Stock Up!

I would advise stocking up sooner than later.

Image courtesy of Oleg Volk http://www.a-human-right.com/

More From the Government Indoctrination Camps

"Parents in the Aspen School District may soon be able to choose whether their children will purchase lunch using a fingerprint-recognition system."[link]

Once again, let's "allow" the government to start "training" our children to expect and comply with violations of privacy at every turn. The younger you start 'em the easier it is to control them.

Being Un-Patriotic: From Their Own Mouths

Ok, you heard VP Biden say it. Paying taxes is the patriotic thing to do. So by their own (top Democratic officials) definition then Daschle [link], Geithner [different link], and Killifer [and yet a completely different link] are unpatriotic bums. Yet one, Geithner, will get to set tax codes and head the IRS. Luckily the other two will not (as of yet) be involved at the top of the administration.

Of course, in one way this makes perfectly logical sense. This is why we constantly hear the Dem's clamoring for more taxation, they just won't pay it anyway.

Legislating away rights in an attempt to curb crime (cough, cough, "BULLSH*T)

"It is the battle cry of the gun control movement, "More laws!"
Whenever there is a shooting death, armed robbery, accidental injury, etc., the gun grabbers come out in force and call for more stringent laws. As if one more law that restricts the rights of people who didn't break the law in the first place would have made a difference."[link]
A North Carolina minister, for example, thinks he has come up with the perfect solution to crime: require a license to purchase ammunition. "The purpose of good government is to pass laws that protect the public. And who in their right mind can defend criminals being able to have something that can kill people?" Rev. Melvin Whitley has said.[same link as before]

Ok I know I have created a blog faux-paux by linking twice(to the same link), but I did it for a reason, the first to get your attention, the second to point out via bold and underline an opinion.

This person is so ABSOLUTELY WRONG about the purpose of government. What surprises me is that a lot of people cannot answer this question in America, yet the answer is found in the Declaration of Independence, let me quote from it: "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

So as we can see from our founding fathers that governments are instituted to secure our God given rights and see that none trample on them.

Quote for the Day

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government." --Edward Abbey

The War on Guns: OFF on Holder

The War on Guns: OFF on Holder

Well, by my reckoning that means we have used the the ballotbox, the soapbox is not working too well, that leaves the jury box, then the ever trusty cartridge box.

Quote for the Day

"The optimist sees the coffee mug as half full, the pessimist sees it as half empty. I see it as an impact weapon." -- Tim Burke

Thoughts and Things Learned During the Ice Storm

First off, it is nice to have the comforts of electric back. It is easy to take it for granted until it is gone. Notice I did not say needed.



Okay, here we go with some things learned during this little ordeal. Food, water, and heating that we had was sufficient to meet every one's needs, and more or less offer some means of comfort. Temperature was a bit cooler than what we were used to with electric (we used a gas insert) but that was remedied by layering indoors. I will add that in a worse case scenario it would be very wise to have more than one means of heat, i.e. backup generator(standby would be more advantageous than gas or LP powered, but more expensive), extra propane stored for gas stove, some dry wood stored(which we had) just in case...



Food met all nutrition needs and kept anyone from a rumbly tummy and/or intestinal distress. However after about day 3 we all decided that more variety was needed. This will be remedied in the following weeks. I will be looking for several varieties and brands of canned soup, vegetables, dried/preserved/canned meats, "energy bars", candy (for the sweet tooth), and powdered drink mixes.



Hygiene, no problem, we had running water, also had water stored in case water went out. Pretty sure we had enough water for all of us for a full week. I will however be investing in a packable filtration system. Any advice on this would be appreciated, I have looked in the past, but could just not decide. Oh yeah, have powdered soap and a wash board handy, we didn't need to use them, but we had both.



I am sure there is more, but these were the things that stuck with me.



Other things on hand that were not "needed" during this event were: several different modes of transportation (that is to say 4X4 vehicles, atv's and utv's), extra fuel for each, chainsaws, firearms and spare ammo, also a fully portable reloading setup.



Overall it seems that Kentuckians are a rather resilient bunch, as well as self sufficient (I will expound on this more in a later post). Unfortunately there were some deaths in the state associated with this storm, however when you consider that up to 700K were without power with sub-freezing temperatures and as of now only 9 deaths were hypothermia related out of 24 total (hope this number does not go up)[link] I would hazard a guess that we Kentuckians know how to take care of ourselves and each other.

