Saving Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School

Been a while since we've had an update, so a refresher, you may remember the article in which it was uncovered that Obama had promised a school in Kenya that he has close tribal connections to that he'd make sure they got financial aid, and never followed through, the school never saw a dime from him. Juliette Ochieng, better known around here as Baldilocks, started a non-profit to meet the needs of the school.  Juliette, you may remember, is from the same tribal background as Obama, the Kenyan Luo tribe. 

Well, we have some updates today, first, Juliette has the site for the non-profit up and running, Obamaschool.org. I intend to promote this cause as best as I can.  The school is in poor shape, with no running water and poor electricity, they want to put in a basic science lab, a well, latrines, a lunch room, fencing for security, and additional classrooms.  We can help them out, Obama might not keep his promise, but we should try and help them where he failed to.

You can go to the site to learn more about Kenya, the Luo tribe, the Save Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School fund and maybe a bit about Juliette herself. 

Also, I think this is going to help the effort immensely, she'll be doing an interview with LA Weekly, so that'll be good for PR.  Also interesting(scroll down at that same link), Juliette was referenced in crackpot Corsi's book, and he of course gets things screwed up and facts wrong.

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Guess who's back?

A legend returns...

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About damn time

Heller finally gets his gun permit.  One good step in the right direction.

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Screw Michael Phelps! I Found A True Athlete To Admire!

Joey Chestnut is the king of competitive eating, having just defended his 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.

But, he met his match taking on Dewey Hammond of Yardbarker, one of the top sports blogs out there, when it came to who could chug a pitcher of warm piss beer faster.


I bow before my betters.

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He did it! Michael Phelps takes his eighth gold medal

Kickass.

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The Popehand is way strong

If Pope Benedict was like this all the time, he'd be the Best. Pope. Evah. Alas, he isn't, but he's pretty good, and here's one of his better moments.  A bunch of animal rights wackos are bitching about the Pope's frequent wearing of ermine (sorry Stoaty!) fur-lined clothing.  Reaction? Heh,

Benedict's use of fur was defended yesterday by Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. "Aren't there more important battles to wage?" he asked. "There are human beings who merit more urgent assistance that no one is taking care of. And if we eat animals, we can wear them."

Benedict doesn't even dismiss the fools himself, he sends someone to do it for him.  Pure, unfiltered awesomeness.  The only way the Benedict could respond better would be to go on a pigeon hunt in St. Peter's Square.

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Office Space, Army Style

Win category for our armed forces, not for HP, who gets a big FAIL for refusing to give a guy serving overseas free tech support for their busted printer.  No matter, they found a creative way to dispose of it,

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Coast Guard servicemen permitted to try out to join Navy SEALs for the first time

Two enlisted, two officers, they'd still be Coast Guard, but would serve with the SEALs for a five to seven year stint.  Well, whoever they pick to go, good luck, the SEAL program is pretty grueling stuff.

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Cool facts thread!

It isn't often that Ace rolls out a Cool Facts thread, but there's usually some classic stuff to be found.

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The only thing that makes me want to move to Canada

The Westboro Baptist Cult (or, the "whitey" version of Trinity United Church of Christ) was hoping to take a pleasant, peaceful trip up north to pay their respects to the Canadian man who was murdered, decapitated, and partially eaten on a Greyhound bus. Those free speech-stifling fascist Canucks had other ideas:

Canadian border guards are under orders to prevent members of a fundamentalist American church from crossing into Canada to protest at the Saturday funeral for a Winnipeg man brutally killed on a Greyhound bus last week.

Westboro Baptist Church, a controversial Kansas-based sect, intends to picket the funeral of 22-year-old Tim McLean to tell Canadians his slaying on July 30 was God's response to Canadian policies enabling abortion, homosexuality and adultery.

"God is punishing Canada for passing laws against WBC — by exposing Canadians as cannibals and highway decapitaters," the church says in a news release on its website, which refers to McLean as "The Headless Canadian."

I usually encourage hatred of Canada, but not if it comes form these sick people.

This does give me an excuse to post the MST3K "Ode to Canada," though.

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Any Interview With Mr. T Is Still A Tall Cold Glass of WIN!

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Best Obama Facts

This is great, and I haven't gone through all of it yet.  Mwahahahahaaa. (h/t) 

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How about a little ego boost today?

Our crappy little blog made #18 on Conservatism Today's top 25 list for conservative sites.  Not bad, and thanks to Scott and all of our readers for dropping by.

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Karl Rove's Advice for McCain: You've got the issue, now get the messaging!

Karl Rove hands out some advice to Sen. McCain in his column today.  It's all worth a read, of course, but I liked this:

In the coming weeks, he needs to lay out a bold domestic reform program. He gave a taste on energy, but with a few missteps. He should appear in front of manufacturing plants where jobs depend on affordable energy, small businesses affected by fuel prices, and farms hurt by skyrocketing fertilizer costs -- and not in front of oil rigs. He needs to describe the consequences of specific domestic policy decisions. He must explain how his proposals on energy, health care, jobs and education will make a difference for ordinary families.

