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		<title>Top 10 Ways to get Slandered by the Left</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sociopaths very rarely have cohesive thoughts which can be used in debate or discussion. They simply attack you if you disagree with them. It’s kind of their deal, and forms the core of why people tend to steer clear of, make no eye contact with, or interact with insane or unstable individuals. Most of these poor souls don&#8217;t know they&#8217;re lacking in the critical thinking &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/29/top-10-ways-to-get-slandered-by-the-left/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Sociopaths very rarely have cohesive thoughts which can be used in debate or discussion. They simply attack you if you disagree with them. It’s kind of their deal, and forms the core of why people tend to steer clear of, make no eye contact with, or interact with insane or unstable individuals. Most of these poor souls don&#8217;t know they&#8217;re lacking in the critical thinking department and often react viscerally and intimidatingly, or even physically as a conflict resolution.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Which brings me to the contemporary Liberal: They attack you if you disagree with them as well, but there&#8217;s a distinct difference in most cases. They know a reasoned discussion will result in their position being exposed as myopic, loaded with unintended consequences, or even insane when the &#8220;repeating the same behavior and expecting different results&#8221; adage is applied. I say &#8220;most cases&#8221; because Liberals are known to use extreme intimidation, threats and even physical violence as conflict resolution as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I&#8217;m not going to bore you with examples, but Google the names, Kenneth Gladney, Allee Bautsch or Congressman Bob Etheridge for fodder. If that doesn&#8217;t get your blood running, try Christopher Dorner, Shawn R. Christy, or Theodore Kaczynski if you need your Liberals a little more extreme.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Liberals are paranoid, deceitful, insecure, vile, and delusional for sure, but the problem now is the sheer number of them in leadership positions in politics, the media and academia. While the rest of us were busy working hard, raising families, and generally just kicking ass, Liberals were slithering their way into power. The result is political correctness now being wielded like a sword against reasoned thought, and a scary growth of collectivism in America. When conservatives see policies put into place that are not working, the left attacks us personally. Let&#8217;s put the Left vs. the Right in proper context:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1) We see our immigration policy doesn’t work, you call us racist</p>
<p dir="ltr">2) We see America is over regulated; you say we want dirty air and water</p>
<p dir="ltr">3) We see the welfare system perpetuates misery, and you say we hate the poor</p>
<p dir="ltr">4) We see gay marriage as hurting the family, you call us homophobes</p>
<p dir="ltr">5) We see Al Gore getting rich off a hoax, you say we hate science.</p>
<p dir="ltr">6) We believe in all the Bill of Rights, you call us violent extremists</p>
<p dir="ltr">7) We believe American culture is exceptional; you say we&#8217;re imperialist</p>
<p dir="ltr">8) We believe in personal responsibility, you say we&#8217;re cruel</p>
<p dir="ltr">9) We want to protect unborn babies; you say we want a War on Women</p>
<p dir="ltr">10) We believe in God and liberty, you use a gay slur and call us teabaggers</p>
<p dir="ltr">When confronted with the facts or even doubt, Liberals will vilify or assault anyone they consider to be an adversary. Their opponents are not just someone who disagrees – they are the enemy who needs to be destroyed personally, professionally and even physically. Conservatives attack the issues, you attack us. You belittle, you use hate, you fear monger, you go after our kids and families without regard or remorse. It is a strategy outlined very plainly in a number of publications, with three of them standing out as primers for today’s American Left: Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, the Cloward-Piven strategy blueprint, and the Communist Manifesto.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Google them.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Cross-posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/">JoeForAmerica.com</a></p>
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		<title>Buying Friends in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/23/buying-friends-in-the-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After his election in 2008, Barack Obama gave his first televised interview to Fox News, laying out his Administration&#8217;s plans for dealing with countries in Asia and the Middle East. The President said the U.S. was no longer going to tolerate unilateral responsibilities and the leadership in these countries would have to begin earning their support from America&#8230; &#8230; Just kidding &#8211; he gave his &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/23/buying-friends-in-the-middle-east/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">After his election in 2008, Barack Obama gave his first televised interview to Fox News, laying out his Administration&#8217;s plans for dealing with countries in Asia and the Middle East. The President said the U.S. was no longer going to tolerate unilateral responsibilities and the leadership in these countries would have to begin earning their support from America&#8230;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&#8230; Just kidding &#8211; he gave his first TV interview to Al-Arabiya, an Arabic channel &#8211; and then went on an apology tour, explaining to the Middle East that we were going to be wussies for a while.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In Egypt, for instance, Barack Obama proposed “a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” In other words, “speak softly and carry a bag full of American taxpayer money.” The disastrous Arab Spring followed, with the U.S. screwing the pooch on a massive opportunity to help the people of Iran. Does anyone know what the Obama Doctrine is? Forget about defining what terrorism is, I’d be happy at this point to just have the guy use the phrase from time to time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Giving aid to any country not willing to go all in against terrorism is de facto support for terrorism, plain and simple &#8211; doesn’t President Obama see that? Forget I asked that. The countering of terrorist forces without a US President defining and demanding what that entails is a bit pointless, but giving the Muslim Brotherhood $250 million, while denying school kids a tour of the White House is damn ridiculous. I thought maybe the Boston bombings would light a fire under his behind, but I still haven’t even heard him say “Islamist Terrorist,” even though the two perpetrators are Islamist and terrorists.</p>
