Big day, tough day

Saw behind the veil.  Decision made.

Best commentary on the gun debate - EVER.

Cogent, thoughtful and nails just about every point I could try to make.

Go here.  

Read it, then check out the comments.  Puts a finger on the pulse of things.  Totally worth your time.

But it could never happen here!

First it was Cyprus.  Now, Ireland.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-04-23/forewarned-irish-savers-have-just-been-cyprusd-and-theres-much-more-cyprusing

It will happen here.  But here they'll start with a nationalized retirement plan.

Sickening.

Crazed American, out.

http://politicker.com/2013/04/bloomberg-says-post-boston-interpretation-of-the-constitution-will-have-to-change/

"In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country’s interpretation of the Constitution will “have to change” to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks.

“The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry,” Mr. Bloomberg said during a press conference in Midtown. “But we live in a complex word where you’re going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.”

No

Quote of the day

I like George Takei, but I find it amazing that somebody who has been personally put into an internment camp by his government can hold the position that only the government should have guns.

Marko Kloos

Via Smallest Minority

While everyone was waiting...

... for the last of the Chechnyan / Dagistanian commandos to be killed or apprehended, this happened:

http://www.zdnet.com/cispa-passes-u-s-house-death-of-the-fourth-amendment-7000014205/

Pretty much legal cover for unfettered surveillance.

Let it be known.  The Marathon Bombings might be viewed as the historical turning point, where the gloves came off and the existing police state have begun to flex their muscles.

I will begin the process now of weaning myself off of the "voluntary tracking / intelligence gathering tag" - i.e. my smart phone.

The kimchi's getting pretty deep.  All of these coincidences are quite implausible.

Crazed American, out.

Attention: Echelon / CISPA Task Force:  Go Fuck Yourselves.

Backpedaling

A while back I posted this:  http://troaca.blogspot.com/2013/03/yep-i-crazed-american.html

It was all about my admiration for Senator Reid.

I take it all back.  Perhaps he still respects the civil rights enshrined by the Bill of Rights - and is just playing harball politics.  Too f---ing bad - I don't care.  Tired of politics.  Throughout history - imagined tyranny has had a very bad habit of cropping up as quite real tyrrany, given the room to flourish.  I don't even own any "assualt weapons"...


REID: In the 1920s, organized crime was committing murders with machine guns. So Congress dramatically limited the sale and transfer of machine guns. As a result, machine guns all but disappeared from the streets. We can and should take the same common-sense approach to safeguard Americans from modern weapons of war.

That is why I will vote for Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban – because we must strike a better balance between the right to defend ourselves and the right of every child in America to grow up safe from gun violence. I will vote for the ban because maintaining law and order is more important than satisfying conspiracy theorists who believe in black helicopters and false flags. And I will vote for the ban because saving the lives of young police officers and innocent civilians is more important than preventing imagined tyranny.


Fuck tyrants, be they real or imagined.

Crazed American, out.

Attacked... and the usual suspects are back out

Someone or a group of someones or groups of someones are attacking the US as you read this.

Boston, attacked like so many other cities - innocent people killed and maimed.

Our leadership in Washington is under attack from Ricin laced letters.

Meanwhile people from the right and the left are out decrying the other and throwing blame around with little to no information.

We are a damaged, divided country.  G-d help us.

I weep for the pain that has been suffered, I fear for the nation I love.

I will not yield one inch of freedom, one iota of our imperfect yet noble union.

I and my fellow Americans are resolute and strong.

You can only kill us.  You cannot defeat us.

Crazed American, out.

Korea

On or about today, Son of Mr. Ronery (Ronery Jr.), has threatened to touch off a few medium range missiles and a few intercontinental ballistic missiles as well.

We'll see.

In preparation for the fireworks (hopefully all bluster), read this excellent post on Korea, from someone who was there:
http://thecluemeter.blogspot.com/2013/04/korea.html

via Tam

Giving it a try

So, since 2002 I've been writing a book.   I'm about 300 pages into it.

This week I begin the act of self publishing.

http://onceuponempire.blogspot.com/

Once Upon Empire.  A tale of conflict and the end of hegemony in the near term.

If people put eyes on it, I might just have to put an audiobook together for sale.  We'll see.

Few pages at a time.

I gotta get it out there, before it comes true.

Give it a look, won't you?

Crazed American, out.