your clients' goals?" While those questions expose the silliness, the followup would deserve punishment: "Are you saying your clients don't even know you've decided to represent them, and have not agreed to be party to this suit?" And of course, "Do we need an interpreter for this case, and what language should that person speak?" The courts no longer entertain such inquiry, no matter how bizarre a case they face. In common terms, that's malfeasance, grounds for removal from office, with prejudice.

One of the unwitting so-called plaintiffs committed murder but has not been charged. The parties remained silent on whether the murder charge would apply, if the whales are granted 13th Amendment anti-slavery human rights. The Founding Fathers could not be reached to see if they expected wild animals to be covered by the Bill of Rights or Constitution.

Satellite Is News

The lamestream media told you:

A 12,500 pound NASA satellite the size of a school bus was expected to fall to Earth on Friday, Sep. 23, but the exact time and location could not be determined with any certainty. Four days later, the location was still unknown, and NASA scientists assured the public that there is little chance of any harm, faithfully reported by reporters. Nothing has been hit by falling space debris for fifty years, the agency assured the public.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Not a single reporter asked who would be responsible if a high-energy NASA fireball actually hit, well, anything. Not one even hinted at a question of what would happen if a private enterprise were to announce plans to put six tons of stainless steel, exotic minerals, potent chemicals and more into a program designed and guaranteed to simply randomly drop the stuff on the ground in just ten years. Every report sounded identical, because they were. They were single-sourced -- all the details were provided by government to "journalists," and carefully parroted. As if to placate anyone nervous, the agency figured the odds of hitting a person were about 3,000 to 1. This is way far more likely than lottery jackpots, they failed to point out.

In other news, another ambitious group of government people are expecting their satellite to rain down in November, location similarly unknown. Only about two tons of steel and materials are expected to survive re-entry and not hit anyone in this adventure. No arrests have been made for reckless endangerment, negligence, menacing, operating a dangerous cartel, nuttin'. Plans for future launches are proceeding.

Fishy Fish Tails

The lamestream media told you:

The oceans are being overfished, and soon we will have no fish to eat. According to scientific studies, popular fish species are being overfished, and fishers must move fiurther and deeper to get sufficient catches. Fortunately, fish farming is filling some of the gap, and these days, salmon on the menu is more likely to come from a fish farm than open waters.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Farm-raised fish is just a way of converting corn nutrients (plus other nutrients and chemicals) into a different kind of nutrient called fish. In the near future, the secrets of creating fish fillets without having to feed corn to actual fish will be uncovered, and you will buy fish from a factory that is not near the sea and has nothing to do with fish. In the meanwhile, real fish will be sold under another name, Sea Life, and only the rich will be able to enjoy this delicacy. For a while, while people still remember when fish were fish, there will be demonstrations and protests and rejections of tube fish, but then things will quiet down. Even fine restaurants will serve tube fish, like they do now with "krab," and claim it is real fish. Diners will go "Yum!" and the world will be a better place to live.

In other news, federal commercial fishing rules and limits have managed to close the last sardine canning plant in the nation. At one time, there were 50, now there are none. But this is old news. The Maine plant closed in April 2010, under the jobs president, Mr. Obama.

Tidbits

It's getting increasingly hard to write Page Nine in the traditional format -- because all the news stories are the same -- same topics, same errors, same slant... how many times and ways can I say that "insurgents" are really radical jihadi muslims bent on destroying western civilization? Every tax plan is reported from the side of people who get the money, not the people who have it taken from them. Science stories that don't support global whining, sustainability, destructive nature of man, evolution, the big bang, or that do support the lumber industry, industrial achievement, capitalism -- don't appear. I'll do what I can to use the familiar format, but the times they are a changin'.

Radio

Catch me on Armed American Radio -- July 3

I'll break away from the family BBQ for an appearance on Mark Walters' top rated show; nationwide, and here in my home town -- 960-AM KKNT Intelligent Conservative Talk Radio, 5 - 5:30 p.m. (2 - 2:30 East coast). Find a station near you and tune in -- http://armedamericanradio.org/where-to-listen

Journalist David Codrea now has his own radio show -- Scottsdale-based radio station KBSZ 1260's new program, The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance, debuted on June 13 in the 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. slot. I'll have a segment on June 29th at 7:30 a.m.

