So next time a cop intimidates or frightens me...

Can I put 4 in his chest?

If this police officer is in any way exonerated, is not charged with manslaughter (at least) and doesn't serve prison time, then I see no barrier to shooting the next cop who makes me nervous (or anyone else for that matter). Next time a cop makes any suggestive move, or places his hand on the butt of his firearm (even if it stays in the holster) then I can make my move and shoot him, just so that I can be safe and go home to my family at night. (and no, I don't intend to start shooting anyone, police officers or civilians...)

Look at the video. There is NO WAY that the cane can be construed to be any type of firearm. You can see it even in the crappy dashcam video....The officer should have been able to do so as well.

The Yourk County dure for a situation like this.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dashcam-footage-released-70-year-man-shot-expired-license-plate/#gGVi9R0Gw176LZsP.99

The York County Sheriff’s Office says Knox followed procedure for a situation like this.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dashcam-footage-released-70-year-man-shot-expired-license-plate/#gGVi9R0Gw176LZsP.99

The York County Sheriff’s Office says Knox followed procedure for a situation like this.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dashcam-footage-released-70-year-man-shot-expired-license-plate/#gGVi9R0Gw176LZsP.99

The York County Sheriffs office claims that Officer Knox followed procedure for a situation like this.

Whose procedure? Who approved of shooting people when there is no immediate threat? (Yeah, I know, they are gonna claim that he perceived a threat....but is that statement justifiable?) 

'Cause if it is than My procedure is gonna lead to me defending myself from a lot more possible threats.

If the police are that afraid of every person they interact with, then they shouldn't be police officers, shouldn't have the right to carry a firearm, and shouldn't be in any position of authority.

This officer killed attempted to kill a 70 year old man for no reason.......no matter what the department claims.

Yes, this is a tragedy. Mistakes were made...I got that. But it is still murder attempted murder. 

I'm sorry for the officer, but he should be in prison.

If it were you or I, that is where we'd be. And rightly so.

*Original reports were that the elderly man had been killed. subsequent reports say that the man is alive and expected to survive. Post updated accordingly. Instead of murder, it is attempted murder. Still think jail time is appropriate*

Folding on the Internet

Although this has been promoted by mostly Europe the rest of the world for many years, it appears that the US is going to give up control of the internet as we know it. 

Do we really want that? As much business as we do over the web, do we want a bunch of Europeans  with anto American complexes (see also: Brussels) having control over the internet as we know it? Having the ability to change, deny or otherwise mess with Domain Names and such?

Is this a good idea? I don't think so. Handing over control of something the US invented, and that the US has controlled in a benign manner from the beginning to a bunch of other countries who may not have our (or others) interests at heart is not a good idea.

Let 'em start their own brand of internet if they wanna control it.

Happy Pi day

It be 3.14

Anyone got $150k+ to spare?

"cause if you d then you can buy me this when it goes up for auction....

For home defense, of course.

Ymarght... or something like that.

Yeah, no posting..

Burned out.

Been busy dealing with idiots and the weather and the issues they cause.

I don't even have time to read the other folks that are smarter than me...

You can see them on the left side
<<<<<<<

Later.

B

Border Patrol Chief: " Run away!"

Really: It is true:

See the memo HERE .


Rather than project force, the Agents should retreat when rocks and other items are thrown....

What kind of Chief have they got there? The agents I have met were strong, brave men, worthy of a better directive than that. 

That'll put the fear of God into those illegals!

So my choice of pistol platforms is bad

and will get me killed or something? Seems that you made a great deal of splash with your article, as I am sure you wanted to.

Really? You'd prefer that everyone carry a GLOCK or a M&P?

Who in hell asked you?

I suppose that you had to write about something in order to get paid, and a topic like this would get some comments so that your editor will now that people read your articles.....

While everyone is entiled to their opinion, your sucks. and it was, IMO, a poorly written article.

My choice of a pistol platform for self defense/CCW is not up to you. Yes, I have had a bad example of a 1911. I know Glocks that are shit too. One example having been sold to a close friend...both firearms were returned for service. and, not surprisingly, are now good examples of reliable firearms. (the 1911 variant that I had now has over 8k rounds through it with absolutely zero hiccups, despite being crap out of the box. The GLOCK has a similar round count after service, but wouldn't fire a full magazine without issues as delivered). I'd be willing to bet my life on either of those firearm, if and when. In fact, I carry the 1911 variant almost daily. And I shoot about 20K rounds through my assorted 1911's yearly.

You take all 1911's and lump them into a group. Cheap ones, modified ones, and then you use Kimbers as you prime example....a company that built a reputation as a custom gushop and then has since traded on their name to easily impressed afficianados with more money than sense when it comes to purchasing firearms..("I got a Kimber!!!! I must be an Operatianally Operational Operator!") I actually know of very few Kimber 1911's that run well enough that I would use them outside of a range...But I also know of many made by Para and Springfield that are excellent examples of quality reliable firearms....as is true of Glocks and, to a more limited extent, M&P's. But I'd function test ANY firearm that I was going to plan to carry to defend myself with very carefully...I'd make sure that the ammo and the firearms were compatible and happy with each other, and that the gun would be reliable...not just for a magazine or two, but for hundreds of rounds...No matter what make of firearms...Glock, Para, Springfield, Colt, or Smith and Wesson.


What you prefer is up to you...the type of firearms, the particular style....and if you want to become a FanBoi to a particular brand or style, then, hey, you are (supposedly) an adult, and can make yer own choices.

I prefer the grip safety and the thumb safety....not the crap trigger safety abortion idea that Gaston Glock came up with...Your Mileage May, however, Vary...If you like your Glock, then by all means, use it. Just be careful when reholstering around me, please. (especially if you are a policeman!)

Actually, go ahead and bash the 1911. It'll reduce the demand (maybe, if anyone cares what you write) and maybe make the prices come down.

In the meantime, I'll take my chances with my 1911 on my hip in daily carry.  You carry what you want to.

180

Remember the post below about the German homeschooling family trying to stay here in the US? How the DHS and ICE wanted them returned to Germany....and the Supremes chose not to hear their case?

Strangely, DHS has reversed itself and granted them "Indefinite Deferred Status".

SO as long as they are good, model visitors to this country, they can stay.

Strange, that reversal. Perhaps sanity broke out in the DHS....

proving once again that the republicans are a neutered force

They brought her back they had ordered her to testify, and had legal advice that she had effectively waived her 5th Amendment rights when she made her speech the first time she "testified"...

Others have been incarcerated for ignoring congress, (small 'C' on purpose) and for similar behavior have been held in "Contempt of Congress".

Yet she walks today, a free woman.

Was this just a "show trial"?

Let's face it, the RNC wants the Tea Party folks to go away nearly as much as the DNC does.

And I especially liked the rant that Cummings put forth in order to make a headline that drew eyes from Lerner.

ETA: The Outrider has an interesting take....

Today's the day

That Lois Lerner is supposed to spill the beans to congress.

