Subtle Rantings

Been meaning to post this video from Dave Ramsey for a while now. With consumerism and over extended credit lines finally catching up with America, I’m hoping you’ll see more people taking the mentality that is shown in this video:

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This is quite a few years old, sometime in the mid nineties (I think), but it is worth watching again if you have already seen it.

Texas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, whose parents were killed by a gunman while her gun was out in the car, gives very moving and bold testimony about the REAL reason that the second amendment was designed to protect our right to keep and bear arms.

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“The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.” – James Earl Jones

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via: Oprah KFC coupons causes riot, possible racial violence

It seems Oprah’s latest act of kindness didn’t go with out some drama. Oprah earlier this week announced she would be giving away a coupon for a free lunch @ KFC. When the coupon holders went to the various KFC locations, some shenanigans ensued.

“A tipster wrote in to Gawker saying that a “small riot” broke out at a KFC in NYC (see what I did there?). According to the source, they had just “returned from [a] lunch break hoping to use the attached coupon
to score some free KFC grilled chicken.”

The source then said that “around 200 people also had the same idea with coupons in hand.” After resolving to leave, giving up on free fried chicken-y goodness, the anonymous tipster reported that “a small RIOT started going on outside the store with people screaming at the manager while he wont let them use their free KFC coupons.”

Can we say sense of entitlement continues to plague this country? But there’s more…

“The people there are currently holding a sit-in and refusing to leave until they get their free chicken…or the cops are called. Racial epithets were being spewed, people who actually wanted to pay for chicken were facing a potential beatdown, and the manager ran from the screaming horde.”

So many things to say. Some too inappropriate. Now, if only there were videos like the one’s from the Popeye’s free chicken fiasco.

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We report, you decide.

There are no words.

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From an email I received:

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a reminder, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated, with the German and Russian peoples looking the other way!

Now, more than ever, with Iraq, Iran, and others, claiming the Holocaust to be ‘a myth,’ it’s imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

Is it going to happen in South Africa with government saying there are too many Christian Holidays and considering removing Easter and Christmas from the calendar (Ascension day has already gone!)

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This is by far the best and most successful plan I’ve ever seen for getting out of debt. Seriously.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a laughing matter. It seems a ton of people in America did what the couple in the video did, yet they are the one’s receiving bailouts and mortgage assistance. I’ve got my own debt, but I’m actually paying my bills. So I don’t get a bailout? Interesting, guess I’ll start letting my mortgage payment lapse. C’mon people, learn some freakin’ personal responsibility.

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As usual, tolerance, so often fought for and sought after by the liberals, is a double standard issue. Why is it when we live in a country that defends the 1st Amendment so vehemently, people are no longer allowed to possess differing opinions? Why can’t there be varying perspectives and beliefs on an issue?

It’s no surprise that this latest act of intolerance from the left is in response to a young woman’s opinion on the issue of same-sex marriage. Miss California, Carrie Prejean, unfortunately (speculatively) lost the Miss USA crown this past Sunday night when she drew a random question asking her opinion of same-sex marriage. Here’s the transcript of the question being asked by Perez Hilton (an openly gay celebrity blogger) and Prejean:

PEREZ: Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?

CARRIE: I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anyone out there but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be between a man and a woman.

Pretty gutsy answer don’t ya think? So now today Prejean has become the major controvery and is basically being called every name in the book for not giving a politically correct answer and being tolerant of other people’s views. Now, I think a couple definitions are in order because it seems the lib’s just can’t figure out the difference:

tolerance – a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own.

intolerance – lack of toleration; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc.

See the difference? It’s not that hard, right? Yeah, you would think.

So why is it that I have everyone else’s opinion being shoved down my throat and forcing me tolerate it, when those same people refuse to be tolerant of my beliefs? Is my religion not valid? We fight for tolerance of Islam, Atheism, Universalism, etc, but my Protestant Christan beliefs hold no merit? This is what infuriates me the most. Because I believe marriage is a union between a man and a woman and that homosexuality is wrong, why am I not allowed to hold that opinion?

You are completely entitled to disagree and say I’m wrong – just as I should be allowed to say the same about your opinion – but the amount of hatred, verbal assaults and even physical threats that people endure who are not supporters of same-sex unions is downright frightening and ridiculous. And honestly, I believe it definitely shows that pro-gay marriage groups are not interested in tolerance but only acceptance of their beliefs and lifestyle choices.

Tolerance is a two way street people. That’s what makes this country great is the broad makeup of opinions and beliefs. The sooner EVERYONE can learn that and embrace it, the better off we’ll be.

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Do you own a 12 gauge shotgun? Do you own a rifle of any kind? Perhaps you’ve bought some ammo to go hunting or enjoy any other shooting sport? Do you own a handgun of any caliber? Do you want to defend your home and family with these weapons?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, then you very well may have an “arsenal of weapons” in your house. According to the Drive-By-Media, the man who gunned down a pastor and other parishioners earlier this week “left an arsenal of guns in his bedroom.” What did this so called arsenal consist of? Two 12-gauge shotguns, a rifle, and 550 rounds of .22-caliber bullets. Wow, 2 shotguns, a rifle and some ammo. If the media or Brady Campaign folks ever stopped by some of my friends houses, they’d surely be labeled some sort of Aryan, white supremacist group hellbent on violence. Or maybe, they’ll be painted as some wacko freedom fighting survivalist types. Either way, two shotguns and a rifle (most likely .22-caliber since he had 550 bullets for a .22) hardly constitute an arsenal. Plus, you can’t get a much smaller caliber rifle than a .22. Hardly a weapon of an arsenal.

Here was my favorite quote though:

Authorities said Sedlacek also brought to the church enough ammunition to perhaps kill 30 people.

Enough ammo to KILL 30 people?!? Holy cow! He MUST have had some sort of drum magazine or high capacity magazine in that handgun right? Nope, he had 3 magazines with 10 rounds in each. 30 rounds. That’s it. What the author should’ve said about the killer’s “arsenal” and the 550 rounds of ammo is that he had enough ammunition in his bedroom to kill 550 people. I mean, this is since one bullet equals one potential death. Talk about sensationalizing the news!

While this is a tragic event and I am saddened every time I hear of more gun violence, you can’t paint the gun, the right to own a gun, or the right to have ammo as a crime. The blame lies solely in the individual. I’m very disappointed hard right wingers like Fox News chose to go this route. I can only imagine what CNN or Daily Kos is saying.

Sedlacek followed all the rules. He had a Firearm Owner Identification Card. He acquired his guns legally. He even owned 10 round magazines that would not have been considered “illegal” under the failed Assault Weapons Ban. There was no amount of legislation that could’ve stopped this other than outright banning of firearms. But then again, stuff like this still happens all the time in Europe, so does more gun control really make us safer? Or do we just feel safer? Does it allow some of you to sleep at night knowing there are “no guns” since it’s illegal to own them?

The point is, enforce the laws we have, educate more people about gun ownership and proper use of a firearm, and finally, encourage more gun friendly laws and more gun ownership. I know this is an old argument, but it’s still a valid one: if someone in the church had been carrying a weapon concealed, this tragedy may have been stopped after the first shot rang out. I carry a concealed weapon every day for this reason. I will not be a victim, nor will I allow those around me to be one either. And just remember, if we don’t do something now about our gun rights, you may very well be next the person who is labeled as “having an arsenal in their bedroom.”

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