The high cost of cheap goods
(Via Timebomb 2000) Federal safety officials have ordered a tiny tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese…
If you can’t win in the marketplace of ideas…
Then regulate the bastards out of existence. At least, that’s what the “progressive” group the Center for American Progress thinks we should allow progressives to…
Help someone out, get fired
(Via Drudge) You live where you work, at an apartment complex. In the middle of the night, a gunshot rrings out and a woman is…
Good riddence
(Via Drudge) Bloomberg quits GOP How can you quit something you were never really a part of?
Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! Gather ’round for…
GUN PORN! Yes, here at The Freehold, we strive to bring you, if not the best, if not the most, the latest in Father’s Day…
Say it ain’t so!
(Via Fox News) The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a…
That creaking sound you hear…
(Via Drudge) Is the sound of the coffin lid opening. Yes, our elected “representatives” are trying to revive that crappy illegal amnesty bill. Well, we…
Adding another one to the collection
I just called up AIM Surplus and ordered one of their German K98s and some ammo. My C&R is on file, and Brian had my…
The glory that was Rome
(Via News.com) Archaeologists, architects and various flavors of computer geeks from the University of Virginia and UCLA, and research institutes in Italy, Germany and Britain…
Preparations
I had planned to work out in the yard, chipping up a brush pile. It’s been so dry lately that burning them, which is what…
Dead for now
The Illegal Alien Amnesty Bill of 2007 is dead for now. However, I suspect that it will rise again to haunt us, just like the…
D-Day
Today, we remember the men who landed in France on June 6, 1944. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to be one…
Jericho may yet return
(Via Timebomb2000) Well, well, well. What a bunch of PO’d fans and 38,000+ pounds of nuts can do: Could It Be? Jericho Saved!? As the…
My take on the immigration “reform” bill
Even if I haven’t felt like posting, I have been keeping up with “things”, and the one that has both held my attention and pissed…
One way to skin a cat
There are a lot of ways to clean a rifle. Courtesy of ODCMP, SSG William T. Pace of the US Army’s Maksmanship Unit gives us…
Sorry about the lack of posts
I’ve been busy and I still don’t feel 100%. Couple that with a general crappy attitude, and you get no bloggage.
Memorial Day Greetings
On this Memorial Day, I’d like to send my greetings and my gratitude to all our military veterans and those actively serving our country. Thank…
Scorecard
For those who haven’t been able to keep up, HB 1487, the “Let’s jail crime victims” bill, has failed to pass out of committee. Unfortunately,…
When theory meets practice
I got this from the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action: State Representative Michael DeBose (D-12) of Cleveland (OH)was an opponent of Right-to-Carry, having voted against…
You want healthcare?
(Via The Drudge Report) You want healthcare at convenient times, and for a price you can afford? Walmart, Walgreens and CVS want to give it…
Happy Birthday, Duke!
(OK, I’m a day late–I’ve been sick. Sue me.) Happy 100th, Mr. Wayne. You’re looking better than ever.
Of note
Publicola‘s taking a break, perhaps permanently, from blogging. You can read about it here. He will be missed.
While I was out
While I was seeing red over the “Let’s make all the illegal aliens legal and the problem will go away” business, another event of importance…
Hey, didja hear the one about global warming?
(Via WorldNet Daily) Climate change will be considered a joke in five years time, meteorologist Augie Auer told the annual meeting of Mid Canterbury Federated…
Sold out
Ladies and gentlemen, our elected officials have sold us out (as predicted by myself and many others). Welcome to Los Estados Unitos de Mexico, formerly…
But we must do something!
Humans, as a rule, pretty much stink at risk analysis when the situation is complex. (Some humans, as evidenced by the on-going Darwin Awards competition,…
In which Mr. Lion…
…sorts out a Lotus Esprit for a friend. Man, oh, man! To have a friend like that.
Doin’ that CYA thing
The City of Durham is, in effect, pleading “Please, oh please don’t sue us!” Durham City Manager Says Police Improperly Handled Duke Rape Case Then,…
Freedom marches on
From theNRA-ILA: On Tuesday, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit, declined to review the decision inParker v. District of Columbia —the…