I think you can.
Second, because of this massive change in policy (and complete change in
mission) all U.S. forces are forbidden to actively patrol their AO and
are to remain on their respective COPs/FOBs. There are only a few
exceptions to this rule and they all pertain to “hardening” highway 1 in
our AO. We have received orders that clearly state that all CF will no
longer be allowed to drop air to ground munitions within the country of
Afghanistan.
Troops in trouble? No air support; it might upset someone, might cause problems for the bastard in the White House trying to keep his corrupt, treacherous ass in that chair.
Somebody pointed me to this, and I wanted to get it up; otherwise, tied up
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Probably very light on the posted bitching
and yelling the next couple of days or so, so to get some stuff out of the way:
Some thoughts on the 2nd Amendment, including
This wording - and there is no reasonable way around it - also suggests through the use of the term Militia, the entire population of able bodied adult males of an age to bear arms and organized or organizable into groups of combatants, that the right to keep and bear arms is for a collective purpose.[1] To accept that the Second Amendment serves a collective purpose, however, is not to concede that it is merely a collective right.
Consider, for example, the First Amendment, or rather those clauses of it concerned with freedom of speech and of the press. These rights are exercised individually, by newspapers, other media, the individual members of their staffs, and individual citizens. Its purpose, on the other hand, is to secure the liberty of the collective by giving widespread airing to even unpopular or anti-governmental views.
There is, therefore, no obvious contradiction between the exercise of an individual right and the service of a collective purpose. As with freedom of speech and of the press...or of other guaranteed liberties - free assembly, freedom of conscience through freedom of religion, the right to have one's home free of spies in uniform, the one can serve the other quite handily: individual freedoms, freely exercised, preserving the freedom of the group and of each member in it.
I'm not all the way through this, so far it's interesting.
I'd not heard this before; I like it:
Some stuff I'd not heard about Morris Dees, of the SPLC; not in any way flattering.
Another nasty virus discovered in Africa.
A response to Samuel Jackson(NSFW):
A Democrat pollster has something to say about the MSM ignoring ethics, honor and duty:
“First of all, we’ve had 9 days of lies…If a president of either party…had had a terrorist incident and gotten on an airplane [after remarks] and flown off to a fundraiser in Las Vegas, they would have been crucified…it should have been, should have been, the equivalent, for Barack Obama, of George Bush’s “flying over Katrina” moment. But nothing was said at all. Nothing will be said. [...] It is [unacceptable] to specifically decide that you will not tell the American people information they have a right to know. [The MSM] has made themselves the enemy of the American people. It is a threat to the very future of the country; we’ve crossed a new and frightening line on the slippery slope, and it needs to be talked about.”
And someone else on the media not-, hell, AVOIDING any questions if they at all can:
There are so many unanswered questions, not just about Libya, but also about Cairo. Who is it that Rice thinks “widely disseminated” this “movie”? Surely she can’t believe that the Egyptian Coptic Christian who made the video had the capacity or even desire to put it in the hands of the people who did the inciting. Also, has the administration noticed that the mob in Cairo, so spontaneously upset about the video, just happened to be carrying an Islamist flag to hoist over our embassy? On 9/11. What a massive coincidence.
...
We know now that before the attacks on 9/11 that killed 3,000 Americans, more attention should have been paid to attacks against the U.S. overseas. These were warnings of what was to come. They say curiosity killed the cat. In this case, lack of curiosity on the part of the American media very well may kill more Americans.
And last, in The Guitar Saga,
Having had a few days to dry, I looked it over very closely; the finish came out beautifully, but I fear it needs to be thicker. Count it as not researching/asking more questions sooner, but I assumed(I know, I know, shutup) one can would do it. May not take a whole second can, but I think it'll be a stronger, better finish if it gets a few more light coats building on what's there now.
The second can should be here tomorrow; I'll get some pictures and post them before I do any more spraying. I'll say this, it looks like new, better than it has in a long time. The further coats, a day or so to dry, wet-sand to level, a final light coat, then 6-8 days before can string it and see how the sound held up through all this.
