You live in fear. This is the goal of terrorism.

I show my concealed-carry permit to a cashier asking for a photo id to confirm my credit card.  She panics.  She assumes because I have the weapons permit, I must be armed.  I’m now labeled a terrorist.  I’m questioned by the authorities, as are my friends.  I’m unable to fly because I’m on the TSA watch list.  Every purchase is scrutinized.  My travels outside the US are suddenly suspicious, regardless of the data trail.  Why did I purchase diesel fuel in Canada?  Didn’t I buy fertilizer in the US once?  Am I making a bomb?  What are these pictures on my camera?

The definition of terrorism from Merriam-Webster:

“Main Entry:

ter·ror·ism

Pronunciation:

\ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm\

Function:

noun

Date:

1795

: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion”

Imagine if I had a name typically found in the Middle East, like Ramak Fazel. All of his problems were caused by one busy-body on an airplane.

Report your neighbors, random acquaintances.  Fuck up life for all of those bullies in school by reporting them as well.  Live in fear.  Obey your government.  After all, they know best.

When the pandemic comes, prepare your guns.

Will the Bush administration lock you up in a pandemic?  I have a paper somewhere about the 1918 Flu pandemic and what the successful towns (where success is measured in least deaths) did in response to the pandemic.  I recall it didn’t involve martial law.  You either have to shoot all the sick, and potential sick, or let modern medicine take care of them the best they can to contain the infestation.

Happy Birthday Paul Revere!

Paul Revere.  We all know the name from his now famous April midnight ride through the Massachusetts countryside as the British landed in Boston.  His silversmith skills are his other legacy.  I think that today he’d be labeled a terrorist, put before a mock trial, and slandered in the media as the American Taleban.

Looking at America

This is a great summary of the state of the USA.  One thing they left out at the end.  Rather than waiting for voters to change the regime, we may start shooting.  Many in the military feel the same way.

The once mighty, fall.

The US is now amongst China, Russia, and the UK in regards to privacy protections and surveillance.  Six Hours A Week posts about the Privacy International report for 2007.  As a gun owner, I’ve already lost mine to many national ID databases, biometric databases, and who knows what else.  Unfortunately, you have too.

Accuracy with a Gun

“In this NYT article, we are told that “the most likely result when a policeman discharges a gun is that he or she will miss the target completely.”  That’s a shocker for those of us conditioned by Hollywood movies to think anyone who picks up a gun for the first time hits the villain right on the temple. “  An analysis can be found at Junk Charts.

Second Guessing in CT

I was reading an article by one person who’s apparently changed their mind on the 2nd amendment.  Glad to see some people think for themselves.

Optional Search Warrants in my own backyard

“Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their children’s bedrooms.The program, which is already raising questions about civil liberties, is based on the premise that parents are so fearful of gun violence and the possibility that their own teenagers will be caught up in it that they will turn to police for help, even in their own households.”

I don’t even know where to begin.  Initial thoughts are summed by “those that would trade liberty for security deserve neither”; in the words of Benjamin Franklin.   Full story at boston.com.

Remember, remember the fifth of November

Guy Fawkes, terrorist, revolutionary, keeping governments in check. George Washington banned the celebration of Fawkes Day. The Catholics were the religious extremists threatening suicide bombings against the Protestants in power. Hence, the Gunpowder Plot. Torture didn’t work. Parallels quite well to the modern world. We don’t seem so modern after all. Did you have a bonfire in celebration of the day?

I’m a terrorist.

A recent bill passed by the US House of Representatives, HR 1955, defines thought crime, violent radicalization, and basically anyone that is “different” is now a terrorist.  My past comments about defending America, violently if needed, now put me in the class of domestic terrorist.  Your founding fathers were domestic terrorists according to the British Govt.  Do we have to overthrow this silly govt in order to get real freedom, liberty, and change?