Yes we are!

2 Chronicles, Chapter 7, Verse 14:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Book Review "CATASTROPHE"

This one has been sitting on my to read book shelf for a while however I have finally sucked it down.  Now this was not a no brainer like the Bourne series where the 700 pages were devoured in just a few nights.  I actually payed attention to what Mr. Morris wrote.  

He has some valid points and some of his predictions did come true.  I would definitely take the time to add this to your summer leading list and be ready for the November midterm elections  by being informed.  That is one of the things the founding fathers wanted, was an educated population and electorate.  

Pay particular attention to Chapter 7 where the US taxpayer is giving financial aid to Hamas, and Chapter 14 where the Clinton's goofed and "gave" the oil industry an estimated $60 billion in lost royalty revenue!  You left wingers thought Bush/Cheney were in the bag for the oil industry!

1st Amendment

Somewhere I read something about free speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble... what was that document again??  Obviously I did not read this in Detroit!  Read the news clip

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Too good not to post

Keep America Safe: "100 Hours" from Keep America Safe on Vimeo.

This we will defend!

Any military officer worth their salt should have had a conversation amoungst their peers concerning this. When do you call a bullshit order a bullshit order and stand your ground? Pulling the trigger on the American people could end up very badly for federal troops and the government leadership. - Nutz

Our oath is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and not to any political party. In the long-standing tradition of the U.S. military, we are apolitical. We don’t care if unlawful orders come from a Democrat or a Republican, or if the violation is bi-partisan. We will not obey unconstitutional (and thus unlawful) and immoral orders, such as orders to disarm the American people or to place them under martial law. We won’t “just follow orders.” Our motto: “Not on Our Watch!” or to put it even more succinctly, in the words of 101st Airborne Commander General Anthony McAuliffe at the Battle of the Bulge, “NUTS!”

There is at this time a debate within the ranks of the military regarding their oath. Some mistakenly believe they must follow any order the President issues. But many others do understand that their loyalty is to the Constitution and to the people, and understand what that means.

Fitting for the times?

"There is no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."
— Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged."

You know my neighbor Scotty was reading this 1000 page book a while back... He said it was pretty good. Maybe I should add it to my pile of "to reads"

Send a Fax to your Congressman the Nerd way

Send a fax, kill some trees, keep the Axe Men in Washgington state employed!
1. What is my senators fax number they are published here!
2. Ok quick type out a quick letter to your congressman.

Dear Senator Webb:
I am a constituent of your here in the Common Wealth of Virginia. I think new health care bill is a waste of our tax dollars. Please oppose the Baucus legislation.

PS. If the government is having issues getting the new bill on line, please send to my address via US Mail ( I hear they are hurting for business) and my 2yr old will scan to PDF and post directly to the web in about 20 minutes!

Sincerely,
NUTZ

2. Save your word file some place you can find it like on the desk top.
3. Go to faxzero.com and follow the onscreen directions
4. You will get a quick email back from faxzero confirming the fax you are sending. Be sure to open the email and click on the link.

That is it, your fax has been sent!

Media Hypocracy 102

Rush and the NFL...

A bummer that Rush Limbaugh is getting such a bad rap for wanting to purchase an NFL team. More power to him if he has the cash! It is very hypocritical of the media to give Rush a hard time when the NFL and the media welcomes back the likes of Michael Vick a convicted felon and the multitude of other players who have done hard time for a crime.

You go Rush!

Listen to him live on WNIS 790AM here in the Tidewater

Brady Center speaks.....

Why does the Brady Center want to leave the innocent unprotected?

"It is a case that calls out for common sense," Brady Center attorney Daniel Vice said then. "It's ridiculous to bring a gun to a child's soccer game."

So, the Brady center must think it is also ridiculous to bring a gun to child's classroom or a center of higher learning or a National Forrest?

So, all of you police officers, leave your bullet launchers at home, it is ridiculous to bring a gun where children are present, especially you police officers at Virginia Tech, and Columbine HS Colorado, The Amish School in PA, and the school at Winnenden Germany and many others!

