Stay safe.
20 December 2012
19 December 2012
From National Review...
Another from David P. He's been busy today. :)
"What happened in Newtown is not an occasion for a national political 'conversation.' It is an occasion to reflect on why we have political conversations at all. ... It is easy, and in moments of despair such as Friday quite understandable, to scream 'more' to gun control, 'more' to the morass of airport-style security that is spreading its way across our institutions, 'more' to the diagnosis and institutionalization of the mentally ill. But it is much harder to write the laws that would have guaranteed Adam Lanza could never find a gun, or enter a school by force, or go without what diagnosis, treatment, and supervision he might have needed. And hardest of all to write them in such a way that the republic we'd be left with would still look like America in the ways we value most. This is not so say such laws cannot or should not be written -- in the field of mental health, in particular, we think there are commonsense reforms that might make tragedies such as Newtown less likely -- but merely to caution humility and care in their crafting. The need for humility is especially acute in the case of gun control. The irreducible challenge the Second Amendment poses to gun restrictionists is that it does not bestow upon the people a right they previously lacked. It proscribes the government from infringing upon a right the people already have. It is not that the people are allowed to arm. It is that the government is disallowed to disarm them. The practical consequence of living for nearly two-and-a-half centuries under the almost universally benevolent protection of the Second Amendment is a society in which there are hundreds of millions of guns, in which 47 percent of families and nearly as many Democrats as Republicans own guns, and in which the dissent over the sacrosanctity of gun rights is heard largely because of the overrepresentation in the media of the coastal, urban Left. Those upset with the order of things are welcome to try, and doomed to fail, to repeal the Second Amendment via the constitutional process. But the guns of America aren't going anywhere any time soon, and generic calls to 'do something' -- even insofar as doing something is desirable -- must reckon with this fact." --National Review
~~~~~
Makes sense, right?
My question is: What causes all of the "mental illness" that we are so fond of talking about and so fond of blaming for all of these recent killings?
I think that it is caused by an emptiness in the lives of our children. The lack of a solid foundation on which to build their lives. They are searching for something that they don't have. Some may know what they are looking for but I suspect that most do not. They are missing security. They are missing love. They are missing acceptance. They have no goals. They are merely existing, going through the motions. It is a societal problem, a societal issue. It isn't something that we need to throw tons of money at. We need families again. Families who love and support each other, who take care of each other. Families who want to succeed based upon their own toil and who want their children to succeed in the same way.
Leaders of this country have tried to implement Socialism (or Marxism or Communism, or whichever -ism you want to use) for many years. Lyndon Johnson was the one who really understood Lenin. "Give me four years to teach the children and the seeds I have planted will never be uprooted" ~~Vladimir Lenin. That is what Johnson accomplished. He planted the seed that turned our American education system into the Socialist producing factory that it is today. Lyndon Johnson oversaw fundamental change in the way our children are taught and what our children are taught. The same scope of change obama wants to implement when he talks about fundamentally changing America. Johnson opened the doors to the Progressives who were more than willing to jump in and run with the ball. Our children are being taught a revisionist version of history. A version in which America is not the greatest country on earth. They are taught that the collective is more important than the individual. They minimize the accomplishments of America and Americans. They make our children ashamed of our past.
Nothing will ever change in this country until we take back the education of our children. Nothing. That is where these troubles started and it is where they will end.
Public education is a reality and a necessity. Curriculums must be set at the local level. Parents and local citizens must be involved in the education of our children. They must keep their local school boards and local school officials in line. They cannot allow them to stray.
It isn't complicated. It won't be easy. It has to happen for the long term survival of the America we remember and hold dear.
Stay safe.