Some thoughts on the 2nd Amendment, including
This wording - and there is no reasonable way around it - also suggests through the use of the term Militia, the entire population of able bodied adult males of an age to bear arms and organized or organizable into groups of combatants, that the right to keep and bear arms is for a collective purpose.[1] To accept that the Second Amendment serves a collective purpose, however, is not to concede that it is merely a collective right.
Consider, for example, the First Amendment, or rather those clauses of it concerned with freedom of speech and of the press. These rights are exercised individually, by newspapers, other media, the individual members of their staffs, and individual citizens. Its purpose, on the other hand, is to secure the liberty of the collective by giving widespread airing to even unpopular or anti-governmental views.
There is, therefore, no obvious contradiction between the exercise of an individual right and the service of a collective purpose. As with freedom of speech and of the press...or of other guaranteed liberties - free assembly, freedom of conscience through freedom of religion, the right to have one's home free of spies in uniform, the one can serve the other quite handily: individual freedoms, freely exercised, preserving the freedom of the group and of each member in it.
I'm not all the way through this, so far it's interesting.
I'd not heard this before; I like it:
Some stuff I'd not heard about Morris Dees, of the SPLC; not in any way flattering.
Another nasty virus discovered in Africa.
A response to Samuel Jackson(NSFW):
A Democrat pollster has something to say about the MSM ignoring ethics, honor and duty:
“First of all, we’ve had 9 days of lies…If a president of either party…had had a terrorist incident and gotten on an airplane [after remarks] and flown off to a fundraiser in Las Vegas, they would have been crucified…it should have been, should have been, the equivalent, for Barack Obama, of George Bush’s “flying over Katrina” moment. But nothing was said at all. Nothing will be said. [...] It is [unacceptable] to specifically decide that you will not tell the American people information they have a right to know. [The MSM] has made themselves the enemy of the American people. It is a threat to the very future of the country; we’ve crossed a new and frightening line on the slippery slope, and it needs to be talked about.”
And someone else on the media not-, hell, AVOIDING any questions if they at all can:
There are so many unanswered questions, not just about Libya, but also about Cairo. Who is it that Rice thinks “widely disseminated” this “movie”? Surely she can’t believe that the Egyptian Coptic Christian who made the video had the capacity or even desire to put it in the hands of the people who did the inciting. Also, has the administration noticed that the mob in Cairo, so spontaneously upset about the video, just happened to be carrying an Islamist flag to hoist over our embassy? On 9/11. What a massive coincidence.
...
We know now that before the attacks on 9/11 that killed 3,000 Americans, more attention should have been paid to attacks against the U.S. overseas. These were warnings of what was to come. They say curiosity killed the cat. In this case, lack of curiosity on the part of the American media very well may kill more Americans.
And last, in The Guitar Saga,
Having had a few days to dry, I looked it over very closely; the finish came out beautifully, but I fear it needs to be thicker. Count it as not researching/asking more questions sooner, but I assumed(I know, I know, shutup) one can would do it. May not take a whole second can, but I think it'll be a stronger, better finish if it gets a few more light coats building on what's there now.
The second can should be here tomorrow; I'll get some pictures and post them before I do any more spraying. I'll say this, it looks like new, better than it has in a long time. The further coats, a day or so to dry, wet-sand to level, a final light coat, then 6-8 days before can string it and see how the sound held up through all this.
Tab clearing
Some of what's been going on in Mexico is worse than previously admitted. Which makes it pretty damned bad.
Interesting, and possible; it would make that video deliberately made to be used as an excuse for more rioting and calls for "You people have to start censoring yourselves, or else."
What's scary about this: not only does she ignore restrictions already placed, that line about even as we place reasonable limits on arguably more valuable rights like the freedom of speech and due process, is scary; just what 'reasonable limits' does she want?
Why People Don't Trust The Media, Part 372
"What? You helped make a movie about whacking bin Laden? Don't you know how much trouble that can cause?" Yeah, but this might be excusable, since it's to make Obama look good before the election.
Interesting, and possible; it would make that video deliberately made to be used as an excuse for more rioting and calls for "You people have to start censoring yourselves, or else."
What's scary about this: not only does she ignore restrictions already placed, that line about even as we place reasonable limits on arguably more valuable rights like the freedom of speech and due process, is scary; just what 'reasonable limits' does she want?
