Help! Frag This Survey!

I got my NRA magazine this month and it's readily apparent that the NRA is already circling John McCain's butt and is moving in for the smooch. They had a big interview with the "maverick" Senator and tossed him softball questions, while bashing the Democrat candidates.

I'm okay with them bashing Barack and Billary, but McCain belongs on gun owners' "Up Yours" list right along with them. To see why gun owners should NOT endorse McCain, check out Gun Owners of America's article about McCain here, or for more in depth coverage read their web page dedicated to him here. (You can also contrast these with Ron Paul's record here.)

A few days after getting my NRA puffpiece on McCain, the NRA-Political Victory Fund (the NRA's political action arm) sent me a survey that you could fill out and compare your answers with the three big presidential candidates. As luck would have it, John McCain had answered every single question correctly (i.e. pro-second amendment).

This survey is also available online here. I urge all gun owners to go there and respond to this survey. The most important question is Question 14 which asks, "Do you think the NRA should endorse any particular presidential candidate at this time?" You can vote for McCain, Clinton or Obama. Since none of these three scumbags deserves to be endorsed by America's gun-owning community, I hope you'll choose the fourth option which is, "NO, the NRA should not endorse any presidential candidate at this time."

I think the NRA should send a message that we will not reflexively endorse anyone just because they have an "R" after their name. Please complete the survey and let the NRA know not to endorse the "least" of three evils.

BARACK OBAMA; LIKE DAN QUAYLE, ONLY DUMBER

BBB: Trying to make good after calling them bitter, racist gun-totin' Jesus Freaks, Barack Obama goes for the rural and

agricultural vote in Fly-Over Country

Remember way back when Vice President Dan Quayle misspelled the word potato? The Mainstream Press ridiculed him for months and stuck him with a permanent reputation of being dumber than a box of rocks. Years afterward, they were still making swipes at him for the gaffe. To this day, people continue to pelt him with dictionaries every time he appears.

Meanwhile, the Media’s darling, Mr. Change, the Uniter, the Messiah, Barack Hussein Obama keeps making stupid mistakes Dan Quayle would have been positively crucified for and getting a complete pass on his gaffes. In fact, most people who rely on the Drive-By Media for their “information” haven’t even heard of them.

Perhaps his best gaffe was in Oregon when he spoke of campaigning in, “I think”, 57 states, with only one left to go.

Barack, apparently, cannot tell the difference between Sunshine and Sunrise Florida, nor Sioux Falls, SD and Sioux City, IA. He blames his primary defeat in Kentucky on Clinton’s Arkansas background, making her known in “that part of the country”. Never mind the fact that Obama’s home state of Illinois BORDERS on Kentucky.

After being criticized for not being patriotic when he uncomfortably apologized for wearing an American flag lapel pin, Obama has suddenly found his super patriot status and is becoming quite the hawk. Though he can’t even get that right.

At a Memorial Day speech, Barack said, “On this Memorial Day, as our nations honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes—and I see many of them in the audience here today--.” Apparently he doesn’t know the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day, or perhaps he actually sees dead people like that kid in The Sixth Sense.

Barack himself never served in the military, so now his ancestors have became flag-raising Audie Murphy super commandos during World War Two to make up for it. As when Great Uncle Barack “liberated” Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Never mind the fact it was liberated by the Red Army. Obama is such a socialist, maybe his Great Uncle really was fighting with the Communist forces. Obama, before that, mentioned his ancestor’s role in liberating both Auschwitz AND Treblinka, the latter having also been overrun by the Reds.

The would-be future Commander-in-Chief also said, in Missouri, that the military’s Arabic translators are being stretched far too thin, since they are all stationed in Iraq, leaving none of them available for vital duties in Afghanistan. Never mind the fact that the Afghanis don’t even speak Arabic.

Instead of pointing out this fumbles and bumbles and gleefully making him out to be a moron like they did Dan Quayle, the Drive-by Media continues to make excuses for him. If Juan McStain had made even half these statements, he would have long since been branded a doddering, drooling, senile old fool. But some animals are more equal than others, so the media reports Barack was either “tired” or “misspoke”. No sir, no bias in their ranks.