<p dir="ltr">While we’re on the subject, why is U.S. taxpayer support in the Middle East an entitlement? I know President Carter mandated foreign aid in the Camp David Accords, but I always thought the word “accord” meant both sides had to do something? The Muslim Brotherhood currently represses women, minorities, gays and has extended their hand to terrorist groups such as Hamas. I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t put up with this in the U.S., yet we give and we give and we give &#8211; and you know what we get back? Nothing. Egypt is not GM and not too big to fail.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rather than bailing out countries like Egypt, run by the Brotherhood and their not-so “accord-able” policies, why aren’t we demanding some accountability in return for our cash? Like a welfare recipient, anybody knows free money merely allows leaders like Morsy to blow off any sort of responsibility, and making him earn that dough might teach him to straighten up and fly a little more right. Please, don’t get me started on the Palestinians. Just cut off aid and be done with it &#8211; what is the downside? They’ve received more aid per capita than any other over there and what do they have to show for it?They’re the Solyndra of the Middle East and need to have at least some oversight for their taxpayer gifts if we’re not going to cut it off altogether. They cannot continue to blame Israel for their corruption and incompetence. Let’s be honest &#8211; they’re a bunch of backward crazy whack-a-dos and can’t handle money. Imagine an entire country of Lindsay Lohans&#8230; but I digress.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Giving million of dollars to unfriendly foreign governments is the last thing we need to be doing in our debt-ridden situation &#8211; that seems obvious to everyone who is not John Kerry. This blind support for what seems to be a lot of violent and anti-American regimes is unsettling for most Americans, especially when these countries get beyond our influence. For instance, can you believe we actually send foreign aid to China? WTF? What kind of economic leverage are we pulling there? Guys like John Kerry just want to be received in these foreign countries as a magnanimous friend. Maybe he’s just feeling continued guilt over his antic during and after the Vietnam War, I don’t know. But I do know he has to be reined in when it comes to blowing taxpayer money.</p>
<p><b>In short, we have to stop trying to buy friends. We’ve been playing the fool for way too long now and while it works a little in the beginning, it then becomes an obligation which gets us nothing in return. In order to fashion and employ a fresh, effective policy in the Middle East, we need a President willing to lead, stand up to the leadership in these countries and quit buying their friendship. Either that or we need a new President. But I repeat myself&#8230;</b></p>
<p>Cross-posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com" target="_blank">JoeForAmerica</a></p>
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		<title>Obama get&#8217;s beat and cries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment on expanding background checks, which was pretty much the key to Obama’s gun control bill. It must have been quite a blow to President Obama, who went all boo-hoo afterwards. First of all, congratulations to everyone who let their voice be heard and helped our side prevent the further erosion of our rights under the Second Amendment. That &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/18/obama-gets-beat-and-cries/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment on expanding background checks, which was pretty much the key to Obama’s gun control bill. It must have been quite a blow to President Obama, who went all boo-hoo afterwards. First of all, congratulations to everyone who let their voice be heard and helped our side prevent the further erosion of our rights under the Second Amendment. That pesky Bill of Rights got in Obama’s way again!</p>
<p dir="ltr">What&#8217;s shocking is that whenever our President cannot get his way, he goes off the deep end and throws a temper tantrum in the Rose Garden, calling people liars, cowards and shameful for dutifully engaging in the process and holding up the highest law in the land… That would be the Constitution if any of you Media Matters folks are monitoring this today.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For standing up to the forces who would eventually eliminate the Second Amendment (believe it, brother), our commander in chief offered the following: &#8220;Intimidation tactics&#8221; worked to convince senators from pro-Second Amendment states that keeping their jobs depended on a yes vote, and quote; “they started looking for any excuse to vote no.” Now there&#8217;s the pot calling the kettle half-black and half-white (just being accurate). So Obama says The Senate is “intimidated”? I say they listened to the many and not the few. 90% my a**!! (this is RedState you know)</p>
<p dir="ltr">And what about the Senators (some of them Democrats) who voted against the expanded background checks bill? This bill that by everyone&#8217;s conclusion would not have stopped any of the recent shootings at Sandy Hook or Aurora or anywhere else for that matter? Obama said because of the “continuing distortion of Senate rules, a minority was able to block it from moving forward.” Yo – Barack &#8211; at least they read the bill! It&#8217;s pretty amazing at how thin skinned our President is. He is definitely not used to not getting his way. We need to keep this trend up.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The bottom line is I trust my friends and neighbors far more with guns than I do left-wing politicians, bodyguards of celebrities, the ATF, socialists and the Marxists. Keeping our Second Amendment rights absolutely trumps all other rights, because without it, we risk losing all. In fact, the Second Amendment also protects my right to fantasize about what I would do if I was at one of these mass shootings with my gun and how different things would turn out.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Second of all, why aren’t we trying to outlaw bombs?&#8230; oh, yeah. It’s interesting to note that after the attacks in Boston, we blame the bomber, not the Crockpot, so why is anyone going after guns and not the shooters?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Hey Mr. President: Don’t blame the NRA. Don’t blame the gun lobby. Blame us, the citizens of this country who wrote our representatives in DC to oppose your attempt to dilute the Bill Of Rights. It would seem that the country trusts groups who are fighting for our Constitutional rights, rather that politicians who would gladly take them away. The NRA simply said that the background check amendment &#8220;would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution.&#8221;</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have some news for the President and all politicians regarding the right to bear arms and what happens when despots take those rights away: A crazy person may shoot 5-25 people unless a sane person is there with a gun to stop them. Governments, on the other hand &#8211; particularly the progressive/socialist/left-wing type, kill 100’s of millions after taking guns from it’s citizenry. Get a history book and spend some time thinking about the big picture. Or perhaps they have already?</p>
