We wanna talk!

"We wanna talk!, we wanna talk!"

That was the chant of this years anti gun protestors.  I'm impressed.  Compared to the pathetic little protest from last year the anti-gunners had great turnout, though it didn't last very long. It's disgustingly hypocritical to hear anti-gunners say "we wanna talk."  Anti's simply do not want to "talk" with us, they want to talk / yell to us and demand we concede our rights away.

Some of these pictures are courtesy of David of That is Unpossible. 

I took some video of the protest.  Will post it later.

Your humble host

Does not like Taurus guns, especially really shiny, gaudy ones.

No, my thumb was not on the trigger in the pic.  Shiny is not always pretty.

No Sig No!

Oh Sigarms, what are you doing?  No, just no!

An MSRP of over $1100 for something that godawful ugly?  No thank you.

Gun folks are good people

This is my fourth NRA Convention in as many years and every year it seems like things happen to remind me that the gunblogging community is full of great people.

Two years ago in Phoenix I was lucky enough to be invited to a party with a bunch of NRA big wigs and got to meet John Sigler, a Delawarean who also happens to be a former President of the NRA.  My dress shirt had been bunched into a ball and was horrendously wrinkled.  Bitter & Sebastian invited me and Bitter came to my rescue at the last moment with a steamer and an iron so I'd actually look presentable.

2. Last year in Charlotte a whole group of us ate at a soul food place.  Whatever was in that crap tore my stomach up something fierce.  I was in so much pain I couldn't converse and could hardly walk down the street.  Thankfully Breda came through like an angel with some Pepto and I was at least able to walk back to the hotel. * I remembered to pack the pepto this year!

3. As most of you know I've been computerless lately.  Not only did Laura offer to try and fix my EeePC, but Scott of Macbourne's Musings e-mailed me almost immediately after my post and brought a spare laptop to Pittsburgh so I'd have something to blog on this weekend. It turns out Laura had a spare Dell for me to use, but it was nice to know my fellow bloggers had me covered! Mike of Mike's Spot also offered me free anti-virus software.

Apparently we're not all mean, rude, neanderthals!  Inconceivable!

On the floor

I saw plenty of folks open carrying and damnit, I wish I'd brought the Dan Wesson. It just feels wrong being at the NRA Convention without a piece.

I stayed with Laura & Chris Wednesday night and wasn't sure if I could bring the gun along to Maryland.

Hey, at least there was a DW Heritage on the show floor to fondle. They really are nice guns.


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Shindig

So there was a little shindig last night for Sayuncle, who enjoyed just a nip of bourbon.  There was good beer, a whole gaggle of awesome gunbloggers and a few industry folks. As luck would have it this took place at my hotel! GunUp's Little Giant was there, though with facial hair and sans tactical Starbucks cup I almost didn't recognize him.  I got to meet Zercool, MBtGE Bubblehead Les, Allen Forkner, Heath and his wife, who hosted last year's Northcoast blogshoot, Cemetery's Gun Blog and a bunch of other folks I know I"m forgetting at the moment.


Uncle and Breda both made grand entrances, and Alan was quite affable and not nearly as curmudgeonly as some folks like to make him out to be.  Jay G. was his usual loud self, Weer'd was well....Weer'd, and Newbius was a pleasure to chat   Roommates Laura & Chris tagged along and shared some nommable baked goods with Breda and I.  Oh, and I apparently scarfed down food like a pale Ethiopian.

A great time was had by all and there was beer, great company & lots of laughs.  All in all I'd say it was a great way to kick off the 2011 NRA Convention.

Th-th-th That's all folks!

Pittsburgh!

We have arrived at the Raddison! Yay Pittsburgh!


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Hope & Change!....

SEIU ran this Pro-Obama campaign ad during Obama's run for President in 2008.



That's pretty hilarious, since the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.88. It was $1.68 in early January 2009. That's an increase of 231 percent. Obviously it's all Bush/Cheney/Halliburton's fault, right?

Oh boy! Protesters!

Last year the anti-gunners had a sad little protest outside of the Convention center.  It looks like they're going to organize another one this year.  Hey, maybe they'll manage to scrape together 50 people this year.  The gun control crowd has such great grassroots support!

