Update -- Guns, Tattoos and Tornados (and Jackasses)

Lots of stuff to update:

First, the US Supreme Court bitch slapped Washington DC and told them that the Bill of Rights provides an individual right to bear arms. Chi-town is next (suits against the handgun ban were filed within 15 minutes of the decision), so I'm bringing my P90 home soon. Fan-fucking-tastic.

Second, even though the in-laws were in town this weekend, it was just too hard to pass up the body art expo at Navy Pier on Saturday. For my next one, I'm looking at working with Rodney Taylor at Speakeasy (formerly of Insight Studios), P at Mystic, or someone at Chi-Town Tattoo (only if it turns out this is the next generation of Miami/LA Ink, which means they brought a bunch of really good artists into one new shop).

Third, I'll pull together a full post on the Chapman tornado soon. There have been several charities set up (still checking to see if they are 501(c)(3)'s) and the rebuilding and cleanup is moving forward.

Finally, Democrats are stupid. Obama has now contributed to Hillary's campaign, because poor, poor Hillary put her campaign $20 million in debt. How anyone can view this as anything besides making Hillary a paid mouthpiece for Obama ([insert Bill/Monica joke here]) is beyond me.

Guns Guns Guns

The US Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision today on District of Columbia v. Heller. Heller is the case challenging Washington D.C.'s ban on firearms, and is the most important second amendment case in 68 years (since they talked about sawed off shotguns, which, by the way, kick ass), or arguably ever.

At issue is whether the right to bear arms is an individual right or a collective right of a militia. The bottom line is whether the government, like the city of Chicago, can tell its citizens, like me, that they have to leave their guns at the city limits.

My prediction: The court will decide that the right to bear arms is an individual right, and the government may not restrict that right except in very important circumstances. Any restrictions will be subject to "strict scrutiny" (remembered that term from Con Law) just like restrictions on free speech or religion.

Poor Hillary

Poor Hillary. In her quixotic quest to win the Democratic nomination, tilting at windmills months after everyone knew she had lost, her campaign ended up about $20 MILLION in debt (about half of which she personally loaned her campaign).

Now, she would like your help paying off that debt.

From her website: "By helping us pay off our campaign debt, you're not just helping Hillary elect a Democratic president and grow our majority in Congress. You're making it possible for her to work as hard as she can on the issues we care about."

Only a Clinton could make a request as assinine as this. With gas prices at record highs and all of the economic difficulty in our country right now, this crazy lady (with a family fortune in excess of $100 million), would like all of us to help bail her out of a problem she created for herself.

Here's a quarter you raving lunatic. Call someone who gives a shit.

Pray.

Here is my high school.

















Pray for the town of Chapman, Kansas and all of the people dealing with this.

(My family is all ok -- no damage to the farm or Mom's place.)