Ding Dong the killers dead. The Fed. Sources

Mary Jo Kopechne's killer died last night. And he gets to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. With real heroes. That's all I will say about that.
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The Wall Street Journal interviewed Tax cheat and Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner about questions they received via digg.com. Most centered on the potential for an audit of the Fed. Timmie is against it. He says that "because we have been forced to do just extraordinary things and, frankly, offensive things to help the economy" He also says that auditing the Fed is a line we don't want to cross. And this guy runs the Treasury?
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Have you been watching the series on the Outdoor Channel called Best Defense Survival? It offers a lot of real good tips on technique, firearms, training, defense and survival. Check it out!
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I have written several time about storing food for an uncertain future so here are a few sources for materials.
This is a good source for mylar bags, gamma seal lids, O2 absorbers and other emergency needs and the one I use at this time. https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/

This is another source for all the above and a lot more. http://www.survivalunlimited.com/foodstorage/mylarsealing.htm

You'll need these thing when you start storing food. You are going to start that this week end, right?

If you want some real good old time no power stuff as well as some modern stuff go to this site.
http://www.lehmans.com/

Check all those places out, they are very interesting even if you don't buy anything.

The Federal Reserve has been refusing to allow any glimpse into their financial records with regards to any banks that it made emergency bailout loans to. Bloomberg news filed a Freedom Of Information Act request and a Federal judge has declared that the bank must provide the documents. Finally, someone is going to make the Federal Reserve toe the line. Now if we can get that bank audited it will be really sweet.
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The Obama administration wants to go back in time and prosecute individuals that may have had a hand in using creative interrogation to get vital information to stop further acts of terrorism or violence against American interests. Let's see. If we need to get information out of a terrorist we can't beat them, we can't waterboard them or play loud music. So forget about making them wear panties, showing them bugs, depriving them of sleep or talking bad to them. If the liberals keep having their way we won't even be able to say pretty please with sugar on top. This idea of AG Holder is completely nuts! He wants to take away interrogation privileges from the CIA and turn it over to a new Interrogation Unit made of representative of all the law enforcement units and the military and run it out of the White House. What a moron. This administration is proving everyday how inept they really are.
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Yesterday I wrote about stocking up on various supplies. Lo and behold this morning Survival Blog posted a letter from a reader giving info on how to use your inventory. Take a read of it. I find a lot of good ideas presented on that site.
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The Goddess has spoken. Go and read.
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There are a lot of things that can happen in the course of our daily lives. What with weather events, accidents, terrorism, and who knows what else it's a prudent idea to keep a pack of supplies in your car every day. For example, my wife drives 50 miles one way to work in another state. When the weather gets real foul it can take her more that 2 hours to get home. So she has plans to overnight at her office. After discussing this with her she now keeps a pack in the trunk of her car with a change of clothes, some food, water, a flashlight as well as a knife some 550 cord and a sleeping bag. She also has a "food drawer" in her desk at work. We both have 3 day packs in the event that our town is struck by a tornado, flood or any other catastrophic event. Mine is in a military surplus ALICE pack and hers is in a commercial type pack to avoid drawing attention to it in the place she works. I usually work in a construction type setting and drive a pickup truck so it's not unusual to see a camo pack in that setting. In the 3 day packs we of course have 3 days food, 1 day of water and a filter to acquire more water as we need it, a canteen, clothing for 3 days, 550 cord, a large knife, first aid supplies, a radio with spare batteries, 2 way radios with spare batteries, compass, a sewing kit, a collapsible shovel on mine and fire making supplies. If you want to put together a 3 day pack, there are sources on line that will help you with the basics and then you can flesh them out as needed.Here's one and here's another one with several versions. The changing weather requires changes to the contents of the packs of course. Remember that there may come a time when you actually have to wear/carry this thing so don't include the kitchen sink.

Another kind of wealth

Today in the news...blah, blah, blah. That's right. A bunch of non important hooey. Unless you look at "alternative" news sources. Let's look at the essentials of life from my point of view.

