The Right to Keep and Bear ARMS

Why do people think that the Second Amendment only applies to guns? It explicitly states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." According to the dictionary, one of the definitions of the word, arms, is "weapons collectively". When the Constitution was being written, firearm technology was rather primitive. The guns of the era could only fire once before needing to be reloaded. This meant that you had to have some backup weapon available in case you either couldn't reload in time or your gun failed to fire at all. When you look at the Second Amendment correctly, it gives you the right to bear arms other than those of the firearm variety. Now obviously, some common sense must be used here. Certain weapons should only be used by trained military and/or police personnel. But I do believe that the average citizen has the right to carry a weapon for the purpose of self defense. The problem is doing so could get you in trouble with the police. Somehow I don't think quoting the Second Amendment to them will help make your case to them.

Another Gun Related Tragedy

With the tragic killing of 28 people, including the shooter, the events at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school are the latest in a string of mass killings that have occurred this year. It gets added to the list that includes the Aurora, Colorado theater slayings, the deaths at the Sikh Temple in Cudahy, the mall shootings in Oregon and the deaths at the Azana Salon and Spa in Milwaukee. We're racking up quite a grisly little total here, aren't we? Wonder what the Gun Lobby is going to say about this. They like to say that guns don't kill people, people kill people. True, but guns make it easier for people to kill people. It's a whole lot easier to kill many people quickly when you have sufficient firepower. Think about it. How easy would it be to kill a large group of people using a knife? Something needs to be done. The Gun Lobby has to realize that there's a problem here that needs to be addressed. They have to realize that some measure of compromise is necessary in order to keep guns out of the hands of disturbed individuals. Sadly, they view any attempt at regulation as the first step in taking guns away from everyone.

Secessionist Talk

Since Pres. Obama was reelected, the citizens of several states having been signing petitions seeking having their state secede from the union. These sore fucking losers can't stand the fact that their candidate lost. When Gore lost his presidential bid because the Supreme Court gave Florida to Bush after the dangling chad incident, we liberals were told to stop whining and accept the fact that Gore lost. Now these same self righteous bastards want to secede from the Union because they don't like Obama. Here's my answer to them. Leave. Pack up your shit, find a car, plane, train or boat and get the fuck out. You whiny assholes don't like the fact that not only did Romney lose, he lost by a wide margin and none of you can claim election fraud or point to any dangling chads. All that money those sanctimonious rich cocksuckers spent to try to buy the election. All the shit Republicans tried to pull to disenfranchise Democratic voters. Wasted. So now you whine, bitch, piss, moan and complain about how you want out. So go. Leave and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. The more of you that leave means that there'll be less of you voting in the next election. That means more Democrats will get elected to office and we'll finally get something done. Republicans have spent the last four years doing everything they can to make Obama a one term president. They were more interested in acquiring power than they were in helping get the economy back on track. That's why you lost.

Marijuana Laws

In the last election, two states, Washington and Colorado, legalized the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use. Since this conflicts with federal law, it remains to be seen if it stays in force or gets overturned. Now, from what I know, marijuana isn't that dangerous a drug. I take it to be on the same level as alcohol. Since alcohol is legal, I see no reason why marijuana shouldn't be legal as well. Other drugs like heroin, cocaine, meth and such are far more dangerous both physically and psychologically and should remain illegal. If it hasn't been done already, a comprehensive study should be done on marijuana. We need to know if it has legitimate medical uses or not. We also need to know about any and all detrimental effects it has on the human body.

Taboo Zentai Segment

  Here's the Taboo zentai segment from the National Geographics channel.

  Mike

Getting Old

At 4:42pm CST today, I officially turned 51. I'm officially an old fuck. I didn't do much today. I whipped up a triple batch of Mudder's Milk using the recipe I downloaded from the Serenity movie web site a few years back. Serenity is a great movie that came out of the great TV series, Firefly. I highly recommend watching them both. The entire Firefly series and Serenity are available on DVD. The two new zentai and hood I ordered arrived today. Their arrival was delayed a bit due to the order being missent. Tomorrow, I'm going to go see the new Bond movie, Skyfall, and dine at the Hibachi Grill.

Halloween Costumes

Halloween will soon be here. It's one of my favorite holidays. I enjoy the fantasy of it. I like seeing the costumes people wear. From time to time, I've dressed up for Halloween. I dressed up as King Diamond for a party some years back and last year I was the wrestler Mankind at Glenn's party. When I do dress up, I don't do cute. I can't stand cute costumes unless kids are wearing them. I'd rather wear something scary, cool or unusual. I also like costumes that hide who I am. Something with a really cool mask. Zentai make great Halloween costumes because they make you anonymous. Not all the zentai designs are to my liking though. Patterns that would make me look like an oversized puppy I won't wear. The same goes for zentai sporting animal ears and a tail. And the garment must cover my entire body. Once it's zipped up, there must be no openings. Granted this makes it harder to see and I'd have to unmask to eat anything, but I like being totally hidden. I ordered two more zentais recently. The order was placed mid October but it was delayed due to the Halloween rush. My original order was for a desert camouflage design for one and a cracked earth design for the other. Unfortunately, Zentai Box can no longer get the cracked earth design. I replaced it with a blue and white wavy striped pattern. It had a sort of cold themed supervillain vibe to it. Because of the problems I had with the metallic zentai I ordered a while back, they said they'd give me a discount. I asked them if they'd give me a free black metallic hood instead and they agreed. I also got another discount because the blue and white wavy striped zentai costs a little more than the cracked earth design. And the great thing is they suggested this design as a replacement. I can't wait for the order to arrive. It will be a great birthday present. Mike