Obama should watch his six, though. Hillary was once the smartest woman in the world and the media’s darling; now she’s at the bottom of the heap. It took sixteen years for it to happen, but even Billy Jeff Clinton is taking hits from the press corps these days. “Maverick” John McCain, as a RINO turncoat, desperately fawning for media approval, will find out just how faithful the media really is soon as the Democrat nominee is settled for good.

Maybe it will take 16 years for them to finally open their eyes and actually report Obama’s failings and failures, but the Mainstream Press is as warm and cuddly as a barracuda and someday they will smell his blood in the water, too, and come in for the attack.

Meanwhile, you say potato, I say potatoe.

Tornado Levels Several Iowa Towns

Many of you outside Iowa might not have been following this, but on Sunday, May 25 an EF5 tornado (the highest rating, Iowa's first such tornado since 1976) tore through Northeast Iowa. The small town of Parkersburg (photo above) was all but wiped off the map with 100 to 200 homes destroyed, five people dead and many dozens injured. The tornado cut a 43-mile path of destruction across Butler and Black Hawk counties, causing damage to the towns of New Hartford and Dunkerton and many farmsteads in between. The twister lifted before entering Buchanan County, but still had enough oomph to do significant damage to the Buchanan County towns of Fairbank and Hazleton. When the dust settled seven people were dead and many more were injured.

Anyone who wishes to help can donate money to the American Red Cross Hawkeye Chapter or the Salvation Army. Checks can be dropped off at Fidelity Bank and Trust, Community Bank of Oelwein, Regions Bank or Veridian Credit Union in Oelwein. You can also call the Iowa Concern Hotline at 1-800-447-1985.

KCRG.com reports: "An emergency distribution site has been established at Bethel Lutheran Church, 701 3rd Avenue, in Parkersburg. Pastor Ruggles has agreed to provide this temporary Goodwill site for distribution. The church can be reached at 319-346-2028. Mr. Boyd said, 'We will load trucks at our various Goodwill sites in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Independence, Dubuque, Oelwein and Decorah and we will truck merchandise to those people in need. Two temporary collection centers have been set up in Grundy Center at the Grundy National Bank at 603 7th St. and 529 G Avenue. We recognize that many of these families have also lost their transportation. So please respond to this emergency call as soon as possible, aid must be brought to them. Drop all donations at any Goodwill site and it will be transferred to those in need.'"

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected by the storms.

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to our veterans!

Bob Barr/ Wayne Allyn Root Libertarian Ticket!

From the official Libertarian Party website:

For Immediate Release May 25, 2008

Libertarian Party selects Bob Barr as 2008 presidential nominee

Former Congressman plans to take the White House as Libertarian candidate

Denver - The Libertarian Party has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr as its candidate for president for the 2008 election.

"I'm sure we will emerge here with the strongest ticket in the history of the Libertarian Party," Barr stated in his victory speech shortly after being selected as the Party's nominee. "I want everybody to remember that we only have 163 days to win this election. We cannot waste one single day."

More than 650 Libertarian delegates met in Denver from May 22 till the 26 for the 2008 Libertarian National Convention. After six rounds of voting Sunday afternoon, Barr was selected as the Party's presidential nominee.

"We're proud to present to the American voters Bob Barr as our presidential nominee," says Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis. "While Republicans and Democrats will fight for their own power in November, Libertarians will fight for Americans. Bob Barr is one of the strongest candidates in the Party's 37-year history, and we look for him to have an enormous impact in the 2008 race. Republicans and Democrats have good reason to fear a candidate like Barr, who refuses to accept the 'business-as-usual' attitude of the current political establishment. Americans want and need another choice, and that choice is Bob Barr."

Wayne Allyn Root selected as vice presidential candidate

Libertarian Party fronts Barr/Root ticket for 2008

Denver - Wayne Allyn Root was selected on Sunday as the 2008 nominee for vice president at the Libertarian National Convention. Root will join former Congressman and Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr on the Libertarian ticket in Nov.

Endorsed by Barr following the selection of the presidential candidate, Root was selected as the vice president after two rounds of voting.

"Root brings a rarely seen excitement to the political process," says Libertarian Party National Media Coordinator Andrew Davis. "His fire and passion are sure to ignite voters who are bored with the stale politics of the two-party system. Root's spirit combined with Barr's political experience creates a dynamite ticket that will blow apart the status quo politics of Republicans and Democrats."

The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting http://www.lp.org/. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.