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Strictly Right Radio episode 79 – Record Breaker
On this Strictly Right, Andrew makes his triumphant return to discuss President Obama’s socialism, property rights in Canada, the debasement of our culture with shows like MTV’s ‘Skins,’ and much more.
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Self-Defense No Longer an Excuse
From the National Post:
Ian Thomson moved to a rural homestead in Southwestern Ontario to lead a quiet life investing in a little fixer-upper. Then his neighbour’s chickens began showing up on his property. He warned his neighbour, then killed one of the birds.
The incident began six years of trouble for Mr. Thomson that culminated early one Sunday morning last August when the 53-year-old former mobile-crane operator woke up to the sound of three masked men firebombing his Port Colborne, Ont., home.
“I was horrified,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know what was happening. I had no idea what was going on.”
So Mr. Thomson, a former firearms instructor, grabbed one of his Smith & Wesson revolvers from his safe, loaded it and headed outside dressed in only his underwear.
“He exited his house and fired his revolver two, maybe three times, we’re not sure. Then these firebombing culprits, they ran off,” said his lawyer, Edward Burlew.
His surveillance cameras caught the attackers lobbing at least six Molotov cocktails at his house and bombing his doghouse, singeing one of his Siberian Huskies. But when Mr. Thomson handed the video footage to Niagara Regional Police, he found himself charged with careless use of a firearm.
The local Crown attorney’s office later laid a charge of pointing a firearm, along with two counts of careless storage of a firearm. The Crown has recommended Mr. Thomson go to jail, his lawyer said.
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“I hear some people, some being police officers, some being Crown attorneys, some being ordinary people, say we don’t want vigilantism, to which I can only give an emphatic pardon me?” Mr. Burlew said. “When you’re under attack, it’s not a vigilante act. Vigilantism talks about vengeance and retribution. This is about saving your life and saving your property.
“I’m sure that will be recognized at trial, but why would a citizen, where it’s so obvious that what he was doing was protecting himself during a continued attack, be put to the expense of a trial? It’s demeaning.”
The worst part about this case is that Canada actually does allow for the use of “reasonable” force to defend ones self if being attacked. Should you bring a shotgun out to shoot an unarmed person? Perhaps, perhaps not, but the fact remains that Thompson did nothing wrong — both morally and legally.
This isn’t the first time that gun owners have been targeted by authorities, and I fear it won’t be the last either. Unfortunately, property rights are not something entrenched in the Canadian “constitution,” nor are they valued by the average Canadian simply because of a lack of knowledge. Ultimately, if so much as an obnoxious salesman comes onto your property you should have the right to kick them off; firebombers don’t even seem like a gray area. If someone throws a Molotov cocktail at your house, the police seem to think a strongly worded letter is the best response.
The New Civility with Michael Moore
With all the talk of turning down the rhetoric, MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow invited far-left bomb thrower, Michael Moore onto her program:
Is that a direct quote from Dr. King?
What a great demonstration of the new tone we are all supposed to adhere to. Moore, the maker of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, the Triumph of the Will, and the autobiographical film Sicko, is a real master of moderation.
Michael Moore’s schlockumentaries are notorious for their ‘creative editing’ and outright lies. Moreover, Moore has made a career of denigrating his country, his ideological opponents, and the economic system that has given him the opportunity to succeed.
The website michaelmoore.com is home to a sad assortment of the unhinged and deranged, including Cindy Sheehan, the founder of Code Pink. In case you’ve forgotten, Code Pink was the activist group that accused members of the Bush administration war criminals. As an aside, do you remember the media being up-in-arms over that type of ‘heated rhetoric?’
After all that background, how about big Mike’s interview? It would appear as though Moore didn’t get the memo on the new tone. Seeing a racist around every corner, Michael Moore claims that the reason people own guns is because they are afraid of poor minorities. Another example of the new tone one is to presume.
Michael Moore is entirely obsessed with race. In the past, Moore has asserted that the National Rifle Association was a successor organization to the KKK.
