2nd Amendment Stands

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supremes got this one right. They struck down the DC gun ban, and indirectly took aim at similar laws in Chicago, New York and LA.

They affirmed that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to firearm ownership and the use of a weapon for self defense.

This is a ground shaking affirmation for 100 million gun owners nationwide. For people such as myself, it is a big sigh of relief. I have rights to carry in about thirty-five states: the combined coverage of my Minnesota, Florida and South Carolina carry permits.

While the decision stops at abolishing gun free zones (which are nothing more that target rich environments better labeled bullet magnets), it does clear affirm my individual right to own hand guns, and that said handgun does not need a trigger lock or to be disassembled. Furthermore, a responsible gun owner is going to have a safe to secure his or her weapons.

Of course, any weapon carried for personal protection is locked and loaded--bad guy beware.

Where Else?

The Golden Arches is an American symbol. Drive up windows at fast food restaurants are part of our culture. So the Madison Planning Commission (or should we say Al Gore Commissars) want to ban drive up windows.

Wisconsn has given the country many things: brats and beer, the Green Bay Packers (and their fans). We've often suspected that all the beer had burned out their brain cells and enhanced their fat cells. Now we have proof!

These bloviated morons claim that shutting down drive through windows will help us contain global warming. Why don't we just turn out the lights everywhere and eradicate man from the globe. That's about the only thing that will make these nut jobs happy.

Global warming is a big scam, and only a bunch of social engineers (I've resisted calling them commies) with too much time on their hands would take aim at drive through windows for fast food restaurants.

sab ipod icon

My Ipod just quit in the midst of a Jars of Clay Album. Terrific! My iTunes library is 1300 miles to the north, so let's see what Apple Support says.

I went through the steps on the support site, when that didn't work (i.e. my Ipod just stared at me with a fully charged battery and a very dim screen). I Googled for help.

Now this is something they don't tell you on the Apple Support site. Try tapping the Ipod on its side. You see we are trying to get to the disk reset screen. Note we ae talking about smashing the thing, just a gentle tap.

Now I thought about this for a while. There's a little disk drive deep inside this thing, and in the old days when disk platter thickness was measured in millimeters and head crashes left visible marks, you could sometimes get a reluctant disk drive to spin up again by tapping on it. This is akin to using a hammer on a seized starter motor on a car.

She came back to life, but I'll heed the warning. It is time to invest in a new generation Ipod.

sleazy

Once again the Obama campaign demonstrates that there is no depth they will not dip. They have come up with the Obama sea, which is a rip off of the presidential seal.

This poor sister is showing up on podiums where this would be agent of hope and change pontificates. Granted what he says are the clueless rantings of a demagogue.