I cannot believe after all this time Condolessa Rice has not come to terms with her own lies. She is still lying.

Maybe she believes she is lying just a little bit, so its not really a lie.

"W"rong.

The woman is diluted by her own importance.  And talk about tone.  The tone of that administration was not only horrible, it still lingers today as if sincerely civilized.

The lie of WMD according to Rice was not a lie because they sincerely were led to believe Saddam was RE-arming his weapons of mass destruction accompanied by technology that would cause the USA warm.

Where the hell does that come from?

There was NO credible intelligence that said there was ANY capacity of the Saddam government hidden under the sands of Iraq that the United Nations inspectors COULD NOT FIND and that the seals on any stores of any type of weapons were distrubed.  If ANYTHING there was GROSS proof to JUST THE OPPOSITE.

On repeated occassion since Iraq was diarmed the United Nations Inspectors found NOTHING.  Not a trace of any proof of the Bush allogations.  The Bush White House had no credible proof other than their own 'imagineering.'  Who the hell is she fooling even today?

I can't and won't respect here.  There is no reason for me to respect a word she says.  I never respected a word she said before and that is not going to change now.

There were tests on going with companies contracted to the USA military that was proving left and right any exposure of biological and chemical would degrade extremely quickly when exposed to a 'carbon' SAND environment and yet they persisited the Hussein government was hiding something.

It is one thing to value human life and work to have Saddam and his government removed from power to insure the safety of others, such as the 50,000 Shi'ites that were killed.  But, to turn right around and kill the very people that once were at the mercy of Saddam for the sake of 'Nation Builiding' is more than simply hippocritical, it is a human rights violation that she and her peers have never been held responsible for.

The reason and the ONLY reason Bush ordered the invasion into Iraq is because THE TONE of the country allowed it while Americans huddled in their homes with Duct Tape.

Rice has a lot of soul searching to do, IF she still has one.

"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US" (click here)

Senator Feinstein called Vice President Cheney when receiving the document to her desk after first sending two memos and stated, "Did you see the assessment?" 

Cheney stated, "Yes and we won't be able to address that for six more months."

Feinstein, "Dick, the document states three months."

The Bush Regime remains indictable for deaths both domestic and abroad.

After16 weeks, (click title to entry - thank you) inspectors turned up some evidence of undeclared activities, but not enough to convince a majority of the Security Council members that military force was necessary. Nonetheless, on March 19, 2003, U.S. and British forces attacked Iraq to forcibly eliminate its WMD. This report, which will be updated as events warrant, analyzes the inspections, their outcome, and possible future tasks....

The 'evidence of undeclared activity,' were the Iraqi scud missiles could reach targets JUST OVER THE BORDER of Iraq with an extended range of a few hundred meters beyond what they were supposed to be allowed with Iraq disarmed.  As a result the Scuds were dismantled and buried in the desert according to the demands of the USA.


The other activity was found when components to POTENTIAL centrifuges were found scattered around the country. 


None of the UN Seals were disturbed and IN FACT the so called inventory of WMD was stated to be gone and it was gone.


Even today, Rice does nothing but 'makes excuses' for a war that has killed countless of innocent people and thousands of USA soldiers that were given SUBSTANDARD equipment and vehicles to carry out an obscure mission. 


I do not believe she is capable of facing the facts and never will be.


...Cables sent (click here) by Condoleezza Rice also tell that Syria wasn’t willing to allow International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspection to assure everyone that its nuclear reactor meant no harm. It was United State’s support and advice which encouraged Israel to attack Syria; violating its boundaries and showing disrespect for its sovereignty.
Condoleezza Rice explicitly mentions in her cables that it was essential for the diplomats to know about the ongoing situation.
Reports issued by the experts in 2007 confirm the cables sent by Condoleezza Rice to quite an extent. It is said that the area attacked by Israel was immediately declared as a restricted zone; the government wanted to remove any proof confirming the presence of nuclear reactor at the location. It is also said that traces of uranium were found from the location....

Praying for guidance is a reasonable method for people in any walk of life.

Opening a House session with prayer with at least an occassional absence of it in respect for diversity is a reaonsable method for practice from any walk of life.

But.

Expecting divine intervention, as if "God is On My Side" is nothing but arrogance to believe a human being of any religious practice could SUMMON God as if a servant to their will.

