Posts in 'Hodgepodge'

Sunday Funnies: Helping liberals “get” guns through colorful pictures

Sunday Funnies: Helping liberals “get” guns through colorful pictures

I read an online comic entitled Failure To Fire; self  proclaimed “first internet comic about gun culture in America.” While the authors are left leaning moderates they are pretty spot on when it comes to guns and it translates well and fairly into their work.  Outside of gun issues and their valid appreciation for hating on the hypocrite Dianne Feinstein, more traditional conservatives might not get into it but, as a libertarian, it’s a fun read to break up the constant onslaught of researching how mouth drooling gun control zealots are continually trying to strip away our rights. With all that being said, perhaps Mel and James colorful pictures can help more insulated Liberals “get” why the 2nd Amendment and the freedom it espouses isn’t a boogeyman that is the be all end all for violence in America.   Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Regrettably, this...
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Bang, I saved a life – Second Amendment Song that puts it into perspective

Bang, I saved a life – Second Amendment Song that puts it into perspective

One of my favorite parts of running bulletsfirst.net is the interaction that I am fortunate enough to have with readers from across the country.  Therefore I was thrilled when I received a song from one among you that encapsulates the meaning behind the 2nd Amendment while putting it to a catchy tune.  The song also nails it on the head where they place blame on why criminal shootings happen. John Chaffee wrote and produced “Bang” in Nashville Tennessee with Perry Danos providing the vocals. Personally, I love the song so I thought I would share it will all of you. Hopefully it can get some traction out on the internet and some people who may be ignorant of the 2nd Amendment can hear it and have it sink in.  That’s the great thing about music sometimes, you can learn something and not even realize it. Take a listen, I...
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A reason to have a gun at hand when at home: GIANT RATS

A reason to have a gun at hand when at home: GIANT RATS

The Second Amendment was put into the Bill of Rights to remind government that the right to keep and bear arms by the people limits their power. But that doesn’t mean that guns are only supposed to be used for tyrant killing and revolutions.  Firearms can be used for hunting, self defense, sport and so on.  When it comes to self defense and protection, there is always the amorphous “unknown”  that gun owners use as reason to carry; rightfully so.  You do not always know when trouble and danger will spring up so it makes all logical sense to have the means to defend yourself on hand. That rings true in a persons home as well. I’m not saying you march around with your AK-47 at the low ready at all times but having it readily accessible may prove valuable. I mean, you never know when THIS is gonna...
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Literary Overtones for The Walking Dead Episode “The Grove”

Literary Overtones for The Walking Dead Episode “The Grove”

While it is an joke amongst gun owners that one can judge whether you have enough armament by ruminating on if they could survive the zombie apocalypse, that doesn’t mean I’m not a fan of the zombie genre.  In particular, AMC’s series “The Walking Dead.” What’s so good about it is that in the serialized format you can see what happens to people, over time, living in this world.  What propels this show in particular is that the writing, for the majority of its run, has been fantastic. That is especially true with Season 4 Episode 14 “The Grove.” This episode showed surprisingly few zombies yet the tension was palpable throughout. The Grove focused solely on Tyreese’s group which included the recently returned Carol, the preteen sisters Lizzie and Mika as well as baby Judith. The majority of this episode dealt with the dealings of being a child in...
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Remembering a Hero – Medal of Honor Winner Walter D. Ehlers

Remembering a Hero – Medal of Honor Winner Walter D. Ehlers

When I was in basic training some 12 years ago, one of my drill sergeants advised that it would behoove us to, after we finished our training, take time and go to VFW’s and military halls and talk to old time veterans.  Those that punched Nazism in the face and saved the world from evil.  His reasoning was simple enough, they won’t always be there to talk to and year after year more and more finish the long march to their reward. While I did heed my drill sergeants advice, I sometimes regret that I didn’t give more of an effort to seek out the old dogs of war and hear their tales. So, when I hear that another of the greatest generation has shuffled off this mortal coil I like to take a moment and highlight the heroism, now seven decades past, that should still reverberate in the...
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King Petty is right about Danica Patrick…and he ain’t taking it back

King Petty is right about Danica Patrick…and he ain’t taking it back

If there is anyone who has earned the right to express his opinion about the state of NASCAR it is Richard Petty. Arguably the greatest racer of all time, by and far the most winningest one with 200 victories, the King has earned his place in racing royalty. He has earned the right to tell the truth. And the truth is that Danica Patrick will probably never win a NASCAR race. To quote Petty directly when asked if Patrick would ever be in the winners circle: “Only if everyone else stayed home.” Now, what impressed me is not his ability to grasp the obvious, or even his courage to state it plainly, but while watching ESPN today he had the backbone to stick by his statement and not be cowed by all those who are up in arms about it. Petty would even go on to elaborate more on...
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The Cheapening of Achievement

