Check out the video of a woman that showed up at a McCain Rally with a sign that said McCain=Bush.

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First, the cop states that he has been asked to remove her by the Secret Service.  Turns out this is a lie.  The Secret Service has now denied any involvement.

Second, the woman has a point at the end, if you voted for Bush and want to vote for McCain, what is wrong with the content of the sign?

Third, perhaps this is a sign that the Romney crew is finally in control of the McCain campaign.

Update:  The “Little Old Librarian” has now blogged about the incident.

So it appears that the even wierder than dungeons and dragons crowd aka the gun blogosphere has “sounded the alarm and circled the wagons” to attack Delaware liberal. Quite a bit of discussion has ensued and as usual. Those clinging to their beliefs are having a hard time comprimising at all.

So in my travels to testosteronesphere I have noticed quite a few “defenders of the 2a” have talked a little bit about this article the article recently in the Washington Post regarding the study that PROVED owning a gun increases the risk of suicide. The article clearly states the study conducted over the course of 19 fucking years that

“that when people own a gun, they unwittingly raise their risk of getting hurt and killed — because the odds that they will one day use their gun to commit suicide are much larger than the odds they will use their gun to defend themselves against intruders, muggers and killers.”

So the question I’m dying to know is why are these “2A” freaks going so apeshit over this study? Why does this study matter SOOOO much for them to go on the “attack” and “muster” up all the “soldiers” they can to “launch” an “assault” on some blog that disagrees with them? So….why does it matter?

Why are these grown men so worried that a study showed:

“The evidence is overwhelming,” said David Hemenway, a professor of health policy at Harvard. “There are a dozen case-controlled studies, all of which show the gun in the home is a risk factor for suicide for the gun owner, for the spouse, for the gun owner’s children.”

I just don’t get it? The study (did I mention it took 19 years) was obviously very lengthy and conducted over a period of time where deep statistical analysis could be conducted and not argue against. So do people read stuff? did they see this little nugget?

The reason we can be sure that suicide — and not assaults, break-ins, muggings, school shootings and other fatal attacks by sinister strangers — would account for most of the stories is that suicide dwarfs homicide as a killer in the United States. There were 32,637 suicides in the country in 2005, the latest year for which statistics are available. That year, the collective homicidal mayhem caused by domestic abusers, violent criminals, gang fights, drug wars, break-ins, shootouts with cops, accidental gun discharges and cold, premeditated murder produced 18,538 deaths

hmmm…break ins….domestic abusers….shootouts with cops….do they sound like those type of “self defense” type arguements people like to make to advocate gun ownership. You know Assault weapon type stuff. 50 round/second shit….?

I kept reading this article done on a 19year study and i have a hard time arguing that guns are safe and we shouldn’t restrict them in some way:

But because guns are so lethal, 17,002 of all suicides in 2005 — 52 percent — involved people shooting themselves.

I saw some other tough guy say, well if they are weak then so be it. A “fuck the weak” type attitude. But I wondered would this same 2a guy really feel that way? After all our own VETERANS are attempting suicide at record numbers. I can’t imagine a soldier defending 2a could be so callous as to not understand suicide.

So I keep reading the article and I have to ask myself why does it matter that:

people who have lethal means at their disposal are much more likely to kill themselves than those who lack such means.

what is the big deal. It’s just a study done over 19 years and used a few hundred thousand situations to come up with this stunning analysis.

“If you bought a gun today, I could tell you the risk of suicide to you and your family members is going to be two- to tenfold higher over the next 20 years,” Harvard’s Miller said. “There are not many things you can do to increase your risk of dying tenfold.”

So what’s the big with the research?

What is the coolest handgun for a guy?

Which one is the coolest for a lady?

For the first time ever The Socialist Party of Delaware is going to be on the ballot.  I am really quite surprised that they were able to get on with the 1% requirement.  Jokes may ensue, but do so at your own risk (I’m looking at you RickJ).

They described not just standing, but being kept up on their tiptoes with their arms extended out and up over their heads, attached by shackles on their wrists and ankles, for what they described as eight hours at a stretch. During the entire period, they said they were kept stark naked and often cold.

Last night, in Middletown, residents were shocked, SHOCKED! that Sandra Bernhardt and John Waters would be performing in their city town.  The Unicity festival features The Fixx and over 100 artists from around the world converging on Middletown on August 2nd.

Middletown businessman Jay Heath spoke against two of the headlining acts at the Unicity Festival scheduled for Aug. 2. He said the acts of film director John Waters and comedienne Sandra Bernhardt were obscene and promoted an “extreme liberal agenda” inappropriate for Middletown.

“I know a lot of people who would consider this a threat to our wholesome, small-town atmosphere,” he said.  Acting Middletown Main Street Manager Tracy Skrobot said these acts are enclosed and in a place children cannot see them. They are also not paid for with taxpayer money.

Councilmember Kathy Kelly said she did not know about the acts and was shocked.  “I’m disgusted with it,” she said

I love that liberals can’t exist in a “wholesome, small town atmosphere.”  I guess that people in small towns don’t have freedom of speech or things that aren’t suitable for children.  Next we can ban dances because they are the work of the devil.

h/t suburban guerrilla

Socializing Loss, Privatizing Gain

You probably have heard that Tommywonk has been selected as the Delaware representative to the Democratic National Convention in Denver as a member of the blogging corps.  We are very happy for him.  Really.

What you may not know, is that along with this honor, comes a high price tag.  Tom must pay his own way to Denver.  Sure, he’ll be able to swipe a few donuts from the catered events that he can sneak into, but it will still be a significant financial hit.  Not that I priced going out there if DelawareLiberal were selected, but I’m guessing Tom will be out over a grand for the week.

We here at DelawareLiberal are big fans of Tommywonk.  He thinks, so we don’t have to.  So, we are holding a fundraiser for Tom.  The event will be held at the next Drinking Liberally at Catherine Rooney’s on July 31st at 7:30.  At that time, we will send Tom off with a bang.

The event will be the election of Delaware’s Hottest Blogger by ballot.  Since we are not public officials, we will be electing the Hottest Blogger with money.  Each vote will be written on a 5, 10 or 20 dollar bill and each $5 counts as a vote.  So a $20 bill gets you 4 votes.  All proceeds will go to Tom to help pay for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Unlike Delaware election law, you may write in any blogger name that you want to vote for, without regard for the favorites (Donviti and I).  Did I mention that all proceeds go to Tom?

So mark your calendar for the evening of July 31st to attend Drinking Liberally, spend time with fellow liberals and crashing libertarians (I’m looking at you TPN), and support the wonderful cause of sending Tom Noyes to Denver.  And for $5 you can either inflate Donviti’s ego, or crush it.

Government might bail out Fannie, Freddie

The congressionally chartered companies are considered the last bastions of support for the U.S. housing market, which is suffering its worst downturn since the Great Depression.

Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics

Dog, known in Chinese as “xiangrou,” or “fragrant meat,”

Which of the Amendments is the most important to you?