"What happened in Newtown is not an occasion for a national political 'conversation.' It is an occasion to reflect on why we have political conversations at all. ... It is easy, and in moments of despair such as Friday quite understandable, to scream 'more' to gun control, 'more' to the morass of airport-style security that is spreading its way across our institutions, 'more' to the diagnosis and institutionalization of the mentally ill. But it is much harder to write the laws that would have guaranteed Adam Lanza could never find a gun, or enter a school by force, or go without what diagnosis, treatment, and supervision he might have needed. And hardest of all to write them in such a way that the republic we'd be left with would still look like America in the ways we value most. This is not so say such laws cannot or should not be written -- in the field of mental health, in particular, we think there are commonsense reforms that might make tragedies such as Newtown less likely -- but merely to caution humility and care in their crafting. The need for humility is especially acute in the case of gun control. The irreducible challenge the Second Amendment poses to gun restrictionists is that it does not bestow upon the people a right they previously lacked. It proscribes the government from infringing upon a right the people already have. It is not that the people are allowed to arm. It is that the government is disallowed to disarm them. The practical consequence of living for nearly two-and-a-half centuries under the almost universally benevolent protection of the Second Amendment is a society in which there are hundreds of millions of guns, in which 47 percent of families and nearly as many Democrats as Republicans own guns, and in which the dissent over the sacrosanctity of gun rights is heard largely because of the overrepresentation in the media of the coastal, urban Left. Those upset with the order of things are welcome to try, and doomed to fail, to repeal the Second Amendment via the constitutional process. But the guns of America aren't going anywhere any time soon, and generic calls to 'do something' -- even insofar as doing something is desirable -- must reckon with this fact." --National Review
~~~~~
Makes sense, right?
My question is: What causes all of the "mental illness" that we are so fond of talking about and so fond of blaming for all of these recent killings?
I think that it is caused by an emptiness in the lives of our children. The lack of a solid foundation on which to build their lives. They are searching for something that they don't have. Some may know what they are looking for but I suspect that most do not. They are missing security. They are missing love. They are missing acceptance. They have no goals. They are merely existing, going through the motions. It is a societal problem, a societal issue. It isn't something that we need to throw tons of money at. We need families again. Families who love and support each other, who take care of each other. Families who want to succeed based upon their own toil and who want their children to succeed in the same way.
Leaders of this country have tried to implement Socialism (or Marxism or Communism, or whichever -ism you want to use) for many years. Lyndon Johnson was the one who really understood Lenin. "Give me four years to teach the children and the seeds I have planted will never be uprooted" ~~Vladimir Lenin. That is what Johnson accomplished. He planted the seed that turned our American education system into the Socialist producing factory that it is today. Lyndon Johnson oversaw fundamental change in the way our children are taught and what our children are taught. The same scope of change obama wants to implement when he talks about fundamentally changing America. Johnson opened the doors to the Progressives who were more than willing to jump in and run with the ball. Our children are being taught a revisionist version of history. A version in which America is not the greatest country on earth. They are taught that the collective is more important than the individual. They minimize the accomplishments of America and Americans. They make our children ashamed of our past.
Nothing will ever change in this country until we take back the education of our children. Nothing. That is where these troubles started and it is where they will end.
Public education is a reality and a necessity. Curriculums must be set at the local level. Parents and local citizens must be involved in the education of our children. They must keep their local school boards and local school officials in line. They cannot allow them to stray.
It isn't complicated. It won't be easy. It has to happen for the long term survival of the America we remember and hold dear.
Stay safe.
A timely quote...
From David P.
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. ... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants." --Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson in Commonplace Book
~~~~~
Stay safe.
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. ... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants." --Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson in Commonplace Book
~~~~~
Stay safe.
Humor...
A little humor from David P.
"If you believe the availability of guns is the problem, then you must be ENRAGED at Obama over Operation Fast & Furious." --Daily Caller contributor Matt K. Lewis
"If Chris Matthews could carry Barack Obama's next child, he would." --Media Research Center's L. Brent Bozell
"House Republicans and Democrats stayed deadlocked over whether to cut spending or raise taxes to save the economy. If they send us over the fiscal cliff, they will still get paid. Their salaries are guaranteed under the Americans with No Abilities Act." --comedian Argus Hamilton
"So people are acting pretty set on gun control, but all their ideas are things that do nothing but pester law abiding gun owners. ... So idea: Let's just pretend to pass gun control. The people who most want it won't know the difference between an actual law being passed and absolutely nothing being done, so can't we just say we passed a bunch of laws and pretend everyone is safer? We'll call it the 'Super Deadly Gun Ban Act' and it will ban fully-automatic bolt action shotguns and armor piercing hollow points and any magically enchanted guns. And then all the dumb people will cheer, 'We is safer!' So it's the same result as an 'assault weapon' ban, but no enforcement costs and no petty intrusions on liberty. If people want useless things done to make us all feel safer, can't we all just play along?" --humorist Frank J. Fleming
~~~~~
The funniest things in life are sometimes the truest things...
