Accountability

What ever happened to accountability? Where you as an individual were held accountable for your own actions? These days if you step over the line and do something that is against the rules and laws of a decent society, you are not responsible. You had a bad childhood. The teachers at school didn’t understand you. Your parents stifled your creativity. The Doctor misdiagnosed you. The group of people you hung out with mislead you.

It doesn’t matter what you have done; it is always someone else’s fault.

Erik and Lyle Menendez blamed their parents for their own heinous actions, murdering those parents out of greed and avarice.

Always someone is crying for apologia as a defense. The defendant was mistreated, he/she was an outsider, if only someone had treated him/her better, he/she wouldn’t have done this horrible thing he/she is accused of.

When I was a child, if I screwed up my only defense was, I screwed up. And then I had to take my punishment. And punishment could be anything from loss of privileges, up to a paddling. And yes when I was a kid I got my rear end warmed up many times. It wasn’t that my parents were being mean or capricious, they were trying to instill in me a value system where I accepted responsibility for my actions, and as a matter of course I also learned that certain actions are unacceptable in society.

Unacceptable actions:

Stealing

Lying

Cheating

Fighting without cause

Harming others

Disrespecting others

Breaking the law

Threatening others

Being discourteous or rude

Intentionally hurting animals, (Note this does not mean I cannot hunt, it means that I cannot go out of my way to torture or harm animals for personal amusement)

Using illegal drugs

These are just a few of things that I recognize as my part of the contract I have with society. Everyone should have these as their contract, however over the years; a malaise has taken hold of our society. And the apologists have moved in, and have been standing in the way of enforcement of the societal contract. You cannot punish or discipline your child as it may hurt their ego. You cannot hold a child back in school, as they need to stay with their peer group. You have to let the child test their boundaries without fear of reprisal for their actions. And yet when that child does push those boundaries, you are responsible for their actions. Not Them.

My mother and father always let me know when I screwed up. And when I did well also they let me know. And when I crossed the line they let me know and they made sure I would never do it again. Today, kids are constantly crossing the line, over and over again. Why? They have no fear of a punishment, or reprisal for their actions. The apologists stand in the way of parental authority and discipline.

The standards by which I was raised have been changed and in many cases abolished. So many people sit and watch the news and wonder how the things we see on the news can be happening.

A tragic shooting occurs. And rather than placing the blame where it truly belongs, on the person who did the shooting. The apologists blame others. They cast aspersions on someone else. In the case of Jared Loughner, the sword being cast is two-fold. To shift the responsibility for his actions off of him, and to smear certain people for political means.

The Pima County Sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, made a statement shortly after the shooting, blaming the “Rhetoric” for being the cause of the shooting.



Yet his own department had known that the shooter had made death threats to others before he went on his rampage. And since Jared Loughners mother worked for the county, they swept the threats under the rug. If they had responded properly, Jared Loughner would have undergone a psychiatric evaluation. The results of which could have prevented Loughner from purchasing the firearm he used, and it could have gotten him the help he desperately needed. But Apologia rears its head. And it is not the fault of Sheriff Dupnik that Jared shot 14 people and killed 6 of them. It is Sarah Palin’s fault, Glenn Beck’s fault, and Rush Limbaugh’s fault. It is the fault of everyone who is politically opposite of Sheriff Dupnik. He is not at fault for failing to follow the laws he has sworn to uphold. He is not at fault for cronyism to protect the reputation of a fellow county employee. So while Sheriff Dupnik and his fellow political cronies seek to use this tragedy for their own ends. Remember who is really at fault.


Jared Laughner.

Follow the link, read and watch your blood pressure

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/01/10/the-progressive-climate-of-hate-an-illustrated-primer-2000-2010/

With the shooting in Arizona

I have been hearing references to Sarah Palin, Vitriolic Political Discussion, Tea Party Activists, Right Wing Extremists and many other things. All of them to shift the blame from the individual who is actually 100% responsible for the action, to other persons or ideas for a political talking point. Also I am tired of hearing the shooter, who I refuse to name here, referred to as "The Suspected Shooter" There is no "Suspected" He was caught in the act, dozens of witnesses, there is no suspected about it. I honestly don't even see the need for anything more than a perfunctory trail, How do you plead? Innocent by reason of insanity? Good you will be held until you are sane and then you will be executed by hanging,. Plead Guilty? You have a choice, hanging or a firing squad, sentence to be carried out in 10 minutes, in public, broadcast nationwide. No appeals, no one filing motions on your behalf for clemency.

And for those talking heads, and political spin doctors looking for political leverage, shut up. I don't want to hear you. I don't care about what you think or have to say. Six people including a child are dead, you should be praying for the families of the dead and injured and nothing else should be coming out of your mouths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62fMkEVC6Y

Check this out a new version of Planet P's song "Why Me?"

The Embedding is disabled for it so you will have to click on the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4

This is the original version. Embedding is also disabled on it.

But please check them out.

Mark

Recommended reading

Nip & Tuck

Illegal Immigration and Congress

This made me smile

http://www.viddler.com/explore/thechive/videos/191/115.688/

What happens when you give a baby a lemon for the first time. Click on the link to find out.

