Henny, Caffeine, Green, Nicotine?

So just how are we going to pay back our massive debts to China? I figure we can just sell them some weapons, we're good at making those. Wouldn't it be funny if, once again, we were selling (or giving) weapons to the very groups that intend to use them against us/our interests?
No, it wouldn't be funny.

National Geographic - 21st-Century Slaves

Saw this a bit ago and forgot to post it. There was something on RawStory about the topic yesterday I think.

I, uh, yea.

Illegal immigrants sue Arizona rancher for $32M for "civil rights violations" centered around him holding them at gunpoint when he found them TRESpassing through his ranch. You guys and gals should read this article. This is pretty sad, but I have to assume there's no way they'll get a thing. The guy has turned over 12,000 illegal immigrants over the last 10 years. Wow...

Dallas folks turn in guns for $50 grocery cards. Justification from sheriff's dept? Now those guns won't be in houses for kids to make mistakes with and, "they might have been used in a crime in the future." Who here blames the pen for bad grammar? There are better ways to avoid those things that don't result in a loss of people's ability to defend themselves from harm. Great.

AH WTF!

Investment Tips

So I noticed this article today about the rise in gun sales in the last year. Sales have risen 8-10% at a time when people are spending less on everything else. The Washington Post cites the reason as Obama's threat to gun ownership and his proposed block of certain types of firearms, but I remember an article that I can't find that said gun sales went up 50% in Austin, Texas mainly because people are afraid that the wrong person is going to win the Presidency. It's crazy how militant some people are becoming over this election. I was in Asheville last night dressed as a zombie protesting Sarah Palin, and as the people were filing out of her speech, they were yelling at us way more than we were yelling at them. Honestly I didn't know it was a protest until I got there, and I have never been yelled at, called a faggot, and flicked off so much in my life.

*note*
Apparently the Washington Post makes you sign up to look at their articles now... I can't stand it. Also I've been working on a long entry that keeps getting deleted... Blogger is killing me lately.