Stay safe.
"If you believe the availability of guns is the problem, then you must be ENRAGED at Obama over Operation Fast & Furious." --Daily Caller contributor Matt K. Lewis
"If Chris Matthews could carry Barack Obama's next child, he would." --Media Research Center's L. Brent Bozell
"House Republicans and Democrats stayed deadlocked over whether to cut spending or raise taxes to save the economy. If they send us over the fiscal cliff, they will still get paid. Their salaries are guaranteed under the Americans with No Abilities Act." --comedian Argus Hamilton
"So people are acting pretty set on gun control, but all their ideas are things that do nothing but pester law abiding gun owners. ... So idea: Let's just pretend to pass gun control. The people who most want it won't know the difference between an actual law being passed and absolutely nothing being done, so can't we just say we passed a bunch of laws and pretend everyone is safer? We'll call it the 'Super Deadly Gun Ban Act' and it will ban fully-automatic bolt action shotguns and armor piercing hollow points and any magically enchanted guns. And then all the dumb people will cheer, 'We is safer!' So it's the same result as an 'assault weapon' ban, but no enforcement costs and no petty intrusions on liberty. If people want useless things done to make us all feel safer, can't we all just play along?" --humorist Frank J. Fleming
~~~~~
The funniest things in life are sometimes the truest things...
Stay safe.
18 December 2012
Misguided...
I am sad.
Words cannot describe the sadness I feel at the Sandy Hook shootings. I know that all of you feel the same way.
No sane person would do something like Adam Lanza did in Connecticut. (Just as no sane person would be unaffected by the killings of 20 small children and 6 adults in a school.) The crime that Adam Lanza committed at Sandy Hook Elementary School was pure evil. I cannot think of any other way to describe it. My mind cannot comprehend walking into an elementary school and carrying out the wholesale slaughter of innocent children. It sickens me.
Some internet and print news outlets are publishing the biography of one victim each day. Their goal appears to be to keep this horrendous crime in the public's eye as long as possible. The reason is to keep the emotions of the unthinking masses riled up for a long enough period of time to get the necessary support of "the people" in order to get new gun control laws passed. What other reason could they have for keeping the pain and the anguish alive for so long? They know that Americans are self centered and have very short attention spans.
Those in the media know that if they don't keep it at the forefront of America's mind, America will forget about it in short order. That would be disastrous to the Progressive cause.
I am angry.
I am angry at Adam Lanza for perpetrating such an evil, horrendous act. I am angry that he took the coward's way out by committing suicide before he could be apprehended. I am angry at the people who think that "gun control" will eliminate, or even minimize, crimes like this. I am angry at the politicians who see this incident as an "opportunity" to push their Progressive anti-gun agenda. I am angry at people who are willing, more than willing, to usurp our natural rights based on emotional arguments and "party line agendas" rather than on objective thought and the study of facts. That they are willing to make world altering decisions based only on emotion is indicative of society in America today.
I realize it's cliche' but, guns don't kill people. People kill people. A person makes a decision, a choice, to do harm to another. Yet we blame the tool rather than the individual wielding the tool.
Each individual person is solely responsible for all of the choices he or she makes. It isn't my fault that Adam Lanza perpetrated this unspeakable evil. It isn't your fault. It is Adam Lanza's fault. He did it on his own. The Progressives want to punish you and me though, for his choice. Is there one iota of logic in that?
Don't blame the tool. Blame the fool. The tool is incapable of doing anything at all without the intervention of the fool.
The reality.
Killings in schools are not new. They have been going on for a long time but have increased in frequency in the past 30 years or so. They are not unique to the United States, either. Google "School Killings". You may be surprised. Little Billy gets bullied by Bobby and Jerry every day at school so one day he brings a gun or a knife to school and ends the torment. Perhaps he picks up a large rock and crushes their skulls. Timmy and Susi are in love hot and heavy until one day Susi decides she likes Jack more than she likes Timmy. Timmy comes to school one day and kills one or both of them. A college student fails to be accepted into an advanced degree program so he kills the professor whom he feels wrongly denied him an opportunity that he was entitled to. After he kills the professor, he kills several students who just happen to be nearby. It happens.
Why?
I'm sure that a highly educated doctor or professor or someone like that could give you a better sounding answer than I can.