1.  I wonder if she will?

II.  I wonder what she will tell 'em?

C.  If she does, how long will she live?

Would you have the guts?

To give your name and then declare:

"I will NOT comply".



(money quote starting about 6:28)

I think that if the Connecticut boys in blue choose poorly that there will be a real mess.

Randy Weaver got screwed because he was alone and isolated.  No one to help. By the time we all saw what was happening, they had the situation nailed down.

What will happen  if you are in Connecticut when you see your neighbors home besieged by the police.....Or hear a noise at night and see the SWAT team stacked up outside his door?

You know you are gonna be next.

So either you run (or hide) or take a stand. Stand on principles or watch your neighbor taken down....Live louse or ....?

Which will you choose?

There are more gunowners than cops to take them away....but alone you will fall....

You can make a difference when they are at your neighbor's door...you are in their rear....they aren't looking at you...

When enough don't come home, they'll get the message.

Will you take a stand? Remember, body armor...Aim high or aim low....

I fear that for our brethren in Connecticut, the time is coming when they will have to choose.

And I don't think anyone is gonna like the outcome. 

I am SO glad I live in Indiana and won't, for the near future at least, have to make such a decision. 

But if they had come in over the southern border...

Illegally

And if they spoke Spanish....

German Home Schooling family faces deportation after supreme court denies hearing

So a German family flees to the US because they are persecuted by the German Government due to the fact that they choose to homeschool their kids rather than place them in State schools..

They apply for asylum here in the US in 2010. THEY DO EVERYTHING LEGALLY.

They have another child here in the US....("Anchor Baby"?)

The Obama administration changes their minds after initially granting them asylum on grounds of religious persecution.

ICE changes their mind in 2012. Tells them they have to leave.

They appeal.

Supreme Court chooses not to hear the case.

Now, I wouldn't bring this up, except that there are THOUSANDS of Mexicans who ILLEGALLY entered this country and who were caught after spending YEARS here who have NOT been deported....who are encouraged and allowed to stay here.....even though they entered and stayed illegally....and whose cases are being ignored by ICE and other relevant agencies.
 

Double standard?

I see this as a human rights issue....they are being persecuted and fined for not sending their kids to the State approved schools in Deutschland ....


If we let all the illegals stay, then we should let these people stay. They, at least, did everything legally and are, by all reports, model citizens.

Not so with some of the other cases.

But they are, apparently, not brown enough.

Perhaps they should learn to speak Spanish. Maybe move to California or Arizona....Or Chicago.

An offer to those folks in Connecticut and New Jersey

or at least the first 50 or so to take me up on this:

If you can find a legal way to get your "Assault Rifle" and or High Capacity Magazines or other banned (but previously legal)  firearms into my hand, I will offer storage in a safe, controlled environment. They will be stored in the same environment that my personal firearms are stored in

Insurance against fire and such is still up to you.

You can come and visit them at any time with a bit of notice. We even have decent ranges fairly close by so you can exercise them.

This is not an offer of storage forever, but only until you can either get the law repealed or move out of the state to a more congenial environment.  I should be at this location for at least another 2 years....

Email me for other details.

Jut tryin' to help.

For some reason it didn't post on Friday.....

Is *YOUR* church BATF approved?


Let us never forget that on Feb 28th,1993 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms chose to attack a peaceful compound of religious "fanatics".

This ultimately ended, 51 days later, with the death of 76 men women and children..

Look up the details yourself, Wikipedia has part of the story. Take the time to learn more.

What it ultimately comes down to is, that much like the Randy Weaver saga, the government departments (and individuals therein) went Way too far, and when people resisted, they brought the full weight of the Federal government down upon those unfortunate to be in the crosshairs. People who resisted died because they were targeted by rouge, undertrained, and unsupervised agents of the Federal agencies.

The fact that these events happened is bad enough. THe fact that these agents and their supervisors and THEIR supervisors were, essentialy, unpunished.

And WE as a nation allowed the events to happen, watching breathlessly on TV as events unfolded....And we let these agents get away with, essentially, murder.

Think about it.

And we are allowing such things to happen again....Think Fast and Furious. If you don't know what I am referring to, Google "Operation Fast and Furious"....

If you aren't angry yet, you should be.

True....

Someone pointed out to me today:

"I am NOT a racist....I intensly dislike Obama's white half as well".

I really couldn't argue.

But it hurts when coffee comes out of your nose.

If you like eagles

THen open THIS window and watch!

Free speech is for everyone

Unless you are white and it offends a minority.

Especially if it happens on a made up minority holiday

Look: I understand that the school just wants a peaceful day, with no fights or violence. THat the Mexicans are making trouble about Hispanic culture and that the school just wants to make it go away...
Too fucking bad. The minority mexican students can go back to mexico if they don't like it. THis is the US of America.  Wearing a US flag should NEVER be illegal or against the rules in the United States. (the Mexicans get to wear the Mexican flag, but that is ok and not judged provocative)...To me, anywhere outside of Mexico, it is just a rag...as it should be with any flag outside of the country which it represents.

The judges need to be recalled and then horsewhipped.

The school administrator needs to be fired and barred from ever working in any administrative capacity ever again.

but then again, it be Kalifornia...

Indeed

Not actually 8.65/10, but still good symbolism.

Found HERE via HERE

Question:

So Jan Brewer, governor of AZ, vetoed the bill (SB 1602) which would have put protections in place for folks who chose not to do business with people who are gay, based on any objection to their lifestyle...

Now, I hate discrimination.

BUT.

The fact is that these are private businesses....run by individuals. Operated by people who have opinions. They have no legal mandate to be inclusive.

Why is the opinion of a gay person that a lifestyle which condones homosexuality is ok, when the opinion of a straight person that the homosexual lifestyle is NOT not ok?

To FORCE a person to make a cake for, or take pictures of, a wedding which a photographer or baker finds morally objectionable is wrong....as wrong as the gay people find laws against sodomy.

I'm not saying that I find homosexuals bad...I really don't care what you do with your chosen partner...I really don't.

But to force people to do business with you, or anyone else whose lifestyle they object to is wrong....Say that you know someone was a KKK member.....they have every right to believe as they do....if they strongly believe that White Supremacy is the way things should be, that is their right. Would a business owner choosing not to sell them items, or to not perform a service be ok then? Would they (the gay folks) accept it if a gay man chose not to do business with a pair of "breeders"? You know, "normal" heterosexual couples?

I thought that gay people felt that they had to be "inclusive" and "respect everyone's choice"...How come a straight person's choice to object to the gay lifestyle isn't acceptable, but your gay lifestyle is? Where is the "inclusiveness" and the "tolerance'?

And why make a big deal about it? Why not go where your business is wanted...there are other bakers, and other photographers.....wouldn't you rather go somewhere where you are likely to get the best efforts of someone's talents rather than force someone to do the work?

But seriously, Why the double standard?

Why you should register your firearms and accessories

So the State knows where they are....Just in case.

Just in case they change their minds on the legality of the firearm....
Best to know where they are. 
 

