Guns in England

Via Glen Reynolds

Ban legal ownership of handguns, and crime goes up.

Eliminate self-defense and a man protecting his life will go to prison longer than the criminal that broke into his house and came after him.

British Gun owner's message to the US: It will happen to you if you let it.

Meanwhile Obama and his cronnies are eager to bring those kinds of laws here.

Via Reynols and Althouse

Being lazy today...

Basically The One is speaking out against Talk Radio and Rush.
Yeah... that won't make any Fairness Doctrine seem like petty political control...

Radio Equalizer: “Beyond the absurdity of a Democrat barking orders at his political opposition, he’s especially foolish to air his fear of Limbaugh and talk radio in a public setting.”

Anne Althouse: “I’m picturing Rush delirious with glee, pacing the cavernous rooms of his mansion, booming out monologues to his kitty cat Pumpkin, as he waits for Monday noon to finally roll around. This will be good.”


And then Reynolds talks about the odd silence coming from the Anti-War left.
Remember, Bush sending robots to kill minorities: bad. Obama sending robots to kill minorities: meh.

Anne Althouse on the Strangelove-ization of our age: You can't ask questions in here! This is the press room!

More Change!

Glen Reynolds: This is not so much a stimulus, as a massive transfer of wealth from the politically unconnected to the politically connected.

Also from the Instapundit. THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG: News access issues concern those covering Obama.


Well, that's what happens when you have a Pres that gets annoyed by the press questioning him, while he's visiting the press.

His tendency to combine self-righteousness with lack of seriousness.

Two items to show the kind of Change our President is after.

First Guantanamo Bay

Today Barack Obama issued an entirely symbolic executive order, directing that the terrorist detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay be closed within one year. Gitmo, of course, was created in answer to the question, What are we going to do with captured terrorists? Now, with that facility slated for closure, the question arises once more.

...

So, in other words, Obama's order accomplishes nothing other than to kick the can down the road. The question of what to do with the terrorists will be "studied"--and, by the way, it's now a "very complex, very detailed question."

Second Obama and those Lobbyists.

Day One: Obama Bans Lobbyists from Serving in His Administration. Day Two: Obama Issues First Exemption from His Ban

I know all of Obama's promises will be broken... but the guy isn't even waiting a full day.

Get your guns now.

From the "new" Whitehouse.gov

Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.

I think this got all the gungrabber keywords: commonsense measures, won't somebody think of the children!, gunshow loophole, expanding the info the state has on you, and the Assault Weapons Ban.

Which prettmuch means they intent to restrict firearms in any way they can get away with.

Jim Geraghty weighs in.

How, precisely, does the Obama administration plan on "making guns in this country childproof"? Mandatory trigger locks?

That's a start. And how to they make sure everyone has said trigger locks? Well a national inspection and search would do.

Change!

Seriously, if you want a gun, buy one now, because it doesn't look like they really "respect" your rights.

UPDATE:

On the Barack Obama website there's a different version

Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn't have them. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets

Emphasis added on the changes between versions.

Stimulus Math.

Here's ten questions on the Stimulus bill.

An example:

1) President-elect Obama claims that spending approximately $800 billion will create 3.675 million new jobs. That comes to $217,000 per job. This doesn't sound like a very good value, especially with the national average salary around $40,000. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just mail each of these workers a $40,000 check?

They just keep getting better. These are serious questions. Will anyone in the media or congress ask them?

Riedl ends with one last question: "Given the 11,000 annual earmarks, why should taxpayers trust politicians to spend this money better than they would spend it themselves?"

Now that we've seen the questions. Here's some answers

A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats' Massive Spending Bill

1. The House Democrats' bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren.

2. The total cost of this one piece of legislation is almost as much as the annual discretionary budget for the entire federal government.

3. President-elect Obama has said that his proposed stimulus legislation will create or save three million jobs. This means that this legislation will spend about $275,000 per job. The average household income in the U.S. is $50,000 a year.

4. The House Democrats' bill provides enough spending - $825 billion - to give every man, woman, and child in America $2,700.

Read all those too.

It's almost like this Stimulus bill is a massive, massive scam designed to take government money and spend it on all sorts of Pork.

Hope and Change!

Obama's personal... men/troops/cult

Obama keeping a personal force?
Did anyone expect man that has always used his current positon as a springboard to his next position would have actually disassembled his campaign apperatus? Right now the idea seems to have them provide a form of NGO disaster releif.

Which begs the question... how much faith does Obama have in the competence of the govermant under his "Hope and Change" platform?

Guy Benson is a creeped out:

Has a president ever had an organized political relief squad, independent from the federal government? This strikes me as quite creepy. "Hi we're here to help...on behalf of Barack Obama....federal relief workers will be here shortly..."

To which Geraghty adds:

The proposal is now starting to sound like what happens when project meetings get out of control. "They'll help elect Democrats to Congress! And they'll pressure wavering lawmakers! And, hey, what if we promised they'll mobilize in natural disasters! And they could fight crime! And they'll have special uniforms!"

What do you think the media/left reaction would be if Bush or McCain were to try this?

I think the term "Brownshirt" would be used myself.


Ace's thoughts: Unacceptable. Obama is seeking to create a shadow bureaucracy answerable not to the taxpayer but only to himself.

More on Obama continuing to cultivate what can kindly be called a "cult of personality" after the election.