Local gun shop Silver Bullet Firearms has an Imbel L1A1 up for sale, used, at $400.
The listing marks it as an Imbel Liai which is a funny mistake. Seems that whoever is putting their stuff online might not have a whole lot of experience with FAL pattern weapons.
If I had the funds I’d be on that like a hobo on a ham sandwich.
Here’s something fun. A nice little sheet on the 2008 Presidential Campaign’s current funding levels.
Giuliani is in the lead with $16 million on hand and a meager $169,000 in debt.
Romney has a little over $9 million on hand, but he’s got $17 million in debt.
Thompson is next with over $7 milion on hand and nearly $700,000 in debt.
That brings us to my guy, Ron Paul, with $5.4 million on hand and $0 in debt. Yay for fiscal conservatives!
McCain has about $3.4 million on hand and $1.7 million in debt.
After that it tapers off quickly.
Huckabee has $650,000 on hand, $47k in debt.
Hunter has $132,000 on hand, and an even $50k in debt.
Tancredo has $110,000 on hand, $295,000 in debt.
Brownback, now out of the race, has $95,000 and $0 in debt.
Finally, we have Alan Keyes, also out of the race, with $12,000 on hand and $12,000 in debt.
[Ed: I originally posted that Keyes was out of the race. Apparently I'm mistaken. I presumed his lack of participation in the debates meant he was out of the race.]
What’s it all mean? Well, I honestly have no idea. But we do see a clear seperation between those with money and those without right now in the Republican Primary. Anybody gathering less funds that McCain is well beyond long-shot status at this point. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t vote for them in the primary. Far from it. Vote for who you think would represent you best, that’s what America is all about.
I know it probably doesn’t look like it, but right now I have no desire to start argueing with people over who they should vote for. I’m not sure I ever will again in my life. It’s usually a pointless exercise. Now, if I get the chance to engage somebody about a candidate that they’re unaware of, I’m all for that. If you want my opinion, which by default I assume you reading this do, then I’ll offer that up too, but I’m tired of the bickering.
That isn’t to say I’m tired of anything that has happened lately. Far from it. I find the comments left here on the posts I’ve made recently about the candidates to be great. When I posted about Huckabee seemingly looking good on the gun issue Thane Eichenauer drops a handy reminder in the comments that Huckabee has a history of raising taxes. That’s good! That’s the stuff I want to know about!
Reasoned discourse is good. Keep it coming!