tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8939990557361840904..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: You have got to be kidding me.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30823368279864859522012-06-03T15:01:05.534-04:002012-06-03T15:01:05.534-04:00I will always remember the main quote from when I ...I will always remember the main quote from when I was working in China. As a senior Chinese scientist commented to me about freedom.<br /><br />"You american's are so obsessed with freedom. Its not like you can eat it"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63817627971034884092012-05-31T12:37:45.442-04:002012-05-31T12:37:45.442-04:00I was most amused by:
"The United States pri...I was most amused by:<br /><br />"The United States prioritizes the right to keep and bear arms over the protection of citizens' lives and personal security"<br /><br />It is a perfect demonstration of a basic misunderstanding of the RTKBA. People keep guns for protection and personal security. It is, in fact, the strongest method of providing personal security. The police are not here to protect you, merely to try and find the guy who harmed you. The view above, common among all anti-gun groups, is that only government can or should provide protection and personal security despite millenia of evidence that the biggest threat to personal security is usually government (see China, for example)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065795935002884662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40509893016219239352012-05-31T11:48:22.669-04:002012-05-31T11:48:22.669-04:00If we own 50% of the world's civilian-owned fi...If we own 50% of the world's civilian-owned firearms, who owns the OTHER 50%? Because by my recollection MOST of the rest of the free world is "enlightened" and therefore does not have or has severely restricted, firearms ownership.RevolverRobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13303710096025390762012-05-30T20:00:53.476-04:002012-05-30T20:00:53.476-04:00When I want advice from the Chinese I open a fortu...When I want advice from the Chinese I open a fortune cookie. Until that time shut up!Derfel Cadarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904779790523776248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11421927772128730312012-05-30T19:31:46.827-04:002012-05-30T19:31:46.827-04:00Paul: Yeah, crippling debt, and they tell us what ...Paul: Yeah, crippling debt, and they tell us what guns we can have, what safety accessories we can have, and our local police tell us that they dont have to obey the Constitution, and we have to obey them. <br /><br />Ever look at your tax form? Tell me where our liberty is. <br /><br />You dont own your land, your home, and the fed has put it so you technically dont even own any money. You cant grow your own food or cattle, and if you do, and dont pay the piper, they come and shoot your livestock and burn your crops with poisons. <br /><br />I keep hearing how the 2nd amendment keeps us free. Seems that too many people wave bumper sticker slogans around and dont get active in fixing the issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26752343059673735842012-05-30T19:21:53.412-04:002012-05-30T19:21:53.412-04:00The Nazi's had gun control. The Soviets good g...The Nazi's had gun control. The Soviets good gun control. Pol Pot had it. Mao had it.<br /><br />Ever notice all of them have fallen. Even China had to go to 'free markets' to even tread water.<br /><br />Their idea of safety is safety of the STATE. Not of the people. Remember, totalitarians feel the state is everything the person nothing.<br /><br />Sure we own maybe 50 percent of the worlds civilian-owned guns. FREE PEOPLE HAVE GUNS, SLAVES DON'T. And we will keep our guns and our freedom.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635784352780834494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92079126316693357772012-05-30T16:37:18.005-04:002012-05-30T16:37:18.005-04:00Come and take them, Hu.Come and take them, Hu.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9542492988911148762012-05-30T14:30:37.292-04:002012-05-30T14:30:37.292-04:00Elizabeth said...
I am one of the liberals who sup...Elizabeth said...<br />I am one of the liberals who supports the Second Ammendment with a passion. In about a year I've been able to convert 4 other liberals into gun owners and have convinced 10 others into thinking guns are no longer icky. <br /><br />God bless you Elizabeth. Keep up the good fight.Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87124979844853732222012-05-30T14:26:14.087-04:002012-05-30T14:26:14.087-04:00Whereas a totalitarian country will give you a job...<i>Whereas a totalitarian country will give you a job whether you want one or not, citizen.</i> Like in North Korea where the peasants are human lawn-mowers - and they call it a salad-bar...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23795284947408380582012-05-30T12:40:24.976-04:002012-05-30T12:40:24.976-04:00"The United States is the world's richest..."<i>The United States is the world's richest country, but quite a lot of Americans still lack guarantee for their economic... rights</i>"<br /><br />Whereas a totalitarian country will give you a job whether you want one or not, citizen.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34329191796434532482012-05-30T12:18:44.247-04:002012-05-30T12:18:44.247-04:00The United States is the world's richest count...<i><br />The United States is the world's richest country, but quite a lot of Americans still lack guarantee for their economic, social and cultural rights that are necessary for personal dignity and self-development.<br /><br />The United States has not done enough to protect its citizens from unemployment. At no time in the last 60 years had the country's long-term unemployment been so high for so long as it was in 2011. <b>It has been one of the Western developed countries that provide the poorest protection over laborer's rights. It has not yet approved any international labor organization convention in the last 10 years. Moreover, the United States lacks effective arbitration system to deal with enterprises that refuse to make compromise with the employees.</b><br /></i><br /><br />Converting the irony here to electricity would be lethal.<br /><br /><br />There is the state trade union which supports business and state interests, not those of workers... and police beat independent trade unionists. Or they are convicted and imprisoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19692308683181731312012-05-30T11:29:54.839-04:002012-05-30T11:29:54.839-04:00Classic case of pistol envy.