It should be a sad little spectacle I can point & laugh at just like last year.  OK, pointing & laughing would be rude, but that's what I'll be doing in my mind at least.

H/T to Sebastian

Gunbloggy get-together

So word has it there's going to be a gunblogger meetup happening in a couple of days out in Pittsburgh.  You'll have the chance to meet all the cool kids and perhaps even a few internet celebrities.  Oh, and you'll get to meet me too, so there's that.

Oh yeah, and the NRA will also be holding a convention with so many guns it'll make Sarah Brady cry enough to fill swimming pools.

So, am I going to see you in Pittsburgh come Thursday?

Quote of the day - Exercise

"Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse"

-George Sheehan


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Only # 11?

Dogfish Head Brewery comes in at #11 in the Brewer's Associations list of Top 50 Breweries.

What the heck were they smoking?  With beers like 90 Minute IPA and Burton Baton they're definitely #1.

Sweater Puppies!

........Sweater puppies are plenty nice to look at if I do say so myself.  Small and perky too! Doggone!

Quote of the day - Sign of the times...

"About a dozen states have legislation that would allow them to produce their own currency backed by gold or silver in the event of hyperinflation striking the U.S. dollar. North and South Carolina are among those states."

Ah, but if you were to talk to a Liberal they'd act like everything is fine and we can go on spending unprecedented amounts at rates higher than anytime in U.S. history without anything really bad happening.  Not only that, but they will defend the current spending and bitch and moan about a few billion in cuts AFTER a massive spending hike.

Then again, much of Contemporary Liberalism centers around denial of reality, so Liberals denying the reality of our current fiscal situation doesn't surprise me one bit.

At the NRA Convention

Things I need to remember to do at the NRA Convention.

1. Rub Jay G.'s bald head for good luck.  Maybe even make a wish.

2. Drink everytime Weer'd says something about Gin.

3. Ask Breda if Santa's Elves have big butts.

4. Start a "Chili - Beans or no beans?" debate.

5. Somehow manage to avoid getting called a woman.

Anything else important that I'm forgetting?...

Gas prices and Obama's idiocy

So I was watching the news last night and the Teevee talking heads mentioned that Obama's DOJ wants to "investigate" fraud, manipulation, gouging etc. in the energy markets.  You have got to be fucking kidding me?

Here's a newsflash for those of you who may not know.  Oil is a commodity and is traded on the futures markets.  All market trading is based upon speculation, yet if you listened to the talking heads you'd think the term "speculation" was as evil as the term "assault weapon." 

Furthermore, oil futures are priced in USD.  What the hell did you jackoffs expect would happen when you directed the Fed to print dollars like monopoly money and drive the value of the dollar through the floor?  This is the real world, not the liberal land of oil sharting unicorns.  In the real world actions have consequences.  What the hell did you think would happen when you started another war and restricted domestic oil supplies?

I absolutely love some of the comments to the CNN article Tam linked to, especially the one saying Obama should just cap the price of gas at $1.99/gal.  Do schools not teach basic economics these days, because it should be common knowledge that price controls will always be an abject failure.

The truly sad thing is that Obama and the media will say "High gas prices are the fault of the evil oil companies" and plenty of dumb folks will believe them.  Even worse, they will want to have the government come in and "fix" things, when it is the government causing the rise in prices in the first place.

You see, there's this thing called inflation.  It makes prices rise because the dollar in your pocket now has less purchasing power.  Obama wants you to believe it's speculation, gouging, fraud, anything but the qualitative easing caused by his moronic voodoo economics.  It's not.  It's the fault of the Federal government.  Hell, Mcdonalds has raised prices due to inflation.  It's not just gas prices, it's everything.  Things aren't actually getting more expensive, the dollar is just losing value.  It never ceases to amaze me how many people simply do not understand this.

So, the next time you pay $4/ gal. at the pump or pay a premium for bacon, don't blame the oil companies, farmers or the grocery store.  Blame Obama and the Federal Reserve for doing this to the dollar by trying to spend our way out of a recession & driving the U.S. into debt never before seen in our history.  I'm still trying to decide if those in control of government are really this goddamn stupid, or if they're malicious and actively trying to ruin this country.

