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TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms.

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Quote of the Day – Munchkin Wrangler (07/19/2012)

By TMM | July 19, 2012 - 08:00 |July 18, 2012 Economics, Economy, Id10t Error, Obama, Quote of the Day

Nobody builds a business alone, that’s true. But Bob didn’t make all those people work for free, and he didn’t make use of public resources without writing hefty tax checks for the privilege. Bob paid everyone, including his local, state, and federal government, before he even got to make his first dollar of profits. And Bob carries all the risk here. If his business tanks, his contractors aren’t going to return the money he gave them for their work, his employees aren’t going to give back their wages, and the government isn’t going to return the taxes and fees he paid. So why is it OK that when he’s successful enough to make a profit, some populist asshole politicians can stand up and say that “he hasn’t paid his fair share to society yet”?

Munchkin Wrangler – you didn’t build that
July 16th, 2012

[I do love the comments about what it took to build a business coming from a man who’s never built or run a business in his life. Businesses take work, period. There is risk and there is one person who takes that risk and the reward for the risk is the potential for profit. But profit is the result of greed and corruption right? That person who has poured blood sweat and tears working their ass off so they don’t fail shouldn’t get any reward.

Why should they get no reward, you see someone else actually built their business. The business owner didn’t spend late nights with no bonus pay keeping the ship afloat. They haven’t spent hours working on a website with zero income coming from it at the beginning. Who cares that the business operator has paid anyone who works for them a fair wage in exchange for their goods and services?

That’s the crux, people who are paid by the business owner didn’t build the business. People who build a business invest considerable time and effort without the guarantee of a reward. That in and of itself is the very nature of business and is known as your Return on Investment.

Building a business means you invest a lot of time and your own money that in the future you may end up with more than you had. Evidently our fearless leader has some other shining example of what building a business looks like.

*Most annoyingly is some places charge you a fee merely for permission to conduct business. You see you need a business license to sell things to people who would like your goods and services. You pay for the privilege but if for one reason or another you take a year off, you get to pay the tax man for the privilege again. See how that works? The government has to get theirs or you can’t get yours. -B]

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Where did she go?

By TMM | June 28, 2012 - 17:58 |June 28, 2012 Constitution, Freedom, Government, Obama, The Children, War On Nouns, WTF

Via my buddy The Learned Sergeant.

I miss her, I barely even got to know her and by the time I met her she was already on life support dying. Bleeding profusely from everyone taking their entitlements, creating their moral wars on nouns, and ultimately dying from an ignorant public who would rather hear fanciful fairy tails than the painful truth.

Today, something very bad happened. There is some suspicion the decision was done as one would play a game of chess. There are some ideas of how it could work out, but it is possible to loose a game of chess if you’re not careful.

All I do know is we are no longer, and haven’t been as of recently, the best country on earth. There is no place I would rather live, it is my home, but she is being gutted. Government regulation and restriction has proceeded to destroy industry and innovation. Entitlement programs have proceeded to kill self-motivation and have become nothing more than legalized theft.

All I saw today was something I loved dearly coughing and hemorrhaging blood. Showing her mortal wound while all of us hope, pray, and plan to find a way that it may not be mortal. Hoping we can arrest the fall before it’s too late. Before there is no choice but to find a new frontier. One where we can find freedom again.

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Jay G – My Hubris Has a Second Name, It’s O-B-A-M-A…

Quote of the Day – Jay G (06/25/2012)

By TMM | June 25, 2012 - 08:52 |June 25, 2012 Obama, Quote of the Day, WTF

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They’re inserting themselves into people’s own private celebrations – as though folks are thinking about the November election as they gear up for the biggest day of their lives. How conceited is that?

June 25th, 2012

[Honestly when I first saw this Friday I thought much the same thing. Seriously who would want to donate gifts from friends and family on the most important day of their lives to support a guy who plays more golf than anyone? To support a man you’re already supporting his vacations through ~~donations given at gun point~~ taxes. Why would anyone want to donate more to a man who couldn’t save money and honestly doesn’t care about you, your family, or your future? If he’s so desperate for cash, maybe he should be frugal with how he spends it.

I know there’s plenty of people out there who actually would think this is a good idea. Honestly I think it is a clue that there is something wrong in your relationship on a deep fundamental level. Miguel said it best on that one:

You know there will be fight “We could had the espresso machine but noooo.. Donate to Obama you said. My mother was right!

Your wedding day is about you and your family (that is growing). It is not about some political hack trying to get reelected. Frankly any political hack that would attempt to interject himself into what really is probably the most important day of your life, is a narcissist of such degree one should be very fearful.

