Venezuelan Invasion Of Honduras / Mexico Fence

It is coming. Zelaya gave the new government until Friday to reinstate him as president. He has also called for the following (as reported by this article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jl67xASAqn1ecE0UoQfoe-bDtNSA )

Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya called for a popular insurrection in his country so he can be returned to power after soldiers removed him at gunpoint in June.
Zelaya urged his supporters in Honduras to strike, march, and carry out takeovers and acts of civil disobedience because that is necessary "when the democratic order of a country is disrupted."
"The Honduran people have the right to insurrection," said Zelaya, speaking in the neighboring Central American country of Guatemala.
Zelaya said that insurrection was a legitimate democratic right "when faced with a usurping government and a coup-supporting military.
"I want to tell you to not leave the streets, that is the only space that they have not taken from us," he said in comments aimed at supporters in Honduras.

Excerpt over. Thus far his supporters have done so with little intervention. The curfew that was imposed that the world spoke against was lifted. The new government has made in a clear statement the reason the impeachment was not chosen as the most expedient path to restoring the Constitution:

In the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, acting foreign minister Carlos Lopez said that authorities were still committed to talks aimed at finding a peaceful resolution with Zelaya on Friday in San Jose, mediated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
"We are not issuing threats," said Lopez, who emphasized that the government of interim leader Roberto Micheletti was in control and the country was at peace.
"We removed the curfew and the government has complete control of the territory," Lopez said.
The head of the Honduran army, General Romeo Vasquez, told AFP that Zelaya was exiled to avoid "deaths and injuries."
Honduran security services "believed it would be dangerous to imprison him," Vasquez said, adding such a move "could have caused deaths and injuries" if his supporters had tried to free him.
"The consequences for the country would have been serious," he said.

Excerpt over. The government saw the judicial process as slow enough to cause bloodshed in the country. While the current path has not caused more than two deaths at most (a military truck hit someone, details are still hard to find, and a person who was among those trying to break through the barricade at the airport Zelaya was trying to land at. They were there because he requested his supporters arrive to try and ensure his landing.) I know that calling for an insurrection (note my thoughts on the book "The Coming Insurrection" and its often violent tendencies) will cause more bloodshed.

Now comes the part where the invasion of Honduras by Venezuela becomes more real. I've already posted how Hugo Chavez has said he will use military force to reinstate Zelaya. He has already said the talks have failed. Zelaya made this move today:

Zelaya has warned the interim government that it must relinquish power within the week.
"We are giving an ultimatum to the coup regime" that by Friday "they comply with the mandates expressed by international organizations and the constitution of Honduras" demanding his immediate restitution, Zelaya said Monday in Nicaragua's capital Managua.
If he is not restored to power "the mediation will be considered a failure," Zelaya warned.

Excerpt over. When Zelaya's insurrection results in a bloodbath, Venezuela will be turned to in order to save the lives of, and I bet this is the term they will use, "freedom fighters." The rest of the article deals with the United States, and in my opinion, treasonous to Honduras, and in fact, drug smuggling, and in fact, Honduran Constitutional violator, Zelaya.

I don't know this because of a premonition. I am only using the power of observation.

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Meanwhile a long time coming fence on the border with Mexico is going to start towards completion. 700 miles of border fence are, in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, to be completed by 2010. Lets get the remaining 2000 some miles built by the end of 2012. Kudos to Congress for doing this, now to get them to do other logical things.

My Position On Guns

Guns are legal and should always be legal.

That is where my big picture stance ends. This is because, although not contradicting, my personal views are not a blank check to gun rights. I do not believe there should be a law regarding what I witnessed today, a colt .45 at a birthday party just brought for fun. It was not loaded, which made me feel safe for a few minutes after it was shown and passed around. It was the way it was presented: as a toy, a joke. It was the real thing. I was able to endure watching the gun be displayed and its functions (the clip, cocking mechanism, reload) but yet one thing that was not shown was the safety. Now I was fine with this until it was tossed about, aimed, and the trigger pulled while pointed at anyone standing around. That is when my patience ended, I simply said I had to go, and I did so.

The gun was waved and pointed around recklessly. Something that should never be done with something of such, for lack of a better term, power. The reason for it being invented should be enough to urge constant caution when using it; even when it is disabled in order to prevent a sense of false security from forming.

A gun is not a joke, and should not be passed around like an item at show and tell. It should be respected and kept for appropriate uses only (hunting or defense).