I was I believe 20/45 and 20/300 before, so it's a whole new world. Hell, my vision is better now than when I had glasses.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Bionic
I can see clearly now the glasses are gone.... The doc says I have slightly better than 20/20 vision, which is awesome since I've worn glasses most of my life.
I was I believe 20/45 and 20/300 before, so it's a whole new world. Hell, my vision is better now than when I had glasses.
I was I believe 20/45 and 20/300 before, so it's a whole new world. Hell, my vision is better now than when I had glasses.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Cunning!
Thanks Nancy!
At least now you all know I'm not afraid of anything, including looking like a bearded hippie*
*according to my sister.
At least now you all know I'm not afraid of anything, including looking like a bearded hippie*
*according to my sister.
And yes, I wore this cunning hat on my walk into work this morning.
Quote of the day - Randian
"A right is the sanction of independent action. A right is that which can be exercised without anyone’s permission. If you exist only because society permits you to exist—you have no right to your own life. A permission can be revoked at any time. If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society—you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right"
- Ayn Rand
Exactly. Slaves beg for permissions from their masters before they act, free people do not. This is a point I've brought up many times and it's the reason I'm so adamantly opposed to permitting systems for gun ownership and CCW. I thought this quote described my position well.
- Ayn Rand
Exactly. Slaves beg for permissions from their masters before they act, free people do not. This is a point I've brought up many times and it's the reason I'm so adamantly opposed to permitting systems for gun ownership and CCW. I thought this quote described my position well.
Lifting Obama's Veil
Aww, it looks like the poor little narcissist-in-chief can't take criticism which lifts the veil and shows his true nature. I'm not surprised. President obama is clearly a narcissist, and we know he's both arrogant and condescending. If we, the public, see him that way I can only imagine how much of an asshole he is behind closed doors. Of course the public portrayal vs. private reality dichotomy is not at all unusual for narcissists.
Hell, just look at Obama's speeches. All he has is angry rhetoric, blaming others for his failures, self-inflating puffery and doing all he can to encourage divisiveness in America. He's not above the fray, he's not a new kind of politician. No, he's exactly the kind of person that folks like me have been saying he was since his candidacy began. He is who we thought he was.
Also, damn, I've gotta applaud Gov. Brewer. saying "I respect the office of the President." Notice what she didn't say, that is "I respect President Obama." Hell, I was raised to understand that respect is earned, and President Obama has earned nothing but my disrespect.
Predictably, people in the comments are defending Obama, calling Brewer a racist, and whining because she's being "disrespectful" to the President. I'm sorry, but the left has NO room to talk about anyone being disrespectful to the President after how they treated Bush for 8 years. His initial interaction with her on the tarmac was to complain about her saying unflattering things about him and to generally act like a whiney little asshat. Do that and people will call you on it.
Hell, just look at Obama's speeches. All he has is angry rhetoric, blaming others for his failures, self-inflating puffery and doing all he can to encourage divisiveness in America. He's not above the fray, he's not a new kind of politician. No, he's exactly the kind of person that folks like me have been saying he was since his candidacy began. He is who we thought he was.
Also, damn, I've gotta applaud Gov. Brewer. saying "I respect the office of the President." Notice what she didn't say, that is "I respect President Obama." Hell, I was raised to understand that respect is earned, and President Obama has earned nothing but my disrespect.
Predictably, people in the comments are defending Obama, calling Brewer a racist, and whining because she's being "disrespectful" to the President. I'm sorry, but the left has NO room to talk about anyone being disrespectful to the President after how they treated Bush for 8 years. His initial interaction with her on the tarmac was to complain about her saying unflattering things about him and to generally act like a whiney little asshat. Do that and people will call you on it.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Squirrel!!
From my boss. The only thing more dangerous than an armed squirrel is an armed cat. We all know cats are evil.
Monday, January 23, 2012
LOL Cats
I'm on ur headz, watchin ur pronz
Just imagine if they started giving him Dogfish Head!
H/T to That's Nerdalcious
Just imagine if they started giving him Dogfish Head!
H/T to That's Nerdalcious
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Twiddling my thumbs
Week 13.......still waiting on my gun. On the other hand, the range is still closed so I can't go shooting anyway. Sigh.
Quote of the day - Stupid questions
"If a business only exists for profits and not for jobs, should the government be facilitating their growth or regulating them into oblivion?"
- Nemski - of Delaware Liberal
Even the politico piece he links to makes me want to bang my head against the wall. From their piece,
"Profits may eventually bolster employment, but the chief priority remains the bottom line."
Please show me private business ventures in which the chief priority is not the bottom line and point me to how successful they are. Profits are a good thing for any business, since employment can't be bolstered without the business making profits. I keep forgetting that "profit" is a four letter word to those who don't like free market capitalism.
