I first read at Gun Free Zone, Miguel’s remarks about the Wounded Warrior Project’s previously-unknown policy of not accepting proceeds from any firearms companies.

I thought for sure that not very long ago, that this wasn’t the case.

Weren’t there gun blogs stepping to the plate to help them out?

Wasn’t Federal donating a percentage of proceeds to WWP?

And wasn’t WWP itself aligning with and sponsoring hunts in many, many places?

This had to be a joke. The world must be going insane. Right?

Yes, yes… we all know that the world really is bat-shit, hanging-upside-down-while-sleeping insane… but it also turns out that this isn’t not a joke. They really do have that policy (see bottom of their page).

Right now, their site says, “WWP does not co-brand, create cause marketing campaigns or receive a percentage or a portion of proceeds from companies in which the product or message is sexual, political or religious in nature, or from alcohol or weapon companies.”*

That means, “We don’t want your money if you do any of these things.”

But now that the rest of the people who haven’t lost their minds have called them on it — it turns out that  they’ve hit the spin machine so hard that personal injury lawyers are drooling over the possibilities of whiplash.

Part of a statement from them reads, “We’re so sorry if it seemed that we didn’t appreciate that support with our confusing communication of a business decision.”

Hey, that’s your decision. And you’ve made it clear.

And the firearms industry will be happy to oblige by not giving you any if their evil money.

Curiously, the WWP page yesterday read, “WWP does not co-brand, create cause marketing campaigns or receive a percentage or a portion of proceeds from companies in which the product or message is sexual, political or religious in nature, or from alcohol or firearms companies.”

It went from saying “firearms” to “weapon”.

Seems to me that what they’re now saying is that they’ve narrowed their options even further. It’s not just firearms — it’s all weapons now. WWP has just done to its own business what the American voters did to the country: they’ve whipped out the sharp and stabby and slid it across their own carotid arteries.

No doubt that if there are sufficient quantity of zeros in a donation, they’d happily accept it even from liberal, nudist, drunken, gang members.

Pretty much, though not necessarily in this venue, what I’ve been saying for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEg1VNfX3o

Spotted at Tam’s.

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Interesting aside: my company policy is blocking access to Tam’s blog from inside the network.

Access Denied (policy_denied)
Your system policy has denied access to the requested URL.
For assistance, contact Internal Support at ext. 81003.

But I can still see it. You can’t stop the signal.

Daisy and I were preparing to announce any day now that after a long series of fertility treatments; and a brush with death from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy; and much ongoing arguing with assorted insurance companies about getting double-billed, and the meanings of the terms “Unlimited Coverage” and “No Lifetime Maximum” on medical coverage; the joyous news of the pending arrival of child #4* in June of 2013; a child whom I was intent on naming Freya.

We discovered just this morning that we’ve lost her.

You know that feeling you get when you walk down a flight of stairs in the dark and forget that there’s one more step? Something like that.

And, with that, I’d like to offer my gratitude to

• the staff of the University of Colorado Hospital ARM office for the past twelve years that did lead to the success for Daisy and I with Little Dude;
• to Amy for her selfless contribution that led to Little Miss;
• and to Shannon, for Boy Wonder (and by extension, Special K and JM).

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* or #6 depending on your perspective–longer story there.

In IRC chatting with another engineer:

eng: Damn, I had to leave my 1911 in the car.
eng: And it’s cold out.
eng: I feel like a bad parent.

I LOL’d.

Knew the weather today was going to be colder, rainier, and possibly some snow. So, seemed like a good reason to take The Littles to see Wreck It Ralph first thing in the morning. Fortunately, they’ve reached the age where they’re capable of sitting through an entire movie without distracting everyone — that makes for a much more enjoyable experience for everyone.

My Wreck It Ralph review consists of two words: worth seeing.

Two more words: very much.

Anyway, about that weather:

Seems like a good excuse for me to run out and throw some lead. After all, not all hunting and competition will be in perfect weather.