Too Much Irony

There is a new bill in congress that renews and extends the old "Assault Weapons Ban" It is HR 45. This bill has provisions that require registration of all handguns at the Federal level as well as the usual gun bans for semiautomatic long guns. During the election campaign Obama said he would respect the Supreme Court ruling that The 2nd Amendment is a declaration of individual right of ownership. The clearest declaration of his attitude was expressed during a campaign stop where he said: “If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it, Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress, This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’ "I don't have the votes" is the key comment here for me. His efforts in the Illinois Senate belie his lack of interest in gun control laws. The irony? HR 45 was introduced by Bobby Rush. For the young folks. Bobby Rush is the founder of the Black Panther Party in Illinois. From Wikipedia: "From the beginning the Black Panther Party's focus on militancy came with a reputation for violence. They often took advantage of a California law which permitted carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun as long as it was publicly displayed and pointed at no one. Carrying weapons openly and making threats against police officers, for example, chants like "The Revolution has come, it's time to pick up the gun. Off the pigs!" helped create the Panthers' reputation as a violent organization." So we have the ultimate radical from the 60's and 70's wanting to take away our gun rights. Sounds like it really is time to Ammo up.

Is this the Twilight Zone?

Sometimes I think I must be living in some kind of Bizarro world. Here is just a short list of difficult to fathom events in no particular order.
1 A tax cheat (Timothy Geithner) is confirmed for Sec. of Treasury.
2 A tax cheat (Tom Daschle) is nominated for Sec of Health and Human Services.
3 A religious leader (Rev. Joseph Lowery) insults 80% of Americans during inaugural prayer.
4 The President of the United States (Barak Obama) tells the Republicans "I won" so they should get in line.
5 The rehabilitation of the founder of the 60's terrorist group Weather Underground (Bill Ayers) has begun.
6 Global Warmer in Chief (Al Gore) testifies before Congress, telling it that the very survival of life on earth is at risk.
7 The Democrats want to borrow and spend over $1,000,000,000,000.00 to help an economy suffering from a lack of consumer credit.
8 The President of the United States (Barak Obama) gives his first public interview to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya.
The scariest part of all this is that the national press either ignores the implications or actually seem to play cheerleaders and prime defenders. Where we go from here is becoming even more frightening.