Shelter. Home. Someplace to lay your head. That can be the McMansion you're are struggling to pay for or the payed for camp trailer you have parked in the boonies. Keep it secure and well stocked. Next is good ol' food. Eats. Grub. Everyone HAS to eat. Eat in moderation but eat good. Keep several months of your everyday type food in the pantry or larder. If you can keep a year or more in stock that's even better. Make sure you have a sure thing water source and a backup plan for that. I don't mind being nekkid but in general clothing is kinda handy so keep suitable clothing in stock. That means more than the suits and dresses you wear to the office. Have heavy weight clothing available for the dirty jobs that basic survival calls for. Stuff like jeans, dungarees, fatigues, canvas or ripstop shirts and decent boots. Don't forget to include alternate season clothing. If you have all that you'll need weapons to keep it. This is where it gets interesting. Lets just say a centerfire semiauto rifle for everyone in the house. Then a couple of pump shotguns, then a centerfire semiauto pistol for everyone in the house and finally the ubiquitous 22 rifle in your favorite flavor. Anything beyond this is strictly a personal decision. These are just the basics that I feel every house should have. Then you'll need ammo for all of them. Your finances will dictate how much you stock as ammo prices are quite astronomical at this time. I like to keep a couple thousand rounds for all the centerfire rifles and pistols and several hundred for each shotgun and as many .22 rounds as I can stuff in the house. A job to pay for all this stuff is a major concern of course. There are two other things you'll need before all this other stuff and the first is faith. One of your choice. Then you will need a mate you can depend on in good times or bad. Once you have all this you'll think of hundreds of other things to stock up on. Other than having an indefensible home in a suburb of a major city I feel pretty wealthy. How are your personal preps going? If you look around there are several books that give details on what to keep in stock.
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I hope while you're here you notice the advertisers on the right side of the screen. Please visit them. This will help me with all the above.
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My own Changes.

I have changed the name of this site, hopefully to prevent all the visits from people that were coming to Sharp Stuff looking for well, sharp stuff like knives and things of that nature. The new name represents my true philosophy... a Midwestern Rebel. I will continue to write about life, politics, preparedness, the Constitution, family and well, any thing else I want to write about. Thanks for reading and please notice I do allow comments to this site and at times ask for some input from the readers so reply via the comment section at the end of each days post. Thanks for taking a look at my little site!

Obamageddon, 9 Trillion, Gettin' ready

With all the financial problems facing this country and people, can we ever expect to see a turn around in the near future? I don't think so and I predict that there will be some improvement after the 2010 elections when many liberal Democrats as well as liberal and centrist Republicans are voted out of office. Gerald Celente from Trends Research believes that we are facing,what he calls an Obamageddon. Trends Research has made many accurate predictions in the past and with this background in prognostication many still say he's full of Hot Air. Judge for yourselves.
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With all the grandiose plans the current pseudo administration has made and all the massive "changes" implemented, it is rumoured that Barry's folks are going to present a 9 TRILLION DOLLAR 10 year budget DEFICIT! That's up 1.9 TRILLION or so from their previous guesstimate. So when good Ol' Barry is removed from office by the 2012 election the next President or two can expect to catch hell about the deficit "they" have created when really, it'll be the deficit "he" created years before. Remember those first couple years of Bush 1's administration when the economy started to go to hell and every one blamed George? Then, after a year or two of investigating the numbers, it was found that the economy was screwed up from what Bill had done. Watch and see.
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This week I refreshed my memory about canning food, bought 300 more .22 rounds and 50 lbs. of sugar. What have you done to improve your preparedness for you and your family? Try to do something every week. Learn a skill, gain some important knowledge, beef up the larder, beef up the armoury, beef up your muscles and endurance, make up some emergency plans. Even if you don't have dollars to spare there are a lot of things you can do that don't cost anything but your time and maybe some sweat.
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Today I made some more picante sauce since my aunt Lori was good enough to give me some more tomatoes. This batch is hotter, a little sweeter and definitely tastier. Cherry Pie made venison lasagna for supper. With the outstanding weather we've been having we have the air conditioning turned of in AUGUST. WTF? The canning and cooking today made me want to turn it back on though. Basically, we have layed around reading and drinking sweettea all day. It's been nice.

