We all saw yesterday’s headline and link to a story from the Druge Report indicating that federal agents are going door to door in the Houston area.

If true, this is disconcerting.

I have refrained from posting much on the story because the reporting in the story Drudge linked to seemed poor at best when describing the Who, What, Where, When, and Why.

Last week, the NRA put out a press release indicating that this was happening.

NRA-ILA has recently received several calls from NRA members in border states who have been visited or called by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In some cases, agents have asked to enter these people’s homes, and requested serial numbers of all firearms the members possess.

In each case, the agents were making inquiries based on the number of firearms these NRA members had recently bought, and in some cases the agents said they were asking because the members had bought types of guns that are frequently recovered in Mexico.

I’ve been in the gun collecting game long enough to know you hear lots of tall tales in gun shops and from other gun owners, but as we’ve seen with just about everything else with the Obama administration, you can’t say “it can’t happen here” anymore, because it is happening here.

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Posted: July 2, 2009 at 9:33 am
Under: 2nd Amendment | No Comments »

we are the most certifiable electorate ever. We have elected a pro wrestler and a SNL comedian (used loosely) to public office. Only California comes close to us and that is not saying much, is it?

Posted: June 30, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Under: 2008, Franken, Minnesota, US Senate | No Comments »

It looks like Newt Gingrich might not have his eyes on 2012. he’s got an idea for something sooner than that.
Turn the volume all the way clockwise and get ya head crankin to this one!
 
Newt G:
Y’all know me, still the same Newt G, but I been low key.
Hated on by most these Republicans wit no name ID,
no book deals [...]

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Under: miscellany | 5 Comments »

One of the most widely-read blogs for Republican-types who cannot get their fill of politics – Race 4 2012 – has a terrific post up on what it calls “the most interesting race of 2010″.

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 8:56 am
Under: 2010, Governor, Laura Brod, Minnesota, conservatism, elections | No Comments »

I rushed home late yesterday afternoon upon hearing the news that the world’s most famous black man with a horde of zombie worshippers had died tragically at a young age. 
Thank God the President was o.k. after all.

Michael Jackson was never my cup of tea even though his music largely defined the time in which I [...]

Posted: June 26, 2009 at 6:48 am
Under: culture & entertainment, sic transit gloria mundi | No Comments »

While we freedom loving people seem to have little to cheer about regarding the state of our national government’s attitude toward individual liberties, economic opportunities, and the proper role of government, today we can stop and fire our guns in the air (figuratively of course…always have a proper backstop when firing a weapon) to celebrate [...]

Posted: June 26, 2009 at 6:09 am
Under: 2nd Amendment | 3 Comments »

UPDATE:  Requiescat in pace, Farrah.
I was saddened to see that Farrah Fawcett has been given her last rites.
Every generation has its quintessential sex symbol.  Evidence reveals that ancient man lusted after an iconic corpulent woman with a distended abdomen and pendulous breasts — just as you might expect in a nascent civilization in which finding a day’s [...]

Posted: June 25, 2009 at 10:33 am
Under: culture & entertainment, flesh, sic transit gloria mundi | 5 Comments »

Nobody’s talking about it because there’s so much going on in Congress these days.
The mis-named “Clean Water Restoration Act” is back again in Congress, and recently was approved by the The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, paving the way to be heard by the Senate.
The bill would remove the phrase “navigable waters” from the [...]

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Under: public policy | 3 Comments »

He’s a funny man, that John Kerry:
The Bay State senator was telling a group of business and civic leaders in town at his invitation about the “bizarre’’ tale of how South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had “disappeared for four days’’ and claimed to be hiking along the Appalachian Trail, but no one was really certain [...]

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Under: The face of the Left, ass clowns | 4 Comments »

Well, I guess she’s from Argentina.  Close enough for hand grenades (of the Max Cleland self-inflicted kind).

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Under: Fun with Headlines, GOP, R.I.P. | 3 Comments »

Here’s some background for tonight; it’s the official beginning of the big national healthcare debate.
The House is scheduled to vote on Cap and Trade on Friday.
First, my liveblogging comment from the excruciating 2nd McCain-Obama town hall debate that got me invited to be a Contributor for Truth v Machine:
Obama just said, “Healthcare is a RIGHT”
And [...]

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 10:55 am
Under: Atlas is shrugging, GOP, R.I.P., Obama, Western Civilization - it was one heck of a run, conservatism, healthcare, nanny statism, public policy, taxes | 2 Comments »

In his post-presidential run life, Giuliani finds his political compass points north – to Albany.
The Rudy 2010 campaign informally kicked off with an op-ed in the New York Times that looked more like a stump speech than a simple guest commentary.  Said Hizzoner:
There are more New Yorkers unemployed than at any time in 33 years, [...]

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 10:09 am
Under: 2010, Governor | 2 Comments »

Last evening Representative Marty Seifert took some time away from the election of a new Republican House Minority Leader to respond to my concerns about his previous silence on the matter of a prominent backer’s disparaging comments about Ron Paul supporters as well as my disappointment regarding his fundraising letter’s urging of participation in the [...]

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 8:57 am
Under: 2010, Governor, Laura Brod, Marty Seifert, campaign finances, conservatism | 8 Comments »

ABC borrows an ‘F’ and a ‘U’ to Republican concerns over their White House-based healthcare-a-thon.
With much media fanfare, on Wednesday night, ABC turns over its programming to the White House to broadcast a healthcare “forum” complete with experts, administration officials, average voters and the President of the United States himself.  What’s missing?  Any alternative viewpoints. 
And [...]

Posted: June 23, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Under: The Machine, The face of the Left, ass clowns, conservatism, healthcare | No Comments »

DustyTrice.com:
Everyone familiar with the blog Truth V. The Machine? Well, Gary Miller who runs the show over there appears to be coming down pretty hard as a supporter of Laura Brod.  Heck, he even started a Facebook Group called ‘Draft Laura Brod For Governor 2010‘.
So it should come as no surprise that Mr. Miller and [...]

Posted: June 23, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Under: 2010, Governor, Laura Brod, conservatism | 9 Comments »

Beau knows – if Mike Castle is the opponent, the younger Biden might not be.
Castle is not yet talking, but there are a number of high-ranking Republican operatives who know Castle’s moods and inclinations, and they say hands down that he’s in for the seat now held by Ted Kaufman, Biden’s former chief of staff. [...]

Posted: June 23, 2009 at 8:59 am
Under: 2010, US House, US Senate, conservatism | No Comments »