Mark

A Black Tea Partiers reaction to Liberals

I find this very heartwarming that black teapartiers are stepping up and telling the liberals the truth.



Mark

Which party is the party of Racists?

I submit to you a collection of the top quotes from the Democrats and their Liberal friends.

Hip Hop Republican

Make your own determination.


Mark

Obama backs mosque near ground zero

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less.

Excuse me? What? He says that the Muslim Islamic Center and Mosque can be built next to what for Americans has become Holy Ground. Ground Zero. Where 3000 people died. Killed by the Actions of "Muslim" Terrorists.

Has he lost his mind? Or is he really a Muslim masquerading as a Christian? Hmmmm, well he did sit in the front row of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church, listening for years to his extremist anti-white, anti-american diatribes. I have yet to see a picture of him actually bowing his head in prayer or going to something like, ohhhh The National Prayer Breakfast. I have seen photos of him removing his shoes to pray with Muslims. I have seen him snub christian organizations to go be a TV show which for the most part features a group of liberal rabidly left females.

It seems to me, that the Democrat party doesn't have it's Democrat President like it thought. It has a radical who wants to destroy the very system of values which has made this one of the greatest free countries in the world.


Mark

Now we have to worry about Cyber Terrorism,

In our infrastructure.

New Threat: Hackers look to take over power plants

From AP:

WASHINGTON – Computer hackers have begun targeting power plants and other critical operations around the world in bold new efforts to seize control of them, setting off a scramble to shore up aging, vulnerable systems.


Click the link above for the whole story.

Mark

Working around the house

and creating youtube video's at the same time. I've been working on getting my AltE setup done. Originally I was going to hook it up on the 28' Travel trailer I've been converting to an office. But with everything going on in this country politically and financially. I'm going to set it up for the house instead. Sooooo, there are a few change I need to make. The trailer was going to be mostly a 12v setup. The house is 120v AC, so I need to get a whole house inverter to convert the DC power in my batteries to AC power for the house. I know what I want to get but the almost $2000.00 price tag is currently out of my reach. Then I'll need more batteries and solar panels,and I need to get off my butt and get my homebrew wind generator finished, so I can add it's generation capabilities to my power system. But I have re-mounted my 6, 15 watt Harbor Freight panels, and purchased 2 new GC2 6 v batteries, plus I've been digging out all the various components I've been buying over the last 4 years, so I will get my system up and running.. But the videos I've done today, are embedded below.

Mark

I'm back,

but I'm not sure for how long. As many of my readers know I live north of Corpus Christi, Texas. Well hurricane Alex, didn't hit where I live but the storms it did unleash in my area, almost destroyed a good friends house. It badly damaged the roof, and did rip the siding of of it. Well my friend and I have been slowly replacing his roof, we still have more to do, before we can finish it and then replace all of his siding.

Me, I've had my little S-10 in the shop for over a month to repair the brake lights, and after I get them fixed the wiring in my suburban screws up and now it has to go into the shop. So I've been trying to deal with all this, help my friend on his house, and get my kids to all of their summer programs.

To say I've been stretched a little thin is an understatement.

Starting August 1st, I will restart my talkshow on Blog Talk Radio. It will be Saturday through Thursday once again, and I will do my best to keep up to date on all of the shows.

Thank you for reading here and listening to my show.

Mark

Please read this

http://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2010/05/20/seiu-storms-private-residence-terrorizes-teenage-son-of-bank-of-america-exec/

Now imagine it's your child in the firing line. What would you do?

Mark

Penn and Teller hit the nail on the head

News from Tim at Operation Rooster

Hello everyone,

I am proud to announce the re-launch of Operation Rooster with all kinds of additions and changes. Here is a run down of all or at least most of them.

In addition to Myspace and Twitter Operation Rooster is now on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-Rooster/124390664254033) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/operationrooster). If I get enough fans on Facebook I will start posting “notes” of my news articles and stuff like I do bulletins on Myspace. Right now YouTube is just going to be me reading the news article headlines I provide to The Texas Fellowship (www.blogtalkradio.com/txfellowship) internet radio show. For both Facebook and YouTube, I might end up doing more with them in the future.

I changed some of the content on the Myspace page.

The biggest addition is of course a new website at www.OperationRooster.net. Thanks to the site’s host WordPress this site as many more feature than any other previous Operation Rooster website. These include: the ability to leave comments on the site, access to a RSS feed of my posts, a list of my last 5 tweets from Twitter, a free email subscription of my posts (you get the post in your inbox just as it appears on the site and you can choose to get an email right after I make a post, daily, or weekly), and the ability to search the site.

I took a couple of blogs from the Myspace page and added them to the site. The “About” page gives a little info about me personally and the origins of Operation Rooster and the “My Stance On The Issues” pages gives my brief stance on some of the bigger issues of the day.

Well, I think that about covers it. I hope you enjoy the additions and changes I have made and I hope it makes it easier to get the news and info I pass along. As always I thank you for your support of me and Operation Rooster.

I plan on news articles again starting tomorrow (Wednesday).