Either way Romney is a liberal, big government, gun-grabbing schmuck who is only marginally less repulsive than the current liberal, big government, gun-grabbing schmuch currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Nemski - of Delaware Liberal
Even the politico piece he links to makes me want to bang my head against the wall. From their piece,
"Profits may eventually bolster employment, but the chief priority remains the bottom line."
Please show me private business ventures in which the chief priority is not the bottom line and point me to how successful they are. Profits are a good thing for any business, since employment can't be bolstered without the business making profits. I keep forgetting that "profit" is a four letter word to those who don't like free market capitalism.
Either way Romney is a liberal, big government, gun-grabbing schmuck who is only marginally less repulsive than the current liberal, big government, gun-grabbing schmuch currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I'm gonna piss on you
Forgive me, but I'm having a hard time getting all worked up because a couple of our marines pissed on a few dead Taliban fighters who had just killed some of their buddies. Should they be reprimanded? Sure, but the reaction (especially among the left / MSM) is totally overblown here.
As Col. Allen West said,
"As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
I asked my poppop about this and he was a bit taken aback by the reaction it's getting. I'm paraphrasing, but he basically said "They were dead, right? Ok, then, what's the big deal? This is war." I can only imagine what my other poppop would have to say to these armchair quarterbacks if he were alive today. I suspect it wouldn't be pretty.
Also, for all those using this incident as an excuse to attack the troops, where's your outrage over the actions of our enemies? The Taliban and other jihadists have done far, far worse to the bodies of dead American soldiers. Spare me the selective outrage please. Just come right out and tell us you hate the troops. It's obvious to most of us anyway.
As Col. Allen West said,
"As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
I asked my poppop about this and he was a bit taken aback by the reaction it's getting. I'm paraphrasing, but he basically said "They were dead, right? Ok, then, what's the big deal? This is war." I can only imagine what my other poppop would have to say to these armchair quarterbacks if he were alive today. I suspect it wouldn't be pretty.
Also, for all those using this incident as an excuse to attack the troops, where's your outrage over the actions of our enemies? The Taliban and other jihadists have done far, far worse to the bodies of dead American soldiers. Spare me the selective outrage please. Just come right out and tell us you hate the troops. It's obvious to most of us anyway.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Just stop it
Why even bother engaging the professional victims who are paid shills of the gun control movement? If you look at their actions it becomes obvious that all they do is act like petulant children.
They are, by and large, nasty, hateful people who want to pull us down into the muck with them so they can say "hey, look at all those mean, nasty gun owners!" I look at twitter and all I see from the anti's is an endless campaign of personal attacks and continued "outing" of pro-gun bloggers. They are the very antithesis of the gunnie community I have come to know and love.
I've been arguing with anti's since before I had a blog. Hell, I was doing it back when the Brady Campaign allowed comments on their blog. I'm burntout on stupid and inclined to just say "stupid is as stupid does" and leave them be. I love debate, I love to argue, but let's be honest. These people are just plain nasty and they present no intellectual challenge. These are not intellectual heavyweights. They are paid shills who've been duped and will never see the world through any prizm other than that of perpetual, exploitative victimhood. They are sad but predictable and they bore the hell out of me.
I mean, if you want to address some dumb argument of Insert Name Here that's your choice, but dealing with mentally ill folks who are incapable of using reason, forming coherent thoughts, or determining truth from falsity hurts my head and makes me wonder if it's killing brain cells. They will come after you, they will personally attack you, threaten you, and "out" you. I don't have the patience for that level of filth, and frankly, these people are irrelevant (which I think in part explains their behavior)
Do you know how I'd deal with petulant children? Send them to go sulk in the corner alone and then ignore them. I feel the same way about anti-gunners. They don't want debate. They have no capacity for rational thought. They have no decency or tact. They are not like us.
Oh sure, I'll point out their bigotry, hatred, intolerance and lies in extraordinary cases where it's particularly illustrative of the low character of people we're dealing with. Most of the time though, they're just not worth it. Lipstick or not I don't feel like rolling around in the mud with pigs.*
*Trust me, I've done plenty of it before.
They are, by and large, nasty, hateful people who want to pull us down into the muck with them so they can say "hey, look at all those mean, nasty gun owners!" I look at twitter and all I see from the anti's is an endless campaign of personal attacks and continued "outing" of pro-gun bloggers. They are the very antithesis of the gunnie community I have come to know and love.
I've been arguing with anti's since before I had a blog. Hell, I was doing it back when the Brady Campaign allowed comments on their blog. I'm burntout on stupid and inclined to just say "stupid is as stupid does" and leave them be. I love debate, I love to argue, but let's be honest. These people are just plain nasty and they present no intellectual challenge. These are not intellectual heavyweights. They are paid shills who've been duped and will never see the world through any prizm other than that of perpetual, exploitative victimhood. They are sad but predictable and they bore the hell out of me.
