Whoah

I was gonna post something like this, but THIS is OUTA THE PARK. I could not do the subject the justice he has.

Take the time to read it. Decide which side of the line you will be standing on if and when. (and it is more likely WHEN rather than IF.

Via

Why Not?

 They seem happy.

“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son….” 
Dean Wormer, Faber College.

wonder if this is how the Greek protests started???

So it would seem that the good union folks in Madison have decided to protest the fact that they will now be treated as all the rest of the citizens will be treated. Like those in the private sector, public sector folks might actually have to take a hit on retirement, pay, and benefits.

Seems that they are angry that they have to be treated as the rest of us are….And that they cannot keep gorging at the public trough. That the rest of the Citizens will not sacrifice more in order that they should not have to deal with tougher economic times…

Too fuckin’ bad they, boys and girls. You got great bennies, AND great pay for a long time. Now the Gravy Train seems to be losing steam, and you want all your perks to continue, even though there isn’t any cash to pay for them.

And why you think that as a public servant you have the right to strike, (or even do a sick out) I have no idea. Want to be able to strike?? Find a private sector job. As it is, you are getting benefits and retirements that most private sector folks would love to have…(Unless you work for GM or something….and we know how that business plan seems to be working….

Will they riot? Throw cheese? They are already threatening violence against the folks who are making the laws……You know, those duly elected representatives of the people?

Or does Democracy only work when you agree with what is happening?I wonder what would happen if all of us who are unhappy with Obamacare chose to demand (with violence and threats) that Obamacare be repealed…..

I also think that if any of those protesters who called in sick can be identified ion the capitol grounds, then there should be disciplinary action taken.

But hear me. and take note folks..

This is how  the Greek troubles began. And it ended with people dead and injured and millions of dollars in property damage…All so no one would feel any economic pain and so that their individual happiness could be paid for by others.

(note….the Greeks are all but socialists, and Unions are too.)

Expect more like this, until things get better…… if they do.

Adventures in Impromptu teaching

So my brother purchased a 1911.

And, of course, wanted a lesson on how to feed and care for said new acquisition. (he’ll seldom own a piece of machinery unless he is intimate with the workings of it’s innards, and his machinery, be it a tractor or a watch, is always well cared for. So he wanted a quick lesson.

“No problem”, says I….. pulling out a 1911-A1.

We go through field stripping and reassembly. He learns that it is easy to field strip and reassemble. Does it himself a few times.

…Then to detail stripping…Demonstrating, I remove the grips, safety, beavertail and hammer…I show him how each part can be used to remove the next (the 1911 is it’s own toolbox!)…we get the mainspring and leaf spring out… I get the sear and disconnector out of the frame, remove the magazine release and then the trigger  from the now empty frame…. demonstrate the action of the trigger, sear, and disconnector, and then….

I drop the damned sear.

Which flies off into the great unknown. Or somehow reached 88 MPH on the way down and departed for the future….Or maybe transported itself off the planet or something….

Seriously. we look and look, and look. And the part has apparently evaporated on it’s way down.

We got out magnets and flashlights and other implements of search and recovery. No dice (dice we could have found!)

After terminating the lesson, he leaves, and I continue to look. And look. And look. And look…

Finally, MC brings out the vacuum and when moving a piece of furniture 10 feet from where we were working, finds the sear.

How can a piece weighing less than a gram fly so far?

Why is it

That no one makes a decent production 1911 in .40 (or even better in .357 Sig)?

Some folks make 1911 pattern firearms in 9mm (Warthog and such) but unless you are willing to shell out Big Bucks, there are no decently priced 1911 s in anything but .45 ACP. And nearly nothing in .40 or .357 Sig.

Why?

First there was, then there wasn’t.

I doubt we will ever know for sure.

Perhaps he just misspoke. Then again, it is pretty clear.

Either way, I advise a get home bag in your car and a Bug Out Bag in your home, always ready to go. If ya got an office at work, then you can be easily prepped for a lot.

Kinda makes ya think, doesn’t it?

Swiss sense

Seems that the Swiss have roundly rejected the attempt to remove their firearms from their homes.

Once again, sense wins over reactionary, knee jerk fear and progessivism.

If it is happening in Europe, when will it start to happen here?

I mean, if the Swiss will vote to keep guns in the hands of citizens…….