Tim

My Apologies

For not updating this more often. I have a lot on my plate, remodeling in my house, my kids last few weeks of school plus ill health. Combined have conspired to make me rather lazy about updating this blog. I will tell you I will be posting some video's of my kids concerts on youtube soon, so you will be seeing those. I just have to finish editing them first so I can upload them. Plus I need to get a new router, my old linksys wireless router has been resetting itself about twice a week wiping out my network here at the house. I do have another newer router here. Somewhere..... Being the operative word.

Also Tim over at Operation Rooster is revamping his website, so I won't have his updates for my show until he is done. So please bear with me while I get things organized to the point I'm not trying to catch every other second.

Mark

Hypocrisy in action

I was checking the news from my Yahoo account and saw this story and the comments, the vast majority bashing Sarah Palin, show just how close minded and reactionary liberals are. When the commentors are more concerned with any perks Ms. Palin as a paid speaker receives, and fling insults about her intelligence, familial relationships and cast aspersions of same and more. I think it is showing a derangement that borders on Bi-Polar/Manic Depressive disorder.

There are many people I disagree with personally and politically. However I would NEVER EVER stoop so low as to cast any kind of insults that have been leveled against Sarah Palin and her family.


Number 1, it is plain bad manners to do so.

Number 2, if I disagree with someone, all that throwing insults does is show that I cannot hold an intelligent discussion.

Number 3, lack of an open dialog means nothing can get done or discussed.


Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the left/liberals who are screaming the loudest about Ms. Palin, are in severe need of a psychological evaluation.

And that is as far as I'm willing to go towards what may be construed as an insult.


Mark

Relay For Life

My Oldest daughter is in her 5th year of volunteering for The American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

If you would like o help her meet the goal she set for herself, please click on the below link to go to her team page and click on the donate button.


The Lifesavers

Please help out as much as you can. Let your friends know, and if you blog, please post it on your blog. She has until the 24th of March o get 1500.00 dollars.

Mark

edit: You can donate to the team or any team member you wish. Thank you again.

Mark

Edited again..... Photos of the Stuffed Bears for Relay for Life.



Megan making the ribbons for the bears



Mary cutting out the bears, Tufts my cat is supervising from the box she claimed.



Melissa sewing the bears



Tufts supervising



Mary holding a sewn bear before it's stuffed



Melissa stuffing a bear



After Stuffing.

You can see we will be doing a lot of white flannel bears. We also have enough materials to do 6 or 7 more of the camo bears. If you would like to buy one of these bears, the white ones are 10.00, plus you can choose which cancer ribbon you want added. If you donate to the above link, then e-mail me with the amount and your name and address. Unfortunately the cheapest way to ship these is with flat rate shipping, the won't fit in the small box, but will fit in the medium size. Flat rate shipping according to usps.com is $10.70, that is the only additional charge which you will have to send via a postal money order to my P.O. Box. But your bear will be shipped out the same day we get your money order.

As I said, the bears are a $10.00 donation plus shipping cost. Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes are free, if you send me the postage label, you don't have to mess with a money order. If you don't want to donate online you can mail me a check or money order payable to the American Cancer Society - Relay for Life, in the memo section please put Team Lifesavers. If you want a bear please let me know, and you will have to send a separate Postal Money Order for 10.70 for domestic Flat rate Priority Mail. You can make the money order payable to USPS or to me Mark Anderson, your choice or you can purchase the postage label yourself and send it with your donation of $10.00 for a bear. Please do NOT combine the donation and the postage. And please do not make out your donation check to me. Make it out to the American Cancer Society. Don't forget to put your return address, either on a separate piece of paper or a filled out Priority Mail address label.

Any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at txfellowship@yahoo.com



Mark

For Weber Fans Everywhere.

I've heard through a connection of mine that David Weber's Honor Harrington novels are being brought to the big screen. They have finalized some of the cast, and I think they got a few of them dead on.


Michael Janvier Baron High Ridge, the Prime Minister will be performed by:


Barack Hussein Obama

Countess New Kiev, head of the Liberal Party will be performed by:



Nancy Pelosi

Lady Elaine Descroix, will be performed by:



Hillary Rodham Clinton

Reginald Houseman will be performed by:



Harry Reid

Prescott (Scotty) Tremaine will be performed by:



Scott Brown

Earl White Haven Admiral of the Green Hamish Alexander will be performed by:



General David Petraeus

And Admiral of the Red, Lady Dame Honor Stephanie Harrington/ Steadholder Harringtonwill be performed by:



Sarah Louise Palin




Tell me what you think?

Mark

Wiki Wandering lead me from

This article about numbers stations, to This Wiki article about them, to the Lincolnshire Poacher, Cherry Ripe, One Time Pads, The Buzzer, Shannon Security, Yosemite Sam and a whole bunch of other things. It's amazing what you find when you cannot sleep.

Mark

I forgot one of my dream cars

When I first saw one of these cars, I was in High School at Normandy Senior High in Normandy Missouri. Wayyyyy back in the 80's. One of my teacher had one he had meticulously restored. I spent many days peering at the car, looking in through the windows while waiting for the bus to pull up so I could get home. Recently a neighbor of mine down at the bottom of the street had one, also restored. The thing that stood out most to me when looking at it was the fact that it only had 3 studs holding on the wheels. I'd love to get one of these.