It occurs to me

That the basic conflict in Ukraine was that the "rulers" of the country felt that they could force obedience from the citizens....that they had the right to rule rather than govern.

Whereas the citizens felt differently...
That the government is a servant, not a master.

Think on this.
We have similar issues brewing here in the US. States rights, citizens rights, etc, versus government (and enslavement) by executive fiat or regulation.

We may well be heading in the same direction as Ukraine and it's citizens find themselves in now.

What will we do?

All you shallow morons

Whose advice to Brigid (or anyone else who has lost a companion of many years) is immediately to "get a puppy", "get another dog". etc....

You show your shallowness of spirit...

If you can be cheered up and your spirit healed a day after losing your companion of 10 or 15 years, one who has placed his or her trust in you and who has chosen you to be their human, that person they would guard with their life, who has comforted you and loved you unconditionally....who is never happier than when you return home...
Who sees you as you wish you were rather than as who you really are....

If you can be fixed with the acquisition of a new dog (or cat or whatever) in a day or two or three...

Then you are so shallow that I don't think I want to ever meet you, and we certainly ain't ever gonna be friends.

Just in case you haven't seen it:

You need to GO HERE and watch the video.

All you folks who think we need a "revolution"  to fix the United States....You need to watch and realize that should that happen, those people DYING might be you friends, neighbors, drinking buddies and brothers and sisters.

While I believe that the time may come when we DO have a conflict, I sincerely hope that it does NOT come to armed conflict between the State and the Citizens. No one will "win" that fight. It'll be ugly. I'd prefer that we try all other avenues before we go there.

The above referenced video is 3 minutes long. You saw several people wounded and likely killed.

Will you have the balls of steel that those Ukranians had? Or will you run, or cower?

Or will you shoot back?

We, here in the US, have the advantage of the 2nd Amendment ...which gives us the power to shoot back, to have close to parity with the government forces, if and when the time should come.

But it still won't be pretty. People will still die...just in a more evenhanded manner. Them as well as us....In more equal amounts. But die nonetheless.

So watch....think. If you are eager for a revolution, think. Which of your friends or family will you choose to sacrifice?

Later, little Brother

Brigid has some bad news.

I received the call this morning informing me of the news. I could feel her pain even before she spoke.

It is a terrible responsibility which we accept when we allow a dog into our lives...and into our hearts.

To have to make choices...choices that, no matter how correct, how right, hurt nonetheless.

Stop by and tell her yer thinking of her.

I'll miss him too.

"If you can keep it"

What failed? The Citizens who are protected by the Constitution?
Or the Constitution that is supposed to protect the Citizens?

Ben Frankin was asked, as he stepped away from the Constitutional Convention in Independence Hall in 1787...

He was asked: "Well, Doctor, What have we? A Republic or a Monarchy?

He replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it".

I believe that we have failed the Constitution and the work of the Founding Fathers.

We, as a nation, and We, as individual Citizens, have failed.

Read this...Watch the video...2 minutes (2:05)..... take the time to call your Senators/Congresscritters.

Calling the White House is likely a waste of time.

But take the time.

Someday, it might be us fighting for freedom. I hope that we have the balls that these Ukranians have.

Almost to 57....

While I doubt it'll ever pass, Some folks in California want to break the state into 6 separate states. 



which means that Barry was almost right with his count of 57....

Now while this would benefit the northern states and Silicon Valley, (and may be Orange County) the rest of the State(s) would fail fairly quickly...economically.

You can trust the police

Sure you can.

They are always honest.

They NEVER conspire together.

They never mistreat potential wrongdoers.

They NEVER falsify reports.

And police NEVER, EVER back each other up even when they know another officer is doing wrong or illegal or immoral things.

That would NEVER HAPPEN.

Me, I'd like to see officers be equipped with a shoulder or helmet mounted video camera that they cannot disable.

If they disable/"break" the camera, no charges can be filed. If they happen to have the camera "break" often, they should be dismissed.

No video, no prosecution.

I bet that a LOT of police officers find other occupations.

I be that the rest would be better behaved.

AND we'd have a lot better and more honest police force....Like we once had.

And "Policeman" would again be an honorable profession...instead of what it is today.

Yup

"Quotations found on the internet may not be wholly accurate"

Abraham Lincoln

A real "Smart" buying decision:

First smart pistol on the store shelves in California.

I doubt many will sell.

"as several residents watched in horror".

"St. Louis Today reports a middle school football coach was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched off a street just blocks from her home in southwestern Missouri as several residents watched in horror."


Did any of them get into a car and follow the abductor while calling police and telling them exactly where he was?? I've done that with Drunk drivers who did property damage...followed them and helped the police nail them. ANd sometimes I had to run into the house and get my keys and start my car and actually go LOOK for the dude. But these folks "watched in horror". Did they think to intervene in any way besides calling 911? 

"As several residents watched in horror". Perhaps had they done more a little girl might be alive right now. 

We are, truly, a nation of sheep.

I'm not sure

Exactly what strategy the protesters are following in Ukraine....Facing men with modern fully automatic rifles and high powered "sniper" rifles with a few hunting shotguns and bricks and Molotov cocktails.

I fail to see what their ultimate goal is in occupying their Independence Square....I don't see how this fixes their problems with their government.

Having said that, I gotta say that these folks, whoever they are, and whatever their motivations, have really big balls....guts as it were (there are a lot of women supporting the men on the protest lines).

It is really gutsy to not flee the area when the police decide to unlimber their rifles and choose to shoot into the crowd and target the protesters... When they shoulder those riot shotguns at 50 paces and YOU are looking into the bore of a 12 guage.

Will this happen here? Possibly.

But I think the battle lines might be a bit different. Here, while there might be protests, the police would shoot into a crowd exactly once.

Then they'd face similar rifles....likely identical except that they wouldn't be select fire. And they'd find that there are a LOT of re-purposed deer and other hunting rifles (depends on what you are hunting, doesn't it?) now employed from rooftops against the police/government forces.

I sincerely hope that such protests are never needed here, and I pray that if they do happen that they remain peaceful. 'Cause if they go violent, then things will go very bad very quickly. Likely there won't be enough police to hold, but the bloodshed will be massive.

On both sides.

No one will win a fight like that. let us hope that the liberals our government will never bring things to that point.

But our Second Amendment helps keep thing equal.

Remember that.

It's really just plain foggy

Just plain damned foggy here.

Visibility sometimes measured in 10's of feet. Or less.

D'ya think that people would turn their friggin' lights on? Leave a little bit of space?

Lots didn't.

I especially like the folks on the interstate who are driving 20 MPH in a dirty gray car with no lights....endangering themselves as well as others.

I actually didn't see anyone driving too fast this time.

Of course, I expect at least one chain reaction pileup on the highways in rural areas this evening. I'd bet good money on it. 

facts are a bitch to face....

So in Barry's world, $8,000 is the same as $3,000?

Seems that the new EPA mandated fuel economy will save each of us, on average, $8,000 a year in fuel costs.

Which will be great for us, as the average auto only costs us $3k per year in fuel costs right now....


