Monthly Archives: January 2013
Because they are the “only ones”
Only police should have guns, right?
Becuse they are trained and honest and can be trusted. Much more so than the rest of us…right?
(This is not a slam on the police. Rather it is to expose the fallacy that police are somehow, because of training and testing and a badge, are supposed to be more honest and trustworthy than Joe/Jane Average Citizen.)
depends on what yer hunting, doesn’t it?
Friend of mine just bought an old rifle. 30-06 caliber. The rifle is 30 years or so old, and in beautiful shape.
So I asked him how he liked his new “sniper rifle”.
He replied it is a “hunting rifle”.
I tactfully pointed out that it depends on your point of view….and really, it depends on exactly what you are hunting….
He was not amused.
Question:
What, exactly, is a “fair share”? Lets discuss this.
The DNC and liberals and Barry have all complained that the “rich” need to “pay their fair share”.
So what, exactly do they mean? How much is “fair”?
Any amount they earn over, say, $250K?
50% of their pay?
80% of anything over $1M?
Really, lets define it. Just so we can talk about it. ‘Cause you haven’t defined it well.
Anything else is just demagoguery.
You know this is gonna come up again in a few months when we hit the debt ceiling again.
You do realize that you just got a 2% pay cut, right?
Instead of paying 4.2% for Social Security, you are now paying 6.2% of your pay to the SS ponzi scheme. If you are under 55, you’ll likely never see a dime of any of your contributions. You’d have been better off if you had put that money in a savings account than given it to the government to hold for you.
Don’t believe me? Look it up.
If you make $50K a year, you just lost 83.33 bucks a month. That’s a lot of ammo. Or beer. Or food. Or a good chunk of a car payment.
But the government will spend it more wisely than you would have.
Catching pigs…A parable
Via my brother, who is becoming ever more conservative as he grows up:
Thought provoking and interesting:
CATCHING
PIGS:
PIGS:
There
was a
chemistry
professor in a
large college
that
had some exchange
students in
the class.
was a
chemistry
professor in a
large college
that
had some exchange
students in
the class.
One day
while the
class was in
the lab, the
professor
noticed one
young man, an
exchange
student, who
kept rubbing
his back and
stretching as
if his back
hurt.
while the
class was in
the lab, the
professor
noticed one
young man, an
exchange
student, who
kept rubbing
his back and
stretching as
if his back
hurt.
The
professor
asked the
young man what
was the
matter.
professor
asked the
young man what
was the
matter.
The
student told
him he had a
bullet lodged
in his back.
student told
him he had a
bullet lodged
in his back.
He had
been shot
while
fighting communists
in his native
country who
were trying
to overthrow
his country’s
government
and install a
new communist
regime.
been shot
while
fighting communists
in his native
country who
were trying
to overthrow
his country’s
government
and install a
new communist
regime.
In the
midst of his
story, he
looked at the
professor and
asked
a strange
question.
midst of his
story, he
looked at the
professor and
asked
a strange
question.
He
asked: “Do you
know how to
catch wild
pigs?”
asked: “Do you
know how to
catch wild
pigs?”
The
professor
thought it was
a joke and
asked for the
punch line.
professor
thought it was
a joke and
asked for the
punch line.
The
young man said
that it was no
joke.
young man said
that it was no
joke.
“You
catch wild
pigs by
finding a
suitable place
in the
catch wild
pigs by
finding a
suitable place
in the
woods
and putting
corn on the
ground.
and putting
corn on the
ground.
The
pigs find it
and begin to
come every day
to eat the
free corn.
pigs find it
and begin to
come every day
to eat the
free corn.
“When
they are used
to coming
every day,
they are used
to coming
every day,
you put
a fence down
one side of
the place
where they
a fence down
one side of
the place
where they
are used
to coming. They, at first, find the fence disturbing…But, since they like the corn, and they are hungry, they stay, and eat…
When they get
used to
the fence,
to coming. They, at first, find the fence disturbing…But, since they like the corn, and they are hungry, they stay, and eat…
When they get
used to
the fence,
they
begin to eat
the corn again
and you put up
another
begin to eat
the corn again
and you put up
another
side
of the fence. They find this disturbing too, but since they like the corn, and they are hungry
of the fence. They find this disturbing too, but since they like the corn, and they are hungry
They
get used to
that and start
to eat again. Then you put up a third side…again, they don’t like it, but since they are used to the corn, they come back and eat the free corn again, ignoring the fence…
You continue
get used to
that and start
to eat again. Then you put up a third side…again, they don’t like it, but since they are used to the corn, they come back and eat the free corn again, ignoring the fence…
You continue
until
you have all
four sides of
the fence up
with a gate
you have all
four sides of
the fence up
with a gate
in the
last side.
last side.
“The
pigs, which
are used to
the free corn,
start to come
pigs, which
are used to
the free corn,
start to come
through
the gate to
eat that free
corn again. It takes them a while to settle down, but eventually, because they like the corn and they are used to getting it, they relax and all come in through the gate.
You then
the gate to
eat that free
corn again. It takes them a while to settle down, but eventually, because they like the corn and they are used to getting it, they relax and all come in through the gate.
You then
slam the
gate on them
and catch the
whole herd.
gate on them
and catch the
whole herd.
Suddenly
the wild pigs
have lost
their freedom.
the wild pigs
have lost
their freedom.
