The Filibuster that Could

I don't understand the affection for Ron Paul.  I appreciate that he has some wonderful ideas, and he is a strict Constitutionalist.  He knows more about the United States Constitution than I know about most things, but he didn't have a pig's chance at a luau of being elected President.  He is old, and while that isn't a problem for me, (Ronald Reagan had the best quip for dispensing with his age, if you don't know what it was-for heaven's sake! Look it up!) the media really liked Reagan.  Dr. Paul, not so much.  He was not going to be elected President anymore than I would ever consider dating my ex again.  Just wasn't going to happen.  But his son, Rand- that is another story.
Not very long ago, Rand Paul wanted to know if b.o.'s administration would ever consider a drone strike on a citizen of the United States.  We have that marvelous Constitution that is supposed to prevent that from happening.  Eric Holder didn't want to admit that he thinks he has the authority to simply kill anyone he deems a threat without due process.  That is the back story.
B.O. nominated a pure rino to be the head of the C.I.A-John Brennan.  Senator Paul wanted to know if b.o. thought it would be okay to order drone strikes on United States citizens and that is where it got lively.  Senator Paul  spoke for over twelve hours to draw attention to the fact that b.o. and his administration is perfectly okay with using drones to kill Americans and others on our soil without bothering with a trial or any of the other rights guaranteed to us in the Constitution.
You would think a scholar such as Obama would have remembered this from his days as a lecturer at Harvard.  Strange that he didn't know this, or that he honestly thought we would be okay with him doing it.
But Rand Paul is awesome.  His filibuster was underscored by Senators McCain and Graham agreeing to have dinner with Obama while the self same filibuster was going on.  They ate meals that cost more than the average person spends in a month for groceries.  Why would they care?  It's not like they had to pay for it.  We all did. 
The GOP old guards are losing their grip.  Inch by inch, we are all becoming better off.  Think about it, you'll thank me later.

Holy Monkey Do We Overpay the Post Office!!

Ever wonder why stamps are so expensive?  Maybe you have seen the commercial that the post office unions have put out as propaganda to attempt to explain why the USPS is hemorrhaging money like an unarmed guy in a knife fight.  I took a look at their web site which explains the ridiculously out of touch pay scale and benefits that the USPS gets to enjoy at the cost of us taxpayers.
The USPS overpays.  I have said that many times, I stand by that.  They aren't doing brain surgery.  They aren't risking their lives.  They read number codes, they sort out where things go and then they go for a walk or a ride.  Some of them wait on a line of customers and make change.  For these incredibly undemanding tasks, they receive the following :
"In addition to highly competitive basic pay rates, most Postal Service employees also receive regular salary increases, overtime pay, night shift differential, and Sunday premium pay. Overtime is paid at one and one-half times the applicable hourly rate for work in excess of 8 hours per day, or 40 hours within a workweek. Night shift differential is paid at a specified dollar rate for all hours worked between 6pm and 6am. Sunday premium is paid at 25 percent for work scheduled on Sunday.
Health Insurance : The Postal Service participates in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, which provides excellent coverage and flexibility with most of the cost paid by the Postal Service. There are many plans available, including both traditional insurance coverage and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). Employee premium contributions are not subject to most taxes, making health insurance even more affordable.
Retirement: The Postal Service participates in the federal retirement program, which provides a defined benefit annuity at normal retirement age as well as disability coverage.
Thrift Savings Plan: Career postal employees may contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which is similar to 401(k) retirement savings plans offered by private sector employers. Employees contribute to TSP on a tax-deferred basis, and may receive automatic and matching contributions (up to 5 percent of pay), from the Postal Service.
Social Security and Medicare: Newly hired postal employees are covered under Social Security and Medicare.
Life Insurance: The Postal Service offers coverage through the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program. The cost of basic coverage is fully paid by the Postal Service, with the option to purchase additional coverage through payroll deduction.
Flexible Spending AccountsCareer employees may participate in the Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Program after one year of service. Tax-free FSA contributions can be used to cover most out-of-pocket health care and dependent care (day care) expenses.
Leave: The Postal Service offers a generous leave program to career employees that includes annual (vacation) leave and sick leave. For the first 5 years of service, full-time employees earn 10 days of annual leave per year, increasing to 15 days per year after 5 years of service, and to 20 days per year after 15 years of service. In addition, full- time employees earn 3 hours per pay period as insurance against loss of income due to illness or accident.
Holidays: The Postal Service observes 10 holidays each year.

