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There’s a spot in my garage waiting to be filled by a Beauty like this.

I inherited a classic pinball machine. Rated the best Celebrity Themed machine of all time. I’m working on a full restoration. My intention is to hand it over to my first grandson. Ummm, that is if I have one. Let’s hope that’s a ways off.

Actual pictures to come.

Go ahead....Take my gun!

If you are one to believe the Liberal Lefts propaganda you best start preparing yourself for a life of servitude. Give up your guns and you give up our right to defend your self and your family.

Never mind the criminal. A criminal may affect your life for a finite period of time. Tragically even perhaps. But one can deal with that temporary situation.

Consider this quote “an armed population are civilians, an un-armed population are subjects”. In other words your Government is to be feared as much if not more so than the average criminal that you may or may not have issue with. Once you have become subjugated by your government there is no turning back. Not for generations at least, to be sure.

History does tell. Those that believe otherwise would do good to revisit even recent history. I’m 46. I failed most of my history classes in high school and never attended college, however I do remember the important stuff. Remember Nazi’s, Hitler and the Holocaust? How ’bout Stalin and his “Great Purge”. Does this mean I believe Obama and his Regime wants to kill me? NO. But I definitely reserve my right to defend myself if ANYONE does.

I think my opinion is clear from this post. I will add some quotes and some links to those better prepared than I to make this argument. That there is an argument at all baffles me!

Even JFK [Democrat] said  “By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy  Found Here

My father immigrated here from Switzerland in 1957. Consider FACTS from Switzerland, the most heavily armed citizenry in the world. The Swiss influence is clear in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” BTW, “A well regulated militia,…” does not mean the National Guard. IF it is to be construed as such then it should be mandatory, as it is in Switzerland to serve in a National Militia.

Monarchist philosopher Jean Bodin, writing in 1606, denounced free speech and arms possession by commoners. Subjects must be disarmed to prevent democratic sedition, he said.

Beware the man who asks to hold your gun…he may very well use it against you!

James Madison wrote- “The ultimate authority…resides in the people alone.”

“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution.

The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much …to forget it.”

Benjamin Franklin : “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

For those that believe the Constitution was not written for our times:  Thomas Jefferson wrote -

“On every question of construction of the Constitution, let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”

Another from Thomas-

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

Damon and I wanted to see G.I Joe (not very good BTW) and the only theater in the area that had it was this little out of date theater. We got a good laugh out of it.

This caught my eye. Beyond the pretty girls, this was shot very cool.

Watch this fun video made from 60,000 still images.

IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH , READ WHAT A
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER HAS TO SAY…

Michael Connelly of Carrollton, Texas is a retired
Constitutional lawyer and has read the entire health care bill and has
some comments, not about the bill, but about the effects on our
Constitution.

It’s a broader picture than just health care reform. It’s
time we sit up and pay attention; once this sort of thing happens, it
will be irreversible.   We have reason to be very afraid of what is
happening.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILLS!

Well, I have done it!
I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200:  The Affordable
Health Care Choices Act of 2009.  I studied it with particular emphasis
from my area of expertise, constitutional law.  I was frankly concerned
that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be
unconstitutional.  What I found was far worse than what I had heard or
expected. To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and
its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the
media are saying.  The law does provide for rationing of health care,
particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are
involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion
services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of
the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government
run system.  All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be
made by federal bureaucrats and most of them will not be health care
professionals.  Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and
allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled.

However, as scary as all of that it, it just scratches the surface.  In
fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of
providing affordable health care choices.  Instead, it is a convenient
cover for the most massive transfer of power to  the Executive Branch of
government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated.  If this
law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of
the United States will effectively have been destroyed. The first thing
to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government.
The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority
in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people and
the businesses they own.

The irony is that the Congress doesn’t have any
authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with.  I defy
anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority
granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care. This
legislation also provides for access by the appointees of the Obama
administration of all of your personal healthcare information, your
personal financial information, and the information of your employer,
physician, and hospital.  All of this is a direct violation of the
specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution protecting
against unreasonable searches and seizures.

You can also forget about the right to privacy.  That will have been legislated into oblivion
regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide. If you decide
not to have healthcare insurance or if you have private insurance that
is not deemed “acceptable” to the “Health Choices Administrator”
appointed by Obama there will be a tax imposed on you.  It is called a
“tax” instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of
the due process clause of the 5th  Amendment.  However, that doesn’t

work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to
contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving
someone of property without the “due process of law. So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much out of the original ten in the Bill of Rights that are effectively nullified by
this law.

It doesn’t stop there though.  The 9th Amendment that
provides: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall
not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
The 10th Amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it  to the States, are
preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”  Under the
provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people
nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many
areas that once were theirs to control.

I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about
health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights.

Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to
“be bound by oath or affirmation” to support the Constitution.  If I was
a member of  Congress, I would not be able to vote for this legislation
or anything like it without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or
affirmation.  If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people
would hold me accountable.

For those who might doubt the nature of this threat I suggest they consult the source. Here is a link to the Constitution:

Constitution

And another to the Bill of Rights:

Bill of Rights

There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us.
Michael Connelly Retired Attorney, Constitutional Law Instructor
Carrollton, Texas

michaelconnelly.viviti.com

That and the fact that a treadmill is easier on the joints has me running inside, which is fine. After talking to people that run marathons I realize I have a long way to my own goal of 5k.

The views aren’t as good [but then again...] but I get what I need.