Do you suppose cows have any idea what’s coming as they’re marched down the chute? Or do they stare with bovine indifference at the tail and hind quarters in front of them, until they’re suddenly – and very briefly – startled by the man with the nail gun?

Someone, somewhere needs this legislation to pass. To what end we can only speculate.

The NAR’s data have been, in part, used as evidence of economic recovery. We now learn that the numbers are pure conjecture.

A new promotional advertisement from online gun and ammunition dealer USA Ammo will likely have President Obama’s base up in arms (not the ones protected by the 2nd Amendment, of course).

The cheerleaders can scream as loudly as they want. Not even a bullhorn will help change the reality. This economic climate is not normal. Retail sales are not coming back.

Not to worry though, because this can’t happen in the United States. We’ve got a modern day centrally managed economy, secretive monetary policy, banks that will do whatever it takes to hide losses, and financial regulatory agencies that are happy to look the other way if there’s any sign of trouble.

Richard was led to the interrogation rooms at the end of a long hallway. The walls were white, perfectly clean and sterile. Each cell was small, with a thick metal door and a small plexiglass window for observation. He had always heard of the “dungeons” the CIA used in Eastern Europe; dark places covered in the unwashed filth of multiple torture sessions…

If it turns out to be the gun industry equivalent of a Trojan Horse, and Freedom Group management is embedded with anti-Second Amendment leadership, then Congressional lobbying efforts to expand gun freedoms could be muted and restrictive legislation enacted as a result.

The evidence is right in front of us – it is overwhelming and very compelling. Our government is, without a doubt, preparing for an event(s) that will likely result in the mass detentions of tens of thousands of individuals across the entire United States.

If you want to leave all of your money entrusted with the very same people who have stolen billions in tax payers’ dollars to pay off their fraudulent too-big-to-prosecute schemes, be our guest. If you believe that the FDIC will have enough funds to bail out individual Americans, then we suggest you go ahead and have another glass of Kool Aid.

Civil disobedience will only work until the people realize nothing has been done – and that nothing can or will be done. When they finally understand that politicians, bureaucrats and corporate interests have completely destroyed their way of life, then we can fully expect violent confrontations and mid-east style, potentially armed, riots in the streets of America.

In this speech calling for the removal of the detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, Senator Paul highlights, in surprising detail, activities that are now considered by Homeland security and law enforcement to be suspicious and potentially terroristic in nature.

Over a hundred thousand Americans came to the conclusion that rising crime, sustained unemployment, suggestions of apocalyptic meltdown in Europe, and fear of a potentially catastrophic hyperinflationary depression in the United States are reason enough to have a firearm – just in case.

The latest incident to be blown out of proportion (literally) comes to us from San Jose, California, where police mounted a full scale response when alert citizens at the local post office reported that a man in unusual gear was fidgeting with a package.

Things may look good on the surface, especially when the government’s cheerleaders step up the intensity like they have today and the hopium pushers dish out more mainline optimism to unsuspecting consumption addicts the country over. In reality, however, not much has changed. The unemployment numbers remain abysmal and our economy teeters on the edge of complete collapse.