The bank robber who strolled into a credit union very near to MJM this morning hardly hardly bore that swashbuckling mystique.  But, the local press has likened him to a pirate of old: wearing the skull & crossbones and now with a price on his head.  You can see the pusillanimous pathetic purported pirate here.  WARNING: prepare to be underwhelmed.

They catch the many wannabee bank robbers we have here within days, if not within hours.  I give this porky pirate 2 days.

Writers for Investors Business Daily said what I think but usually hold back from just saying outright. I’m there. Let The Revolution begin. We’ll see how far the political revolution called The Tea Party takes us.

Last week, in my home county, Robert Doyal started to answer a 1:00 a.m. knock at the door. Before he could see who was out there, a home invader blasted him with a shotgun, and then killed Doyal’s father’s fiance’.  Homeowner Larry Doyal quickly armed himself and fought back, stopping the rampage by killing one home invader and sending the other one running away wounded, to be rounded up by the Sheriff later.  But, his woman and his son were dead.

The Sheriff’s office believes the robbers sought drugs they believed Robert Doyal had at the home.

Lessons learned:

• Don’t answer the door at 1:00 a.m.
• Have a plan for what to do when some stranger seeks entry past your barriers.
• Don’t assume a “standard” home invasion scenario in which a couple of under-armed, pistol-packing demons try to kick your door in.
• If you have any Oxy, don’t tell anybody.
• Narcotic pain medication abuse continues almost unabated as a state-wide if not national disgrace.
• You may be law-abiding, scum-avoiding, and relatively safe.  Your family and extended family, however, may be opening your doors to the criminal underworld.
• We all owe a debt of gratitude to the armed citizen.  Thank you to Larry Doyle and my condolences for your tragic losses.

MJM is open to learning more about this crime, and more about what measures readers take to combat the increasing number of home-invasions.

This is a totally non-gun post. OK, I can stretch it a little. If you had a few more hundred dollars what gun would you buy? That next new gun would be a fun conversation but we can’t get there if you don’t have the extra money.

So this post is about the money. It is about the income tax–which may spark the next revolution and there I worked in the guns again!

Assume for the sake of argument that the rich do not pay their fair share and that taxes fall disproportionately on the poorer people. Just assume it. You don’t have to take it seriously.

A “disproportion” may be made proportionate by changing either the numerator or the denominator.  So, how about correcting the disproportion by cutting taxes for lower and middle income taxpayers? Voila! The unjust, out of proportion tax is corrected. Decide how great the gulf should be between what “they” pay and what “we” should have to pay and slash the income tax away!

And you have a few more dollars in your pocket.  Lots of people have a few more dollars in their pockets. Gun sales go up. And that’s a good thing.