“Tote that barge, lift that bail
And why do I sew each new chapeau
With a style they most look positively grim in
Strictly between us, entre-nous
I hate women.”
Danny Kaye, Anatole of Paris.

Anatole of Paris is one of the characters played by the incomparable Danny Kaye in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Even when Anatole designs and profits by selling hats to women, he really hates them and that is why he comes up with those God-Awful creations at ridiculous expensive prices. Anatole of Paris is basically a passive-aggressive bastard that will not dirty his hands abusing women, but will find other ways to do so.

That bring us to today’s ‘Anatoles’: The first one is Democrat Rep. Joe Salazar from the Colorado Legislature who said the following while arguing for Gun Free Zones in College Campuses:

“There are some gender inequities on college campuses. This is true. And universities have been faced with that situation for a long time. That’s why we have call boxes. It’s why we have safe zones. That’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around, or if you feel like you’re in trouble, and when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop… pop around at somebody.” (Via Daily Caller)

You see, in truly Mucho Macho Latino form, Joe reminds women that they are too weak and stupid to carry a gun much less defend themselves with it. I do hope he is not married or has daughters or if he does, God keep them safe because he does not care.

The second Anatole of Paris is whomever at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came up with these “helpful” tidbits so the female students might fend off an attack:

Elections have consequences. As the Colorado Legislature (Thank you again Rep. Salazar!) approved to transform all campuses into Gun Free Zones, UCCS updated its Public Safety page to dispense the above advice that actually sounds more like a bad script for a really kinky Japanese porn movie.

I admit I do not understand how can Gun Grabbers can be so nonchalant about rape. I can only surmise that they need more victims to parade in front of a congressional hearing in order to demand more governmental control in people’s lives.

Of course, if somebody like Rep. Salazar were to be brutally raped, his next piece of legislation guns would demand that free firearms and ammunition to be paid via Obamacare and provided to all Colorado residents and gun ownership be mandatory under penalty of law.

But with people like this you can rest assured since his genitalia is never on the line, he really don’t mind much a wee bit of rape. His supposedly represented get to deal with it.

My favorite president. He did many a thing in his life, mistakes included. But two things always struck me as great indicators of his character.

The devotion the men that fought in Cuba had for him and his own devotion to his men long after San Juan Hill. Even as President, he would make time to see old  comrades whenever he was in their neighborhood. Rough Riders coming to Washington would demand and obtain access to the White House so they could see the Colonel. Teddy never forgot them.

The other thing was his word was his bond. Once he was at the White House in a meeting with some important functionary or visiting dignitary when one of his kids interrupted the gathering and reminded the President that he had promised come out and play with the rest of the little gang that roamed the grounds. Teddy acknowledged that he had indeed promised it, apologized to his visitor and left to fulfill his word to the children to the astonishment of everybody present.

If you are up for  along reading, get all three of Edmund Morris’ books on the life of Teddy. You will enjoy it and find out what a great man he was.

PS: The Mini series Rough Riders is very much worth a watch. Directed by John Milius.

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via Impact Guns – 404 Error.

Click on link. That is an expensive error….. ouchie!

“The guy is telling (the homeowner), ‘The cops are after me, and I’m going to give you $1,000 to hide me.’ This guy just got up. He’s brushing his teeth,” said Chitwood.

Police said the homeowner grabbed a gun.

“During the struggle that goes out on to the porch, the homeowner fires a shot at him, and the homeowner says, ‘Look, I could have killed him. I didn’t want to kill him. I could have killed him. I had the right to kill him,” said Chitwood.

via Homeowner fires shot when wanted man bursts inside | Volusia County News – WESH Home.

I bet the homeowner had not had a chance to have his first cup of coffee. That is dangerous! 😀

The cheerful idiots of CSGV pointing out at this article in the Christian Science Monitor:

Let’s going point by point, shall we?

1. NRA has alienated key Democrats.

“The NRA could almost change its name to the National Republican Association. On the NRA’s board sit at least 14 Republican politicians or nationally known extreme conservatives.”

So? Mind you, there are 75 people comprising the NRA board so that means 88% of the board are not “Republican politicians or nationally known extreme conservatives.”