A civil? war, There's gold in them thar hills, Capiche?

With all the demands to pass legislation quickly, ignoring the peoples desires, violating the constitutional restriction on government and states rights some think that BHO is pushing the country to civil war. Hey, if it comes to that.........
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Is the economy hitting you hard? Need some extra cash? Don't have a job? Do you know that gold is over 900 dollars an ounce? No wonder gold panning is being revived. Heck, dig some gravel, swish it around in a pan and wha la, you just made 900 clams! It's quite a bit more involved than that but panning is making a resurgence in this country as the times remain stagnant or, as most feel, continues to decline. As they say, there's gold in them thar hills!
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I don't know how it has to be said, but Washington, DC can't figure the gun issue out. It took a Supreme court ruling to get the people the right to posses assembled, loaded firearms. Now that HELLER has gained their rights back the city says they can't carry them anywhere. As if the only crime that happens in DC is in the home. DC is the biggest cesspool of scumbags in the country. It's a shame that good people have to live there with the hoodlums, both uptown and downtown, and have to fight the city for the right to defend themselves.
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The rain finally ended yesterday and now we had a globull warming high of 78 today, in August in the Midwest. More of the same coming Saturday. Gosh I hate globull warming.
Made another batch of picante sauce today and it's MUCH better. I put up 3 quarts, 1 pint and 3 half pints of the stuff. I had a hell of a time getting 3 of the lids to "pop".
Off to the big box store o' goodies tomorrow. We'll pick up a few more storage staples there as well as some day to day groceries. With the kids gone and not much to do at my Dad's for a while it's been a long boring week. Maybe next week will shape up better.

globull warmening, cars and czars

This globull warming is out of control! Mid August in the Midwest and today it was in the mid 80's. Rained again this morning so I didn't get to mow yards until after 3 pe em. Made crab cakes, potatoes and corn for supper then off the the library for some more books. I've been averaging 4 a week at this time. For grins and giggles we went to a local car dealer that's advertising a push, pull, drag in trade deal. Oh, crap! Cherry Pie found a Caddy she wants. I'll check the price in the morning and see if it's feasible or not.
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The guy sitting in the Presidents office has so many freakin' czars it' unbelievable! A czar for this and a czar for that and another one for good measure. Look at this regular feature at wmsa and be sure to read the portion concerning the army of czars. You will be amazed. Czars are not held accountable to the people and have no obligation to report to the congress. The are appointed by the guy acting as president and report to him. the basically have presidential powers and no real way of controlling them. What a load of crap!
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I got invited to attend a meeting for setting up another Tea Party! There are going to be nationwide tea parties on September 12 so look for one in your area and make plans to attend.

Theres more of us. No more snitches?, Rain, Rain go away

I don't feel so lonely now....The Gallup Organization says that there are more conservatives in the US now than liberals. I'll give you one guess as to how that occurred. That's right, the government is full of liberal at this time. See how that works? A lot of folks get tired of conservatives after 4 or 8 years so liberals get put into power and 8 months later most folks are claiming to be conservative. Of course, if I was a liberal and had this current bunch of asshats frontin' me, I'd claim to be conservative too.
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Maobama has pulled the plug on the flag@whitehouse.gov crap. Report that. I dare ya. Ha, Ha,Ha. Nothin' like a bunch of snitches. What rhymes with snitches? Yea, I know too.
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Man the week has started out WET. Over 4 inches of rain at my castle in under 3 days. Drizzle, rain, downpour, thunder, lightening. All of it. Stayed in all day today read, cleaned house, read some more, cooked supper. It was so wet that both of the dogs refused to go outside until the sun came out around 3 this afternoon. This morning they looked out the window and went back to bed. I'm scared to look in my old stone basement. Sometimes it floods. And both of my pumps are burned up. Like they say ...sometimes it rains and sometimes it pours. HAAAA, HAAAA, HAAAA!
If it's halfway decent in the morning I'll load my tools and head to Dad's place to work on his house and see what else I can do around there.
I saw some great deals on ammo today at www.kcguntrader.com . 7.62x51 for 50 cents a shot? That's so 2 years ago. I also saw some good deals on 5.56x45. Check that site out.

