Today SCOTUS told the environmentalists to pound sand in a rat hole… 🙂The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted restrictions on the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat for environmental groups who say the … Continue reading
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A couple of us were chatting about our families and our participation in defending the country/being in the military and an interesting point came out- I don’t know if anyone has ever researched this, but at least within the 8 … Continue reading
Veterans’ Day was originally called Armistice Day. This day was set aside to reflect and remember the sacrifices men and women made during World War I in order to ensure peace. This truce was signed on November 11th, 1918 at … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Marines! 233 years of tradition unmarred by progress 🙂 Officers STILL wear officers wear a lace cross on the top of their Barracks Cover, called the Quattrefoil, a traditional mark of distinction (meaning don’t shoot ’em) from the … Continue reading
Well, I’m draggin ass… Today Wachenmacher Gun Show at Tulsa, OK I walked, and walked and walked… And I STILL haven’t seen everything (actually I’ve probably seen a third of the tables).Met AEpilot-Jim here at the show, he is a … Continue reading
It appears Joe Biden was on target when he regretfully stated that Barack Obama would be challenged in his first six months, but it didn’t take quite that long… Yesterday President Medvedev of Russia gave his first equivalent of the … Continue reading
A new day has dawned quite literally…The race is over, we lost and now the assault will begin… I was reading some of the Prince by Machiavelli last night and his famous quote, “The end justifies the means.” kept coming … Continue reading
‘Twas the night before electionsAnd all through the townTempers were flaringEmotions all up and down! I, in my bathrobeWith a cat in my lapHad cut off the TVTired of political crap. When all of a suddenThere arose such a noiseI … Continue reading
Sadly, nobody cares about educating themselves or reading history anymore. We are doomed to repeat it. Folks are too busy watching American Idol, snacking on a McHappy Meal to take a second thinking about this country and what made us … Continue reading
Well, went and shot an action pistol match this morning at the local range- 32 steels per round, 18-9″ floppers, 14- various size swingers and I just flat sucked… I guess I used all my accuracy last week 🙁 I … Continue reading