Friday Funny

The product description for this RangerUp "Shooters" T-shirt made me laugh.

Happy Friday folks!

Hope you have a Good one!  As for those of you who have today off, you suck!  I'll be at The Firm for at least 9 hours today.

Stay classy Eric Heyl

Not only did Mr. Heyl write a vile piece just dripping with contempt and misogyny, he's also being a collossal jerk now that people have dared take him to task for his words.  It would appear he's too much of coward to stand by his words, as he's now running around to different blogs trying to claim that the whole thing was just satire.  Bullshit.  Stand behind your words or shut the hell up.

Heyl's standard response seems to be some variation of the following

"Recognizing satire obviously isn’t a talent in your skill set, but that’s OK. "

Even in his backpedaling Mr. Heyl keeps on digging.  He's employing the standard "you gun owners are just too damn dumb to understand me" line of reasoning.  Frankly I'm not the least bit surprised by Mr. Heyl's behavior given what we've seen from him in the past. 

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review should be ashamed to have him on their staff and even more ashamed to have allowed such a misogynistic pile of journalistic crap to be published.  Perhaps it was published for nothing more than "shock factor" in this era where newspapers are fast becoming dead media.  That doesn't excuse it and I"m glad to see Mr. Heyl taking a beating on several fronts.

Just a thought on Eric Heyl's peice

As most of you know by now, Eric Heyl published a vaguely anti-gun article that served as nothing more than a despicable attack against women.  He also happens to be flat wrong.  I see plenty of women shooters at the range

Now, Imagine he'd written that piece but instead of writing about women attending an NRA convention he'd written it about blacks attending an NAACP conference.  The latter would have likely received national attention, the ire of Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton, and more than likely would have gotten him fired.

So, my question is this.  Why is it acceptable to be bigoted against a particular civil rights organization as well as blatantly misogynistic but unacceptable to say something that might be perceived by someone, somewhere, as racist, no matter how true it is?  I can't imagine Heyl's editors letting his screed through if it attacked blacks, latinos or gays, yet apparently the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has no problem with misogyny.

Also, what happened to the man that he hates women so damn much?  Women can be a huge pain in the ass sometimes, but I love them anyway.*   I mean hell, without women who would cook & clean for us, or fetch us cold beers on demand eh Mr. Heyl?

*especially the ones with big butts :P

H/T to Breda

Shrug

An anti-Obama cartoon seen in today's paper. Simple yet on point!



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Don't mess with Texas!

Family has their house broken into and puts up the best sign EVER!  It even has a pretty little graphic, since we all know how dumb criminals are.

H/T to Sarah of Cranky Chicks & Guns

Why he's Weer'd

Weer'd has let slip the secret to why he's such a Weer'd dude.

" I’m 1/4 French Canadian, so this really makes me laugh my ass off!"

I knew there had to be something about Weer'd Beer'd, and now I know.  He's a damn French Canadian! We make fun of Canadians for good reason, but even real Canadians make fun of French Canadians.  If you don't know what I'm talking aboot you're just lost, eh?

Of course I'm 1/4 Chilean yet have blonde hair & blue eyes, so I have no room to talk.

Oh look, a Dan Wesson

Looks like J&G Sales has Dan Wesson Heritage RZ-45's for sale.

4/20

So it's 4/20, and my officemate had absolutely no idea what today was.  I have to say I find it hard to believe that a Jamacian in her 20's had never heard of 4/20 before.  Apparently anything is possible.

Happy 4/20!**  Damn, I kinda want to go play Ganja Farmer* now.  That game was addictive!

As for my personal opinion on marijuana.  It should be legalized, or at a minimum decriminalized.  It's not particularly harmful compared to other legal vices and has some medicinal value.  The idea that it is a "gateway drug" is bullshit. Any truth that may have stems completely from the fact that one must enter the black market to get it, which means possible exposure to unsavory people who might have other, harder drugs avaliable.

Also, I can't tell you how many folks I knew who were habitual smokers who, when they had to take a drug test, get a job etc. after college were able to stop cold turkey without issues.  Try doing that with cigarettes or alcohol. 