Full-Time Regular - Level 4
Step	Yearly	Hourly	BiWeekly	Overtime
AA	32,973	15.85	1,268	23.78
A	37,347	17.96	1,436	26.94
B	42,845	20.60	1,647	30.90
C	45,446	21.85	1,747	32.78
D	49,271	23.69	1,895	35.54
E	49,577	23.84	1,906	35.76
F	49,893	23.99	1,918	35.99
G	50,197	24.13	1,930	36.20
H	50,511	24.28	1,942	36.42
I	50,819	24.43	1,954	36.65
J	51,136	24.58	1,966	36.87
K	51,441	24.73	1,978	37.10
L	51,754	24.88	1,990	37.32
M	52,063	25.03	2,002	37.55
N	52,373	25.18	2,014	37.77
O	52,681	25.33	2,026	38.00
P	52,994	25.48	2,038	38.22
Full-Time Regular - Level 5
Step	Yearly	Hourly	BiWeekly	Overtime
AA	34,519	16.60	1,327	24.90
A	38,895	18.70	1,495	28.05
B	44,769	21.52	1,721	32.28
C	47,440	22.81	1,824	34.22
D	50,023	24.05	1,923	36.08
E	50,357	24.21	1,936	36.32
F	50,696	24.37	1,949	36.56
G	51,021	24.53	1,962	36.80
H	51,358	24.69	1,975	37.04
I	51,696	24.85	1,988	37.28
J	52,028	25.01	2,001	37.52
K	52,359	25.17	2,013	37.76
L	52,690	25.33	2,026	38.00
M	53,029	25.49	2,039	38.24
N	53,364	25.66	2,052	38.49
O	53,693	25.81	2,065	38.72
P	54,027	25.97	2,077	38.96

Executive & Administrative Pay

 

POSTAL SERVICE EXECUTIVE & ADMINISTRATIVE STEP SCHEDULE (EAS)
EAS GRADE	MIN/MAX	EAS GRADE	MIN/MAX
1	$20,874 / 27,312	15	$37,120 / 56,688
2	21,559 / 28,208	16	38,437 / 63,398
3	22,269 / 29/236	17	40,142 / 66,209
4	23,167 / 30,311	18	41,905 / 69,117
5	23,939 / 31,321	19	43,891 / 72,393
6	24,802 / 32,450	20	46,272 / 76,320
7	25,818 / 33,780	21	48,520 / 80,027
8	26,853 / 35,134	22	51,405 / 86,733
9	27,902 / 36,505	23	54,207 / 91,460
10	28,931 / 37,853	24	56,889 / 95,986
11	30,492 / 46,566	25	59,719 / 100,760
12	31,955 / 48,802	26	62,698 / 105,786
13	33,446 / 51,078
14	35,192 / 53,746

 Holy crap! And on top of that, they get even more vacation! There are ten days that the USPS isn't open, and then we pay them to take several weeks off as well.  I feel like a fool for working for a living.  The next time I see that stupid commercial of theirs whining about having to prepay their retirement, my eyes may roll out of my head.
If the Government were serious about tightening our belts, they could start with the compensation package that these guys are getting to sort papers and go for a walk.  When I am trying to save money-I cut everything.
I don't decide that not getting the more expensive cable package is a "cut" and consider that as part of a smaller budget.  I get rid of cable all together.  That's a budget cut.  And when it comes to the sequestering cuts that everyone agreed to- to quote a great American Hero- "let's roll."  Think about it, you'll thank me later.

