Anthony Canales is the President of the
San Fernando Valley NRA Member’s Council.
He works as a Quality Control Manager in Glendale, California. He is married with one son.
The opinions expressed in 'News Briefs' belong solely to the author
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Rifle Association of America or the NRA Members' Councils of California.
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Barack Obama (D-IL)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
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John McCain (R-AZ)
Palin, R-AK (In a sans lipstick moment)
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Chairwoman Carol Fowler, serving dinner
To All,
Oh, well, that's what one gets when one relies upon the folks at Animal
Planet for news photos on any one particular day. But given the true nature
of the candidates, perhaps Senator Obama should refrain from any "Wild
Kingdom"- like ripostes in the future. Otherwise he may just "boar" us all
to death before November finally arrives.
In other
news:
It
seems we missed one...:
One of the more memorable lines spoken by actor, and NRA Boardmember, Tom
Selleck in the movie "Quigley Down Under", goes like this"
"...We already run all the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to
England...".
Yet it seems that despite the actuality of that act of independence, an "emo-like"
comic going by the name of Russell Brand feels like he can cross the pond
and dictate electoral policy and criticism to voters in the Land of the Free
and Home of the Well-Armed.
Now, it seems that things have changed quite a bit since Benny Hill used to
entertain we colonials on late night syndication. But who would have thought
that the latest version of the "British Invasion" involved a guy whose hair
style makes George Clinton (Of Parliament-Funkadelic fame) look like he was
coiffed by Christoffe?
Perhaps Judge Chertoff can check this guy's visa for irregularities. Surely
Brand can be at least quarantined for the traditional 30 days that one
normally sees with other contagious livestock, before he is allowed to avail
himself of an implied First Amendment right to insult us to our faces. In
any case, he deserves deportation alone for making such a strong run at
winning Mr. Blackwell's ire for 2009. On the eve of the anniversary of 9-11,
perhaps Homeland Security can finally demonstrate that they truly have a
handle on things. Stay tuned.
Mary Beth Sheridan writes at the Washington Post about the scheduling this
week of legislation that would overturn some of the more egregious aspects
of the DC Handgun ban that remain despite Heller.
DC continues to ban semiautomatic pistols (No Olympic shooting gold
medalists in residence, eh Mayor Fenty?) by purposefully confusing them with
machine guns. What is more, DC is still trying to pass regulations that
would still make it quite difficult to defend oneself (so-called "safe
storage" regs) or transport the firearm to the gunsmith without police
escort.
Like drilling for domestic sources of petroleum, Lady Pelosi is confronted
with a goodly number of her caucus that wants to get the "little gold star"
from Chris Cox in time for the November Elections. Given that all hunting
photo-ops with Sarah Palin are booked past next Memorial Day, this
legislation may be the only way that members of the House AND the
Senate can get in the good graces of 4 million NRA Members-cum-voters prior
to November.
In any case, given that Morton Grove is possibly changing it's local gun ban
laws to comport with possession permissible under Illinois state law, DC is
rapidly running out of Official Antigun Sister Cities still located within
US borders to commiserate with. While this is as it should be, given that
gunowners and hunters want all of their civil liberties restored posthaste,
the egregious delays engineered by Mayor Fenty and the DC Council are
intolerable to say the least. That gunowners and hunters had to go to
Congress in the first place indicates that the city leadership in DC is
incompetent at best. Congress should perhaps rethink the whole "home rule"
thing as far as DC goes, unless the Fenty Bunch changes course soon. Stay
tuned.
How many bishops and arch-bishops can dance on the head of a pin(head)? Or,
in this case, two?
Julia Duin writes at the Washington Times about the continuing saga of
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Joe Biden, whose attempts to bring new
meaning to the phrase "papal bull" have run afoul of Catholic
teachings on life beginning at conception.
So far, 11 bishops have come out and danced "The Vatican Rag" on the
forelocks of Pelosi and Biden. Now all that remains is for them to complete
6 million "Hail Mary's", and 5 million "Our Fathers", and perhaps they will
refrain from speaking for the Church in the future.