Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Did You Ever See Moscow on the Hudson?.


The scene where Robin Williams' expatriate Russian character goes to a New York grocery store for the very first time? He's there for coffee, and instead of standing in line for the one size of one choice, he sees shelves stacked three high and three deep, lined with brand after brand; Maxwell House, Folgers, Chase & Sanborn, in choices like Columbian, Arabica, French Roast, Dark Roast, etc., etc., etc.

He hyperventilates because of the sheer volume of choices.

I can relate.

I made a pilgrimage to the Mecca that is known to Houstoninan gun nuts as Collector's Firearms. YOWSA!

That's the biggest gun shop I've ever been in, and the selection is INCREDIBLE. I felt like walking down the aisles and saying "I'll take one of these, and one of those, and a couple of them, and..."

In the class I'm taking here in Houston, two of the guys taking it with me and my counterpart are here from China. One is a Scottsman on temporary assignment, the other is a native of mainland China. They went with us. I don't think they've ever imagined much less seen that much ordnance on one place.

Too bad I couldn't buy anything on this trip...

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