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LawGuy..I wholeheartedly agree with everything you've said. I also think I'm in the twilight zone. Has this great country lost its collective mind??
Your comments about the wennie politicians groveling for the Latino votes are right on. But, think about it, if EVERYONE VOTED, they would be groveling for OUR VOTES!!!!! I think I emphasized that point on another thread.
So, the first thing is to start a crusade to get out the votes..EVERYONE..(except democrats), just joking, sorta. Yeah, I'm a conservative and think liberalism is a mental disorder or plain stupidity. Hey, I'm not into political correctness, which is a major threat to the 1st amendment. So..if someone doesn't like my opinion..have a nice day 
I found the public outcry about the Super Bowl halftime to be interesting. It showed that alot, and probably a majority, still have higher standards regarding social conduct. Those grassroots need to re-kindled into social activism for change. Border security is on the top of the list.
The people could still rule.
P.S. Lawman, I was a traffic guy for 12 years and now do accident reconstruction as a consultant. The reason I got into traffic was that I was about to be drafted into our metro drug unit by reverse seniority so took a traffic slot that no one wanted. I think I'd would have had to kill someone sooner or later (by choice) had I done the drug gig. And now I have a nice business thanks to my traffic training.
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Unfortunately, a few "prostitutes" in the reconstruction business have used computer simulation software to fit their needs rather than accurately portray reality. As a result, that science is tainted before you start.
About the only computer aids that I use are Excel with all of my formulae plugged in for faster calculations and printouts and EDCRASH, which calculates Delta-V's (velocity change) based on crush and momentum. Sometimes I just don't have much to go on and have to fall back on experience..but it's a level playing field.
You're right about public apathy. Maybe what it will take is coming to the brink of disaster to wake folks up. I hope that historian who did a study on democracies is wrong. He found the average lifespan for democracies historically was 200 years. The stages each went through mirror the American experience.
Gotta go blow snow. Another 8" with more on the way.
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Richard..you haven't the time for posting, you have a hole to finish. 30' deep with 12' of concrete over the top. Don't forget the air filtering system. I want pictures of it when you finish.
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Welcome Huckmeat..good post.
LawGuy..Montana is nice, but, California is moving there wholesale and land prices are going out of sight. Ted Turner bought up a big chunk of the Bitteroot area.
I heard the words "budget deficiet" so many times during the tax cut debates that I wanted to throw up. And the morons settled on $350b over 10yrs. THEN, the prescription drug plan came up and I NEVER heard those words. I think THAT program is over $500b over 10yrs and climbing. But that's what money is for..buying votes. (Richard is not for sale)(it's not deep enough)
Our educational system is a joke. Feeding money into it is like good money after bad...thanks, NEA. Vouchers would bring some much needed competition to education. Then, maybe, all students would receive an education that brought students into our cultural values while teaching them to read, write and add & subtract.
We're on a slippery slope. Our military is the best, but I think it's been drawn down dangerously. I'm not sure that an all volunteer force is in our best interests, especially when we are so heavily committed around the world. We're about 3-4 heavy divisions short causing roational problems that will make recruiting much more difficult. Not to mention dealing with N. Korea..if that time comes. Catching up will be very hard to do.
Borders?? WHAT borders? It will take a serious dose of vigilantyism along the borders to wake Washington up. And that appears to be on the upsurge. (wake up Richard)
When law & order break down and survival is at stake the people WILL step in. Unfortunately, that's not the best way to restore order.
In the 1880's in Virginia City, Montana, Sheriff Plummer & his road agents ran things. The people had enough and lynched them all..along with 100 or so other folks over a year or so. Unfortunately, most of the later lynchings were of innocent people. That's the problem with vigilantes. BUT..law & order returned.
So..what do we do? Get involved. Simple. No..not simple, but we are at a crossroads as a nation as I see it. God help us if we do it wrong.
I need to stop. There's so many issues coming up that need to be discussed that I can't keep up with them. This thread will probably take on a life of its own.
Meanwhile, I got some quality seat time in today blowing more snow. Love my tractor )
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Lamarbur..good post..sez it all & I totally agree. I didn't make Vietnam but served my obligation from '67-'73 doing dis-honorable (according to those patriotic libs) National Guard service.
One way all of these entitlements are being paid for is by stealing from the military establishment. Reducing benefits for soldiers & sailors and cutting weapons, reducing force levels..etc.
