Starting in 2008 when the Democrats nominated a radical candidate for office named Burt, "The Black" Bacharach O'Brian, guns began a disappearing act. No one could find the all important trophy taking AR-15 version 100.1 with the bayonet mount, laser site mounting rail, and the Golden inlay of the greatest Charleston Heston quote of all time, "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers." The second greatest CH quote remains a distant second; "Take your filthy hands off of me, you damned, dirty ape!" from the film noir, Cell Block Lovers.
Now the truth is out. Not about the film noir and Heaston's co-star, Jimmy "I've got a million of 'em" Durante. The only copy remains sealed inside President Ronald Reagan's tomb.
No, it's the truth about the world wide shortage of copper jacketed, pre-lubricated, and ribbed for your pleasure, .22 caliber Long Rifle cartridges.
Someone has been buying them. Most of the buyers have used the secret name, 'Bubba.' Others used the name 'Sue' made so famous by Johnny Cash song about a boy named Bob and his part time job cleaning floors in Folsom Prison. That song, Squeal like a Pig, stayed Number One for 40 weeks saving our ears from the would be great sound track of the movie, Deliverance.
The NRA has been tracking Bubba and Sue since yesterday. Today, we know that we don't know the known knowns as well as we know the unknown unknowns. We do know there are things we don't know we don't know.
If you're still sane and have read this far, ammo sales have doubled despite desperate claims of shortage.
If you want to read a rational explanation with quotes from the private industry aka the Merchants of Death, Brotherhood of Blam, and the Mother of all Orphans, the National Rifle Association, click here.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
More speculation on Hall County Clinic
Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) just announced a run out with Northeast Georgia Medical Center and it's network of doctors. It means that come October 1st, no public employee or member of a managed care plan can use a doctor within the NEGMC network. Come March 1st, no public employee or member of a managed care plan can use the hospital.
For long term illnesses like prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, the potential damage staggers my imagination.
That would be true for heart disease and all the debilitating mind diseases like Parkinsons, Alzheimers, cerebral palsy, and stroke.
Imagine the outrage in Republican lead Hall County if former President Ronald Reagan had been turned away from his choice of medical care by an insurance company!
If my family doctor found signs of colon cancer in my body tomorrow, where would he send me? Wouldn't it be pointless to send me to NEGMC for a cat scan or more detailed testing? Come October 1st, I'd have to find a new doctor, a new specialist, and travel outside the country.
But, but, but ... the Hall County Board of Commissioners are opening an employee only clinic which won't be excluded by Blue Cross Blue Shield!
Hurray!
How convenient the timing. I'm sure no one at BCBS tipped off the county. That would be like bad faith to keep negotiating with the hospital on one hand and helping to build a private, competing healthcare service at the same time.
Hmmm.
So can we expect Hall County to build a private clinic, hire doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and staff in cooperation with an insurance company while giving the finger to the largest employer in the county?
For long term illnesses like prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, the potential damage staggers my imagination.
That would be true for heart disease and all the debilitating mind diseases like Parkinsons, Alzheimers, cerebral palsy, and stroke.
Imagine the outrage in Republican lead Hall County if former President Ronald Reagan had been turned away from his choice of medical care by an insurance company!
If my family doctor found signs of colon cancer in my body tomorrow, where would he send me? Wouldn't it be pointless to send me to NEGMC for a cat scan or more detailed testing? Come October 1st, I'd have to find a new doctor, a new specialist, and travel outside the country.
But, but, but ... the Hall County Board of Commissioners are opening an employee only clinic which won't be excluded by Blue Cross Blue Shield!
Hurray!
How convenient the timing. I'm sure no one at BCBS tipped off the county. That would be like bad faith to keep negotiating with the hospital on one hand and helping to build a private, competing healthcare service at the same time.
Hmmm.
So can we expect Hall County to build a private clinic, hire doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and staff in cooperation with an insurance company while giving the finger to the largest employer in the county?
