249 years ago, with a giant “Fuck You” to the King and his advisors (and the merchants that made their fortunes from his policy)
While the final document was created on the second, it was dated the 4th, and therefore Independence Day is on July 4th. .
Thus began the greatest country in the world.
Remember that when you are out grilling and partying with friends and family.
PS: This Holiday was brought to you by Citizens With Guns. Remember that….
Got the 340 back yesterday.
Seems fine (so far). 2.4 hours and no issues.
A friend flew me there in an RV-6. Nice airplane, if a bit small. Fast airplane for what it is. Tiny airplane with a fairly powerful engine for it’s size. 150knots at 8K. Very responsive and really easy to fly. I did help him learn some finer points about his 650 GPS, which seemed to help him.
Flying back from Minneapolis:
17,000 feet at about 77% power I got 218 knots for about a half hour, but the outside air temps went up by 5 degrees F and I just couldn’t keep the cylinder heads cool enough, so I had to bring it back a bit.
ATC was pretty good until of course, Chicago….they didn’t want to descend me (as usual) and soon I was 40 miles away with 16,000 feet to lose. I finally demanded lower and so they turned me south rather than the easterly direction I needed and descended me…first to 12K, then 8K….then they just plain forgot about me (as usual)….I called “Chicago approach, question” and got back “Go direct destination” ….They knew that I knew that they had forgotten me.
So that cost me about 10 minutes.
I turned for home, called the field about 14 miles out, cancelled IFR and made a base leg entry, and landed.
Landing was good, right into the wind, and I made the 2500 ft turnoff with room to spare. Took the long way back for taxi as I wanted to let the turbos cool down for a bit.
We shall see. So far, no issues with the engine. The oil looks clear and clean, but there isn’t that many hours on it yet.
“really, who they’re taking is our ice cream men, our nannies and our gardeners” (They are still fucking illegal, you asinine twit, and I (and a majority of my fellow citizens) want EVERY illegal gone, no matter where they came from or how long they have been here)
So, in comments on the Alligator Alcatraz deportation facility , one of my new (and not terribly welcome) commenters used Ambrocio Lozano as an example of why the facility is a bad thing:
Let us look at the facts…..Firstly, Los Angeles. which explains a lot….normalization of illegals not even trying to hide their status, blatant disregard for immigration laws for many years
Second, this was a man who was, apparently, well liked in the community. He sold ice cream.
But: He was living here, in the United States, illegally, for 20 or more years. 20 years in which he could have applied for citizenship, He chose not to do so.
In addition, if he was so beloved by the community, he could have been sponsored for citizenship by some of those people that liked him in their community…(assuming anyone is that community is a citizen), which may or may not be,
The fact that a man chose to live here illegally for 20 years, was confident enough to run a business, in a community and never chose to become a citizen, and that the other folks living in that community see no issue with it is also part of the problem.
I am sorry that Mr. Lozano got picked up by ICE. But he had 20 years in which to do the right thing, to become a citizen, to do things the legal way. He chose not to do so. The fact that the people, the government in LA, and in California, chose to normalize such behavior , that they think that somehow, Mr. Lozano has earned a place here without bothering to become a citizen (or get a green card) is also an issue.
We have laws, and Mr. Lozano chose to (and was, for some reason, allowed to) flaunt them. Is he a part of the crime problem? Maybe (probably) not. Is his presence here still illegal? Yes. Every illegal should be detained and deported. The fact that ICE is picking the low hanging fruit rather than going after the gangsters and such first is an issue, but at the end of it, had Mr. Lozano cared about our laws, or had any loyalty to the US, he could have become legal in one way or another. He chose not to. The fact that for 20 years everyone knew that he was illegal and didn’t care, and allowed him to stay illegally is another societal issue with California and Liberals….and the fact that they use his example to decry the (finally!) enforced immigration laws and believe he is a reason to stop the deportations shows their idiocy. Every single illegal needs to be deported, no matter how long they have been here, no matter how many legal family members thy might have in the US….no matter what, Illegal should equal deported.
Why they think that somehow, for some reason, just because he stayed in a community (illegally) for 20 years he somehow, for some reason has earned a place in our country, because he got away with flaunting our laws for 2 decades,….That he gets some special consideration I do not understand.
How many years of squatting illegally does it take to earn a place in this country? At what point does it happen that your illegal activities get erased?
“Sometimes, no matter how painful, you just have to walk away, and let relationships end”
“Women and most men will not hear of the truth from their enemies, and their friends seldom offer it”
“It is your belief in yourself, that fuels your success: It matters not what others think.”
“Your character is easily measured by how you treat others, especially those you assume are of lower status than yourself”
“Stop asking Why they keep doing it, and instead ask Why you allow it to continue”
“The Expert in anything was once a beginner”
“A leopard seldom changes it’s spots”
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will”
“Don’t base your relationship decisions (or any decisions, for that matter) on the advice of people who don’t have to live with the results”
“No fire burns forever”
“The real hunting takes place days or weeks, even months, before opening day”
“What you accept teaches others how to treat you”
I’ve been there, used it during some flight training.
It is truly an airstrip in the middle of an alligator infested swamp….for miles and miles and miles in all direction.
It will make a great place to house illegals, as running off will likely end up in death by starvation, drowning, or being eaten by alligators.
Having said that, to house and feed these illegals, it is expected that it will cost about 450 million dollars (for about 80,000 illegals).
Nope, throw them back over the border and let them appeal after the fact. Fuck’ em. Why should we feed and house them? They’ve gotten enough freebies just living here illegally.
Is Italian Leather made from real Italians?
Where do they get all of them?
Dad jumps overboard to save daughter who fell from 4th level of cruise ship.
Not all that many men would do that, and even fewer women.
Toxic masculinity and all that, I guess.
After treading water for twenty minutes or so, all were rescued safely and retuned aboard.
I’ll buy the beer should he and I ever meet.
After all, Tariffs don’t work…..right?
GE “Reshores” washer and dryer production, spending 490 million and creating 800 jobs.
Remember, GE Appliances is Chinese owned.
