Year: 2005

Unless you’ve been under a rock (which may not be a bad thing, given all the weirdities in the news lately), you’ve probably heard all…

A number of you have been so kind in enquiring about my Mom. Here’s an update. After further consultations with her oncologist, who consulted with…

I got kind of busy yesterday and didn’t get the Carnival of Cordite #32mentioned. Gullyborg has done his usual excellent job of rounding up all…

(Via Drudge) Florida, a leader among states in supporting our Second Amendment rights, is now looking at a legislative proposal that will bar businesses from…

Well, the time nears to depart this veil of work (Yeah, working hard on my blog, not work!) for the open air of Camp Freehold.…

Never content to tell the truth, The Brady Bunch (known in liberal reality as “The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence” ) has once again…

(From the Federalist Patriot) Conservatism is not an ideology, it is a way of life. That way of life needs to be grounded in local…

From Blackfive, here’s a tale of father and son, separated by birth. Nothing further need be said.

(Via Drudge) A New York woman has been ticketed for sitting on a park bench unaccompanied by children. Would you like fries with your anarcho-tyranny?

(Via Drudge) NASA administrator says space shuttle was a mistake He isn’t too fond of the International Space Station, either. “Had the decision been mine,…

I’ve referenced Wikipedia articles in various posts. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia that is open to all comers. Anyone can originate or modify a Wikipedia…

(Via Drudge) Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force came under fire for its conduct in Hurricane…

I spent some of my weekend keeping up with news from the Hurricane Rita front. Luck was finally on our side for a change, and…

(Via WorldNet Daily) When South Carolina opened its arms to 547 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, it got something it didn’t bargain for–301 new residents…

The Carnival of Cordite #31 is up once again at Resistance is Futile!. Again, there is lots of New Orleans “stuff”, divided between the gun…

Well, it looks like even an abbreviated visit to Camp Freehold is not going to happen. That said, I’ll be indulging in a bit of…

Received via email from the Second Amendment Foundation: FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS NEW ORLEANS GUN SEIZURES BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern…

At least for this week. I’m wrapping up and heading out–to the football game. It’s homecoming at my daughter’s high school, so this will be…

Listening to the President’s speech in New Orleans last week , my first reaction was “Where the hell does he plan on getting all that…

But it does seem that the bullet is slowing down. Hurricane Rita has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane , and that’s good news.…

Gabriel Suarez runs (what I’m told) is an excellent shooting school. He also publishes a newsletter, Warrior News, that’s free to all comers. Here’s his…

(Via the Indepundit, Lt. Smash) It would seem Gen. Honore is my kind of fellow. “Don’t get stuck on stupid, reporters.” Heh.

Well, by now everyone has heard about Lovely Rita. It seems that we are about to have an instant replay of Katrina. Or are we?…

There is a move on to recall “Governor” Kathleen Blanco. I wonder if she’ll cry about that, too?

(Via Jerry Pournelle) A Piratese translator, fer yer, matey! We be a day late an’ a doubloon short, but here it be! And for fun,…

Today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ar-r-r-r! Hoist a mug o’ grog in celebration, matey!

The Carnival of Cordite is at it again, and is again hosted at Resistance is Futile!. Much, much, MUCH ado about New Orleans and the…

The word is once again…guns! This summer at Camp Freehold (The Freeholder’s weekend RV away from home) has been a merry-go-round of guns, guns and…

This article from the Auburn (AL) Plainsman really gripes my gun-owning soul. Now, I shall stipulate that the arrested, Ben M. Shadrick, was selling guns…

Apparently, the ATF and National Guard are looking for whatever they can find in New Orleans. I suppose that the 4th Amendment as well as…