tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1513819076165334861..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Has Henry Blodget Ever Heard of Afghanistan?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78249093506007196832012-12-16T00:23:52.257-05:002012-12-16T00:23:52.257-05:00The ignorance about citizens fighting the military...The ignorance about citizens fighting the military from this author assumes the entire military will side with the government. Does he not realize how many "gun nuts" are in the military? Or how Ron Paul received the most donations by far in the primary? Plenty of people in the military would refuse to fight against US civilians or even outright side with them if things got bad Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39763722585315704722012-12-16T00:22:23.863-05:002012-12-16T00:22:23.863-05:00Actually only 358 were murdered with a rifle in th...Actually only 358 were murdered with a rifle in the last year available from the FBI. So more people were stabbed, beaten to death with hands, or beaten to death with clubs than murdered with a rifle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29228735028483954962012-12-16T00:21:27.456-05:002012-12-16T00:21:27.456-05:00If semi-auto rifles are so ineffective, why does i...If semi-auto rifles are so ineffective, why does it terrify the establishment fascist types so much and they want them banned? It certainly isn't based upon crime.<br /><br />http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl08.xls<br /><br />358 were murdered with a rifle in 2010. 358! To put that into context, fists/hands were 745, knives Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55984765823724868812012-12-15T21:53:12.050-05:002012-12-15T21:53:12.050-05:00Stories of liberty like this and in Afghanistan ma...Stories of liberty like this and in Afghanistan make me want to go out and buy a 2nd AK, just because. I think I will, before it's too late, ... and prior to The Wall coming down.<br /><br />The rest of the world may have gone bonkers, but I'm not just going to let them walk all over me like a dog rolling over on it's belly.<br /><br />When I see republicans and democrats - that'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36877191119773806382012-12-15T17:56:54.549-05:002012-12-15T17:56:54.549-05:00Uhmurka's much ballyhooed "military might...Uhmurka's much ballyhooed "military might" is a lot of hype. I mean, what's a warmongering, military-industrial complex corporate welfare bootlicker to do? Admit that the taxpayers have been robbed? The U.S military is pretty good at blowing up stuff. At winning wars? No so much.Jay Bronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042381782799522208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76670353209215522692012-12-15T17:47:06.288-05:002012-12-15T17:47:06.288-05:00Also, part of the problem in Afghanistan is the mo...Also, part of the problem in Afghanistan is the mountainous terrain. I read an article somewhere, maybe here?, that an indigenous population in a mountainous terrain very rarely gets defeated even if outnumbered and out gunned. If Americans decided to overthrow the government, depending on circumstances, there could be many members of the military who would be sympathetic and either refuse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89439116282815618532012-12-15T17:09:22.093-05:002012-12-15T17:09:22.093-05:00"Anyone who thinks a few assault weapons will..."Anyone who thinks a few assault weapons will allow citizens to resist tyranny and overthrow our government hasn't seen the weaponry our military has developed in the past 200 years. Your "well-regulated state militia" is going to hold off the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines? Keep dreaming."<br /><br />This is a very revealing statement. He is saying that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56891359507398398392012-12-15T14:30:34.324-05:002012-12-15T14:30:34.324-05:00I also like the example Andrew Napolitano highligh...I also like the example Andrew Napolitano highlighted in Constitutional Chaos, where the ZOB (a group of Jewish Zionists)stole a bunch of rifles and grenades from NAZI soldiers and were able to kill 300 Nazis and fight for a month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19199148058364133092012-12-15T13:21:11.742-05:002012-12-15T13:21:11.742-05:00About 500 people a year are murdered with rifles, ...About 500 people a year are murdered with rifles, about the same number of people who die from falling out of bed. Typical statist insisting upon statist solutions to problems that don't even exist (like market failure?).Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com