*Ganja farmer was a really old computer game I used to play in Freshman Biology class towards the end of the year.  You were a Rastafarian who had to defend your pot crop from bombers and ATF paratroopers.  At the end of each level you toked up.

** Disclaimer - This blogger doesn't smoke and will not be partaking in any 4/20 festivities nor does he endorse or condone illegal activity.  If you choose to smoke an illegal plant today please be safe & have fun.

Beans! Beans!

They go in your chili! I would know, my Poppop's from Chile.



Yeah, I ate most of it before snapping the pic.

I'll wash it down with a natural, basically unflavored whey protein shake. Doesn't taste great, but it's without any Splenda and, more importantly, no aspartame.




I'd much rather have a bacon cheeseburger and a couple beers, but I'm getting old. I just can't eat like that anymore.

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Touche've

.....or not to shave?  That is the question.  On the one hand, If I don't shave I'll be all unkempt and might not be admitted to the shindig.  On the other if I do shave I might be mistaken for a 15 year old boy like in Phoenix or worse, called a woman like I was last year in Charlotte. Heh.

Oh the important decisions one must make before heading off to hang with the cool kids and oogle a bunch of guns.

Computerless blogging

Trying to blog when all you have is an iPhone is a real pain in the ass.

More short beer blogging here perhaps?

I might be able to swipe my sister's Macbook for the NRA con in case Falnfenix can't get my Eee working.

Jess is the one who's been "borrowing" my HP for months now. That'll teach me not to loan stuff out "for a few days."

Here's a picture of a beer. Why? Because on a Monday most of us could use one. I know I could, given the crappy week I had.





As an aside, I love that Dogfish slogan. I am definitely "Off-centered people."

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Quote of the day - Poopals

"your poopal is the guy/girl you can hear sitting in next toilet partition shitting like you. He/she can clearly hear that you are pooing, and you can hear them poo. Poopals very rarely meet in person after pooing, the last one usually waits till long after the first one has finished. Poopals are often unwanted as they ruin the moment of peace and quiet reflection you had going on until he/she arrived."

- An old friend via FB. 

Quoted because that shit is oh so true!

I'm computerless at the moment so don't expect much substance out of me for the next few weeks, except for poo.

Does it taste like Coors Light?

I can't believe Dogfish Head actually brewed a beer named "Golden Shower."  Someone wasn't thinking when they named that one.  That's probably why it's no longer made.

Shooting Illustrated - Shooting and Cerebral Palsy

Bob Boyd has an article in Shooting Illustrated about the likelihood of disabled* people being the victims of violent crime.  It makes sense, since violent criminals are predatory and will cue on things that say "this person might be an easy mark."

Mr. Boyd has cerebral palsy and I'm very much looking forward to what he has to say on this subject in subsequent articles.

Hell, that's a post I need to write myself, since Breda's BB & Guns went off the air before she could get a "Gimps & Guns" show together.  I had planned to call into that instead of writing a post.

*I still don't like the term "disabled," but don't mind me.  I suppose it's an accurate term.

H/T to Uncle

Assault clips!!!!

Where's Goldilocks when you need her? I want to know which one is just right.



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Nom! Nom! Nom! A heart attack bomb!

Deep fried Mac & Cheese wrapped in bacon!  Be still my beating heart!

I'll be healthy and have a V8 Fusion and a sandwich for lunch, but I'd rather be eating that and drinking a 90 minute!

Via Nerdalicious

Posting will be light

So my antivirus expired late last night around midnight* and within hours my little EeePC went all haywire. In addition to other wonkiness it's showing all folders in my C: Drive as empty, although going into properties says otherwise. 

My D: partition seems fine and thankfully I'd backed up all my music and some of my gun stuff. (though all pics of the DW are gone) Unfortunately there was a bunch of stuff I hadn't yet backed up, like last years NRA Con pics and a mostly written CP post.  I may or may not rewrite that and post it. We'll see. I was going to pull everything off it next week before Pittsburgh.  Funny how that works eh?

So the Eee is currently in a non-usable state and since my short-term "loaning" of my primary laptop to my sister turned into a semester long loan I'm currently computerless. Crap.  I also had a mostly written CP post, which I may or may not rewrite and post. We'll see.

*yeah I know, renew it before it expires.  I hadn't renewed because I'd been meaning to switch to something other than Norton.

