Anyone else in the area hear the 1am set of rumbles over Hampton Roads? I have reports from Smithfield to VA Beach about hearing the sound and in some cases seeing a flash.
In my case my whole house shook and my bedroom lit up with a flash at the second rumble? Maybe it was space debris, a meteor, super secret aircraft or the aliens coming in for a peak?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Interesting...
Just tried going to the SEUI web site.. looks like a lot of other folks are going to the site in order to see what it is all about.. Go Glen Beck!
I guess they, SEIU is too busy going out and beating up on people in St. Louis?!
Precisely the reason the founding fathers created the 2nd Amendment. To protect the 1st and all the rest!
Think anyone would have screwed with this guy if he was openly packing heat?
Worst Year for US Casualties in Afghanistan
The commander in chief is killing our nations best and brightest at an alarming rate in Afghanistan...Obviously his strategies are wrong! If he wants to focus on health care, maybe he should redirect his attention to fighting an winning the war on terrorism.. or what is it called now? Overseas Contingency Operations!
Lead poisoning really sucks!
Lead poisoning really sucks!Flopping Aces
So you are looking for another point of view? More American's who are disgruntled with the way our country is heading? Wanting to stock up on incandescent light bulbs and ammunition? Check out Flopping Aces.
As an added feature, the late Major Chris Galloway was a regular contributor and has some posts concerning the look and feel of deployments to the Middle East and how the American soldier views the media and politics
As an added feature, the late Major Chris Galloway was a regular contributor and has some posts concerning the look and feel of deployments to the Middle East and how the American soldier views the media and politics
Friday, August 07, 2009
From Glenn Beck's Common Sense
I am in the process of reading Glenn Beck's book "Common Sense". My Friday night thing after the girls have gone to sleep... A little daddy time.
An interesting passage...
Pg. 87
"...A new American trust indicator. When the sales of guns and bullets goes down, it means the American people have more trust in their government. When those sales rise, it means the their trust in the government to protect them an their property is falling-it is just common sense, right?"
An interesting passage...
Pg. 87
"...A new American trust indicator. When the sales of guns and bullets goes down, it means the American people have more trust in their government. When those sales rise, it means the their trust in the government to protect them an their property is falling-it is just common sense, right?"
Perdomo 10 Anniverary "Champagne"
Look at the time... almost midnight on a Friday night.. Time for another cigar report.
Just got done smoking a Peromo 10th Anniversary "Champagne" cigar and doing a little reading and drinking of some Crown Royal.
Anyhow the cigar started a little rough, as in taste. Initially I was not overly impressed. As time went by. 5-6 minutes the cigar settled down and the rough taste went away and smooth cigar emerged. This was not a Cigar Dave cigar but one purchased from a local merchant, Bonds Cigars. I like to go into the store down the street now and again to peruse their selections. I really need to take and hour and enjoy one in their cigar lounge.
Anyhow the cigar was good. For $6.25 not too shabby. I would purchase this one again!
Will let ya know the crappy mouth taste report in the morning! Time for bed....
The next morning...
You know, I tasted and licked my gum's and chops kissed my wife and daughter. There was a little hint of smoking a cigar but nothing that was not cleared up by a cup of Irish coffee!
Thursday, August 06, 2009
I love the 1st Amendment You should as well...
Before it is gone!
From some gentlemen with really big balls!
Flood the inbox... send your mail to flag@whitehouse.gov
Check it out for real
From some gentlemen with really big balls!
Flood the inbox... send your mail to flag@whitehouse.gov
Check it out for real
I was lucky enough to see the email address advertised on Fox News for reporting "fishy" comments about government health care. That saved me from standing on the median with a placard that read "Report me! I hate the idea of government health care!"
Please put me in your "bad books" as the Scots would say. I saw first hand, while living for three years in Scotland, that government-controlled health care is a recipe for failure. My wife had several medical emergencies that caused us to see the problems. During one visit for a probable viral problem, she asked for a blood test. "Sorry, we're past our budget for blood tests, ma'am" was the reply from the director of the clinic.
Our friends and neighbors had reams of stories about failures in their health care system. Please try promoting a system that improves U.S. heath care, not destroys it!
Hey, make sure you spell my name correctly, I'm sensitive about that!
And, come to think about it, please log that I am a father, grandfather, home owner, business owner, Christian, despise abortion, support the NRA and believe that the FAIR TAX is the only way to save our economy. I have a feeling that you folks are going to be real busy reading letters from guys like me!