And let’s not forget something: To be a member of the Board, you must go through an ELECTION by NRA Life Members and not just send a butt kissing letter to Michael Bloomberg & Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Among the board members we have Law Enforcement active and retired, Military, Game and Fish Commissioners, Lawyers, Computer experts, Entrepreneurs, Doctors and even a former NFL player. Oh yes, one of them “Republican politicians or nationally known extreme conservatives” is an African American.

2. NRA isn’t as scary anymore

What about the tons of money the NRA deploys for lobbying? An independent group, Open Secrets, ranked them 176th in lobbying expenditures among Washington players in 2012.

Allow me to introduce to you the Frank Lopez Principle (as applied in Politics): “Don’t get high on your own supply.” If you come up with a BS narrative, always remember that it is BS and it may come back to haunt you if you start believing in your own press releases. The NRA was never a big money machine and a rather pitiful one compared with the Lawyers or Union lobbys. The NRA’s strength comes by its members and the people they influence (family, friends, co-workers) but they keep ignoring this and I am not going to correct them. You never help the enemy when they are making a mistake somebody said once.

3. NRA can’t deliver swing voters like it once did

Imagine you are a Democratic member of Congress from a swing district. Can the NRA really promise to deliver you pro-gun votes if you desert your president on background checks this summer? American politics is so polarized right now that there just aren’t as many conflicted voters like the famous union members with guns.

Funny you should ask. One of the narratives deeply entrenched among the intelligentsia is that Gun Owners are nothing but Republican and misguided Libertarians from Trailer Park States. But the new Gun Culture has become much more inclusive and that means that even rank & file Liberal Democrats gun owners are going “WTF do you mean you want to confiscate my guns?” Plus confidence on this administration kinda took a hit when the first paychecks came in this year.  The NRA may not need to put an extra effort to deliver votes just as it did not have to put an effort to increase the sale of guns: President Obama did that all on his shinny own.

4. NRA won’t be the only big spender anymore.

Wait… didn’t you just said that the NRA was never a big spender? What is this? Bi-Polar Editorial?

5. Democrats will remember Joe Baca

I will tell you that I have no idea who Joe Baca is or what was the deal with particular election. But we are talking about California here the state that elected again Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown as Governor and also to raise more taxes on themselves. If that is not enough…..

6. Newtown is different

The Newtown massacre, unlike the bloodshed at Virginia Tech, Aurora, or Arizona, is still resonating with the public.

But not in the way it was supposed to go according to the Gun Control Pundits. Although much of the initial narrative was aimed against the “bloodthirsty” NRA and Gun Owners, it then turned to “How come my kids do not have armed security at schools like the Big Honchos do?” and “How come the Criminally Insane are allowed to walk free?” masterfully pointed out by Wayne LaPierre (hate him, but he can be a very effective prick.) After that it has been a collection of amazing political screw ups that has been eroding any “public” support. Other than parading the parents of the victims whenever they feel they need to do a PS stand, the Newtown victims are pretty much forgotten by the Administration and the Media.

But the biggest demonstration we have on this article about how difficult a time the Obama Administration is having trying to pass Gun Control laws is in the title itself: Universal Background Checks. Why only Universal Background Checks? Where is the federal ban on “hi cap” mags? What happened to the ban on “assault weapons”? I mean just a month ago they were sure these measures were sure to trail-blaze through Congress because they had the support of 80%-90% of the people in the US! Except they never really did and the opposite was true so they had to lower expectations over and over again to the point we see articles like this.

We ain’t out of the woods yet, but we are not losing. They never expected this opposition and they will come away sideways to paraphrase a character from a Sci Fi show.

Be ready.

To whomever thought it was funny, I have four words for you:

Mail Fraud, Federal Crime.

Never use the U.S. Postal Service to fraudulently order stuff. It may come back to bite you in the ass. The USPS “returned” one of the cards so we have a sample of your handwriting.

PS: If you don’t pay first, they don’t send you the magazines.
PS2: You got my wife’s name wrong 😉
PS3: We don’t live there. 😀

Have a good day! 😀