Barry: You can either rebate my taxes to the tune of $5,000 or, if you prefer, use it to pay my insurance costs that have gone up due to Obamacare. Either will work for me.

Either he really has no clue as to what driving costs, or he is lying....or he thinks that we are all stupid, which is more likely.

I bet a lot of his supporters really believe that he is gonna save them by increasing the cost, and decreasing the performance, of their personal automobiles.

I'm wondering

How much Glowbal Warmenating Co2 is being emitted by the Olympic flame in Sochi?

And where the Climate Change folks are....One would think they would be protesting.

In case you don't read Stormbringer's blog

You do need to READ THIS.

Srsly

Damned straight

 

Via the Outrider

Kiev

I am glad it isn't happening here

Yet.

I fear it will soon.

And the local police have all those MRAPs we need to fear

Has anyone noticed

That the farther left a country is, the faster it's economy is going into the crapper?

Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, etc in South America are prime examples.

Greece and other PIIGS countries in Europe.

Russia and the former Soviet Republics have already failed, and are on the road to somewhere else....

Banking crises, governmental debt woes, declining standard of living, less and less government services. More and more government interference in commerce.

Someone tell Barry and his pet NC cronies.

And tell me how to avoid getting splashed.

Interesting.....

I cannot vouch for the veracity, but if true......

ETA: Comment says photoshop. 

Wha they think of you and your music

Democrat? Republican? Independent?

Pandora says that your music tastes tells them a LOT about you. SO much so that they are going to target ads to you based upon your music selections.

They even have an example quiz.

I expect that Amazon will do likewise soon.

"May be the dumbest poll evar"

Seems some liberal journalist (but I repeat myself) was all up in arms about the news that Huntsville Alabama is going to gain (up to) 2000 jobs at the (soon to be) expense of Ilion, New York and ran a poll to see what the newspaper readership thought of the idea that icky guns would be made in a factory in the area.


The responses to the poll were overwhelmingly positive. People care little about the fact that gunz would be made in the new factory. All they see is jobs that produce wealth for the community.

The comments are overwhelmingly disparaging.

I mean...Alabama.

'Nuff said

Lesson learned ?:


"We're in Indiana, they [are] from Illinois, they don't know people got permits to carry guns, so bang bang, that is what happened," 

So I asked....

Seems that Chase Bank is open on President's day (which, IMO, should still be Washington's and Lincoln's birthday, not a National Holiday that always falls on a Monday so that the Federal workers can get an extra long weekend)...

Now while I found this conveneient for by business banking, I asked the manager why they were open on President's day, but not MLK day, as both were national holidays.

"we are closed on MLK day out of respect for Martil Luther King, and because it is important to our minority customers."

Well, see, now we have an issue, dude. "cause I find it DIS-respectful that you are open today, as both Lincoln and Washington ARE PERSONAL HEROES OF MINE"

"yeah, we've heard it a lot lately. I'll let you talk to my boss....." and he proceeds to pull out his cell phone and call his boss..."yeah, another one"..and he hands he phone to me.

so I say my piece and he apologizes and I hang up.

Now here is the thing...

I really don't care if the bank is open on either holiday. But if they are going to be closed for MLK day, then they really should be closed for President's day....of open on both.

Why do they give more respect to a (admittedly brave) black preacher than to an abolitionist or to the founding father of our country?

I think it is for fear of being labeled racist....Else they wouldn't bother to close at all.

"And yet it moves"

Today is the 450th birthday of Galileo Galilei. (Go ahead, use Google, you'll find lots of links and might learn something).....Who believed in Heliocentrism in support of Copernicus.....That the Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than the other way 'round....And who was imprisoned by the Church because his beliefs were opposed to Church doctrine.

How many other doctrines held true today will be seen as transparently wrong years in the future? 


ETA: Read this and weep

On judicial decisions and the rule of law.

So the Ninth Circuit Court chose to decide that Kalifonia's restrictive handgun carry laws are illegal. Liberals everywhere are crying....and the rest of us are smiling.

But I have to ask:

Where has the rule of law been for the past 40 or 50 years? Why now are the decisions like this, and Heller and McDonald being adjudicated in the way that they are? Why were these laws allowed to stand in the past?

Where was the Judiciary in the years prior to this? No one chose to sue because the political climate of opinion wasn't conducive to a favorable outcome for the pro-Second Amendment side....


So why have a judiciary at all if we can have courts who, with the changing of judges (who are, after all, human) who will rule one way on an opinion and the same (or similar) court choose to offer a different viewpoint at a later time?

Theoretically, our judges and court system should rule the same way each and every time....and once a ruling is made, that should be the law of the land.....But that isn't so. Arguments change, but moreso the makeup of the judges and their opinions. Yet opinions and biases SHOULDN'T be a part of a judgeship. Nor should it (theoretically) have a bearing on the decisions made.

Yet it does.

And if judgements like McDonald and Heller and the most recent one can overturn previous and lower courts decisions, have we realistically got true Rule of Law? Or do we have Rule of Current Opinion? Rule of Current Political Climate?

Are our laws really that mutable that depending on the political climate they can change so radically? Is a decision made by a lower court 30 years ago so easily changed today? And if a lower court's decision is overturned, should those judges be retained as Judges?

While i welcome these recent interpretations of our laws I fear that others of which I might not approve, can be overturned as well. We might not like those decision.

What I fear is instability in our way of life, caused by political opinion changes. Our laws should not be so mutable.

So it seems that Atlanta residents CAN learn

Most of them stayed home and let the storm happen ...

But the rest of the denizens of the South can't. 

Record delays in North Carolina, People stuck on the roads and unable to climb hills to go home.

Jesus Christ, I knew that it was going to be bad there..That there would be Ice and snow and other bad things......and I live a thousand miles or more away. WTF is wrong with these people?

And the media found a family (one would guess by ethnicity and demeanor that she was a welfare recipient) that had ALREADY run out of food...Of course.

It would seem that the southern people are living up to their reputation of stubbornness and stupidity.

I find that sad.

So why do we let him get away with it?

As you all know, Barry once again changed the law by decree.

(I thought we "Couldn't wait to act!")

But the real question is that, since Obamacare is the law of the land...no matter how unpopular, WHY isn't it being implemented according to the way the law was written? Why does our president get to decide how and when a law will be implemented and enforced? (Hint, he shouldn't...read that Constitution thing that I am always talking about).

Isn't that the job for the, you know, LAWMAKERS? (for those of you who were stoned during Civics class(or whatever they are calling it these days)), the Prez doesn't have this power. The power to make, and change, laws is in the legislative branch...The congress and the Senate...NOT the prezident.

Why isn't congress stopping him from doing so? (and let us not get into the inequally applied law)

WHERE ARE OUR LEADERS?

Or has the NSA got enough on all of them after tapping their phones and reading their emails that they are willingly going along with Barry's plans?

A thought:

In a conversation last night, it was stated that "Police would never obey orders to disarm law abiding citizens just because some Government official said to".

