This is just SO wrong…



Simply friggin amazing…  Three things for your perusal, all the folks are MUCH more articulate than I…

Washington Times
July 13, 2011
Pg. B4

        Disarmed By Shariah- Political correctness prevents Army from recognizing sedition
        By Adm. James A. Lyons, USN (Retired)

                Today, the mind-numbing disease of political correctness has so infected the American military leadership that it is a threat in itself. The political correctness mentality was the principal reason why Fort Hood’s alleged murderer, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was not cashiered out of the Army after a shocking June 2007 PowerPoint presentation he gave as part of his psychiatric residency program. In that presentation, he reportedly warned his Army colleagues and supervisor at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center of “adverse events” that would occur if the Army did not accept the precepts of Islamic Shariah law and grant Muslims serving in the Army conscientious objector status.

                He went on to describe what he meant by adverse events, citing previous cases of Muslims murdering their fellow soldiers, spying against the United States, deserting their units and refusing to deploy. None of his fellow doctors or his supervisor reported his remarks, most likely out of fear of being labeled a bigot or racist, which in today’s military could end one’s career.

                Now it seems the Army has embraced Maj. Hasan’s position in an incredible decision made last month by the secretary of the Army to grant conscientious objector status to Pfc. Naser Abdo. He is a 21-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., who refused to deploy to Afghanistan, claiming that Shariah law prevented him from killing other Muslims.

                The fact that Shariah law is totally incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and has no legal basis in the United States was somehow overlooked in the Army’s decision process. Shariah is a totalitarian legal-military-political system that is designed to control every aspect of an individual’s life and is antithetical to our concept of freedom and democracy. By its dictates, Shariah is seditious.

                By acceding to the dictates of Shariah, the Army has tacitly endorsed an absurd position that in effect sanctions Muslim service members to kill non-Muslims but forbids them to kill Muslims. Further, it is an unbelievable basis on which to classify them as conscientious objectors.

                When Pfc. Abdo enlisted, he stated he initially believed that he could be a soldier and a Muslim at the same time. What changed his vision? He stated that his understanding of Islam “changed” as he went through training ahead of a planned deployment to Afghanistan. He worried whether going to war was the right thing to do.

                This would indicate that someone in the Army training process for an overseas deployment in the 2009-10 time frame was indoctrinating Pfc. Abdo and other Muslim soldiers. Could it have been one of the Muslim chaplains personally selected by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who currently is serving a 23-year sentence in a federal prison? He was convicted of terrorism-related charges and was proved to be a senior al Qaeda financier as well as a strong supporter of the terrorists groups Hezbollah and Hamas.

                As a result of his close connections in the Clinton White House, Alamoudi had the lead role in establishing the Muslim chaplain program. He nominated and approved which Muslim chaplains could serve in the U.S. military. The chaplains have never been vetted. This, together with a review of how Muslim military personnel currently are being indoctrinated, needs to be examined on an expedited basis.

                Who helped the Army come to this inconceivable position on classifying Pfc. Abdo as a conscientious objector? My guess would be the Army received “guidance” from its Muslim “outreach partners,” who it believes are operating in America’s best interest. This would be classic stealth jihad at its finest.

                By granting conscientious objector status to Pfc. Abdo, the Army is tacitly accepting a key tenet of the Islamic doctrine of jihad, as embraced by al Qaeda and other terrorists groups, which states that any incursion by non-Muslims into the Islamic lands makes it the duty for all Muslims to fight the “occupiers.” This view is shared by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has challenged American efforts in Afghanistan as “unwelcome outsiders,” in effect, occupiers.

                The U.S. military is the finest in the world. It represents the best of America. We have many Muslims serving honorably in the U.S. military and their service should not be tainted by Pfc. Abdo’s conscientious objector designation. His discharge from the Army is currently on hold because he has been charged with possession of child pornography. That should not be surprising: Shariah sanctions marriage of girls 9 years old and younger, in effect, legalized pedophilia.


ADM “Ace” Lyons is a Louisiana boy who done good as they say… Former CINPACFLT, sits on the boards of numerous corporations, consultant to various Military leaders, etc.  He’s been there, done that, and proudly displays the T-shirts. He is still very active as high level security consultant to the US infrastructure. I actually met him years ago when he was CPF, and had a nice little chat with him.


And while I’m on the ‘subject’, here’s a LINK to another article in today’s Washington Times by Ted Nugent… Worth the read…


And if you’re not already pissed off enough, go watch THIS


/kicking soap box back in the corner now… sigh

It’s FRIDAY… Finally…




Cowboy  rules for:

Arizona,  Texas, Oklahoma,  Colorado,  New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, and the rest of the Wild  West are as follows:  

1.  Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.  

2.  Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.  