The Cheapening of Achievement

In the world where everyone gets a trophy and “you are special just because” comes another story that cheapens achievement.  It’s a story that actually mocks the central figure. It’s the story of Alex Wolfe. Alex is an 8th grader at Saint Albans City School in Vermont and he is blind. When I first got wind of this story it was translated something like this; “Blind 8th Grader makes big shot in Basketball Game”. I was very interested because I thought that was great, someone overcame a disability to achieve greatness.  I had no idea how he could, maybe some crazy echo location ability or he might have been a free throw specialist and some freak foul injured another player and he had to go in and win the game on a foul/technical shot. Then I read the story and saw the tape.  It was a mockery of achievement and...
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Non-Gun Real World Example Of “Better To Have and Not Need Than Need and Not Have”

Non-Gun Real World Example Of “Better To Have and Not Need Than Need and Not Have”

Gun control zealots are all about bemoaning the point that the chances of a person needing a gun are remote.  It may suprise many of my readers but I agree with them.  Fortunately the vast majority of gun owners will never have to use their firearm to protect themselves. But so too will a vast majority of homeowners not have their house burn down yet no one is suggesting that fire insurance is somehow only purchased by pyromaniacs. Do seat belts make people worse and more reckless of drivers? I can go on and on with this track of logic, logic of course being the bane of gun control.  And I could highlight gun owners who were raped or robbed or murdered because they were in a “gun free” zone (or non gun owners who never had a chance), then show comparative footage of gun owners who stopped such...
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John Shuster…bane of the US Winter Olympic Team

John Shuster…bane of the US Winter Olympic Team

I saw the enemy of American excellence on television last night…John Shuster. I had hoped that he would fall away in infamy after the debacle of Vancouver 2010. But no.  John Shuster has either come back for redemption or the complete implosion of another US Olympic Curling team heading to Sochi. Do you not know who John Shuster is?  He is the skipper for the US Men’s Olympic Curling team and the shame of America. Long story short, John Shuster choked so badly in Vancouver, especially on February 18th, that he single handedly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. And it is thanks to John Shuster that I learned that Wikipedia has a history feature that you can see the old edits of pages.  The only thing that helped me recover from the national embarrassment of John Shusters display was the fact that I was not alone and...
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Let’s Kickoff 2014 With A Little Humor

Let’s Kickoff 2014 With A Little Humor

Let’s face it, 2013 was a little rough for America and her people.  Between the loss of privacy, Obamacare and dangerous gun control measures like the SAFE Act, lady liberty took a few shots to the chin.  With that in mind I figure the first article of the new year will have a few chuckles in it to lighten the mood and start the year on a spry step. What is the best substance to oil a firearm with? | | | | | | | | | | ———————————————————————————————– In Washington , D.C. an old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation’s capital and was well known among the elected officials. He motioned for his nurse to come near. “Yes, Father?” said the nurse. “I would really like to see President Obama and Senator Reid before I die,”...
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Let us not forget the meaning of Christmas and what we are celebrating

Let us not forget the meaning of Christmas and what we are celebrating

In all the hubub of Christmas shopping and the commercialization of the holiday it is good to take a step back and remember the reason for the season and what it is we are celebrating. Don’t get me wrong, I love unwrapping Christmas gifts under the tree in the morning and giving gifts in love and friendship to those near and dear to my heart, but that is not what Christmas is about.  That is what is done to celebrate it. Too often the line between those two separate notions get blurred. But this is the day we recognize that some 2013 years ago, Jesus Christ, the Messiah and savior of all mankind was born.  His birth was a miracle and far away Kings were guided by a star to pay homage to this babe in swaddling cloth, giving him gifts.  This boy would grow to be the single...
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Sung in a different tone “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” gets ominous

Sung in a different tone “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” gets ominous

Have you ever thought of listening to the song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” from a different angle? I mean, if you lower the key and slow the tempo and change the focus of inflection you find yourself with a rather ominous song. You BETTER watch out, you BETTER not cry You BETTER not pout, I’m tellin you why SANTA CLAUS is COMING…to town (like a hitman on contract) He’s making a (hit) LIST and checking it twice He’s GONNA find out who’s been naughty or nice (there’s no hiding from this maniac) He SEES you when you are sleeping He KNOWS when you’re awake (stalker much?) He knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake (or else)   The threat isn’t implied it’s pretty explicit like a racketeer offering protection…because “ho ho ho…you wouldn’t want something bad to befall your store like...
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A very Merry Chuck Norris Christmas