It used to be called barbaric and uncivilized as if a Witch Doctor were summoning the spirits.

It is grossly unrealistic for any Congressperson to actually conduct their practice in the House as if they are not responsible for acting morally for all citizens in respect to them all and simply discharge their responsibilities 'to God' and not act according to their Oath of Office.

I suppose it could be called "Voo-doo Politics" when Repuglicans are so arrogant they don't abide by their own religious leaders in proper behavior and conduct in leading a nation of diverse beliefs and practices in the best interest of the American people and using 'spiritual' rhetoric to pander to their cronies, the Plutocracy.

Bush convinced God wants him to engage the forces of evil

Bush puts God on his side  (click title to entry - thank you)
By Tom Carver
BBC Washington corresponde

Last Updated:  Sunday, 6 April, 2003, 00:30 GMT 01:30 UK

...'Angels' country'
"We are in a conflict between good and evil. And America will call evil by its name," Mr Bush told West Point graduates in a speech last year.
In this battle, he placed his country firmly on the side of the angels.
"There is wonder-working power in the goodness and idealism of the American people," he said in this year's State of the Union address.
This concept of placing America in God's camp sticks in the throat of a lot of American clergy.
"It is by no means certain that we are as pure as the driven snow or that our international policy is so pure," says Fritz Ritsch, Presbyterian minister in Bethesda, Maryland....

House Representative Trent Franks politicizes the Arizona shooting with Religous Dogma while seeking divine intervention instead of gun laws. (Click title to entry - thakn you)

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduces bill limiting extended magazines (click here)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011
New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy plans to introduce legislation in the House aimed at limiting access to extended magazines, similar to those used in the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Ms. McCarthy, whose husband was killed as a result of gun violence, will represent the first litmus test concerning the nation’s tolerance for gun reforms. Among those sponsoring the bill, none were Republicans, an indication that the bill will be largely partisan....

The website of House Representative Trent Franks and his misguided, religiously based rhetoric (click here)

The 'attitude' of the House Repbuglicans is based in self-righteous rhetoric rather than 'self-directed' answers for the people of the USA.  They are completely incompetent to formulate real ideas and answers for the people and hence are unable to govern.

End of discussion.

With the somber reality of the attempted assassination of US Congresswoman Giffords the Democrats and their constituents have a mission.

That mission is to end the 'corrupt politics' of the Right Wing and their Plutocratic victors.  That mission is to have the House Republicans 'own the problems of the nation,' rather than do nothing but play politics as corrupted by the Plutocracy of the country.

We know that money rules our political system and that money has come in immoral amounts to corrupted candidates.  Make to doubt the corruption of the past Republican candidates LINGERS in the newly elected Republicans.

For decades now the Democrats have taken on the challenge to bring 'The Good Fight' to the government.  It sincerely is a moral campaign to end all other campaigns.  The problem with 'having it heard' by moral constituents is the over riding 'tone' purchased by the Plutocracy of the Republican Party.  The most dramatic example of these past elections played out in the Senate seats whereby Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Minority Leader Pelosi were demonized to create a faux wedge issue to divide the constituency across the country.  The Reid Campaign met up with some of the most corrupted political dialogue among the new Republican candidates, although Delaware was amazing.  If there is one place where it played out across all governmental bodies it was California, but, the moral people of California saw the corruption and acted on it.  We should all be grateful for their commitment to good government.

The problem is this, the 'plans' the RNC has to win in 2012 is to carry out the political rhetoric on the floor of the House and Senate as they normally do.  The reason they do that is because it gives legitimacy to use the government's actual setting to drum home their politics.  The rhetoric entered into the record of the House and Seante is significant and can be traced back to more than just this Congress.

The Plutocratic Agenda is one of deception because they wouldn't win otherwise.  They have no real ideas but simply rhetoric as is demonstrated in today's House vote.  During the Health Care Debate when the current law was passed we heard nothing but how the people don't want the bill and yet today where only 18% of the people want complete repeal they are going forward with the vote anyway.  That is a double standard and it is done for political gain.

Or so they believe it is politcal gain.