Mark

Following on the post below

I started to put together a list of the cars I'd love to own. A few of them I have owned, a few were owned by friends, neighbors or family.

First cars I personally owned.



a 1986 Saab, of course.



Buick Skyhawk. Mine was a blue 1978 with a 4 speed and a 151 in line 4 cylinder



I had a yellow 1972 Beetle. It's license plate ended in NEZ and my father called it the Yellow Nosed Flying Omelet. Nez is french for nose.

Now for what some family members had that I wished I had.



My aunt Fay and Uncle Russ had a green one of these type 3 VW's.



My cousin Rex had one of these VW Microbuses.

Now for what some friends and neighbors had that I would love to get.



A friends dad had a Morris Minor Mini. I loved to go for a ride with them on the weekends. The car was nimble and fun, but a bit tight in the back seat. what little there was of it.



Another friend of mine, his neighbor had one of these Ford Model A pickup truck. It wasn't in as good shape as this one, but it ran, and got used every weekend.



The same neighbor also had one of these. a 1940 Packard, which was his daily driver. It's paint and upholstery were faded but it ran good.



A girl I used to date many many years ago, had one of these. Hers was a 1974 VW Thing. It's roof leaked, it needed lots of work, but it ALWAYS started.


This last one is one I've only ridden in once when my parents took my brohters and I to the UK for Christmas vacation. I"ve wanted one ever since.


A London taxicab. I can do without the for hire signage. But the "boot" is what made me want one.

What are your dream cars? Let me know in the comment section.

Mark

Ok, Now Jay's post

here made me comment about one of my old cars. A red Saab 900 2 door hatchback with a beige and black interior. Not the Turbo and not the S model. The standard 900 with the standard 8 valve inline 4, 2.0 liter H engine.



It looked a lot like this one except it didn't have a sunroof, and it had stock wheels.

I loved that car. It got premium gas even though money was tight. With premium in the tank though it gave me 32 mpg on the highway versus 25 with regular unleaded. It also ran smoother with premium. It would easily bury the needle which topped out at 120, in 4th gear. It cornered as if it had been glued to the road. The BF Goodrich Touring T/A's were worth the cost in good ride, traction and control. I drove that car over 200 miles with no brakes because the front pads were gone, but the kids and I had to get home. It handled like a dream and with down shifting I saved my rotors. The mechanic asked me several times just how far I had driven and couldn't believe how good the rotors looked.

When the starter went out between paychecks it would pop start in less than 5 feet of rolling. With the rear seat folded down I slept in the back many times. Plus I once took my then 4 kids with3 of their friends to the local pool just by folding down that seat. I hauled 8' 2X4's without having to prop up the hatch, carried 10 80 lb bags of concrete mix without bottoming out the suspension. That car did everything I asked it to and more. However my wife was pregnant with twins, and it was either sell my Saab or my truck, and I used my truck to make money with. So with sad tears, I sold my Saab for 6 times what I paid for it. I had restored the faded and oxidized paint, cleaned up the upholstery, fixed all the little problems and made it a nice looking smooth running car.

The guy I sold it too, impressed with the 120 mph speedometer tried to see just how fast it would go. Well it could and did go fast. But when you run the engine over 8k rpms racing someone in a tricked out mustang, and you're only in 3rd gear bad things happen. My beloved Saab, who I actually named Henrietta, died. She didn't deserve to die that way, after all the good service she gave. But she is gone.

And I want another one just like. Same year, same color, same body style and same engine.

I've been offered 3 Saabs since Henrietta died. But they didn't have what she did. 5 speed manual, 2 doors, hatchback, 2.0 liter 8 valve H Engine, red paint and beige and black interior with stock rims. I don't want a Turbo, I don't want an S with the 16 valve engine I don't want a sunroof or a ground effects kit. I want a plain jane red 1986 Saab 900 2 door hatchback, so I can name her Henrietta.


Mark

Purple Team?

Hill Buzz has something interesting to think about.

Link on over and take a read.


Mark

Need some help....

As I posted below I recorded my two daughters Patriotic Concert last week. Well I'd like to help out the school a little more. One of the band directors and I were talking about putting fixed cameras in the catwalk and the control booth going to a good computer for recording the concerts audio and video. Does anyone know of a system which allows good recording capabilities for both audio and video, which also allows one touch recording? We were talking that we'd like it so you just press one button and all the cameras record and take audio from the existing mic's. Plus I've been using windows movie maker to do all of my editing, and while it works, it is very limited, is there any decent inexpensive software which will allow me to edit upto 4 cameras plus the take from 6 microphones into one track without me going nuts trying to get 100ths of a second to line up right like I do now?

Any suggestions? Idea?


Bueller? Bueller?

Mark

Hmmmm Zombie Time again

Created by Oatmeal

Mark

2 new additions to the Blog roll

I found out that the bloggers at Hill Buzz, were being threatened and harassed by the liberal mentards. Being accused of Racism, having their personal information posted and people being encouraged to seek out the blogger and actually physically assault them. I've e-mailed Hill Buzz and offered them to use my show any time they wish to refute the attacks on them, or if they just wish to speak out about what is happening to them.