The simple answer is that our children are spoiled brats. They have never been taught to be responsible and they have never been held accountable for their actions or lack of action. They have never been disciplined or punished in any meaningful way when they break the rules. (FYI: "Time out" is neither discipline nor punishment) Many of them have never been taught the rules. They don't know God and they don't know the difference between right and wrong.
Parents no longer take responsibility for raising their children. Mom drops Sally and Jim off at daycare on her way to work. The daycare staff makes sure that Sally gets on the bus to school and they babysit little Jimmy all day. Sally rides the bus back to daycare after school and stays there until mom gets off work and gets done with her workout at the gym. She picks the kids up and takes them home, possibly stopping at Mac's Supper Club for burgers and fries at the drive through. Dad gets home (if there is a dad) shortly after they do. He is tired and hungry and wants only to eat and sleep.
The weekend finds the kids going to a soccer tournament where Sally's team finishes 19th out of 20 teams. She gets a medal for participating. Don't want any winners and certainly don't want any losers. Don't want any hurt feelings. Mom hangs out with a couple of her friends while one of the friends' 9 year old daughter keeps an eye on Jim. When Jim gets to kindergarten he will get certificates of accomplishment when he learns to tie his shoes and when he can count to ten and when he can say his ABCs. When he gets a bit older he willtry out for join the baseball team but he won't enjoy it because he is lazy and he sucks. He just wants to get home to play Halo 2 and to kill or be killed with his "friends" while sitting safely in his mother's basement. Dad has been gone for years. He and his ex wife are both remarried so Jim and Sally have another mother and father. When Sally was 15 she wanted to be accepted by her 19 year old boyfriend so they had sex. You know, so that she could show her "love" for him. She ended up pregnant. She had no idea that there were people out there who would gladly help her raise her child and she was terrified because her boyfriend left her when he found out that she was "stupid enough" to let herself get pregnant. She had an abortion.
The kids have been left on their own to their own devices for so long that they do not know how to properly and successfully deal with their feelings. They don't know how to make decisions and they don't know how to resolve conflict. If mom and dad, or their friends, aren't around to give them bad advice, they freeze. They don't know what to do.
The time comes when they have to grow up and get a job and become a productive member of society. They are faced with a foreign world where there are rules and expectations. They find that they can't cope.
Anyway, where was I?
Oh yeah... Why? Why do these young 20 somethings snap and kill people. I don't know. I don't have the answer nor do I have any ideas... You'll have to ask someone smarter than me.
BTW, I have a 6 year old granddaughter. She is in kindergarten. I love her more than life.
Stay safe.
Words cannot describe the sadness I feel at the Sandy Hook shootings. I know that all of you feel the same way.
No sane person would do something like Adam Lanza did in Connecticut. (Just as no sane person would be unaffected by the killings of 20 small children and 6 adults in a school.) The crime that Adam Lanza committed at Sandy Hook Elementary School was pure evil. I cannot think of any other way to describe it. My mind cannot comprehend walking into an elementary school and carrying out the wholesale slaughter of innocent children. It sickens me.
Some internet and print news outlets are publishing the biography of one victim each day. Their goal appears to be to keep this horrendous crime in the public's eye as long as possible. The reason is to keep the emotions of the unthinking masses riled up for a long enough period of time to get the necessary support of "the people" in order to get new gun control laws passed. What other reason could they have for keeping the pain and the anguish alive for so long? They know that Americans are self centered and have very short attention spans.
Those in the media know that if they don't keep it at the forefront of America's mind, America will forget about it in short order. That would be disastrous to the Progressive cause.
I am angry.
I am angry at Adam Lanza for perpetrating such an evil, horrendous act. I am angry that he took the coward's way out by committing suicide before he could be apprehended. I am angry at the people who think that "gun control" will eliminate, or even minimize, crimes like this. I am angry at the politicians who see this incident as an "opportunity" to push their Progressive anti-gun agenda. I am angry at people who are willing, more than willing, to usurp our natural rights based on emotional arguments and "party line agendas" rather than on objective thought and the study of facts. That they are willing to make world altering decisions based only on emotion is indicative of society in America today.
I realize it's cliche' but, guns don't kill people. People kill people. A person makes a decision, a choice, to do harm to another. Yet we blame the tool rather than the individual wielding the tool.
