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In the news: The Arms Room

Taking my nightly tour of the web, I found this at Instapundit:

 

October 26, 2011

NEW INNOVATIONS IN RETAIL SPACE: “I’ll tell you one thing, I don’t have to worry about getting robbed, that’s for sure.”

 

That link takes you to an Ann Althouse link, (I know, what a surprise from Insty, eh?!), but this one is well worth your click, and your time: 

October 25, 2011

 

"New Tricks for Old Malls... Gun Ranges, Aquariums, Go-Carts."

The WSJ reports:

Jin Dong, the manager of a Mattress Giant store that shares a wall with the Arms Room, is one of the gun range's happy neighbors.  (continued at linked article)

 

Speaking as a frequenter of The Arms Room, let me commend Mr. James for a job very well done.

 

The WSJ article didn't mention Mr. James' son, Travis.  A master guru of the AR-15 platform in all it's variations.  He built mine to order on a Rock River Arms receiver, and it's a 1/4" MOA rifle with the right ammo.

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Underachievers

One of the benchmark tenets of Communism is the moldy olde quote from Karl Marx, to wit:

"From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs."

Classic.

So now, we have the so-called "99 percenters" descending upon Houston to make their demands upon the productive class.  Recently, one of the "99'ers" published a list of "demands", which pretty well reflects a short distillation of the countless causes represented among the disparate rabble who are currently serving as bedbug chow in New York, Boston and other previously targeted cities.

Looking at those demands, it's evident that these punks fall well short of measuringup to Marx's dictum.  They're not even interested in the "From each" part of the equation, whining endlessly about wanting the "to each" portion of things.  They want the fruits of society's labors, all while striving for not much more than achieving a storied career as a part time barrista or some comparable version thereof.  All while expecting a standard of living reflective of one who has done what it takes to earn an upper-middle class income.

Putting it bluntly, in the social and economic scheme of things, they don't even rise to the level of a straight-up Communist.

 

 

 

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