Fri Jul 30, 2010
THE PASSING OF A MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER
”Some men are tested by one single, exhilarating day lived at high pitch, others over the course of a lifetime of day-in, day-out service to others. Nick Bacon passed both tests, excelled at them, yet somehow remained just Nick Bacon, whom everyone loved.”
I don’t want to add anything to this column, a moving tribute to a humble man who earned our nation’s highest military honor for service above and beyond during the Vietnam Conflict.
It appeared in this mornings TOWNHALL dot COM newsletter, was movingly penned by Paul Greenberg, and can be viewed directly here: http://townhall.com/columnists/PaulGreenberg/2010/07/29/of_arms_and_the_man
Before going any further in your day’s routine, please read this beautiful piece.
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Thu Jul 29, 2010
i don't know whether to call this
"KIDS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS"
or
"BOYS WILL BE BOYS"
"KIDS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS"
or
"BOYS WILL BE BOYS"
Brief story from the local Daily Blatt and Bugle:
http://www.macon.com/2010/07/29/1211094/men-wanted-in-two-macon-homicides.html
Enough to make one sick, or at least cry.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
07/29/2010
07/29/2010
Found in the GEORGIA CARRY dot ORG UPDATE this morning
"Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via word or argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force."
-- Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret) from his article "The Gun is Civilization".
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Wed Jul 28, 2010
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH
Yep....time I get my gluteus maximus in gear and began putting together the next edition of our gun club newsletter.
The job seems to get a bit bigger every month. but the boys seem to want a first class publication. Inching our way up in that regard.
I won't be spending much b'log time until about Tuesday next. Monday if things go more smoothly than anticipated.
Don't forget MATT EASTMAN'S GUN AND KNIFE SHOW at the Macon Centreplex this weekend.
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WALTER WILLIAMS SPEAKS THE TRUTH ABOUT MANY BLACK AMERICANS
Take Heed, Racist Politicians
Take Heed, Racist Politicians
”The pathology seen among a large segment of the black population is not likely to change because it's not seen for what it is. It has little to do with slavery, poverty and racial discrimination. Let's look at it. Today's black illegitimacy rate is about 70 percent…….Today, only 35 percent of black children are raised in two-parent households. The importance of these and other statistics showing greater stability and less pathology among blacks in earlier periods is that they put a lie to today's excuses. Namely, at a time when blacks were closer to slavery, faced far more discrimination, more poverty and had fewer opportunities, there was not the kind of chaos, violence, family breakdown and black racism that we see today.”
Columnist Walter Williams hits a painful nail on the head in a discussion of the major problem inside Black America: BREAKDOWN OF THE BLACK NUCLEAR FAMILY, which brings on the multiple results which are turning Black America against the rest of us. Gangsta thugism, discrimination, violence, anti-intellectualism, and a host of other social ills that befoul modern America AND tend to keep too many Black citizens in endless, generational poverty.
Wonderful little piece, this. He calls it:”RACISM or STUPIDITY”. It can be read here: http://www.lewrockwell.com/williams-w/w-williams44.html I found it while reading through Lew Rockwell’s newsletter in the early hours of this morning.
Before signing off, it should be noted that there is a real lesson for racist politicians in this column….even right here in little old river city.
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Tue Jul 27, 2010
MACON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
D.A.’s RACE OFF AND RUNNING
D.A.’s RACE OFF AND RUNNING
A piece in today’s MACON T’GRAPH notes:
”Circuit prosecutors Sharell Lewis and Greg Winters, Houston County prosecutor David Cooke and Jones County prosecutor Gregory Bushway are vying to fill the vacancy created when former District Attorney Howard Simms stepped down June 29 to run for a judgeship.” ( http://www.macon.com/2010/07/27/1208095/four-qualify-to-run-for-macon.html )
Four newbie lambs for the political slaughter? I don’t think so, not after listening to Kenny B and Charles E on WMAC radio this morning.