GerryClassic case of pistol envy.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85385431604461882142012-05-30T11:25:00.522-04:002012-05-30T11:25:00.522-04:00This would be the same Chinese government that own...This would be the same Chinese government that owns Norinco, right?Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1128158002896758272012-05-30T11:24:54.942-04:002012-05-30T11:24:54.942-04:00For real, has anyone here actually read that repor...For real, has anyone here actually read that report? When you compare it to-<br /><br />http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?dynamic_load_id=186268#wrapper<br /><br />- it's almost like one was written by diplomats who take human rights seriously and in a relatively objective manner, while the other was written by propagandists who think the fates of Trayvon Martin, Occupy, and Helen Thomas collectively indicate a fascist regime.<br /><br />... annnnnnnd I JUST figured out why the media was giving this propaganda any credibility at all. Bad Rohan, no cookie.trevalyannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88550825994901572022012-05-30T11:24:29.717-04:002012-05-30T11:24:29.717-04:00azmountaintroll - The Japanese: "You cannot i...<b>azmountaintroll</b> - <i>The Japanese: "You cannot invade America. There is a rifle behind every blade of grass."</i><br /><br />I recall reading that, after Pearl Harbor, the Tennessee game commissioner asked the governor if he needed to issue hunting licenses for Japanese soldiers should they ever get to the Volunteer State (!). The governor replied that he would simply declare open season on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35608227788323657712012-05-30T11:15:13.335-04:002012-05-30T11:15:13.335-04:00"The U.S. people hold between 35 percent and ...<i>"The U.S. people hold between 35 percent and 50 percent of the world' s civilian-owned guns, with every 100 people having 90 guns."</i><br /><br />Sounds like envy to me.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33190426887716781032012-05-30T11:00:29.765-04:002012-05-30T11:00:29.765-04:00I thought it was "Get back in the kitchen and...I thought it was "Get back in the kitchen and knit me a pie." I suppose I could switch that to "knit me an iPod" but it seems so futuristic.SoupOrManhttp://www.theguncounter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3794642783304908152012-05-30T10:45:27.443-04:002012-05-30T10:45:27.443-04:00The bold statement reviling American civilian gun ...The bold statement reviling American civilian gun ownership just happens to support the international treaty that Sec'y State Clinton and B. Hussein Obama have been championing since before the last election.<br /> http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/10/15/us-arms-usa-treaty-idUSTRE59E0Q920091015<br /><br />I wonder whether our State Department applied any pressure, or maybe offered another incentive, to get China to make that particular plaint? I mean, it isn't as if Sec'y State Clinton and B. Hussein Obama paraded the President of Mexico to cheer on the "gun walker" program premise.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86117070382835083512012-05-30T10:21:15.505-04:002012-05-30T10:21:15.505-04:00I am one of the liberals who supports the Second A...I am one of the liberals who supports the Second Ammendment with a passion. In about a year I've been able to convert 4 other liberals into gun owners and have convinced 10 others into thinking guns are no longer icky. Those of us who are not closed minded are trying here.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76447395139039496062012-05-30T10:16:07.838-04:002012-05-30T10:16:07.838-04:00The Japanese: "You cannot invade America. Th...The Japanese: "You cannot invade America. There is a rifle behind every blade of grass."<br /><br />The Chinese: "The U.S. people hold between 35 percent and 50 percent of the world' s civilian-owned guns, with every 100 people having 90 guns."<br /><br />The Japanese are poets, the Chinese bean counters. But the sentiment is the same.azmountaintrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009527590383698138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40560283335586670142012-05-30T10:15:18.411-04:002012-05-30T10:15:18.411-04:00Well, the Chinese really prefer poisoning to shoot...Well, the Chinese really prefer poisoning to shooting...<br /><br />http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/series/toxicpipeline/index.html<br /><br />Dann in OhioGod, Gals, Guns, Grubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289354729286002247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1843658915713819042012-05-30T09:45:37.973-04:002012-05-30T09:45:37.973-04:00When an individual shoots somebody it's a crim...When an individual shoots somebody it's a crime, but when a government kills it is protecting it's citizens from dangerous ideas. I guess it's preventing thought crime.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090687736202622960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17893531707591451112012-05-30T09:39:21.886-04:002012-05-30T09:39:21.886-04:00I was wondering why no one from China ever moves t...I was wondering why no one from China ever moves to the United States.<br /><br />The U. S. also exercises lax book possession control, which somehow fails to cause rampant "Quotations from Chairman Mao" ownership.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24217006085164768702012-05-30T09:26:38.116-04:002012-05-30T09:26:38.116-04:00Jay, Boat Guy,
Yeah, according to those numbers, ...Jay, Boat Guy,<br /><br />Yeah, according to those numbers, I'm carrying the load for over a hundred people myself. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17362059423954741772012-05-30T09:17:45.596-04:002012-05-30T09:17:45.596-04:00Now get your butt back in the kitchen and make me ...<i>Now get your butt back in the kitchen and make me an iPod.</i><br /><br />Win.<br /><br />Interesting which rights violations - and particularly by whom - gets on the old radar, eh?Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com