Another one from the YGTSM file…

Posted on by July 5, 2015

Soooo…

People in Poway, CA actually SAVED water, and what does the city do?

They DUMPED IT! 500,000 gals were dumped because it wasn’t safe to drink…

Go HERE and read their explanation and shake your head in wonder!

In other news, Trump pretty much called a spade a spade on the illegal immigrants, with predictable results from the left… HERE.

Interestingly, three stories below, there was ANOTHER article saying he was right… HERE.

And then there’s THIS one from Katie Pavlich… The one that gets me is that saying the most qualified person should get the job is a *&^%$ MICROSGRESSION???

WTFO???

Spending time trying to get my house ready to go on the market, that is truly a PITA. Just trying to get the ‘right’ people, e.g. plumbers, electricians, etc. to show up on schedule is interesting…

Sigh…

To do…

Posted on by July 4, 2015
Maxine gets it…
We need to show more sympathy for these people.
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 They travel miles in the heat.
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They risk their lives crossing a border.
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They don’t get paid enough wages.
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They do jobs that others won’t do or are afraid to do.
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They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different
language.
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They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day ~ every
day. 

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4th of July…

Posted on by June 30, 2015

Also known as Independence Day, this all goes back to July 4, 1775…

In 1775, people in New England began fighting the British for their independence. On July 2, 1776, the Congress secretly voted for independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence was first published two days later on July 4, 1776. The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was on July 8, 1776. Delegates began to sign the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776. In 1870, Independence Day was made an unpaid holiday for federal employees. In 1941, it became a paid holiday for them.

The first description of how Independence Day would be celebrated was in a letter from John Adams to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776. He described “pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations” throughout the United States. However, the term “Independence Day” was not used until 1791.

Interestingly, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both signers of the Declaration of Independence and presidents of the United States, died on July 4, 1826 – exactly 50 years after the adoption of the declaration.

This year, we also get a terror alert warning for the 4th… Sigh…

And you better fly your flag this year, because the left is calling for the American flag to be removed… HERE…

I hope each and everyone is celebrating this day, and eating way too many burgers and dogs, and getting sunburned at the beach or on the lake!

WTF is going on???

Posted on by July 3, 2015

I can’t help but wonder what is going on with the ‘Pubs in DC…

We’ve had a number of discussions on this over lunch, drinks, etc. And the question always is- WTF, has somebody got pictures of (fill in the blank) with a goat or what?

Apparently we’re not the ONLY ones asking that question!

WA Root is asking the same thing HERE!

And in a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I got an email…

DEAR AMERICA: Here’s why everyone thinks you have a problem with guns

THIS is what the left likes. I’m not going to take the time to debunk these, but this gives you an idea of how they ‘tweak’ data to get the answers they want…

Gun ownership declining… yeah, right…

Sigh…

TBT…

Posted on by July 2, 2015

Setting the way back machine…

Thanks to Tina for this one, she donated it to this old sailor…

If you ever wondered how they learned semaphore in the Navy, this is one of the ways…

semaphore sendingsemaphore receiving

Sending the letter Y on the left, receiving Y on the right…

This particular training wheel is from WWII. An official BUPERS training aid, it was probably issued as part of the Signalman ‘A’ school or kept by a Signalman as an OJT aid.

And no, I didn’t learn on one of these… 😛

And the games continue…

Posted on by June 30, 2015

DC has managed to get the DC circus court to issue a ‘stay’ on the CCW provision that Judge Scullin overturned, and the next hearing with him cancelled…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued a stay pending appeal that will again allow the city to enforce a key provision of its restrictive concealed carry laws.

Full article HERE from the Washington Times.

So effectively you can kiss off getting a CCW in DC anytime soon… And don’t get caught with ammo or God forbid, a gun in your vehicle as you pass through DC…

I either go AROUND DC on 495, or if I have to go into the District, I take Metro (and carry a ‘cane’)…

I don’t remember who said it, but someone on one of the blogs nailed it last year- DC will NEVER voluntarily comply with the CCW laws unless they are absolutely forced to.

