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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Which is the most corrupt set of cretins in power over us? - blatantly swiped from American Thinker

Parties of Corruption

Randall Hoven

Which party is more corrupt? Maybe you've seen lists. The National Taxpayer's Union has a pretty good list http://www.ntu.org/main/press.php?PressID=343. The NTU's gripe, though, is not which party is more corrupt, but that Congressmen who are convicted felons continue to collect their very generous congressional pensions.

The NTU's list is of "Members of Congress Who Were Convicted of or Pled Guilty to Major Offenses, 1992-1999." NTU staffers had to compile the list from Washington Post archives and Congressional Quarterly Yearly Almanacs. (It takes real work to compile an apples-to-apples, fair list.) Here is that list:

  • Nick Mavroules (D-MA). Tax evasion, accepting illegal gratuity, 1992.
  • Albert Bustamante (D-TX). Racketeering, 1993.
  • Carroll Hubbard (D-KY). Fraud and corruption, 1994.
  • Carl Perkins (D-KY). Fraud, 1994.
  • Charlie Rose (D-NC). Agreed to pay fine for financial disclosure irregularities, 1994.
  • Larry Smith (D-FL). Tax evasion, 1994.
  • Dave Durenberger (R-MN). Financial disclosure misdemeanor, 1995.
  • Walter Fauntroy (D-DC Delegate). Financial disclosure misdemeanor, 1995.
  • Gerald Kleczka (D-WI). Convicted of DWI, 1987. Arrested for DWI, 1990 and 1995.
  • Mel Reynolds (D-IL). Sexual misconduct, 1995.
  • Walter Tucker (D-CA). Extortion, 1995.
  • Charles Wilson (D-TX). Agreed to pay fine to Federal Election Commission, 1995.
  • Joe Kolter (D-PA). Fraud and conspiracy, 1996.
  • Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL). Mail fraud, 1996.
  • Wes Cooley (R-OR). Lying about war record in official voter pamphlet, 1997.
  • Jay Kim (R-CA). Campaign finance violations, 1998.
  • Mary Rose Oakar (D-OH). Financial disclosure irregularities, 1998.
  • Austin J. Murphy (D-PA). Voter fraud, 1999.

By my count: 15 Democrats, 3 Republicans. Since then, we can add James Traficant (D-OH) and Randall Cunningham (R-CA). Call the score 16 to 4, Democrats leading.

That would make Democrats 4 times (or 300%) more corrupt than Republicans.

Friday, December 12, 2008

A Little Gun History Lesson - merrily stolen from Greg

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.
From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control.
From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938.
From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated

China established gun control in 1935.
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964.
From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970.
From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956.
From 1975 to 1977, one million ' educated ' people,
unable to defend themselves,
were rounded up and exterminated.

Defenseless people who
were rounded up and exterminated
in the 20th Century because of gun control:

56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia
were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms
to be destroyed by their own government,
a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.

The first year results are now in:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 203.2 percent

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.

Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in,
the criminals did not,
and criminals still possess their guns!

It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a
steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms,
his has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months,
since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults on the ELDERLY.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased,
after such monumental effort and expense was expended in
successfully ridding Australian society of guns.
The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the US evening news,
or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and
gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control,
please remind him of this history lesson:

With Guns...........We Are 'Citizens'.
Without Them........We Are 'Subjects'.

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During W.W.II the Japanese decided not to invade America
because they knew most Americans were ARMED !

Note:
Admiral Yamamoto,
who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor,
had attended Harvard 1919-1921
& was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28.
Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor
& our Army had been deprived of funding
& was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why
Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor attack with an
invasion of the U. S. Mainland,
his reply was that he had lived in the U.S.
& knew that almost all households had guns.

If you value your freedom,
please spread this anti-gun control message to all your friends!

The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,

but because of those who look on and do nothing.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008