Each individual person is solely responsible for all of the choices he or she makes. It isn't my fault that Adam Lanza perpetrated this unspeakable evil. It isn't your fault. It is Adam Lanza's fault. He did it on his own. The Progressives want to punish you and me though, for his choice. Is there one iota of logic in that?
Don't blame the tool. Blame the fool. The tool is incapable of doing anything at all without the intervention of the fool.
The reality.
Killings in schools are not new. They have been going on for a long time but have increased in frequency in the past 30 years or so. They are not unique to the United States, either. Google "School Killings". You may be surprised. Little Billy gets bullied by Bobby and Jerry every day at school so one day he brings a gun or a knife to school and ends the torment. Perhaps he picks up a large rock and crushes their skulls. Timmy and Susi are in love hot and heavy until one day Susi decides she likes Jack more than she likes Timmy. Timmy comes to school one day and kills one or both of them. A college student fails to be accepted into an advanced degree program so he kills the professor whom he feels wrongly denied him an opportunity that he was entitled to. After he kills the professor, he kills several students who just happen to be nearby. It happens.
Why?
I'm sure that a highly educated doctor or professor or someone like that could give you a better sounding answer than I can.
The simple answer is that our children are spoiled brats. They have never been taught to be responsible and they have never been held accountable for their actions or lack of action. They have never been disciplined or punished in any meaningful way when they break the rules. (FYI: "Time out" is neither discipline nor punishment) Many of them have never been taught the rules. They don't know God and they don't know the difference between right and wrong.
Parents no longer take responsibility for raising their children. Mom drops Sally and Jim off at daycare on her way to work. The daycare staff makes sure that Sally gets on the bus to school and they babysit little Jimmy all day. Sally rides the bus back to daycare after school and stays there until mom gets off work and gets done with her workout at the gym. She picks the kids up and takes them home, possibly stopping at Mac's Supper Club for burgers and fries at the drive through. Dad gets home (if there is a dad) shortly after they do. He is tired and hungry and wants only to eat and sleep.
The weekend finds the kids going to a soccer tournament where Sally's team finishes 19th out of 20 teams. She gets a medal for participating. Don't want any winners and certainly don't want any losers. Don't want any hurt feelings. Mom hangs out with a couple of her friends while one of the friends' 9 year old daughter keeps an eye on Jim. When Jim gets to kindergarten he will get certificates of accomplishment when he learns to tie his shoes and when he can count to ten and when he can say his ABCs. When he gets a bit older he will
The kids have been left on their own to their own devices for so long that they do not know how to properly and successfully deal with their feelings. They don't know how to make decisions and they don't know how to resolve conflict. If mom and dad, or their friends, aren't around to give them bad advice, they freeze. They don't know what to do.
The time comes when they have to grow up and get a job and become a productive member of society. They are faced with a foreign world where there are rules and expectations. They find that they can't cope.
Anyway, where was I?
Oh yeah... Why? Why do these young 20 somethings snap and kill people. I don't know. I don't have the answer nor do I have any ideas... You'll have to ask someone smarter than me.
BTW, I have a 6 year old granddaughter. She is in kindergarten. I love her more than life.
Stay safe.
Taxes...
From Jared...
~~~~~
A little boy wanted
$100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened .
Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.
When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God , USA , they decided to send it to President Obama.
Obama was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $ 5.00 bill.
He thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.
The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read:
Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, D.C. and that asshole Obama took $95.00 in taxes.
Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.
When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God , USA , they decided to send it to President Obama.
Obama was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $ 5.00 bill.
He thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.
The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read:
Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, D.C. and that asshole Obama took $95.00 in taxes.
~~~~~
Stay safe.
16 December 2012
15 December 2012
Mental disorder...
From barack obama's Dead Fly via Cousin Michael.
"Proof liberalism is a mental disorder! Produces some of the most violent movies on the big screen, such as the Kill Bill series, and then calls for gun bans! QUENTIN TARANTINO"
I have to admit that I have enjoyed many Tarantino movies over the years. Pulp Fiction is a favorite. I liked the Kill Bill movies, too. They're all big money, the Hollywood whores. All of them.
Stay safe.
How convenient...
So Hillary apparently "blacked out" and fell and sustained a concussion. How convenient. Wasn't she scheduled to testify before the Senate regarding the Benghazi murders debacle?