I laughed.

and laughed

and laughed.

Then I suggested he take a look at the aftermath of Katrina, where police officers from all across the country helped the local boys in blue keep "order".....and part of that was the illegal searches and the illegal seizure of firearms...rifles, shotguns and pistols. All the while, looters took what they wanted from people unable to protect themselves form them.

All in the name of "Public Safety".

Legally owned firearms.

That sobered him up a bit...He's not so sure that the law will keep the Police at bay anymore.

Are you?

It won't help, but they will do it anywy

And it is gonna make electricity costs increase by over 80%.

But the Obama Administration and the EPA don't care what it costs you, they are going to decrease the carbon dioxide emissions no matter what.

(this despite the fact that Volcanoes and other volcanic emissions will produce 98+% more carbon than these new technologies (that don't work) will save...and that the rest of the WORLD doesn't use them.)

“Today’s hearing shed further light on how grossly underdeveloped CCS remains and revealed the staggering cost increases American consumers and manufacturers will face if future power plants are forced to operate under EPA’s inane regulations,” Sheehan said. “DOE and EPA are wasting valuable taxpayer dollars by pursuing policies that will do nothing to build economic confidence and create jobs but everything to drive up energy costs and put hardworking Americans out of work.”

But the science is settled.

It doesn't matter how much your electric bill goes up, We MUST DO SOMETHING...

And this is why we need firearms:

'cause not only does the town have a cop with issues, but the rest of the Police department is willing to back him up.

Are cops being trained to be overreaching cowards these days?

Myself, if it were my dog.....well, let's just say that my sister would "whisper in his ear"...



Via Knuckledraggin

(take 2.5)This is cool

If it is real:

From an email

Now that is an idea:

Stop feeding the Beast:

Maryland lawmakers push to cut water and electricity to NSA headquarters.

Cut of the tentacles of the Beast...Starve it.



Not sure of this might actually work, or if it'll even pass.

But it is a start.

Anyone know if these are worth the money?

'cause I'd like to have a few for.....you know.

Someone who KNOWS

Manuel Martinez, Fled Cuba. DESTROYS Oregon Lawmakers Gun Control Attempt.





I found this via It Ain't Holy Water

Is it just me?

Or does Barry look stoned out of his mind lately?

I'm not being mean...His face is slack, his eyes are droopy and his facial expression is one that I have seen before...

He honestly looks like he is stoned.

Clint...a real badass

Seems that one of my real life heroes actually can react and know what to do when things get happy....And saves a man from choking

At 83 years old...

Home invaders

That is what the Grand Jury saw....and chose not to indict the man who killed a Deputy who entered his home at 6 AM in a No-Knock raid.

The thing is, SWAT teams and no-Knock raids have been overused, and have become more or less the standard way of police who wish to question people or search a residence or other property. Even when there is limited or no reason to suspect that the officers would be in unreasonable danger or that the occupants might resist, they are used.  Raids such as these need to be used only when there is overwhelming evidence that there is a need for them.

Had police and Federal agents not used such tactics at Waco and other places, fewer police and civilians would have been hurt and situations would not have spiraled out of control so easily.

And a Burleson County Deputy would likely still be alive.

Is a man believing that he is defending his home from invaders justified in shooting the black clad person invading his home early in the morning?

Apparently, the answer is YES.

Of course, he is lucky  he wasn't killed by the rest of the police.

Man Charged With Killing Burleson County Deputy No Billed by Grand Jury

 At least in Texas.

 Of course, the homeowner is lucky  he wasn't killed by the rest of the police.

 

It'll be here soon!

Peter's new book will be here soon!

I enjoyed the first two, and look forward to the third as soon as they collect enough dead trees to make some "real" books.

Y'know....

As long as we support a party who supports John Boehner as Speaker, we will continue to lose ground in this country. He is as much a art of the problem as Barry.

Stop feeding the beast. Do all you can to unfund and stop support for the RHINO's...even if it means voting for third party folks.

Tell your friends and neighbors. SHOW them the failures of the leadership of the RNC.

Man, we need you today

Instead of the non conservative conservatives or the giant government progressives.

Today is Ronald Reagan's birthday.

Arguably the greatest president we have had in modern times. (not that is is hard to be "greater" than the bunch we have had in my lifetime...and that is not a dig at RR either)

Oh that the Republican Party could find another like him to return this country to the path of greatness, instead of the path upon which we travel today.

Someone who believes like him:

An interesting viepoint

I have often pondered this very idea.

Not sure if I was crazy or paranoid.

Yet others are beginning to think this way as well....

To believe that this is a conspiracy rather than incompetent is ludicrous....Isn't it?

That a non-US born "citizen" could be raised up (with no one ever questioning his past or who paid for his education) and made into a State Senator from nowhere....then a Senator....then the President of the United States....who would then (essentially unimpeded by either the Congress OR the courts) implement programs that, while unconstitutional and economically foolish, accomplish the aims of his mentor....

It all hangs together neatly, which makes me suspicious.

But he is "Fundamentally transforming America" isn't he?



And we, the citizens of the US, are allowing him and his ilk to do so.

It's like Deja vu

All over again.

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned the US may default on its debt by the end of the month if Congress does not raise its borrowing limit.


Rumor has it that John Boehner is practicing walking backwards.

I wonder how he is going to let the Democrats lead him....and where?
And how much the "Budget Cuts" will raise our deficit this time? 

Post Office reform:

Not what you'd think.

It'll never pass though.

Read.

Violence

For all of you who say "Violence doesn't solve anything"   This is a simplistic short sighted statement typical of liberals and protected people who have no idea how the world works.

Read the post:

Violence is Golden.

So very true.

Violence has solved many things. And the threat of violence has solved many more.

Found via

All you folks tired of winter

And all you folks who think this an exceptionally severe winter:

This is a picture of my Grandpa

1967

He's 6'2"

Location: Hammond, Indiana.

Notice the level of the snow.

This was ONE storm.

and he shoveled the entire 120  foot driveway to get to the front of his garage.

So tell me again how this winter is historically so terribly bad?

Really?Not like it hasn't happened since.

"Climate Change" and all that....

When it is only 31 F outside

It is hard to make a fire small enough in the woodstove that the house won't be 87.4 F inside.

Threfore we must use the furnace instead of burning wood.

And that adds to my gas bill.

Which sucks.

For my NW (and Central) Indiana gun owner associates: Warning order:

Nappanee Indiana gun show (the one with the restaurant with AWESOME bacon) is about a month away.

March 29th 2014 (Saturday only, the Amish don't work on Sunday or something?)

Borkholders Dutch Village

700 N Tomahawk Trl,
 Nappanee, IN 46550

Someone make sure and tell Tam. 

Just in case you actually FOUND some of this .22LR:

Now the stuff may be recalled:

Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling two (2) lots of M*22™ 22 Long Rifle 40 Grain Black Copper Plated Round Nose rimfire ammunition.

Just FYI

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Our ancestors would ahve tossed the folks running the government today into jail, or tarred and feathered them.