Lasik?

Help me out here blogosphere folks.  I am going to be getting Lasik eye surgery done soon so the time is near for me to make some decisions.  I can't decide for the life of me whether to get traditional LASIK where they cut the corneal flap or go with EPI-LASIK.

Opinions anyone?  Any readers who have had Lasik your input / experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Quote of the day - violence and the State

"The state calls its own violence `law', but that of the individual `crime'"

-Max Stirner

Yup, and it always seeks to have a monopoly on violence so that it may commit crimes against individuals under the pretense of "law." It is exactly this which the Founders meant to guard against when they wrote the 2nd Amendment. You cannot be free without the ability to defend yourself from violence, be it violence from random criminals or from state actors. Tyranny perpetrated against one individual is no less of a travesty than tyranny committed upon the masses.

TSA - Making me angry

TSA molests a 6 year old girl.

Children are supposed to receive a "modified pat down." If this is the "modified" version I'd hate to see how intrusive the standard patdown is.



Yes, I refer to it as molestation because that is exactly what this is. The fact that it's being done by some low level government thug doesn't change what this is. If anyone but a government agent did this to someone's child they'd be brought up on charges.

I can't help but wonder what long-term damage we are doing to our children by subjecting them to this kind of abuse. It clearly upsets kids, as it should, but it also teaches them to cowtow to authority at a young age. We're teaching little kids that some incompetent bum in a position of "authority" can touch them in ways that have never been acceptable until now. We're teaching them that being dehumanized, fondled and humiliated by "the man" is perfectly acceptable.

It is not acceptable. Not now, not ever. Kids need to understand that. Things like this make me glad I don't have kids, because I'm not sure I'd be able to stand there politely and watch my little girl go through that.

I swear to god the terrorists must be elated watching things like this occur as if they are acceptable and commonplace in what is supposed to be a free country.

Quote of the day - Obama and respect

Mark Levin, on the looming government shutdown and worries that members of the U.S. Armed Forces won't get paid.

"he wants military families, many of whom have loved ones serving in combat on the battlefield overseas upset – he wants them upset so they will call members of Congress demanding trillions of dollars in red ink,” “This is what Saul Alinsky Marxists do. I do not believe that this president has sufficient respect for the American Armed Forces. I never have believed it, just like I don’t believe he has sufficient respect for law enforcement, but this damn well proves it.”

I would add that Obama lacks sufficient respect not just for the Armed Forces and law enforcement, but for Americans in general.

H/T to Daily Caller

On running

I haven't actually gotten around to writing a post about running and cerebral palsy yet, but if you'd like to read about someone with CP who has pushed his body and reaped the rewards go read Greg at The Casual Vegan.  He's written quite a few workout / running themed posts.  Greg asked me if I'd write a guest post on his blog.  I don't do that, however I will be doing a post on that very subject soon and will certainly link back to him when I do.  His story was awesome and I'm glad he shared it.

As an aside I don't know how vegans do it.  I couldn't live without chicken and bacon!

I'm focusing on strength training right now and only doing light warmup cardio, but I do intend to start running again this summer.  I'll probably regret the decision to start going hill workouts.

Buy a gun day

It's only 4 more days till Buy a gun day!  Don't forget! April 15th.

I bought a gun just a few months ago and it was expensive.  With the NRA convention coming up and having just spent a good chunk of cash on new tires I'm not going to be buying a gun.  Someone go and buy two to make up for me!

Quote of the day - Fools

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed."
- Mark Twain

They also make life infinitely more hilarious.  Now, if only we could keep them from getting elected to public office.

For your information

Clogged anal glands on an 8 year old chocolate lab result in some of the most putrid smells I've ever experienced.  I'd visit and couldn't be within a few feet of my own dog without gagging.

  On a related note, said Lab will remember that his balls were removed on his last vet trip and will not budge an inch without meat and a lot of pleasant coaxing.  It's nice to actually be able to play with my dog again when I visit.  Good lord, that smell was awful.

Perspective

The $61 billion in spending cuts proposed by the GOP won't even cover 1/3 of the interest accrued on this years deficit.

The Democrts are up in arms because that's too big of a cut.