3.  Let’s get this straight: it’s called a ‘gravel road.’ I drive a pickup truck  because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re gonna get dust on your  Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.  

4.  They are cattle. That’s why they smell like cattle. They smell like money to  us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-10 & I-40 go east and west, I-17 &  I-15 goes north and south. Pick one and go.  

5. So  you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 Combines that are  driven only 3 weeks a year.  

6.  Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to  understand the concept.  

7. If  that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’  in during a hunt, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don’t  have it up to your ear at the time.  

8.  Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want sushi and caviar?  It’s available at the corner bait shop.  

9.  The ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday  held the closest Saturday to the first of November.  

10.  We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women, regardless of  age.  

11.  No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the menu. Order steak, or you can order  the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.  

12.  When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and  breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah … We don’t  care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat… IT AIN’T REAL  CHILI!!  

13.  You bring ‘Coke’ into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice.  You bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot,  drive a truck, and have long hair.  

14.  College and High School Football is as important here as the Giants, the  Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to  watch.  

15.  Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards – it spooks the  fish.  

16.  Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump ain’t music, anyway. We  don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to  #1!  

A  true Westerner will send this to at least 10 others and a few new friends that  probably won’t get it, but we’re friendly so we share in hopes you can begin  to understand what a real life is all about!!!


And  there is more-


The  COWBOY Solution to  save  Gasoline.

OBAMA  wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use…

The  best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal  immigrants!

That  would be 15 million less people using our gas.


The  price of gas would come down…


Bring  our troops home from Afghanistan to guard the borders…

When  they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle  and some ammo and ship him to Afghanistan…

Tell  him if he wants to come to AMERICA then he must serve a tour in OUR  military… 

Give  him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it… 

After  his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this  country… 


He  will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident…


This  option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the  troops in Afghanistan and the aliens trying to make a better life for  themselves.

If  they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without  the canteen, rifle or  ammo.  

Problem  solved… 

And the LATEST Fear Mongering…

Obama came out tonight and said SS, retiree and Medicare/Medicaid checks won’t go out if the debt ceiling is not passed… sigh…


SCREWEM… 


How about some humor?  Questionable humor at best, but what the hey…

 I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.

I had amnesia once—or twice

I went to San Francisco. I found someone’s heart. Now what?
 
Protons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.
 
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.
 
If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.
 
What is a  “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?
 
They told me I was gullible and I believed them.
 
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
 
Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
 
One nice thing about egotists: they don’t talk about other people.
 
My weight is perfect for my height–which varies.
 
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
 
How can there be self-help “groups”?
 
If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
 
Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.
 
Is it me –or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?


h/t JP


And go over to An Ordinary American‘s Blog and watch a pilot save $20M by landing an F-16 engine out. That ol’ boy done good 🙂 

If You REALLY Want to Frustrate Yourself…

I met up with Arctic Elf from GBC and his Father-in-law for lunch and a bit of shooting at NRA today.  Good folks, but AE lacks a bit on the navigation around Fairfax 🙂 


I guess I really can’t blame him, since he’s out of NORVA though…


We were actually able to get a lane as soon as we got there, and as usual, started trading pistols and trying them.  Then the FIL decided we needed a ‘competition’ and he brings out one that looks like this…

It was in B&W, but you get the idea… It was one of those printable targets at 5 yards. We were each taking five shots, so I got 6-10… Didn’t do so well, matter of fact, I sucked!!!


When “I” started trying to get ‘that’ accurate, I realized I’d never really shot the Colt at bull’s eyes per se; I’d only been shooting it at IDPA/IPSC/Silhouettes, which have a MUCH larger aim point.  I kinda redeemed myself on 16-20 since those had a bit more vertical error for me to play with…  


I really need to go do the dot drills for a while, and then come back to this one… sigh


Other than that, it was a good day, and Arctic Elf and his FIL made it a better day at the range!  And hopefully we’ll get to do that again (AFTER I practice on that @!#@& target)…

More on Gunwalker (Project Gunrunner) Scandal…



Bored and up early, I was wandering the interwebz this morning and happened across THIS


IBD article- The Stimulation Of Murder

Extract:
Right there in the stimulus bill that no one in Congress bothered to read is $10 million for Project Gunrunner (aka Operation Fast and Furious), which resulted in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and increased drug cartel violence.


Right there in the “shovel ready” stimulus, no black humor intended, is a provision for $40 million for “state and local law enforcement assistance” along our border with Mexico and in high drug-trafficking areas, “of which $10 million shall be transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner.”