The Republicans 'tend' to be in the minority unless elections are corrupted.  The corruption occurs with vast pools of money gotten from the Plutocracy.  The corruption lies at the base of the juvenile approach of the GOP.  They never 'take on the challenge' of govern, but, simply pander to millionaires and billionaires.  We saw that clearly with the Senate vote for allowing the Plutocratic Vote for the Bush Tax Cuts for the wealthy last year.

The Hosue Democrats have a mission to be sure the current majority is not corrupt IN THEIR VALUES as to what is best for the people of the nation and to OWN the same problems they face every day in their governance of the USA.  That mission is more important to expose the corruption of the House Republican value system and have them openly own the 'The Good Fight' along side their Bipartisan Colleagues.

The highest priorities for the House Democrats at this juncture is to right and achieve passage of gun control that is effective to keep the people of the country safe from current irresponsible GAPS in the laws.  They also have to bring brevity to the discussion of the nation's budget and not allow it to used as a political toy that interrupts a delicate economic recovery and destroys important American infrastructure.  That budget is what will be used to justify the raising of the debt ceiling for the current Republican majority.  The Democrats cannot morally vote to raise the debt ceiling with an immoral federal budget going forward.  The two are intricately linked. 

The truth is the current reason to raise the debt ceiling is because of the irresponsible Bush/Cheney spending which inclued a "W"rongful war while abandoning their 'War on Terror' in Afghanistan.  The House Republicans have to own the 'debt ceiling' and vote according to their conscience, so I suggest the Hosue Democrats vote theirs and force the Republicans to take their majority seriously rather than treating it as a poltical toy to achieve greater corruption and endangerment for the people of the USA.

American Business to China, "We love the money, we simply hate the rules."

No clue.

JANUARY 19, 2011

U.S. Firms Decry China's Heavy Hand (click title to entry - thank you)

Alleged Bias by Regulators Is Likely to Be Contentious Issue Between Two Countries

By JAMES T. AREDDY

SHANGHAI—Almost one half of U.S. businesses surveyed in Shanghai complained of discrimination by domestic regulators, contradicting an assertion by Chinese President Hu Jintao that the playing field is level.
The issue of alleged bias against U.S. companies is likely to be a major point of contention during Mr. Hu's visit to the U.S., which began Tuesday.
The U.S. is expected to push for greater market access to help narrow a huge trade imbalance in China's favor.
An annual survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China's main commercial hub, found that 47.7% of 346 respondents said they face regulators who show a preference for domestic companies. The survey, of chamber members, found that 31.3% said treatment is balanced....

China give me every reason to believe they actually care about the American people and don't want our jobs outsourced to their country.

It might be that China knows exactly what it has to do to re-establish a good consumer base in the USA and is actively pursuing that path.

Communist governments are not big fans of instability in political systems.  I am fairly confident as China gains a good financial foothold in the world, it will act in conscience to insure there is LESS, far less influence in global political systems by private, business enterprises than there is today.  China was not happy about the global economic collapse of 2008. 

I sincerely believe the 'so called discrimination' in China isn't discrimination at all; so much as the government directing the course of business to maintain a stable and controlling force among the billion + people within its borders. 

American businesses and CEO's are spoiled.  They think every place they put down a cornerstone to their 'market share' should bend to their demands and so called 'prowess.'  That most certainly is not the case once a USA based company leaves the 'homeland' for foreign soil and nor should it be.

China is not going to capitulate its power to any other entity, especially not American investors that do nothing be crash markets, show incredible poor management and chronically seek corporate bailouts at the cost of the governments where they practice their craft.

China has a great deal of pride in itself and its journey into capitalism up to now.  2008 was a reality China did not expect and had absolutely no control to stop.  The 'example' American businesses are showing China in the 'recent past' is not going to increase Chinese confidence in Western Capitalism.  Quite the contrary, I  would estimate.

It is interesting.  Paulson spent most of his time as Treasury Secretary in China for one reason or another, but, was not as influential as he wanted to be.  I remember one completely hideous picture of him in a Chinese newspaper where he was actually trying to make his eyes looks oriental by smiling as hard as he could.  Talk about desperate.  What a jackass.  Paulson, not the Chinese. 

I mean wouldn't he know that was as insulting as it comes?  I guess not.

