MORT’s meanderings

Gun Control  vs  People Control

Guns don’t have minds but, many people do. What’s so fair about that?

Guns cannot load themselves but, people with a mind to do harm, can.

Have you ever heard of a loaded gun picking up an empty person?  

A revolver can hold six shots without being a danger.  Can a person do that?

It takes a human finger to pull a trigger.  Ever hear of a gun firing a person?

A gun is aimless without a human to point it.  An aimless person is just as pointless.

A fully-loaded magazine without a gun is completely harmless.  

A fully-loaded person with a gun is a human disaster ready to happen.

Controlling a gun takes practice.  Self-control takes character – and far more practice.

A permit to carry is a safety measure.  A birth certificate?  Not so much.

The caliber of a gun is not as much of a concern as the caliber of the person carrying it.

A small bore weapon in the hands of a large bore person is just asking for trouble.

A gun can protect a person but, what is to protect people from a person with a gun?

A well-oiled gun in the hands of a well-oiled person is the worst kind of bad news.

If the answer is a gun, then the question being asked isn’t reasonable.  

A gun carried in plain view usually assures that common sense will prevail.

Let’s face it, a small woman is superior to a big man, whether or not she is carrying.  

Original thoughts on the subject by:

MORT KUFF  © 6-15-2013

Is it Time to Get Rid of the IRS?

The term IRS sends shivers down the spine of most Americans. Should that be? How could one agency of the government exert such a fear on and in the people? Something smells rotten in Denmark (my apologies to Denmark).

Since the latest outrageous revelations about the actions of the IRS have come to light and have illuminated some of the abuses it has perpetrated upon different people and groups, it might be time for the IRS to be disbanded and our tax code reformed to make it fairer and less cumbersome for every citizen, whether rich or poor or in-between.

No government agency should be able to intimidate its citizens and threaten them. This is the United States of America not the Soviet Union or some two-bit tin horn dictatorship who routinely harass and intimidate its citizens in order to make them comply with the dictates of the government.

Remember the expression, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you”, well, I dare say, if you are from the IRS, most people would not think any help would be forthcoming, in fact, panic would set in. It shouldn’t be that way, but what the IRS has been accused of doing and what they have admitted to doing, that fear, on the part of the citizen, is well justified.

When you have thousands of pages of tax rules and regulations, the average person and the well-to-do person, can’t possibly understand all the complexities that the present tax code fosters. When something is complex and very difficult to understand, it invites hanky-panky and subterfuge in how the tax laws can be circumvented or ignored all together.

These present illegal and immoral revelations and allegations about the activities of the IRS, should be a propitious time to get rid of this ruthless (some might say “evil”) and out-of-control agency, and replace it with a much simpler form of a “flat tax” or a “fair tax”. This way the politicians and lobbyists cannot manipulate the system to benefit themselves, and to hell with the rest of us. A “moral” tax system is one where everyone pays toward the running of the government. There should be no “freeloaders” like there is now, whereby 47% of wage earners pay no federal income tax. Everyone, rich, poor, or middle-class, uses the services of the government (police, fire, national security etc.) so, therefore, everyone should contribute something (paying taxes)[’; toward its upkeep.

It was disgraceful that the IRS targeted individuals and groups that didn’t agree with the Obama Administration, and used its “might” to thwart and target those groups and individuals for obviously political purposes. This behavior had to be orchestrated from “on high” because a lowly group of “clerks” in Cincinnati couldn’t have been capable of doing what they did without getting a “wink and a nod” from higher ups. It wouldn’t surprise me that the Chicago thugs, in and around the White House, were responsible for doing what they did. Their fingerprints, in my opinion, are all over this outrageous behavior on the part of the IRS.

Let’s get rid of this agency, and its endemic corruption, once and for all.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

MORT’s meanderings

More ObamMoronix.*

Insane Hussein, our one-trick-pony president, has just done a repeat of his favorite tactic-of-choice – sticking it to the (R’s).   It’s what he does; it’s who he is - a very vindictive, partisan Democrat.      

He has selected Susan Rice as his National Security Advisor, an appointed position that does not require Congressional approval or consent.  Her qualifications for  the job?  What does that matter?

Since it had his tacit approval, he is well aware that  Rice’s infamous 5-stop tour of the Sunday news shows was a blatantly deliberate ploy to divert the nation’s attention from the terrible truth that  Obama was afraid could have a negative impact on his chances in the upcoming Presidential election.  He is also acutely aware that this choice of Susan Rice as his National Security Advisor has the effect of rubbing salt into the wound  felt by every Republican who sits in the Congress.  

Hold on a moment, I’ve just presumed to speak for some ‘establishment’ Republicans who it seems,  wish to hell they had the guts to renounce their (R) and replace it with a (D) just to be on the winning side..  I can’t really speak for them so, I guess I’ll have to take that back.  - - - done.

Another highly-questionable Obama appointment that was made in tandem with the rancid Rice debacle, is his naming Samantha Powers as the new U. S. Ambassador-ess to the UN.    Her qualifications for the job?  As former Secretary of State and the smartest woman ever to put on her husband’s pants, Hillary Clinton, famously questioned:   “What, at this point, does it matter?”  

Right-on,  Hillary.  Right-on.

It simply matters not, to Obama, what the ramifications of these questionable appointments might be -  he is just that detached from the actual workings of the government and the consequences of having such incompetents conducting the affairs of this nation.  Simply not  interested. He only brings his off-the-wall faculties into focus when there is an opportunity to, ‘stick it to the (R’s)’.  