While at CPAC in 2007, I attended one of the seminars on grassroots messaging and communications.  I was interning in the press shop of Americans for Tax Reform at the time, and had never studied anything related to that task, so it was probably a good move on the Communications Director's part.

The host said that one of the areas where Democrats consistently outperform the GOP (and conservatives) with regards to messaging is the ability to make issues personal to voters.  I think that the energy debate has lit a fire under the GOP in this area, but Rove's advice here is still legit.  To the general public, an oil rig says "He's doing this to help the oil companies."  Appearing in front of a small trucking company that's been forced out of business do to the high fuel prices sends a much more effective message to voters, especially those who may still be on the fence.

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I Just Found A Reason To Watch Synchronized Swimming!

Namely, Brazilian twin sisters Bia and Brana Feres.


And here is a video I found of the sisters:

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The latest "Exurb/Suburb McMansion yuppies bitch about the farmer/rednecks/plebes next door" stories

But this one is pure win, the farmer decided to express his artistic side on his property in response to the bitching, the picture is great. 

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Your "It's Old" Quote of the Day

"I have no problem with the color of Barack Obama's skin, but the thinness of it is starting to grate on me."

Update:  Yeah, I was thinking one word and typing another.  I'm kinda retarded that way.  Anyway, the quote is correct now.

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We are the root of all evil!

And after watching this video, I'm pretty sure Lewis Black reads DPUD.

 

I'm fucking famous!

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Liquid Nitrogen+Swimming Pool=Awesomely Awesomeness To Eleventy!

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Sweet! Congress to act in order to bring DC into compliance with the Heller decision

Good news for the residents of DC, and this is probably a politically smart move for the Democrats.  I say smart move on the Democrats part (assuming they pass it) because they know that the last thing they need is Second Amendment activists riled up for November. 

The Democrats know how disastrous that can be, and they're on the wrong side on Second Amendment issues when it comes to public opinion, and they know it.  There's a reason you're seeing Blue Dogs Democrats popping up in places, they're almost all pro-2nd (or at least vote that way thus far) and know if the Democrats don't start trying to impose abusive bans and regulations, they can compete in centrist, rural and some right leaning districts and maintain a majority.  Any effort to impose abusive federal gun bans or regulations could end all that.

If they were truly wise, they'd just make this a national policy to avoid the inevitable lawsuits in Chicago, NY, Mass., California and other places the Marxists have an iron grip in.

That'll be the next big fight, I dunno if the Democrats are hoping to have a more liberal SCOTUS for the next round, or that Justice Kennedy will flip his Shiny Nickel of Arbitrary Decisionmaking (+3 against rational arguments, +2 resistance to Constitutional Law) in their favor. 

I think it'd be much easier for the Democrats to just let pro-2nd forces have this win and others, and just take their losses over the past ten years for now.  They're going to want to focus on getting socialist medicine, greenie boondoggles, moar entitlements, gutting the military and raising taxes, not on futile demagoguery against gun owners that'd just burn political capital with nothing to show for it (possibly less than nothing if it caused Blue Dog losses in later elections). 

Okay, so, what will the bill do?  The NRA had a hand in brokering this, and this is what they're saying you'll see,

• Repeal the District's ban on semi-automatic handguns.  Semi-automatic pistols have been the most commonly purchased handguns in the United States over the last 20 years, and therefore a ban on those firearms is unconstitutional as decided by Heller;

 

• Restore the right of self-defense by repealing the requirement that firearms be disassembled or secured with a trigger lock in the home;

 

• Repeal the current D.C. registration system that requires multiple visits to police headquarters; ballistics testing; passing a written test on D.C. gun laws; fingerprinting; and limiting registration to one handgun per 90 days.  The current system is unduly burdensome and serves as a vehicle for even more onerous restrictions; and

 

• Create a limited exemption to the federal ban on interstate handgun sales by allowing D.C. residents to purchase handguns in Virginia and Maryland.  Currently there are no firearms dealers in the District of Columbia, and the federal ban prohibits residents from purchasing handguns outside of the District; therefore, District residents have no means of purchasing handguns.

Now, I notice it doesn't say no registration, it says the cumbersome registration that exists now is a no-go, so I wonder if you may still have to register.  Hope I'm wrong, and that there'll be no registration, guess we'll see. 

Guess if you're living in DC, having a registered pistol beats being dead because you couldn't legally defend yourself.  I wonder what, if any restrictions will be placed on semi-autos, if they'll put a limit on capacity, or allow DC to.  The rest is all self explanatory and good, and I'm glad they're addressing the whole "no dealers in DC" issue too.

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