If they didn't use some lampposts to check the tensile strength of some rope....

Show me.

How many liberal, progressive, gay, DNC supporter owned businesses did the same?

Chick-Fil-A gives free food to stranded motorists stranded in southern snowstorm.

Forget the fact that most of them were stranded because they waited until the "goberment" told them to go home, or were too stupid to move their cars over to the side of the road and WALK to a safe place when the roads were clogged (Jaysus, it was 10 degrees with almost no wind)...forget that they have supported politicians that chose to have little or no storm preparation for a well forecasted weather event (anyone with access to a national news station knew, if they were paying attention, that there was going to be a winter weather event in the greater south)... Forget the fact that very few were smart enough to plan ahead and depended on someone else (that government, BTW, failed in that mission) to see to their security and well-being.

I'd like to see one...just ONE example of a liberal leaning, or a gay owned, business which chose to help stranded commuters in the way that the Chick-Fil-A chose to.

Just one.

SO what happens when the colanders come out?

I mean, really, if 2 inches or so of snow can paralyze the south for more than 24 hours, what's gonna happen when the SHTF?

I mean, really, have they become that soft and reliant on others?

BTW:

In the SOTU address, didn't I hear Barry say that he would do all he could to circumvent the Constitutional limits on his powers? That he would essentially ignore the rules that the Constitution sets forth for new laws?


And when he said it, didn't I see all the members of the House and Senate gleefully clap in approval?

WTF?

Stealing credit from others

So in his SOTU speech he said:

“You saw us taking a lot of action last year,” he said. “We produced more energy in this country, more oil in this country, than we imported for the first time in 20 years.”

Except he and his minions did everything they could to PREVENT any new energy sources from happening.

None of the new oil or gas fields came about form any actions of the federal government...in fact, they were a hindrance to the process.

But then again, the truth is not something which Barry has to deal with often.

And I thought we got a lot of snow...

But apparently it is "snowing" in the Caribbean too.

Remember, you voluntarily take a tracking device with you all the time....

Just like those collars they put on bears and tigers to track them.....





So folks in Ukraine got a warning message the other day:

"Dear subscriber, you have been registered as a participant in a mass disturbance,"

Seems obvious in hindsight, doesn't it?

I mean, how hard is it for the government to ping your cell phone and find out where you are? And if that phone were where a protest was, at the time that the protest was happening, then likely YOU were there too. Bad bad boy....Here is an IRS audit to make you behave better next time....Or maybe a visit from the Authorities....

We voluntarily take a device with us that can track our every movement....in a city, even down to feet. And even if we "turn off" the GPS portion of the phone, it is easy for the authorities to covertly turn it back on....

Hint: If you are going to a mass protest, LEAVE YOUR Cell phone at home (your everyday one that is). If you gotta carry a phone, get a "burner phone". Protip: NEVER EVER EVER have both your personal everyday cell phone and your burner phone on at the same time...Never ever even have them within a mile of each other (farther is better). Should anyone (*Cough* NSA!!*Cough*) care enough to look, the fact that they are both co-located will be evidence enough to link the two together. In fact, it is best if you never have them in the same area at the same time ever....Leave your personal cell at home and drive to the location where your burner is....move farther before you turn it on. (This includes when you buy it and activate it for the first time....and even when you buy minutes for your burn phone......don't even have your main phone with you. Leave it at home, and buy minutes as far away from home as possible.

Seriously....do you think that the NSA (or the FBI) has capabilities that are any less than the government of Ukraine? 

Remember, your phone "pings" the network several times a minute, active call or not.  In the countryside, this will lead to a location error measured in a few thousand feet....maybe more in an area where there is only one tower...But in an urban area, they can track you down to within less than 50 feet using adjacent towers to triangulate. And that is just using the cellular network...Using GPS, they can read your location to (sometimes) as few as feet. Yes, to less than a 10X10 area.

So if you want to go somewhere that the feds might not approve of, like, say, a protest against the government, LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE AT HOME.

If you feel the need to communicate with others at the protest (or whatever you are doing to piss off Big Brother) then either use a burner phone that has NEVER BEEN POWERED UP WITHIN A MILE OR MORE OF YOUR PERSONAL CELL, ever, and has never been used to call anything but the other burn phones of your group, (and those phones also have to follow this rule or you are screwed) or find another means of communication...like say, THESE (buy 'em through my link on the sidebar so I get a commission, if you please) or other low powered close range communications devices.... They are cheap and they work well....but be careful what you say....they are not hard to intercept. The one advantage is that, unlike the cellular networks, they are harder to simply turn off....although they can be jammed.

Either way, if you are doing ANYTHING that the feds might not approve of, or meeting with anyone who could perhaps be linked to anything that the FEDS might no like, then turn off and leave your cell phone at home.

*If you are gonna go to a protest and you fear retribution, you have to ask yourself beforehand..."Is it worth it?"  Decide before you go.....And realize that with modern hi-rez photography, if you show your face at the protest you'll likely be recognized by facial recognition software.....If the feds/NSA/FBI/Obama Administration care enough to find out who was at the protest or other proscribed activity....

Am I paranoid? Maybe......a better question is AM I PARANOID ENOUGH? Recent revelations by Snowden and actions like those of the Ukrainian government make me wonder....


The sad part is that these actions can no longer be considered impossible. I was raised believing that the Constitution allowed us to protest (peacefully) and that the government wouldn't/was prevented by law from doing anything about it.

But today, I no longer believe that to be true. That which once separated us from places like Ukraine, or the Banana Republics no longer is in force, if it still exists at all.


ETA: BTW, NOW is the time to purchase your secure alternate communications devices....BEFORE you need them.....Just sayin'

That'd be my luck......

Can't remember where I found this....if it's yours, let me know so I can give credit. 

ETA: Commens says XKCD

Cold.

Just plain damned cold.

-18 give or take with wind chills in the -40's.

That's the prediction for the next few days.

I bet I meet a bunch of truckers that aren't smart enough to buy a $25 bottle of fuel treatment and add it to their fuel. They'll gell up and then bitch about having to be towed (circa $800) and then be charged another $500 to have their fuel treated and their fuel systems purged of the gelled fuel after being warmed in a garage. 

Or, we will have a few whose batteries are marginal on a warm day, who will bitch that they have to pay about $400 to have someone come out and start their trucks. But it only costs about $300 for a set of batteries that will likely have enough reserve power to start a truck on a cold day.....if they treat their fuel. And they still won't buy new batteries afterwards.

Fools. Penny wise and pound foolish. You'd think that they'd learn after many years on the road.....But they apparently can't.

But hey, we don't mind taking their money. Lots of overtime and lots of profit.

Likely, someone who fails to do one of the above things will have serious frostbite from staying a cold, broken semi truck. Likely from not having a decent set of winter clothing. Happens every time we get some bad weather.

Cheapness will get you.

Me: The truck (a diesel) is full of treated fuel, and I am positive that it will start at colder temps than this. (If I bother to shut it off....it only burns about 0.4 gallons an hour). I'll leave with gear that will enable me to walk to safety if I should need to.

