He had a dream…

This speech from MLK was the one that have heard so many times….

One wonders what he might think of the members of the black race and culture in the US today…

I think he’d bury his head in his hands and cry in shame.

I think he’d be angry.

Make no mistake, many have fulfilled his dream, but so many have squandered it.

So many “Civil Rights” leaders who exist for themselves, not to help their brothers. So many “successful” athletes who fail to help even one other person from their neighborhood. So many black businesspersons who fail to teach others the methods of success.

And so many people who use the color of their skin to collect money from a government, and squander it, and fail to take advantage of the opportunity.

And so many people, black and white, who cannot see beyond the color of the skin, rather than the content of the character.

I think he’d be ashamed.

Kwikie gunshow report

Indy1500…spent the weekend selling Strike-Hold and other stuff for my company, 3 part supply…

Had only a few breaks, as budgetary considerations meant that we were one person short….

A few quick observations…:

Primers are back down to nearly what they should be.

.380 was available, if not as cheap as it should be….Same for nearly all other common calibers of pistol ammo.

Rifle ammo is also available, and again, not at the price it should be, although it is trending slightly downward. Really cheap surplus military calibers, however, seem to be MIA.

Cheap pistols did not seem to be selling, nor were expensive ones. Middle of the road stuff was selling briskly.

Rifle sales seemed to be slowing down, (except for collector stuff) and a LOT of .22 lookalikes/and conversion kits and/or dedicated uppers for AR and/or 1911’s were selling briskly as well.

The polikticians were out in full splendor, along with hordes of volunteers to tell us how pro second amendment and how conservative they all are.

Donate link

Go here for a place to donate for Haiti relief.

C’mon, we all got ten bucks we can spare, right?

Just a few less rounds to shoot this month, or a drink or two less on Saturday night..

But those small donations add up.

Yup, there’s a pattern here..

Seems the folks in Haiti are upset because no one is coming to their aid fast enough.

Now look. I’m feeling real sorry for these folks, and I pray that they get help as soon as possible. But to come up with that much response instantaneously is nearly impossible.

As it is, the amount of supplies is staggering, and they are arriving faster than they can be transported to those who need them. The infrastructure (roads) were bad enough BEFORE the quake. Now getting supplies to the needy is even harder.

So how do the citizens of Haiti (and especially on Port-Au-Prince help themselves? They loot shops and pile up roadblocks of corpses in protest.

Not dig others out, not clear roads. not build shelters. Loot and protest.

This behavior is much like some other poor people in another tragedy, in one of our southern states populated by folks with an African and French heritage and culture…Is it the culture? The genetics? Or is it the poverty which forces them into this sort of entitlement behavior? I have my own theory…..You draw your own conclusions.

Realize that other nearby countries are not nearly such shitholes as Haiti is (was)

But the pattern is there if you care to see it.

Put the “intellgence” back into the Intelligence game…

This piece via American Thinker hits the nail right on the head….It’s not a lack of intelligence, it is, rather, a lack of intelligence in dealing with it.

Like any bureaucracy, the intelligence game is full of mindless drones. And in normal times, that is ok. But now that is not ok. Just not getting fired is not enough. We need intelligent people, who can “connect the dots”, and do things right, each and every time.

Having people who are just putting in their time towards retirement is NOT going to keep the citizens of (and visitors to) this country safe.

“They” (the enemy, the jihadists) will keep trying. We must have people who are at least as cunning as “they” are to thwart “them”. Drones will not get the job done.

Civil service laws be damned. Get the right folks in there, and the pencil pushing REMFS who just need to get their time in, and their proper tickets punched the hell out of the “intelligence” game.

Or soon, we will have airlines falling from the skies, or a city turn into a green glass parking lot.