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"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." — John Adams
Since the election of Obama, have you done any of the following:
The Peter Morrison Report
SETX Bayou
Texas Fred
Lone Star Diary
Little Ole Lady
The Friendliest Gun Forum
National Rifle Association
Texas Rifle Association
Golden Triangle Gun Club
Do you agree with Barack Obama that Americans should apply for a government license before purchasing a firearm?
Who would you mostly likely vote for as the next Texas Governor
Do you support legislation that would limit your gun purchases to one a month?
About Me
- bob
- After 25 years of owning my own construction company, I made the decision to sell out to a younger generation and spend more time with my family and friends.
19 comments:
damn thats a good looking chain saw.
Your right a picture is worth a 1000 words. Let me see....I see a dead actor. Former Democrat also former head of the Screen Actors Guild. The actor protrayed a president for eight years. Towards the end of those eight years his wife became president due to the actors illness. The wife was also an actress, but she was a better president than her husband. Also seems like a job for some pruning shears instead of a chain saw that ISN'T MOVING....jezzz. In the other photo I see a president that is actually alive doing something productive for someone else other than his self. Now this guy doesn't need to carry around a chain saw to be a man now does he.
A chainsaw is a whole lot more fun to use than pruning shears. I bought some pruning shears once but never used them so I gave them to my mother.
A competent chainsaw operator will pause the chain when it is not cutting to avoid injury. If this were a photo op, I doubt he would be wearing safety glasses as well.
That is a picture of Reagan way before he was President.
The glasses appear to be shooting glasses which make the picture definitley a photo op for the the NRA. The is no way anyone could tell if those are safety glasses in that picture. The glasses probably help the hair dye from dripping down his brow.
Bob, who are these mumbling idiots that's left these derogatory posts of our great president, Ronald Reagan? I thought you had better class of followers than this!
"The glasses probably help the hair dye from dripping down his brow."
Could someone tell me what this guy is trying to say? Are the glasses STOPPING the hair dye from getting in his eyes are are they in fact increasing the flow of the dye? I don't understand.
Ronald Reagan was not a great president. If you think that then you need to comprehend political history
Unfortunately, you are mistaken. Most scholarly polls of individuals who do in fact comprehend political history rank him in the top 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents
Iran-Contra
Apparently, Reagan's National Security Council decided to launch an independent covert operation lacking any oversight from Congress, the courts, or even the President himself. It would be self-funding and, consequently, completely above the law. The operation was known internally as "The Enterprise" although it should have been called "The Private Enterprise" since its primary goal was to turn a profit.
As part of a secret deal to purchase the release of American hostages held in the Middle East, the White House agreed to sell arms to the government of Iran. But that was really just the catalyst for their real objective. The NSC sold Iran weapons, and then funneled some of the proceeds to the Contra insurgency in Nicaragua. This was a blatant and intentional violation of federal law.
It was also ripe for embezzlement. Nobody was doublechecking the books. How could they? The operation was more than secret; except for maybe a dozen people in the White House basement, it was absolutely nonexistent. No oversight whatsoever. So no wonder NSC buttboy Oliver North wound up with $200,000 in a Swiss bank account.
While all this was going on, Reagan pretended that there was nothing illegal going on. At one press conference, a journalist addressed the issue point-blank:
REPORTER: Mr. President, why don't we openly support those 7,000 guerrillas that are in rebellion rather than giving aid through covert activity?
PRESIDENT REAGAN: Well, because we want to keep on obeying the laws of our country, which we are now obeying.
REPORTER: Doesn't the United States want that government replaced?
PRESIDENT REAGAN: No, because that would be a violation of the law.
After the story broke, the President continued to deny everything. When he was finally forced to discuss the growing scandal in November 1986, Reagan declared:
"In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories of arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not -- repeat did not -- trade weapons or anything else for hostages; nor will we."
The following month, the White House was impatient about receiving a report on the arms-for-hostages deal by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senator Leahy commented on the administration's insistent requests for the report:
"The President ordered this whole operation on Iran. He ordered his Administration not to tell the intelligence committees what he was doing. Now he wants the Intelligence Committee to tell him what his Administration was doing during the time they were under his orders not to tell the Intelligence Committee. Even Alice in Wonderland doesn't get this twisted around."
In his January 1987 testimony before the Tower Commission, President Reagan specifically acknowledged having approved the Iranian arms sales back in August 1985. Two weeks later he reversed himself, claiming that his prior statement was erroneous. Reading from his notes, Reagan fucked up when he read some of his stage directions aloud:
"If the question comes up at the Tower Board meeting, you might want to say that you were surprised."
D'oh.
During the Reagan year the size of government exploded.In fact, the first $1 trillion federal budget happened while Reagan was in office. Thus, the size of government was bigger at the end of the Reagan administration than it was at the beginning. Those massive military budgets that Reagan advocated were a major reason why the government got so big. This is not some "liberal" stuff I'm making up. It's historical fact. If you don't believe me, look it up...
More to the point, it's been the "tax cut and spend" Republicans who have increased the size of governemnt the most in the last 30 years. If you still don't believe me, look that up too. Look stuff up!
Ah true. And it was the Reagan defense spending that ultimately bankrupt the Soviet Union.
But my question is this: Why isn't Bill Clinton ranked higher? He got a blow job from his intern and was able to convince the entire world that fellatio is NOT sex. I admire a man that can do that.
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