January 17, 2011, 12:23 pm
Goldman Limits Facebook Investment to Foreign Clients  (click here)

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN

8:55 p.m. | Updated
Just more than a week after Goldman Sachs offered its most prized clients a chance to invest in Facebook, the firm on Monday withdrew the opportunity from clients in the United States because of worries that the deal could run afoul of securities regulations.
The decision is a considered a serious embarrassment for Goldman, which had marketed the investment to its wealthiest clients, including corporate magnates and directors of the nation’s largest companies....

See, Goldman likes to play the power broker in its purest sense, not just the stockbroker.  Goldman continues to principle that the more powerful the company is the more they can be anarchists and over power governments so they can have their way.  Believe 2008 was nothing and everything went as planned.  Goldman is looking forward to the NEXT 2008 collapse, only bigger next time.  I am sure they regret having a Democratic President elected that actually decided to lead investigations and legislate regulations.  Next time, they have to make their plans differently, like maybe have it occur in the middle of a term rather than the end.

Goldnan won't care the currency or the place where the most financial influence will be housed, it is just part of the challenge to 'have it all.'

President Hu Jintao is in a very interesting position.  He has managed to expand the global fiscal influence of China at a time when it is stable, yet still learning.  He is developing his own expertise and no longer views the USA 'expertise' as a necessary aspect to his own understanding of financial marketplaces and how best to have them serve his people.  It is as it should be and I congratulate him for that.

Realizing he is working on his own capial base within the quality of life of his own people brings an greater understanding as to why he is here and seeking the 'Clean Energy Technologies' that President Obama has nurtured since the beginning of his first day in office.  The Chinese people are very power hungry, but, not the kind Wall Street has to dole out.  They are seeking electricity and cleaner methods of producing the electricity the people need.  The Three Gorges Dam is testiment to that goal all by its own imposing reality. 

China has been forced to use coal for energy and the pollution in some of its finest cities is very, very poor at times.  Perhaps President Hu Jintao needs to visit with Lisa Jackson while he is here.  She is brilliant and would be able to advise him on how to best set up his own "Chinese Environmental Protection Agency."

It is gratefying to see President Hu Jintao as a huge player in the concerns regarding Greenhouse Gases and the plight of safe energy while balancing those interests with Earth's delicate balance.  He stated he would move China toward safer, cleaner energy and it would seem he is keeping his word.  Let's hope the reality of his hopes actually play out once the contracts are signed and the people of China actually begin to enjoy better quality air and safer, cleaner energy.  Corruption can be an incidious thing in a  huge bureacracy that is the communist government of China.

I welcome the good President and wish the best and that for his people as well and I thank him for taking the global environment so seriously.  I am most grateful.

Factbox: Business deals announced around Hu's U.S. visit  (click here)

WASHINGTON

Tue Jan 18, 2011

6:02pm EST

...CLEAN ENERGY
Alcoa Inc and China Power Investment Corp announced a collaboration on aluminum and clean-energy projects on Tuesday that could lead to as much as $7.5 billion in investments, the U.S. Department of Energy said.
Duke Energy Corp, AES China, a subsidiary of Virginia-based AES Corp, and Florida's UPC Management also entered into clean- or renewable-energy projects with Chinese companies.
UPC's Brian Caffyn said the company signed a deal for a joint venture with China Guodian Corp to develop and operate one gigawatt of wind projects in China, an estimated $1 billion investment that will take about three years to complete....

The Pelosi Democrats should join Congress Tim Pawlenty and vote against rasing the debt ceiling.

Tim Pawlenty, slick as a whistle and sly as a fox.

Sooner or later, the Democrats have to call 'the bluff' of the GOP.  That is what it is.  The debt ceiling will be raised, but, the Democrats in their House Minority don't have to vote for it.  They could easily 'end the game' the Republicans are playing by voting against raising the debt ceiling.

...There is some truth to each of these claims, but (click title to entry - thank you) well-informed Minnesotans know there are also problems with each of them. Every Minnesota governor balances the budget, since it’s required by the state Constitution; every state had a sharp reduction in the growth rate of government spending during the Great Recession; Pawlenty did sign at least one tax increase (although he tried to call it a “fee” increase); his policies led to bigger increases in local taxes to compensate for cuts in state aid; he left behind a record deficit for his successors to deal with; and, the biggest flaw in the story for me, one of his biggest cost-saving measures was the transparent bookkeeping gimmick that we call the education “shift,” which, as far as I’m concerned, is just a tricky form of deficit spending that gets around the constitutional balanced budget requirement. And Minnesota’s economy declined, relative to the national averages, during his tenure. Pawlenty has responses to some of these criticisms, and they are not trivial....