The whole damn kerfuffle is bread & circuses. It avoids the real issues.


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Free Speech?

Let me preface this post by saying that I find sex offenders and pedophiles to be some of the most vile scum on this planet. The kind of justice I'd sometimes like to see metered out against them is of the type expressly forbidden by the 8th Amendment.

That said, the libertarian in me feels the need to defend even the most vile forms of free speech from government intrusion. I fail to see what "crime" this scumbag was arrested and charged with. (yes, "obscenity" I know...)  Being an exceedingly creepy scumbag isn't a crime in this country, nor is publishing a vile, disgusting book that most Americans would find highly offensive.  There are other books (not to mention TV shows / political commentaries) that I find offensive and even obscene. Even so, I don't wish to see those Americans arrested because the nature of their speech "shocks the conscience" or is determinted to be obscene by "prevailing community standards" no matter how offensive it may be.

I personally believe "obscenity" statutes like the one Greaves was charged under should not exist. A cursory look at the FL statutes doesn't turn up a definition of "obscene" and even current SCOTUS case law in Miller shows that the test for defining it is vague and unworkable.

After all, it was Justice Stewart who said in Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)  that while obscenity may be undefinable "I know it when I see it."

It seems to me that a guy like Greaves would've ended up being put away eventually for commiting an actual crime* not for publishing a book that folks in Florida found obscene.

*One not of the malum prohibitum type.

Friday search term

Someone stumbled upon my blog today looking for an answer to the question

"Can I own a high compasity mag in DE?"

 I don't know. I've never heard of the things.  If you spell "capacity" like that one has to wonder if you can even count past ten?

Alan Gura is totally bitchin'

It looks like the man, Alan Gura, is not only fighting for my 2nd Amendment rights, he's also fighting for the free speech rights of craft breweries.  Flying Dog Brewing Co. has sued the State of Michigan's Liquor Control Board on 1st Amendment grounds for their refusal to allow the sale of Flying Dog's "Raging Bitch" in the State.

Flying Dog brewery makes some decent brews. I'm a fan of the Old Scratch Amber Lager Their label art and beer names are pretty awesome too. Not to mention they're cool enough to quote Hunter S. Thompson on each bottle.  Try a few the next time you see some at your local liquor store.

Also, the fact that the liquor control board banned the sale of a beer because they didn't like the name & label art really exemplifies just how arrogant and out of control the petty tyrants in government really are.  What's next, are they going to ban Flying Dog's "Doggie Style Pale Ale" too?

Seriously folks, here's the label for Raging Bitch. The artwork is a little crazy but it's hardly anything objectionable unless your silly, puritanical sensibilities are offended by the word "Bitch."

I've yet to try Raging Bitch, but now I'm going to have to.  I think I'll buy some tonight.

H/T to David of Musings Over A Pint

Little Ladies.....

I found the video Breda linked to about "feminism" to be terribly offensive and condescending. Real women are strong, independent, and perfectly capable of both holding their own and crossing typical stereotypical gender roles......as well as grabbing me a beer and fixing me a damn sammich*  The last thing they want are men who are worse than goddamn hipsters.

Truth be told I much prefer a woman like the one in Breda's 2nd picture to some dainty little flower. about 70% less clothing, a haircut and some deodorant and I'll bet she's one hawt sword-weilding lady. The jury's still out since I can't tell if she's a honkeus donkeus or not.

*I kid, I kid. Real women grab their own beer and drink it and they tell me to make my own damn sammich.

The makers of that video seem like the type of folks who need to denigrate others and puff themselves up in order to feel good about themselves. The appropriate response to that kind of crap is for real women and men who aren't metrosexual pansies to tell them to go shut the fuck up.

That said, it was purported last year in Charlotte that I'm not a "real man" so let's just assume I have no clue what I'm talking about, shall we?  I mean hell, maybe I'm exactly the kind of man they refer to in the video...... heh.

Quote of the day - Screwed

"Out of our total spending, 43% is money we don’t have. Right now, in order to even start catching up at anything like a reasonable rate, we would have to cut government spending nearly in half (or double the government’s income – i.e. taxes – which would have ruinous consequences and probably isn’t even possible), yet the proposal to cut spending by less than one percent is enough to threaten a government shutdown and become a major election issue."