Power Back, Blog to Resume

Good news! Power back up and running. Might actually take me several days to thaw out, but I will begin posting again on this blog in a very short time frame 12-24 hours or less.

My Absence

Sorry all for my absence. We are have had one heck of an ice storm here in KY and I am currently without power. Soon as things get up and running I will start posting regularly again.

The War on Guns: Teabagging Obama

The War on Guns: Teabagging Obama

What an excellent idea. (Definately not what some of you are thinking).

THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT CIVIL RIGHTS

• Brady’s highest-rated states have the highest average violent crime and murder rates. These states also have the lowest levels of gun ownership.
• Only 2 of these states have shall-issue concealed carry laws.
• Brady’s “failed” states (not enough “reasonable gun measures”) have the lowest violent crime and murder rates, and the highest levels of gun ownership.
• All have shall-issue concealed carry laws.

All of the above from...[link]

More proof that firearm ownership deters crimes and saves lives. Any measure to take away the God given right to defend ones self is an infringement of rights, no matter how you look at it.

Nancy Pelosi says birth control will help the US economy

"...Pelosi said that "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government"." [link]

Literal translation: There are too many people in the United States, we (the government) cannot extend any more federal programs to more people, so we have to look for ways keep our population down.

Quote for the Day

"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife." -- Thomas Jefferson

DEO VINDICE: From Kentucky

Remember When...

I am sure many of you remember when our governmet forced citizens ,via the draft, to take up the same kinds of arms they are now trying to prosecute for...

Flags I Pledge Allegiance To, and Why

Okay Honestly, for those of you that know history, does it need an explanation!

The Betsy Ross Flag, Year of Independence, Need more be said?

Francis Scott Key, National Anthem, Goose Bumps, Any Questions?

Ah Yes, The Stars and Bars. When America Lost State Sovereignty!

48 Stars. The Flag My Grandfather Volunteered to Fight for During WWII (He fought for our freedom, and lost his brother during this fight).

50 Stars, The Flag My Father Volunteered to Fight for During Vietnam

Enough Said

Image courtesy of Oleg Volk. http://www.a-human-right.com/

The War on Guns: Why Can't We Be Friends?

The War on Guns: Why Can't We Be Friends?

Read this, link to this, add more links to your sites. Just so you know this is David Codrea working to make sure all of us 2nd-Amendment lovers can get linked together. Excellent idea David, keep up the good work.

Another Gun Grabber Doing What They Do Best

"...Kirsten Gillibrand as our new senator even though she has actively pushed legislation that would make it even harder to control illegal handguns."[link]

Wait a minute did you just say, "harder to control illegal handguns"? I thought that handguns were legal, at least in some of the free states left in America? Do none of this countries +20,000 firearms laws not already do that? Sorry I digress sir, back to your article...

"...Paterson noted that the seat had been held previously by Robert F. Kennedy. Paterson did not add that Kennedy had been murdered with a handgun."

Whoa! Now wait a minute. I thought that RFK was killed by Sirhan Sirhan? Oh, OK, I see now, your either being a revisionist, or trying to use emotion rather than logic to get your point across. At that point I close my eyes and ears to you. Aside from that I hope that when someone breaks into your home, threatens you and your family, that emergency response time is fast enough to protect you. If not they can always put that yellow tape up.

Elderly Woman Holds Intruder at Gunpoint

“I’ve got my gun out. Somebody’s trying to get in my house,” she told a dispatcher. “I’ll have to shoot him if he comes in.”[link]

But yet, gun grabbers would rather have seen this elderly woman, beaten, raped, and murdered (preferably shot so they could scream to the top of their little poison filled lungs about the evils of firearms). Too harsh you say? Then why do they continually try pass ever more stringent laws against our freedoms?

Someone please play the devil's advocate for me and explain to me how limiting firearms to any and all law abiding citizens harmful, to anyone but the government.

Quote for the Day

"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it." H.L. Mencken

A Novel Approach to Gun Control

I'll be damned. Illinois has figured it out. Keep an eye out folks, before long we will see FOID legislation being pushed in Congress. If they can't ban our guns they will tie us up in red tape to keep us from purchasing any that way. Then they can say we're not keeping you from buying anything, we just have a huge backlog, just be patient, your paperwork will come through within the next 75 years.[link]

Quote for the Day

"Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states, or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?" -- Walter E. Williams

The War on Guns: It's 'The Carolyn McCarthy Show'

The War on Guns: It's 'The Carolyn McCarthy Show'

This matches exactly with my I Never Knew One Existed post.