bucket source, townhall, Public Option out?, Root Cellars

I got the 5 gallon buckets picked up this morning and they are all washed out and drying. Now I need to get "stuff" to put in'em. These came from a source I hadn't thought of before...a barbecue joint. They get their sauce made up in 5 gallon buckets and get all the pickles in the same. They even pre-washed the buckets so they weren't to bad, even the pickle buckets. I sat them in the yard and gave each a shot of dish soap and a double shot of bleach and added water. After setting for an hour or so I attacked them with a brush inside and out, then topped of with more water for another couple hours of soaking, rinsed and stored upside down to drain. The lids got the same treatment in the bath tub.
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Have you seen the news about politifools not showing up for townhall meetings? One group doesn't care if they do or not. The Constitutional Patriots group in North Carolina found a novel way to get their message to their absent representative. Check it out.
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The tide may be shifting! The Nobama camp has now said that the public option is not really needed to declare a victory in health care. They will now be satisfied with health insurance cooperatives. Do ya think they're getting the message? What a turn around from a couple of weeks ago.
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It seems that more people are getting into vegetable gardening. Once the crop is in what do you do with it? Ideally the root veggies such as potatoes, carrots, onion, radishes, etc. should go into a root cellar. What if you don't have a root cellar? Here is a guide for creating one in your basement. Fairly simple yet it does require a bit of skill to build it. There are ways to store the root crop underground if you're up for a little digging. Here's one and here's a site that covers, basements, root cellars, pits and has some storage information..

Last night we went to the local BBQ and Fly In On The River held in our town hosted by the local Wabash BBQ. They had a great turnout for the first evening of a 2 day event. There was a band playing called Salem Road and they were very good. They played a wide variety of rock and rock classics. We stopped by a friend who is in the competion and sampled some sausage, chicken, ham and beef along with a couple of beers. There is a precision drum and dance team from Kansas City that showed up to perform. They are called The Marching Cobras. What a talented bunch of kids. To end our rare evening out we sat on a friends deck and watched a very nice fireworks show.

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While cruising Craigslist yesteday morning I found an ad for food grade buckets with lids for 2 bucks apiece. In the morning we are going to get a dozen of them. We have filled all the last ones we bought, at a higher price, with rice, beans, pasta, sugar, spices. We will next put away some more rice and beans as well as a quantity of salt and powdered milk. We really need to get a quality water filter to augment our food supply. I keep telling everyone to keep their eye on Craigslist as there is no telling what treasure you'll find on that site. So, this week to add to our preparedness inventory I added 300 rounds of .22, a 6 gallon water can and a dozen 5 gallon buckets and a case of pint jars. Oh, and this morning I found at a local thrift store, 2 books for 2.99 each. One called "The Green Pharmacy" and the other called "The Doctors Guide to Home Remedies". What have you done in the last week to boost your family's preps?

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The Numbers racket, garage sales and other tidbits

Here we go, everything but jobs is on the rise. The US deficit rose in July to 1.27 TRILLION dollars! And home foreclosures rose another 7 percent in July which brings that number up 32 percent from only a year ago. I have a neighbor that works for a title company and they are handling so much paperwork from foreclosures that she is working Saturdays and some Sundays, up to 20 hours overtime a week. That's a lot of homes and that's only one company. There are thousands of companies doing the same work all over the country. This could be why there are so many foreclosures...new jobless claims rose to 558 thousand. That's NEW claims, that doesn't include people that have run out of benefits or people that are under-employed. Remember now, the .gov says that it may be 5, FIVE years before any new jobs are created. What will the unemployment numbers be by then? 15%, 25%?
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We went garage saling this morning and mostly found junk. I did manage to score another 6 gallon water can for a whopping FIFTY CENTS. Last summer I found a nice cast iron benchtop drill press for 15 dollars. What treasures have you found at garage sales? I have gotten, in the past, a compact air compressor, several guns, auto parts, coins, military items and a plethora of other items.
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We have to go to the dreaded Wally World tomorrow so I will probably end up with another couple hundred rounds of .22 rimfire. I think I'll stop at about 10 grand. That should make me fairly wealthy in a barter economy. Then I'll resume a gradual build up of the .45 acp and .223 at a slower pace due to the expense of those calibers.
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The picante sauce I made the other day came out, well, not so badass good. It is very bell pepper flavored. It doesn't taste bad, just not like I wanted. So, this weekend we'll go to a farmers market, get all the goodies and start over.

