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Once more, with feeling

Well, the time for campaigning for elected office is almost over, and it’s time for the voters to say their piece at the ballot box.…

November 4, 2008February 13, 2021
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John Ross on the election

“Reagan in a skirt“–you gotta love it!

November 2, 2008February 15, 2021
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Say what?!

(Via the Drudge Report) Obama admits that he would bankrupt a major company (or perhaps industry, it depends on how you read it)? So if…

November 2, 2008February 13, 2021
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Seeing Sarah

Yesterday was a first time thing for me–Son and I (Daughter was home sick; Mrs. Freeholder wasn’t interested) went to a political rally at the…

November 2, 2008February 13, 2021
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And now for some good news

(Via Timebomb 2000) We now have one less “choir boy” in the world: An intended rape victim shot and killed her attacker this morning in…

November 1, 2008February 15, 2021
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Selfish my Aunt Fanny

(Via the Drudge Report) I don’t give a hootwhat The Anointed One thinks (or, perhaps, parrots): wanting to keep the money I’ve earned, through my…

November 1, 2008February 13, 2021
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Dan Cooper, come on down!

(Via Timebomb 2000) You’re the next contestant on “My Big Mouth Got Me Fired!” Of course, USAToday, anti-freedom bunch that they are, have to quote…

October 31, 2008February 15, 2021
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Have you voted yet?

If you haven’t, allow me to introduce your to what Barack Obama has planned for your guns if he gets elected. As gun owners, we…

October 31, 2008February 15, 2021
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So…how’s that bailout thing workin’ for ya?

Exactly as foretold, if this is any evidence: The American International Group is rapidly running through $123 billion in emergency lending provided by the Federal…

October 30, 2008February 13, 2021
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“If I died right here today,” he said. “I’d die a happy man.”

Charlie Taylor’s hands, wrinkled and mottled, grasped the wheel firmly. His feet, in old-guy black Rockports, moved the rudder pedals. In his eyes was a…

October 30, 2008February 15, 2021
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Cooper Firearms speaks

(Via Say Uncle) Well, sorta, anyway. First they post a statement on their web site, then they pull it down. Silence now reigns. Michael Bane…

October 29, 2008February 15, 2021
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Obama a sellout?

Perish the thought: “To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully,” the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in his memoir, “Dreams From…

October 29, 2008February 13, 2021
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Lessons unlearned

(From Snowflakes in Hell via Days of our Trailers) Cooper Firearms build works of art in metal and wood. Very attractive, very spendy. And very…

October 28, 2008February 15, 2021
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It’s a good thing I’m a single issue voter this year

And for John McCain, he’s damn lucky that it’s all about the Second Amendment. Republican presidential candidate John McCain told CNBC that the government’s top…

October 28, 2008February 15, 2021
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“Insurers May Tap U.S. After Banks Get $160 Billion”

Ya’ll pull your chairs up to the table and get yourselfs a helpin’ of free taxpayer money. I guess that “dispair” on Wall Street thing…

October 28, 2008February 15, 2021
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Need a gun manual?

I found myself in need of a manual for the Ithaca 900 that I bought last weekend. It seems to shoot fine, but it’s kind…

October 28, 2008February 13, 2021
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Uh-huh

(Via the Drudge Report) Do you suppose that Obama wishes this radio interview had stayed buried? Also note the tone of the caller and the…

October 28, 2008February 13, 2021
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A new Bretton Woods?

Lord God Almighty, forbid it! French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have sounded calls for a revisit of the 1944 Bretton…

October 26, 2008February 15, 2021
Are you Joe?
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Are you Joe?

(Via Varifrank. Graphic from Iowahawk, who started the meme sweeping around the blogosphere with this post.) Think about it–are you Joe? Do you work at…

October 25, 2008February 15, 2021
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History lesson

Tam has a history lesson on Joe Biden. “It is to laugh.”

October 25, 2008February 15, 2021
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Life after 9/11

We all know that life changed after 9/11. The Patriot Act and Patriot II, along with a compliant Supreme Court, have stolen from us much…

October 24, 2008February 15, 2021
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Funny…

(Links via the Drudge Report) McCain supporters are not carving “M”s into the faces of young women. Houses displaying Obama signs in the yard are…

October 24, 2008February 15, 2021
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Are you…undecided?

Polls show that perhaps as much as 20% of the electorate remains in the “undecided” column less than 2 weeks before the election. If you’re…

October 23, 2008February 15, 2021
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Ma’am? I think I’ve figured out your printer problem…

(Via Timebomb2000)

October 21, 2008February 15, 2021
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Just thought of this…

…and I’m sure I’m going to regret it. Obama knows the trouble I’ve seen, Obama knows my sorrow. Obama knows the trouble I’ve seen, Glory…

October 21, 2008February 15, 2021
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Have you been watching the economy?

Not the markets, which have whipsawed violently over the last few days, but the economy. There is some good news. First, we have some indications…

October 21, 2008February 15, 2021
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Life under a liberal supermajority

(Via Refuge) The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal site has this piece about things that may come. Those of you who are still pissed at…

October 20, 2008February 15, 2021
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A contribution to voter information

Grass Roots North Carolina has their 2008 Voter’s Guide online. If you live in North Carolina and you care about your right to be armed,…

October 20, 2008February 15, 2021
So, a guy walks into a gun show
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So, a guy walks into a gun show

Yesterday afternoon was spent working a table for my gun club at a local gun show. As usual, I got to talk to a number…

October 20, 2008February 13, 2021
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Read and learn

(Via Timebomb 2000) Bernanke Is Fighting the Last War So says Anna Schwartz, who co-authored, along with Milton Friedman, “A Monetary History of the United…

October 20, 2008February 13, 2021

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