Cynthia Yockey, who Blogs at A Newly Conservative Lesbian is supporting them, and I'm proud to add both of them to my blogroll as a suggested read.

Please hit the links and go over to both blogs and find out what is happening. and find out just how low the liberals will go to squelch any dissent against the "Anointed One"

Mark

From my Daughters' Patriotic Concert Last night

Mark

More news of the IDF Mission to Haiti

From Doubletapper

Mark

What the United Nations won't tell you and most press won't either

To See more vieo's of the IDF teams please go to their Youtube page

http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk


Mark

I better not my daughter see this

EMBED-Intense Flute Beatboxing Skills - Watch more free videos

She is in her 4th year of flute.

Mark

I get this from

Firehand at ElmTreeForge

You know you're in the Airforce

Please go check out both of them.

Mark

What Idiocy is this?

Through Uncle I learned of THIS where in Washington D.C. if you are a female in a so-called Prostitution free zone and you are carrying more than 2 condoms on your person, you can be charged with Prostitution. WHAT!?!?! I can see if the person was carrying a Gross of condoms, (That's 144) but 3, 4 or even 6 you can be charged with a crime? This falls under the proving a negative rule. How can the person so charged prove their innocence? How do you prove an negative? The police say you were carrying 3 condoms you are a prostitute. Uhhhh, most packages come with 3 or more in them. How does that play out to a woman who is stopping at a store to pick up some protection before a date with her boyfriend? When she walks out the door suddenly she is a criminal? What hypocrite came up with this? When they are giving out free condoms to boys and girls in high school, they are now penalizing the same for having them.

What idiocy...


Mark

I can't addmuch to this

Other than to say I agree wholeheartedly.

Link


Mark

Mexico's illegal immigration problem

It seems I'm not the only person who has noticed the hypocrisy of the Mexican politicians. Go HERE and see what I mean.

Mark

A favorite movie of mine.

Mark

Some new links

Please look over to the right, and you will see I have 2 links going to the Columbus Sailors. This is the private group of volunteers who are trying to get the Columbus fleet down in Corpus christi restored and back on the water. Please check them out.

For those who subscribe by a reader here are the links:

Columbus Sailors Blog.


Columbus Sailors Main Site.

Please give them a look and maybe you would like to donate money time or ideas.

Mark

The new school prayer.

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene...
The law is specific, the law is precise..
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks..
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's '..inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen

Awesomeness at it's best R/C SR-71 Blackbird

As my family gets ready to leave

For our Thanksgiving family retreat. Our Prayers are for everyone. Please don't forget our Servicemen and Women in your prayers. Remember their sacrifice for us. They are away from their families, friends and loved ones. Never knowing when they might have to rush out and possibly be injured or lose their lives. Please pray for their safety and quick return.

God Bless you all


Mark

This makes me think

about things, and puts some things in perspective. What do you think?

Here We go....... Cleopatras Nose

Mark

I will say nothing more

other then to ask you to go HERE and to read the post and all the comments.

Mark

Something has been niggling at me

Have you seen the commercial for the newest Ford product? The S.H.O. however the voice over guy is calling it SHO. I don't know where he came from, but I'm an old gear head, and it used to be called the S.H.O. for Super High Output. For years the Big Three had special divisions which took the flagship standard and made a High Performance/High Output vehicle or vehicles.

Ford Motor Group had the Taurus S.H.O., Mustang S.H.O., Mercury Marauder, Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Torino and I'm sure there are others I can't remember.

Chrysler had Mopar, with Vehicles like the Charger T/A, Super Bee, Challenger R/T, Roadrunner, Barracuda, Viper, Prowler and once again I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

GM had the Camaro, Chevelle, The 442, The GTO, Firebird and again I'm sure I'm missing some.

What has happened that even the idea of a high performance has been, pardon my language, bastardized? When did the S.H.O become the SHO? What happened to the Ford Performance Group, FPG? GM? I haven't heard of a real GM Performance vehicle since they gave up the rear wheel drive option. At least Chrysler had the Viper and the Prowler. Our auto manufacturers have been neutered. And at least Ford is starting to regrow it's street cred, but what about Government Motors? What about Chrysler?

I'm going to ask you to post in my comment section or if you have your own blog to write up your stories. If you have a particular vehicle or vehicles that you think exemplifies the Performance Vehicle, write it up if you are writing it on your own blog please post a link over her to me, and I'll edit it in to this post, so readers can link over to read your post.

Mark

Yuppie 911

This HERE burns my butt and chaps my heinie. With the advent of more affordable personal locator beacons, people who are endangering the lives of themselves and their rescuers, through irresponsible behavior and extremely poor judgment. In addition to the mind-set of these individuals, there is "the boy who called wolf" syndrome added on top of that.

I enjoy hiking and camping. However there is no piece of technology that will let me attempt a trail that I am not competent to to take. Only time and experience can allow me to do that. Yes there are some trails that require a certain level of technology to take, such as ropes, climbing harnesses, pitons, nuts and blocks. A PLB can be a good thing to have for just in case. However it doesn't take the place of simple commonsense or experience.

