The simple truth is that over and over and over again in our country, people use weapons, such as handguns, to save their lives, the lives of their family and the lives of their friends…sometimes even strangers. We don’t hear about these stories because most times, the weapons are never actually used, but merely brandished. This is rarely newsworthy (newsworthy = moneymaking, sadly). But recently in Boston, an off-duty security guard who was legally carrying his concealed weapon saved the life of a doctor who was being stabbed by a mentally ill patient. (more…)

“As many as two dozen” people watch a fifteen-year-old girl plied with liquor, assaulted and gang-raped outside her homecoming dance in Richmond, Virginia and not one of them called police, let alone tried to prevent what occurred. What is wrong with us? Seriously, just what the fuck is wrong with people?

It’s still the same old horeshit it’s always been. There’s the usual idiocy of jackass Senators fleeing the scenes of accidents that they caused, possibly while drunk behind the wheel yet again (although he turned himself in a day later, so there’s no way to test…coincidence?). The most fun is saved for yet another federally indicted former Speaker of the House (DiMasi this time, if you’re having trouble keeping them straight), who has new charges laid at his feet. Hey, it’s only corruption, backroom dealings and bribery…that’s what public service is all about, right? But you know what drives me nuts? THE IDIOTS IN THIS STATE KEEP VOTING THE FUCKING CRIMINALS INTO OFFICE!!! You know why I’m so pissed? Because for years I’ve been pushing the agenda that voting is the remedy we have for fixing corrupt political systems. It’s true. But it’s useless to vote in this state because the majority of voters just vote the incumbent back into office, regardless of performance, purely because there’s a “D” next to their name. No one in this state gives a shit about ability or intelligence or integrity, they vote the party regardless. This state isn’t worth fighting for because it’s citizens would rather claim party affiliation than claim their rights. Pathetic.

When this story was first brought to my attention, I figured it would be anticlimactic. I assumed there was some “real” reason behind the order, like someone flying a gargantuan flag from their apartment’s balcony that blocked the view for their neighbors, or something stupid like that. Then I figured that maybe it wasn’t an apartment complex in the U.S. and that’s why the flag ban was instituted. I was wrong on both counts. The apartment complex is in Albany, Oregon. The reason the ban was enacted? According to the story from local news affiliate KATU, the reason was “someone might get offended.” Seriously? Are you fucking kidding me? Here’s another, just to get the point home:

Resident[sic] we talked to who had been approached to take down their flags all told us the same thing: that management told them the flags could be offensive because they live in a diverse community.

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Remember all those people who kept repeating the Franklin quote “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”? They weren’t lying to you. Check out this story on expansive and ill-defined Federal laws that are criminalizing everyone. Honestly, I didn’t expect that the first jackboot-wearing thugs would be from the Fish and Game department, honest!