Michael Moore is no outlier; his thinking is typical of the new Left. After the shooting in Arizona, the media was condemning heated rhetoric, claiming it inspired the shooter. After it was proven that such claims were pure pap, the talking point became that today’s heated rhetoric created an environment of violence. With the Left, and their toadies in the media, so quick to point fingers at the Right, just remember the rehtoric of the Left throughout the Bush years, and to this day.
Strictly Right Radio Episode 57
On this Strictly Right, Ari and Andrew talk about the Left and the Tea Party, a former Obama supporter gone rogue, a German man and his schnitzel, and a speedbump in Canada’s quest for gun-rights.
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I wish more states did this
In an event that is likely to get the anti-capital punishment activists whining in a frenzy of sorts (no change, in other words,) Utah just took care of its 50th death penalty victim, Ronnie Lee Gardner. However, Ronnie’s case is different from most others. He chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection. Unfortunately, the state has since done away with that method of punishment. However, because he was sentenced in the 1980′s, his preference was grandfathered in. With 5 police officers happily volunteering to assist (hey, I would too!)
Leftist groups have already gotten up in arms about the firing squad execution, proclaiming how utterly horrific it is. Unfortunately, they neglect to mention how horrific the murders that this man committed were. Even more amusingly, they forget that he chose to be executed by firing squad.
Of course, the Associated Press decided to seek comment from the most trustworthy of sources on this case: the European Union, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Unitarian Church (the only denomination slightly lower on the food chain than the United Church.)
Oh, and in case you missed it, this execution was officially announced on Twitter. Awesome, I know.
Chicago Mayor threatens to put bayonet up reporter's ass
So I asked [Chicago Mayor Richard Daley]: since guns are readily available in Chicago even with a ban in place, do you really think it’s been effective?
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“Oh!” Daley said. “It’s been very effective!”
He grabbed a rifle, held it up, and looked right at me. He was chuckling but there was no smile.
“If I put this up your—ha!—your butt—ha ha!—you’ll find out how effective this is!”
For a moment the room was very, very quiet. I took a good look at the weapon. It had a long bayonet. (Was it seized during the Civil War?)
“If I put a round up your—ha ha!”
It’s nice to see that the musket is bring brought back into style at least.
Ted Nugent 2012?
Ted Nugent’s new book, Ted, White, and Blue was just released, and in my quest for information on the Nuge I came across this op-ed he wrote for the Washington Times last week. Pure awesomeness.
Water, water, everywhere water. Know it, embrace it, manage it or drown. Same goes for cars, trucks, chain saws, knives, crowbars, blowtorches, teakettles and guns. I will not be denied the pragmatic, functional utility of anything based on the inept, clumsy, irresponsible failure of brain-dead, uncoordinated numskulls.
I will not drown; drink and drive; chain-saw massacre anyone; stumble; slice, burn or shoot myself, nor will I ever hold up a bank. So the best advice would be to think, improvise, adapt and overcome, man up, but by all means, leave me alone. You don’t ban electric guitars just because someone may have a lapse in logic, goodwill and decency and spontaneously break out into country and Western music. The vast majority of sensible people will use electric guitars as God intended and whip out good, sexy rock ‘n’ roll licks.
I need my cars, trucks, chain saws, knives, crowbars, blowtorches, scalding-hot water, guitars and guns, thank you. Amazingly, I have mastered them all, and they are all wonderful ingredients for my American dream of rugged individualism, declared independence and self-sufficiency. They all serve me well, and I am not giving up any of them. Ever.
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So why in God’s good name would any human being wish to force unarmed helplessness on another? That level of cruel indecency and forced victimization is incomprehensible to me and about 100 million Americans who own guns and believe in self-defense. The lunatic-fringe left won’t dare touch the issue of gun control. Self-defense is the most powerful, driving instinct in good people everywhere. To deny this is evil personified.
Write this down: Gun-free zones are a felon’s playground. Ban gun-free zones now. Join the NRA.
Good people don’t want the rapist to succeed. We want him dead. We don’t want our homes invaded. We want invaders dead. We don’t like carjackers. We like them dead. We don’t like armed robbers. We like them dead.
We have examined all the evidence we could possibly need to know that calling 911 is a joke unless, of course, the cops bring a dustpan and a mop to clean up the dead monster we just shot while protecting our families.
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