Teeing it up: A Round at the LINKs (GUNS and TAXES edition)

Have you noticed the mood in America is beginning to change a bit.  It feels like its beginning to turn against the left?  I believe there are two reasons for this shift in the national mood.  The first is the gun debate.  Finally we’re having a discussion about gun rights and the second amendment and people are starting to dig into the intent of the second amendment.  We’re finally openly talking about how the right to bear arms is a safeguard put in place by our founders so that the people had a means to defend themselves against tyranny.  Yes that’s right as hard as it for many on the left to swallow, it’s not about hunting.  It’s about the individual having the capacity to protect their life, liberty, and property against those who would threaten any of them.  And gun rights advocates are winning the argument.  Some people are being educated for the very first time about our right to bear arms and why this right is an essential component of a free and secure state.  And you know what…people are getting it.  Look at gun sales and the NRA’s rise in membership.  This is why we’re starting to see more defections from Democrats, calling Obama’s proposal too extreme.  This is also why we’re seeing a number of states taking action at the state level to thwart any federal attempt to confiscate or ban guns,  The left hates having these types of debates in the open because they simply don’t have the facts or statistics to back their assertions.  Many in America view gun rights as a red line issue that should never be crossed.  The left knows this.  The left would rather use anti-gun propaganda to condition the people and have these discussions behind closed doors like the fiscal cliff negotiations.  They would then present us with their solution to curb gun violence and increase gun safety.  It would have been flawed and liberty stealing, but easier to sell to the people in the wake of the Newtown shootings.  The best way to defeat progressivism is to shine the light of truth on it and you can’t do that when you’re standing on the other side of a closed door.

The second thing that happened this past week was directly felt by most working Americans.  Their checks were a little smaller this week because their taxes went up.  Wait a minute I thought Obama promised not to raise a single tax on any American making under $250,000.  Well not so much.  Which makes him a big fat liar.  This is what we get when deals are negotiated behind closed doors and no one reads the bills before they vote on them.  This is what happens to the middle class when neither party has our best interest in mind.  And all this does is reinforce the stigma that people already have about congress; they’re nothing but a bunch of liars and crooks.  Trust me Obama will take a hit for this in his approval rating and he’ll take another hit when the Obamacare taxes kick in.  Elections have consequences and thanks to the uninformed/misinformed voter we’re all going to be reaping it for the next four years.  And now that people on both the left and right are feeling Obama’s broken promises, I predict the road will only get rougher for the anointed one. Now on to the links.

Below are links to outstanding articles by conservative bloggers.  Please take the time to hit them and while you’re there hit their tip jars if they have them.  These good people work hard each day to bring you the truth that seems to elude the bias media.  So tee it up and enjoy another SENTRY JOURNAL round at the LINKs.

A Conservative Teacher: No more playing nice in the defense of liberty and freedom

Ace of Spades: Media Rattled By Coming Layoffs at the NYT

Adrienne’s Corner: More Ben Shapiro…

America’s Chronicle: Oooops! There Is A New Entitlement Program In Disguise

American Glob: The Center For American Progress Proposes New Gun Laws

American Perspective: Judge Jeanine Pirro Fires Back At The Journal News Gun Map

America’s Watchtower: Obamacare actually bans gun and gun owner registration

ARRA News Service: Can Big Government Be Rolled Back?

Atlas Shrugs: Huff Po: Touts “Connection” between “Prophet Muhammad” and George Washington

Be Sure You’re RIGHT, Then Go Ahead: The Lincoln Liar

blogsense-by-barb: NRA Exposes True Obama Agenda on Guns!!

Blog de KingShamus: David Gregory Gets To Skate, Ben Shapiro Makes Piers Morgan Irate

Breitbart: Payroll Tax Hike Sparks Shock, Outrage   

BUNKERVILLE: DHS Buys 200,000 More Rounds of Ammunition

Catholibertarian: Origin of the Christmas Tree

Capitol Commentary: The Left’s Politics of Distraction

Conservatives on Fire: Does The US Presidential Chain of Succession Have A Missing Link?