One of the candidates, Gregory Bushway, was interviewed by that dynamic duo and came across as a very viable candidate with innovative ideas. He appears to be experienced, certainly well-spoken and intelligent. What caught my attention particularly was his notion that the area’s churches must be brought in to work actively with our at-risk kids heading down the primrose path to full-blown criminality.
That, my friends, is not pie-in-the-sky political rhetoric. Macon has more churches per capita than any city in the nation, it is alleged. It’s high time some of them, in the Black Precincts most particularly, be pressed into service to help us deal with crime problems that so often seem insurmountable.
Mr Gregory Bushway is off to a fine start.
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TICKET AGENT WOES
This was sent in by a dear friend. It may be a hoax, but it is so delicious, that I cannot resist putting it on this morning’s menu.
These are reported to be the words of an airline ticket agent. This guy names names of our elected officials who should know better:
“A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of 'WHY' our country is in trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts ..''
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in South Africa.''
His response -- click..
3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, 'Don't lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG)
4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada ?''
I said, ''No.''
She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' (OMG, again!)
5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas .. I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas ... When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' (Aghhhh)
6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' I said, 'No, why do you ask?'
He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage..
8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?''
9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.''
10 Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?''
I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, FL on a commuter plane.
She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''
11 Mary Landrieu, La. Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.''
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''
12 A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York.''
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?''
'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.
After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere."
''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!''
So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo, do you?''
The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.''
Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.
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Sun Jul 25, 2010
AN ENCOUNTER IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA
warning
POLITICAL OVERTONES
warning
POLITICAL OVERTONES
A Georgia livestock farmer named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in the North Georgia mountains when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
The driver, a man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked Bud, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?"
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing animals and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to Bud and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud.
He watches the man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the chap, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
The fellow thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a United States Senator, and since you ain’t Saxby Chambliss, then you must be Isakson,", says Bud.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the rustic. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep...
Now give me back my damned dog.
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Mon Jul 26, 2010
GEORGIA OUTDOOR NEWS
The Macon Blast
The Macon Blast
The GEORGIA OUTDOOR NEWS bash AKA THE MACON BLAST held this past weekend at the Centreplex was a first-rate affair.
I spent all day Sunday working a table on behalf of GEORGIA CARRY dot ORG and had plenty of time to observe the fine, family friendly atmosphere of the GON affair.
There is always much to see and much to do for anyone with the slightest interest in outdoor sports. If your kid is a game playing, overweight, couch potato, he or she probably wouldn’t appreciate the emphasis on a healthier lifestyle. But, hey, Mom and Dad, you are the parents, the bosses of that kid and need to get him up and moving no matter how much he objects.
Most of the families I talked to were very much outdoor oriented. It is such a pleasure to meet folks, kids especially, who are enthusiastic about activities like shooting, hunting, fishing, and hiking. These are what I call ‘salt of the earth types’, good people with a strong sense of right and wrong, people imbued with genuine family values, not the values bragged about by cynical, aspiring politicians of all party stripes.
It was a great show and a great day for a Senior Citizen always looking for the real America, the America that lies beneath the myth and the hype and the propaganda.
The America he grew up in is not entirely dead. Not yet, anyway.
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Sat Jul 24, 2010
EASTMAN GUN and KNIFE SHOW
JULY 31-August 1st
JULY 31-August 1st
In one week Matt Eastman is bringing his mammoth Gun and Knife show to the Macon Centreplex.
These extravaganzas are the biggest things of their kind ever to hit our area.
Walk in to the cavernous lower real of the complex and you will come face to face with hundreds of tables filled with firearms, hunting equipment, self defense paraphernalia, clothing, knives, and collectibles of all kinds.
These shows are truly family affairs, so bring the rugrats and your ‘significant other’. Kids under twelve get in free, the rest of us pay but eight bucks…eight bucks for a full day’s entertainment. Fun and a world of wonder for the whole family: be a hero and answer all the questions your kids can come up with.
If dove season is just around the corner, can deer season be far behind? Eastman’s Gun and Knife Shows are your perfect opportunity to be ready to go on opening day.
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