"Children were sitting at their tables, with pencils still in their hands, their heads fallen over on the table," said regional police director Ralf Michelfelder, describing the grisly scene that his officers found. "Most of them had shots in their head — it must have all happened in seconds."

NUTZ: Too bad the police were minutes away when seconds counted to stop this needless act of violence. Why does the Brady Center want to prevent people from being able to protect themselves from criminals?

Still not convinced, the Brady Center should also be complicent in the recent murder of two Virginia Tech students in The Jefferson National Forrest.

Friday, August 28th 2009,

Virginia Tech students David Lee Metzler, Heidi Lynn Child found slain at Jefferson National Forest

Jul 30, 2009

Washington, DC - A federal court today permanently vacated a last-minute Bush Administration rule allowing the carrying of loaded, concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. Responding to lawsuits filed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and parks groups, the court had previously issued a temporary injunction staying enforcement of the Bush rule, finding that the rule was “astoundingly flawed” and issued in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act.

I am sure Mike Peters of Mother Goose and Grimm would like to redue his strip from August 31st 2009

Is your Kid safe today?

*Obama's First Seven Months' Accomplishments*

1. Offended the Queen of England.
2. Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
3. Praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega.
4. Kissed Socialist Hugo Chavez on the cheek.
5. Endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
6. Sided with Hugo Chavez and Communist Fidel Castro against
Honduras.
7. Announced we would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions
while they're building their nuclear weapons.
8. Gave away billions to AIG also without pre-conditions.
9. Expanded the bailouts.
10. Insulted everyone who has ever loved a Special Olympian.
11. Doubled our national debt.
12. Announced the termination of our new missile defense system the
day after North Korea launched an ICBM.
13. Released information on U.S. intelligence gathering despite
urgings of his own CIA director and the prior four CIA directors.
14. Accepted without comment that five of his cabinet members
cheated on their taxes and two other nominees withdrew after they
couldn't take the heat.
15. Appointed a Homeland Security Chief who identified military
veterans and abortion opponents as "dangers to the nation."
16. Ordered that the word "terrorism" no longer be used and instead
refers to such acts as "man made disasters."
17. Circled the globe to publicly apologize for America's world
leadership..
18. Told the Mexican president that the violence in their country
was because of us.
19. Politicized the census by moving it into the White House from
the Department of Commerce.
20. Appointed as Attorney General the man who orchestrated the
forced removal and expulsion to Cuba of a 9-year-old whose mother
died trying to bring him to freedom in the United States.
21. Salutes as heroes three Navy SEALS who took down three
terrorists who threatened one American life and the next day
announces members of the Bush administration may stand trial for
"torturing" three 9/11 terrorists by pouring water up their noses.
22. Low altitude photo shoot of Air Force One over New York City
that frightened thousands of New Yorkers.
23. Sent his National Defense Advisor to Europe to assure them that
the US will no longer treat Israel in a special manner and they
might be on their own with the Muslims.
24. Praised Jimmy Carter's trip to Gaza where he sided with
terrorist Hamas against Israel.
25. Nationalized General Motors and Chrysler while turning
shareholder control over to the unions and freezing out retired
investors who owned their bonds. Committed unlimited taxpayer
billions in the process.
26. Passed a huge energy tax in the House that will make American
industry even less competitive while costing homeowners thousands
per year.
27. Announced nationalized health care "reform" that will strip
seniors of their Medicare, cut pay of physicians, increase taxes yet
another $1 trillion, and put everyone on rationed care with
government bureaucrats deciding who gets care and who doesn't. (See
cartoon.)

Daschle says, "Health care reform will not be pain free.
Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with
age instead of treating them," while former Colorado Governor Dick
Lamm says seniors have "a duty to die."

If this does not sufficiently raise your ire, just remember that the
President, Senators and Congressmen have their own special gold
plated health care plan which is guaranteed the remainder of their
lives and they are */not subject to this new law if they pass it/.*

Please use the power of the Internet to get this message out. Talk
it up at the grassroots level. We have an election coming up in one
year and two months where we can reverse the dangerous direction of
the Obama administration and its allies. In the interim, we can
make their lives miserable. Lets do it!