Pawlenty, as Governor of Minnesota, has one of the MOST deceptive records on the books.  It is time to stop the GOP from walking all over people, playing around with power as if it were a football and make them grow up before the very eyes of the nation.

If Nancy Pelosi, threw in with Pawlenty and her minority Democrats stood against raising the debt ceiling, the Democratic base would love it and stand by them. 

The House Majority needs to lead and stop their hideous political games that do nothing but deceive people that trustt their intuition when they choose their candidates.

The Democrats in the House need to think about their 'advantages' and how best to serve their constituents while preserving the constitutional principles we all believe in.

Go get 'em, Nance.

Still yet another tragic shooting in the USA. Young people.

I thought Columbine's aftermath and reflection and stricter gun show laws cured all those ills. 

I see that it hasn't!

When are the American people going to stop dancing on the head of a pin for the Gun Lobby in this country?

When is that going to happen?

How many more wounded or dead are going to be a part of the American reality before that stops?  Estimates please so we know what to expect?

You see, the thing is this, "Preparedness" is under attack now by the Right Wing Media because that is why there are laws that control guns.  It is about PREVENTING deaths and injuries from guns IN THE FUTURE.

So, I really want to know whether young people are going to be safe in their schools since the nation has been saturated, both literally and culturally, by an obscene gun culture for profit.

Thanks.  I appreciate knowing.

"A time comes when silence is a betrayal."

Dr. Martin Luther King at Riverside Church (click title to entry - thank you)

New York City, April 4, 1967 

I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together: Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The recent statement of your executive committee are the sentiments of my own heart and I found myself in full accord when I read its opening lines: "A time comes when silence is betrayal." That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam....

There are greater orators in our country and Dr. King was one of them.  The President is one as well.  They both embrace the opportunity that freedom allow the citizens in the USA to preach, invoke the name of God and bring comfort.

Do I dare say it, but, the style of Dr. King and President Obama is similar.  We witnessed President Obama at this best recently in Tucson, Arizona at the memorial service. 

Dr. King was a man dedicated to having the message of freedom heard.  He spoke of topics few others did in the context of peace.  He was unafraid of the power connected with his voice and his words.  President Obama carries the same brevity of his words when he speaks. 

The message of Dr. King will never be gone.  He has inspired many, reaching all the way to the highest office in the land, to carry the his message promise of freedom, security and humanity forever to insure people are endeared for the promises it lends.

A day of rest, today.  In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Freedoms promise is intangible and the only way to keep it alive is through the imparting of its value through words.  I am grateful for the great orators in our country and for the African American community that gave at least two of them.

Civil Rights Movement Still Moving  (click here)

POSTED: 6:22 pm CST January 17, 2011
Many folks here in the Ark-La-Tex celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his ties here in Shreveport. One local preacher heard King's speech and was moved by the call to action.

Today at St. Luke's CME Church they were celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One member sat and listen attentively, just as he sat in1963. Rev. W.D. Starks heard Dr. King speak at Little Union Baptist Church. "The day that he spoke here it was a, seems like it was a preparation date that we all will never, never forget", says Starks.

It moved Rev. Starks so, that he became the first black president of an integrated union in Shreveport. Rev. Starks served as union president for roofing workers for twelve years.

And Rev. Starks was there last Friday to witness Shreveport workers becoming unionized. "It was a great feeling when they became unionized and the city will recognize them as a bargaining unit", says Starks.

A victory in the struggle for civil rights that began decades ago..

"Good Night Moon"

The Moon for Jan 16, 2011 At Midnight
Illuminated Fraction: 0.913
2.6 days until full moon

It is a 'waxing moon.'

A 33 gun clip fired 31 rounds from a modified mag of a Glock killing 6 and wounding 14 at a political meeting of a USA House member on a bright sunny day in Tucson, Arizona.  Let it be the beginning of change in the USA and not further regression from 'the truth.'

Dedicated to the political stability, fiscal integrity and pride of my country.

