So When

do we start calling this a depression? What's the magic threshold? And do we use real unemployment numbers or the government cooked variety?

The Savior and his comedy court keep telling us the economy is getting better but we keep on losing jobs by the thousands each and every month. The unemployment figures, even if true, only count those receiving unemployment compensation, so the real numbers are much higher, estimated by some to be around 17%. And if the Savior has his way, we've only seen the beginning.

Third Party ??

I hear the tea party people had a national convention recently.

Could this be the early growth of a viable third party?

Third partys have been rather pathetic in the past. Maybe The People haven't been pissed enough before now. My truck has a sign that reads "FIRE THE FED GOV'T". I'm certainly pissed enough.

More Popular

In the last 2 days I learned about the guy mentioned below, met another co-worker that hunts and owns several firearms for pleasure and protection, had 2 co-workers tell me that their wives threatened divorce if a gun was brought home, and a co-op student from a local university asked my opinion about buying a rifle for target shooting. The student presently does not own a gun. I've become a little popular since my gunnie status has gotten around.

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This morning the lead R&D Engineer gave me a complement on a job well done with designing a tool. One of the maintenance technicians was caught by surprise. He commented that the R&D guy never compliments anybody.

Then the same technician mentioned he's glad that I'm there, and a c0-op student engineer asked for help because the R&D guy said I was a good resource. Damn, it's nice to be appreciated and good to feel useful.

Sure hope I manage to live up to the hype.

Something in Common

Over the last couple of days I found out that a co-worker has 7 ARs, is a certified instructor in all NRA disciplines except muzzle loaders, shoots USPSA matches at least once a month, has taken force on force training, and he carries a full sized 1911 (when not at work). He takes this stuff s-e-r-i-o-u-s-l-y.

It's a good thing we don't work side by side, or we'd get nothing done. The only thing gabbier than a couple of women is a couple of gun nuts.

I Think He's Dead

This is the Boss's target after shooting the rental gun. See the post below.

I think that's respectable for not having fired a gun in several years, her first time at an indoor range, a gun type she's never fired before, right handed and left eye dominant, and with 2 surgically repaired hands.

If she shoots even half as often as I do, she'd be out shooting me in no time. That's how it worked before, 20 years ago.

A Toy For The Boss

The Boss and I spent most of the day running errands. The most enjoyable, at least for me, was shopping for a concealed carry weapon for the Boss. Our last stop was a gun store with an indoor range and pistols for rent. We enlisted the aid of a salesman that I've dealt with in the past.

If you've visited here much you probably know that the Boss has had surgery on both hands. Due to arthritis the base of both thumbs are no longer connected by bone to the wrist. This meant we were looking for a defensive weapon with relatively low felt recoil, and I perceived it would be a revolver in 32 Mag. Why a revolver you ask? I don't own a semi-auto that she can pull back the slide with her very weak grip, so I anticipated the need for a revolver.

The salesman immediately directed us us to a case containing Bersa/Firestorm pistols. In his mind the slides are easy to work, they have a little heft to help dampen recoil, and they're reliable. I was prepared to spend whatever it took to get something she could carry and still shoot (practice) without pain, so the price tag sure didn't bother me any. Surprise, surprise she could actually work the slide 3 times in short order before her hand started hurting.

We then rented a 380 and she ran 50 rounds through a gun that had thousands put through it before us. She worked the action and fired all 50 in 30 minutes without any pain at all. The only problem she had was loading the magazine. She just doesn't have the thumb strength to push the cartridges down into it. That was my job.

I don't remember her ever shooting a DA/SA pistol before, so I was pleasantly surprised that she kept all 50 in the silhouette at 27 feet, and the more she shot the more centered the holes became.

I never noticed before, but she's right handed and left eye dominant. I was standing near her right shoulder and I thought she was closing her eyes with each shot, but no, only her right eye. We'll need to work on that a little.

She liked the thing so we left with one of these. She's happy as a clam. Now she's searching the Internet for a good way to carry it. She tried a couple of my inside the waist band holsters, that almost fit the gun, and was satisfied, so we'll probably get her one of those. Now she wants to get a shoulder bag with a gun compartment. Then she asked if I can reload the 380 for her.

Makes a husband proud.

Good Grief

If we practice any more political correctness, bending backwards, breaking our backs not to offend anyone we'll all be a bunch of cripples. So Trijicon inscribes refreences to bible verses on the underside of their sites, well good for them. Unfortunately they seem to be caving in.

I appreciate the political environment our military has to work in in Muslim countries but how can our Muslim allies respect us as partners when we run like embarrassed girls at a very subtle reference to the religion that over 80% our country as well as the founder of Trijicon practice? . . . As Americans we need to stop apologizing for who we are.

I think our military bases, around the world, should broadcast Christian prayers over loud speekers every morning and evening. We're a nation based on Christian values, and we should be proud of it.