Barry Snell, while at the Iowa State Daily (College paper), wrote a lengthy article back on May 3rd, about guns and the gun debate. 

Here is the fifth (and final) part of that article…

Orignally Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 12:48 am, Fri May 3, 2013. By Barry Snell

Do unto others

No, anti-gunners, we don’t trust you. And you’ve given us no reason to, either. We gun owners obey the law each and every day, same as you. We defend your nation, protect your communities, teach your children, take care of you when you’re sick, defend you when you go to court or prosecute those who do you wrong. We cook and serve your food, haul and deliver your goods, construct your homes, unclog your sewers, make your electricity, and build or fix your cars.

We are everywhere and all around you, and we exist with you peacefully. You are our friends, neighbors and countrymen, and we are these things proudly. We mourn with you when radicals crash airplanes into our buildings, when hurricanes destroy the lives of our people, or when the criminal and mentally ill kill dozens of our school children. We cheer with you when USA wins the gold medal, when terrorists like Bin Laden are brought to justice, or when we land a machine built by American hands on Mars.

So what more can we do to earn your trust, your love and your acceptance other than surrender our rights, bow down to you and take your non-stop attacks?

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If Atheist’s believe that there can be no God, or that there is no God, wouldn’t the absence of evidence of belief in God be a testament to the belief system of non-believers?  You know, the way darkness is evidence of the absence of light.  You need creation to make light, but darkness is just there.

I guess that wasn’t good enough for some atheists in Florida.  These clever folks have placed a monument to…Atheism.

A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their non-belief in God Saturday to sit alongside a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments in front a Florida courthouse.

All in all, I don’t much care what they think they don’t believe in.  And I mean that sincerely.  I had my own brush with agnosticism, atheism, the search for non-faith, and so on.  It is alluring and you get your weekends off.   But it is aligned with progressivism, socialism, and state power over all things.  It lends itself to the kind of thinking we’ve got in Washington right now.

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The Egyptian military has removed Mohammed Morsi as President and suspended the Constitution.  The head of the Constitutional Court will serve as an interim leader while new elections are scheduled.  The military also indicated that changes made to the Egyptian Constitution by Morsi would be rolled back.

The military has publicly announced its coup and instructed the people to continue their peaceful protests as credible leaders are gathered to form a more diverse government that represent all of the people.  Violent protests, however, will be met with force.

(De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da)

Updated

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Barry Snell, while at the Iowa State Daily (College paper), wrote a lengthy article back on May 3rd, about guns and the gun debate. 

Here is the third part of that article…

Orignally Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 12:48 am, Fri May 3, 2013. By Barry Snell

Truth, treason and the empire of lies

Gun people don’t trust anti-gun people because they are purposely misleading to rile the emotions of the ignorant. We don’t trust anti-gunners because they say more than 30,000 people are killed each year by guns — a fact that is technically true, but the key piece of information withheld is that only a minor fraction of that number is murder; the majority is suicides and accidents. We don’t trust anti-gunners because we know accidents and suicides don’t count in the crime rate, but they’re held against us as if they do.

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Barry Snell, while at the Iowa State Daily (College paper), wrote a lengthy article back on May 3rd, about guns and the gun debate. 

Here is the fourth part of that article…

Orignally Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 12:48 am, Fri May 3, 2013. By Barry Snell

A dangerous servant and fearful master

Gun people don’t trust anti-gun people because they completely ignore the fact that true conservatism is about, in part, the preservation of traditions and long-standing principles. We don’t trust anti-gunners because the American Revolution was kicked off by an attempt at gun control when the British marched to Concord to seize the colonists’ muskets and powder. Since the shot heard ‘round the world was fired on Lexington Green, the possession of a firearm has been the mark and symbol of a citizen, distinguishing them from a subject of a monarchy or tyrannical government. We don’t trust anti-gunners because they prefer the post-modern world where anything means anything, and they therefore don’t understand the power of or need for the preservation of traditions — or at least, ones of which they don’t personally approve.

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As I reported yesterday:   “May I suggest a good book today – and a GREAT Obamacare healthcare insurance plan??”

Remember when the Patriot Act first came out and the hysteria that ensued from the Nation’s Librarians when they found out that the Feds could come in and demand what books had been taken out by their patrons?  My GOSH, you’d think that the antagonists from Red Dawn movie had come in with guns blazing:  ” SHHHHHH, be quiet!  And we’re gonna burn all the registration cards!  NO – I will NOT turn over my card catalog!  But for Obamacare??

Well as a former budget committee member in town, I know that lots of time is spent in crafting a budget and lots of time is spent examining each line item.  Why?  While monies can be moved around from line item to line item in a NH municipal budget, monies canNOT be expended for a purpose not covered by a line item.  So, if there is no “Obamacare outreach” or some such thing similar, those monies cannot be expended.  So what, you ask?  Like I believed yesterday, local property taxes would have to be used for local public libraries to support the socialized healthcare known as Obamacare.  And no, there is no “free money from the Feds to offset time taken away from their real duties (emphasis mine):

As if the corruption of the library’s time-honored purpose is not enough, the institution won’t even receive a reward for its self-betrayal. Susan Hildreth, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services [a Federal entity -Skip], has stated that “there are no federal funds to support this program.” As libraries already face devastating budget cuts and declines in funding, the initiative to serve as Obamacare’s cheerleader in communities could spell disaster. In addition to spending money to train librarians in their new capacity as healthcare experts, the alliance could alienate patrons who disapprove of the healthcare legislation and cause them to reconsider much-needed donations to their local library as it converts into something like “Obamacare Enrollment Station #1234.”

Finally, we start to see a bankrupt nation running out of money “for all” things. Here in NH, we hear a lot of complaining and wailing about “downshifting of costs” from one level of government down to lower levels – isn’t this the same thing only from a higher level? So if you DO ask your local authorities if your library is going to be a shill salesdudes information providers for Obamacare  and they say “don’t worry, we’ll get reimbursed”?  Let that gleam begin to shine in your eye and ask “Really?”

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