Christiana Amanpour did a fantastic job with the subject. I thank you and it was nothing short of perfection.

This is the town hall meeting where our 63 year old victim succumbed to so much pain regarding the irresponsible words of a political faction leader, he acted on it to instill an impression of helplessnes to a man that doesn't consider that aspect of life important.

The facts revealed during the town hall meeting match everything I have stated since the Tucson shooting.  The gunman was NOT certifible, nor ever will be.

Thank you to ABC as well.

The MOST interesting statistic is revealed on the 'interactive' at the article at the title to this entry.

Gun crime in the US: victims killed at a political event where Gabrielle Giffords was also shot in Tucson, Arizona. Photograph: AP

When one toggles (at the interactive map of the USA) between "Total Fire Arms Murders" (the first title at the down arrow in the left upper corner) and "Handguns" (the second title at the down arrow in the left upper corner) there is virtually NO difference.

In other words, where there are sales of HANDGUNS, the number of murders by firearms is DIRECTLY proportional. 

It has NOTHING to do with gun laws.  

It has everything to do with GUNS.

The Officer Down Memorial Page

This is ONLY the most RECENT of officers killed in the USA by handguns.

Police Officer Christopher Matlosz  (click here)

Lakewood Police Department
New Jersey

End of Watch: Friday, January 14, 2011

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: 317

Incident DetailsCause of Death: GunfireDate of Incident: Friday, January 14, 2011
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: At large

Police Officer Chris Matlosz was shot and killed by a man he had stopped to talk to on August Drive at approximately 4:00 pm. - In broad daylight.
Officer Matlosz was on patrol when he stopped his patrol car to speak with a man walking along the road. As they spoke, the male took one step back, drew a handgun and shot Officer Matlosz three times, killing him.

The suspect fled the scene and remains at large.

Officer Matlosz had served with the Lakewood Police Department for five years. He had previously served with the Englishtown Police Department for two years and had also served as a special police officer with the Freehold Township Police Department, Long Branch Police Department and Manasquan Police Department.

He is survived by his fiancee, mother, and brother.

The first recorded shooting of a sheriff is 1904.  Over 106 years after this incident they are still dying from handguns.

Town Marshal Hiram Bates  (click here)

Coal Creek Police Department
Colorado
End of Watch: Sunday, November 6, 1904

Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident DetailsCause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, November 6, 1904
Weapon Used: Handgun; .44 caliber
Suspect Info: ArrestedTown Marshal Hiram Bates was shot and killed while attempting to breakup a disturbance at a mining camp at approximately 1:00 am.

A group of miners had been drinking and creating a disturbance at the camp and Marshal Bates was called to the scene. As he attempted to clear the area he was shot once in the neck by a man armed with a .44 caliber revolver.

The subject who shot Marshal Bates was arrested by a deputy and the county sheriff and taken to jail in Canon City.

Marshal Bates had only recently been appointed to the position. He was unmarried.

South Carolina gun laws are fairly reasonable and predictable compared to most of the fifty states. I would not call them liberal gun laws.

I would not call them restrictive either.  Reasonable, with the safety of the public in mind.

SECTION 16-23-410. Pointing firearm at any person.  (click title to entry - thank you)
It is unlawful for a person to present or point at another person a loaded or unloaded firearm.
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years. This section must not be construed to abridge the right of self defense or to apply to theatricals or like performances.


SECTION 16-23-430. Carrying weapons on school property.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, except State, county or municipal law enforcement officers or personnel authorized by school officials, to carry on his person, while on any elementary or secondary school property, a knife, with a blade over two inches long, a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, firearms or any other type of weapon, device or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death.
(2) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Any weapon or object used in violation of this section may be confiscated by the law enforcement division making the arrest.


SECTION 16-23-460. Carrying concealed weapons; forfeiture of weapons.
Any person carrying a deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed about his person is guilty of a misdemeanor, must forfeit to the county, or, if convicted in a municipal court, to the municipality the concealed weapon, and must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days. Nothing herein contained may be construed to apply to (1) persons carrying concealed weapons upon their own premises or pursuant to and in compliance with Article 4 of Chapter 31 of Title 23, or (2) peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties. The provisions of this section do not apply to rifles, shotguns, dirks, slingshots, metal knuckles, or razors unless they are used with the intent to commit a crime or in furtherance of a crime.