- Jake of Curses Foiled Again

Thanks Jake for putting the clusterfuck in perspective. Most of us can see the writing on the wall, and yet our elected officials are driving full steam towards the precipice. We hear Liberals claim one of a few things. Either they deny there's a fiscal problem at all, claim the current economy and spending is Bush's fault, or claim that simply raising taxes will fix everything.

Even if raising taxes by X percent meant an equal tax revenue increase of the same percent, which is never the case, we cannot tax our way out of this hole. Nor can we, as idiots like Michael Moore suggest, simply seize the assets of the rich to pay for it. Even if we were to ignore the economic, political and constitutional implications of such action the fact remains that there's not enough wealth. Moore is also too dumb to realize that once those assets are seized they will never again generate wealth or any tax revenue.

What's truly scary about all of this is that the Republicans aren't willing to do a damn thing about it beyond cutting a few billion here and there. That's all good for political theater, but it does little to nothing to address the underlying problems.

At some point this house of cars will fall, and you can be sure that it'll be you and I who will suffer rather than the Ivory tower "progressive" elites who did all they could to ruin this country.

Quote of the day - Strength

"It takes a strong man to impress a strong woman. I want no apologies, only the respect I've earned and deserve. If some human with outdoor plumbing can't handle that, then he's no kind of man at all."

 - Jennifer - Commenting at Breda's.

My kind of woman

Robert Dewitt writes a positive article about women and guns and uses his sisters experience as an example for other women. Mr. DeWitt's sister sounds like a strong, independent woman. I think her story exemplifies exactly why we need to introduce more women to the shooting sports, or, at a minimum, demystify firearms and teach women to safely handle them.

"She went to her bedroom, pulled a little .410 Mossberg pump shotgun from under the bed and stuffed a couple of shells in the magazine. Then she walked to the door, racked the pump action, throwing a shell into the magazine, and told the boyfriend the police were on their way but that he could come on in if he wanted what was waiting for him. "

We need more women like this and fewer of the type the contemporary "feminist" movement seems to want to churn out. Thankfully, we are winning on this front as well. *I'll forgive the author for all of the "racking a pump action shotgun is the scariest thing a criminal can hear."

Some Days

Some days I scroll down the page and read the headlines on Hotair and all I can think is that the country is going to hell in a handbasket, we're all screwed and I'm just along for the ride. It's enough to make a guy despondent & want to hide his head from the world like this big guy.

Sigh. I think I need a vacation and some time to relax and unwind.

Zack says "I'm hiding from the stupid people! HELP! They're everywhere!" Lord help my poor pup if he ever finds out about zombies!

That said, amongst all the bullshit there's always a bright spot. This headline made me smile. Go Rand Paul!

Note

Excuse the big block of text you see in some of these posts. Blogger has been doing some weird stuff to the line spacing of my posts after I've published them.

Now, let's see if blogger will accept this as a new paragraph or lump it in with the one above.

*Yep, still doing it unless I go back in and edit the post. Damn.

Excuse me Mr. Graham?

Senator Lindsey Graham had the following to say regarding the fact that some ignorant raghead jihadists went to the streets and took to murdering because some dumb Christian here in the States burned a Koran.

And I quote,

“I wish we could find a way to hold people accountable.” ...Free speech is a great idea, but we’re in a war."

Excuse me Senator Graham?! Free speech is a "great idea" but? But nothing you sanctimonious little pissant. Not only are you a duly elected representative who works for us, but you took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Take a look at it sometime. Otherwise shut your piehole to avoid making a fool of yourself.

Amendment 1 says,

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "

Nowhere do I see a disclaimer that states "except in time of war"* *especially when no such "war" has been declared by Congress. You know what we should bring back for Congressweasels like Graham? The pillory

My weapon

In case I need to use a cuppa Joe in self-defense...

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Election season

So, now that election season for 2012 has finally kicked off with Obama's new ad, how long do you think it'll be before he and the Liberal media start riding the "Blame Bush" gravy train again?