Why People Don't Trust The Media, Part 372
"What? You helped make a movie about whacking bin Laden? Don't you know how much trouble that can cause?" Yeah, but this might be excusable, since it's to make Obama look good before the election.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
About that "My safety trumps everything" traffic stop
mentioned earlier, just ran across this thanks to a tip:
In this case – as in other “situations” of its kind – the officers have themselves to blame for the fact that the public hasn’t seen “their side” of the story, since the dashcam recordings of the encounter have mysteriously disappeared.
Isn't that interesting?
And, a little earlier in the article,
In this case – as in other “situations” of its kind – the officers have themselves to blame for the fact that the public hasn’t seen “their side” of the story, since the dashcam recordings of the encounter have mysteriously disappeared.
Isn't that interesting?
And, a little earlier in the article,
“Your
safety does not trump my right and my liberty,” Pierson tutored the deputy.
“When
I stop you, yes it does,” asserted Bassett.
“Your
personal safety is more important than all the laws, the Constitution, and every one of my
personal rights and liberties,” summarized Pierson, his voice heavy with
disgusted incredulity.
“When
I’m in a traffic stop, yes,” declared Bassett. “I’m in control of this
situation.”
we have to operate as if we are on the border
In Chicago.
They also bring this up:
During his initial court proceedings, Zambada-Niebla made a number of explosive allegations about Operation “Fast and Furious” and an alleged immunity deal between the leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel, the DEA and other federal agencies.
and the article has this 'denial' from DEA:
When asked for the DEA’s official response to the allegations, Riley said, “It’s an ongoing investigation. He hasn’t been brought to trial, and I can’t speak to that.” However, he did say of Zambada-Niebla’s claim, “It is not DEA policy and in my own personal opinion, I just don‘t think it’s accurate.”
Call it reaction on my part to all the other crap that's happened the last few years, but that's not only not a denial, it's a "Please ignore that, don't ask us about it, we really don't want to give ANY answer" response.
Not confidence-inspiring, is it?
They also bring this up:
During his initial court proceedings, Zambada-Niebla made a number of explosive allegations about Operation “Fast and Furious” and an alleged immunity deal between the leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel, the DEA and other federal agencies.
and the article has this 'denial' from DEA:
When asked for the DEA’s official response to the allegations, Riley said, “It’s an ongoing investigation. He hasn’t been brought to trial, and I can’t speak to that.” However, he did say of Zambada-Niebla’s claim, “It is not DEA policy and in my own personal opinion, I just don‘t think it’s accurate.”
Call it reaction on my part to all the other crap that's happened the last few years, but that's not only not a denial, it's a "Please ignore that, don't ask us about it, we really don't want to give ANY answer" response.
Not confidence-inspiring, is it?
“We’re told every day, our safety is first,” he said.
“We’re here to come home every night.”
Um, no, you're not. You're SUPPOSED to be doing the job of a lawman, risks and all, and if you think your personal safety is always first, then either you were badly trained, or you're a sorry lawman.
No, I don't know everything, this may be a lot more involved than the story lets on; that line still indicates a real problem.
Bob Owens, his opinion on the matter as well.
Last night, at Belle Isle Brewery with some friends, one of the screens had CNN on and one of the crawls was about the 'crime scene in Benghazi still not secured'. Well, it took how long for the people in charge to admit it was a planned attack, not about that idiot video? So how long might it take them to actually do something about 'securing the crime scene' that everybody in town has apparently been wandering through?
Last night proved once again: it's been dry, you badly need rain? It won't come as a nice, gentle rain, it'll lightning and rumble and pour like the cow on a flat rock. But it was rain.
Um, no, you're not. You're SUPPOSED to be doing the job of a lawman, risks and all, and if you think your personal safety is always first, then either you were badly trained, or you're a sorry lawman.
No, I don't know everything, this may be a lot more involved than the story lets on; that line still indicates a real problem.
Bob Owens, his opinion on the matter as well.