Mark

I'm on page 3 for the google

listing for the High Standard Riot Gun. How about we make me #1 HELP!!!

Here is the link HERE Click on it and then click on my link. Please help me get up to the first page at least. :o)

Mark

I am the face of the Second Amendment

Many media types seek to paint firearms owners with a broad brush. Painting them as either a hunter who only owns a hunting rifle or shotgun, or as an individual who is a barely restrained homicidal lunatic waiting to snap their leash and explode upon the innocent populace. They have an agenda, a narrative, which reality doesn't fit.

I am the face of the Second Amendment. I am a father, a minister, a former soldier, former Volunteer Auxiliary Police Officer, a former Security Officer, a former Emergency Medical Technician, a former Volunteer Firefighter, a former Real Estate Agent, a former gas station assistant manager, a former auto maintenance shop assistant manager. I am many things. The roles I take most seriously are Father and Minister.

I own firearms. Not for hunting although I have used them for such. Not for self defense, although I have used them for such. Not for target shooting, although I have used them for such. Not for offensive, although I have used them for such when I worked in Law Enforcement. A firearm is many things, and few things. It is an inanimate object which requires my will to function. It has no free will, it has no muscles. It can not intimidate or threaten without my action upon it. It is a hunk of machined parts, of metal, plastic, rubber and other things. Brought together in a form which allows me to do many things with it. I can shoot targets with it. I can hunt with it. I can defend myself and my family with it. I can defend others with it. I can use it to project force if necessary, or to project imminent threat if necessary.

But it is still just a hunk of parts. It requires my will, my actions, my intent to do anything other than sit on the shelf in the safe. I have to make a conscious decision to take it out, to load it, chamber a round and fire it. Until that time it is just a gathering of parts, with no will of it's own.

I own firearms because I enjoy shooting. I enjoy taking my kids out shooting. The same way I enjoy taking my kids out fishing, or camping. I also own firearms because they someday might be needed to project that inherent force to protect my children, others or even myself. In 10 years of working in the law enforcement field, I am quite proud of the fact that I have never had to discharge my weapon at another human being. I did have to draw that weapon many times over that 10 years. Several times at a subject, other times in preparation for an entry into an unknown situation. But I never had to fire it at another human being. I did have to use it to put down a dog which had been almost cut in half by a train. I've had to put down one of my own dogs, miles from the truck and several dozens of miles from the vet. I'm not proud of that fact, and wish there had been another way, but I could not and cannot allow one of God's creatures to suffer that way. Some would say that if it had been a human I wouldn't have done it. And they are right. I wouldn't have done that to a human being. A human being is many orders away from from an dog or a wild animal, but some would equate that dog or wild animal with a human. They are not the same. Because I think that way, I am labeled as a monster a thing. And yet these same people labeling me, throw platitudes about a convicted cop killer, they think that the terrorists would just leave us alone if our country was more understanding, if we would see things from their point of view. I do see things from their point of view, they want to subjugate me and my family and I will not not roll over and play dead for them. I will stand up to them and spit in their eye, and do anything in my power to destroy them if they ever try to hurt my family or my country.

Because I will not sit idly by while the socialists and liberals attempt to take our Constitution and trash it and the freedoms it affirms, I am a racist, a neanderthal, a war-monger.

No I am a Man, a Father, A Minster, and many years ago I took an oath to defend our Constitution no matter the cost to myself. This I shall do and to paraphrase Gandalf the Grey, They Shall Not Pass.

Mark

Saturday 10-17-09 Author Patrick H. T. Doyle

The author of the Edgar Font novels and the host of Haunted Hoax will be my guest on the show. I will be talking to him about Haunted Hox and will talk about his novels.

Please check out his 2 pages linked above and tune if Saturday night at 11:00 pm CDT to hear our discussion. Plus you can always call in to the show to ask any questions you might have.


Here is the Direct link to that episode.


Mark

Sim has a story about Code Pink

and not asking a question unless you are prepared for the answer.


I giggled a little bit

Mark

Update on Oleg's The High Road legal issues

Please click HERE to read Oleg's update.

Mark

Peter had a heart attack

He has had a triple bypass and is improving. Please keep him in your prayers.

Mark

Did you ever wonder

about those ghost videos you see on Youtube. What about what you see on certain television shows? Well I have approached an Investigator/Author of the Paranormal, who tries to debunk various videos and other evidence.

Below are a few of his Videos and the link to his Youtube page.

Haunted Hoax Youtube page

For those who want to blame Bush for everything

I suggest you go look at this article. Which shows just how much of the United States Deficit is actually Former President Bush's responsibility. And how much is the Repsonsibility of Current President Obama'a.


h/t Insty


Mark

The Road to Damascus e-book

Which I talked about on the show earlier this month is available free to read or download at the link below. I highly suggest that you do download it read it and pass it to your friends even your enemies. This novel outlines where I think our current political and educational system is heading. And no I'm not being an alarmist. Read it yourself make your own determination, don't take my word for it.