Mr. President,
It is funny, when you and your party are against an issue... it is considered thoughtful disagreement, thoughtful debate, it is “Healthy” to have opposing views. But when someone has an opposing view of something “You and Your” party has, we are considered Right-Wing extremists, we can’t think for selves, we needed to be backed by large insurance groups....Listen, I happen to disagree with having a 10 trillion dollar deficit, I happen to disagree with whipping out the best Health Care System in the world to benefit a few, I happen to disagree with giving away 4500.00 dollars today for a car when it will cost our children and grandchildren 15,000.00 when they are ready to buy a car, I happen to disagree with giving people who are in this country illegally benefits....and I damn well disagree with the government gathering information on people who oppose their view....
So with that said add me to your list......
Thanks,
So this is the tattle tale email address?
As Ms. Obama was ashamed of America, I am now. The US Government setting up a tattle tale network. What a bunch of 2nd graders. Is this how politics work in Chicago? Go Rohm. Where do the dead fishes show up next?
Let me assure you I am against the health issue as it now stands. I am against the wasteful spending and the rhetoric of this administration.
Why such a hurry to pass a health bill that you state is not even written? One your ego is too big and second you must be hiding a lot of items in the bill. Take time and let everyone have input and get it right. So what if it takes until mid year next year? Unless you are afraid for people to know what you are doing?
I am AGAINST you on this. Put me on your list if you must. I am NOT a paid puppet of the Republican or Democratic parties.
I am mad as hell at the BS coming from Washington DC.
These letters have been slightly modified to protect Americans from Americans!
Hypocracy
Ok, so you are sitting at a stoplight and you are bored... So you start reading bumper stickers. The car in front of you reads, "Eat Organic Food." Interesting, a little dull and you look up at the driver who just happens to be flicking a cigarette butt out the window! Now I would say that is a little hypocritical.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
White House gathering and tracking email and the web?
White House gathering and tracking email and the web? - The Conservative Underground
The White House is now TRACKING email and websites?
I am very close to violating the terms of service I wrote for TCUnation. Read the statement below taken straight from the White House blog.
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
SOURCE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/
So if something seems "fishy" report it to the White House. "Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help". What the hell are they keeping track of? They are not in charge of the Internet...are they?
If we cannot read through the writing on this one then we are blind. Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't recall a president asking you to send information from the public domain to the White House so they can track it.
I am forwarding the comment above to Glenn Beck, possibly a few others and I strongly encourage you do the same.
Too PO'd to write anymore!
Earl B
Texting while driving
Once again the fed is getting into our "cockpits" and trying to dictate to us. Virginia recently passed a law, 1 July, which prohibited texting while driving. Here is my deal. IS texting while driving any more dangerous then eating a cheese burger while driving, tuning the radio and drinking coffee while driving. Or worse yet, turning around to smack your kid while driving?? How about to government enforce to law that already on the books, like tailgating, speeding, reckless driving.
§ 46.2-852. Reckless driving; general rule.
"Irrespective of the maximum speeds permitted by law, any person who drives a vehicle on any highway recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving. "
Which also brings up DUI's. If you get one, you should get a special hot pink or hunter orange plate and a rotating amber warning light installed upon your car. Keep driving if your first offense, however be ready to be pulled over at any time for a breatholizer! Just a thought....
§ 46.2-852. Reckless driving; general rule.
"Irrespective of the maximum speeds permitted by law, any person who drives a vehicle on any highway recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving. "
Which also brings up DUI's. If you get one, you should get a special hot pink or hunter orange plate and a rotating amber warning light installed upon your car. Keep driving if your first offense, however be ready to be pulled over at any time for a breatholizer! Just a thought....
More seek concealed weapons permits
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY
Gun owners are packing heat in record numbers, fearful of stricter gun control under the Obama administration and higher crime in a sour economy.
Some states and counties report a surge in applications for concealed weapons permits since the November election. All states but Illinois and Wisconsin allow concealed weapons, but requirements differ.
Applications already have hit a record this year in Clay County, Mo., where the sheriff's office received 888 through June, compared with 863 in all of last year, says Sheriff Bob Boydston. The office recently hired two part-time workers to deal with the rush.
In the past, applicants tended to be middle-aged men, he says, but recent applicants include "grandmothers, older folks, young women, young men."
They tell him the bad economy will lead to more thefts and break-ins, he says, but his statistics show violent crime related to the recession hasn't gone up.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Barack Obama | National Rifle Association | Paul Helmke | Gun control
They also say they fear gun control, he says. Last week, Boydston spoke with an elderly couple seeking a permit. "They are positive the president is on the verge of coming to our homes and taking our weapons," he says.