Last night, at Belle Isle Brewery with some friends, one of the screens had CNN on and one of the crawls was about the 'crime scene in Benghazi still not secured'. Well, it took how long for the people in charge to admit it was a planned attack, not about that idiot video? So how long might it take them to actually do something about 'securing the crime scene' that everybody in town has apparently been wandering through?
Last night proved once again: it's been dry, you badly need rain? It won't come as a nice, gentle rain, it'll lightning and rumble and pour like the cow on a flat rock. But it was rain.
This has the potential to be real interesting
Among Maehr’s contentions is that while the government has the legal
authority to tax, the Internal Revenue Service has used “unlawful,
unconstitutional, unfair and biased” manipulations to assess income taxes on that which is not income – essentially salaries and wages.
Basing his argument on 10 years’ worth of research into tax law, he concludes that salaries and wages are the result of the mutual agreement among participants to exchange labor for money – and that’s not income.
Basing his argument on 10 years’ worth of research into tax law, he concludes that salaries and wages are the result of the mutual agreement among participants to exchange labor for money – and that’s not income.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Let's see... Iran hangs homosexuals
(slowly, can't have a quick death), abuses women for various reasons, supports terrorists, wants to commit genocide, demands submission to their state religion(or they'll kill you or make you a slave), etc., etc., but our Constitution is the law of barbarism...
Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, you are hereby invited to bend over and kiss our collective ass. Assuming you can find time when you're not abusing people, planning crimes against humanity or molesting children. And by the way,
Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, you are hereby invited to bend over and kiss our collective ass. Assuming you can find time when you're not abusing people, planning crimes against humanity or molesting children. And by the way,
How well does this form of people control work?
Not very damned well, it seems:
I want you to stop and think about that for a second. Two countries who heavily restrict guns still have enough gun crime that I can find a new story every single day for a year. If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about the failure of gun control, I don’t know what does.
I want you to stop and think about that for a second. Two countries who heavily restrict guns still have enough gun crime that I can find a new story every single day for a year. If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about the failure of gun control, I don’t know what does.
This is what they want:
"Freedoms must not interfere with the freedoms of others," said Ahmadinejad.
"If someone insults, what would you do? ... Is insulting other people not a form of crime?"
and
"We don't even count them as any part of any equation for Iran. During a historical phase, they (the Israelis) represent minimal disturbances that come into the picture and are then eliminated."
and, not forgetting a long-standing death threat,
"Where is he now?" Ahmadinejad asked of Rushdie. "Is he in the United States? If he is, you shouldn't broadcast that for his own safety.
If they'd start properly calling it the Religion of Submission, there's be a lot less misunderstanding
and
"We don't even count them as any part of any equation for Iran. During a historical phase, they (the Israelis) represent minimal disturbances that come into the picture and are then eliminated."
and, not forgetting a long-standing death threat,
"Where is he now?" Ahmadinejad asked of Rushdie. "Is he in the United States? If he is, you shouldn't broadcast that for his own safety.
If they'd start properly calling it the Religion of Submission, there's be a lot less misunderstanding
Just a slight mistake, I'm sure...
The Federal Voting Assistance Program website published an incorrect deadline for the return of returning military ballots in Wisconsin. Had
this error not been corrected, thousands of Wisconsin servicemen and
women could have been disenfranchised in this key swing state this
November.
Just a slight mistake, I'm sure...
Well, let's see, the DoJ IG managed to stretch the Gunwalker investigation out for over a year and it was still incomplete when it was released; how long do you think Clinton can drag out this one? I wouldn't want to wait on it either.
It's a LEGAL system, not a JUSTICE system
So let’s get this straight: Our President may have deep ties (personal and financial) not only to black nationalist extremists, but also wealthy Arabs who publicly floated the idea of financing, among other projects, the top-flight education of young black Americans who might (hopefully) one day share their hatred of America?
New York Effing City:
A grown adult cannot legally purchase a soft drink over 16 oz.
A minor can be given, without their parent's knowledge, a ' morning after pill'. A medication needing a prescription if under the age of 17.
How exactly does this make sense again?
Don't forget, they don't want you to make a bad choice(from their point of view) from a friggin' vending machine, either.
If this is true, then everyone involved- from the doctors to the Organ Donor Network people, should be prosecuted; you're actually talking about killing people so you can get their organs.
