Month: February 2008
Settling? You Bet.
Jim Geraghty talks about his choice in the Virginia primary:
If somebody out there is saying, “Jim, you’re settling,†I respond, “Well, yeah. Welcome to politics. In fact, welcome to life.†I can hold myself to the highest of standards, but if I hold politicians to that, I’ll always be disappointed. You rarely get somebody who agrees with you 10 out of 10 times. And some folks are acting like they’ve never had their preferred candidate lose a primary before. It happens. Sometimes the electorate prefers the war veteran with some non-conservative stands to the guys who check all the boxes. I’m not going to rage at Republican primary voters in this process; they’ve made their call.
Read the whole thing. I feel the same way.
Mental Patients for Hillary
I have to agree with Tam on this one.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48FnQneT0Bs[/youtube]
Holy Thorazine batman! I think there’s a spaceship hiding behind a comet that’s waiting for this guy.
Ed Rendell Thinks America Not Ready
Not ready for a black man to be President.
Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black.
“You’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate,†Rendell told the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in remarks that appeared in Tuesday’s paper.
Seriously, that’s almost disgusting enough, and insulting enough to my state, to make me switch my registration to Democrat to vote for Obama. Who are you to say Pennsylvanians are racist Ed? You’re a Jew, and we elected you, didn’t we?
Thanks to Wyatt Earp for the pointer.
Obama Slaps Hillary Silly in VA
So far the total is 62% (!!!) to 37%. I really shouldn’t enjoy her being defeated so much, especially considering he’s every bit the socialist she is, but there’s just something satisfying about Americans telling Hillary to take a hike.
UPDATE: Joe Huffman has more. I agree it’s not rational, but I still can’t help but feeling good about it.
Pennsylvania Emergency Powers Bill
Couldn’t get this up earlier because of the server crash, but Pennsylvania has an emergency powers bill that needs our support:
Today, Senate Bill 1172, Pennsylvania’s “Emergency Powers†legislation, sponsored by State Senator Robert Robbins (R-50), was passed unanimously by the State Senate. The bill now heads to the State House of Representatives for consideration.
SB 1172 will protect our Second Amendment rights by prohibiting any government agency from confiscating or regulating the lawful sale, possession, transfer, transport and carry of firearms during a state of emergency, such as occurred in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Please contact your State Representative today and urge him or her to protect our Second Amendment rights by supporting SB1172. To find your State Representative, please click here.
Excellent.
If I Were McCain’s Campaign …
… I’d make sure every Cuban voter in Florida saw this.
Outage
Server crash today. Winter storm passing through prevented me from heading home in a reasonable time frame to fix it. I need to look at remote reboot solutions.
We’re Number 5!
VPC Zoning for FFL
Over at Red’s Trading Post, Ryan Horsley looks up VPC’s zoning in DC and discovers:
Permits matter-of-right medium/high density development including all kinds of residential uses, with limited offices for non-profit organizations, trade associations and professionals permitted as a special exception requiring approval of the BZA, to a maximum lot occupancy of 80% for residential use, a maximum FAR of 6.0 for residential and 3.5 for other permitted uses, and a maximum height of ninety (90) feet.
So it appears that this address is not zoned for commercial use and whereas a Federal Firearms License is for the purpose of buying and selling firearms, this license does not meet with the City’s zoning requirements.
I wonder if the BATFE Washington Field Division is aware of this.
Oh, I have little doubt there is someone who should know better that’s aware of this, since they not only obtained, but have kept their license when a lot of other “kitchen table” dealers were put out of business. I think someone at ATF called in a favor for VPC. There should be an investigation to find out how they got special treatment.
UPDATE: This is pretty damned funny.