In other news, HERE are all the states ranked in reverse order…

51. DC

46.MD

The good ones?

11. TX

10. KY

9. VA

8. WI

7. NH

6. VT

5. ND

4. FL

3. WY

2. AK

1. UT

Sigh…

 

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Ban everything…

Posted on by June 29, 2015

First it was the Army of Northern Virginia battle flag…

Now they want to take down all Confederate statues…

Well, don’t stop there…

Tear down the Jefferson Memorial in DC, the Washington Monument too, they owned slaves… Maybe they could be replaced by the statues of the first gay couple and first lesbian couple to be married…

Didn’t Lincoln too??? Lots of room for PC statues now…

Faneuil Hall in Boston, all those houses in Lexington and Concord. I’m sure slavery was discussed there. Ditto for Independence Hall, Carpenter’s Hall, the President’s house in Philly. Those historic buildings in Annapolis. Gotta tear down the White House, and Congress too…

You know slavery was discussed there. Pretty much all President’s libraries and homes prior to Gerald Ford (and maybe his too). Can’t let those state houses stand in the South…

All those historic homes in the South.  Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Jekyll Island, Nashville, Atlanta, Chattanooga. All those plantation homes throughout the South and Southwest…

Hell, just to be on the safe side, if a house or building is over thirty years old, tear it down too…

And don’t forget those historic churches… Can’t let them stand…

Destroy all those Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields, plow them under and salt the earth. Destroy any museums that have anything to do with the Revolution and Civil War…

But feel free to go buy the Che shirts, posters, etc.  And all that Nazi memorabilia, and Communist memorabilia. Or do stuff like THIS, or THIS, or even THIS…

To me the truly sad part is the class acts by the families and the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston have been overcome by the agenda driven attack dogs…

Oh yeah, and a good one HERE…

Kicking the soap box back in the corner…

Great weekend!!!

Posted on by June 28, 2015

This weekend was truly a learning experience! Got a chance to meet quite a few really GOOD authors, learned quite a bit about writing, money management, promotion, and got to sit in on some interesting discussions…

And I bought a few books…

signed books

I’d actually read most of these on Kindle, but it’s nice to actually have signed copies… And I’m sorry Steph, I couldn’t ever get past Weber’s groupies to actually get you a signed book…

It’s been a weird week for SCOTUS, the Confederate flag controversy, and numerous shootings in Chiraq and other (typical) locations, but those shootings seem to be buried or not worth comment from the White House.  And the good news, they got the two escapees from Dannamora, HERE…

In other news, one ‘should’ want gun owners for neighbors. A good post on that is up at Robar blog HERE.

It looks like the blog is working again, THANK YOU Barron!

Hopefully posting and commenting will be back to normal this week.

Still here…

Posted on by June 27, 2015

Going through some hoops with the blog- I understand some folks haven’t been able to comment.

Barron is working on it. If you try to comment and can’t, please email me with a time when you tried a failed.

In other news, one more day of LibertyCon, I’m learning a lot, meeting some interesting people, and at WAY too much at dinner…

If you’re hungry, hit the City Diner downtown in Chattanooga!

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This was the open faced Meatloaf ‘sandwich’… PLUS a ‘dinner salad’ that was a meal in itself… All for $12ish bucks…

One more day of the con, then back to reality… Dammit…

And yes, David Weber DOES have groupies… And yes, they do monopolize him to the point that you can’t get a word in edgewise, anything autographed, or a picture…

One of the funnier things was John Ringo, the real Joe Buckley and a few others sitting around in the smoking pit riffing on Joe and his various methods of dying… There was a complete short story created in about 15 minutes among the group, and it was actually funny as hell… Imagine if you will the Church of Joe… 🙂

And many thanks to Barron B for his help in getting the website running correctly (we hope) again!!!

LibertyCon…

Posted on by June 27, 2015

Yea, the blog is back up thanks Barron!

Currently at LibertyCon in Chattanooga Tennessee, with Peter and Dot Grant, Sarah Lloyd, and Cedar Sanderson. Learning a lot about how much I don’t know about writing!!!

posted from my iPhone.