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Month: September 2004

Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Even more on the memo thing

I’ve been looking at those .pdfs some more. I’m no document expert, but I’d stake money on them not being done in the 70s. Like…

September 11, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

.pdfs of the memos

FOXNews has .pdfs of the “60 Minutes” memos here. Two memos have superscripts in them unlike anything I’ve ever saw done by a real typewriter…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Kerry on the AWB

Add guns to the list of things Kerry is Klueless about: Kerry Ties Weapons Sales, Terror Worries John Kerry linked U.S. assault weapon sales to…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Well, I guess I’m an idiot

Heinz Kerry: ‘Only An Idiot’ Wouldn’t Like Kerry Health Care Plan When I first heard this one, especially given that my original source was a…

September 10, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Democrat dirty tricks?

Could the Dems be so scared of losing (or so intent on winning) that they will do whatever it takes–even fabricating evidence? Independent document examiner…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Clinton’s bypass

I wasn’t going to be petty (yeah right!), but since no one else I’ve been reading seems to have picked up on this, I thought…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Zing!

(Before getting to the topic at hand, I’d like to note an unimportant and artificial milestone: This is the 200th post to The Freeholder blog.…

September 10, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

The AWB is coughing up blood

After 10 long years of “The Evil Black Guns That Scare Us Ban” (also known as the 1994 Assualt Weapons Ban), the end is near.…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

You can’t reason with hurricane season

You have to feel for the people of the Caribbean and Florida. It seems they’ve joined the “Hurricane of the Week” club. I don’t recall…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Implosion?

You can tell that Kerry the Ketchup Boy is behind in the polls–the Dems have started dragging out every old crappy charge (and a few…

September 9, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Stuck at home

Well, The Freeholder has had to avail himself of modern medicine–they took out my gall bladder yesterday. I’ll spare you the gory details–let’s say that…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Another Wictory Wednesday

Once again, The Freeholder is happy to note Wictory Wednesday. Other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are We’re entering the home stretch. The polls are looking good,…

September 8, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

The obligatory political post

I can’t seem to have a blogging session without a political post. So let’s get it over with. As a North Carolinian, I detest one…

September 7, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Cold fusion redux

(Via Jerry Pournelle) WARNING: GEEK ALERT Those of you with long memories for scientific esoterica may remember Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann and their palladium…

September 7, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Wouldn’t it be something…

(Via Jerry Pournelle) If the country that may be our next great enemy could also be the country that gave us a safe route to…

September 7, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

The latest law enforcement transgression

You knew that Oshkosh, Wisconsin wouldn’t be the end of it, didn’t you? Now a California Sheriff has taken advantage of a registration database to…

September 7, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Media bias? Say it aint so!

(Via Usenet) Media Bias Against Guns John R. Lott, Jr Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute An impressive (if informal) piece of research on the role…

September 7, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Support out troops–with humor

(Via This Is True) There are a lot of sites out there that are organizing efforts to support our troops overseas. This Is True, one…

September 3, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

G-r-r-r…

Apparently, the State of Florida thinks that you shouldn’t be allowed to fix you own house, or ask friends to help you. A man flies…

September 3, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the last honest Democrat

If you missed Zell Miller’s speech last night, you missed something truly important. (Read the transcript.) You missed the last remnant of the party I…

September 3, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Wictory Wednesday

It’s Wictory Wednesday, folks. Time to join all us Wictory Wednesday bloggers and donate and or volunteer to be sure that George Bush wins re-election…

September 1, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Just in case

Choosing Your Battle Rifle And if you want one with all the evil features, just keep an eye on the AWB Countdown to Freedom timer…

September 1, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

You can send this to a gun-grabber you know and love…

in hopes of helping them overcome their hoplophobic ways. Or you can send it to them just to PO them. Legal quotes, courtesy of HK91.com.…

September 1, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Seagate lawsuit update

(WARNING: GEEK ALERT!) Earlier this month I noted that Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer, was suing a former employee because he might reveal some of…

September 1, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Irradiating the truth

Remember Chernobyl? That was some scary stuff, especially if you lived in Europe. Alexander Yuvchenko was there. Interesting reading–sort of like a report from the…

September 1, 2004February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Wading into the Great Debate

{via Kim du Toit) If you’re a shooter, you’ve doubtless heard and probably participated in the Great Debate about the 5.56 NATO round. (For those…

September 1, 2004February 13, 2021

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