A very Merry Chuck Norris Christmas

I love Chuck Norris.  I love Chuck Norris-isms.  I love the fact that Chuck is such a good guy he let it appear as if Bruce Lee beat him in one of Bruce Lee’s movies.  I love the fact that Chuck is 73 years old but looks better than most people 3 decades his junior. And I absolutely LOVE this commercial which wishes a Merry Christmas to all.   In case it doesn’t look familiar it is a response to Jean Claude Van Damme’s less awesome (but pretty good) Volvo commercial.   Merry Christmas and remember Chuck Norris sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake or suffer a roundhouse kick to the...
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Top 5 Cars Obama Doesn’t Want You To Buy This Christmas

Top 5 Cars Obama Doesn’t Want You To Buy This Christmas

Thinking about how Obama does his best to ruin Christmas for everyone (high unemployment, giving Iran free run at a nuclear weapon, bankcrupting people by forcing them to buy overpriced terrible insurance etc.) I thought I would compile a list of the top 5 cars Obama doesn’t want you to buy this Christmas. 5. The Lexus LS. Japan’s flagship luxury model  made by Toyota.  It’s not that Obama wants you to avoid buying this car because it’s not American made, he doesn’t want you to buy it because his buddies in China are having a little row with the Japanese over some islands in the East China Sea and wants to do them a solid.  In the spirit of…Mao? 4. The Zenvo ST1. This Danish made super car is a beauty Obama doesn’t want you to buy.  After his kissy face selfie with Danish Prime Minster Helle Thorning-Schmidt, he...
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Man Finds Loophole To Fight Government Tyranny…Of Light Bulbs

Man Finds Loophole To Fight Government Tyranny…Of Light Bulbs

What many do not realize is that come Jan 1st 2014, the manufacturing or importation of incandescent light bulbs will be illegal in the United States. The luminous prohibition was set in motion in 2007 with a bill that set strict minimum efficiencies that were impossible for traditional incandescent bulbs to meet. Much like how gun controllers want to impose end around bans on firearms by requiring technological standards that don’t exist, such as microstamping, so too have the haters of the little bulb that has lit our nights for some 100+ years use standards that are impossible to meet. The result, once the stockpiles of warm yellow incandescent light bulbs are gone, we as a nation will be FORCED to use those cold dead fluorescent bulbs or dimmer bank breaking LED lights that start at $15 a bulb. After efforts in Congress to avert the light bulb prohibition...
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Would a Kennedy Conspiracy have occurred today?

Would a Kennedy Conspiracy have occurred today?

Fifty years ago today our 35th President was shot and killed in Dallas. For the past 50 years questions about who did it have persisted and the cover up has gone from extensive to downright legendary. As I was watching cable news this morning a political pundit was being asked to recall his day when Kennedy was shot.  Something he said really jumped out at me.  The pundit recounted that he gathered around the television with his family to watch one of the three networks.  He then highlighted that there was no internet, or blogs or twitter at the time so the only source of news was the big three channels. This got me thinking, perhaps that was the problem. How many times in recent years have the big 3 networks been snowballed by the government, fed some BS story to cover up something the government didn’t want anyone...
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Is there anything the government can run better than the private sector…besides abject failure?

Is there anything the government can run better than the private sector…besides abject failure?

With the nigh unbelievable power grab the Federal Government is blundering their way through with regards to Obamacare and the dangers to liberty that the notion of forcing people to buy something simply for being alive entail, you would think SOMEONE would have figured out a better way. I’m not going to say that someone is me, but I did take a little looky loo around and have discovered plenty of ways to improve healthcare in America without gutting individual freedom and enacting a bloated bureacratic nightmare that allows the federal government metaphorically give you a colonoscopy. The following ideas are so simple that it boggles the mind that ELEVEN THOUSAND pages of regulations were needed for Obamacare. Here are five simple solutions to improve health care in America that would only require Americans to bend over for their proctologist: Insurance without borders.  Currently we have pigeon holed insurance companies...
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Did you (the Dolphins) order the code red?

Did you (the Dolphins) order the code red?

With the unfolding story with the Miami Dophins, yet another aspect has been brought to light.  Namely of the coaching staff telling Richie Incognito to “toughen up” Jonathon Martin. The Sun Sentinel, citing at least two sources, reported Tuesday that Dolphins coaches asked Incognito to toughen Martin up this spring, after Martin missed a voluntary team workout. The entire situation has now abruptly been turned into a rehash of “A Few Good Men” starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. In the movie, a solider named Santiago wasn’t up to snuff and was hurting the unit by being weak, both physically and mentally.  As a result, Col. Nathan Jessup ordered a “code red”, basically ordering 2 marines to rough Santiago up in hopes of toughening him up to become  a productive member of the unit. Long story short, Santiago had an unknown medical condition that inadvertently killed him during the...
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