Jihad Blues

My guitar blues on YouTube has generated another response from a crazed somebody:

God is Allah. The Qoran is the Final revelation of God. And with the Qoran God created the beasts of the field and he has promised you his dreadful day. Have fun with scoffing, your lifes are like a shadow. Ask yourself a question, is God/Allah with Drunkerds, Harlots and gay people, a society who exist out of unmarried, unlawfel people, who consume alcohol, sell ther bodies, and behave as canibals. You must have made God so angry, that he allowed Jihadist to become like they are. The day of the Lord wil come like the clouds come.

Listen to the song that prompted the comments --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_dvdbsVeo

If you prefer spoken word, here's a speech I gave at a doctor's convention --
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4639401503100583265#

Walter Mitty's Second Amendment

It's been years since I've read this, but it hasn't lost any of its power. This is one dangerous piece of writing. It might change your entire perspective. Is the large-scale gun ownership we enjoy in America part of a larger grand plan to keep us asleep and enslaved?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/snyder8.html

Black Boxes

Are you worried about Big Brother tracking you? Don't worry, it's no longer a paranoid delusion -- cars are being routinely fitted with black boxes for all sorts of "good" reasons, like your safety, recovering stolen property, turning cars off while they're running to catch crooks, and perhaps less "good" reasons too, like taxing you for gas used, adjusting insurance rates and tracking your whereabouts with excruciating precision, non-stop. EDRs - electronic data recorders. Why would an honest person even care?  In a few years, a vehicle without a black box will stand out will arouse attention of the watchers...
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/06/01/black-boxes-common-cars

Jihadi #2

According to  Associated Press reports, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the world's number two jihadi (after bin laden, now deceased) is believed to be operating somewhere on or near the lawless tribal rugged mountainous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In layman's terms, this means he is living in a large, walled, luxury condo in a big city, with a full supply of good porno, chocolate and Coca-Cola, like his former boss.

The Collapse


I have a meeting idea for you.

The private Economics Discussion Group recently met for dinner at the University Club in Phoenix to consider the effects of a calamity on our personal finances, safety and society in general. Although we decided the chances of a catastrophe are probably low, the group clearly felt that some level of forethought and preparedness would be wise (which ranged from some extra water, cash, candles and canned goods -- to a remote bunker).

I had the honor of designing and leading the discussion, which turned out to be very energetic, and I would be glad to run a similar program for your group if you think there might be interest. Since then I have delivered the program to a number of prominent groups, all with excellent results. This is the summary that went out in the monthly meeting announcement:

Pundits everywhere seem to be warning of a coming collapse in America --
financial, social, government, civil unrest, immigration, jihad --
is there any chance they're correct?

What exactly do people mean by a collapse?

We will examine and discuss the possibilities,
without going too deeply into dystopian science fiction.

Most important: What will you wish you had done before the collapse,
that you can no longer do afterwards? In other words,
are there prudent steps to take now, that could ease pain later,
and help you come out ahead, knowing that some people always benefit from strife.

This will be a moderated participatory discussion, not a lecture.

What I want to know is, if any of that's true, and we can't prevent it,
what can I do now that I'll wish I had done once it's too late.

Please get in touch if you'd like to pursue this.
It is a fascinating and engaging conversation
that holds everyone's attention and leaves people talking.


If you can't figure out how to get in touch with me and make arrangements, well, don't.

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

The lamestream media told you:

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Osama Bin Laden Is Dead.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The U.S. reporting on the apparent death of Osama Bin Laden was disgraceful. A single fact was used for endless hours of repetitious and vacuous reporting. No new news is big news to the “news” media, once big news is released.

The U.S. public was treated to thousands of repetitious images of a vile criminal smiling, shooting guns, holding meetings, teaching, walking -- it was a horrendous tribute to a horrendous criminal, remorselessly played for the public ad nauseum. The repetitious-image approach mimicked the "reporting" of the suspect in the Tucson shooting of Gabrielle Giffords for reasons that were unclear at press time.