I wonder if she'll remember what happened so she can truthfully testify? Surely she is the one person who can clear it all up for us.
Heal quickly, Hillary. Your country needs you.
Stay safe.
I wonder if she'll remember what happened so she can truthfully testify? Surely she is the one person who can clear it all up for us.
Heal quickly, Hillary. Your country needs you.
Stay safe.
Choices...
My old platoon leader posted this on Facebook this morning. It originally came from Cajun Charm and it is obviously in reference to the shootings in Newtown.
My response was:
'"Think
back a couple of years, Bob, back to when you were a kid in school... How many
kids had "behavioral disorders" when you were a kid? How many were on Ritalin?
If you went to a school like mine the answer is "not very many". At least not
compared
to today. We knew that there were consequences for bad behavior. We knew that
games had winners and losers. Not everyone made the team. If you got into
trouble at school or in town you were going to be in more trouble when you got
home. Today they might get "time out" for misbehaving. You didn't get a "participation medal" just for
showing up and your self esteem grew when you accomplished "real" things. Today's
kids get an award when they learn to tie their shoes, when they learn to count
to ten, when they learn their ABCs. Not just praise for a job well done, they
get a certificate or a medal for accomplishing these basic tasks. Most of them
finish school without the ability to think. They have never had to make a
decision on their own. They expect society to give them a job and a car and a
house and eternal happiness. What happens when they realize that things don't
work that way? We don't hold our kids responsible for their actions and we don't
hold them accountable. Those are totally foreign concepts to them. And God...
Remember God? He was the guy who set our moral compass... God had to go away.
Why? God didn't allow homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle. God didn't want
people to get stoned on drugs and to steal from their neighbors in order to buy
more drugs. God wanted you to respect your wife and your family and your
neighbors... God doesn't want women to kill their unborn babies because they got
inconveniently pregnant. God got in the way of "whatever makes you feel good", so he had to go away.
Sorry for the rant, Bob. I'm going to get dressed, get my oldest son (Carl, you
remember him...) and go out in the rain to hunt deer. I'm not going to shoot
anyone if I get pissed because I don't get a deer. In fact, I'm not going to get
pissed if I don't get a deer. Life has winners and losers. I have learned to
cope."'
~~~~~
So, now you know how I feel about it. I agree with the card in the picture. Absolutely. I think that's all I have to say about it.
All I can say is "times have changed", and not necessarily for the better.
Stay safe.
14 December 2012
12 December 2012
Taxi...
From David P in S.C.
With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving. As you may know, some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out with friends. Well two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling rather jolly, I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home.
Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block, but since it was a cab they waved me past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it.
Stay safe.
With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving. As you may know, some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out with friends. Well two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling rather jolly, I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home.
Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block, but since it was a cab they waved me past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it.
Stay safe.
Hot Dog Man...
This article was forwarded by a dear friend. As you'll see when you read the article, there is a link to donate to help...
If you watched the video of the goon punching the reporter in the face in Michigan a day or two ago during the "Union Protests" against Michigan's new Right to Work law, you probably saw the tent where this gentleman was serving his hot dogs being knocked to the ground and trampled. A man who actually has the initiative to go out and earn a living for himself.
I realize that unions used to have a necessary place in this country. I'm not so sure that's the case anymore.
Anyway....
~~~~~
Clinton Tarver has been serving hot dogs to hungry locals in downtown Lansing, Mich., for the last five years, but a brush this week with a pro-union protest literally upended his small business in a matter of minutes.
During a protest against right-to-work legislation in Michigan's capital, Tarver’s catering supplies were destroyed when demonstrators tore down the tent where he was serving and trampled his gear.
The tent had been set up by the conservative Americans for Prosperity, which supports the legislation Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Tuesday that allows unionized workers to opt out of paying union dues.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/12/lansing-locals-raise-funds-for-hot-dog-guy-after-protesters-destroy-his-supplies/#ixzz2EtUuMV67
~~~~~
Remember... When the article refers to "Locals helping out", they are not referring to Union Locals... :)
Stay safe.
If you watched the video of the goon punching the reporter in the face in Michigan a day or two ago during the "Union Protests" against Michigan's new Right to Work law, you probably saw the tent where this gentleman was serving his hot dogs being knocked to the ground and trampled. A man who actually has the initiative to go out and earn a living for himself.