Day Light Savings Time

Day light savings time was created during World War One with the idea of saving energy and money that was necessary for the war effort.  Back then, most people worked in the day time, they either farmed or had factory jobs that involved day time work hours.  It worked and a lot of energy was saved.  That energy was in turn funneled into the war effort, and you know how that turned out. 
In 2013 we are not anything like what we were in 1911.  The ensuing one hundred years has brought many changes, not the least of which is three full shifts of work.  Wal-Mart is not the only business that keeps its doors open all day, every day.  Most factories in this area, in most areas, have three shifts of work if they can support the need for it.
I myself prefer third shift.  I am a night owl by nature, getting up in the morning is an annoyance I have yet to master.  My dog, Caliope, however, is a born early bird.  She loves to stand over me and drool me awake (don't ask, it's disgusting) so that she can begin her day.  That means eat.  But my business dictates that I am open early, so an early bird I have become.  To be clear, I just don't like it.
The state of Indiana used to be one of the few that didn't change their clocks.  It seemed to be getting by okay, the state managed to get a surplus-of course, that was when they bucked their trend and hired a fiscal conservative- but they were paving the roads and keeping the lights on.
Then they decided that the thing this state really needed was to change their clocks and consolidate the entire area into one time zone.  Can you say debacle?  It didn't quite work out that way,  there are several counties that either don't change their  clocks or they are in a different time zone than the rest.  Doesn't matter.
The point I am making, is that bright and early this morning, I came to work in the dark.  Thank you time change.  I watched as very small children-five and six years old- stood in the dark, not dusk, dark- and waited for their school buses. I prayed that some idiot wasn't running behind because of the time change and plowed into a child that was standing on the corner waiting for a bus in the dark.
I know that happens, I have looked up the statistics.  It's a shame.  More than that, it's stupid.  There is a joke about only some people would be dumb enough to cut the top of a blanket off and sew it onto the bottom and think that they had a longer blanket.  That describes the time change perfectly.
It took several votes in this state before they were finally able to shove through the clock changing plan.  First they sold the idea on people having more time to play golf after work.(That should tell you their political mind set.)  When people pointed out that they couldn't really afford golf- the political class quickly changed the message to more time for yard work.  People still didn't want the time change.  In a true burst of doing what they were going to do anyway, the state politicians voted to have small children stand in the dark and wait for the school bus every Spring.  They also moved the date up, perhaps they are impatient for that tragedy, who knows? 
Dress your children in very bright, light reflective clothes until the sun is actually up when they wait for the buses.  You'll thank me later.

The Misery Index

B.O. stinks.  It cannot be said enough, and thanks to those energetic folks who voted multiple times, and the House of Representatives being lead by a doddering fool, no one is looking into it.  Groceries are much more expensive thanks to his feckless policies.  Energy is ridiculously expensive, thanks to his feckless policies.  He has no clue what he is doing when it comes to making things better.
I tell myself that because it terrifies me to think that he is doing all of this on purpose.  But when I am paying twice as much for my groceries to feed my family, when I am spending such a healthy chunk of my income to put gasoline in my car, I have to believe that none of this is accidental.  My Dad would say that even a broken clock is right twice a a day.  To be this rampantly anti-American he must be doing it on purpose.  He simply must.
His inauguration tirade was disgusting at best.  He chose that time to berate those of us who will not willingly go into the slavery of socialism.  Instead of trying to lift us up as one nation ( all of us stuck with him) he decided to use his bully pulpit to ratchet up his hate filled rhetoric against all of the things that have made our Republic a 'shining beacon on a hill.' If B.O. has his way, we'll look like a run down crack house on the south side of Chicago when he is finished.
I had a long conversation with God and wondered again why he lets bad men prosper.  (Thanks for eating that apple, Eve.)  I left my conversational musings with one point of consolation.  Impeachment.  If those candy butted, career politicians in D.C. do not begin impeachment proceedings against B.O. I will never vote for any of them again.Seriously.  I will support whichever conservatives run against them and unseat them, one by one.
Are you better off than you were four years ago? How about eight years ago?  4.6 % unemployment sounds like a dream, and yet that is what George W. Bush gave us.  The msm fudges, glosses over, lies about the unemployment numbers to keep panic out of the streets, but anyone who has been unwillingly unemployed, or even under employed for the last few years can tell you that things aren't getting better.
Get involved at the local level.  Stay informed, write and call your Congressmen and women.  Demand your money's worth.  You'll thank me later.