He is obsessed with instant retaliation against any and all who have an opposing viewpoint. Do you recall during his State of the Nation speech, when he gave a tongue-lashing to the Members of the Supreme Court who were sitting right in front of the podium?   His Narcissistic ego cannot tolerate even the slightest response to his pronouncements that isn’t 100% in agreement.  Barack Hussein Obama is a small man with a streak of pettiness that is precisely as tall as he is, and a mile wide.

If this nation survives Insane Hussein’s interminable final term as President, one suggests that it might be a damned good idea to add a psychiatric exam to the list of qualifications for candidates who seek the Office of the Presidency.  Wouldst that could be done, retroactively. I give myself, an Amen.

MORT KUFF  © 6-6-2013

*  Manifestations of Obama’s Narcissistic thought processes  

Is the “Peter Principle” Alive and Well in Wash. D.C.?

The definition of that term is that members of an organization where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit, will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability. In other words, “employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence”.

Does the term, “I don’t know” sound familiar? What about “I don’t recall”? Doesn’t that send shivers down your spine when someone in authority makes comments like that? Especially people in government who are supposed to be working for us, the taxpayers?

Look at what’s happening in Wash. D.C. where heads of government agencies or departments just can’t recall who, what, and where about practically anything of importance. How were these people selected or elected, with such faulty memories, to their jobs or positions in the first place? Not only do they get a pass from their hierarchy, but in many cases they get promoted (or relieved of duty with “pay”) thereby validating the precepts of the “Peter Principle”.

The major culprit in these very convenient cases of “selective amnesia” is none other than our “Liar in Chief”, Barack Hussein Obama. As the most powerful man in the most powerful country in the world (by reason of being president), how come he only finds out about wrongdoing or policy failures by reading it in the newspapers or watching it on T.V.? His “Zombie” supporters claim that he is the smartest man in the world, but he knows nothing about what’s going on around him. You’d think he was a lowly clerk in the White House instead of being the President of the United States. For a man who is the epitome of the “tireless” campaigner, who knows which way the political winds are blowing in order to gather political support for himself and his party, can you really believe he is in the dark on most anything that has gone wrong around him and his administration? How many times can the term “plausible deniability” be used to cover for this guy? Could it be that the lights are on in the White House, but nobody is home? It sure looks that way.

Look at the testimony of some of the big honcho’s in the Obama administration, just over the past few months and days. Attorney General Eric Holder knew nothing about Fast & Furious or the tapping of the phones and e-mails of the AP reporters and a Fox correspondent. Who me, I‘m just the Attorney General, the top law enforcement person in the country? Then there is the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who doesn’t know what happened before or after Ambassador Chris Stevens was murdered in Benghazi and then tried to tell us it was a “disgusting” video that caused all the mayhem. Really? And then there are the IRS officials who adamantly stated that they knew nothing about the auditing and harassment of conservative and religious groups who were critical of the Obama administration. These bureaucrats with the “selective memory problems”, not only weren’t punished (up until now), but in some cases were even promoted to new jobs.

Yes, the “Peter Principle” is alive and well in Wash. D.C. and a complete house cleaning is in order come the elections in 2014 and 2016. Winning elections “at all costs” doesn’t do our country any good, as the least competent seem to thrive in selling their ”snake oil” to the voters, but once in office and power, they haven’t a clue as to how to implement policies that are good for the citizens and our country, and then, very conveniently, can‘t remember what went wrong or who was at fault.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

Do We Have a Void of Leadership in Washington?

A leader has a hands on approach by knowing what is going on under his
or her charge. A leader is on the front lines, directing operations toward
successful outcomes.

Prima donnas use others to carry the ball for them while they take credit
for successes and have them absorb blame for their failures. This present
administration has an ample amount of minions for that purpose and has
no shame to take credit for heroic endeavors by others unassociated to
them.

It's an artful skill to dodge blame, as we are witnessing the congressional
hearings on Benghazi, IRS abuses, AP phone records and contempt of
congress stalling in the Operation Fast and Furious, waiting for documents.
Their tactics are the envy and admiration of every con artist.

Is it a federal offense to call a president a lying bastard, or a secretary
of state an opportunistic old bag, or an attorney general a two faced racist?
We have four public service patriots in their graves because those who were
suppose to watch their back were indifferent and too preoccupied with other
things. Briefly informing Hillary Clinton about an attack on our consulate
in Libya, there was no further inquiry or follow up and she was AWOL until
the following day. Notifying the president was an inconvenience, because he
said he had to turn in early to make a flight to Las Vegas for yet another
fund raiser.

This was like instructing his subordinates to tell those in danger in
Benghazi to take two aspirins and if the situation didn't improve, to call him
in the morning. But not too early.

A bunch of rowdy crowds, pissed about a YouTube film didn't warrant
disrupting their beauty sleep, schedules and routine, leaving it for others
who were miffed to know what to do.

As someone put it, when the fire alarm was tripped, the fire chief didn't
send out his engines because he wanted to know how bad the fire was and
wouldit be too dangerous, and maybe by the time his fire engines got there
it could be to late to save anything. As it turned out, the fire was left
to burn itself out.

I believe those in responsible positions. How could they possibly know
anything. They were not around to know what happened, by whom, when,
where or how.

But, "At this point, what difference does it make?" a quotation for history
like, "Let them eat cake!"

Conservative commentary by George Giftos