Attention on the Blog! Attention on the Blog! 

Insanity 

I was working on a much longer post, but my browser crashed and dumped all the pages with all the supporting web articles I was going to link to. So here goes, without the linkage.

Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Emmauel, et al...they're all INSANE. Insane in the "trying the same thing, expecting different results" sense. Because everything they're doing to 'solve' the current economic problems, and most everything on their wish list of policy proposals, has been done before, and failed.

Bailing out the banks when a credit and real estate bubble bursts? Japan tried that in the '90s. Now they call it "the Lost Decade." And Japan has a cultural ethic of saving to cushion the long economic stagnation. America doesn't, at least not since the Baby Boomers came of age. (We'll ignore the idiocy of trying to get banks to lend more, and consumers to borrow more, when it was unsustainable debt levels that caused the crisis in the first place.)

Massive spending to try to stimulate the economy out of recession/depression? FDR tried in in the Raw New Deal. Unemployment didn't get below 14% until the draft started in earnest in the run up to WWII.

Cap and trade to reduce carbon emissions? Europe's been trying it, and it's been a failure.

Socialized medicine? Yeah, Europe and Canada have tried that, too, and it's awful. Or do they think that Canadians who can afford it come to the US because their healthcare system provides so much better care than ours?

And finally, increased unionization of the private sector. Name one industry that has been made more efficient and competitive by unionization. I know it's been great for the Big 3. [/sarcasm]

Of course, they think all these failures were simply because the 'right people' weren't in charge. (Team Obama, of course, is the 'right people.') The failures, of course, can't be because the programs are based on a flawed ideology and will inevitably collapse when they collide with reality. Because the ideology CAN'T be wrong. So, as Kevin says, "Do it AGAIN, HARDER!!"

And we all know what they're doing to all of us. BOHICA, harder.

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4/17/2009

Like You Couldn't Have Predicted This 

You Might Be A Terrorist If...

HT: Cassandra

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4/16/2009

Something Else I Forgot... 

Blogiversary #5 passed back on April 3rd.

The anniversary of my birth occurred on the same day.

I am now officially old enough to serve as President of the United States.

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4/15/2009

Tax Day, BAG Day, Etc 

Send in my 1040 a couple of weeks ago, expecting just enough back to pay the first half of the property taxes on my lot back in WA.

As for buying a gun, well, I didn't physically buy one today. I do have an M1 carbine on order with the CMP. Figured a His & Hers set would be nice. Best guess, it'll show up around July. 1,000 rounds of ammo on order to go with it.

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4/11/2009

Smeggin' 'ell! 

It's only 3 episodes, but Red Dwarf has resurfaced after a 10 year absence!

Unfortunately, it's on Brit TV, not here (yet) and Hulu doesn't seem to have heard of it. Grrrr.....

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Bitterly Clinging 

I think about the only way this could annoy the Leftists more is if I'd posed the whole set on the hood of my truck.



The gun is a Saiga-12, 22" barrel, with a K-var stock, Tapco SAW pistol grip, and Tromix DIY trigger guard and FCG. I'll probably make more upgrades to it after I finish the deployment.

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3/17/2009

New Arrival 

At 0847 Local (Romeo) on 16 MAR 09, This One finally 8 days past due) deigned to grace us with his presence.




We left home for the hospital just before 9 pm on 15 MAR, with the frequency of the contractions narrowing fairly quickly. We thought there was an outside chance of him making it out on the Ides. In which case, the Mrs had OK'ed giving him the additional middle name of Brutus.

This One and the Mrs will be coming home this afternoon.

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