Shutdown Day 14… Urban Legends???

Progress?  Same as the previous days… Zip, zilch… And it appears the administration has remained ‘strangely’ quiet on the vets march and VA and Vet issues.  It appears their sole reaction was to deploy police in riot gear… And it … Continue reading

Shutdown Days 11-12-13…

Zip, zilch, nada out of DC other than hot air… But the Vets decided to pay visits to various places including the WWII Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.  Pics and article HERE.  And apparently they delivered some “Barrycades” to the White … Continue reading

Find the Colt…

Some folks just tend to ‘accumulate’ things… And these are just ‘some’ of the revolvers… Since all but one of them are S&W, I’ll defer to Tam for further descriptions, but he did drag out one old Colt just for … Continue reading

238 and still limping along…

Happy Birthday to the Navy, 238 years and still hanging in, in spite of the current administration… Some traditions DO continue, thankfully… Traditionally, the oldest sailor and the youngest sailor share in cutting the ‘birthday’ cake. I happened to be … Continue reading

Shutdown Day 10…

Zip nada again today… It appears the states can PAY the Feds to open the national parks in their states…  YGTBSM!!! I can’t find a single positive thing to say… I’m going to go turn money into smoke and noise … Continue reading

Thought for the day…

We always hear about Social Security running out of money. How come we never hear about Welfare running out of money? My comment? We are “SO” screwed… And since I’m doing pictures, here are two more… h/t JP for these… … Continue reading

Shutdown Day 10…

Still nothing productive out of DC… Turns out the Senate FINALLY passed the bill to pay death benefits to the military and now Obummer refuses to sign it.  He said Fisher House is doing it so why should he sign … Continue reading

Shutdown Day 9…

Healthcare site is down again (still)… Now saying MONTHS of issues ahead… Article HERE. Other than the House acting on the death benefits for the military; zippo again today out of the  congresscritters. It appears the Senate didn’t even bother … Continue reading

Obit for Navy Traditions…

By LCDR Tom Sousa… An obituary for Navy Tradition (USN, retired) — 1775-2013: In a press release from Washington D.C., the Navy Department announced the death of Navy Tradition today after a long illness. Navy Tradition was born into a … Continue reading

Shutdown Day 8…

Again zippo from the congresscritters, but BO spent a hour (apparently) in a press conference blaming the Pubs… And it’s come out that the administration released $445M to ‘public broadcasting’ on the first day of the shutdown, article HERE. But … Continue reading