Rick Gardasil Perry

Even living in Texas I don't know much about Governor Rick Perry.  My filter for state news disregards most  events but now and then there is an action, legislation or a lobbying effort that catches my ear. One of those items was regarding Rick Perry and his statewide mandate that girls as young as 11 be ordered to receive a three course vaccination at $120 per of the HPV virus vaccine developed by Merck.

My first thoughts of course were to my own 7 year old daughter and all the other daughters in the state. My second thoughts were to the tyrannical nature of the order.  The intrusiveness of this order was even one level deeper than Obama's mandate that all his subjects purchase health insurance because it specified invasive medical procedures and mandated specific drug consumption.  Put aside the danger and untested effectiveness of this vaccine, you're ordering me to inject my daughter with Merck's vaccine?  What is wrong with this picture?

At the federal level the corporate puppets are already mandating strip searches and feel-ups, insurance purchases and any number of other intrusive procedures and demands.  Chances are a presidential decree, sorry executive order, is much harder to dispute than the governor's decree.

Now Rick has apologized and said it was a bad idea (so sorry) but he's established a precedent for bad judgement, corporate influence, centralized planning and royal decrees.  We hear from these presidential candidates, then the MSM filters the real arguments and the public largely picks a presidential candidate based on their tailored pitch and how they look.  Past behavior and actions are much stronger predictors of future behavior.  Do we really want someone like Rick Perry with that kind of power?  Sometimes there are defining events in a politician's career. That was Rick's.

Can't Believe Your Own Eyes?

If you came down from outer space with no pre-conceived ideas what would this look like to you?
 
The problem is if you change your mind it raises a whole new set of questions.



Do you want the Red Pill or the Blue Pill?

This is a good video from the Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth.

TSA Frisks Spiderman

Is Superman next?
Not sure how to take the kids to the airport?

Ron Paul Gun Control Repeal Act

CNS News reports, “H.R. 2613, the Citizens Protection Act of 2011, would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and remove all federally created criminal safety zones.”

Mixed feelings on this one. If you were a student or administrator at Columbine or VA Tech during the murderous rampages on those campuses you would like to think you could pull out your Colt .45 1911A1 and put an immediate stop to the maniac plans of those disturbed shooters. There are probably many gun owners out there who feel the same way.

Does anyone believe that a "Gun Free Zone" sign in front of a school keeps their children safe from criminals with homicidal intentions? Does anyone believe that the sign is even a mild deterrent? Do homicidal maniacs stop to read those signs? Do they purchase their guns legally or obtain them illegally? Do laws serve as a deterrent in these situations or serve primarily as a means of revenge or justice after the fact?

No barriers including signs, laws, morals or even common sense can serve as a deterrent to a determined homicidal maniac. Force is the equalizing deterrent of last resort. Which parties should have the right and responsibility to respond with force?

People that think the police are there to protect them probably feel like common citizens shouldn't possess or carry firearms because it might be dangerous. As they say, "When seconds count the Police are only minutes away!" When faced with an immediate threat the police just aren't going to be there. First, it's impossible to be at all places at all times. Second, even when the police arrive on scene they have to assess the threat, organize the resources, plan an approach, in short, unless you have very brave officers who can immediately understand, identify and aggressively mitigate the threat, you are out of luck! Is the default really to surrender and wait for help?

Do barriers to gun ownership limit criminal ownership of guns? Do determined criminals have trouble sourcing a firearm? When facing a determined and armed criminal do we want to wait three minutes for police response?

There is an inherent discomfort with thinking that everyone you encounter could be armed. Let's draw some parallels to another deadly tool that most people in the U.S. over the age of 15 utilize in their daily lives to answer the question do we really want average citizens to carry a gun? Do you really want my 16 year old to drive a car at night on the interstate? Are you comfortable that because he has been certified by the government, after all he has a license, that he will be a safe driver? At what age would he be eligible to become a "safe driver". My 14 year old could be a lot safer driver than your 16 year old! The insurance industry thinks its age 25. There is ambiguity and uncertainty when you think about dangerous tools in the hands of your untrained neighbors. I don't want my neighbor or my neighbor's kid to drive a car or carry a gun. I would just as soon have the highways and the ammo to myself but since I don't want him or the government to decide if I can have those rights I have to be willing accept that everyone else has those rights. Obviously the government can't guarantee safety or limit the criminal access to tools that are capable of producing deadly force.

Government licensing doesn't filter out novices or irresponsible people and criminals will circumvent the process, so what is the benefit of the restrictions and who do you want to make that decision? Certification and deterrents serve as weak security blankets for the victims of criminal theft by tax and authoritarian regulation and control. Remember, the criminals aren't going to pay unless they get caught. You pay all the time in cash and in the loss of rights.

• Police and certification don't protect people or serve as much deterrent to determined criminals
• Your government and your neighbor are not better judges of basic skills and fitness than you are
• Rules and signs don't protect you or your family in life or death situations
• Freedom, rights and responsibilities are uncomfortable but it beats the alternative

There isn't a blanket solution to the danger of homicidal maniacs in schools or other "gun free" zones. If it were my family or yours, I'd rather you be armed than wait for a government committee to respond.

For more information see this post on The New American

OBL Changed Our Way of Life

Reading Martin Armstrong this Sunday morning in my easy chair. His latest article on how Osama Bin Laden changed America hits a sore spot. It's not so much that OBL changed America as American power changed and was looking for an excuse to enact that change in its totalitarian form on the people as a means of control and profit. OBL was most probably a CIA asset.

Armstrong relates that loss of privacy and freedom today to the events that set off the American Revolution drawing specific parallels and reminding us of our history. He has suffered first hand the loss of many of the personal liberties that he has described, been in the American Gulag and come out the other side.

Armstrong is an economist, a trader/money manager, historian, computer scientist. Read and learn.