If you disagree, don't do anything.

--
The Second Amendment is in place in case the
politicians ignore the others.

A little humor to lighten the mood!

A cowboy from Texas attends a social function where Barack Obama is trying to gather more support for his Health Plan.

Once he discovers the cowboy is from President Bush's home area, he starts to belittle him by talking in a southern drawl and single syllable words.

As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?"

Obama stopped talking and said, "Well, yes, if that's what they're
called, but I've never heard of circle flies."

"Well Sir," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang around ranches.
They're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse."

"Oh," Obama replies as he goes back to rambling. But, a moment later he stops and bluntly asks, "Are you calling me a horse's ass?"

 "No, Sir," the cowboy replies, "I have too much respect for the citizens of this country to call their President a horse's ass."

"That's a good thing," Obama responds and begins rambling on once more.

After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, "Hard to fool them flies, though."

Bette Midler sees Civil war starting by asking Reasonable Questions in Unreasonable Times

Bette Midler Warns Glenn Beck Could Set Off a Rwanda-Like Civil War in U.S.
from NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias by Jeff Poor

It's just what the primetime cable news lineup needed - another hour-long program tilted toward left-of-center politics with character assassination on conservatives.

CNN Headline News debuted its "The Joy Behar Show" on Sept. 29, which included appearances by lefty comedian Jeanane Garofalo, CNN's Jack Cafferty and actress Bette Midler. Garofalo doubled down on her low regard for conservative 9/12 and tea party protesters, labeling them as racists. Cafferty went after President Barack Obama for his disregard of the carbon footprint his lobbying efforts in Copenhagen for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

However, actress-turned-Vegas entertainer Bette Midler went straight after former CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck. She was prodded by host Joy Behar, who mentioned Beck as someone who is encouraging a breakdown in so-called "political discourse."

"Someone like Glenn Beck has made gazillions of dollars because he's out there being sort of hateful in many ways," Behar said. "He calls himself a clown and a comedian. Do you think it's funny?"

Midler confirmed what one would probably expect - she's not a fan of Beck at all.

"I don't think he's funny even a little bit," Midler said. "I've never had a laugh from Glenn Beck. In fact, I find him terrifying. I find him terrifying. He's like an old school demagogue, and it's really frightening."

What did Midler compare Beck to? She likened the popular Fox News host to the instigators of the Rwandan civil war, which was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide where an estimated 800,000 to 1 million lost their lives.

"If you look around at the rest of the world and what this kind of behavior has done, like in Rwanda, where the demagogues got on the radio and fomented all that hate between the Tutsis and the Hutus and the devastation that happened from that, I mean, it's terrifying," Midler said.

According to Midler, that's a possibility in the United States.

"And that could happen, you know, you could turn on a dime," Midler warned. "That could happen here."

Behar reminded Midler the United States is a society that has free speech. However, according to Midler Beck isn't exercising free speech. He exercising hate speech she maintained.

"I don't think hate speech is so free," Midler said. "I'm not for censorship. But I also feel like, be a human being."

Behar explained basic civics to Midler - that what she deems "hate speech" is constitutionally protected. Midler blamed the education system for that sort of rhetoric.

"I think that the people who are educated to be civil are civil," Midler continued. "That's all there is to it. And people who are not educated in any way, who are just a little on the barbaric side, what can you do? But that's the fault of the education system, I think, and the way they're brought

Sharia In America

I am embarrassed that this is my home state of Michigan!


From a Friend of mine...

Over the last week, we've seen the arrest of a number of Muslim terrorists in the US with plans for blowing up transit systems, office buildings or attacking military bases. The conspirators have been immigrants as well as home grown converts to Islam. The following film will make you mad enough to spit in the eye of all those fine "Security" personnel harassing US citizens on public streets. You'll "get it" after watching the film.