Inflation and Other Things that B.O. is Good at Creating

Do you realize that thanks to B.O. and his worthless Chairman of the Fed that twenty dollars from the year 2000 would buy you $24.57 worth of items today? That is almost twenty five percent.  In other words, B.O.'s inflation is a tax that every man, woman and child has to pay.  How's that make you feel?
It makes me angry, really really angry.
I don't want to hear that the economy is getting better.  Any person who eats knows that that isn't true.  When is the last time that you were in a grocery store?  Have you taken a look at some of those "luxury" items like milk, beef and chicken?  When I was little, we ate steak once in a while, and I can tell you- it was a big deal.  Considering that my Mother waited tables to put every scrap of food on my plate- I would sometimes think about how many miles she had walked to get that steak to me.
She would be running a marathon twice if she tried to feed us steak these days.  The other day, as I was casually perusing the meat aisle- I saw rib eyes for $8.99, on sale.  I laughed and I laughed.
Who outside of politicians and bureaucrats can afford to eat steak now?  I'm pretty happy when there is a sale- I stock up-but take a close look at your grocery bill the next time you have to go shopping. Milk, cheese, bread-it's all higher.  Paper towels and toilet paper are at least 38% higher than they were two years ago.  The same with all the other necessities that we have to have.  I make my own laundry soap-but try making your own toilet paper.  Not really possible, is it?
I looked further into the charts that list what twenty dollars would buy and I was disgusted. In 1974 it would have bought the same as one hundred dollars worth of goods.  Let that sink in for a second.  That is the same as a five hundred percent tax on every person who ever buys anything.
Printing money out of whole air is the problem.  Look at the end of the Civil War.  The Confederacy was doing the same thing and people had to take a wheelbarrow full of it to buy bread.  I believe that we should take a closer look at the Chairman of the Fed and maybe even consider auditing it.  It'll probably scare us half to death. There were many things I disliked about the Ron Paul candidacy, but his adherence to the Constitution and his desire to audit the Fed, those were things that I could have gotten behind in a flash.
As I listen to the constant blather about the need for gun control (to me that is hitting what you are aiming at) and the cowardly retail establishments that are suspending gun sales I shake my head.
We are out of money, broke, flat, busted.  The Senate- lead by that spokesman for sedatives- Harry Reid has failed to meet one of their few Constitutional requirements for three years running , that is to say passing a budget. Where is the outrage from the media?
Instead, he is standing on the Senate floor telling outright lies, knowing he is protected from slander laws while he does it there.  He also knows that the msm is still too enamored with their boy to bother reporting any pesky news stuff. Disgusting.
So keep counting down until 2014.  Stockpile food, guns and ammunition.  You'll thank me later.

No More RINOS!

I held my nose and voted for John McCain.  I respect his service to our Country, he made sacrifices that I cannot begin to imagine.  Thank you, Mr. McCain.  However, you were a lousy candidate against the likes of  B.O.  You had no cohesive strategy.  You were chosen simply because it was your turn.  The only intelligent thing that you did in the years that you were advocating for the job was to choose Governor Sarah Palin as your running mate.  I found her a breath of fresh air, and the perfect antidote to your endless political career.  She has wonderful ideas, you sir, wanted to sit in the Oval Office.  That was the some extent of your plan.  But, being a Republican (at the time) I stood in line and voted for you, even though you really were not that inspiring.  You let b.o. get away with many, many lies.  You never challenged him on any of the things that you should have.  If that was your best campaign sir, I pity Arizona.  Perhaps you should retire.
2012 found a field rich with conservatives.  I was a little disappointed that Mrs. Palin chose not to run, but I completely understood why she didn't.  The mere thought of her running had the msm in hyper overdrive.  They unabashedly smeared her family, her children and any one else that came near her.  It was disgusting to watch the double standard in play.  One by one, the best and brightest in the pack were singled out and destroyed both personally and professionally until the only one left was Governor Romney. 
Governor Romney outspent his opponents in ratios of 12 to 1 at times.  He insinuated, smeared, tarnished, and flung poo like a bored monkey at the zoo.  I had hoped for Herman Cain, Speaker Gingrich, Governor Perry, Congresswoman Michele Bachman (nice hatchet picture of her, by the way msm) anyone  but Governor Romney.   I had made up my mind to sit the vote out until he chose Paul Ryan, a fiscal rockstar and all around amazing human being.
 The msm which had been nothing short of adoring of Mr. Romney, turned on him like they were pitbulls and he was a guy in a meat suit. I still don't care if he had binders, files, or post-it notes of eligible qualified women.  I do care that he was smart enough to chose Paul Ryan as his running mate.  I found myself again voting for the second person on the ticket.
Now comes Governor Christy.  The man I blame more than any other for going all in and making the worst thing since Carter look compassionate and presidential.  He alone, I believe caused the election to go the way that it did. That, and 112% turnout in some areas.  Oh, and the districts where not one person was befuddled by the voting machine and accidentally pushed the wrong button.  Not one!  Wow, that was some good community organizing, wasn't it?
So Governor Christy got his billions + payoff for New Jersey.  B.O. got some  tailwind that carried him limping over the finish line, possibly even winning.  And now Christy wants to consider a run for the White  House.
No thank you, sir.  You've done enough. 
So remember the rinos when 2016 rolls around.  You'll thank me later.

Why are There a Kajillion Friday the 13th Movies and No One is Making Zombieland 2?