SECTION 23-31-215. Issuance of permits.

(B) Upon submission of the items required by subsection (A) of this section, SLED must conduct or facilitate a local, state, and federal fingerprint review of the applicant. SLED must also conduct a background check of the applicant through notification to and input from the sheriff of the county where the applicant resides or if the applicant is a qualified nonresident, where the applicant owns real property in this State. The sheriff within ten working days after notification by SLED, must submit a recommendation on an application. Before making a determination whether or not to issue a permit under this article, SLED must consider the recommendation provided pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the sheriff to submit a recommendation within the ten day period constitutes a favorable recommendation for the issuance of the permit to the applicant. If the fingerprint review and background check are favorable, SLED must issue the permit.

South Carolina is suppose to have the worst record in the country. Both NH and SC are considered 'Red States' but their econoic data is grossly different.

Click on a red star on the map to find gun shops in that area. Gunshopfinder.com has subscribing gun shops in Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, Walhalla,. And we're adding more gun shops every day, so stop back often!  (click title to entry - thank you)

South Carolina is ranked 24th in the nation with a population of 4,625,364 in 2010.  Its population in 2000 was 4,012,012.

The Per Capita Income in South Carolina was $24,000 in 2000 and $31,799 in 2009.

It has a gross domestic produce to $159,647,000,000 in 2009.

The Southeast had an economic downturn in 2009 of 2%, but, South Carolina's economic decline was 2.5%

That is a picture of Al Baldasaro. He states he has been threatened many, many times as a state legislator.

GOP leaders hail gun OK in N.H. capitol  (click here)

By Sarah Schweitzer

Globe Staff / January 12, 2011

CONCORD, N.H. — As a state representative, Al Baldasaro says he has been physically threatened multiple times. But he has always felt a measure of safety because New Hampshire’s laws permit him to carry a concealed weapon.
“This is why we are the safest state in the country,’’ said the former Marine, whose grandfather was mayor of Cambridge.

Now, the Republican says he feels even safer after legislators voted last week to overturn a ban on weapons in the State House and permit concealed weapons on the House floor and in the visitors’ gallery....

These faux 'rating' are populous and not factual.  The numbers are 'simple' and not analyzed for what brings about those numbers.  Crime is not as simple as 'rankings,' it is a dynamic that causes crime.  Carrying guns has little to do with it, yet for those that have the backing of Millionaires and Billionaires that make money from gun sales 'any reason is good reason.'

What is the opposition say?

...We are in a packed (click title to entry - thank you) and tense room in the State House where a public hearing on a contentious issue is taking place. Someone draws a gun and starts waving it at the chairman, who is also holding a gun. What now happens? At least as likely as any other scenario is that several people, including the hypothetical representative, would draw their guns, and at least some would start shooting at the person waving the gun. Probably he or she would be killed, but how many others would be dead and wounded as collateral damage?...

Tom Duston
Chesterfield, N.H.

New Hampshire guns shops are growing in number evidently (click title to entry - thank you)

According to propaganda on radio programs, New Hampshire has a lower murder rate with guns because they are used to guns and feel comfortable with guns.  Grew up with them and they are a part of life.

Really?

Let's think about this.  "One person can only shoot one gun at a time regardless the number they own."

New Hampshire is ranked 42 among all USA States in population.  A whopping 1,316,470 in the USA Census of 2010 and 1,235,786 in the Census of 2000.

The "Per Capita Income' in New Hampshire in 2010 was $42,831 and in 2000 it was 33,169.

The GDP of New Hampshire is $59,400,000,000.

The New England States received a 2% economic downturn in 2009 with New Hampshire a 1.2% for the same year.

Gun Control was never even discussed during the elections of 2008, yet when President Obama was elected, despite the Great Recession, every paranoid Right Wing Nut ran out to purchase weapons they didn't need.  Why?  Do they actually believe they need them or that their guns will be confiscated.  The USA does not have the 'manpower' to even consider a confiscation of weapons.  Buy Backs, yes, but confiscation?  Where do all these people get their motivations?  Why is that FEAR instilled so desperately?  How it sweet it is for gun shops when Democrats are elected to office, huh?  Simply by an election alone.  That IS crazy.

