Thank you, Paul Rodgers

[wombat_socho]

Watching all this partisan poo-flinging going on about the whackjob who gunned down Judge Rolls, that poor little nine year old girl, and the other four victims of his lethal lunacy, I can't help but think of the Soviet-era proverb: C volkami zhit, kak volkami krit, which loosely translates "If you run with the wolves, howl like them." For those of you who don't get how that applies in the current political context, let's just say that there are a lot of un-housebroken leftist puppies out there howling at the tops of their lungs so the alpha wolves won't think they've strayed from the groupthink of the pack.

Truly, there is nothing new under the sun. But I'd like to think, occasionally, that my political opponents didn't include so damn many Stalinist wannabees.

Comments

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

I dunno if I would have wanted to chance a shot in the kind of f'ed up situation that was going down, with people running every which way to get away from this murderous fuck. Unless you're an expert combat pistol user, your chances of hitting someone else in that situation are unfortunately kinda large.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

I'd heard that the nearest armed citizen was in a drugstore across the way. When he realized what was happening, he ran toward the action. They'd already tackled Loughner, so he helped them hold L. down and didn't draw.

BTW, is that a Bulgarian Mak in your icon? The grip looks like one of those thumbrest jobs they tacked on to "sporterize" Bulgies for import.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

No, Masha's from the original factory in Izhevsk.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

I've got a Soviet from Izhevsk, as well. A few years ago, they got around the Clinton No-Guns-From-Russia thing by slapping bulgie-import grips on some Soviets. Mine actually got "Bulgaria" stamped on the slide, but it's got a Soviet arsenal mark. Showed it to a guy who specialized in Sov surplus, and he said I'd guessed right.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

I bought mine in 2004, IIRC, which would have been after the expiration of that particular stupidity.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

Actually, that was a different piece of stupidity. The no-guns-from-Russia thing was the result of some strings attached by Clinton to a foreign-aid-and-trade package for the Russkies. "We give you $$, you don't sell us guns." Different from the Ugly Gun Ban(tm), 1994-2004, may it RIH (Rot In Hell).