Rand Paul: No, I didn’t flip-flop on domestic drone use

 

Whatever, you blew it man.

Following reports that Sen. Rand Paul had changed his position on drone use, the Kentucky Republican responded with a statement Tuesday night insisting he hasn’t flip-flopped on the issue.
Earlier on Tuesday, Paul, who launched a dramatic speaking filibuster in March to oppose the potential use of domestic drones on American citizens, appeared on the Fox Business Network with Neil Cavuto and appeared to suggest that drones can reasonably be used in some domestic situations. 

“I’ve never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on,” Paul told Cavuto, responding to a question about the Boston Marathon manhunt. “If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and 50 dollars in cash, I don’t care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him. But it’s different if they want to fly over your hot tub or your yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone, and they want to watch your activities.” 

(WEAK, weak, weak.) 

 Paul attempted to clarify his remarks later in the day.

“My comments last night left the mistaken impression that my position on drones had changed,” Paul said in the Tuesday night statement. “Let me be clear: it has not. Armed drones should not be used in normal crime situations. They only may only be considered in extraordinary, lethal situations where there is an ongoing, imminent threat. I described that scenario previously during my Senate filibuster.”

(Attempted, but no banana.)

“Additionally, surveillance drones should only be used with warrants and specific targets,” he added. “Fighting terrorism and capturing terrorists must be done while preserving our constitutional protections. This was demonstrated last week in Boston. As we all seek to prevent future tragedies, we must continue to bear this in mind.”

(Good Lord, man talk about inserting you foot in your mouth twice.  Your father is ashamed, as am I.)

More @ The Daily Caller

Fragments of Iceland

Via Daily Timewaster

Beautiful in full screen.

Court Packed with Romeike Supporters

 

HSLDA

VERBATIM

At 2:00 p.m. today, the Romeike family appeared before a three-judge panel in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati seeking asylum under United States law. The courtroom overflowed with homeschooling families who turned out in support of the family, forcing many people to stand in the back. The entire hearing took about 38 minutes, 8 minutes longer than allotted.

“The ultimate issues,” argued HSLDA Chairman and lead counsel Mike Farris, “are about whether our government believes that the freedom to homeschool is something that can be coercively changed and whether Germany’s values should dictate our values.”

Although their entire future is swirling around them, the Romeike family seemed calm, Farris observed. He attributed their peace to a deep trust in God.

He summarized the day by saying, “Tough questions were asked on both sides, and it’s hard to predict the outcome. But I also remember arguing a case before a California court in 2008 and being convinced that we had lost. We ended up winning unanimously. So I know God can intervene.”

Stay tuned for more details on this case.

"Another Zoomie Find"

Via WRSA

 

Damn , he's a good finder for a Yankee.........

 

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Caution:  Foul language, but for a Yankee,  has promise. 

 

Zoomie

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Student arrested for wearing NRA tshirt to school returns to school wearing the same shirt!

Via Ninety Miles From Tyranny

Reward

Via Ninety Miles From Tyranny

NC: Make Sure to Hold Senator Kay Hagan Accountable

 

Last Wednesday was generally a good day for the Second Amendment.

Sadly, your Senator Kay Hagan was more interested in doing the bidding of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg than of representing the people who elected her.  Her vote for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer national gun registry amendment was particularly disappointing.

 

She may try to claim that this amendment was a mild imposition on gun owners which only applied to gun show and internet sales.  She may also claim that she voted for protections against gun owner registration.

 

But in fact, by voting for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer text, Senator Hagan voted to:

 

• Impose, for the first time ever, a ban on many, many private sales of firearms - requiring buyers to first get permission from the government;
• Sweep virtually ALL private gun sales into the background check system, as all gun sales advertised on a bulletin or the Internet would be covered;
• Expand the framework for a massive, national gun registry by adding millions of private gun sales into the NICS system; and,
• Weaken privacy protections, making it more likely that health records information could deny guns to millions of Americans - in a manner similar to the more than 150,000 military veterans who have already been denied for ailments such as PTSD.

 

ACTION:  Contact Senator Kay Hagan and let her know how disgusted you are about her vote for gun control.

 

You can email her by using her webform at:  http://www.hagan.senate.gov/contact

 

Make sure you select the “Topic” as “Second Amendment.”

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator Hagan:

I am disgusted about your votes for gun control on April 17.

Senators Toomey, Manchin and Schumer may have told you that their amendment was a mild imposition on gun owners which only applied to gun show and internet sales.  But in fact, by voting for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer text, you voted to:

 

* Impose, for the first time ever, a ban on many, many private sales of firearms - requiring buyers to first get permission from the government;

 

* Sweep virtually ALL private gun sales into the background check system, as all gun sales advertised on a bulletin or the Internet would be covered;

 

* Expand the framework for a massive, national gun registry by adding millions of private gun sales into the NICS system; and,

 

* Weaken privacy protections, making it more likely that health records information could deny guns to millions of Americans - in a manner similar to the more than 150,000 military veterans who have already been denied for ailments such as PTSD.

You seemed more interested in doing the will of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg than of representing the people who elected you.

Perhaps Bloomberg can give you a job when your seat is given to a Second Amendment supporter next year.

 

Sincerely,

$20K upped to $40K Reward for NB Forrest's Bust

 

Hi Brock,

The total reward is now at $40,000. We have had another private donor contribute an additional $20,000. 

Thanks!

Pat

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In Defense of Gen. Forrest

Old article below stating the same old lie that  "........served as a Grand Wizard in the Klu Klux Klan."

 More than two weeks after it was first reported missing, the bust from the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in Live Oak Cemetery is still missing. But now, supporters of the monument are putting plenty of money behind their efforts to both find the bust and those responsible for its theft.

Tuesday, The Friends of Forrest, the group that originally funded the monument’s creation in 2000, announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to the “arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for this crime.”

“Understanding that the history and heritage of the many people groups who make up the state of Alabama are intertwined to form the common bonds of the people of Alabama, it is the belief of the Friends of Forrest that all history must be preserved and protected for future generations,” the organization said in a press release Tuesday.

“The Friends of Forrest strongly condemn this attack and call for all persons to stand against any attack on our common history, its monuments or memorials.

                                                                      More @ Selma Times

2 men charged in grave robbery of the remains of an infant casket and the corpses of five Confederate and Revolutionary War soldiers

Via Carl

I can't think of a severe enough punishment for these despicable individuals.

 

 The iron casket of a 14-month-old was removed at Old Church Cemetery in Burke County. 

Jerry Atkinson, 39, and Ralph Hillis Jr. could face up to five years in prison if convicted of the seldom-used felony charge of malicious removal of the dead from a grave. The charges were filed by the Burke County Sheriff’s Office.

Hillis, who goes by the nickname “Bubba,” was in custody in Richmond County on Monday night, but Atkinson remained at large, said Burke County Sheriff Greg Coursey.

Burke County deputies searched Atkinson’s Morris Village home Monday off Georgia Highway 24, where a methamphetamine lab was discovered, Coursey said. More charges are expected in the case.
The desecration of five graves at Old Church Cemetery was discovered April 13 when Roy Bell, the commander of American Legion Post 120, the memorial’s caretaker, went to the burial grounds to mow the grass.

Bell said he found parts of an old uniform on the ground and at least five graves looted.

More @ The Augusta Chronicle

Blood on the White House