Statewide, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has processed 18,878 background checks so far this year for the permits, the most since the agency began keeping statistics in 2005, Lt. John Hotz says. It processed 18,466 checks during all of last year.
In May, Obama signed a law that will allow guns in national parks. "The president respects and supports the Second Amendment and the tradition of gun ownership in this country," White House spokesman Ben LaBolt says.
Interest groups on both sides agree that demand for permits is up because of economic uncertainty and concerns about a new president and a Democrat-controlled Congress.
"People pay attention to politics. … They're afraid of another effort" to try to enact more gun control, says Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association. "Part of the concern is spurred by the economic downturn and fear that crime will go up."
Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, fears that violent confrontations will increase as more people carry concealed guns. "When someone's carrying a gun around and they're not fully trained, oftentimes they'll use it just because it's there," he says.
Demand is also up in:
•Florida. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services hired 61 temporary workers in spring to tackle a backlog in applications, says spokesman Terence McElroy. The department received 75,520 applications through June, on pace to beat last year's record of 90,331.
•Caldwell County, N.C. Residents filed 358 applications for permits in the first half of this year, compared with 135 for the same period last year, "a bigger increase than we've ever seen in the past," says Sheriff's Detective B.J. Fore. "People are worried about desperate times."
•Texas. The Department of Public Safety has seen "an unprecedented increase" in applications since November, spokeswoman Lisa Block says.
•Utah. June ranked as the top month ever for applications, with 11,292 received, says Lt. Doug Anderson of the state Bureau of Criminal Identification. This year also is record-setting, he says, with 49,499 applications in through June.
Craig Ball, manager of Impact Guns in Ogden, Utah, has offered more training courses to meet demand.
"Last year, a typical class would be 15 to 20 people," he says. "Right after the election, we had as many as 55 people."
Gun owners are packing heat in record numbers, fearful of stricter gun control under the Obama administration and higher crime in a sour economy.
Some states and counties report a surge in applications for concealed weapons permits since the November election. All states but Illinois and Wisconsin allow concealed weapons, but requirements differ.
Applications already have hit a record this year in Clay County, Mo., where the sheriff's office received 888 through June, compared with 863 in all of last year, says Sheriff Bob Boydston. The office recently hired two part-time workers to deal with the rush.
In the past, applicants tended to be middle-aged men, he says, but recent applicants include "grandmothers, older folks, young women, young men."
They tell him the bad economy will lead to more thefts and break-ins, he says, but his statistics show violent crime related to the recession hasn't gone up.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Barack Obama | National Rifle Association | Paul Helmke | Gun control
They also say they fear gun control, he says. Last week, Boydston spoke with an elderly couple seeking a permit. "They are positive the president is on the verge of coming to our homes and taking our weapons," he says.
Statewide, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has processed 18,878 background checks so far this year for the permits, the most since the agency began keeping statistics in 2005, Lt. John Hotz says. It processed 18,466 checks during all of last year.
In May, Obama signed a law that will allow guns in national parks. "The president respects and supports the Second Amendment and the tradition of gun ownership in this country," White House spokesman Ben LaBolt says.
Interest groups on both sides agree that demand for permits is up because of economic uncertainty and concerns about a new president and a Democrat-controlled Congress.
"People pay attention to politics. … They're afraid of another effort" to try to enact more gun control, says Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association. "Part of the concern is spurred by the economic downturn and fear that crime will go up."
Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, fears that violent confrontations will increase as more people carry concealed guns. "When someone's carrying a gun around and they're not fully trained, oftentimes they'll use it just because it's there," he says.
Demand is also up in:
•Florida. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services hired 61 temporary workers in spring to tackle a backlog in applications, says spokesman Terence McElroy. The department received 75,520 applications through June, on pace to beat last year's record of 90,331.
•Caldwell County, N.C. Residents filed 358 applications for permits in the first half of this year, compared with 135 for the same period last year, "a bigger increase than we've ever seen in the past," says Sheriff's Detective B.J. Fore. "People are worried about desperate times."
•Texas. The Department of Public Safety has seen "an unprecedented increase" in applications since November, spokeswoman Lisa Block says.
•Utah. June ranked as the top month ever for applications, with 11,292 received, says Lt. Doug Anderson of the state Bureau of Criminal Identification. This year also is record-setting, he says, with 49,499 applications in through June.
Craig Ball, manager of Impact Guns in Ogden, Utah, has offered more training courses to meet demand.
"Last year, a typical class would be 15 to 20 people," he says. "Right after the election, we had as many as 55 people."
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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