What does Obama have to run on? Passing Obamacare? Right, it was hugely unpopular and is currently being Constitutionally challenged by just about everyone. Ending the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan? We are still in both and have now started a 3rd in Libya. Trying terrorists in civilian courts? So much for that promise. The most open and transparent Administration ever? That's not going to fly with anyone but the most braindead liberals.

Obama really only has two things going for him. One, the GOP is the Stupid Party and I'm not seeing any truly viable candidates. I fear they might actually be dumb enough to run Mitt "Varmint hunter" Romney. Two, the black vote. Like they did in 2008 I suspect blacks will vote overwhelmingly for Obama because he's a black liberal. I for one will never understand how that isn't racist. If there are two candidates, one white and one black and I say I'm voting for the white guy because he's white that'd be racist, right? How are all the folks who tell me they voted for Obama because he's black any less racist?

Y'know, it's funny how often I was ashamed and embarrassed to have Bush as President, but in almost every possible way I'm more ashamed of President Obama. I won't lie. As much as I hated seeing Obama elected I honestly thought "can we really do worse than Bush?" The answer has been an emphatic "YES!"

Personally I hope to see more unicorns in campaign ads this election season

for the Firefly fans

Serenity pint glasses!

What a beautiful day!

I'd much rather be at the range today than cooped up in an office. This is perfect range weather. Hey, at least I've got a window office so mother nature can taunt me with her warmth and sunshine.

Oh my Guinness!

If you've read this blog for a reasonable amount of time you probably know how much I love Guinness. When I saw this coffee table book on Amazon I knew I had to have it! Behold, the Guinness coffee table book! It even has some scrumptious looking recipes like "Steak & Guinness Burgers with Rosemary & Garlic Butter"

Speaking of Guinness, I don't know if any of you saw this posted on the Guinness Facebook page for April 1st. I laughed out loud!

I'll admit that I've been drinking almost all Dogfish Head lately and haven't had Guinness outside of a bar in a while. I might have to pickup a 6 pack for the month of April.

Quote of the day - Mom

My mom on arguing with my Opa about taxes, liberalism, Obamacare during her trip out west last week.

"Now I understand why you guys like to argue with him so much."

Mom makes me smile. My Opa* is one of those people, bless his heart, who has an extremely hard time having a rational conversation. He gets extremely angry, upset, emotional & red in the face when we argue with him about politics and it is oh so easy to get a rise out of him. I doubt he realizes it but he generally has very poor control of his emotions. I've seen him go on little tirades often enough that I'll find myself apologizing to complete strangers for his behavior. He's also a diehard liberal and an anti-gunner.

Mom simply mentioned that she was pissed off about taxes (and trust me, she should be) and my Opa immediately started on about how those taxes pay for all kinds of essential services. He really took exception once mom voiced her displeasure with Obamacare. He's one of those liberals who bought all the lies about Obamacare hook, line & sinker and will stick with the Democrat through thick & thin, no matter how ineffective his/her policy decisions are.

Anyway, the discussion quickly denigrated into a kind of "uh huh!" "nah ah!" shouting match that my mom egged on simply because it amused her and she knew her position was right.

Mom now understands why arguing with liberals can occasionally be an entertaining exercise. It's the inevitable blow up that makes it fun.

I'll admit I more often than not find it boring and tedious these days. Their arguments are so simple, illogical, unoriginal and easily refuted. Their reactions and the progression of the discussion are so predictable that it takes most of the fun & thought out of it.

*he's my Opa by marriage not by blood.

Liberal economic stupidity

"I sarcastically made a comment that we should peg state and local business taxes on the unemployment rate of the states and counties: the higher the unemployment rate, the higher their taxes. I was joking but the more I think about it the more I like the idea."

- Violent Anti-gunner Southern Beale

Apparently she's also an economic genius! Ah yes, in liberal land those evil businesses just don't feel like hiring. I swear sometimes a liberal will say something so stupid I'm just not sure how to react. How it it that liberals can go through life with such an inability to understand the most simple of concepts, be it gun control, rights, or economics? I mean clearly if businesses aren't hiring in a particular area then raising their taxes is going to stimulate growth and act as an incentive for them to hire, right?

No Foolin'

I'm not going to write any elaborate April Fool's tomfoolery here. I just don't have the heart for it. To be honest I think it's time for me to step away from this blog for good.