I am not a person who usually enjoys movies with a lot of gore.  I love being scared by a movie- Psycho still gives me the willies, and when that little girl's head twisted around in the Exorcist, my five friends and I slept with my Mom when we were thirteen- but brains and eyeballs popping is just gross.  I also like, enjoy, love bad movies, so I thought I had a no brainer when I watched Zombieland for the first time.  I have never been more wrong.
I quote that movie more than any other.  Especially if I see a clown (and anyone who has seen the movie knows what I say) or if I am killing a bug. (Rule # 2)
A sequel can be a wonderful thing-Rambo 2- or it can make you wonder if they even watched the same movie that you watched. (Too many to mention) But Zombieland is hilarious.  If they had brought on the original cast again, it would just be priceless.  Too bad they can't seem to get themselves coordinated.
I'm sure that leaves room for another Scary Movie sequel.  I enjoyed the original, let's stop now.
While I believe that Keenan Ivory Wayons is a directorial genius (I'm Gonna Get You Sucka) the whole premise of  Scary Movie just feels tired now.
Don't get me started on any movie with Jason or Freddy Krueger as a character.  How many ways are there to slice a person open.  For that matter, why hasn't the police done something about those mass murder areas just waiting for six to eight stupid, drunken teenagers to wander into?
Good movies are a treasure.  We need more of them.  We don't need any more sequels to things that stopped being funny six years ago.  Apolitical movies that are funny and can make you forget your troubles for awhile-even better.
So on the off chance that someone knows someone who has any say in the making of Zombieland 2, please tell them to get on it.  And if you haven't seen the Zombieland by all means go see it!  You'll thank me later. 

Crazy Tenants

I have written before about my quest for a normal, sane, financially responsible tenant.  The first two that I started with taught me a lot about human nature and the psychology of permanent victims.  I was very very careful with the next batch, and wouldn't you know it, more crazy people!  While I have no where near the twenty units that a friend of mine has, I don't understand how he is able to stand it.
I think I have a decent person in there now, but I have been wrong before.  I guess the pressure of paying me every month drove the last ones away.  Or it could have been his desire not to work because he was "disabled."  Don't get me wrong, if you truly cannot work, I have no problem with you receiving from the system that you have paid in to.  But if you are able to walk two large pooping machines every day, lug around heavy equipment while you are "ghost hunting" and generally get yourself up and down two flights of stairs on a regular basis, I don't see much wrong with you.
Why are so many people looking to just get by with disability?  I had to receive it for four years, and one of the best days of my life was when I was cleared to go back to work.  I have a brother in law with a bad heart.  Barely in his forties, he has had a heart attack and a defibrillator inserted to keep his heart beat regulated.  He worked on a paving crew moving heavy equipment and doing very hard, taxing work.  After his heart attack, his cardiologist told him that he cannot work any more.
Now he is depressed when he shouldn't be.  He has worked (hard) his whole entire life and now that he cannot, he should be able to take from the fund that he has paid into his entire working life.  He isn't a stripper receiving disability because she gets depressed that she has a crappy job (she shops my store when she isn't busy pushing out more children and looking for "disabilities" in them) or a guy who miraculously recovered once he was deemed disabled.  Nor is he a guy who lives near my store trying to get disability even though he can heft large appliances from his truck and drives hundred of miles a week looking for things to pick up and resell at his perpetual yard sale.
The person who is renting it from me now would like to have a roommate to split expenses.  He is starting to see the crazy people that I warned him about.  He has had a gut who wants to know if he can take mudbaths in the yard.  I am not making that up.  Some one actually wanted to know if I would be okay with him digging a mud pit in my yard for him to relax in.  Feel better about yourself yet?  You should, unless of course you are mud pit guy.
But back to the original rant- crazy tenants are every where I have discovered.  I would never have dreamed of trying to stick someone with what I rightfully owed them.  If you have rental properties and your tenants aren't crazy deadbeats, be glad. Be very glad.  You'll thank me later.

Wow, is Clinton Frail!