I'm baaack. Mathews and Tucker, Unemployment, and so on.

The Son and his Bride have been here for the last few days so blogging has taken a backseat. Between all the visiting, traveling, shooting and eating out the site has suffered but suffered for a good cause. We ate so much good food while they were here I will have to fast for a couple days to get back to my usual slim trim 270 pounds. The two of them left this morning at 5 ay em to travel back to Virginia. One leaves on deployment in November and the other leaves in February so we won't have any chance to see them again for a long while. If I can scratch up the funds to do some work on the Harley I will try to ride out there when they get back. A new tranny, cylinder base gaskets and since it will be open I might as well put in fresh pistons while I'm at it.
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I guess a lot has happened over the last few days. It was announced that the deficit grew by 181 billion in July, the House upped the request for jets from 4 for 200 million to 8 for 550 million. I heard on FOX that the deficit is growing by 75 billion every week. That's a lot of money WE have to come up with.
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Take a look at this article on Unemployment by the numbers. It breaks down the unemployed and underemployed and gives a good overview of the jobs situation. Not a rosy picture.
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Take a look at the video in this link and listen to these two buffoons. Prepare to be angry. One is MSNBC's Chris Mathews and the other is Cynthia Tucker from the Atlanta Journal Constipation. Mizz Tucker believes all opposition to the proposed healthcare and basically any opposition to the Prez is based in racism and douchebag Mathews wants to inject all those people with sodium pentothal until they admit they are racist! These are the kind of fools that are getting their points of view put on tv. What nutjobs, I can't think of any thing remotely civil to say about these two ...these two .... aarrrrghghghhghh!
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I sure get a kick out of all the Politicians that are having their asses handed to them at the townhall meetings. This is what politics is supposed to be like. Hold their feet to the fire and get some answers from them. Make them realize they work for us. I am shocked at the brazenness of some of the politicians who have declined to hold meetings because they are scared of their constituents. They need to be removed from office immediately as they are not doing their job.
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I dragged up some memories from a childhood spent in servitude in an agricultural family and canned some picante sauce that I made. That was an experience but it all came back readily. And the sauce is badass good! Oh, I layed in another couple hundred rounds of .22 to replace the ones we shot up. The local Wally World actually had a box of .40 on the shelf as well as two boxes of .357 and 2 boxes of .223. That's the most I have seen there in the last few months. Is the ammo drought ending or was it a fluke that I was there when they had some ammo on the shelf?

Soto confirmed, plinking

Ding dong the witch is confirmed, the witch is confirmed. I know what I think about that, here's what the anti gunners think about it. As expected the Democratic controlled Senate confirmed Sotonothing's SCOTUS seat. The balance of power has fully shifted and now we are well and truly fucked when it comes to personal rights, freedom, gun ownership, anything the Constitution acknowledges as our rights. This woman has screwed up 80 percent of her lower court rulings and now she's on the highest court in the land. Hell, she couldn't even answer the question of whether she thinks people have the right to self defense! Come on 2010! Hopefully we conservatives can get a boatload of other conservatives elected to both houses and put the brakes on this run away socialist steam roller.
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Son and I went plinking yesterday. We took a lot of 22 firearms due to the lack of centerfire ammo and the high cost when it is available. Here's the roster... S&W 422, Ruger Mark II, Rock Island Armory .45, Glock 36 .45, Ruger 10/22, Kel-Tec Sub 2000 .40, MAK 90 and a NEF Sportster .22. A lot of holes were punched in cardboard and a lot of rocks were chased around. Nothin' but good ol fashioned fun!
Today to please the gentler side we went to the Nelson Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City. Of course when we got there the menfolk did find a lot to interest them too. Then a quick stop by the KC farmers market and back home to grilled burgers, cucumber salad, baked beans and chips. Oh, and lots of sweettea.
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Well, summer finally got here. When the calendar changed to August to mercury started to climb. Today is about 97 or 98. More of the same tomorrow. I knew I wouldn't be let down. August is always hot as the gates of hell.