That's about all the news and crap I can take for one morning
Just a slight mistake, I'm sure...
Well, let's see, the DoJ IG managed to stretch the Gunwalker investigation out for over a year and it was still incomplete when it was released; how long do you think Clinton can drag out this one? I wouldn't want to wait on it either.
It's a LEGAL system, not a JUSTICE system
So let’s get this straight: Our President may have deep ties (personal and financial) not only to black nationalist extremists, but also wealthy Arabs who publicly floated the idea of financing, among other projects, the top-flight education of young black Americans who might (hopefully) one day share their hatred of America?
New York Effing City:
A grown adult cannot legally purchase a soft drink over 16 oz.
A minor can be given, without their parent's knowledge, a ' morning after pill'. A medication needing a prescription if under the age of 17.
How exactly does this make sense again?
Don't forget, they don't want you to make a bad choice(from their point of view) from a friggin' vending machine, either.
If this is true, then everyone involved- from the doctors to the Organ Donor Network people, should be prosecuted; you're actually talking about killing people so you can get their organs.
That's about all the news and crap I can take for one morning
'Freedom of Speech is overrated' says someone who depends
on it; gee, I wonder just what all he'd censor in the name of 'being sensitive to others'?
By the way, I have no idea whether the foreign policy clowns were urging civil rights reform in order to counter Soviet propagandists’; if they were, it shows a rather nasty side of the bastards(I also object to the implication that state's rights means 'you can keep beating up blacks').
I'd prefer you read it yourself, for the full flavor of crap, but I'll quote this from the end:
And so combining the liberal view that government should not interfere with political discourse, and the conservative view that government should not interfere with commerce, we end up with the bizarre principle that U.S. foreign policy interests cannot justify any restrictions on speech whatsoever. Instead, only the profit-maximizing interests of a private American corporation can. Try explaining that to the protesters in Cairo or Islamabad.
Think about that(aside from the usual 'liberals care about people/conservatives care only about business' crap). Somehow I doubt that this clown would have the same 'foreign policy interests justify censorship of what might upset someone' when Bush was President. And if he did? In either case, he's still a slimy little bastard who'd chop up the Constitution in the name of 'being sensitive to others'. Eric Posner, you're disgusting.
By the way, I have no idea whether the foreign policy clowns were urging civil rights reform in order to counter Soviet propagandists’; if they were, it shows a rather nasty side of the bastards(I also object to the implication that state's rights means 'you can keep beating up blacks').
I'd prefer you read it yourself, for the full flavor of crap, but I'll quote this from the end:
And so combining the liberal view that government should not interfere with political discourse, and the conservative view that government should not interfere with commerce, we end up with the bizarre principle that U.S. foreign policy interests cannot justify any restrictions on speech whatsoever. Instead, only the profit-maximizing interests of a private American corporation can. Try explaining that to the protesters in Cairo or Islamabad.
Think about that(aside from the usual 'liberals care about people/conservatives care only about business' crap). Somehow I doubt that this clown would have the same 'foreign policy interests justify censorship of what might upset someone' when Bush was President. And if he did? In either case, he's still a slimy little bastard who'd chop up the Constitution in the name of 'being sensitive to others'. Eric Posner, you're disgusting.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
In our latest celebritute idiocy
we have Madonna kissing Obama's ass. What really annoys me? This is the bitch who announced she was going to raise her kids in Britain 'because the culture in the US has become so coarse', and this is how she speaks?
The Guitar Saga: Post VI
Yesterday sprayed six coats, letting it dry 1-2 hours between(I know, that's real precise; the can says 1-2 hours between coats, it was at least one hour between all but the last, and two before the last coat). Today was wet-sanding to level, and right now it's hanging up waiting for the last coat.
If you've looked at the S-M site, you may have noticed at that the bottom of an item display you'll see several tabs, sometimes one is 'Instructions'. There's one on the sampler pack page, and it covers the finishing papers and wet-sanding. You better believe I read every word, and found this:
There were only a few patches that weren't smooth, so I'd pull the folded paper out, shake it to get rid of excess, and gently work it over a surface, dip and shake once or twice to keep the paper wet(in the wind the spirits evaporate fast), then wipe it off with a soft cloth. The whole surface is smooth as silk. Right now it's hanging back up; I'm going to let it sit for a while to make sure all traces of the mineral spirits are gone, and then I'll shoot the finishing coat.