Conservative Hideout 2.0: Video Shows How Gun Control Advocates Lie About the Numbers

COMMON CENTS: COMPLETE VIDEO: Ben Shapiro CUTS Piers Morgan DOWN

Doug Ross@Journal: MEMO TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS: Start drafting Articles of Impeachment…

Eye of Polyphemus: At Year’s End

Hot Air: So… who’s up for that carbon tax?

iOwnTheWorld: Reid, Johnson and Swallow

J O S H U A P U N D I T: Obama’s CIA Nominee Brennan: “Islam Helped To Shape My Worldview”

Laughing Conservative: Lying liar who lies

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: A “social media militia” can preserve our liberties today

Libertas and Latte: Gun Ban Idiocy

Liberty At Stake: Demotivational Nanny State Pelosi

Libertarian Republican: If Blacks had guns in the 1800s, perhaps we wouldn’t have had slavery

Maggie’s Notebook: Benghazi Ambassador Kidnapping Planned to Exchange for Blind Sheik?

Manhattan Infidel: Whale Beaches Itself; Motive Unknown

Moonbattery: Gun Survey

Motorcitytimes: Interesting Maps: 2012 Election Results vs. US Population Distribution

NUKE’S: Happy BD EAP

Pirate’s Cove: NJ Assemblywoman Wants Psych Evaluations For All Gun Buyers

Politics et al: Against Government Debt

Political Clown Parade: This Should Be A Teachable Moment

Political Realities: Joe Biden Claims Gun Control Is A Moral Issue

Proof Positive: New Trillion Dollar U S Coin: the Freddie Krugerrand

Randy’s Roundtable: Harry Reid And Company Ask Obama To Violate The Constitution

Right Truth: Gun News Today

rjjrdq’s America II: Did Muslims Discover America?

Say Anything Blog: Americans Still Upset About Smaller Paychecks Post “Fiscal Cliff”

Spellchek: Things the Obama/Biden task force on gun violence won’t be highlighting

teresamerica: Newtown: The Crux of the Problem

Texas Conservative News: Gun Control via Executive Order?

That Mr. G Guy’s Blog: GUN CONTROL: Let’s have a Discussion

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: TWO UNRELATED ARTICLES AT THE BBC? HARDLY

The BLAZE: Indicted Businessman Names Harry Reid as Alleged Recipient of Massive Bribe

The Camp Of The Saints: Plotting The West’s Decline

The Classic Liberal: theCL Report: Common Sense

The Daley Gator: Benghazi Terrorists, Skating Free

The Foundry: Cloakroom: It Begins Again…

The Lonely Conservative: Dem Rep Admits She Gets Talking Points From Media Matters

THE OTHER McCAIN: Rush Limbaugh Is Right: The Academic Pro-Pedophile Movement Is a Real Danger

The Reaganite Republican: Reaganite’s Sunday Funnies

THE rightscoop: Hezbollah Financing Terrorism Through Cigarette Smuggling

The TexasFred Blog: The latest Murder Statistics from around the World

Theo Spark: Don’t Cave to the Intolerant Left

TOTUS: Philosophy of Life

Virgina Right: I Just Joined the NRA – At $35 YOU SHOULD TOO!

WARD WORLD:

What Would The Founders Think: The Entitlement Culture

WESTERN HERO: Reckless Endangerment

WyBlog: Chris Christie is now more popular with Democrats than Republicans

Zilla of the Resistance: I Gotta Be Me…

Hmmm…so let me see if I understand this correctly.  We the wage earners must adjust our lifestyles to adjust to the increased confiscation of our wealth by the government, but government doesn’t have to change a thing to adjust its spending.  Yep sounds about right.  Doesn’t get any more in your face than that!

Thanks for all the great articles again and have a safe and lifestyle adjusting week.

Liberty forever, freedom for all!