That is one of the main differences between me and others like me and certain ideologues in this country. I want you to make a FULLY INFORMED decision based on facts, not emotion.

Here is the Link: The Road To Damascus, by: John Ringo and Linda Evans. Based upon characters created by Kieth Laumer

Mark

A repost of a parable

This is a repost. Rather than changing the post date, I cut and pasted the original post and reposted.

Mark



This is an old parable with a new message at the end.

OLD VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.

The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!

************************************************************

MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.

Nancy Pelosi & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.

The ant loses the case. Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid and Dick Durbin say justice has been served.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens

to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote.

I had to repost this

Mark

Hmmmmmmm

Wonder what I wrote they are interested in.

Mark

Barrack H. Obama

The Borsk Fey'lya of the real world.

That is all....

The proper use of a firearm

With all the debate in congress and other places about the "Sporting" uses of a particular firearm, I thought I'd give a brief explanation of a proper use of a firearm. But first some thing a firearms proper use is not.

A firearm is not "just" for hunting.

It is not for personal defense.

It is not for plinking.

It is not target shooting.

It is not for the police.

It is not for the military.

It is not for the overthrow of the government.

It is not for criminal use.

It is not for informal shooting.

It is not for organized shooting.

These are just a few of the things the proper use of a Firearm is NOT for.

A firearms proper use is the projection of the threat of injury or death. By it's very existence, it empowers the person holding it. It allows them the ability to stand up to criminals and thugs. And even allows them to stand up to governments if the need arises. For most of firearms owners in the United States, it can be used for hunting, target shooting, and even self defense. But those are not the proper uses for a firearm.

To quote V from the movie V for Vendetta, "People should not be afraid of their government, the Government should be afraid of it's people."

The proper use of a firearm is to keep everyone honest. Especially Governments.

It is governments who fear the idea of weapons in the hands of it's Citizens who usually have a reason to fear their Citizens. For many Governments, if the Citizens knew exactly what their Government is doing, they would be outraged. Therefore those Governments restrict their Citizens access to firearms. What does the Government have to hide? That they do their best to restrict Law abiding Citizens from exercising rights affirmed, not given, but affirmed, in our Constitution. They tell us it's reduce crime and firearm accidents. Yet in the days before the gun control measures were enacted, violent crime involving the use of firearms was very low. Why? Because a vast majority of the citizens of our country were armed in one fashion or another. An armed society is a polite society. Our police officers could count on the support of almost every Citizen. And those Citizens would usually provide their own weapons for the Posse.

And yet with more and more laws limiting and restricting our rights to own firearms, crime has escalated. Trust in our police officers has lessened. And many police forces have developed an "Us versus them" mentality. The Blue Code of Silence has arisen to the detriment of law enforcement. David Codrea has his Only Ones, showing how police officers abuse the public trust through corruption and even breaking the very laws they have sworn to uphold.

As these times progress I see more and more things. More abuses by the officials who are sworn to defend our laws and us, of the very laws they swore to uphold. Members of our legislature to whom their office is more for graft and corruption, than representing the true interests of their constituents. I see law enforcement officers who abuse their authority to punish citizens who dare to speak out against the crimes of their officials. And yet these same officials rely on the old boy system to maintain their authority.

So you tell me. What do you see as the proper use of a firearm? When more and more of our rights to own or posses them is restricted and eroded every day?


Mark

Direct from Operation Rooster Headquarters

Here is Tim, the man behind Operation Rooster at his SUPER TOP SECRET HEADQUARTERS. We had to send in a spy fly camera at great expense to get this special shot. Unfortunately his own security systems shot down the camera shortly after this photo was transmitted. And our expense account doesn't cover the replacement yet. So this may be the last photo we try to get of his SUPER TOP SECRET HEADQUARTERS.

I'm going back into the lab to try to get a decent satellite shot of his place. Hopefully he won't shoot down the satellite. :o)

Mark

To sleep, perchance to dream.

my sleep schedule is so messed up right now it's ridiculous. I have been laying down for a "nap" and wind up sleeping 12 hours and missing my show, dr's appointments and other stuff. Then I intentionally try to get my sleep schedule normal, by taking a sleeping pill and wind up staying up for 18-20 hours instead. I'm so frustrated with it right now, I'm going to contact my Dr, and ask him to set it up for me to go to the sleep disorder clinic.

My apologies to my readers and listeners. I hope to get back on track shortly.

Mark

A violation of the public trust

From Marko I found this story about a Police Officer in California, who used his position as a Law ENFORCEMENT Officer, to force a woman under the threat of violence to perform a sexual act on him. Please read the story HERE.

H/T Marko


Mark

Adam Savage Interview with Reason Magazine

Mild Language Warning



Mark

Political Censorship

When someone disagrees with something you say, they can ignore you, and look elsewhere. Or as some people have done, click on the little "Flag" button here on Blogger. Girl in Shorts has been flagged as "Objectionable", which normally means there is adult content, ie: lots of nudity. Well I have looked at her blog, and there is one, photo of a topless woman seen from the side, and I don't find it objectionable. It was to make a point in her post, and it does. However there are many people who do not agree with her politics, and use any excuse to block people from seeing her views which do not agree with their own. Hence the "Flag" and now she has a label as an "Objectionable" blog.

