I mean, it makes as much sense as any other explanation.

Go HERE. to find what I am talking about.

About 10 days ago, the Obama administration GAVE AWAY 3+ BILLION DOLLARS of your money to private insurance firms. Gave.It.Away……Illegally.

And it was only because of the Internet that you even heard about it.

The Big Media didn’t tell you….Not a single TV news organization… NBC, not CBS, not ABC…not even FOX. …no major newspaper told you either…Not the Times, (NY nor LA) not the Tribune. Nor the Register, nor even the WSJ. Certainly not the Christian Science Monitor.

It was the interenet. That last open, unregulated means of communication. Invented by AlGore, it has brought freedom of communication to nearly everyone in the US and Canada.

Until, of course, the Feds start to change that.

But I digress. Back to my original topic.  I have to ask, where are our legislators? Why aren’t they stopping Barry from his illegal acts? He can’t isn’t supposed to give away billions of US government (which means ours, BTW) dollars to private firms without the advice and consent of Congress. IN fact, it takes and act of legislation that BEGINS in the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES to spend money like that. And yet our Congress just looks the other way and lets him act….

WHY IS THAT?

It appears that we will, for the first time this winter, be above freezing today.

Which is good, as we are nearly out of firewood….

And running low on C2H5OH..

That later tonight, Brian Williams will be telling us about his experience with J Bowie at the Alamo.

Apparently it was harrowing.

Philm at 11. 

Seems that Kirkus Reviews has (again) honored her literary work.

And to think that before she was famous, she stayed at our home and shared our table. (and Barkley the floor)….

And, apparently the “comment period” is just for show?

And, again, it is not the Legislative branch that makes laws, but the Regulatory branch….

ATF has been working on a ban of AR-15 “green-tip” ammunition for quite some time and has already issued the ban in its new, 2014 Regulation Guide. For reference, ATF Regulation Guides come out approximately every ten years.

Now I haven’t seen the reg book, but if this is true, it would appear that the ban is already decided….and, as people have said, If Barry and the DNC can’t get rid of our firearms, they’ll get rid of our ammo.

The ATF doesn’t care about your input and comments, they KNOW what is good for us. And they will regulate until they get it right…

Again, BallotBox and SoapBox don’t appear top be working…..I hate the thought of the other option, but it seems closer and closer every day…

PLEASE PASS THIS FORWARD: MAKE SURE OTHERS KNOW THAT THE ATF HAS ALREADY CHOSEN….

ETA: ATF: “OOPS! Our bad. Ignore this, not what it seems. Yeah, we got caught, but we will find a way to hide it fix this” Just go about your business and let us do what we will, Citzen.  

Democrats vow to protect Boehner’s speaker position.

I mean, really, they couldn’t ask for a more compliant Speaker…..He gives them everything they want, he folds everytime they object to legislation, and , really, acts as of they were paying him. There is no upside to another Speaker, unless his name was Nancy Pelosi….

The boys at the Alamo fired their last shots and went hand to hand.

They lost the battle, but they accomplished what they set out to do: To delay Santa Anna and his army so that Fannin and Houston could mass an army to meet them.

There are no good ways to dies, but the Texians at the Alamo did it in a way that made their deaths worth something.

Heroes are often victims of circumstance…some ride to the occasion and become heroes, others do not and remain victims., but these men made  a choice, and, if they they lost their stand, they still won a war. .

If you have never been to the Alamo, you might be surprised at how small it was….

IMO, this should be a National Holiday.

that in today’s marvelous age of information, including entire cable channels devoted 24/7/365 to weather forecasts, with nearly 3/4 of our population possessing smartphones (some even subsidized by taxpayers!!!) with nearly instant access to fairly accurate weather forecasts, that some several + hundred vehicles can end up stranded in bad weather?

I mean, I knew 2 days ago that the chance for snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain was going to be high for most of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. And none of those states were even on any of my travel plans. I live several hundred miles north of there. (and I don’t even have cable). 

How can people be so stupid as to travel into an area that is forecast (with a fair amount of certainty) to have very bad weather that will likely make travel difficult and even dangerous?  I see it happen several times a year, and it isn’t getting better….

I know most people travel around in Condition White, but really….

“But I Am a Cop!”

So on my way home, I stopped at the Post Office in a very small town to check the P.O. Box.  I stop about twice a week to check on it.

As is Federal Law, I disarm, leaving my carry gun locked in the car (or truck). I believe the requirement that I disarm to get my mail is illegal and unconstitutional, but the courts disagree, so I follow the law.

As I am coming into the Post Office, my holster empty (and coat pulled over it) , I encounter the Chief of Police of that small town. He is in civilian clothes and I realized that the car I had parked next to in the lot was his personal car. I smile and raise my hand in greeting.

He looks at me and says “Hi”, and then waits while I fish out my key and open the mailbox. I retrieve my mail and then turn to see what he wants…

Now this Cop is, actually, generally a decent sort. He does his job, seldom has an attitude, and is a decent guy most of the time… I have interacted with him several times over the years. His officers use our range twice a year to practice and before their certification testing (which is another good story for another time). He knows I carry, and have a permit.

“Got a question for ya, B” he says. “Do you carry here in the Post Office?”

“Nope,” I said, “Federal Law, ya know…..not worth losing my permit over…plus there is the whole prison thing…”.

“You wouldn’t just be saying that, would you?” He asks.

“Nope, I am serious. No heater today…not in here……In the car”.

“Mind if I check?”

“Actually, yes….Got a warrant?”

“No. Was just curious”

“Probable cause?”

“No”

“Then I decline to be searched” I said with a smile…”Fourth Amendment, you know”

We stare at each other for a moment, then I step between him and the door and then ask….”You on duty? Or on the way home?”

“On the way home”.

“Ah, so you are here as a civilian then, not on Police business”

“Yep, if you want to look at it that way.”.

“But you are carrying,” I point out pointing at his Glock in a OWB holster…”In a Post Office….Isn’t that a felony?”

“I’m a cop” he says, and brushed past me and left….

Interesting, Innit?