Gun Owners and 2nd Amendment Supporters - Boycott Staples!

When a local gun shop entered a Staples contest, they were a bit shocked to get this reply:

“We’re sorry, but your small business entry into the Staples PUSH It Forward Contest has been rejected for the following reason(s): Entry contains content that promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message; is obscene or offensive; or endorses any form of hate or hate group.”

Please note that not only does this policy place legal gun dealers (many of whom are retired cops or military) in the same category as drug dealers, pornographers and Nazis - it also places all of us who own and responsibly use firearms in the very same category.

The complete story is HERE.

Since we are still living in a free country, we have a remedy available: We can choose to shop elsewhere - AND LET STAPLES KNOW WHY WE ARE DOING SO.

They can be reached at: staplessoul@staples.com 

If you wish, feel free to use my email, reproduced below:

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Dear Staples,

In regards to your actions as described in this story: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/staples-says-gun-store-cant-enter-contest.html 

I am writing to let you know that I will never shop are your stores again.  Your bigoted, prejudiced and baseless attitude towards the 50% of American households who own firearms is simply inexcusable.  Be assured that I and many others who value our 2nd Amendment rights will spread the word of your actions far and wide.  We will encourage everyone we know to NEVER set foot in any of your stores again.

If you are still clueless in regards to how much trouble you are in, imagine the outcry if you had refused to let a church or a gay bar enter your contest because you found religion or homosexuality unacceptable.  You have every right to do this - and we have every right to take our business elsewhere.  You have underestimated our power and our numbers - just as the national media did.  This may not cost you much in California, New York and D.C. - but it will cost you a great deal in  Nevada, Nebraska, Texas and about 40 other largely pro-gun rights states.

What were you thinking?

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Don't just sit there and let them insult you - do something about it!

How President Obama stole the 2012 Election

When President Obama was reelected last Fall, I thought he had won fair and square.  Democratic turnout was simply higher.  Obama supporters must have worked harder than Romney supporters.  Sadly this is not the whole story.

In recent days we have learned that the IRS specifically targeted not just Tea Party groups, but hundreds of groups that were likely to support the Republican candidate.  Even theologically conservative religious groups were targeted for audits.  As a result, these groups were not able to raise money that would not only be used for issue advertising - but this targeted IRS harassment hampered efforts to register voters, something these groups commonly do.  Meanwhile, groups supporting the president continued to operate unhindered.  There is zero doubt that this happened, the only question is: Who gave the order?

Then there is Benghazi.  We now know that: 1) Before the attack, Ambassador Stevens requested additional security over 30 times.  Even though the facility had been attacked, his pleas were ignored.  2) During the attack - even though no one knew how long the attack would last - no help was sent.  In fact, military units were ordered not to respond.  Those CIA and State Department  operatives who did respond, did so without orders.  3) After the attack, the administration made up a lie about a demonstration over a YouTube video - and even though they knew from the beginning of the attack that it was terrorism, they stated that it was not.   The constant before, during and after the attack was an effort to maintain the illusion that President Obama had killed Bin Ladin and won the war on terror.  Four Americans died to maintain this illusion.  Who gave the order?

How can we know who gave the order?  Well, let's as a couple of questions any detective would ask:

1) Who had motive, means and opportunity?  Answer: President Obama.  What is more likely, that low level officials made all of these decisions on their own - or that they did so under orders from the top?

2) Is the subject in question acting like he is innocent?  In regards to the IRS, the president is not acting as if he is innocent.  Consider his choice for the new IRS Commissioner.  An innocent president would have picked a distinguished member of the other party and had them take over at once.  Instead, President Obama appointed a White House staffer and let the current disgraced commissioner remain in office for two months.   In the Benghazi scandal, the president has been caught in lie after lie.  His administration has stalled and obstructed the efforts of the press and congress to discover the truth.  In both scandals, he is acting like he is guilty.

What would have happened to President Obama's reelection chances if the whole truth about Benghazi had been made public the next day?  Would the election have been very different if hundreds of conservative organizations had been free to register voters and place issue ads instead of fighting the IRS?  Of course, we will never know for sure - but it is probable that our current president would be named Romney.

Is President Obama The Democratic Nixon?

Well, let's take stock of how the Obama administration has attacked the "charter of negative liberties" (Pres. Obama's words about our constitution):

1) He has attacked the 1st Amendment religious freedoms of Catholics and others

2) He has attempted to muzzle and/or suppress the free speech rights of conservative groups by using the IRS - just as Richard Nixon did.

3) His DOJ has illegally spied on AP reporters - perhaps in an attempt to control the press

4) His DOJ (ATF) sent thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels, for no good reason - and then used the increase in US guns recovered in Mexico to argue for more gun laws - including laws that violate the 2nd Amendment.  When his DOJ was asked for information by congress, he claimed executive privilege - forcing congress to sue him to get to the truth.

5) In the wake of the Newtown mass murder he renewed his efforts to ban guns.  Many of his proposed laws clearly violate Supreme Court rulings affirming the 2nd Amendment.

Then there is Benghazi.  It now appears clear that:

1) His State Department failed to provide adequate security even though the very Ambassador who was killed requested it OVER 30 TIMES.

2) When the attack took place, and no one had any idea home it would turn out, our president's response was to do absolutely nothing.  He ordered no help sent - and someone actually gave an order forbidding military units that could have helped from doing so.  State Department security forces had to go into battle without them.

3) After being told by both the career State Department personnel and the CIA that this as a terrorist attack - he and highly placed members of the administration lied to the American people so he could win an election.

I lived through Nixon and Watergate - and all of this seems very familiar.....