Month: November 2012

Bloomberg FAIL

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Despite the fact that the candidates largely ignored their issues, the antigunners are claiming victory with Obama’s re-election.

Mayor Bloomberg is not one of them.  His efforts at throwing money around didn’t work out so well:

“Late in this year’s election cycle, Mayor Michael Bloomberg suddenly announced the creation of a “super PAC,” Independence USA, through which the billionaire mayor could funnel unlimited sums of cash to candidates who support his political agenda of gun control, gay marriage and education reform. Looking at the federal races Mr. Bloomberg aimed to influence through the new political action committee, however, a majority of his candidates narrowly lost last night …”

See, it’s not all bad.

Election aftermath

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Obama won re-election.  I find this astounding.  He was dead silent on his signature “achievements”: Obamacare and the porkulus bill.  The economy tanked, unemployment increased  and the debt went through the roof.  He did basically did nothing for the last two years after the Republicans took control of the House.  In spite of this, he won.

Congresswomen Nan Hayworth, Ann Marie Buerkle and Kathy Hochul all lost.  Buerkle’s loss is particularly bad given the money Mayor Bloomberg put into her opponent.

Control of the State Senate is in question.  The Republicans managed to fuck themselves by losing a couple of seats once held by incumbents who voted for the gay marriage bill.  This is real bad as the microstamping will likely go to the floor for a vote.

At the national level, I cannot see any gun control bill going anywhere.  There just aren’t the votes to move it.  The main concern, other than a return of stagflation, will be possible SCOTUS retirements.

CSGV cares

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The Laddities care about our safety.

Time to reconsider gun laws?

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In the aftermath of the storm, some residents are coming to the realization that they alone are responsible for their own personal safety and are acting accordingly:

“… Ever since Sandy strafed the Queens peninsula and tore up the boardwalk, it’s become an often lawless place where cops are even scarcer than electrical power and food. Locals say they are arming themselves with guns, baseball bats, booby traps — even a bow and arrow — to defend against looters …

This is just common sense, something Mayor Bloomberg sorely lacks.  His solution was to shove his head further up his own butt and decline assistance from the National Guard because they carry guns:

“… “We don’t need it,” Mayor Bloomberg said on Wednesday during a press update on the city’s ongoing Hurricane Sandy cleanup. “The NYPD is the only people we want on the street with guns.” …”

It should be blindly obvious that Bloomberg’s approach is not working.

It is too soon to see if this will translate in legislative action to reform New York’s gun laws next session.

Bloomberg dumps money in CD-24

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Politico reports that Mayor Bloomberg has spent $400,000 in CD-24 in an effort to unseat Congresswoman Anne Marie Buerkle.  Buerkle has been very outspoken in her criticism of Eric Holder over the Fast & Furious scandal.

Bloomberg dumping money in California

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Mayor Bloomberg is really spreading it around:

“… On Tuesday, Bloomberg’s Independence USA committee spent $2,350,000 on a media buy to benefit Gloria Negrete McLeod, a Democratic State Senator in California who is trying to unseat the Democratic incumbent congressman, Joe Baca, whose positions on gun control the mayor has criticized …”

NRA rates Baca as B+ and McLeod as D.