Purchase of firearms in New Hampshire increases in response to policies of Obama administration  (click title to entry - thank you)

By Kyle LaFleur

Published: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2009 10:09

Gun sales have increased despite the economy in New Hampshire as people flock to retailers. Owners and dealers fear the Obama administration will reinstate stricter gun control legislation similar to the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
"There has been a lot of talk on the street about gun laws recently," said Program Assistant to Permits and Licensing for the State of New Hampshire Tiffany Foss.
According to Foss, state records have shown a 17 percent increase in approvals for concealed handgun licenses between 2007 and 2008. Denials for these licenses have increased 12 percent during the same period....

The NRA Takes on Gun Control -- in Brazil

The banner reads: “586 dead police officers - for less than R$ 30 a day”. The daily rates for a police officer in Rio de Janeiro is $17 a day. Photo by Thiago Velloso  (click here)

Brazil: Blogging helps the police to mobilize and protest

Posted 5 February 2008

A cross was placed in Copacabana Beach for every police officer dead within the last five years, on February 1st: all together there are 586. Photo by Thiago Velloso

October 25, 2005

...An estimated 122 million citizens (click title to entry - thank you) took part in the referendum -- the first of its kind in the world -- and preliminary counts showed 64 percent went against the ban while 36 percent backed it. The referendum -- which asked the simple question "Should the commercial sale of guns and ammunition to civilians be prohibited?" -- divided the country, a world leader in gun deaths, into "não" and "sim" camps.

Two months ago, polls showed 60 to 80 percent of Brazilians favored the ban as a way to control the estimated 17 million small arms that are circulating in the country. But as the vote neared, and as both sides of the issue were given free television time, a slick media blitz by the gun lobby appears to have shifted enough voter opinion....

Gun Control in other countries have meet with huge propaganda campaigns that have been successful against any attempt by government or service groups, including police officers, to education the public to much needed changes to stop and prevent crime and deaths.

In Brazil the police officers were pleading for a change to save their own lives.  Dead cops are not effective cops.  The public acted against their own best interest, even in the face of the pleading of police, due to the propaganda of the NRA.  The NRA stated Brazilians citizens would be more safe with their own weapons rather than counting on police for protection from crime.

Like what?  Why would a private institution such as the NRA have more CLOUT than any government plea to their own civilians?  It occurs when citiznes view their government as burdensome, effective and expensive.  Sound familiar?  Why would anyone believe having MORE guns on the street would be better than none?  But, that is the 'rant' of the NRA in the USA and elsewhere.  Basically, the NRA states the governments of any country is against the people for lying to them and asking for more control over weapons.  Does that sound appropriate?  Seriously.  Why would the NRA stand against the pleading of an entire country's police officers?

It is about money.  Not safety.  Not what is benevolent or best.

This 'top heavy' Millionaire - Billionsaire BLITZ agasint the 'CITIZEN' has to stop.  It attacks the very sovereignty of the country, within democracies, for profit.  Sovereignty is at stake when law enforcement is weakened and disabled when it was or could be benevolent.

Crime is a symptom of social laws and values.

This slide was suppose to  say a lot more than it did once it published, so I'll update it now.

A year later, according to the news article at the title to the entry,  there was no change in the dynamics to allow that assessment across the country to change from NH lowest, etc.  Why would that be?  No one cares? 

In a radio annoucement about two weeks ago, it was noted Greensboro has seen a drop in crime by 50% in the past year.

Crime rates are lower across the nation under this President.  They should be (nothing racial intended in that statement as some might think).  During drops in employment and economic declines, especially the one that exists in the USA now, the crime rates should be skyrocketing.  They aren't. 

It is my estimation (I am waiting for the studies to come out) that extended unemployment benefits have reduced crime.

Another aspect to gun violence and crime is population density (and stress).

This is a 2010 accounting of the current population of the USA by State.

U.S. Homeless Population Grows in Most States  (click title to entry - thank you)

Sunday, January 16, 2011 :

By Melvin Felix - The number of homeless people and homeless families grew in most states in 2009, a new report found, but some states had fewer homeless people even if the local economy was in trouble....

Crime is also linked to socio-economic conditions.

Which also relates to the GDP of the regions of the USA as well (click title to entry - thakn you).