Veterans play hell getting their promised and well deserved benefits when illegals and other un-entitled get them on a no-hassel basis. Duh??
Then there's civil rights. Fine..to a point..and that point is when it becomes reverse discrimination. Now comes the gay rights issue. They are becoming "protected class" and will sweep the nation sucking up more entitlements with the gay marriage issue. That will/is followed closely by polygamist's rights to 40 wives. Why stop there? Incest will surely follow. It's all gone from the civil rights movement of the '60's to total perversion.
The silent (unfortunately) majority doesn't agree with this but with liberal judges legislating from the bench to circumvent our laws, with the abundant assistance from the ACLU, this is the expected/predictable outcome.
The final stage of a democracy is a military takeover and the subsequent abandonment of any constitution (historically speaking). I'd say we're about there. Then we'll all be truly equal..nobody will have anything..except for those in power (Soviet style equality). Who said that humans are the most intelligent species on the planet?
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To just get people to vote is one thing..getting them to THINK is another thing. You sure can't listen to the garbage the candidates spew forth to decide which one to vote for, you gotta scrutinize their records. Look at the hero, Kerry, as an example. He's been on the wrong side of nearly every issue in his career. And he vents about taking the country back? To what?? 8 more years of Clintonism??
These political "debates" we've been suffering through belong on "Saturday Night Live". What a bunch of sanctimonious, self serving shameless power mongers. You know, maybe living under a benevolent dictator would be an improvement. Key word: benevolent. At least there wouldn't be this constant "debating"..i.e: bickering.
And then let the abused military establishment go out and settle some scores with the patriotic libs. That does have a nice ring to it.
Hasta Lavista muchachos
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Yep, Lawman, the politicians, the vast majority being Dems, don't give one hoot about anything other than their own re-election and powerbase. And they have changed their tune since 1998..180 degrees. Everyone assumed there were WMD's in Iraq then and supported Clinton's attack. Going back further, when Clinton was cerified, on the record, in front of the world, to be a sociopathic liar, he still got the unwavering support from the patriotic Dems. How about draft dodging..not a problem. Womanizing..jeez, give the guy a break. He can still be a great leader, even while having flaws in his character. Selling secrets to the Chinese? Travelgate? Whitewater? No big deal.
Contrast all of that with what's going on now with Bush. THAT's really changing their tune!
What the patriotic Libs are doing by Bush bashing and bad mouthing the war is simply giving aide and comfort to the enemy. That's treason, plain & simple.
You can't build a house without a sound foundation. You can't lead without a strong & decent character. Clinton proved that in spades.
I remember the House banking scandel very well. And what stands out in that mess was that 9 out of 10 guilty participants were Dems. What's that say about the basic moral fabric of a party as a whole? Sez alot.
And, Lawman, guns are evil. 73,231 kids under 4 are accidentally shot in New York alone every year...and most of them were killed by assault rifles. Also, 35,647 people die of secondary smoke every year. Man..isn't science wonderful that they can separate those who just croak from all those other pollutants from the secondary smoke victims?? I'm awestruck! And how about this well documented fact..2 million slaves were thrown overboard whilst being shipped from Afica to America. So many in fact that the sharks are still swimming the route even today. I'm not being facetious. If the patriotic libs can blow stats outta their collective b..ts then so can I.
Man..this is wearing me out.
Yes, Richard, this is fun. Keep digging. I gotta go clean my guns before going to bed. Nite.
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Mark, before I retire, could you send me a copy of "Mark's codes". 38-A sounded good. And I bet you don't know what dbfeoo stands for. One of Earl Chamberlain's descriptive codes.
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Statistically, every state that has passed right to carry laws experience a lowering of violent crime rates. That's, of course, after all the real wackos (patriotic libs) scream about how the blood will flow in the streets if the law passes. Never happens.
Alaska just changed its CCW law to not require a permit to carry concealed if you're legal to possess a firearm. We're only the 2nd state not requiring a permit. I think the other one is Vermont, correct me if I'm wrong. I have mixed feelings about that. As well intentioned as honest citizens are, they should educate themselves as to when deadly force is allowed. Not requiring a permit to carry concealed may circumvent that education for some.
I have a permit mainly to be able to carry in other states where I visit frequently. Washington, Montana and Arizona mainly.
