Month: February 2011

Frank Buckles, the last surviving veteran of World War I, has died. Godspeed, sir.

Otherwise known as “The Nanny City-state by the Bay”, could a Coke sign get people so riled up. I have to wonder just how badly…

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis fired up Democrats at the party’s national winter meeting in Washington on Saturday, as the feisty former California congresswoman chastised Republican…

(Via the Drudge Report) …Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa believes he is in danger, and therefore needs a six-foot security wall erected around L.A.’s official mayoral residence…

I really, seriously do. And this would be the biggest fan triumph of all time–buying the rights to our Big Damn Show and getting it…

It seems the bottom-dwellers at Righthaven *spit* have decided to go after a local blogger in my AO. The unfortunate thing is that the pond…

I owe you guys a report on my trip to the Wilkesboro, NC gun show. Apologies for not doing it sooner, but my week went…

As I predicted, the House has approved an extension of the “Patriot” Act. This is my shocked face.

A Connecticut lawmaker wants to create the country’s first state registry for people convicted of gun crimes, a proposal he says will help police track…

(Via Say Uncle) An NC Bun Blog takes on the Noise and Disturber’s AC Snow, who has once again decided that something about guns is…

Customs and Border Protection officers clear 80 percent of all cargo before it enters the United States. Congress has mandated that they clear 100 percent…

And I’d appreciate it if ya’ll kept things together while I’m busy. Me, Son and Mountain Man (who really needs to attend to that blogging…

A government shutdown is on the table if Congress fails to reach an agreement on spending cuts, a freshman GOP congressman told Fox News on…

I have to admit, after some early back-pedaling by certain Tea Party backed elected officials, I was ready to write them off en masse. Current…

(Via Claire Wolfe) It burns! According to a document published by Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News, the Air Force legal office has issued a guidance…

But if you don’t like how your PS3 works, wouldn’t it be simpler to buy a different console?

The House failed to extend three key expiring provisions of the Patriot Act on Tuesday, elements granting the government broad and nearly unchecked surveillance power…

Oddest search term I can recall ever showing up in the stats: “tommy haddock” bojangles god I got nothing here….

Mr. President. Dang, but I miss you.

I wish I could remember where, but someone on my blog roll recently started a discussion on Kimber pistols and their reliability–or lack thereof. I…

(I was going to leave this a comment, but I decided to pull it up here for everyone to see.) Bill notes the following in…

At least not without the appropriate licenses and permits. David N. Cox says he was merely exercising his right to petition the government, but a…

The 2012 Democrat National Convention is coming to Charlotte, NC. That quote in the title is from someone who lived near the 2004 convention. It…

(Via The Gunbloggers and Say Uncle) The Tennessee chapter of the ACLU has been labeled a terrorist organization. Predictably, they are the victims of a…

(Via Timebomb 2000) SHTFPlan has an excellent post on “10 Things We Can Learn From Egypt…” and the current situation there. I want to go…

For those of you who are interested in World War II, I just found a place where you can download the various posters used by…