Gun Gas

Say what you like about Iowa hicks, but at least we're trying to act just like the important folks in San Francisco and Newark and so forth.

Gas station dude in Cedar Rapids is donating $5,000 in gift cards to his station. The cops will help him  trade the cards for guns. The going rate is $100 for a  working long gun, $150 for a pistol. They'll even take that old Sharps with the broken main spring, but they won't pay you for it.

No questions asked, of course.

Nor information given about what will happen to the arms, so you'll forgive me for envisioning the Sharps hanging in some cop's rec room. I'd be angry about that if it weren't for knowing this little public relations gig will add immensely to the safety of the city.

"...he would never really ever be a deer..."

Can you see a deer get hurt and gracefully turn the sad happening into a cogent little essay on the decline of the United States of America?

I don't think i could, but Jinglebob can. So far as I'm concerned it's the Post of the Day.

I see the Egyptians have "permanently" opened the gate to Gaza. This should facilitate delivery of AK47 ammunition and RPGs to Hamas.

A symmetrical quid pro quo would be Hamas assistance to the Muslin Brotherhood in blowing up Coptics.

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It's getting too cynical around here. We all need to replay President Obama's breathless oratory about pro-democracy freedom fighters.

The proper functions of government

The wise-ass who wrote this intended to make fun of state lawmakers. So, I ask, what is wrong with declaring the 1911 by John M. Browning (PBUH) an official state pistol? Or the  dutch oven an official state cook pot?

Me? I am absolutely delighted when elected officials act only within their competence level.

For example, not even the no-carry Wisconsin legislature could damage its polity much by declaring the cream puff the official state dessert.