Bogus Certificate, Concealed permits, Congress, 700,000 bucks

The latest great Obama Birth Certificate has a good chance of being proven as bogus, I hate to say. This time it's a question of the word Republic and the date of the bith versus the date of kenya becoming a Republic. Oh, and the certificate is a dupicate of an Austrailian certificate right down to the book number, dates and format. Now the question is who did it? A Consevative zealot or a liberal mole? Orly Taitz says she got it from a credible source go to her source and find out if he did itoe if another did it. This whole thing can be cleared up by a simple presentation of the ACTUAL birth certificate instead of a lot of stonewalling and diversions.
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It seems like more and more people are getting their concealed carry permits. Here are some stats from Clay County Missouri. Most are saying they're concerned about crime that may be rising in this piss poor economy, some say they are doing it for fear of more regulations. WTF? If you are concerned about more laws, regulations or even confiscation then why put your name, address and social on a government form? The only reason to get a concealed permit is comply with the law. You carry the gun to prevent crime against you. Getting the permit won't help with your fears of more regulation. Getting the permit has submitted you to MORE regulation.
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A judge has awarded a homeowner a buttload of money becouse he didn't like the noise and vibration from a neaby gun range. Giving credit where credit is due, the house was built before the range was. But 700,000 dollars for a noise issue? That's right Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars! Thankfully the Missouri legislature has passed a bill to prevent this kind of lawsuit. That should tell you that something was up with this whole deal if the State stepped in to prevent further actions of this sort.
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Remember when Congress got all over the auto executives when they took private jets to the hearings? Congress has forgot all their lectures on fiscal propriety and ordered up 3 Gulfstream jets for the members of congress to use. The tab comes to about 200 Million Dollars! Of OUR money! (*%$#)&%^% %^$^%^%&%% ^%&%&%(%(^% &%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There's a weekend coming up, go out and shoot some guns, get some practice, train! Take a friend or two with you and get some team drills done.
I went to, choke, gasp, Wal-Mart yesterday and added another 550 rounds of .22 to the inventory. I think that brings me to over 6000 rounds of rimfire. Now if I can just afford a 22 conversion for my AR, they're running about 200 bucks right now. 22 rimfire is about the only thing I can afford to shoot and replace at this time. We'll see what the future brings.

Here comes the Judge! Bank Holiday. Beauty in steel and wood.

I like to listen to Judge Andrew Napolitano when he is on the FOX News Network. He generally has solid conservative values and is not fond of an overly powerful government. We need more judges cast in his mold. Here is a video of him giving a speech at a Tea Party in Columbus, Ohio. If you can't hear what he's saying there is text of the speech below the video.
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Bob Chapman has published an article saying that he has information claiming a bank holiday will be declared in the next month or two. Holidays are good, bank holidays are NOT. When the government declares a bank holiday all banks in the nation are closed until the government allows them to reopen. Think of it...no deposits, no withdrawals, no loans, no access to safe deposit boxes, no debit cards, no checks. NO ANYTHING! This happened during the Great Depression and all private gold was collected during that one. I'm not saying it's gonna happen, but this is one of the reason I keep encouraging people to have a stash of cash at HOME in their own safe. And a supply of food as well, since there will be no electronic transactions of the monetary sort but I'm sure local stores will accept cash or even some of that silver I tell everyone to stock up on.
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The Goddess speaks.
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I haven't been much for shotgunning for the last few years but if there is anyway possible, I want one of these, preferably while I'm still able to shoulder it. I don't have the foggiest idea of the cost is but I want one in 28 gauge. Hollaway and Naughton. Exquisite workmanship. The wood appears as though it's made of dark glass. Gorgeous! Be sure to check out the engraved case colored bits and pieces.
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Check out this list of companies and people that want to deny you to the right to own a gun. How many of the Hollywood types have had mega-dollar hits that relied on GUNS as an important prop or even in a supporting role i.e. The Mexican, Shoot 'Em Up, The Rifleman, Rambo, ad nauseum, ad infinitum. What a bunch of hypocrites!