They run
around and
around inside
the fence,
around and
around inside
the fence,
but they
are caught.
are caught.
Soon they
go back to
eating the
free corn.
They are
go back to
eating the
free corn.
They are
so used
to it that
they
to it that
they
have
forgotten how
to forage in
the woods for
forgotten how
to forage in
the woods for
themselves,
so they
accept their
captivity.”
so they
accept their
captivity.”
The
young man then
told the
professor that
is
young man then
told the
professor that
is
exactly what
he
sees happening
in America .
he
sees happening
in America .
The
government
keeps pushing
us toward
government
keeps pushing
us toward
Communism/Socialism
and keeps
spreading the
and keeps
spreading the
free
corn out in
the form
of programs
such as
corn out in
the form
of programs
such as
supplemental
income, tax
credit for
unearned
income,
income, tax
credit for
unearned
income,
tax
exemptions,
tobacco
subsidies,
dairy
subsidies,
exemptions,
tobacco
subsidies,
dairy
subsidies,
payments
not to plant
crops (CRP),
welfare,
medicine,
not to plant
crops (CRP),
welfare,
medicine,
drugs,
etc., while we
continually lose
our
freedoms, just
etc., while we
continually lose
our
freedoms, just
a little
at a time.
at a time.
One
should always
remember two
truths:
There is
no such thing
as a
free lunch,
and you can
never hire
someone to
provide a
service for
you cheaper
no such thing
as a
free lunch,
and you can
never hire
someone to
provide a
service for
you cheaper
than you
can do it
yourself.
can do it
yourself.
Can you disagree?
Thanks, Bro.
So I see….
That the good citizens on the left east coast are upset because the congress is choosing not to fund additional aid to the recovery from the hurricane superstorm Sandy.
Boo fucking hoo. Yeah, I am cruel. And heartless. And mean.
And I hate white people…or something.
Why should there be ANY aid? They choose to live on a coast. Many of them on barrier islands. Many (most) chose to live without flood insurance. A significant number, we find out, had little or no insurance at all. Chose to not buy insurance, because it “was too expensive”….. While they lived on what was, effectively, a sandbar. Now they want the consequences of their decisions to be painless. Nope. Shouldn’t be. Stupid should hurt.
We, as a country, SHOULD help those who are hurt by natural disasters. Temporary housing? Yeah, all for it. Food and medical care? No issue, until they have a chance to get back on their feet (but this should be time limited). But grants to rebuild? Nope. Low interest loans (how much lower than 2% do they want?) Nope.
Failure to prepare for things which can happen is not my fault, nor yours. Failure to purchase decent insurance means that you are willing to gamble that something WON’T happen. Lady luck has a way of …well. not being nice.
We, as a country, should not have rebuilt the areas damaged by Katrina or any of the other hurricanes. People choose to live in these areas. They choose to build or buy homes that have wonderful views and are close to the water. But this choice of location comes at a price.
Likewise, we shouldn’t rebuild homes that are damaged by floods from swollen rivers, not homes burnt by wildfires.
Don’t want your home flooded or burnt? Live in an area where these things DON’T happen often. Don’t live near a coast unless you are willing to deal with the aftermath of a Hurricane.
Should you choose to do so, then expect to have to deal with the potential consequences of the natural disasters which are likely to happen in your area. Buy enough insurance. Expect that these things will happen. If you live less than 10 feet above flood level, or on the beach, expect floods. Build your home accordingly. If your home was once a summer cottage 50 years ago, think why it was a summer cottage and not built as a full time dwelling.
Don’t expect me to help you rebuild your home in the same area where the same disaster is likely.
I live in NW Indiana. The chances of a hurricane are low here. Same with wildfires. Same with floods. I live in an area which is VERY unlikely to flood. I do have insurance, and pay extra for the flood rider, and for the earthquake rider. (Murphy lives in my back pocket, so I expect Bad Things to happen….and plan accordingly) The chances of either happening are low and therefore the cost of the additional insurance is low. If the cost of either for your home is higher, then the risk is as well. Tough. Pay for the insurance, or take the risk….or choose to live elsewhere.
But don’t expect me to help you rebuild. Or my fellow citizens either.
Especially not when your Senators care so little about you that they choose to pad the aid bill to fund a bunch of pork projects.
The more think
THis whole budget thing, the more I feel that the country as a whole would have been better off had we actually gone over the “Fiscal Cliff”.
While we would have had the tax increases, we would have at least gotten the spending cuts as well.
As it is, we got screwed.
ayup
What he said.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
Lipstick on a pig
And: Breaking News: Your congressmen and senators are liars.
Also: Water is wet.
These assholes can’t even keep to the agreements they make amongst themselves.
No real spending cuts.
Not much of a deal on taxes.
They just kicked the can on down the road.
Bastards.
Now it is the issue for the next congress.
And they really haven’t fixed anything. $1 in spending cuts for every $41 in tax increases. Why bother?
More uncertainty in the markets.
More fear in the economy. (which isn’t gonna help create new jobs, nor will it make it any easier for businesses to find loans to grow).
Your government has done nothing for you. Hasn’t fixed any of the issues they promised they would by the end of the year.
Better the “Fiscal Cliff”than this. More of the same won’t cut it.
Sometimes I think Clancy had a good idea.