The U.S. Appreciated

From IRAQ in U.S. Elections.

Throughout her relatively short history, America has always been the nation to spearhead progress. Indeed, America became the leader of human civilization, surpassing other nations whose histories stretch over millenia.

Finally, I would like to take off my hat for the man who’s leaving the White House: President George Bush, the liberator of Iraq. Invading Iraq was a sound decision in spite of the mistakes that were made. He and Senator McCain, whose surge strategy saved Iraq from slipping down the brink of civil war, will be remembered as heroes by millions of freedom-loving Iraqis.I disagree with Mr. Obama on many issues, but I do trust America and I wish her people and my people all the best.

Despite what the liberals and media tell us, we are doing good things in this world, and we are appreciated.

Limping Again

This morning when I got up the gout was raising its ugly head. Not a lot of swelling this time, but a fair amount of pain in both feet, to go with my hip issue. Ever try limping on both feet? Not pretty. Three weeks ago the Boss and I saw specialist who took blood for testing. She got a card saying hers was normal. Hard to believe that anything is normal concerning a female. I didn't get any notice, so I suppose my blood is not normal. I have a doctor appointment in the morning, hopefully he's got some sort of magic medicine that'll help.

I'm going deer hunting at the end of the week with my brother-in-law. We're both handgun hunters. He carries a .41 Mag and I use either a .357 or .454. He has a bad knee, and I have gout to go with arthritis in one hip. If I see a deer where I'll have to drag it uphill, that'll be lucky for the deer. The only dragging I'm going to do is either down hill or on flat ground at best.

I managed to get the new safe bolted to the floor, and stashed some hardware inside. The paperwork says it'll hold 28 long guns, 14 per side. It certainly has spaces for that many, but not to my satisfaction. I don't want my guns laying against each other like that, so I put about 12 in there, along with all but 4 of my handguns. I left the handguns and 1 shotgun out for easy access just in case. The other long guns left out are of little value. The Boss will be putting her good (read expensive) jewelry in there soon.

Just Wonderful

As normal for this area, there were sales for extremely early shoppers yesterday. As the doors were unlocked at a local WalMart, the crowd stampeded through, and litteraly stomped a person to death.

On the same day at a toy store there was a shootout between 2 rival gangs.

What a super great country we live in. I'll continue to carry a weapon when I leave the house.

Survived Another One

We made it through another family and later friends gathering. This was a rare event because there wasn't a fight. It seems that 90% of the time there's some sort of arguement that's accompanied by somebody grabbing their coat and stomping out early. This time the looney liberals are happy and didn't gloat, and us conservatives kept our opinions to ourselves. No talking about politics, economy or religeon makes for a more enjoyable holiday.

One of the Boss's friends is now the proud owner of a .38 snubby, given to her by her retired deputy sheriff father. It's her first gun, and she's been wanting one for a while for self-protection. He gave it to her on the condition that she get training. I find it strange that the daughter of a LEO doesn't know how to handle a gun.

The Boss has become very concerned about the economy and the newly elected government. She's the one who thinks I don't have enough ammo in the house, and is concerned about break-ins. She insisted that we get a safe, and she's the one who picked it out. The safe is for her jewelry and my more expensive guns. Last winter on a cruise I bought her jewelry in the 5 digits, so that goes in the safe. It'll also contain most of my high valued weapons, like the 2 family passed down Winchesters. Naturally a few guns will be easier to reach, just in case.

Can he Legally be President??

I know this is old news, but it certainly deserves more scrutiny than it appears to have gotten.

"On November 1, Hawaiian Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino stated that she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Sen.Obama's original birth certificate."

Although this is true, Fukino never indicated what information is contained on that birth certificate. The reason she can't know what is on it is that she would have to violate the law to do so.

Obama was born in 1961. During this time frame anybody could claim their child was born in Hawaii and within a year of the birth obtain a certificate of Hawaiian Birth.

The website "fightthesmears.com", which purportedly is run by the Obama campaign, did indeed post an electronic version of a "Certificate of Live Birth". However there are several issues.

1. There has been no independent verification by any official that this is a valid Certificate of Live Birth" for Barak Obama.

2. Several computer graphic experts have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that the Certificate of Live Birth has been altered in a number of ways.

3. . . . . A statement on the purported Certificate of Live Birth specifically says "ANY ALTERATIONS INVALIDATE THIS CERTIFICATE". Yet there IS an alternation that invalidates this certificate and that is the blacking out of the Certificate Number.

By his own admission, Senator Obama, no matter where he was born, held Kenyan citizenship AT the time of his birth. His Kenyan citizenship expired on his 21st birthday. But note that at the very least Senator Obama held duel citizenship with both the United States and Kenya at birth. This would not see to fit the definition of "natural born citizen" as defined in the constitution. As a matter of fact, the founding fathers specifically precluded this by their wording of the article:

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President;

I know this doesn't matter to the liberal Demorats because they have little respect for the Constitution. They only care about the contract between government and The People when it suits their purpose.

Doesn't Equal Intelligence

Among liberals, “progressives,” and especially academics, there is great joy at the prospect of an administration dominated by people who had very high SAT scores and who possess advanced degrees.

At the same point in time, we are experiencing a serious credit crisis, brought about to a substantial extent by naive and inadequate mathematical models–mostly developed by people with very high SAT scores and very often with advanced degrees.

Having high scores and a degree does not mean you're smart. All it means is that you have a decent memory and can parrot back what you're taught.

And in addition, the liberals are ecstatic about a liberal Democrat in the white house to go along with the liberal controlled congress. Yep, everything is going to come up roses from now on. They conveniently forget that congress has been controlled by liberals for some time now. It's those same liberal congress critters that passed laws encouraging, no requiring lenders to make extreme risky loans to those that couldn't afford them. So those that helped this country, and maybe the world, get into this financial mess are now going to get us out of it? I see a long and rough road ahead.

Having high scores and a degree has nothing to do with intelligence or analytical thinking. All it means is that you have a decent memory and can repeat what you read and hear. I've known several engineers that were decidedly inadequate, and most had advanced degrees with great grades. On the other hand, the absolute best engineer I've ever met didn't have a degree at all. He knew how to think.

Universal Carbine

Tomorrow I'm supposed to get the barrel for my Universal .30 carbine. The piston stop was soft enough that the piston displaced enough metal to interfere with the bolt closing all the way. The solution is to remove some of the old metal and silver solder a piece of hardened tool steel in its place. I tried soldering it in once myself but it only lasted about 40 rounds before popping loose. The good part is that there was no sign of indentation on the replacement part or the piston. This time a professional soldered it in for me. I have some confidence that it'll be OK this time.

I wonder if this carbine is also considered eeevil by the anti-liberty idiots.