I don't believe that Hillary Clinton has a brain clot.  At this moment I can hear every liberal that reads this (both of them) groaning and shaking their heads.  I think it is a remarkable coincidence that she has hearings in front of Congress and presto! A concussion.  I also have a hard time believing that a woman with access to the best medical care in the world (on our dime, of course) didn't have a neurologist right there from the moment she "fell."
I have read the usual slanderous dismay from those morons on the left who cannot believe that any sane, normal person would question the veracity of this sudden medical condition.  I guess that is another vast right wing conspiracy, huh?
While I understand that Washington D.C. is a remarkable environment for coincidence, it stretches the intelligence of anyone with more than three working brain cells to believe that Hillary is really sick.  I think ol' Hill took a page out of her husband's book and started obfuscating to beat the band.  She sees the writing on the wall, and the last thing this frail, delicate orchid needs to rain on her Presidential aspirations is for her to be involved in another Democratic administration that is embroiled in an Impeachment.
Is there anyone out there who thinks that B.O. did everything that he could in the deaths of our ambassador in Libya?  I have a bridge to sell them. Don't worry, you can only drive on the left side of it.
While I enjoy the thought of being Clinton free for awhile, much like her husband's likeness to herpes, I am sure the most under qualified Senator/Secretary of State will be back.
She reminds me of the poop that you step on without realizing it, and then you are dragging it around for ages, trying to rid yourself of the mess and the stink.
I hope that they grill Mrs. Clinton for hours in those hearings.  I hope that the Republicans in charge of the hearing have grown a pair, and they don't let her leave without some answers.  I will not be surprised if B.O. tries to cover this all up under executive privilege-much like he tends to do when the truth can rear it's ugly head and bite him on the tukhus.
We deserve better than we are getting from b.o.  Call your Congressman and demand some answers.  You'll thank me later. ps Happy Birthday Keith!

Molon Labe

The words Molon Labe have significant meaning, now more than ever, in light of b.o.'s new attempt to thwart my God given right to protect myself.
  The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), is one of the more famous battles from ancient history. 300 Spartans were surrounded by thousands of Persians. Xerxes I, the king of Persia, sent a message for the Spartans to lay down their weapons and surrender, promising that they would be kept alive.  King Leonidas of Sparta replied, "Molon Labe."   ( “Come and take them” in ancient Greek.)
What happened instead of meekly handing over their weapons, was that the Greeks held Thermopylae for three days and, even though the 300 soldiers were in the end destroyed, they inflicted such serious damage upon the Persian army, that they were able to delay  its progress to Athens, giving enough time for the city’s evacuation to the island of Salamis. Even though the Spartan were annihilated, Thermopylae served as a moral victory and encouraged the troops in the Battle of Salamis and the Battle of Plataea.
It's pronounced mo-LONE  la-VEY.  It simply rolls off the tongue in aggressive defiance, doesn't it?   I have seen that you can find companies that sell t-shirts and stickers with the phrase.  I am hoping to be able to offer them in my store by the time that this is published.
B.O. has found his agenda, and since stupidly thinking that he has a mandate to do whatever he feels like doing, he is exploiting the deaths of those poor victims of another mentally ill person.  Why isn't his first concern in setting up a panel to get more care and help to the people who suffer from mental health problems?
The victims of Aurora, Colorado, Tuscon, Arizona, and Newtown, Connecticut all have something in common.  They were murdered by people who not only had/have mental health problems, in all of those cases, someone else knew about those problems and didn't do enough to get them help. They could have easily decided to poison, stab, or strangle their victims, but instead chose to use guns.
 The problem isn't the guns.  It's the crazy people who aren't being stopped.
 In an equally stupid, dumb, willfully ignorant, liberal move, there is a public service announcement (psa) from a lot of sanctimonious idiots: Amy Poehler, Carry Mulligan,Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien, Jennifer Anniston, Jessica Alba, Aziz Ansari, Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Peet,Cameron Diaz, Paul Rudd, Michelle Williams,Reese Witherspoon,Kate Hudson,Ellen Degeneres,Julianne Moore, Beyonce Knowles, Olivia Munn, Selena Gomez,Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Steve Carrell, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman,Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, John Slattery and John Legend.  They have all decided that as celebrities, they know much more about this issue than  you or I do.  They give names of victims of gun violence, and make a hypocritical plea for children.  Why do I say hypocritical?  Because so many of them have been involved in movies that depict quite a bit of violence.  I much prefer this video: http://youtu.be/k1SZurGArxE   but be warned, it is VERY GRAPHIC and the language is not something you want your kids to hear.
  Clearly these celebrities don't think you are smart enough to make your own informed decisions.  Think about where you'll spend your money the next time you go to the movies. I have already made a conscious effort not to give my money to the celebrities who are so quick to cut a psa asking for more gun control while hypocritically depicting violence to earn a buck and then surrounding themselves with armed guards for themselves and their families.  Clearly they don't need my money.  Think about where your entertainment money is spent.  And then think about your God given rights that are outlined in the Second Amendment.  You'll thank me later.