I realize that unions used to have a necessary place in this country. I'm not so sure that's the case anymore.
Do you know what he did after the union goons destroyed his business and
hurled racial insults at him? He prayed with his wife.
~~~~~
Michigan locals raise funds for 'hotdog guy' after union protesters destroy his supplies
Published December 12, 2012
FoxNews.com
Clinton Tarver has been serving hot dogs to hungry locals in downtown Lansing, Mich., for the last five years, but a brush this week with a pro-union protest literally upended his small business in a matter of minutes.
During a protest against right-to-work legislation in Michigan's capital, Tarver’s catering supplies were destroyed when demonstrators tore down the tent where he was serving and trampled his gear.
The tent had been set up by the conservative Americans for Prosperity, which supports the legislation Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Tuesday that allows unionized workers to opt out of paying union dues.
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Remember... When the article refers to "Locals helping out", they are not referring to Union Locals... :)
Stay safe.
At the range...
4" GP100
It took awhile but I finally got there...
The Missus from 20 yards with her MK I... We'll get there :)
The Missus with the GP100... She liked it. Kinda. Too heavy?
It's been awhile since I fired a large caliber revolver and it's been even longer since the Missus has fired at all. Today's shooting proves that! :)
We went over to the 20 yard range and shared it with a couple of gentlemen who were shooting .45 acp Springfield XD-M pistols. There were a couple of lanes between us, so no one was in anyone's way. It was good.
I fired the first 6 rounds with the GP100 in single action. I was way low and all over the place. The first thing I noticed was that the recoil with .38 Specials was minimal. A very nice shooting revolver. I paid a bit of attention to my grip and concentrated on my sight picture and saw immediate improvement. I fired 6 more rounds in single action then fired the remainder in double action. Trigger pull was very smooth but somewhat heavy in DA. By the time we were finished I was satisfied with where the bullets were striking the target.
My first impressions of the Ruger GP100... Very well made revolver. Well balanced. Fit of all the parts is very good. Exactly what you would expect from a gun of this type. Brushed stainless finish is pretty good. There are a couple of spots that aren't perfect but it certainly doesn't affect the function of the gun. The Hogue grip is very comfortable and solid once you get used to it. It feels to be a slightly wider grip than the S&W 686. The front sight is all black and there is no contrast between the front and rear sights when aligned with a black target. Makes it hard to get a good sight picture. Gonna have to do something about that. A tiny bit of white paint, perhaps? Night sights? We'll see. Overall, I am extremely happy with the purchase of the GP100.
Like I said, the Missus hadn't fired a gun of any type in quite a long time. After the first few rounds from her MK I she started to settle in and was getting closer and closer to where she wanted to be. Big smile on her face. She fired 12 rounds through the GP100 and came away smiling from that, too.
I asked if she wanted to fire the XDS. By her reckoning it's small and light so it has to be a gentle shooter, right? (LOL) She fired one round from the bench, supported with her elbows. I watched from the side as that pistol recoiled. She didn't like it much, but she didn't panic. She said, and I quote... "Whoa... Whoa....... I don't like that. I don't like that. I don't like that at all". I didn't laugh at her. I explained the large cartridge in a light, short barreled pistol theory to her. She mentioned that "your other .45 doesn't kick like that". She was referring to my 1911, of course. She used to shoot it on occasion without any problem. I also have a Taurus OSS 24/7 in .45 acp. She wouldn't like the recoil of that either. It's a full sized pistol but, being plastic, it's light and the recoil is a bit more harsh than the 1911.
Anyway, she has decided that she wants to spend time at the range again. She wants to get her CCW permit. I'm all about that.
She looked at the Ruger LCP yesterday and liked it. Another small, light pistol. I took her to the gun shop this afternoon so she could compare the LCP to the LC9. We'll see. The XDS will be available in 9mm one of these days...
She kept telling me that the GP100 is too heavy. I told her that it felt like it weighed about the same as her MK I. When we got home I weighed both of them. Her MK I is actually 105 grams heavier than the GP100. She never believes me. :)
Anyway, it was a fun day shooting with her.
Stay safe.
11 December 2012
Finally...
4" GP 100. Had to go to Wisconsin to get it. It's
It was the only one they had.
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