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Month: April 2007

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Also worthy of note

I ran across a mention of this on the Bison Survival Blog: Urban Survival Not exactly what you think from first glance. This isn’t survival…

April 30, 2007February 15, 2021
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A handy site

Batteryspace.com has batteries of all descriptions, plus a variety of LED lighting products and quite a few things that sort of go along with the…

April 28, 2007February 15, 2021
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A little something that made my day

So I’m on the way home, and I’m behind soccer mom in her SUV. You can see mom driving and the head of a kid…

April 27, 2007February 15, 2021
Thanks, morons
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Thanks, morons

Just what gun owners and those of us who aren’t exactly in love with our government need: Feds Raid Alabama Militia Group, Uncover Small Weapons…

April 27, 2007February 13, 2021
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A sign of hope?

(Via Timebomb 2000) Remember the 92 year old woman, shot to death in her home in Atlanta last winter by police executing a “no knock”…

April 26, 2007February 15, 2021
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They “let” the mentally ill avoid the “gun list”?

The Raleigh News and Observer is reporting that “N.C. lets mentally ill avoid gun list“. Of course, the tone is immediately that this is bad…

April 26, 2007February 13, 2021
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A letter to the NRA

I received the following from Grass Roots North Carolina.. It originally came from Gun Owners of America. The biggest gun battle of the year is…

April 25, 2007February 15, 2021
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I’m from the Thought Police

And I’m here to fire you. Nicholas Winset, professor at Emmanuel College, has apparently gotten himself fired for having the temerity to question the prevailing…

April 24, 2007February 15, 2021
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Potty Talk

OK, there’s no nice way to put this, so you might as well be humorous: U.S. singer plans to wipe away global warming Yes America,…

April 24, 2007February 13, 2021
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Gotcha!

(Via The High Road) We don’t like scary looking guns because…they’re scary looking. What a tool.

April 22, 2007February 15, 2021
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Someone is doing something positive

As pointed out by Oscar Papa in his recent comment: http://www.savethe2nd.org/ Save the 2nd’s goal is to hold a pro-Second Amendment rally in each state…

April 19, 2007February 13, 2021
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LawDog sums it up

Perhaps the best take on the Virginia Tech massacre. Worth reading if you haven’t already.

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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Didn’t waste any time, did they?

Knowing no shame, the anti-gun forces are ever ready to take advantage of any tragedy available to further their agenda: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has introduced…

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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How to be a hero

Survive the Holocaust, survive the Communists and die trying to save your students. God, filled with Motherly Compassion, grant a full and perfect rest under…

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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Virginia Tech

What to make of 32 dead at Virginia Tech? Those of us who know that all the laws in the world will not prevent criminals…

April 17, 2007February 13, 2021
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A quick prediction

I haven’t had time or inclination to comment on the subjects of Don Imus, the Paul Wolfowitz business, the secret White House communications system/gazillions of…

April 14, 2007February 15, 2021
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Words of Wisdom

The LawDog brings us this on the subject of laws, peace officers, gun store clerks and knowledge. Yeah, I know that “gun store clerks” and…

April 12, 2007February 13, 2021
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Clueless at this end

(Via Drudge) I’ve never understood how a defensive military system can be seen as a provocation. Would someone please explain this to me?

April 12, 2007February 15, 2021
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The “rabid, rabid Republican” gets to have his say

(Via Drudge) “I’d just like to know why she has such hard feelings to me,” he said. “They say they’re for poor people.” You know,…

April 11, 2007February 13, 2021
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Justice is (finally) served

Some days, things happen that give you hope this country is salvageable. This is one of those days, and this is one of those things.…

April 11, 2007February 15, 2021
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Where was Jack when the lights went out?

More importantly, where will you be if the lights go out–especially if they go out for more than a few hours or a few days?…

April 10, 2007February 13, 2021
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John and Elizabeth Edwards–good neighbors?

(Via The Drudge Report) Elizabeth Edwards says she is scared of the “rabid, rabid Republican” who owns property across the street from her Orange County…

April 9, 2007February 15, 2021
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Michigan on the skids

(Via Drudge) Could the state of Michigan be the first state to be forced into bankruptcy? If they don’t get some smarter people soon, maybe…

April 7, 2007February 15, 2021
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Common sense in education

You know, I’ve always heard good things about Idaho. It seem I was hearing right. Hats off to the Twin Falls, Idaho school system. Junior…

April 6, 2007February 15, 2021
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Remington Arms sold

(Via Timebomb 2000) Remington Ams Co, based near me in Madison, NC, has been sold to Cerberus Capital Management LP, a private-equity firm, for $118…

April 5, 2007February 13, 2021
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Hm-m-m…growing a pair?

Bush Uses Recess Appointment Power to Install GOP Fundraiser Sam Fox as Ambassador I chose to take this as a positive sign that the President…

April 5, 2007February 15, 2021
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E-e-evil Microsoft?

(Via Drudge Report) The EU (pronounced Ew-w-w!) has decided that Microsoft must, in effect turn over it’s intellectual property to rivals for free. The Commission’s…

April 5, 2007February 15, 2021
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Well duh

(Via Drudge Report) In the much-watched first quarter of presidential fundraising, the Democratic candidates raised significantly more than their Republican counterparts, creating a huge gap…

April 5, 2007February 13, 2021
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A closet full of clothes

Our grandparents, great-grandparents and further back into history did not have the closet full of clothes that even the least of us take pretty much…

April 2, 2007February 15, 2021
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Just do it

The Democrats are playing brinkmanship with the troops on the ground, larding up the latest funding bill with all sorts of pork, then daring President…

April 1, 2007February 15, 2021

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