If you could have only one spice mix in your cabinet (Montreal Steak Seasoning, Mrs Dash, Lemon Pepper, Seasoned salt, etc.)

What would it be?

Everyone has their “go to” seasoning.

Spread the word. Also, tell us where you grew up and learned about that spice, and/or where you are now if that spice is a regional thing.

I’ m curious, that’s why…Besides, I’m tired of commenting on the asshattery of the Liberals and their willing RINO victims. Change of pace. 

Watching the bits and pieces of the CNN “town hall” (and the rest of the MSM ) I am amazed that they that anyone would believe that the entire process with the “Students” and some politicians was anything but a scripted bit of theater. One where the questions that were asked, in the order that they were, was anything but a show designed to scare people…and to tug at their heartstrings and to make the politicians look bad.

One might think that in somewhat intelligent people (by that I mean more intelligent than a housecat….or a microwave oven) that it would be obvious enough that this was merely theater, and blatant theater at that…..

But then again, have you seen a commercial for Chevy cars lately? Apparently, theater works for a great number of our fellow citizens.

2020z ETA: Via Kenny we have this, to show how that “Town Hall” could have gone, if we had had someone who was a leader instead of a worm there. Sadly, all we had was Marco.

So after this latest school shooting, and despite the normal calls for “More Gun Control” from the Usual Suspects….

And now people are saying that we should “Strengthen the Background Check procedures”…..All of , by the way, were followed…..There was, simply, no reason to deny Mr. Cruze the purchase of a firearm because there was nothing on the record for which to deny him…..No “strengthening” would have fixed that.

And people are saying that “Law Enforcement should have done something”…(which, in the case of the FBI, may be true, but in the case of the locals….what should they have done?).

I have a thought:

We have over the course of my lifetime…which is more half half a century now…as a society, completely screwed up the mental health system in our society. People who are a danger to themselves OR OTHERS are routinely pushed back out onto the street. People who should be taken in for a mental health examination simply aren’t, as the police know that it is a waste of their time and their effort. At one time, these people WERE pulled away from the rest of us and held because they were a safety issue for society.

Now, having said that, at what point should someone be examined and/or held?  When should they be held? There used to be some sort of criteria, and there were places for those people that, once deemed to need it, to be held. We have destroyed the system that worked, and that kept people that were a danger, for the most part, away form the rest of the society at large.

Now, having said THAT, I need to point out that the fear that this would be abused is real, and that there are those, mostly on the Left, but also on the Right, that would abuse it, were they able. We saw that when Barry Obama tried to take freedoms and rights away from those veterans who needed help on their taxes and/or benefits, claiming that that was proof that they were incompetent….

And, really, none of us want to see another mass shooting by a disturbed teenager (as in the latest), or a young male who is drugged to his eyeballs in an attempt to keep him on the streets (Aurora, Colorado, Jared Loughner in Tucson (who should have been denied the firearm, but Momma worked for the Police Department and they never charged him when they should have) and Adam Lanza in Connecticut)

Yes, the Constitutional issues are present, and yes, this can be a very slippery slope. I understand that. No one said this would be easy. And no, I don’t think that the Constitutional issues are of little import.  But, ultimately, society has to police itself and keep it’s defective and dangerous members away from the rest of us much in the manner that we fence or leash a dangerous dog to protect the rest of society.

And one thing that I feel it is necessary to point out is that, logically,  if a person is deemed too much of a danger to society to be allowed the purchase or ownership of a firearm, then they are too much of a danger to society to be allowed to coexist with the rest of us….period.


Reread that sentence above: For those that would use the mental health claim to keep many of us from owning firearms: You’d have to incarcerate us. Because, again: If people are too dangerous to own a firearm, then they shouldn’t be allowed near other people in society. Not have the ability to own rocks, scissors, knives, automobiles, flammable liquids, etc.  Yes, it is a statement that many disagree with. I don’t care. If you are deemed unfit to own a weapon, then you shouldn’t be mixing with the rest of the “normal” members of society….for the safety of the others.

Who, exactly, is paying for all the “teenagers” and “high school students” to travel to the state capitals and Washington DC to “talks with legislators” (and pose for the Cameras)???

Who (or what organization) is organizing the transportation and paying for the busses, lodging, meals and setting up all these meetings? Who is tipping off the media so they can have camera crews ready (and talking heads ready to commentate and pontificate)??

I mean, we are talking MILLIONS of dollars here, when you add it up. Couple of hundred dollars per “student”.

Enquring minds really, really want to know. 

“Just last week, Congress was calling on Tide to change the design of the Pods so teenagers would stop eating them. This week, teenagers should determine gun policy.”

Yes, I understand what I am beginning to sound like.

