Got it back a few weeks ago, approximately in the time frame which was promised.
Paperwork says that it got a new extractor and assorted other parts. Claims that they shot 50 rounds with no issues.
Might even be true.
The pistol was DIRTY when I got it. Very. I think they put a new barrel on it too.
Anyway, time has been short here recently, and I have only put about 37 rounds through it. So far, no issues. The extractor appears to be fine.
We shall see.
And, of course, Mr. Obama:
Folks: we really don’t care how you do it. Cut the cost of government.
I understand that making drastic changes will be a Bad Thing if done too quickly…Bad for the economy, and bad for the country…..But you gotta start somewhere, so make some cuts and then make a few more every year until things get better…..
Start by cutting all of the social programs Midnight Basketball and Cowboy Poetry are nice things, if you can afford them….But we can’t. Not cuts that take place in 2014, (or 2075!) Do IT Now. Immediate cuts. Cut “entitlements”. Drastically. Cut each department paid by federal money by 10%. It is a start. Show you are serious. No paper cuts. Immediate cuts
Now for the hard part….In the near future (like starting 2012) cut unneeded departments say, starting 2012 and for the next five years, cut the budgets of the Department of ED, the Department of Energy, BATF(E), USDA, HHS and HUD by 10% per year for the next 5 years. Then find out where you can combine or eliminate these departments. While they may actually do good things, most of their mission is merely providing jobs for people. We actually get little or no value for the dollars we spend on these departments.Cut such things as FDA and EPA to their basic needs to fulfill their original charter, and get them back to what their original mission statement was….and no more. Think seriously about shutting down NASA and NOAA. Same with the Army Corps of Engineers projects. Few of those work out well anyway, do they? If floods happen, then people will move. End agricultural subsidies and such. Eliminate things like Ethanol subsidies and “green energy” grants and such. If a project is valid and viable, it’ll happen without subsidies. AND WE CAN’T AFFORD this sort of bullshit.
Immediately suspend and eliminate all foreign aid. ALL. Every last cent. Stop it immediately. Cut back on the military personnel at all those bases. Why are we still in Korea? Germany? Japan? Spain? ….Cut the staffing at those bases by a significant amount and put many of those bases into caretaker/mothball status. If NATO nations want our defense, then they can pay for it. They have lived under the umbrella of security provided by the US (under the guise of NATO) for nearly 50 years, and spent their money building a more socialized state (which is currently collapsing) instead of paying for their own defense. Time to pay the piper…
Reign in spending. Set limits for spending. Make them law. Law that cannot be easily changed.
If all of that takes place, then begin to talk about tax increases. But only if EVERY citizen begins to pay taxes.
Until you do these things, it is all just words.
And We Citizens are getting tired of the bullshit. And the lies.
I cannot find anything to refute THIS.
It’s like the real life incarnation of all those emails that get forwarded over and over and over and over…
Scary
That Obama just walked out of the budget talks to show that HE can do it too…
and, of course, he OBVIOUSLY doesn’t play poker.
I’m losing ever increasing respect for him daily.
He’s right. (follow the link)
But the thing is, the GOP lacks testicles. And intestinal fortitude.
And I expect them to cave (again).
But 2012 IS coming up. We’ll remember.
Maybe we can do something about it then.
You should READ THIS.
Srsly.
“We don’t have a trillion dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion dollar debt because we spend too much.
Ronald Reagan, March, 1982
I’d move to Iceland.
That the ONE said that we citizens should just shut up and “let the professional politicians handle this” budget crisis.
Actually, I can believe that he said it, I am just surprised that he would let his elitist feelings show in a press conference….
Look, you arrogant bastard: We mere citizens can figure the ins and outs of the budget issues as well as you. We see how well your policies have worked, we see the effect that the deficit is having on our dollar. We understand what the issues are. We see the effects every time we fill up our cars with fuel or go to the grocery store. You are insulated from that. You’ve never worked a day in your life for your own money, and you’ve apparently never had to worry about making a mortgage or car payment, or how you are gonna make the choice between food for your family and paying rent. You’ve never seen the buying power of your hard work evaporate daily.
Shut the fuck up and deal with the issues. It isn’t a revenue issue, but rather a spending issue. You’d like “more programs”. You’d like to target some portions of the citizenry for special treatment. You’d like to have everyone pay their “fair share” (whatever that really means). First stop spending to much.
And yes, I understand that you think that I am stupid, me and my fellow citizens…the great unwashed. Those of us in flyover country who cling bitterly to our guns and religion. But we aren’t as uninformed as you give us credit for. If you can only get 24% of the people to poll in favor of your policies, then it ISN’T a communication issue. We understand what you wish to do. And we reject it.
While I understand that you think that a majority of the taxpayers and voters (not always the same group, but with a lot of overlap) have intelligence and judgement issues (You fooled enough with your “Hope and Change” bullshit after all) to have voted you into office, but really, we aren’t all entirely stupid, and we can(and have) balanced a budget enough to get by in our own lives…..And we can understand the bigger picture enough to know that you are, quite honestly, full of shit in your plan to somehow fix the issues with our economy. And we repudiate you 65-24%.
Update:
Althouse has the text that I couldn’t find earlier…