During the last several years, I have unabashedly called on our government to do the following to help control the proliferation of jihad against us before more of us die:

1. Some Sunday morning at 0300 hours, a North American-wide raid should be coordinated with foreign governments to strike EVERY Mosque in Canada, the US and northern Mexico. What would we find? Illegal immigrants, cash, arms, ammo, explosives, computer hard drives containing contacts of jihadists overseas, attack plans and lists of willing jihadists here in this country.

2. What do we do with the those found with plans to attack the US? Try the US citizens in military tribunals for treason and hang them immediately and publicly if found guilty. I'm talking about full TV coverage especially the BBC, Algisera and all the networks that target Muslim audiences. I for one am tired of hearing stories of terrorists released from Guantanamo who return to the jihad to take up arms against the US overseas. Muslim terrorists respect power and sneer at perceived weakness.

3. Forbid US government agencies from using politically correct language when referring to Muslim terrorists. They are Muslims and they want to slit our throats. "Get It" and get over it. Naturally, our border must be closed tighter than a drum and our military is the force to use to close it.

4. Pursue the individuals in the following film who were wearing "security" T-shirts and determine their citizen status, questioning them for any hard evidence that they may have committed a crime beyond that of harassing US citizens in a public place. If they are here illegally and have committed no crimes beyond that, return them to their home country aboard US military ships in irons. Yes, use of the military in a war is perfectly OK. This is not criminal activity, we are at war! We don't use the police in a war, we use our military.

We are on the verge of all hell breaking loose in the Middle East thanks to the complete ineffectiveness of our political non-leadership over the last 40 years. When Israel strikes Iran, we are going to wish to high heaven that we had diffused all the behind-the-lines strikes that will come from all the jihadists already on our soil. It is no coincidence that four terror plots have been uncovered by the FBI and others in the space of a week!

As you watch the following video, ask yourself if the "National Civilian Security Force" proposed by then-candidate Obama on 2 July 08 would have a Muslim Brigade. Just wondering!?!?

I love the new Micro Media!

Come on Now?

Obama open to newspaper bailout bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
By Michael O'Brien - 09/20/09 04:24 PM ET

The president said he is "happy to look at" bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses.

Update to the Crowd Size in DC 12 Sept 2009

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From DC Tea Party

Conclusion: probably well more than 850,000 in the crowd.

Came across this on the web and it is worth reading. Those that were there know the enormity of the "party". Those that don't have be mislead by the "old"failing media outlets.

National Tea Party in Washington DC

Ok, so I am going to try to play with technology and build a slide show while on the move during our experience in DC..

God Bless America!

New Yorkers Must be proud...

Of their Senator!

This is from the Wall Street Journal....

Charlie Rangel Hides Income and Assets - WSJ.com

When you're a powerful Congressman and working diligently to increase tax rates to pay for President Obama's health-care plan, we suppose it's easy to lose track of one of your checking accounts. That would be the one at the federal credit union with a balance somewhere between $250,001 and maybe as high as $500,000. And when you're crunched for time and pulling together bills to pass in a rush, we guess, too, that you might overlook several other investment accounts, even if some of them are sizable, such as the ones Mr. Rangel missed at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer and BlackRock.

Our Country has been stolen from under our noses and is being run into the ground by crooks!

From the NY Post...

The problems with Rangel's 2004 disclosure report were so glaring that apparently they caught someone's attention, forcing Rangel to write a letter correcting his failure to fully disclose transactions that year.

I think i will just write a litter to the IRS when i fail to disclose all of my "extra" income... Oh that is right in the health care bill, the gov't can look in to my bank account and other such places to see my net worth!! Joy!!!

Obama’s New FCC “Diversity” Chief Believes Government Should Control All Media

A re post from "Flopping Aces"

Obama’s New FCC “Diversity” Chief Believes Government Should Control All Media: "

Have you met our newly appointed, Obama stamp approved, “Diversity” Czar for the FCC?

No?

Well…check him out.

Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a “confrontational movement” to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC.

Lloyd expressed his regulatory call to arms in his 2006 book, “Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America” (University of Illinois Press).