And yes, I realize that I need to buy more Reynolds Wrap. Perhaps two boxes….I have a Beanie, maybe I need a Yarmulke as well…

But really, folks, at some point, the coincidences and oddities add up, don’t they?….. Strain the credibility of even a sane and normal person, much less one like me…

I mean, somehow, all these kids from Parkland, Florida got themselves organized for protests…..by themselves?

High school kids organized themselves that well and that quickly?

All those other kids across the country got together for nearly simultaneous protests?

Really? I’m expected to believe that high school kids could organize themselves like that? Across the country….all at once?

I find that odd. Very odd. The Media had people primed and ready when this happened….almost like they had advance knowledge that this shooting was coming.

All the mistakes that Law Enforcement made…..the roommate who was so well primed “he had the right and i wouldn’t stop him”…..The collection of Anti and Ex-NRA folks….all those who are firearms owners but who “want restrictions on Second Amendment rights” that they are interviewing (I’ve never met a firearms aficionado who wants restrictions on their right to keep and bear….ever)…..No way they came up with all those in a few days…..

Yeah, I went there, and yes, it disturbs me that I can even consider that people would do what I am suggesting.

Add in the info from the post BELOW….

Things just seem….off ….here….I am actually beginning to wonder if this is a false flag event.

(07:58CDT) ETA: AAANNND then there is THIS to consider…..Curiouser and curiouser, innit?

1933 Z ETA(2): And then there is this, as well. 

Seems that this Cruz fellow, who shot up the school in Florida, somehow, despite working as a clerk in the Dollar store, was able to find the scratch to buy 10 firearms in the year preceding his crime at the school.

Ten. Firearms.

Now, I don’t know what he had, exactly.

But figure this:

His AR cost about $600 (to start, more if he got fancy).

Magazines, he had IIRC, 10, so that was about $100.

Plus 9 other firearms. Figure a minimum of $250 each if he went used.  So that is another $2500 or more.
Odd that….Odd that he could come up with that kind of cash…..On a salary just a bit above minimum wage. Probably not full time, either, as the Dollar store has few full time folks.

When I was making minimum wage or a bit more, I didn’t have the scratch to FEED my one gun purchase (which I bought used, and saved for MONTHS to buy), much less buy 9 more….
Where did he get the money?

Don’t forget, he had $500 or more worth of other “tactical” gear on that day as well.

Where did he get the cash for that?

Perhaps he stopped eating for a month or two…..

And, with it, the cries about making “The Wealthy” and the Millionaires and Billionaires having to pay their “Fair Share”.
Especially on the Chicago TV stations. Were one looking at it from outside our culture and country, you’d think every one of the candidates is a Socialist…

‘Cause they all want all of the “Wealthy” (note that wealthy is undefined, but most of the candidates have a fair bit of wealth) to pay whatever they think (but won’t define) is a “Fair Share”…

Really? Cause if we do that, folks, you won’t like it.

Tax revenues will drop by about 45% if we all paid our “Fair Share” Most voters taxes aren’t even a rounding error in the actual tax tolls. The bottom 40% don’t even PAY taxes. It is the top 10% that pays the bills for the rest.

So, tell me, what, exactly, is the “Fair Share” of which you speak?? Should we all pay 20%? 30%? 50%? What, (and please, be specific) constitutes a “Fair Share” of income that we all should pay?

(Note I said “All”. Yep, if you want to do 50% taxes, then we all get to do 50% from the kid making minimum wage on up. 
That’s “fair” in my definition.) 

I’m all for it, but I’d like it defined beforehand. 

No idea at all as to who might have organized the Anti-Trump rally. 

Sure, they had no idea. (I believe that, the Easter Bunny told me so, along with Santa.)

It was, apparently, the “Russians”.

And the MSM (at least the mostly liberal leaners, anyway) who gave good coverage to the “Anti” rally and scant coverage of the “Pro” rally.

( I have always thought that the press had a tie in with the “Russians”….The Soviets used them well during the Vietnam era to disseminate propaganda manipulate public opinion regarding the war, and there are, if one bothers to look, many other examples of foreign manipulation of the press.

Unwitting? Perhaps, but not likely. They aren’t that stupid, they had to know. Not saying Trump and his campaign are completely innocent, but the press was SURELY colluding to manipulate the election (and not for Trump). Perhaps with the Russians, surely with each other.

If you believe otherwise, then you are either a fool, a dupe, or a tool.

Press the right buttons…..

Dude at the gunshow wearing a “Bernie Sanders” shirt (complete with some logo) :

Me: “Bernie was Robbed, Hillary stole the nomination”

Him: “Yes, you are right! In fact, there is proof that……….”

Everyone else moved away, and he was still gibbering to anyone who would listen (and no one in particular) when I too walked away.
I have no idea how long it took for him to wind down.

I just couldn’t resist though.