Images of Navy Seals training, shooting, swimming, running, deploying in multiple environments from multiple departure vehicles --  the real heroes in the event -- were not shown, because there was no time left after all the stock images of the dead guy day after day, according to experts.

No facts emerged for days, especially the most important facts that were immediately available -- the reaction of Osama's supporters -- vicious and dedicated muslim enemies of the U.S. in nearly 70 nations.

We do know that when the twin towers were attacked in 2001, our muslim arch-enemies, who Mr. Obama assures us we are not at war with, were dancing in the streets and giving out candy. Virtually no muslim stood up to condemn the attack back then, casting doubt on Obama's Osama assertions.

According to at least half of America, Mr. Obama may believe we are not at war with muslims, but muslims believe they are at war with us.

Rumors of Americans now going about fully armed all the time, to deter possible muslim reprisals cannot be confirmed, since smartly armed people do not give up tactical advantage easily.

Al Jazeera TV, available to anyone with an Internet connection, ate the U.S. media's lunch on the issue. While American talking heads were speculating and pontificating, and congratulating themselves on the glorious but ten-year-late victory, Al Jazeera was on the ground in muslim country after muslim country, covering what's going on in the belly of the beast. No grandstand cheering could be found from the religion of peace, now that its most prominent figure was apparently disposed of and, in true Mafia style, turned into fish bait.

Contrary to the words of Mr. Obama, Osama bin laden was not brought to justice, a tasteful euphemism preferred by girliemen in a position of power. He was put to death, a significant difference, especially to the dead person, according to leading experts who refused to be identified. The same experts point out that Obama's Osama victory was due in large measure to Obama's predecessors. Obama's actions in office actually severely weakened our fight against muslims, a fact easily studied with a simple Google search (banning effective interrogations, reducing assets, changing language and terms to protect the religion of peace from oprobrium, etc.).

According to Al Jazeera sources, locals reported a heavy-duty mission underway, with multiple helicopters running with lights off. Contributors in Pakistan (pronounced pock-EE-ston according to Obama) had long believed he was long dead. No clear representation of how much ISI -- Pakistani intelligence -- were involved, and if they were, unclear what reprisals that might generate.

Real news agencies would have Arabic-speaking reporters attending mosques around the world and reporting on what was going on there, you think?

Safe Cribs Outlawed

The lamestream media told you:

Traditional Drop-Side Cribs Outlawed.
Recalled beds blamed in 32 deaths since 2000.

The Associated Press has reported that the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission has banned the manufacture, sale and even resale of the most traditional crib used for generations by parents for their infants, saying the new standard is one of the strongest in the world. More than nine million have been recalled in the past five years, including many from major manufacturers. News reports nationwide were virtually identical, relying entirely on the government issued handout. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40678788/ns/health-kids_and_parenting

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

With only three deaths per year (32 since 2000) attributed to a fundamental household item, the federal government, without an act of Congress or the president's involvement, has outlawed one of the safest devices known to pediatrics. Any infant death is tragic and devastatingly sad. A mortality rate of three per year however is lower than almost anything else for which statistics are kept. Total numbers of the convenient, friendly, familiar, decades-old-designed cribs most of us grew healthy in is unknown. The fatalities, just as a percentage of cribs that have been recalled, suggests a mortality rate of 0.0000015, a number too small for most people to even pronounce. Infant mortality from all causes per 100K babies in one year in the U.S. (650) is 95 times higher than the crib death rate for an entire decade for the entire frickin population.

In a headlong race to be the most nanny state imaginable, the federal government has exceeded even the wildest speculations of skeptics. An exhaustive study of the olden U.S. Constitution finds no authority whatsoever to regulate furniture in your child's nursery. Parents who own the now outlawed cribs were not reached for comment.

Internet Freedom Threatened

The lamestream media told you:

The Internet is too big and distributed for the government to control, you have nothing to fear.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

“After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown.

“Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse.” More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result. http://torrentfreak.com/category/copyright-issues/

“Hot on the heels of recent threats from Vice President Joe Biden and Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (Czar) Victoria Espinel directed at sites offering unauthorized movies and music, last month U.S. authorities targeted several sites they claimed were connected to the streaming of infringing video material.”

Anyone who believes this degree of control cannot be exercised over any facet of the web, for any reason government deems necessary, is dreaming. National Security claims will make copyright claims seem tiny.

All that may not matter if the now-circulating plans for an “Internet Driver’s License” take hold, which will allow or deny a person’s ability to be on the web at all, from one central command center.

Suicide Absolves Guilt?

The lamestream media told you:

AP--CHICAGO--Illinois Rail Chief Dies In Apparent Suicide By Train. “The executive director of Chicago's Metra commuter train service died of an apparent suicide... Pagano, 60, was on paid administrative leave at the time of his death after Metra began investigating claims that he received an unapproved $56,000 bonus... two written notes were found... 'We have no reason to believe there's anything criminal involved in this,' County Sheriff Nygren said,” according to reporter Caryn Rousseau.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

An official is forced out of his job, at least $56,000 is in question, in a town like Chicago where that could be the tip of the iceberg, this (and whatever else may be at play) is enough to move the guy to kill himself, and the Sheriff says there's nothing criminal suspected? And the reporter doesn't ask any of the obvious questions, she just runs the quote? And the reporterette keeps her job?

True, suicide isn't criminal because you can't pin it on the guy (unlike assisting a suicide or attempted suicide), but couldn't they at least charge him with graffiti, or defacing the front of a train with human remains? Any word on where the 56 grand went, or if that was criminal, or if there was something more that could move a guy to kill himself? Will taxpayers get their money back? Oh, Alan, how can you be so insensitive to a person's misfortune, and the terrible reporting that goes with it...

In other news, a medical examiner announced on Saturday (6/14) that former ABC news anchor Ted Koppel's son, who was found dead in a stranger's apartment, died of a lethal combination of alcohol, heroin, cocaine and a variety of prescription drugs. According to the wire service report, police had said "no criminality was suspected," although heroin and cocaine were, at far as is known, still illegal. The "news" reporters asked no followup questions, or if they did, they went unreported.

Gun possession and use, even when perfectly legal, is typically portrayed as if heathen miscreants living in compounds are heavily armed, but fraud suicides in Chicago and illegal drug overdoses by children of elites are reported as nothing criminal. Go figure.

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Mysterious Tea Party

The lamestream media told you:

We don't understand the Tea Party, but we sure don't like it.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The Tea Party movement, as I've witnessed it, is merely a direct response from Americans who are distressed at the way the nation is headed. These are deeply concerned newly activated citizens (they key point) who have self-appoint themselves as members, and assemble in meetings, rallies and online, and are massing in huge numbers. They do not include many people from the left, for reasons that were unclear at press time.

They are centrists (not right wingers) who firmly hold centrist American values (limited government, low taxes, delegated powers only, individual responsibility, free enterprise, free markets, property ownership, capitalism, moral values, charity, rule of law, etc.) but are called right wing by the left wing, which is simply inaccurate. Those core American beliefs these people hold defines them as centrists. Now a group seems to be out to discredit the Tea Party, by infiltrating the meetings and causing trouble. I can't tell how or where this comes from, but you should at least know the idea is floating around out there.
http://crashtheteaparty.org

Now more than ever it's important to understand what the Founding Fathers believed in and wanted for America. I've made that easier with The Founders Package, 11 key books the Founders read and wrote. Just my posted summaries will give you the tip of the iceberg, so look. The set belongs in every American household, assembled here so you can own it in one easy step. At least look. Read the summaries to get the gist of each man's thinking.
http://www.gunlaws.com/books8founders.htm



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  • Freelance writer Alan Korwin is a founder and past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association. With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield Press, the largest producer and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Here writing as "The Uninvited Ombudsman," Alan covers the day's stories as they ought to read. Read more.

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