While We're Loosening Bans and Restrictions, Allow Me to Loosen My Belt

So I may urinate on the safety of this country...

Double you tee eff, America? Like, for real?

Much to my chagrin, the USSC, in all of their supremacy, decided to vote against the 32-year old gun ban in my city. And why? Because they're a bunch of jack-offs.

People in the District of Columbia are not hunting. Those who are, are certainly on "the list", or will simply be placed in straight jackets. Those in DC with guns who are using them for self-defense are using them against other Washingtonians with guns that are using them for self-defense, oh yeah, and those thugs who got their guns illegally (and will continue to do so). I understand that weaponry is a major industry in the United States, but it really doesn't have to be that way, does it? Look at the crime rate in the U.S. and compare it with other countries. The 2nd Amendment itself is quite outdated. I mean, how often do you hear the word "militia" in your everyday life?

Look what happens when people have free reign to just go out and get a gun the legal way. Hmmm... let's see... students go ballistic on campuses across the country, geese who are just minding their business get whacked, oh yeah, and politicians "accidentally" shoot other politicians.

Can you tell that I'm mildly irritated? The DC gun-ban, though not 100% effective, was a good thing, in my ever-so-humble opinion.

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While we're on the issue of loosening things, let's talk about Bush and the DPRK. Bush will lift trade sanctions with Kim Jong-Il Na-Na but not Cuba? Perhaps Froomkin was right. Bush really is suffering from senioritis (rather than just a senior moment like his homeboy D.C.)

Blah!!!!

I realize that my posting has been quite inconsistent. I blame this mainly on laziness and on the fact that I have actually attempted to do quite a bit of researching the last few weeks.

Oh Hell No!

Wow, those Romanians have really outdone themselves this time...

While driving to work this morning, trying to conserve gas the best way I know how, I was startled to hear about this shockingly stupid story on NPR:

The residents of a Romanian village voted in a dead man as their mayor Sunday, choosing him over his living opponent. The candidate died of liver disease shortly after voting began -- but still won by a margin of 23 votes.

Courtesy The Bryant Park Project Blog

WTF, Romania??!?!!

Yes, I could think of thousands of dead people I'd elect over Dubya, but would that be wise? Well... maybe that's not such a great example, but you know what I mean.

Who's the village idiot here? The guy who LOST???!?!?!?!?!