Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
I was doing my weekly check on bill in the legislature when I bumped into this one:
SB 322 – Specialty License Plates/Gopher Tortoise
My hear skipped a beat. Gopher? Florida? There is only one Florida gopher deserving of a specialty plate!
And my hope came crashing down like it was the donations rate to the Booker campaign.
I did not know that animal existed.
My soul is crushed with sorrow.
Need more coffee.
Part of the problem with the Left’s TDS is that everything this administration does is a catastrophe. There is no gauging of relative importance. There is nothing so benign that the Left says “we’ll ignore this, we have bigger fish to fry.” This makes people exhausted and diminishes the severity of the big stuff.
Enter Mike Pence over the weekend.
He visited Mackinac Island, which I have never heard of, to give a speech. He was chauffeured in a typical VP motorcade.
Cue TDS insanity.
Disgusting. I am in such disbelief that this was allowed to happen. This Administration doesn't care about the law (you know, the U.S. Constitution), so it shouldn't surprise me so much that they don't care about our history or traditions. #MackinacIsland https://t.co/jvyMBCakrG
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) September 22, 2019
What the fuck is she talking about?
As it turns out, Mackinac Island banned cars in 1898 because they scare the horses. Since then it has been both law and tradition that the island be motor vehicle free.
Except that is not entirely true. The police and fire department have emergency vehicles, snowmobiles are allowed in the winter, and construction/service vehicles are allowed during the offseason.
So you can believe that driving is forbidden on the island if you believe that when a hotel or building is constructed, it’s all dug by hand, lifted by people pulling on a rope with a block and tackle, and horse-drawn carriages move the construction materials.
As the Detroit Free Press explains, the motorcade was mandated by the Secret Service for security reasons.
So according to Tlaib and all the other Lefties wringing their hands about this non-event, the Vice President being driven in a law enforcement motorcade (the Secret Service is a law enforcement agency) in a city that allows emergency service vehicles to drive on the road is tantamount to a violation of the Constitution is grade-A stupid bullshit.
What I will say about all of this is that in a matter of a few minutes reading about this non-event, I have gone from not knowing anything about Mackinac Island to saying “fuck that place and the people who live there, I am never visiting.”
It is a matter of principle, twice, and personal comfort, once.
Cars were banned in 1898 because the scared the horses and the law has not been changed to reflect changes in technology. This is pure Luddism that has taken on a deep almost spiritual significance.
Sacrilege https://t.co/RD40PkKjP9
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) September 21, 2019
It’s not sacrilege, it’s a fucking car on an island under the jurisdiction of the United States.
What makes this worse is that the car ban doesn’t apply to law enforcement or emergency services. So Mackinac Island is to cars the way the New York City tries to be with guns. Police only, you filthy civilian.
If the people of Mackinac want to preserve their 19th century, bucolic purity, they can be evacuated off the island on a horse-drawn wagon and a rowboat when they are having a heart attack.
I don’t feel like giving my money to a bunch of Luddites who exempt their police from the target of their ban.
As a matter of practicality, I have arthritis in my spine and a bad knee. Walking or biking across the island is more than I would be capable of doing.
Not just does the city ban cars, it bans all motor vehicles, including electric bicycles, and scooters. If you are disabled, you can use a mobility scooter, but you better have your handicap paperwork with you.
I’m not going hurt myself biking around the 8 mile island and I’m not going to go through the indignity of proving that I’m crippled enough to get special permission to use a mobility scooter.
Fuck you, I’m going to take my money to Key West or Block Island where I can rent a scooter or a golf car or some other small, convenient transportation.
I know Trump needs Michigan to win reelection, but after learning about the Mackinac Island car ban, my natural inclination is to want the President to take a 100 car motorcade to do laps around M-185 (yes, it is a car-free state highway) like warmup at Talladega.
From USA Today:
#ShutDownDC aims to "disrupt the systems that created and perpetuate the climate crisis" and block key intersections across the city to disrupt traffic. https://t.co/T3mhQk1moi
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 23, 2019
Fantastic, another protest by a bunch of idiots and brainwashed children about something that they do not understand. ( End sarcasm)
To be honest, I don’t really care about their environmental alarmist bullshit. Shutting down DC, on the other hand, is something I could totally get behind.
The less time those assholes in the Capitol spend working, the better off we usually are.
The problem here is that the protest isn’t stopping Congress from running the Bill of Rights through a shredder or preventing the alphabet soup of Federal bureaucracies from jamming their hands into our pockets and micromanaging our lives. It’s stopping regular people from getting to work.
If there was a protest that only inconvenienced elected officials and Federal bureaucrats, I’d be fine with that shit going on 365 days per year.
Watching some of the videos from the protest, however, gives me another thought.
Climate activists are shutting down major intersections throughout DC. Interstate 395 and New York Ave is closed. pic.twitter.com/JhjVBr1hU3
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) September 23, 2019
Happening Now: DC DSA and labor comrades demand climate action. Taking the street #ShutDownDC pic.twitter.com/mn2ASeyqoY
— Metro DC DSA (@mdc_dsa) September 23, 2019
It should be totally legal to drive through any illegal protest that blocks traffic. If the protesters don’t have a permit to block the street let them play live-action Frogger. A city shouldn’t be brought to a halt by this type of tactic.
Especially after what we saw in Portland with Antifa blocking intersections and attacking drivers.
Lastly, this video got me thinking.
Climate strikers are trying to shut down infrastructure in DC by refusing to move, and laying down on vehicles blocking intersections while their supporters say its “unsafe” to tow them while they’re on it. You know what? Tow that shit. #ShutDownDC https://t.co/iZe6s9cLjw
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 23, 2019
A hallmark of the New Left is crybullying. They attack then play the victim when responded to with force.
I think this is another reason the Left loves radical Islam because this has been a consistent tactic used by Hamas and Hezbollah for years against Israel. These groups launch missiles at markets in Israel then claim to be victims when an Israeli air-strike takes out a Palestinian bomb factory.
These assholes are blocking traffic with a van, then are screaming that the police can’t tow the van because it’s too dangerous to tow it with people riding on it.
I can only see this tactic being used more and more in more extreme ways.
“It’s dangerous to shoot at Protesters who are only attacking cops with clubs.”
Screw them.
Catching up with a ton of min-craps that suddenly decided to pop.
If you are still dealing with idiots who assure you we have 12 years left before the end of the world, tell them to stop being conceited idiots and reminded them that if a friggging asteroid impact could not kill the planet, thinking that cow farts and plastic straws will destroy Earth is sheer stupidity.
And then share this:
Back as soon as I can.
Assassination of rivals at a bar & grill in Uruapan:
And here is a link to where you can see in full color, very graphic photos of the aftermath.
But Gun Control and Open Borders will guarantee stuff like his will never happen in our country.
“Go ahead and test that you can sit in the front of the bus. You will screw over every other black who just wants to be left alone.”
You have the deluded fantasy that OCIs are the new Rosa Parks.
They ain’t.
Somebody already won the fight to sit up front. OCIs are just the latecomers who are enjoying the results by taking a dump in the bus seat and calling it “Mu Rights!”
Clear now for you?