I mean, if you want to address some dumb argument of Insert Name Here that's your choice, but dealing with mentally ill folks who are incapable of using reason, forming coherent thoughts, or determining truth from falsity hurts my head and makes me wonder if it's killing brain cells. They will come after you, they will personally attack you, threaten you, and "out" you. I don't have the patience for that level of filth, and frankly, these people are irrelevant (which I think in part explains their behavior)
Do you know how I'd deal with petulant children? Send them to go sulk in the corner alone and then ignore them. I feel the same way about anti-gunners. They don't want debate. They have no capacity for rational thought. They have no decency or tact. They are not like us.
Oh sure, I'll point out their bigotry, hatred, intolerance and lies in extraordinary cases where it's particularly illustrative of the low character of people we're dealing with. Most of the time though, they're just not worth it. Lipstick or not I don't feel like rolling around in the mud with pigs.*
*Trust me, I've done plenty of it before.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Free Gunwalker T-Shirt
Linoge's Soldier's Angels fundraiser has ended and I happened to be one of those who one free goodies. I won one of Sean's Gunwalker T-shirts. It just so happens that I already own one..
So, rather than sell it or have two, I figure I'll give it away. If you would like one of these awesome shirts please comment on this post and I'll pick one of the commenters and send you Sean's way for the shirt.
So, rather than sell it or have two, I figure I'll give it away. If you would like one of these awesome shirts please comment on this post and I'll pick one of the commenters and send you Sean's way for the shirt.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Newsflash - I'm Heartless
Looks like I have old, unpublished posts around, so here ya go.
I got called heartless and told I have "no empathy" because I wasn't outraged that a rural fire department didn't put out a house fire at the home of a woman who didn't pay for those services. One thing that came up was the fact that the firefighters bothered to show up, then watched and let it burn. The question at hand was why bother to show up at all if you're just going to watch it burn?
It's simple. You pay for services, those services are provided. You don't pay for them, you don't get em'.
I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that firefighters have an obligation to show up even though the woman had not paid the fee. This is for two reasons, and it's not to be assholes, as the person who called me heartless would contend. One, while they are willing to let property burn, they are not willing to let a family die in their home over a $75 fee. This means they show up, ensure that people are safe, and then proceed no further. Two, they have to show up to the call to ensure that adjacent property / homes (who have paid the fee) are protected.
Keep in mind that in this case we have a municipal, taxpayer funded fire department that essentially contracts its services out to those outside of its municipality. You wouldn't expect the municipal taxpayers who fund the department to pay for the fire department to fight fires elsewhere, would you? Would that even be practical or financially sustainable? No. It makes perfect sense that the city fire department would be limited fighting fires within its jurisdiction, except as provided by other contractual agreements.
Here's the bottom line. Vicky Bell lived in an area without fire protection. A neighboring city expanded their coverage outside of the municipal limits, for a flat fee of $75 / year. Vicky Bell was aware of this and chose not to pay the fee. Do I wish she had not lost her house? Do I wish her community had a volunteer fire department of its own? Sure.
I empathize with her situation because, well, it sucks. Still, it's her own damn fault.
"Bell and her boyfriend admitted they were aware but thought this would never happen to them."
H/T to Uncle
I got called heartless and told I have "no empathy" because I wasn't outraged that a rural fire department didn't put out a house fire at the home of a woman who didn't pay for those services. One thing that came up was the fact that the firefighters bothered to show up, then watched and let it burn. The question at hand was why bother to show up at all if you're just going to watch it burn?
It's simple. You pay for services, those services are provided. You don't pay for them, you don't get em'.
I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that firefighters have an obligation to show up even though the woman had not paid the fee. This is for two reasons, and it's not to be assholes, as the person who called me heartless would contend. One, while they are willing to let property burn, they are not willing to let a family die in their home over a $75 fee. This means they show up, ensure that people are safe, and then proceed no further. Two, they have to show up to the call to ensure that adjacent property / homes (who have paid the fee) are protected.
Keep in mind that in this case we have a municipal, taxpayer funded fire department that essentially contracts its services out to those outside of its municipality. You wouldn't expect the municipal taxpayers who fund the department to pay for the fire department to fight fires elsewhere, would you? Would that even be practical or financially sustainable? No. It makes perfect sense that the city fire department would be limited fighting fires within its jurisdiction, except as provided by other contractual agreements.
Here's the bottom line. Vicky Bell lived in an area without fire protection. A neighboring city expanded their coverage outside of the municipal limits, for a flat fee of $75 / year. Vicky Bell was aware of this and chose not to pay the fee. Do I wish she had not lost her house? Do I wish her community had a volunteer fire department of its own? Sure.
I empathize with her situation because, well, it sucks. Still, it's her own damn fault.
"Bell and her boyfriend admitted they were aware but thought this would never happen to them."
H/T to Uncle
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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