<p dir="ltr">And lastly, on a personal note: For our President to use the families of the Newton massacre or Gabby Giffords or any other victim of a maniac with a gun or a bomb or a knife or whatever, is repulsive. Barack Obama and the anti-gun forces are reprehensible when it come to the sales-job they try to put over Americans. While he and the rest of government are protected by guns, we only want the same and have the God-given, Constitutional right to keep it that way.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Obama lost and America won!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cross-posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/">JoeForAmerica.com</a></p>
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		<title>Gun Control coming to America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Joe Biden; Not coming for our guns? The &#8216;Black Helicopter people&#8217; are just paranoid? Nothing to see here &#8211; just some &#8220;reasonable&#8221; gun control coming down from on high? We shouldn&#8217;t worry about the Obama Administration &#8220;swooping down&#8221; on us? Let me tell you something, Mr. Vice President: You&#8217;ll never be President. You&#8217;ll never be more than a joke on America, because that&#8217;s what &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/11/gun-control-coming-to-america/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Dear Joe Biden;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Not coming for our guns? The &#8216;Black Helicopter people&#8217; are just paranoid? Nothing to see here &#8211; just some &#8220;reasonable&#8221; gun control coming down from on high? We shouldn&#8217;t worry about the Obama Administration &#8220;swooping down&#8221; on us?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let me tell you something, Mr. Vice President: You&#8217;ll never be President. You&#8217;ll never be more than a joke on America, because that&#8217;s what Barack Obama does. He puts people in positions who are nothing more than lapdogs for his agenda and will do nothing more than help him ram it through. But you&#8217;re right about one thing Joe – you&#8217;re not going to be swooping down to get anyone&#8217;s guns anytime soon, because it is tyranny such as the goals of this Administration which the Founding Fathers warned us about when they wrote The Second Amendment into the Bill of Rights.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Directly after the Right to Free Speech came the Right to Bear Arms, friendo.<span id="more-226"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The Second Amendment does not compel you to purchase or own a weapon. It does not guarantee the privilege of quail hunting, nor does it bestow on us the freedom to take our sons and daughters target shooting. The Second Amendment was to provide a firewall against a government of tyrants who would otherwise subjugate us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Guns are for hunting despots, Mr. Biden – not pheasants. And stripping away any part of the Second Amendment is an act of treason by all politicians who are entrusted to uphold The Constitution above all else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I saw your little speech, deriding us folks who are concerned we may be losing part of our liberty. I heard your code words, your backhanded put-downs, and watched you look down your nose at us. You may think it&#8217;s something to giggle about Uncle Joe, but we&#8217;re not laughing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We now live in a world where suddenly, Congress people from both sides of the aisle think they can go behind closed doors, work out &#8220;a deal&#8221; and then vote on amending The Constitution. It&#8217;s against the law for them to do that, Mr. Vice-president, because you need the States and the people through their representatives in order to strip away or add anything to our Constitution and that includes the Bill of Rights.</p>
<p dir="ltr">All ten of them, not just the ones that float your boat.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It&#8217;s Marxist 101, Mr. Biden. You and Barack Obama along with your cronies in the media are the Cloward–Piven strategy personified. It wasn&#8217;t very fashionable to say that when your ticket was elected in 2008, and those who did were dismissed as paranoid and sore losers for a long time. But the President, along with Democrats in Congress and collectivists in the media has let the closet door creak open.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any discerning citizen can see for themselves that this is a three-legged stool of oppression whose goals are to &#8220;fundamentally transform&#8221; this nation from one of liberty and individual freedom to one dominated by The State. You and your ilk, Mr. Biden, have become emboldened. When the light comes on, the cockroaches are no longer scrambling into the cracks – they&#8217;re looking right into the camera and spewing Marxist doctrine, railing against Capitalism and convincing large swaths of ignorant voters that conservatism is a disease in need of a cure.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You heard it the other day – loud and clear by way of NBC: &#8220;Your kids don&#8217;t belong to you. They belong to the community…:&#8221; My God, it&#8217;s like a bad movie, yet it&#8217;s happening. Need some more? Here you go:</p>