I'm into shooting sports, always have been, but also view my sidearm as a tool, like Lawman. Since I retired from APD I've had one occasion to draw down on an idiot in, of all places, a MacDonald's parking lot at lunch time. Had I been unarmed there's no doubt that someone was going to get hurt. 99.9999999% of the time you'll never need it..but that ONE time that you do nothing else will suffice.
This idea that packing heat is more dangerous for you is pure h....s..t. Once again, statistics prove otherwise. Sure, there's always the exception. The fact that 35-40% of police officers killed are killed with their own weapons doesn't mean we should disarm the police for their own safety.
There are, and I think Mark & Lawguy would agree, a few officers out there that shouldn't be carrying guns (or for that matter even be cops), the same with a few honest citizens. But the greater good is served by being free to make that choice.
One last thing. I hear the same, tired arguments the patriotic libs make against firearms, especially handguns and "assault" rifles. They always "quote" statistics to back them up. Knowing for a fact that their statistics conflict with even the Federal Government's own statistics, would indicate they aren't mis-stating but simply lying. My question has always been, what is their REAL agenda. I think the answer is that firearm ownership represents freedom and self sufficiency. That's against the liberal mentality. They want big government to run our lives and make us subserviant. So anything that represents individuality and freedom from big government, they're against.
Now I gotta run. I'm installing a shotgun rack on the tractor. We get bears through the yard in the summer and I almost bumped into a sow and 3 cubs last year while mowing.
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OK, Richard..you crossed the line. The "Barney" thingee was uncalled for but I could care less. Yes, I survived..how the h..l would you think I could be writing this piece of brillance if I hadn't?? How about this. I could survive in west verginny very easily. All I'd have to do is wear bib overalls and pull half of my teeth and blend in with the crowd. Not that I'm stereotyping W.VA. But you named the tune, I'm just dancing to it, pard.
Lawguy, you're absolutely right. These days just making eye contact in traffic can provoke a deadly encounter. Just walk softly and carry a BIG stick. Having our L.E. training does make us vunerable, legally speaking. That goes for permitees who are trained in shoot/don't shoot legalities. We've got to be spot on if we resort to deadly force, or the threat of it, lest we be held to a much higher standard of conduct than, say, Richard.
Again, Lawman, you're right about responsiblity when it comes to vehicles, having kids..etc. The vast majority of our social ills come from irresponsible parenting. But we don't need a permit to reproduce. Probably because the Kennedys or Clintons and the like wouldn't have been qualified for permits.
Most bad guys when confronted by an armed citizen don't have the guts to follow through with their evilness. In most cases when merely confronting an armed citizen they cut & run. The number of armed encounters in the U.S. between scum and armed good guys is in the 2,000,000/yr range. About 4 times more than the police experience. In many of these situations, had the citizen been unarmed, the call to 911 would have been to retrieve the body and investigate the crime scene. That really helps the victim.
Mark..you are right too.
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Kubotaguy..I really didn't mean what I said about WV. I was directing a rebuff to a certain individual, though, when I wrote the comment I had this nagging feeling that someone would take offense. But I just couldn't help myself. The description probably fits the intended receipient and certainly not the rest of the state. Thanks for the wakeup. My humblest appologies.
I agree that a section like this is a good thing. It kind of lets members get to know each other beyond the tractor thing. My feeling has been that most of our members are conservative, salt of the earth, apple pie and motherhood types. I mean, libs would hire it done.
And it is slow in the tractor arena right now, at least for me. So we can blow off steam in the high suicide season whilst we await tractor season...at least for me. (I can't start digging until after breakup which is around May 1st.)
Has anyone read about Alaska's aerial wolf control policy? We're being boycotted by the Friend's of the Animals..etc..in the States over it. Any comments or opinions? We've tried to implement this for years and have been boondogled by outside influence at every turn. The issue is, too many wolves in certain areas killing too many moose needed for subsistence use. Our new Governor, Frank Murkowski, is a bulldog and just doesn't give a c..p what anyone else thinks and pushed this through. Not that I disagree.
Anyway, after 43 years up here I have my opinions on it. Just thought I'd see what the south "48ers" think.
"Eat moose, 10,000 wolves can't be wrong"
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GPS not accurate?? He needs his medication changed! I have docked my boat in fog using GPS. BUT..attorneys can be outrageous. I think mercury sinks to the bottom when poured into water. If so, then that would disrupt the breeding grounds of attorneys.
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