In the book, Lloyd also said that public broadcasting should be funded through new license fees charged to the nation’s private radio and television broadcasters, and that new regulatory fees should be used to fund eight new regional FCC offices.

These offices would be responsible for monitoring political advertising and commentary, children’s educational programs, number of commercials, and content ratings of the programs.

Frequently referencing one of his heroes, left-wing activist Saul Alinsky, Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet.

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Government, Lloyd said in his book, is the “only” institution that can manage the communications of the public, arguing that Washington must “ensure” that everyone has an equal ability to communicate.

“The American republic requires the active deliberation of a diverse citizenry, and this, I argue, can be ensured only by our government,” he says. “Put another way, providing for the equal capability of citizens to participate effectively in democratic deliberation is our collective responsibility.”

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With Alinsky as the political guide, Lloyd outlines nine “lessons” that people can draw on when trying to combat international businesses.

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To combat the control of international business and restore government to what he sees as its rightful place in managing public communications, Lloyd calls for a “confrontational movement” to protest the present order and organize a political movement that could force government to rein the businesses in.

“If our republican form of government is perishing because communications – the infrastructure of that republic – is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it?” he asks. “We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order.”

To do this, Lloyd draws on his experience lobbying the FCC during the Clinton administration, counseling would-be revolutionaries to follow the tactics used by other left-wing movements, such as the followers of Saul Alinsky and the people who ran the campaign to block Republican Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.

“We understood at the beginning, and were certainly reminded in the course of the campaign,” wrote Lloyd, “that our work was not simply convincing policy makers of the logic or morality of our arguments. We understood that we were in a struggle for power against an opponent, the commercial broadcasters ….”

“We looked to successful political campaigns and organizers as a guide, especially the civil rights movement, Saul Alinsky, and the campaign to prevent the Supreme Court nomination of the ultra-conservative jurist Robert Bork,” wrote Lloyd. “From those sources we drew inspiration and guidance.”

Oh, it get’s better:

Lloyd proposes six initial goals for wresting control of communications from the corporate interests he claims control it. As his book details:

1. “End the federal subsidy of commercial media, particularly cable and broadcast television. Broadcasters should pay for the great privileges of a federally protected license to operate a business by using the publicly owned [radio or television] spectrum.”

2. “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) must be reformed along democratic lines and funded at a substantial level. The CPB board should be elected, [with] eight members representing eight regions of the country (New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Plains States, Southwest, Mountain States, and the Pacific Coast) and a chairman appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate.”

“Federal and regional broadcast operations and local stations should be funded at levels commensurate with or above those spending levels at which commercial operations are funded,” said Lloyd.

“This funding should come from license fees charged to commercial broadcasters. … Local public broadcasters and regional and national communications operations should be required to encourage and broadcast diverse views and programs. … Spectrum allocations should be established that create clear preferences for public broadcasters ensuring that regional, local, and neighborhood communities are well served,” he added.

3. “The FCC should be fully funded with regulatory fees from broadcast, cable, satellite, and telecommunications companies. The FCC should be staffed at regional offices, matching those CPB regions, at levels sufficient to monitor and enforce communication regulation.

“Clear federal regulations over commercial broadcast and cable programs regarding political advertising and commentary, educational programming for children, the number of commercials, ratings information about programs before they are broadcast, and the accessibility of services to the disabled should be established and widely promoted.”

4. “Universal service support provided by all commercial telecommunications providers (whether they are classified as information services or not) to fund access to advanced telecommunications services should be expanded to all nonprofit organizations, including higher-level academic and vocational schools, community centers, and 501(c) (3) organizations unaffiliated with either business or government.”

5. “Postal subsidies should be fully restored to small independent nonprofits presses. Postal subsidies should be reduced for commercial and business operations. The postal service should be returned to congressional control with the central mission of ensuring that all Americans have access to the post.”

6. “Public secondary schools should be required to include civics and media literacy as part of their core curriculum. Testing on civic, media, and computer literacy should be required and national standards set.”