<p dir="ltr">One of the provisions in the Toomey-Manchin gun control proposal about to be voted on may contain a provision allowing doctors to place people receiving mental health on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) without the patient&#8217;s knowledge. If that sounds familiar, it&#8217;s probably because you read about this type of strategy in The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich or any number of WWII history books.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Doctors will now be tasked with deciding which patients should go on the list of people who are too crazy to own a gun. What is wrong with that? First of all, the opportunity for activism on the part of health providers will be like the Wild West. In comes a patient you disagree with politically – on the list they go. Next patient is devoutly religious – on the list they go. The next one attended a Tea Party rally? … Well, you’re on the list twice. But the folks who will really be having a field day are…. drum roll please: Trial lawyers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">What happens to a doctor who doesn&#8217;t put you on the list, then you go out and shoot up a gun-free zone? Damages and malpractice for starters. As if doctors don&#8217;t have enough problems with volumes of crazy and frivolous litigation, now they have to worry about which patient coming through their doors might commit crime in the future? Soon enough, doctors will be erring on the side of caution, which means putting as many people on the list as possible and would you blame them? Now they have to worry about racking up years and a fortune in litigation, because some attorney sues them for not keeping guns away from that patient. Do I have to tell you what the effect on health-care costs will be?</p>
<p dir="ltr">While we&#8217;re here, let&#8217;s consider the patient for a moment. Someone who is thinking about seeing a doctor or therapist for a mental health issue might think twice if it&#8217;s going to land them on a government list, so less people will get help. Less will be treated. Less will get the cure they need. Imagine a woman with an abusive husband going in for therapy and getting put on the ‘too crazy to buy a gun for protection’ list? Joking or blowing off steam could surely land you on the list if your physician is in CYA mode. And they will be.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But like I said, this isn’t exactly new. Fascists and socialists throughout history have regularly used the health profession to discredit, silence or imprison their enemies. Now Barack Obama is using the health care system to disarm us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">First we were citizens, then we became voters, now we are subjects, and soon we will be dissidents. But the line is being drawn Mr. VP and it ends right here and right now. I know you think about being the next President, but you&#8217;ll never be President and when Hillary, Bill, Barack and Michelle are in private, they have a good chuckle over it, trust me…</p>
<p dir="ltr">Oh, and one last thing, Mr. Biden:</p>
<p dir="ltr">This isn&#8217;t some babbling, fanatical hayseed as you portray conservative, freedom-loving people as being. This isn&#8217;t a mealy-mouthed establishment Republican who caves at every turn because the press might call him names. This isn&#8217;t some wrinkly old media hack who tows the Obama line in order to keep their position in Washington. I am an American and I’m tired of your crap!  All of you.</p>
<p><b><br />
Now who&#8217;s with me?</b></p>
<p>Cross posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/04/senate-uses-doctors-for-gun-control/" target="_blank">JoeForAmerica</a></p>
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		<title>GOD Now or GOD Later</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/10/god-now-or-god-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever notice how quickly our leaders turn to God in times of tragedy? How many times after a tragedy occurs, do you see someone say; “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ families&#8230;”? It’s almost standard fare, because our leaders understand the importance of going to GOD, especially in times  of disaster or great need. But I have a question: Why is God &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/04/10/god-now-or-god-later/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Ever notice how quickly our leaders turn to God in times of tragedy? How many times after a tragedy occurs, do you see someone say; “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ families&#8230;”?</p>
<p dir="ltr">It’s almost standard fare, because our leaders understand the importance of going to GOD, especially in times  of disaster or great need. But I have a question:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Why is God good enough for our leaders, but not for our kids in schools? What about the idea that if we expose children to God going in, we wouldn’t have to pray for Him to show up later; after a terrible tragedy?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Yes, I know the left will scream about the separation of church and State, but instilling the word of God into school lessons for kids doesn’t mean someone is trying to impose a certain religion on children. If kids these days can be indoctrinated with every feel-good, politically-correct agenda from the left, then certainly introducing a few time-tested teachings of God might go a long way toward exacting some honesty, integrity, kindness, and yes, moral behavior for children to hear about and maybe even learn.<span id="more-218"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The Education system does not exist in a vacuum. It is and was intended to be a partnership between teachers, administrators and yes, parents. Advancing the cause that all religion or moral teachings should be left to take place only in the home is turning a blind eye to the realities of our contemporary world. Why wouldn’t we want everyone pushing for strong values to be infused into the minds of American kids before, during and after their impressionable ages?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">78% of all Americans claim to be Christians, and over 90% claim to believe in a God, so the obvious question here is; what’s the problem? How do violent video games, explicit movies and TV shows, rap music &#8211; with language that would have gotten you headed out to retrieve a switch 20 years ago &#8211; get into the classroom, but prayers are banned?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Make no mistake, there is a small group of determined folks who wish to eradicate every hint of religion or God from the ears of young children, but they do not have theirs or our best interests in mind. The relationship between getting rid of God and what is going on with our kids, seems like a no-brainer to me. I don’t know how the case can be made that kids are smarter, more kind, happier, less violent, and better behaved now than they were in the early 60’s when this insanity started.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral, so what do I have in mind? Changing some laws or passing some new ones? Not hardly &#8211; man made laws don&#8217;t change problems of this magnitude anyway. I’m talking about trying to change what lies in the heart of a child. What if we introduce silly things like,</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Honor Thy Mother and Father</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thou shalt not kill</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thou shalt not steal</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thou shalt not commit Adultery</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thou shalt not lie</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Thou shalt not covet</p>