If you’re friends tell you to donate to a political fund in lieu of gifts for their wedding, don’t bother going. Obviously when it comes to their relationship their priorities are ass backwards. -B]

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

SSCC #354 – DEA

By TMM | June 22, 2012 - 10:57 |March 25, 2013 DHS, Government, Jack Booted Thugs, State Sponsored Criminal Count, War On Nouns

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the DEA’s use of force against the 11-year-old and 14-year-old daughters of Thomas and Rosalie Avina–which included putting a gun to the youngest girl’s head–was “excessive,” “unreasonable,” and constituted “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”

Given the court ruled that it was excessive, why would I list this as a Sponsored Criminal? Quite simple really.

Attorneys for the Obama administration defended the raid, and Reason has obtained the brief the DOJ filed to the Ninth Circuit. In it, the Obama administration argues that “the DEA agents’ conduct was plainly reasonable under the circumstances.”

To put the icing on the cake, this also was a wrong door raid. They attacked law-abiding citizens, violating their rights and committed assault with a deadly weapon. This is non-negotiable. I don’t care if the officers claim they thought they were acting in good faith, every officer is responsible for his own actions.

The courts however have stated that you can be shot, threatened, and your rights trampled by officers of the state as long as it wasn’t with malice a forethought.

I find that the odds of me being killed by a law enforcement officer considerably higher than by “illegal” drugs or someone on drugs. This is a prime example of the cure being worse than the “disease”. Yet here our government is saying it isn’t worse and that we should all live in terror to continue treating the “disease”.

Doesn’t that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

State Sponsored Criminal #354: The DEA

Because a girl sleeping in her own bed means you need to totally fear for your life, including putting a loaded weapon to her head and hand cuffing her. It’s a totally reasonable action that requires the threat and use of lethal force.* Eric Holder’s office says so!

*If you point a gun at something that means you’re willing to shoot it. Period.

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Fast and Furious, With Regards to the Cause

By TMM | June 22, 2012 - 08:59 |June 22, 2012 BATFEieio, Bigotry, Government, Gun Control, Gun Grabbers, Obama, Terrorisim, War On Nouns

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So if you didn’t read it, a couple of months ago I wrote a root cause analysis on the causes and reasons behind Operation Fast and Furious, also known as Operation Gun Walker.

Today Uncle posted a link to an article from CBS that stated the following:

ATF officials didn’t intend to publicly disclose their own role in letting Mexican cartels obtain the weapons, but emails show they discussed using the sales, including sales encouraged by ATF, to justify a new gun regulation called “Demand Letter 3”. That would require some U.S. gun shops to report the sale of multiple rifles or “long guns.” Demand Letter 3 was so named because it would be the third ATF program demanding gun dealers report tracing information.

Think about that long and hard. These individuals broke the law willfully with an intent to create “necessity” for their new violations of the law. Their new violation of the law was the gun control they wished to implement itself as it is a blatant violation of the Firearm Owners Protection Act.

Many have attempted to vilify the gun shops in this case saying they should have just not sold the weapons. What these people are refusing to acknowledge is the ATF, through their regulatory power, forced these shops to sell to people the would have otherwise not sold weapons to.

Seriously, go read the CBS article, it’s is yet further evidence that validates my conclusions in the root cause analysis.

To add the icing to the cake though, I am reasonably sure the White House was aware of this program given Obama is now exercising “Executive Privilege” over the material. I have no doubt this was his “under the radar” efforts at gun control. As Jennifer said, “no one died when Nixon lied.“

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Quote of the Day–Joe Huffman (06/19/2012)

By TMM | June 20, 2012 - 03:48 |June 20, 2012 BATFEieio, Freedom, Government, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Jack Booted Thugs, Lawyers, Quote of the Day

What is extraordinary here is that Issa didn’t have Federal Marshalls rip his jacket and shirt off, tie him face down on the table, stuff a copy of the subpoena in his mouth, give him 30 lashes with a bull whip, then tell him there would a whipping every day at 9:00 AM until he fully complied or his flesh had been stripped off and his bones were polished clean.

Joe Huffman – Extraordinary Offer

June 19th, 2012

[Personally I think Joe’s response would have been way too kind. Give me a bucket, a rat, and a blow torch. Some assembly required. If you don’t know how it works, don’t worry about it, it prevents you from knowing how mean, evil, and sadistic my mind can be towards those who willingly endanger my friends and family in the name of destroying my rights.*

Don’t worry Joe, it’s not cruel or unusual. At the time the Bill of Rights was written lashing was still a standard punishment on the high seas. In fact so was keelhauling which I think would also be a fantastic venture for Mr. Holder. –B]

*In my defense, I would feel bad for the rat.

Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

Fast and Furious, Root Cause Analysis

By TMM | October 22, 2011 - 14:10 |June 21, 2012 BATFEieio, Bigotry, Government, Gun Control, Gun Grabbers, Obama, Terrorisim, War On Nouns

Currently Eric Holder is screaming that the cause of guns going into Mexico was because of a “lack of gun control.” There’s one problem with that though, it is false. Not only is that statement blatantly false but in light of the evidence, given Operation Fast and Furious, gun control is what allowed those guns to walk to Mexico. While it may seem humorous and a joke, the fact is it’s true.