HOT OFF THE WIRES! BHO birth certificate

It has come to light that lawyer Orly Taitz has submitted evidence of a Kenyan birth certificate for one Barrack Hussein Obama. The document was given to her by an anonymous individual who is fearing for their life. The certificate is part of the evidence presented in the newest birth certificate lawsuit filed by former Ambassador and Presidential Candidate Alan Keyes. The suit was filed on August 1, 2009. The certificate shows marks of repeated folding, an official seal, a signature of a Kenyan official, staple holes in a corner. Obamas Kenyan family all agree they witnessed his birth in Mombasa Kenya. Here's an article and here's another, both with pictures of the latest document. We'll see how this shakes out. If found to be an authentic document that will hold up in court, it will have massive repercussions affecting the faith Americans have in our government and how the world views our government. Can any one say riots? Race wars? DAMN! Will all those cars bought under the cash for clunkers program have to brought back or paid in full by the customer? Holy Cow!

Cheap land, cash for clunkers, gatling guns

April in July. Globull Warming? We'll see what August brings, maybe some May flowers? I know that some areas are having massive drought now but aren't they calling it GLOBAL warming? What do I know about it? I know if you have an average temperature for a month that hovers in the low 90's then if it's warmer then it should go to the mid 90's, right? Oh well.
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Are you in the market for some reasonable land to move to or establish a get-a-way on? Try looking at http://www.ozarkland.com/ and for some really cheap land look at http://www.dirtcheapdirt.blogspot.com/ The Ozark site, of course, carries land in the Arkansas and Missouri Ozarks and dirtcheapdirt leads you to land in a variety of states but usually in the southwest US. Happy hunting!
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Are you one of the people that had enough money or credit to get a new vehicle under the cash for clunkers program? Evidently in one week the year-long program ran out of money. That's a lot of cars! Chrysler had the best deal with a matching program to augment the gov't one. So your qualified trade in could be worth 7-9 Thousand dollars instead of 3,500 to 4,500. Qualified means licensed, insured for a year and the new one had to get 4 mpg's better gas mileage than the old one and the old one had to get less than 18mpg. One week to dry up a years program. Either it was mismanaged or a lot of folks bought cars in one week.
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Today in the news an armed man went in the police station and nothing happened. The same man then entered a truck and drove to a hardware store, walked to the paint department and while waiting for paint to be mixed, entered into a conversation with a stranger were nothing happened. The armed man then drove home without incident.
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Man, I really want one of these! You buy the kit and supply 2 Ruger 10/22 rifles and extended magazines. Oh, and you do have to supply the grins and giggles. And the massive amounts of ammo! Man oh man the fun I could have with one of 'em!

Home Defense

You and your wife are sleeping rather nicely, the kids are upstairs in bed. In the fog of sleep you dimly hear a whispered comment or two outside your window. The next thing you're aware of is the front door crashing open. What do you do? If the crash didn't include screams of "Search Warrant" then you have a real problem as criminals aren't going to give warnings like that.
You and the family come home from a late night out. You unlock the front door and walk in to see the room in destroyed. Think! The front door was locked, how did someone get in? Are they still in the house? Are the cops close enough to respond? What do you do?

There's an endless set of scenarios where you need to make instantaneous decisions to protect your family. Start by planning and then by training for your responses.

Nighttime...bedroom. The number one item should be a repeating shotgun, preferably pump action with number 4 buckshot or larger. 12 or 20 gauge as you see fit. Flashlight... a real bright one. A handgun loaded with defensive ammunition. And a cordless phone or cell phone.

Evening. Always have a handgun on your person. Train with it religiously. Have a flashlight in your pocket. A one handed knife. Train to get it out and open with both hands. A charged cell phone in the other pocket.

Daytime. Once again, have your handgun on you at all times. Do you have a shotgun or carbine handy in the house? Think, plan, train.

Do you live in a rural area where your neighbors are not close by? Then a carbine may be your bedroom companion. Think about it. If the old 30/30 will drop a 180 pound buck it should do the same for a 180 pound man. Practice. Practice. Practice.