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<p dir="ltr">I hope it doesn’t take 50 years to turn this ship around, but on the other hand I don’t really care how long it takes, I’m in.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is Joe the Plumber Wurzlebacher and I believe in this message.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cross posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/04/god-now-or-god-later/" target="_blank">JoeForAmerica</a></p>
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		<title>Bob Beckel Is Not a Fat Scumbag</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/25/bob-beckel-is-not-a-fat-scumbag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Beckel went off on CBS and their reality show; “The Amazing Race” for taping from North Vietnam – yes, I still call it that – and having contestants compete by memorizing communist propaganda and going through a downed American B-52 bomber. He’s right – CBS and the producers of the show are a bunch of skivvy, thick-headed, perfidious, greedy, cretins. Look it up. &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/25/bob-beckel-is-not-a-fat-scumbag/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week Beckel went off on CBS and their reality show; “The Amazing Race” for taping from North Vietnam – yes, I still call it that – and having contestants compete by memorizing communist propaganda and going through a downed American B-52 bomber. He’s right – CBS and the producers of the show are a bunch of skivvy, thick-headed, perfidious, greedy, cretins. Look it up.</p>
<p>But far too many conservatives reacted with; “Beckel is kowtowing” ; “Bob Beckel is a phony” ; “He’s just trying to get attention” ; “Even a broken clock is right twice a day”  &#8211; and a plethora of; “Bob Beckel is a fat scumbag” – and worse. Here we have a far, far left liberal, not just begrudgingly confessing that part of the media is being anti-American – he’s actually doing something about it. And you’re going to bash him personally, just because you don’t line up on other issues? … Okay, every other issue – but still – knock it off – let’s rejoice and win some other hearts and minds perhaps along the way.<span id="more-213"></span></p>
<p>Bob Beckel lead the way for CBS’ eventual lame apology and I’ll give Greg Gutfeld props for first reporting on it, but where were the rest of the Republicans? A lot of them were busy trying to figure out how they could twist this into a slam on liberals – and Beckel – instead of embracing what I saw as a magnificent display of patriotism. In my opinion, every word spoken by Beckel on the subject was sincere, passionate and in typical Beckel fashion, borderline rabid.</p>
<p>This is not the way to win, my friends. Keep using the liberal tactic of vitriol and cynicism and we’ll drive independents and Democrats in the middle away in droves. You might say, ‘but that’s how you win’ and while you may be correct on some level – I don’t want to be like the left. They’re a bunch of whining, angry, sissies, who can only succeed politically by deceit, attacking, and destroying their opponents at all costs. No thanks.</p>
<p>“But the media, the media, the media!” Oh stop it.</p>
<p>Ronald Reagan was the devil incarnate to the media in the 70′s and 80′s and he didn’t even have Fox News, the Internet or Talk Radio to provide a smidgen of balance. No one had his back, yet Reagan won because he was a leader. He said damn the torpedoes and took his unpopular case directly to the people and kicked everyone’s rear-end.<br />
Reagan was right, and he knew it. Even the elite Republican establishment did not support him until it was clear that Ronald Reagan was the man. When a few on the left began embracing one or two of his ideas, Reagan embraced them right back and was effusive in his thanks that they could agree on something. Reagan got tax cuts through a Democrat Congress by leadership, not vitriol or ad hominem.</p>
<p>A lot of folks come to the table late when it comes to Christianity and conservatism. In fact, it’s kind of natural to be a rabid liberal radical when you’re young, then come around to being more conservative as you go along. You know, like when you get your first paycheck, have a child, start a business or get mugged. It took Dennis Miller over 40 years to embrace the truth and I find him to be one of the most compelling and passionate voices on the right now. Why are we pushing back on liberals who might be on the fence? Stop it! It’s no way to win.<br />
Beckel demanded an apology and got one. We should all be cheering Bob and hoisting him up on our shoulders (yes, it might take all of us to do that – ha ha); and maybe more people in the middle and on the left will switch horses. If we don’t start leading instead of just bitching and name-calling, get used to typing; “President Hillary…”</p>
<p>Cross Posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/03/bob-beckel-is-not-a-fat-scumbag/">JoeForAmerica</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Wussification of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in the real world is a stone-cold female canid, sometimes. Just ask President Obama, who got played in public the other day by the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Bibi knows a little bit about what it takes to navigate the reality of a tough, dishonest and sometimes brutal world. So standing up at a press conference with a not so friendly U.S. President &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/22/the-pussification-of-america/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Life in the real world is a stone-cold female canid, sometimes. Just ask President Obama, who got played in public the other day by the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Bibi knows a little bit about what it takes to navigate the reality of a tough, dishonest and sometimes brutal world. So standing up at a press conference with a not so friendly U.S. President and the world watching, he just smiles and thanks his counterpart for agreeing with him on how to do battle going forward. Even though he doesn’t.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I had to chuckle while Mr. Netanyahu put words into Barack Obama’s mouth, and President Obama could only cringe through a phony smile while he’s getting owned by a veteran. Mr. Netanyahu is in charge of making his people safe and my guess is he spends every waking hour working to that end. President Obama? Not so much&#8230; The spectacle of watching our incompetent “leader” stand there with his arrogant words and posture made me think of how difficult this world must be, with so many points of view and so many people out there that want what we have.</p>
<p dir="ltr">They’ll kill us to get it. Bibi knows that, but I wonder if our kids will?<span id="more-206"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Then along comes this story out of Boston: The principle at <a href="http://www.salemnews.com/local/x168870211/Honors-night-nixed-at-Ipswich-Middle-School" target="_blank">Ipswich Middle School</a> has taken it upon himself to cancel honors night, because it might hurt the feeling of kids who didn’t make the cut. Are you nuts? Principal David Fabrizio (sounds like some sort of laundry softener) says that although it may be devastating to the kids who worked their butts off to become honor students, the little kittens who tried and failed could be further humiliated at the horror of seeing the winners being acknowledged for their achievement.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You know why this is double stupid? Because the very kids that Mr. Fabreeze is trying to save from having nightmares are learning that trying is enough, and succeeding warrants no further accolade. This is a small microcosm of the new America in general where if you work hard, you can succeed, just don&#8217;t ask to be noticed. Not anymore. What are we teaching our kids &#8211; or better yet &#8211; what are we not teaching our kids? The answer: Reality.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I call it the “wussification” of America.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Work your hardest&#8230; But just remember, not everyone grows up to be a rocket scientist.  The world needs plumbers too, and there is no shame in that. But most importantly, when you get out in the big bad world – there will be Chinese kids, Indian kids, Israeli kids and even Canadian kids who will be waiting to own you, because you never learned to not just try, but to win.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Some folks might think I&#8217;m calling Barack Obama a loser, or saying he&#8217;s somebody who didn&#8217;t learn how to win – but I&#8217;m not. On the contrary, he was taught how to win and win big. I was just enjoying watching him get challenged by the Israeli Prime Minister and the Israeli press – something Barack is not used to. My question is why are we teaching our kids to be a bunch of spineless Glee fans, when the world that awaits them is less safe and more treacherous than ever? What are they going to do when they get to high school and are confronted with the kids who live on the other side of the tracks? How about their first job, having to go up against the top salesman from their competition? Will they even know the word, “competition?” I only hope they end up in the military where a young person can be trained for reality.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Back to Fab &amp; the Wussies: The Ipswich Principal also said he decided to drop Honors Night because &#8220;academic success can be influenced by the amount of support a student receives at home and not all students receive the same level of emotional and academic support at home.&#8221; Geez, no kidding Principal Fabulous? And here I thought every child had a daddy and a mommy and got all the attention they needed? That explains all the kids with the piercing&#8217;s, purple hair and tattoos just above the young ladies&#8217; butt cracks, doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Honoring kids who get a 4.0 grade average is designed to make them all shoot for the sky, regardless of their home situation, and what you&#8217;re doing is giving the kids who get less help at home a built-in excuse. A reason to fail.<b> &#8220;Hey kid, sure, you&#8217;re a idiot at age 35 now – but it isn&#8217;t your fault. I&#8217;d like fries with that.&#8221;</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Cross posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/03/the-pussification-of-america/">JoeForAmerica</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">[<strong>Ed.:</strong> Changed some language. We try to keep it family-safe here]</p>
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		<title>Tolerance for Everything (Except God)</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/19/tolerance-for-everything-except-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/theplumber/">Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher</a> (<a href="/theplumber/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyday I wake up and I’m told I’m supposed to be tolerant of values and behaviors I feel are not only bad for the long term health of our society, but some that run headfirst into my faith. Beliefs which clash with my beliefs. It reminds me of when I have to discipline my son by shutting down some of his fun – I’m always &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/19/tolerance-for-everything-except-god/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyday I wake up and I’m told I’m supposed to be tolerant of values and behaviors I feel are not only bad for the long term health of our society, but some that run headfirst into my faith. Beliefs which clash with my beliefs. It reminds me of when I have to discipline my son by shutting down some of his fun – I’m always the bad guy.</p>
<p>Why are the people screaming about tolerance night and day some of the most intolerant folks involved in the discussion? Why am I not allowed to believe in the fundamental principles of my faith? Where is the tolerance? Here’s one: Let’s talk about the Elephant in the room: Gay. Homosexuality. Why are we as conservatives afraid to talk about this?</p>
<p>Most people know my view on homosexuality… I don’t much care for it. Not saying that everyone that practices it is a bad person, I just don’t care for their actions. This is a statement, stance and philosophy which is NORMAL, with no hate involved. It’s just how I feel. Some background on the evolution of homosexuality in America:<span id="more-202"></span></p>
<p>While being gay has been around forever, (here I go) it’s is not a normal thing for a man to look upon another man with lust in his eyes. Acceptance is one thing, but to label it as normal is where things begin to go south. <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/160517/lgbt-percentage-highest-lowest-north-dakota.aspx">A little background.</a></p>