Attorney General Eric Holder’s “I know nothing” imitation of TV’s Sgt. Schultz has evaporated with the discovery of an April 2, 2009, speech to authorities in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in which he took Gunrunner credit for himself and the rest of the Obama administration…


During an interview with a Univision reporter that aired in March, Obama said he was “absolutely not” informed about the ATF program that deliberately funneled guns into Mexico. “I did not authorize it,” he said. “Eric Holder, the attorney general, did not authorize it. He’s been very clear that our policy is to catch gunrunners and put them into jail.”


So… Killing people was a Stimulus Project??? 


Sure as hell looks like it, and it’s obvious from the speech that Holder no only KNEW about it but TOOK CREDIT!!!


And Obamallama claims nobody knew nothing?  I don’t think so… It’s time, in my opinion, for a special prosecutor and turn ’em loose!

The END…

Atlantis launched from the Cape this morning, putting an end to US manned space activity…

Truly a sad day as we will now have to rely on (and pay BIG dollars) for the Russians to provide transport to the ISS.  


People are saying, “Oh private companies will pick up the slack and we’ll get there cheaper and sooner than if NASA continued.”


Folks, that is #*(&)* impossible…  Private companies CANNOT possibly do the research, development and testing to have a safe program; because they need to make a profit.  IR&D in space is a BILLION dollar a year project, and I don’t see anybody on the horizon with that kind of money/time/backers…


As of today, the USA are now second class citizens in the space race, and sadly I fear it’s not long before we’re second class citizens here on earth too…


It’s obvious the Dems are not about to let any of their sacred cows (entitlements) get cut, and the ONLY thing they can say is tax, Tax, TAX…  In reality, I believe for us to survive and succeed as a country, there are going to have to be significant cuts in a number of major programs, including entitlements, the military budgets (bringing the troops home saves billions a year), and stopping trying to be the world’s police; cutting foreign aid (e.g. stop trying to BUY friendship) and only funding true allies; and there are going to have to be tax raises to pay down the debt before it becomes larger than the GNP of the US (which is projected to happen in about 2020 according to some reports).


I really wonder what kind of world our kids are going to inherit… and I’m afraid the answer is NOT a good one…

Random Stuff…

I was gonna post on various things going on, and I just got depressed, so to hell with it…


An old Burma Shave sequence from Rt. 66…





If  you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If  you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If  you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If  you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment ,
If  you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If  you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

Then You Are Probably The Family Dog!


And once and for all… MEN don’t do colors… Ladies, please take note…



And I’m far enough away for y’all NOT to be able to beat me… 🙂

Interesting tidbit…

Heard on WTOP in DC one the way to the airport; if this isn’t cause/effect, I don’t know what is…


Crime statistics for the DC Metro area- Homicides for the first 6 months of 2011
DC (no concealed carry/limited ownership)- 55 homicides
Prince Georges Co. (MD ‘may issue’ or cold day in hell for a permit/home ownership okay- 58 homicides
Coming across the river to VA (shall issue)
Fairfax Co- 5 homicides
Arlington Co- 0 homicides


Interesting end quote from the PG Co Sheriff, “We’re working hard to reduce those rates and put the criminals behind bars.”


No interviews with either VA county…  and NO comments about concealed carry…  

AR-15 vs. SCAR 17…

As discussed earlier, I wanted to do a follow-up post on a comparison of the AR-15 (direct impingement) versus the SCAR 17 (gas piston).  I got a chance to get out yesterday and shoot some steels at 200 yards, so I shot 60 rounds through each gun as I figured that would be as good a comparison as any I shot them in 20 rounds groups, e.g. 20 rounds AR, 20 rounds SCAR.

Here is the first pic of the bolt carriers and firing pins (I know, lousy photo… Sorry)

Here are the bolt faces-  It’s notable that the AR-15 had significantly more carbon/powder fouling evident simply through handling of the bolt carriers…  Yeah, I know; DOH what did I expect, right???

Here are the bolt faces cleaned up.  Note how much bigger the extractor for the SCAR is…

And lastly the bolt assemblies and firing pins cleaned up.

Edit- DaddyBear asked if there was less carbon build up on the angled surfaces of the SCAR than the flat surfaces of the AR? The answer is there was considerably less, and it was much easier to clean also!!! 


I know, no real surprises here, but there are (to me) some interesting points; the SCAR is much easier to clean (again DOH!), the length of the firing pin on the SCAR, and once again the ‘light’ felt recoil of the SCAR.  Both guns shot well, and I only missed the 6 inch steels twice with each gun, so I’ll take that.


Lots of folks were out shooting, and I wandered over to the pistol range and watched a Dad with two kids around 10-11 years old, one boy, one girl, and they were shooting that new Ruger 45/22 and seemed to be having a blast!  And both the kids were shooting pretty well, in addition to being VERY safe!  


As far as I’m concerned, this was as good a way as any to celebrate the 4th!