Or just more gun control propaganda?

So the Plainfield, Illinois police were called because some kids were playing with airsoft rifles. 

They confronted the kids, This we know.

The officers claim the kids pointed the rifles at them, and they reacted (as they should have, if their version of the story is true) and nearly shot one of the kids.


The kids claim they were playing in the woods, and never pointed the rifles at the officers., who drew on them immediately….

Which story is true? We don’t know. Kids tend to bend the truth….but so do officers these days….Hard to judge.

But these were kids, not adults. Plainfield is a fairly affluent suburb of Chicago. Not an inner city shithole.  Kids. Fairly young men, not adults, or even adult sized kids.

One would expect officers of the law to have a bit more sense.

This coulda been ugly…very ugly.

Methinks the officers overreacted just a bit…..Perhaps. Pointing a gun shaped object, orange tipped or not, at anyone is not a good idea. How would you react?

Now, having said that, the difference in appearance between an airsoft rifle and a real one is the orange tip, which can be painted on a real rifle for less than $5.00. Can of paint and some tape and 10 minutes, plus dry time.

I am glad everyone went home that day with no extra holes in their body.

Of the courts doing social activism rather than adjudicating …..you know….laws…

Federal Judge Orders Cancellation of Redskins Trademark

THis is as bad as the judge releasing Bill Cosby’s testimony because he was “moralizing”….it was punishment, plain and simple, because the judge didn’t like Cosby’s message.

THese judges need to be recalled….Judges shouldn’t be activists, they should be JURISTS…..if they can’t be jusrists first then they should be removed…..or shot for failing those they serve.

I bet this breaks the race thing WIDE OPEN.…

Lower class welfare type black economically disadvantaged people moving to upscale neighborhoods. Those same neighborhoods being forced to diversify by adding “lower income housing”

Yeah, that’ll make things all hunky-dorey. Lowlifes are lowlifes, no matter what the melanin content. Those “Progressives” will quickly learn why lower income people of all races live in shitholes….

To remember the birthdate of my favorite author.

Happy Birthday RAH…Sorry I’m late

Was talking with a dude about what we did this weekend.

Mentioned that I had split a rick (8′ X 4′) and half of wood. Got my exercise.

“Oh, you heat with wood? Cool!”….”Must be nice to have all that free heat…wish I could do that”.

Well, first of all, you could “do that”, if you own a home….and chose to.

Second, it isn’t free. There is the sunk cost of the chainsaw, axes wedges, sledge, racks, etc. Plus the stove itself.

Then there is the sweat. Lots and lots of that. (not that I don’t need the exercise… and, as far as I know, no one ever drowned in sweat). But sweat there is, in plenty.

Sweat when you cut it after the thunderstorm that brought it down….

Sweat when you haul it home.

Sweat when you stack it so it can cure.

Sweat when you split it.

Sweat when you stack it so it will dry after it is in stove sized pieces.

Sweat when you bring it inside to burn.

And it is nice when you burn it. And it keeps me in shape.

But it ain’t “free”. Not by a long chalk.

That our Founding Fathers, and the rest of the colonials that fought the British Army (of occupation, really) committed what was, essentially, treason,  for far fewer transgressions of rights than we experience today from our own government(s).

Methinks that August has too few Holidays. Perhaps we should add another….the Second Day when we celebrate Independance…a day to commemorate when the American People rose up and said “enough!” and threw off the yoke that our current government has imposed upon us. Perhaps, on this first day of Independence, we should consider their example.

I am thinking 8/8 has a nice ring to it……

Something to think about.

Our forefathers would have revolted a long time ago, doncha think?

this weekend.

Not a bad idea.

But Srsly, folks, you should be vigilant EVERY DAY.

Not just when good old Uncle says so.

Pay attention every day, every moment.

Be aware of your surroundings, who is there and what they are doing….Look at body language. Groups. Singletons. Odd behaviors….people out of place. Actions that are not normal for the area…

Just friggin’ pay attention. Not just The 4th and maybe the 5th…Every day.

Were I a terrorist, I’d skip[ this weekend and do something on Wed.

People should call it that….. not “the Fourth of July”.

The day our forefathers the people who made this country, said “Fuck You” to the king.

And signed their names to the document.

That took balls.

Don’t let what they gave us get all tossed around by a bunch of whiney Liberal assholes who think they know better.

Don’t let em fuck up what is, still, the best damned country on this mudball.

I have things to get done today, I be having Friday and Saturday off, and therefore haveta get all of my stuff done on Friday ’cause Saturday is like a special day…..According to the sale paper, anyway.

Meh.

Just not feeling it.