I have largely been silent on Fast and Furious for one major reason. There are a lot of other people covering it better and more in-depth than I possibly could.

To start off for those who are familiar with the term, root cause analysis is something used in engineering to identify problems to come up with solutions that don’t just hide the problem. Ultimately proper root cause analysis should trace the problem to a point where you can turn the issue on and off like a light switch. Now we’re going to trace back through the events and find the point where we can turn this issue that would turn this problem on and off.

What was Fast and Furious?

Fast and Furious otherwise known as Operation Gunwalker, was an operation conducted by the ATF under the guise of busting Mexican drug cartels. This was done by forcing FFLs to complete illegal firearms transactions, purchasing firearms and handing them over to known criminals, and otherwise circumventing current law for criminals.

The ATF didn’t just allow guns to flow into the hands of criminals, but actively encouraged the practice. They purposely cleared transactions that were flagged. They performed the straw purchases themselves, delivering the weapons to known criminals. They instructed dealers to go ahead with transactions the dealers could tell were not “honest”.

Often when agents had followed the firearms they were told by their superiors to let the recipients go and not to follow them. All of these actions violated existing law, yet the cause, as purported by Eric Holder, was a lack of gun control.

How did gun control cause Fast and Furious though?

The most direct route is the fact that this whole program was done with the mind of expanding gun control. New gun control legislation and powers were the motivator behind the program. Even as the program crashes and burns, pushes for new legislation based of the inflated numbers of Fast and Furious keep appearing. The results of the program were used to force the long arms registry and to bolster support for additional funding for the ATF.

However the actions of the ATF have common threads with different agencies. It is all a quest for money and power. So we have to look back further to where the ATF got the root of its power and what allowed them to use this power to try to gain more.

The ATF is responsible for overseeing FFLs and ensuring adherence to existing firearms laws. The can put a business that works in firearms under faster than any other. The agency can halt a FFLs license during an investigation which can easily put them out of business. So when the ATF asks a FFL to do something illegal, there ATF has all the leverage to make the dealer comply. The only other option is for the FFL to go out of business under the weight of the ATF.

The ATF gained this power and latitude under the Gun Control Act of 1968. Unsurprisingly allegations of abuse led to the Firearm Owners Protection Act to attempt to rein in the ATF. The FOPA also stated different registry’s were prohibited from being enacted or run by the ATF, one of which they are attempting in the wake of Fast and Furious.

The depth of the corruption within the ATF and its drive to seek power through runs even deeper back to the National Firearms Act of 1934. This provided the ATF, which was under the department of the Treasury at the time, the ability to enforce the newly created firearms laws. This law laid the foundation for what would become the power-hungry space the ATF occupies today.

Both the GCA 1968 and the NFA 1934 are both pieces of legislation made in the effort to regulate firearms and limit their ownership. The ATF blatantly violated existing laws during Operation Fast and Furious and went through considerable effort to arm and traffic firearms to prohibited persons. All the while the ATF was clamoring for more gun control. However many law-abiding citizens were left jumping through the hoops and difficulties of the existing maze of firearms legislation despite the appearance of lax laws created by the ATF.

Conclusion, Gun Control is the root cause

The ATF completely disregarded existing laws and regulations in conducting operation gun walker. Many of those coerced into participating were in a situation that allowed the ATF leverage over them because of existing gun control legislation. The ATF during the operation was petitioning congress for more gun control legislation, which it would be responsible for enforcement.

The ATF was also petitioning congress for additional funding for two reasons. The first was a claim of a lack of resources to enforce existing law, which was false since they were expending resources to actually circumvent it. The second was that it would need additional funding for enforcement of the expanded programs.

The root cause of Fast and Furious is gun control itself. Existing gun control legislation provided the ATF with leverage over FFLs to coerce them into transactions they knew to be criminal. Gun control provided the ATF with the resources and power to organize and conduct the operation. Lastly, gun control was the root cause of the operation itself. The operation was conducted in an effort to create a crisis that would warrant the further restriction of firearms. This restriction would either be that of ownership by law-abiding citizens, or that in preventing new purchase by a law-abiding citizen.

Without the GCA of 1968 the ATF would not have had the leverage over a FFL to coerce them into proceeding with an illegal sale. Without the NFA of 1934 the ATF would have never been the power-hungry beast it is today.

To say that a lack of gun control allowed Operation Fast and Furious is like saying a lack of prohibition let the DEA allow drugs to be smuggled across the border. Oh wait, bad analogy, the DEA took part in Fast and Furious too.

If a lack of gun control allowed Operation Fast and Furious then violating the law to commit a treasonous act of war against a friendly neighbor is lacking in laws as well.