For those who think any or all of these recommendations might infringe on the free speech rights of broadcasters, Lloyd says his concern is not the “exaggerated” concerns over the First Amendment.

“It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press,” he said. “This freedom is all too often an exaggeration.

And just today Glenn Beck aired some footage of Lloyd speaking about the great change that happened in Venezuela with the dictator Chavez coming to power:

In Venezuela, with Chavez, really a incredible revolution. A dramatic revolution. To begin to put into place saying that we’re going to have impact on the people of Venezuela.

The property owners and the folks who were then controlling the media rebelled, work frankly with folks here in the US government, worked to oust him and came back and had another revolution and Chavez started to take the media very seriously in this country.

Get that? The “property owners” didn’t want a dictator, didn’t want Communism, and that’s bad. Our government even helped them fight against Communism but Chavez, Lloyd’s hero, came back fighting and took over the media…..which is a good thing to our new FCC czar.

He is completely opposed to any privately owned communications.

Read that again.

He want’s a government takeover of our media!

Here’s Glenn with Seton Motley:

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Where is the MSM? Why are they not freaking out? Hell, this guy just said that freedom of speech is “exaggerated.”

But the left and the MSM hide.

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Constition and the Bill of Rights in Work

Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest

PHOENIX (AP) - About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday—the latest incidents in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.

Gun-rights advocates say they're exercising their constitutional right to bear arms and protest, while those who argue for more gun control say it could be a disaster waiting to happen.

Phoenix police said the gun-toters at Monday's event, including the man carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, didn't need permits. No crimes were committed, and no one was arrested.

The man with the rifle declined to be identified but told The Arizona Republic that he was carrying the assault weapon because he could. "In Arizona, I still have some freedoms," he said.

Phoenix police Detective J. Oliver, who was monitoring the man at the downtown protest, said police also wanted to make sure no one decided to harm him.

"Just by his presence and people seeing the rifle and people knowing the president was in town, it sparked a lot of emotions," Oliver said. "We were keeping peace on both ends."

Last week, during Obama's health care town hall in Portsmouth, N.H., a man carrying a sign reading "It is time to water the tree of liberty" stood outside with a pistol strapped to his leg.

"It's a political statement," he told The Boston Globe. "If you don't use your rights, then you lose your rights."

Police asked the man to move away from school property, but he was not arrested.

Phoenix was Obama's last stop on a four-day tour of western states, including Montana and Colorado.

Authorities in Montana said Monday they received no reports of anyone carrying firearms during Obama's health care town hall near Bozeman on Friday. About 1,000 people both for and against Obama converged at a protest area near the Gallatin Field Airport hangar where the event took place. One person accused of disorderly conduct was detained and released, according to the Gallatin Airport Authority.

Heather Benjamin of Denver's Mesa County sheriff's department, the lead agency during Obama's visit there, said no one was arrested.

Arizona is an "open-carry" state, which means anyone legally allowed to have a firearm can carry it in public as long as it's visible. A permit is required if the weapon is carried concealed.

Paul Helmke, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said people should not be allowed to bring guns to events where Obama is.

"To me, this is craziness," he said. "When you bring a loaded gun, particularly a loaded assault rifle, to any political event, but particularly to one where the president is appearing, you're just making the situation dangerous for everyone."

He said people who bring guns to presidential events are distracting the Secret Service and law enforcement from protecting the president. "The more guns we see at more events like this, there's more potential for something tragic happening," he said.

A call to a Secret Service spokesman was not immediately returned Monday.

The National Rifle Association also did not return a call for comment.\


So bottom line, it is OK to exercise your 1st amendment by bringing a sign to a protest no matter how grotesque or obscene it may be.  However the 2nd amendment should not be exercised around the president because it may be a "distraction" for the security element.  I will admit the cruising around downtown Phoenix with an AR-15 over your shoulder is a bit much however it would kill someone just as dead as a .45 on your belt.  However, all interested parties are going to see the AR up and ready long before the .45... If I was a security bubba, I would say bring your long guns!  They are MUCH easier to spot and monitor!