The "Is It Paid-For?" Scam

Yankee Nation Democrats and Yankee Nation Republicans sing the same song.  It's called "Is The Tax Cut Paid For?"

One would think that, by this time, the Republicans would be singing a different song than the Democrats.  What is it that they don't understand about it?  "Paying for" a tax cut is simply language which means this: "We're not going to cut programmatic spending in any meaningful way and if we don't steal "x" amount of dollars from the taxpayers we'll divert it from another part of the coffers".

In this way, everyone is happy.  The Yankee Democrats are happy because their Big Brother programs are still ensuring their loyal voters.  The Yankee Republicans are happy because they are duping their constituency into believing that less money coming in means that some program will have to be cut in order to balance the Yankee Nation budget.

Boehner & Company, instead of seizing the opportunity to make some meaningful reduction in the reach of The Empire's tentacles, are singing the Pelosi & Company song of "Is It Paid-For?"  You really can't blame the Republicans for it, I guess.  After all, they're supposed to be Conservatives - aren't they.  They're simply doing what Conservatives have been doing for the last thirty years: conserving that which has been handed to them.

For every wild-eyed spending Democrat who prowls through the halls of the Yankee Congress like Darth Vader, there seems to be his shadow personality of a Republican who is no more than the shadow creature of Anakin Skywalker.   Boehner and Pelosi have played their parts well; very few of their constituents are even aware of the symbiotic relationship that continues to make a mockery of meaningful freedom from their tyranny.

The Vader/Anakin couplet is noting new to the Yankee Nation's powerful and empire-sustaining back room dealing.  It has been going on for many years and the only aspect of it that ever changes is the names inscribed on the cast of characters.

In the case of the empire that is the Yankee Nation, it doesn't need to "strike back".  There is precious little that can stand in its way as it plods ever forward in its breathtaking developmental spurts.  Maybe, someday, someone will ask the Yankee Nation functionaries how the empire got to be so ponderously huge.  As did Topsy, someone will answer: "I expect I grow'd".

Shame upon the empire builders.

Deo Vindice

Fast and Furious Crime

The latest take on the criminal "Fast and Furious" escapade of Barry Soetoro and his Yankee Nation Attorney General is from the Democrat Party hacks.  They are contending that no evidence exists to prove that the operation was "fatally flawed".  In other words, the concept of the operation was valid but the mechanics of it were not.

If there is not anyone in the Yankee Nation's capitol city who would dare to press criminal charges against this pair of decidedly inept executives, then maybe some may be found after next inauguration day.

The Yankee Nation's weal has long since been eclipsed by a gathering gloom of murky and ham-handed ineptitude.

Deo Vindice

Hunting Humans

Actor spent a long time thinking about the dynamic of what he was doing: hunting humans.  "After all", he thought, "that's exactly what the government pays me to do".  It wasn't like the combat a Marine experiences; the Border Patrol was of a different quality.  Hunting humans as a Border Patrol Agent was a more solitary affair than it had been in the Marines.  In the Marines, Actor had numerous other Marines around him.  he was their leader; their Lieutenant.

In the Border Patrol, Actor hunted by himself.  At the most, during a chase, he would hunt with one other Agent.    This was the case with all Agents in the Old Patrol.  They would team-up for a chase.  It went faster that way.

Actor liked night hunting most of all.  Signcutting and chasing the sign was a huge thrill but, most of all, Actor loved was the Old Patrol called "Stillwatch" or "Laying-In".  Stillwatch was similar to what Actor had learned in the Marine Corps as "Ambush".  Actor loved to do stillwatch at night.

Night hunting is closed-in by darkness.  Everything seems to be closer than it really is.  Even when the sky is cloudless and the moon in at its full phase the darkness creates a protective veil of anonymity that cannot be pierced unless the hunter wishes it to be.  Secluded along a like point of entry or near an expected course of Tonk travel, Actor and his fellow Agents could wait to spring their apprehension at a time they chose.

Tonks often though stillwatch was unfair to them; especially when it resulted in their arrest.  Actor knew better.  It was the Tonk who decided to enter the Yankee Nation without inspection.  It was the Tonk who chose the spot at which he would "Jump the Line" with the intent of not being detected.  It was the Tonk who chose to sneak.  Actor and his fellow Agents chose to stillwatch in order to play by the Tonk's rules.