Stupidity should hurt....and in this case, it'll hurt your wallet.


I am, however, growing tired of all this global warming. I am running out of places to push and pile it. 

How long?

How long do you have to own a firearm before you can transfer it to someone else and not be a part of a "Straw Purchase"?

It is a valid question.

10 minutes? 10 days? Months? Years?

This a serious question. It could affect all of us. And, sadly, the Supremes will likely do things the way they always do and rule narrowly, leaving the above question unanswererd.

Here is the issue: Say I buy pistol....the newest Super-Duty Blastomatic from Guns-R-Us....I own it a week, take it to the range and try it, and I don't like it. Can I sell it next week? Or do I have to wait a time before I can do so. .....EVEN IF I go through an FFL to sell it to another person....Have I broken a law?

That is what essentially happened in this case. Dude got a discount on a weapon because of his LEO credentials....Chose not to keep his purchase. Sold it through an FFL to his uncle. So Uncle isn't a Prohibited Person, 'cause he passed a NICS check. 

So how long do we have to own a gun before we can sell it? Seriously.

Note these quotes:

"The assistant to the solicitor general, Joseph Palmore, admitted to the court that the ATF was “interpreting” the will of Congress when it added the “actual buyer” question in 1995 on the background form."

and:

" Mr. Palmore said the other “critical” purposes of the ATF’s agenda with determining the final buyer was “tracing of firearms and to prevent the anonymous stockpiling of firearms.” Uncle Sam is not supposed to be getting involved in a citizen’s decision to buy as many guns as he decides he wants to defend himself."

Re read that last....Read it again.

Any doubts as to the agenda?

Ain't it the truth:

Image Stolen from The Pirates Cove

Happy birthday John

Browning, that is. John Moses Browning.

Nearly every firearm made today (with a few exceptions) has a bit of a Browning design in it's ancestry.

Go here for a few pictures of his work and history

Things that make ya go HMMMM?

Go HERE. 

Read it.

Read it all.

Whitewash? Sounds like it. I was suspicious when it happened, but had little time to devote to investigating, and haven't had much time since.

I think that there is more to this than we know. And I believe that the coverup goes very hgih in our government.

I fear what will happen to the many decent, law abiding muslims that are in this country when another attack is actually carried out in the US by muslims.

If what I suspect has happened, then this was a failure by our PC riddled DHS folks.

And I find that scary.

Link found HERE

Your turn, folks

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." 

MLK. 



I see a great deal of progress on the White side towards achieving that goal, but not so much from the Black side. 

Gotta work both ways there for it to work at all. 

a comic:

except it isn't very funny

Probably a grain of truth there somewhere.

Indeed:

My grandfather said this ti me many times...if in a slightly different way.

He's right, and I have always tried to remember to never make the same mistake in the same way.

I'm a little busy right now, so think on the above.

Stolen from 90 miles

The professor

Finally left the island.

2 standards

and another reason why we don't trust police anymore:

Officer cleared in Dorner mistaken ID shooting

Now if I find a random car and ram it with mine and then discharge my firearm...am I gonna get cleared by the court? Even though my excuse is that I was skeered or something?

Remember, this truck was not very similar to the one they THOUGHT Dorner MIGHT have been driving.

You or me would have been charged with attempted murder, at the least.

But cops, apparently have the option of shooting at people when they are scared shitless.

"Officer Safety" and all that. 

question:

If Chris Christie's use of a publicly owned asset (i.e. bridge) to cause difficulties for another mayor is so bad (and IMO it is a crime and he should be punished for it, if he can be proven to have given the order).....


Then WHY IN TH HELL ISN'T the fact that Barry closed parks and other public spaces during the budget talks not an equally bad thing.....Why isn't the Media screaming about that? Calling for investigations? CLAIMING A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED? Barry used the Parks and publicly owned buildings as a lever to pressure other lawmakers to cave on the Budget talks.....What is the difference?


OH, wait, my bad....the MSM. Right..... like they are gonna say anything bad about their poster boy and all....

Yes

Something to think about:

So last week, as I posted, I was planning on going into my business as the weather was forecast to be very bad.

When the wind did pick up (about 1:00 pm) I left the house for what is normally a 15 minute drive. Full tank of fuel, food and water for three days, warm clothing (and gear so that if I actually HAD to, I could walk to safety) and a phone. I expected te drive to take not more than an hour and that I would arrive with plenty of daylight....

When I was about a mile from my destination, I encountered a Semi-truck that was sideways in the road...a line of cars was stopped, with nowhere to go. While the roads were bad, they weren't THAT bad, so I figured I would turn around and go another route....


Not so much.

As everyone had stopped, about a mile or so BEHIND me, there was another accident involving a Semi blocking the road.

Can't go east, can't go west. No other way out that was possible to traverse in anything but a Snow-Cat or a snowmobile...While I had a tow strap, I wasn't going to move either of the semi trucks with my 3/4 ton 4WD truck.

So I sat....and waited....and waited.

Now this isn't going to be a slam on either the Indiana State Police or the Lake County Sheriff, although neither did their job that night (to be fair, they likely had a LOT to do, but still....).

The point here is that all the plans you or I might make for getting out of Dodge if/when we might need to can be ruined by the mistakes or bad judgement that another person might make. Escaping a flood?? What about the idiot who waits until it is too late, then drives into water too deep for his car, blocking the road? Yer stuck, and nothing will help. Maybe you are running away from a hurricane......but everyone else is too, and the roads are jammed and someone runs out of gas in the middle lane?

Your best plans can be destroyed in an instant by others. Plan for that too.

If I didn't work for myself....

I'd quit.


My boss is an asshole.

Whining

Y'know, I don't mind the occasional 18 hour or 16 hour day.....I really don't mind 2 or even three in a row.

But 6 in a row is starting to drag on me a bit. If I'm lucky I'll only have 12 or so today, and maybe 8 tomorrow.

Fatigue is cumulative. I ain't 18 anymore.

Some weeks you earn your money. I guess this one is my turn.

sorry

Too busy to blog, can't even read the other blogs.

no time.

gotta keep things running. They at least pay the bills.

go read the folks on the left side.

So far, we have survived the snowcapolipse

Just the highlights:

Left for work at 1 pm to beat the weather. Figured I'd arrive while it was still light outside. Note: BEFORE the weather turned bad.

almost made it to work.....

Almost.

Some total assholes who shouldn't have been driving corked up the road about a mile from my destination....At 2:45 PM. 4wd doesn't help in snowdrifts when they are around a semi truck and trailer. Then another one about a mile behind me. I was truly trapped. Trapped by fools.

Thought about walking it, but the weather was....bad. Even though I could SEE the lights of my destination about a mile and a half away.

40 MPH winds (gusts to 70). temps in the single digits (then lower) heavy blowing snow. . I did have the gear to walk it (if I had to), but wasn't willing to risk my life .