<p>30 years ago we use to play a game called “smear the queer;” a game where whoever had the football got gang tackled. It was a normal. If you had the ball, you were the queer, because no one else had the ball, and having the ball made you odd or “queer” in that respect. Of course, you could throw the ball to another player and the pack would quickly turn to smear that queer, without regard to his or her sexuality, I might add. Queer, gay, homo, fag meant nothing having to do with what you were attracted to and no one committed suicide, got beat up or even called names in that regard. That was my experience.</p>
<p>Then, about ten years later, the media and the ever-tolerant Hollywood (not), began portraying homosexual (men) on television and film as the “Funny” one or the one you felt sorry for – just to get us used to the idea. C’mon – who didn’t laugh at Paul Lynde or Charles Nelson Reilly? And not until Ellen demanded her character come out of the closet (which she was summarily fired for) did gay characters litter the big and small screen alike, whether it was important or not. ( Just to go a little further with this point, Hollywood will put “gay” characters in tv show/movies that are not relevant to the plot. They try to portray this as “Normal” America. I can tell you right now, when I’m tossing the football with my son in front of the house, I have never seen 2 men hand in hand prancing down the street. You?)</p>
<p>But according to a Gallup poll, which reports that less than 5% of Americans consider themselves to be gay, homosexual, queer or whatever word you want to be known as, it’s not normal. What – you haven’t heard; “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It”? If you can say the word – guess what – so can I. No double standards here right?</p>
<p>Gays want to get married but does anyone have tolerance for the views of the faithful, who believe marriage is between one man and one woman? It’s a definition, not a hate-filled viewpoint – but where’s the tolerance? Sorry, but two dudes can’t play mixed-doubles at Wimbledon – not out of bigotry – but from a simple definition. It’s one man and one woman – get used to it. You know what I want for gays? How about jobs? The right to bear arms?</p>
<p>You can call it whatever you want, and I’m thrilled that Barack Obama suddenly “evolved” on the issue, once the Chicago gang determined it would be better for the 2012 election (gays should be disgusted with this obvious condescension), where in 2008, it apparently paid to be anti-gay marriage. I don’t know which time Obama was lying, but it doesn’t change anything, sportsfans. Don’t tell me gay marriage won’t open the door to other aberrations of marriage, because lawyers are chomping at the bit to get into court with their three clients, pets and who knows what else, suing for the right to get married. And why shouldn’t they? Without a definition, you have nothing.</p>
<p>Policies from our meddling Federal Government have done everything they can do to destroy the family structure in America and squelch Christian’s values. Welfare, in the form of food stamps and monthly checks issued with no responsibility whatsoever, not only encourage single parenting – actually requires there be no man involved. We know this to be true, but will liberals admit it and help to change it? Of course not, because crack-heads, strippers and government dependents tend to vote Democrat. I need more stuff – give me more stuff.</p>
<p>The final destruction and/or perversion of the definition of marriage is next.</p>
<p>Marriage is the cornerstone for a solid society and destroying it destroys us all. You don’t have to look at crime rates and stats about strippers who come from families without a father and mother to know what’s going on. Just look around you – who’s doing better, the people who grew up in traditional families or the ones breaking into your house, smoking crack or taking dollar bills from strangers, gawking at their nude body?</p>
<p>When are you going to take a stand to stop the slide down the sewer? I will stand firm against the arrows and accusations that will be thrown my way for speaking my mind. I will not bow to pressure from media, political hysteria or Hollywood. You’ll never convince me this is a hateful article, because it’s not and further, I believe it reflects what most Americans think, but are now forced to be silent for fear of encountering politically- correct hate-mongers, being discriminated against in public – or worse – being ostracized and endangering their very livelihoods.</p>
<p>I will stand with GOD, what will you do?</p>
<p>Cross posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/03/tolerance-for-everything-except-god/">JoeForAmerica</a></p>
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		<title>My Promise To My Daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/18/my-promise-to-my-daughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not know what my Daughter will grow up to be, but I do know that I will raise her to be  a God Fearing/Loving Christian woman. I will raise her in The Word. I have taken on the responsibility of raising a daughter and she will see and feel that she is my priority. I will work hard to provide for her, but &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/03/18/my-promise-to-my-daughter/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not know what my Daughter will grow up to be, but I do know that I will raise her to be  a God Fearing/Loving Christian woman. I will raise her in The Word. I have taken on the responsibility of raising a daughter and she will see and feel that she is my priority. I will work hard to provide for her, but I will not let the world intrude on our family time. I will not make the mistake of being her friend, I will be her Dad&#8230; because that is what she will need.</p>
<p>Public Declaration:</p>
<p>I will Love her<br />
I will teach her<br />
I will show her GOD’s love<br />
I will support her<br />
I will encourage her<br />
I will Love her<br />
I will be patient<br />
I will be understanding<br />
I will comfort her<br />
I will be there for her<br />
I will teach her family<br />
I will teach her commitment<br />
I will discipline her when needed<br />
I will teach her responsibility<br />
I will teach her to think for herself<br />
I will teach her Love of Country<br />
I will Love her<br />
I will play dress up<br />
I will teach her to shoot<br />
I will teach her to fish<br />
I will hug her<br />
I will praise her<br />
I will braid her hair<br />
I will be silly<br />
I will be there for her<br />
I will Love her<br />
And&#8230; I’m sure along the way you will teach me.</p>
