From Tulsa World:

Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday signed a measure allowing for guns to be carried openly.

The new law takes effect November 1st and you still need a CCW permit before you can do so.

Because they are the worst. This story involves a wounded vet on leave, properly transporting firearms through our nation’s capital, and how he was treated by some of the cops there. Rather than even try to quote a part of it — which would do the whole sorry story injustice — I’ll just urge you to read the whole thing.

The cops involved in this should have been thanking this man for his service — and the sacrifice of, the injuries he sustained in doing so — but instead, these cops treated him worse than, well:

Mr. Kim recalled. “I remember thinking, we treated detainees in Afghanistan better than this.”

Tar-and-feather these douche-bag cops.

For a guy who kept saying, sarcastically, that he’d like to see Sarah Palin on Jeopardy!, he made a fool of himself on the show. Video and transcript at the link.

At the Wall Street Journal, a look at two governors. One (N.J. Gov. Christie) is succeeding in getting state debt under control. The other (CA. Gov. Brown) is failing. You can read the comparison here.

If you’re going to steal a valuable antique gun, don’t then try to sell it on national TV. From the Denver Post:

A 64-year-old Erie man who tried to sell an antique pistol on the Discovery Channel TV show “American Guns” in December is accused of stealing the $20,000 revolver from a private museum in New Mexico.

More at the link. The gun is a Colt Dragoon black-powder revolver dating from the 1800’s and a viewer who knew of the missing gun called authorities. I’m guessing the alleged crook isn’t the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

From the NRA:

Senate Bill 2573, sponsored by state Senators Harold Metts (D-6), Rhoda Perry (D-3), Juan Pichardo (D-2), Paul Jabour (D-5) and Elizabeth Crowley (D-16), is a dramatic departure from current law and completely overturns state pre-emption of firearms. This bill would allow anti-gun localities to impose whatever gun control measures they desire, and strip the state of its ability to regulate firearms. This dangerous and sweeping bill needs to be defeated.

The second bill, Senate Bill 2582 would impact innocent youth going hunting or just being pulled over driving their parents’ car if one of the parents left a gun in it.

More at the link.

The Obama campaign has released yet another ad that has already been debunked. Even by one of their MSM boosters. From the Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis:

The Obama campaign is out with a new two-minute attack ad, hitting Mitt Romney on his past at Bain Capital. The ad, set to run in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Colorado, plays up the “vulture capitalism” angle. “It was like a vampire,” says a former GS Steel worker named Joe Cobb. “They came in and sucked the life out of us.”

The Romney campaign is expected to push back aggressively on what they view as a major distraction from the president’s disastrous economic record. It shouldn’t be terribly hard. The bankruptcy and layoffs occurred in 2001, two years after Romney quit running the day-to-day activities of Bain (in order to head the Salt Lake City Olympics.)

In the end, it all comes back to, “Are you better off than you were four-years-ago?”

No, I’m not.

Update 5/15: While Romney left Bain Capital two years before GS Steel went bankrupt, one guy was and is still there. From Breitbart:

. . . there was a political power-player serving as a director of Bain at the time of the company’s bankruptcy and layoffs–Jonathan Lavine. Lavine joined Bain in 1993. He is currently Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. He is also a major bundler for Barack Obama, raising between $100-200k for the his reelection. While we don’t know the specific role Lavine had in decisions regarding the bankrupt company, he certainly had more influence than someone who had left Bain two years before.

That’s the theory being put forward in a new book.

Alaska has a specific law allowing guns in employee’s locked vehicles. This item is in a Q & A about employee rights (second item, scroll down) from the Anchorage Daily News. From the answer, it is clear that the company that fired him violated Alaskan law but that the ex-employee might have brought about the whole problem himself. Unfortunately there’s no follow-up in the story but I suspect a lawsuit in the making.

From the Daily Mail:

Obama’s $150,000 ‘BRIBE’: His campaign team ‘paid Rev Wright to stay quiet during 2008 campaign’

Reverend Jeremiah Wright caused problems for President Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008, and new details have emerged alleging that the then-candidate tried to convince his former pastor to keep quiet.

The retired pastor, who came under fire after an old sermon where he said that the September 11 terrorist attacks were ‘America’s chickens coming home to roost’, said that he was offered $150,000 to stay silent until the election was over.

Read the whole thing. Granted, this was during the 2008 campaign but if the Main Stream Media can draw inferences about Romney from a high school prank 45-years-ago then I guess we know how corrupt Obama is from actions of four-years-ago.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you that are, er, mothers. Here are a few old time radio shows for you. You can listen to them directly, or right click and “save file as” to download for later enjoyment.

1. From the Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, May 8th, 1949:

2. My personal favorite of this bunch. William Bendix in the Life of Riley, May 11th, 1946:

3. Jack Benny is the ‘mother’ of his cast in this May 8th, 1938 broadcast:

4. A drama from the Hallmark Playhouse broadcast on May 10th, 1951:

Have a terrific day, everyone. Thanks for stopping by!

That would have to be: Betty White Endorses Obama. Boy, that’s an ‘effing surprise!

From NewsOK:

NORMAN — Gov. Mary Fallin said Saturday she will sign a bill into law that will allow Oklahomans with concealed handgun permits to carry their weapons in the open.

“I’m going to be signing that bill,” Fallin announced to 1,400 delegates at the Oklahoma Republican State Convention, drawing cheers and applause. “I’ve been waiting a long time.”

Oklahoma will become the 26th state to allow open carrying of handguns, she said.

I’m kinda’ like, ‘Yeah, big deal,’ about this since you still need the government’s permission (a CCW license) to do so.

Still, maybe it will eliminate those incidents where a licensed CCW’er was carrying and his jacket was blown aside by the wind and the gun momentarily exposed — instantly summoning a citation from a cop. Don’t laugh — it happens in some states.

In case you were wondering just what you’re eating - or rather - what’s IN what you’re eating . . . 18 Grossest Food Ingredients.

Actually, most of them that are listed here in this Health.com slide show don’t bother me. Not even the ‘bug’ ones since long ago Consumer Reports let me know that Peanut Butter, one of my favorites, has lots of pieces of insects in it.

Now, you will never catch me eating tripe (cow stomach), or cow brains either. I just won’t. I’m not a big ‘internal organ’ fan although I admit that much of what I eat does contain them — even hamburger, et al. No liver for me.

From Click Orlando:

An unidentified entrepreneur admits he is trying to profit off Trayvon Martin’s death by selling gun range targets featuring the teen who’s death has sparked a nationwide controversy.

Although Martin’s face does not appear on the paper targets, they feature a hoodie with crosshairs aimed at the chest. A bag of Skittles is tucked in the pocket and a hand is holding a can resembling iced tea.

I’m sorry. I know that many of you might disagree with me but this crosses the line on bad taste. It is up to the courts to decide what really happened that unfortunate night but selling targets that obviously refer to or resemble Martin is not the type of image that we in the pro-gun rights community should be presenting to the public at large.

Just in the name of decency and compassion for Trayvon’s family and friends, this seller’s product is - to me - obscene.