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Lee Harvey Oswald gets Georgia Gun Permit and Pardon
The Georgia Pardons and Parole Board oversees a nasty bunch of people. Rapists. Murderers. Child Molesters. Board members make some serious and life changing decisions including granting felons a right to carry a concealed weapon.
That must be a rarity for a board considered a 'national model for stable and professional leadership' which is 'attuned to long-term as well as short-term public-safety solutions.'
Oddly enough for a Bible Belt State, the Board granted 666 gun packing pardons last year. Wow! Exactly the Number of the Beast.
The Board in its unique wisdom found mercy for 358 felons who were convicted of violent crimes, 166 who were convicted of drug crimes and 32 who killed another person.
But, I guess even killers deserve a second chance and at least one former board member agrees with that.
I'd call and ask the current Board about their gun waving pardons if they would take any phone calls on the subject.
In one year, new board members gave felons gun at a rate 300% higher than older board members? Should we believe this load of shit from Steve Hayes? No. New board members can't over ride decisions by the general Board.
Or can they, with one wave, give a murderer the right to pack heat? If they can, we need to ask Nathan Deal what kind of nuts did he just appoint to the Board.
That must be a rarity for a board considered a 'national model for stable and professional leadership' which is 'attuned to long-term as well as short-term public-safety solutions.'
Oddly enough for a Bible Belt State, the Board granted 666 gun packing pardons last year. Wow! Exactly the Number of the Beast.
The Board in its unique wisdom found mercy for 358 felons who were convicted of violent crimes, 166 who were convicted of drug crimes and 32 who killed another person.
But, I guess even killers deserve a second chance and at least one former board member agrees with that.
I'd call and ask the current Board about their gun waving pardons if they would take any phone calls on the subject.
Board members declined the newspaper's requests for interviews. The longest-serving member took office in January of 2009. Board spokesman, Steve Hayes, said the board's turnover rate could explain an overall increase in gun pardons. In 2012 the number of violent felons who had their gun rights reinstated was 71. The number increased to 208 in 2013.
In one year, new board members gave felons gun at a rate 300% higher than older board members? Should we believe this load of shit from Steve Hayes? No. New board members can't over ride decisions by the general Board.
Or can they, with one wave, give a murderer the right to pack heat? If they can, we need to ask Nathan Deal what kind of nuts did he just appoint to the Board.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Private industry does face plant. Workers turn to prayers.
I won't ridicule anyone facing unemployment even if prayer is being seen as valid step in their career path.
Do the casino workers not see the irony in praying to God for new casinos?
How does one start that prayer?
Oh Heavenly Dice Tosser,
Give us this day our daily dread,
Gamblers who play and fall over dead.
Blackjack, draw poker, and a game called roulette,
The game doesn't matter as long as they bet?
Private industry came into Atlantic City with huge promises of casino jobs and trickle down economics. The city and its people rolled the dice until Snake Eyes shut the players down.
Georgia wants to legalize gambling. It fits our Governor and his far Right religious supporters if we judge the future on Atlantic City's failure. Not only did the rubes pray for luck, eventually the workers pray for jobs.
They've turned to politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and union reps to try to save their jobs at three Atlantic City casinos scheduled to close soon. Now, hundreds of soon-to-be unemployed dealers, cocktail servers and hotel workers are turning to what many say could be their last, best chance.
Do the casino workers not see the irony in praying to God for new casinos?
How does one start that prayer?
Oh Heavenly Dice Tosser,
Give us this day our daily dread,
Gamblers who play and fall over dead.
Blackjack, draw poker, and a game called roulette,
The game doesn't matter as long as they bet?
"This isn't play: People are losing their homes and the only means of supporting their families," she said. "This is very scary for people who are in a situation they never expected. Some people put their entire lives and souls into these jobs, and someone just comes along and snatches it away from you. It is devastating."
Private industry came into Atlantic City with huge promises of casino jobs and trickle down economics. The city and its people rolled the dice until Snake Eyes shut the players down.
