government

This is not going to be the most popular blog post in the blogosphere today.  It’s not going to be the most popular blog post on Lockergnome.  In fact, it’s likely to be the most highly disagreed-with blog post on Lockergnome (among the four people who will read it).
I can safely say, however, that it [...]

About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with an AR-15 assault rifle, milled among protesters outside an event where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday in Phoenix. It’s the latest incident of gun-rights advocates visibly displaying firearms near the president. Phoenix police say the people with guns, including a man carrying the [...]

When I saw the above headline, many questions occurred to me….

Is that a lot of death threats?
Is it more than Bush?
Is the number up or down?
How many does Hillary get?

Apparently thirty is rather a lot of death threats per day, per president.  While the figures haven’t been broken down per day, this number is a [...]

If you were ever unsure about the pope, this should pretty much cement things:  The pope just did everything but use the words “New World Order” in calling for a New World Order.
In essence, this encyclical (”Charity in Truth”) bemoaned the sorry state of the world and advocated “a true world political authority whose task [...]

A UK man was arrested for revving the engine of his car in a racist manner.
How exactly does one rev one’s engine in a racist manner?
I don’t know everything about cars but I do know that there is not an engine on the planet that makes a noise like the n-word when revved.  Fords don’t [...]

Courtesy of Citizens for Legitimate Government:
The NSA is doing continuous intercepts of phone calls and personal email of all Americans, not to mention foreigners.  In a manner that hasn’t been stated, someone momentarily roused Congress from its slumbers and it became irritated because it discovered the NSA’s spying is much worse than they initially disclosed.
Are [...]

I just got home from work.  The wife and I are discussing our days (actually she’s discussing, I’m listening) when her cell phone rings.
Right now I don’t have the words to tell you how much I hate that cell phone.  Ever since we changed our landline service, most of my wife’s calls come in on [...]

HONEY, CALL THE TRAVEL AGENT

Auditors have identified over 3800 vulnerabilities in the FAA’s Web-based air traffic control applications.
Don’t you feel safer now?
LEGAL BOVINE EXCREMENT
What happens when you surf porn at work?  You can wind up with a hacking charge.
HEALTH STUFF
Five symptoms you need to know to recognize a stroke immediately.
Stroke: 7 Signs You Could Be [...]

Here’s a sentence you don’t hear often…
Dole Food Company is being sued by the families of 57 people allegedly murdered by paramilitaries hired by the US firm at its banana plantations in Colombia.
Congress knew about waterboarding
The CIA says it briefed congressional leaders on waterboarding techniques.   You know - the ones they’re so outraged over [...]

Carrie Prejean Calls Release of Topless Photo an Attack on Her Faith
She gets implants, runs for Miss USA, goes religious all over America’s ass, and then the topless photos turn up.  Now this is an attack on her faith.  This girl should run for Congress (or worse).
2nd AMENDMENT IRONY
A student pulls a gun out of [...]