Stillwatch at night necessitated proper precautions: not bathing in scented soap before the shift began, not smoking, chewing or dipping during the stillwatch, not using a flashlight for any reason and completely concealing the Agent's vehicle.  Sometimes the vehicle concealment would mean placing it in "hull defalade" behind a canal bank.  Other times, it would require Actor to hide his vehicle in a citrus grove or on a crowded parking lot (if the stillwatch was done in town).

When laid-in, Actor had plenty of time to think.  The subject of his thoughts were usually centered-around lessons taught to him by senior agents such as Mundo, Dean, Anglico or Terry.  Sometimes when Actor was stillwatching he had one of his own Trainees with him.  Before they laid-in, Actor would tell the Trainee to do nothing but watch what he did.  The only time the Trainee was to act was if the Tonks were combative and were too numerous for Actor to subdue on his own.  That was they way the older Agents had taught Actor and it was the way Actor taught his Trainees.

Laying-in at night (or even in the daylight) offered solid proof to the Tonks that there was actually someone who could anticipate their movements; that there was someone just a little smarter than they were.  For Actor, the activity was a validation of all he had learned from the Agents who had gone before him.  If he could get inside the Tonk's heads for even a short period of time, he knew that he could rain all over their parade.  That was the way it had always been done - ever since there was a Border Patrol.

Deo Vindice

Don't Hold Your Breath

This coming Friday, the Yankee Nation Supreme Court will decide whether or not it will hear the New Jersey case concerning the actual birthplace of Barry Soetoro.  All anxious birthers may read the story in a Yankee periodical.

Whatever the outcome, Barry's illegal alien aunt will probably still remain in the Yankee Nation.  His Kenyan half-brother will have to remain pining-away in his hut situated in their family's homeland.

Given the current social ethos of the Yankee Nation, there are probably very few who even care where Barry was born.  They seem to be uniformly surprised that anyone would even care about the subject.  Such a state of affairs serves to indicate just how far the Yankee Nation electorate has degenerated into being a vastly different herd than the original breed (when the Constitution actually meant something).

What does it take for the Yankee's Supreme Court to hear a case?  It's called the "Rule of Four".  If four of the Justices agree that a writ of certiorari should be granted, the the writ of certiorari will be granted the petitioner and the case will be placed on the docket.  Maybe there will be four Justices who would want to grant the writ ... but will they?  Remeber what I wrote about holding your breath.

One may always hope for a pleasant surprise.

Deo Vindice

Weaponology - Present Tense

In years past, my off-duty weapon of choice was a 1911 Combat Commander.  Its size, weight and caliber (.45 ACP) were perfect for my perceived needs.  These days ... not so much.  Some years ago, I sold the Commander and bought an Officers' Model; somewhat smaller but still a 1911.  It was then that I finally realized that whatever 1911 I was carrying on a daily basis as a civilian felt like I was toting a boat anchor around between my belt and my shirt.

Kahr P45

Please, don't lecture me on the wisdom of having a "good gun belt".  I had (and still have) several of them.  The weight of the all steel 1911 was still there.  It was then that I wised-up, defected from the John M. Browning god and bought a Kahr P45.

At 18.7 ounces, the Kahr has worked well for me.  With a 6+1 loading capacity of .45 ACP, I do not believe myself to be "outgunned" by possible threats walking the mean streets of urban Texas environments.

Everything about the P45 denotes that it is truly a weapon for the armed professional.  The trigger has a smooth surface and there are no external safties.  Aggressive chekering is provided on the frontstrap and the backstrap.  The rifling is polygonal and the Khar is more accurate that I am capable of being.

The rifling, however, is the problem.  Those of us who are "into" the shooting sports tend to shoot a lot ...and then shoot some more.  In order to do this, finances dictate that most of us load our own ammunition.  Loading ammunition containing the correct projectile to be fired through polygonal rifling (full metal jackets) can border on being fairly expensive.  It is much cheaper to reload with lead projectiles.  The reason that it's not too wise to shoot lead through polyginal rifling is that even hard-cast lead bullets tend to foul the barrel quickly and cleaning it out requires a long scrubbing session.