If you are in a town that has a police department, let them do the house clearing. Is any official response going to be long enough that you and your family are endangered? Make your own decision then. Remember, plan, train, train and train.

There are a few other things you are going to need. A proper mindset, decent ammo and a good lawyers number. There are also several places to get training and if you can't afford that then there are books and videos that will give you some information that must then be turned into skills via practice.
Any lawyer or book you read on the subject of selfdefense shooting will tell you ...keep your mouth closed. Zip. Nada. When you call 911.. please send an ambulance, I was in fear for my life (for their lives). Call your lawyer. Sit down and shut up until legal counsel arrives. Do not give a BA attitude to the cops or prosecutors or media or anyone. Regretful and thankful all the time.

Home Coming Chores, jobs, gun refinishing

Well, it's another cool, rainy, global warming day. To wet to work at my dad's place and to wet to set up the saw(outside) to cut crown moulding for the kitchen. So I've done a little sheet rock repair upstairs getting ready for the kids to come and spend a couple weeks with us. They both are taking leave. Sheet rock repair, painting, cleaning, trim work, mowing and more cleaning. I have this week and next to get all my honey-do's complete. Son is going to bring his bike with him so we can get in some riding together. That aught to be fun! I wish I had a sport bike to keep up with him. I had an opportunity to buy a '96 Ducati 900 Monster way cheap when I had my M/C shop. Man, was that thing fast! Cherry Pie didn't see it my way. All she saw was the potential for tickets and mayhem. Oh, have I said I like to go FAST?
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I keep looking for a job but in this area I either need an engineering degree to do what I've done for years or I'm over qualified, or my wage history is to high, or I don't have the certification for the job. Blah, blah, blah. No one cares about past performance or experience or knowledge. All they want is a sheepskin.
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I really like the durability of today's polymer stocked guns but I prefer a piece of wood on my long guns and prefer the aesthetics of wood grips and a pistol. One thing I do enjoy is refinishing gun stocks. I like refinishing the metal parts also, but until I have a place to do hot bluing I am stuck with the cold process. Brownells Oxpho Blue is very easy to use and gives a durable finish. I did a Winchester 69A for my Dad. The stock had been bleached at some time so I mixed up some walnut stain with a healthy dose of cherry in it and applied a couple of coats to the stock. It sure came out nice. I reblued all the metal parts using the Oxpho and they all came out very nice. When I got done with it and gave it back to Dad, he couldn't believe it was the same gun. A couple of months later he called me and was worried about keeping it in his house with all the hoodlums in his town so I bought it off him so now it's in the safe. I would start up a small refinishing business and do the new, different coatings as well as bluing and parkerizing but I am in need of a building to do it in. And I don't want to mess with the boys and girls at the BATFE just to refinish guns.

Watch out! They're attacking private citizens now. That bastion of bastards, Move On .org has produced a video that is attacking that newly minted private citizen Sarah Palin. The liberals must be absolutely TERRIFIED of her. We never heard of Sarah until McCain brought her to the stage where she made an outstanding speech and immediately invigorated the Conservative movement. Upon hearing the Conservative reaction to this the liberals starting shittin' kittens. Oh Lord, a family centered, antiabortion, progun, intelligent, articulate, beautiful woman in politics...for the Conservatives! Oh crap, call in the shock troops, smear her from stem to stern. Include her family at every turn! There's not a liberal that has smeared her that has the balls to stand up to her or any of her family and say it their face. I keep waiting for Todd Palin to bitch slap a few asshats.
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What ever you may think of Newt Gingrich, he did present a decent plan to improve the state of health care in this nation. Now, I don't think that the USG has the legal authority to do anything with healthcare but since it is probably going to happen anyway, Newt's plan seems a lot better that that 1000 page crap that no one has read, that the One Sitting In The Presidents Chair is trying to ram down everyones throat.
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These are really cool! I saw a couple down at the Knob Creek Machine gun shoot. These are awesome in their own way. Talk about shake the ground when all four go off at the same time. Here's a video of that action. Really folks, you gotta get to the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot.