26 March 2013 - Granite Grok

March 26, 2013

Statement of the day…

…from a recent online comment made to the Peoria Journal Star: A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens.   —Camille Sanchez You said it, Camille! Bless you!

“Legal Gun Owners Against Stupid Gun-Grabbing Mayors”

Mike ‘Buckshot’ Bloomberg has an organization called Mayors Against Illegal Guns which just spent 12 million dollars of his money on ads in thirteen states–to pressure US Senators to pass some Bloomberg-esque law or other.  But what we really got from these ads was a lesson in how little the folks involved know about safely handling …

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Princesses Sasha and Malia On Vacation In Atlantis

Oh the sequestration, oh the parsimonious circumstances, oh the humility! Not so much! Rumors surfaced that the Princesses Obama were vacationing at the posh Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas this week, and it did not take Breitbart News long to obtain confirmed sightings:

Daily Kos: Stop Right-Wing Super-Villains From Buying the LA Times

The Koch brothers have neither confirmed nor denied their interest in purchasing any or all of the Tribune Company–on Sale now–but the gate-keepers of tolerance at the Daily Kos are not taking any chances.  They’ve started a petition to try and head-off any potential sale to those ‘Right-Wing Super villains’ Charles and David Koch. The Kos Kids reasoning? Millions of people …

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Mark Kelly’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Purchase Rescinded By Dealer

“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”  — William Blake Fox News Reported today that Diamondback Police Supply determined that it was in the  company’s best interest to terminate this transaction prior to Kelly’s returning to the store to take possession of the rifle. Fox News says, Store …

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Loose Lips Sink Ships Of State – Cyprus And EuroLand

A small number of honest words have been spoken by politicians lately, and it’s getting interesting. From Jean-Claude Juncker’s admission that politicans care more about being re-elected than about doing the right thing, to a stunning admission today by another figure in the Euro hierarchy, Jeroen Djisselbloem, that the recent haircut of depositors in Cyprus’s …

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