Both the State Police and the County Sheriff chose to deny responsibility for getting a tow truck, so I and the other 60+ people spent the night in our cars until 4 am when they (finally) got the wreck out of the way. I spent the evening checking on my fellow trapped travellers every couple of hours, and even though it was -15F(!!!) by the thermometer with winds and blowing snow, no one froze. Several did run out of fuel, but we moved them to vehicles with enough fuel (and room!) to keep the engines running so no one froze. Did make for a long night though, having people come to MY truck for help. Somehow I became the person in charge....why I don't know. Still, one must do what one must.

I had a full tank of fuel, food and water for three days, and gear to keep me alive in the weather, with or without my truck..I was never in danger...... Still, it wasn't fun. Sleeping in the front seat of a pickup isn't good for anyone's back.  I did get about 3 hours of actual (sorta) rest.

Spent the next days dealing with stranded travellers.
Protips: Don't enter the domain of a MAJOR winter storm with clothing suitable for Orlando and nothing else,
Don't travel in the winter without some survival gear....
Don't drive into blizzard conditions in a car with less than 6" of ground clearance.
If you NEED medication, have enough with you for several days, especially if not having it is life threatening. Have enough food and water (and fuel) in your car to sustain you for more than an hour....
Think about LOOKING at the weather forecast for your route (a fair number of people were, apparently, unaware that there was a MAJOR winter storm forecast for the area).
If it is gonna be cold, think about using a bit of gas line antifreeze so your car doesn't die on you.

Something I have noticed:
Stressful situations bring out true colors of character in people:

Good people are even better towards their fellow man. this accounts for 95% of the people, even though some are useless as possible. they are at least nice.

The assholes balance this, however. Their assholishness seems to become more pronounced at times like this. They make the average for humanity be just about even., maybe slightly negative.

I did suggest to one person that if he didn't behave, he could brave the cold and snow as he cold be tossed out. Good sense prevailed and he learned to behave very quickly. Others saw this and chose to modify their behavior as well.

The good news is that, despite fatigue, I didn't draw any blood on anyone, even once......

It has been fun.

More later after I get some sleep.

Da snowpocalypse is upon us

9" since late last night. not much wind until a few minutes ago, then it seemed to get interesting. Very interesting. Visibility is now somewhat variable: from 1/6 mile to less than a few feet.

I tried to take a picture to post, but all that came out was white....like looking out from inside a jar of mayonnaise, kinda sorta ish....

Temps are falling, but not rapidly (yet) and things are looking like we have an actual winter like the ones I remember from my childhood. Haven't seen conditions like this at all for the past 10 years or so. Might just get interestingish.

But hey, the fuel in the truck it treated, it is plugged in, and if I have to go into work the emergency survival gear is already packed and I am as ready as I can be.

We were out earlier in the Prius and it wasn't that bad (yet) and if the winds don't drift too much snow it'll be ok, the plow boys and girls are doing a fairly good job.

Tonight will be interesting. Near record cold and blowing conditions making wind chills dangerous for those not smart enough to dress accordingly and/or stay inside.

More parallel reality

Read this article.

Interesting how they see things, Innit?

Blame everyone and everything except liberals and Democratic policies. 

It's like reading "Pravda" in the '70's and '80's.

88 fewer deaths costs:.....

Over $100 MILLION .

Yep, Chicago had 88 fewer murders last year (415). A good thing, right? Sorta. It was only 20 fewer homicides than occurred in 2011( 435).  The number of homicides in 2012 was 503.

But that took over $100 million dollars in overtime (partially because the City has chosen to reduce their police officers for several years running, but still.

And a significant portion of the "savings" was just changing the definitions of "Homicide" to reduce the numbers.  "Figures lie and Liars figure" and all that....

But even if we take the numbers at face value (a risky proposition) and assume that the extra police presence made a difference (doubtful) then the city had to spend  $1.136 MILLION for each homicide that they (supposedly) reduced in a calendar year.

Worth it? Not to most people. More than 70% of these homicides were drug or gang related.

You'd think that with all the budget and pension issues that the city has, they'd not spend all that money saving lowlifes in the South Side of Chicago.

(not that there is anything but causal evidence that the extra money spend on police presence really made a difference anyway).

What is a human life worth? Depends on the human, doesn't it? Is it worth over a million dollars to "save" a gang member or drug dealer (but I repeat myself) from being murdered by a rival? I'm not so sure.

Seems like a lot of money for a dubious level of return. 

I just met

An even more Beta male than Pyjama Boy.

Only this one was real.

He and his girlfriend just told me how driving in snow in NW Indiana was the "worst, most scariest night of my life".

No wrecks, no slide offs, nothing. And to be honest, the roads here were slippery, but really not that bad.

A more weaselly cull of  a man I have never met. If this is what civilization is helping to breed, then I don't want to be civilized anymore.

If this is the future f our country we are doomed.

Oh, and BTW, his name was "Lance".

Your thought for the YEAR.

"The duty of a Patriot is to protect his Country from his Government."

Thomas Paine. 

We haven't been doing a very good job of that, have we?

So it is a new year

and I have to ask you, what will you do with it?

Will you continue to be unhappy with the state of affairs in our government? With the way they (the socialists Left are changing our society? With their (continued) damage to our economic system and to our freedoms?

WILL YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 

Will you do anything to change the status quo? To hamper the people who would change this (admittedly imperfect)  republic which has served us so well for over 230 years? To reverse the changes that they have begun? To impede their progress towards changing this to a Soviet-style State? 

Will you agitate for changes to return us to what we once were? 

Will you actively work to demonstrate to people outside of your circle of friends and acquaintances the damage that the Left has done to our fair Republic lo these past 6 years? To show them the path to fixing that damage? 

Will you stand up and be counted? Stand and help lead the changes that are so sorely needed? Stand and be a leader to your neighbors and fellow citizens? 

I intend to. Beyond this blog, with it's 200 or so daily readers.....I intend to agitate to make the changes that we need to our government...Local, State, and especially Federal. I intend to lead my fellow citizens to the light....to show them the alternative way. 

I urge you to do the same. 

Will I make a difference? Perhaps...Perhaps not. Yet I risk little in making the attempt. I doubt that the organs of the State will choose to silence me by arresting me....(but perhaps that means that I am not trying hard enough?). 

I urge you to make the attempt to change things. We got where we are, in part, by letting apathy take hold of us....and the other side simply tried harder. 

USE all means of communication! Internet, meetings, face time, one on one...whatever it takes. set a goal of converting two people every week.....and urge your like minded friends to do the same. 

There are more unhappy people than you might think. Get them to choose to change the state of their unhappiness. Show them the way. Show them how to engender change. Start conversations. Give them a chance to express their unhappiness, then show them a way to make it better. 

This year we have mid-term elections. We CAN change things. Shift the balance of power in our legislative branch. While the GOP is not the best choice, we can support Tea Party folks and change the balance of power, and at least break the power of the Left to affect our lives and change our Republic. 

As I said above, we got here through apathy. Let us change that.  We are losing because we don't care enough.

I'd much rather use the Soapbox and the Ballot box than the other one.