<p>These are my promises to you Samantha Jo, I love you and am very thankful that GOD has blessed us with you and that I get to be your Dad.<br />
<a href="http://joeforamerica.com/2013/03/my-promise-to-my-daughter/dadsam/" rel="attachment wp-att-3237"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3237 alignright" alt="dad&amp;Sam" src="http://joeforamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dadSam-300x199.jpeg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p>Cross posted at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/?p=3233">JoeforAmerica</a></p>
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		<title>Shotgun Joe Inspires a Great Idea: Free AR-15!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that Joe Biden inspires a great idea (unless you&#8217;re talking about late-night comedians) and mostly he just makes you wish he&#8217;d shove some pie into that pie-hole and stop talking for five minutes. But stick with me. You&#8217;ll want to hear this: Barack Obama has made the Vice-President the point man in his Gun Control Task Force, or as I like to &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/theplumber/2013/02/21/shotgun-joe-inspires-a-great-idea-free-ar-15/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not often that Joe Biden inspires a great idea (unless you&#8217;re talking about late-night comedians) and mostly he just makes you wish he&#8217;d shove some pie into that pie-hole and stop talking for five minutes. But stick with me. You&#8217;ll want to hear this:</p>
<p>Barack Obama has made the Vice-President the point man in his Gun Control Task Force, or as I like to think of it, spearheading Obama&#8217;s pathetic and cynical play on the Newtown massacre to deny law-abiding Americans their Second Amendment rights. Listening to him beckons an episode of &#8220;Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader;&#8221; and what Joe Biden lacks in intellect, he makes up for in a laser-like focus on opening the door into his face. The other day he offered the country a brilliant home-defense strategy, centered around his two shotguns, which he proudly admits to keeping locked up.</p>
<blockquote><p>We live in an area that&#8217;s wooded and secluded. I said, Jill, if there&#8217;s ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here. Put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. I promise you whoever&#8217;s coming in is not gonna. You don&#8217;t need an AR-15. It&#8217;s harder to aim. It&#8217;s harder to use and in fact you don&#8217;t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun.<span id="more-178"></span></p></blockquote>
<p>You don&#8217;t need 30 rounds? Ironic, in that security at Newtown could have used at least that. But does Joe Biden really know anything? Absolutely:</p>
<ul>
<li>plagiarizing speeches and articles</li>
<li>racist jokes about Indian immigrants.</li>
<li>three-letter words like J-O-B-S.</li>
<li>how to say the F-word into an open mike with the President of the United States on stage.</li>
<li>that when you are in a debate with a person whose IQ is 40 points higher than yours, constant interruptions and a goofy grin will go a long way.</li>
</ul>
<p>I realize that covers most of the combined knowledge in the universe. But here are a few things Joe doesn&#8217;t know:</p>
<ul>
<li>Firing a weapon in a random direction is extremely poor gun safety.</li>
<li>Most intruders don&#8217;t honk their horn in the driveway until you can get your shotgun out of the safe and come onto the front porch.</li>
<li>Once your intruder is in your house, the fire-the-shotgun-into-the-sky option becomes the fire-the-shotgun-into-the-ceiling option. If you don&#8217;t burst your own eardrums, you&#8217;ll get injured or momentarily blinded by the dust and flying debris.</li>
<li>Once you have fired both barrels into the ceiling, what you&#8217;re now holding is a club. Just some advice, don&#8217;t swing it, jab at his throat.</li>
<li>In a firefight with multiple intruders where you are defending your home and your family, 10 rounds will get used up in the first 4 seconds. You&#8217;ll be very lucky or very good if more than 3 hit an intruder, and even more lucky if you put him down. Crack-heads and meth-heads have an amazing capacity to keep coming after you even when mortally wounded.</li>
<li>The third and fourth shots from an AR-15 are easier to get off than the same from a double-barrel shotgun.</li>
<li>An AR-15 is lighter, easier to aim, easier to shoot, and has much lighter recoil than a shotgun.</li>
<li>The Second Amendment is not so much about home defense as it is about the ability of the citizens to protect themselves from government tyranny.</li>
<li>The government has AR-15s. And grenades. And machine guns. And tanks. And cruise missiles. And attack helicopters.</li>
</ul>
<p>So Shotgun Joe, good luck with all that. It&#8217;s the logic I&#8217;ve come to expect from a Democrat, truthfully. For myself, I grew up in a gun-shooting family. I&#8217;m a meat-hunter, not a trophy hunter, if you know what I mean. And there are few moments in your life as grand as when your 7-year old son with a .22 rifle yells &#8220;clear&#8221; down the range, as he is trained to. The Founding Father&#8217;s were not concerned with hunting &#8211; sorry Joe. They were concerned with politicians who would take away our rights &#8211; sorry Joe.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s not just a hobby. Not for me. Ever since Obama&#8217;s election team and media thugs made me famous for asking a simple question in 2008, I&#8217;ve had more than my share of death threats by people who are by definition at least a little crazy. Guns are in my house. High capacity, loaded, and not locked in a safe. Like nearly all responsible gun owning household, my children are familiar with firearms, well aware of where they are, and they know better than to ever touch them without specific purpose.</p>
<p><a href="http://joeforamerica.com/win-a-free-ar-15/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1820 alignright" alt="background__silver" src="http://joeforamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/background__silver-300x221.png" width="300" height="221" align="right" /></a><b>So now. Did someone say something about a <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/win-a-free-ar-15/">free AR-15</a>?</b></p>
<p>In honor of Shotgun Joe highlighting the importance of some decent weaponry in the service of home defense, my website, JoeforAmerica.com is giving away an AR-15.  Visit our site at <a href="http://joeforamerica.com/win-a-free-ar-15/">JoeForAmerica.com</a> and sign up to be entered into the drawing.</p>
<p>Now, aren&#8217;t you glad Shotgun Joe inspired us all?</p>
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