This is the one I used, by the way.
If you've looked at the S-M site, you may have noticed at that the bottom of an item display you'll see several tabs, sometimes one is 'Instructions'. There's one on the sampler pack page, and it covers the finishing papers and wet-sanding. You better believe I read every word, and found this:
Most professionals prefer mineral spirits or naphtha for wet-sanding lacquer finishes, and use water for synthetic polyurethanes and esters. Water can be used with caution when wet-sanding lacquer, but be very careful near exposed unfinished wood surfaces such as F-holes, volume and tone control holes, screw holes, neck pockets and routed pickup cavities. If water penetrates bare wood, splitting and lifting of adjacent lacquer can result; nor should exposed wood be soaked with mineral spirits or naphtha, although these lubricants are more forgiving.which I found very interesting. Because I was nervous about using wet sandpaper on that instrument to start with. However, this being a lacquer finish, I had the mineral spirits option, and I had some. So I stuck a piece in some spirits this morning to soak and about half an hour ago I took the guitar down and did the sanding. And that was easy.
There were only a few patches that weren't smooth, so I'd pull the folded paper out, shake it to get rid of excess, and gently work it over a surface, dip and shake once or twice to keep the paper wet(in the wind the spirits evaporate fast), then wipe it off with a soft cloth. The whole surface is smooth as silk. Right now it's hanging back up; I'm going to let it sit for a while to make sure all traces of the mineral spirits are gone, and then I'll shoot the finishing coat.
This is the one I used, by the way.
One more: a real drop in crime:
The trend toward privatization of security in Russia is likely to grow as a result of President Medvedev’s recent initiative to reform the country’s militia – that is, its police force – by purging about 200,000 officers from the ranks. Sociologist Mikhail Vinogradov, who estimates that one-third of Russia’s police force is composed of alcoholics and psychopaths, points out that in 1991, the militia was reduced by about thirty percent – and the result was a sharp reduction in the crime rate.
During the past decade, the crime rate in the United States has declined, terrorism has been all but nonexistent – and the country has been transformed into a fair approximation of a high-security prison, complete with full-spectrum surveillance of the population and undisguised militarization of “local” police departments. At the same time, the political elite in charge of the former Soviet Union is addressing a legitimate crime crisis by drawing down the police force and recognizing (however tentatively) the right of citizens to armed self-defense.
For all of its problems, Russia clearly is no longer the land of Lenin. For all of our advantages, it’s just as clear that the United States of America is no longer the Land of the Free.
During the past decade, the crime rate in the United States has declined, terrorism has been all but nonexistent – and the country has been transformed into a fair approximation of a high-security prison, complete with full-spectrum surveillance of the population and undisguised militarization of “local” police departments. At the same time, the political elite in charge of the former Soviet Union is addressing a legitimate crime crisis by drawing down the police force and recognizing (however tentatively) the right of citizens to armed self-defense.
For all of its problems, Russia clearly is no longer the land of Lenin. For all of our advantages, it’s just as clear that the United States of America is no longer the Land of the Free.
Tab clearing
while waiting for the barrel to soak, after having stripped the slide to check EVERYTHING:
A picture of a Kerry bog slide
That's a big piece of territory on the move
However, the reality is that we would have a far safer society if “Only The Criminals Had Guns.”
Fair warning: I think I lost some brain cells just reading the piece he links to; more on that later after the daze lifts
Found by Uncle: Salami for the troops
Clinton's State Department A: doesn't have answers(that they're willing to give) and B: REALLY doesn't like being asked the questions.
Yes, I also think Romney sucks in some ways: THIS is part of what you'll be helping to elect if you sit the election out.
Note Axelrod has the standard attitude: "This didn't work, so we need to do it harder and MORE!"
Gun Culture 2.0: last times I've been to the range I saw women, families- kids and all- and people of assorted colors; a very good sign that we're winning. Endangered by the above link.