Georgia wants to legalize gambling. It fits our Governor and his far Right religious supporters if we judge the future on Atlantic City's failure. Not only did the rubes pray for luck, eventually the workers pray for jobs.
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This just in from Dallas, Texas ... Rick Perry shot attempting to surrender to police
This news is a true spoof. No facts have been harmed in the making of these lies.
This just in from Dallas, Texas. Rick Perry has died after being shot 6 times by Dallas police. Rerry was indicted by a Grand ol' Jury for,being a typical Republican Governor. Having admitted to staging two invasions of Cuba, dealing drugs for guns with terrorists, and hating Federal period furniture, Perry called 911 from inside an inconvenience store near Nealey Plaza. His call immediately went to the Comcast Service Center in Dubya de Lubdick, Texas.
While on hold, Perry purchased 75 cartons of Swisher Sweets. Official spokesmodels for the late Presidential Light candidate denied the purchase saying Perry never smoked anything with a nick name like cigarillo since that one time in Havana.
Witnesses described the shooting as horrible. Something they will never be able to 'un-see.'
"That Presidential Light guy was just walking down the middle of public opinion with his head up his ass when the Truth Police told him to just fracken stop. Well, the police should have known the dude had too much shit in his ears to hear nothing.
"The dude just keeps going and the police started shooting. I mean the man had his head up his ass! Just shot him like that. Cold." said Noe Onever.
Initial coroner reports say the Presidential Light candidate was struck by six bullets with the entry and exit wounds confirming "the man had his head up his ass" when the shots were fired. Four bullets struck him in the ass. Two bullets passed through his head. The Governor would have survived the head wounds but his little ass bled to death.
Said Noe Onever, "They didn't even try to save him. No ambulance. No EMTs. Didn't even cover up the body. Just left it there like a message or something."
The last official statement from the capital mentioned the rich heritage of head wounds and politicians. "Every great politician has a head wound. Lincoln had one. Kennedy had one. Now we can a Great Texas Republican name to the list. One of the first great un-elected Presidents never. Rick "Double Tap to the Dead" Perry. No man ever had his head further up his ass."
Such ends the story just in from Dallas, Texas. This had not been the news.
This just in from Dallas, Texas. Rick Perry has died after being shot 6 times by Dallas police. Rerry was indicted by a Grand ol' Jury for,being a typical Republican Governor. Having admitted to staging two invasions of Cuba, dealing drugs for guns with terrorists, and hating Federal period furniture, Perry called 911 from inside an inconvenience store near Nealey Plaza. His call immediately went to the Comcast Service Center in Dubya de Lubdick, Texas.
While on hold, Perry purchased 75 cartons of Swisher Sweets. Official spokesmodels for the late Presidential Light candidate denied the purchase saying Perry never smoked anything with a nick name like cigarillo since that one time in Havana.
Witnesses described the shooting as horrible. Something they will never be able to 'un-see.'
"That Presidential Light guy was just walking down the middle of public opinion with his head up his ass when the Truth Police told him to just fracken stop. Well, the police should have known the dude had too much shit in his ears to hear nothing.
"The dude just keeps going and the police started shooting. I mean the man had his head up his ass! Just shot him like that. Cold." said Noe Onever.
Initial coroner reports say the Presidential Light candidate was struck by six bullets with the entry and exit wounds confirming "the man had his head up his ass" when the shots were fired. Four bullets struck him in the ass. Two bullets passed through his head. The Governor would have survived the head wounds but his little ass bled to death.
Said Noe Onever, "They didn't even try to save him. No ambulance. No EMTs. Didn't even cover up the body. Just left it there like a message or something."
The last official statement from the capital mentioned the rich heritage of head wounds and politicians. "Every great politician has a head wound. Lincoln had one. Kennedy had one. Now we can a Great Texas Republican name to the list. One of the first great un-elected Presidents never. Rick "Double Tap to the Dead" Perry. No man ever had his head further up his ass."
Such ends the story just in from Dallas, Texas. This had not been the news.
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