My solution?  I still shoot only FMJ's through the P45, but I went out and bought a Kahr CW45 with which to practice.  The CW45 is essentially the same as the P45 except that the CW  has conventional rifling and is, therefore, "lead friendly".

My eyes are older than when I used to happily lug 1911's hither and yon and my groups have "widened-out" a bit.  The Wife Unit suggested that I include a current "group photo".  Oh, to have younger eyes and tighter groups!

Deo Vindice

Sotelo's DHS Makes An End-Run

Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Yankee Nation (ICE) has opened a 24/7 telephone line.  The purpose of which is for apprehended persons who "believe they may be" citizens of the Yankee Nation to call and receive counseling from an on-duty ICE Agent.

How is it that someone does not know of what country he is a citizen?  By establishing such a service, the Yankee Nation's Executive administration is doing a naked end-run around existing law.  As with much of what comes out of the mouth of Barry The Pretender, this new service is all for show.  Any advice that the Tonk may hear over the telephone would be neither admissible nor germane to proceedings in an Immigration court.

Also, it would be interesting to know what instructions have been given to those worthies who are manning the phones. Are they giving legal advice, or are they simply on duty to mollify the ruffled feathers of Tonks who are too stupid to know their nationality?

Certainly, this new development mandated for ICE personnel is nothing new.  During the administration of Carter The Incompetent, INS Commissioner Leonel Castillo placed faux Tonks along the border to document supposed brutality on the part of law enforcement people.

Even though it is nothing new, it is still a step farther toward a totally demoralized cadre of Border patrol Agents.

Deo Vindice

Barry and Christmas

Barry The Pretender, ever the vacationer, has taken a new low in military relations.  Sunday, 12/25/11, the Yankee Nation's Chief Executive appeared at the Base Chapel as MCAS, Kaneohe Bay to celebrate Christmas under the watchful eye of the Navy Chaplain on duty and as many cameras as possible.

We are told that, for twenty years, Barry was a frequent attender for the "worship" services conducted by the Rev. Mr. Jeremiah Wright in Chicago.  As the Yankee President, he seems to have developed into a "Christmas and Easter" attender at Christian worship.  One wonders what was going through the minds of the Marines and sailors who were also present as they witnessed the cheap and tawdry camera-mugging behavior of their Commander-In-Chief.

One may also wonder that, if Barry really is a Christian (as he proclaims), why was he not in attendance at worship services last Sunday at St. John's in the Yankee Capitol city?  After all, St. John's is just right across the street from the Yankee's Executive Mansion.

Deo Vindice

The Empire

The Yankee Nation is an empire.

An empire is a political unit composed of a number of territories that are ruled by a single supreme authority. Tempting as it may be, placing a date/time stamp on the beginning is not possible.Some may desire to take the "empire date' back to the Jacksonian period.  Others may choose the infamous tenure of the delusional Lincoln.  Still others may want to date the beginnings during the time of Theodore Roosevelt.  In the end, it's impossible.  The Yankee Nation didn't start out as an empire; it slowly morphed into being one.

Gradually, the several States became less and less important and decreased in their measure of sovereignty as their respective citizens allowed the gigantic maw of Leviathan to gobble-up most shreds of self-government.

More recently, when Texas drew a new map of Yankee Nation Congressional districts, the Yankee Nation legal thugs jumped on her with both boots (with hobnails affixed).  The Yankee Nation Supreme Court has frozen Texas' Yankee Nation elections and Eric Holder (the unindicted criminal of "fast and furious" fame) has flown to Texas to utter a rant speech on the subject.  The fact that our Department of Public Safety has allowed him entry into the State is humiliating for all Texans.

The first of the last gasps of the 10th Amendment is just as difficult to date as is the Yankee Nation's transition from being the United States to the Yankee Nation Empire.  Was it the 18th Amendment.  How about 1867's Ex Parte McCardle?   Was it the 14th Amendment?  The debate can go on for a long time with good and scholarly support for all contentions.

What is certain is that The Yankee Nation is a very different entity than was envisioned by the Founders and Framers.  The Yankee nation is no longer simply a Union of sovereign States.  It is now an empire composed of territories/states (which have the names of States).  Each of them and many of their composite citizens owe and pledge total fealty to the powerful overlord that is known as the Federal Government.  Such a state of affairs is no longer a Union; it is an Empire.

Deo Vindice