Anti-gun fundamentalists; it does seem to fit
Why should civilians own military-grade weapons and be proficient in their use? To make sure the various governments of the United States (federal, state, or local) face the credible threat of lethal force from the civilian population, so that there will cannot be the wholesale slaughter of innocents by the government on these shores.
This need didn’t end in 1781 when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, or in 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, or in 1946 when the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department surrendered in Athens, Tennessee.
As long as men dream of lording over other men, civilians must have military-grade small arms.
"Oh no you don't!"
(dammit, effing Blogger keeps not adding videos, if I can find the thing again I'll try to add it in)
And last, they don't mind Obama not saluting the flag, but think you should pledge yourself to him
A picture of a Kerry bog slide
However, the reality is that we would have a far safer society if “Only The Criminals Had Guns.”
Fair warning: I think I lost some brain cells just reading the piece he links to; more on that later after the daze lifts
Found by Uncle: Salami for the troops
Clinton's State Department A: doesn't have answers(that they're willing to give) and B: REALLY doesn't like being asked the questions.
Yes, I also think Romney sucks in some ways: THIS is part of what you'll be helping to elect if you sit the election out.
Note Axelrod has the standard attitude: "This didn't work, so we need to do it harder and MORE!"
Gun Culture 2.0: last times I've been to the range I saw women, families- kids and all- and people of assorted colors; a very good sign that we're winning. Endangered by the above link.
Anti-gun fundamentalists; it does seem to fit
Why should civilians own military-grade weapons and be proficient in their use? To make sure the various governments of the United States (federal, state, or local) face the credible threat of lethal force from the civilian population, so that there will cannot be the wholesale slaughter of innocents by the government on these shores.
This need didn’t end in 1781 when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, or in 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, or in 1946 when the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department surrendered in Athens, Tennessee.
As long as men dream of lording over other men, civilians must have military-grade small arms.
"Oh no you don't!"
(dammit, effing Blogger keeps not adding videos, if I can find the thing again I'll try to add it in)
And last, they don't mind Obama not saluting the flag, but think you should pledge yourself to him
THAT was upsetting
Got to the range this morning, set up a target, stuck a mag in the .45 and chambered a round, set it on the bench; grab, aim, thumb off safety,
click.
WTF?
All kinds of thoughts run through your mind at a time like that, the first being "Didn't I chanber one?" Dropped the magazine and kept it pointed downrange for about 30 seconds, then- holding it with the ejection port away from me- racked the slide, and a round popped out. I checked it, and there's a very faint, very large circular mark on the primer.
WTF II?
Locked the slide back to look, and the firing pin hole is plugged with what looks like brass; reached in and with a fingernail scratched at it and it popped out(of course it fell on the floor and disappeared), staying in sight just long enough for me to see shiny brass in a tiny disc.
I have no idea. Last time I fired it, about week-and-a-half ago, every round went bang. All I can figure is the last round, a bit of the primer cup must've somehow jammed in the hole. I think I've still got that brass in the same bag todays went in; before I feed it to the tumbler I'll look at every damn one to see if can find such a damaged primer.
click.
WTF?
All kinds of thoughts run through your mind at a time like that, the first being "Didn't I chanber one?" Dropped the magazine and kept it pointed downrange for about 30 seconds, then- holding it with the ejection port away from me- racked the slide, and a round popped out. I checked it, and there's a very faint, very large circular mark on the primer.
WTF II?
Locked the slide back to look, and the firing pin hole is plugged with what looks like brass; reached in and with a fingernail scratched at it and it popped out(of course it fell on the floor and disappeared), staying in sight just long enough for me to see shiny brass in a tiny disc.
I have no idea. Last time I fired it, about week-and-a-half ago, every round went bang. All I can figure is the last round, a bit of the primer cup must've somehow jammed in the hole. I think I've still got that brass in the same bag todays went in; before I feed it to the tumbler I'll look at every damn one to see if can find such a damaged primer.
A US Attorney tells the ATF office he won't work with them;
the real backstory in this would be interesting as hell. Either you've got a Attorney's office playing games, or the ATF office/agents did some things that REALLY pissed them off. And Grassley's involved, which means it could feed into the Gunwalker investigation...
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