You saw this same thing during the election last year when certain supporters of certain politicians used the "Flag" button in an attempt to stop the dissemination of information which could harm their candidates campaign. And here it is happening again.

Please don't let it happen. Go to Girl In Shorts and read her post. Then go to the blogger forum and express your opinion.

H/T Instapundit


Mark

Open your eyes

For almost 2 weeks, we have been bombarded with all the details of Michael Jacksons life, death, kids, family problems, money problems etcetera ad nauseum.

The MSM has spoon fed us this pap diverting our attention from other things going on. such as, Cap and Trade, which is actually a hidden tax on every person in the country. The possibility of the CIA misleading congress. When in fact it is an attempt by the Democratic party to save Nancy Pelosi from her own lies. What else are they trying to hide from us?

Open your eyes, don't rely on the MSM for your news, seek it out yourself. Make your own determination. Use your own judgment and make your own decisions. Don't let someone else make up your mind for you.

Remember in between white and black there are shades of gray. Be sure you see the subject for what it actually is.

Mark

100 Mile CB

This post has been updated a couple of times. See the two following links as well.

100 Mile CB AGAIN!!

Preparedness Video Project Tips and Tricks 100 Mile CB

If you want to have a CB that will reach 100 miles, you will have to break quite a few laws to do that.

First you will have to modify your radio, which voids it type certification and makes illegal for you to use after that. It can only be used legally again if you send it to an authorized repair center and have your modifications reversed.

Then you will have to increase it's power output. By Law a CB is limited to 4 watts forward power. To get a range of 100 miles you will need to amplify that by the use of a linear amplifier which is illegal for use on the CB frequencies. If you are a Licensed Ham Operator you can use an amplifier but not on the CB bands. Only on the bands you are licensed for.

You would then need a very good antenna, not one of those 19.99 mag mount specials. Expect to pay 100 plus just for the antenna the mount and the coax will run you some bux also.

If you do get all of this together, you will need the power to run your radio and your amp. Most automobile batteries will last about 10 minutes powering such a setup. If you run your engine to keep charging the battery, with the amount of power you are putting out, you will probably fry your cars electronics, and you will destroy your battery as well.

Is it worth it?

When you can spend less than 20.00 to get a Technician license, and you can get a decent 2 meter mobile radio with a good antenna, that will only use 6-10 amps of power but will put out anywhere from 40 to 100 watts of power, for less than 250.00. And if you tie in to linked repaeters you can talk for hundredS, that is several hundred miles.

Is it worth possibly getting arrested, losing your car and your radio, and very large fines, just to be "cool"?


If you are interested please click on THIS link and see about getting a HAM license.


Mark

Hmmmmm Wonder why they came by,

Evidently they might have the same taste in firearms that I have.

Mark

Bank Of America has endangered the life of 2 people

through their callous uncaring attitude, poor customer service and in general poor business ethisc.

Part one

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four


Please read and I hope you have taken your blood pressure medication.

H/T JayG


Mark

Is this guy for real?

A hit job on Palin, the democratic party and I still can't figure it out. HERE

H/T ACE


Mark/GreyLocke

Well now,

After someone tailgated me for 15 miles today and they wouldn't take the hint to pass me when I slowed down and even pulled onto the shoulder to let them pass they still hung off my bumper I made this.


make custom gifts at Zazzle

If you like please order some.

I could always use some extra fundage :o)

Mark

More work around the house

Here is my daughter Melissa's clubhouse, I'm building, that I've been twittering about. This started off as 7, 4 inch landscaping timbers, as she tried to make her own place away from her siblings. Well I took those timbers added 3 4 X 8 sheets of OSB, and started to build her a real clubhouse.



These pics only show 2 of the walls and the roof beams


I have the back wall added now, and I"m getting ready to frame in the windows I salvaged from an old camper. I'm also going to build a door for it myself using some leftover paneling from my project of building the wall for the boys room.

I'll post some more pics as I get further along.

Mark

Governor Sarah Palin is stepping down

as Governor of Alaska. I'm watching her speech as I type this, and while I admire the woman a lot for what she has done, and much of what she stands for. I cannot understand what the heck she is saying. She is jumping around from point to point and her many breaths make it as if she is trying to get her message out before someone cuts off the microphone.

Ok, now it seems as if she is saying, the reason she is resigning because of the FedGov is trying to force the porkulous dollars on her state.

Ok, now she's talking about the ethics complaints.

Get to the point....

now she's talking about her and her husband's financial issues and false accusations.

Ahhh, it's coming to a point. She doesn't feel that she and her staff cannot do their jobs because of all the idiots making accusations they have to then defend against.

Ok, kinda rambling now..........

uhhh, now she seems kinda whiny. I think... hmmmmm...

ok, reference other governors just taking a paycheck and calling in.

Fox just cut off her off.

I'm done.

I think this is rediculous that the politics as usual has hurt the state of Alaska. I don't think Gov. Palin will be putting herself forth in the national political arena after this.

Mark