Author: The Freeholder

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

(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,…

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.…

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?…

(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…

(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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

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…

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…

Jim Zumbo. Yes, that’s “Jim Zumbo”, as in the Zumbo Affair. Geek With A .45 is reporting that Jim has written an open letter to…

(Via War Rifles) The family of a former Marine who was given multiple electric shocks and then shot to death by police sued Friday, claiming…

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” This saying is attributed to Gideon J. Tucker, and has been…

North Carolina, already famous as one of the states where it’s easiest for an illegal alien to get a driver’s license, has now set its…

As a Tar Heel (but not a UNC fan, I need to note), I’d like to urge my fellow North Carolinians to write/email/call/fax their state…

Many training exercises are based on scenarios. “You arrive home, open the door and are confronted by an intruder. What do you do?” “You’re stopped…

I can’t remember if I’ve linked the M1 Carbine Notes pdf from ODCMP or not. If I haven’t, here it is, if I have, well,…

(Via War Rifles) As I and many others noted during the Zumbo Affair, it was only a matter of time before the gun grabbers used…

(Via The Drudge Report) At some point, the world is going to realize that Iran will have to be dealt with. Hopefully it won’t be…

(Via Drudge) It would seem that the Democrats are not as completely in control of the House of Representatives as they think they are: House…

Sometimes, it seems like all I do on this blog is rant and rave and complain. Not this time. This time, I want to say…

I can’t figure it this one is funny or sad, but either way, they owe me a keyboard.

Yeah, the Dummycrats are whining that “Oh, oh, it was politically motivated!” And? US Attorneys are political animals first, attorneys second if ever. It’s the…

I was feeling so crappy yesterday I had to go to the doctor, and he diagnosed a rampant sinus infection. I came home, slept the…

(Via Drudge) The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United…