Friday Follies...

Well, it's going to be one of THOSE weekends...I can just FEEL it, friends.
The reason for a later (and probably abbreviated) post today, is the my one (Sony) STICK DRIVE decided to go belly-up...for NO damn reason.
So much for all the DATA on that drive...for the time being.
Well, it IS several years old...gotta love that technology and planned obsolescence, hmm?
Luckily, I DID backup most of the data previously, and was going to UPDATE that backup THIS weekend...
THAT task is shot to hell as well now.
What pisses me off MOST, is that I don't know ALL that I may have lost.
The blog's "original copy scripts" are already POSTED, so no big deal there, but it's the pictures (and personal files) I've accumulated that might be missing. Still, much of it does exist elsewhere for the time being and IS accessible.
Guess we'll have to back things up a lot more often...just in case.
Well, as they say, it might slow me down, but it WON'T stop this old bird...nosirree!
*** Today's weather in the Heartland...as LOUSY as my disposition.
We're going to get about an inch of snow, temps will still remain under the 32 degree mark, and we might get some freezing rain JUST in time for the Monday commute. Like I said...LOUSY!
Meanwhile, let's see what the hell is going on everyplace else, okay?
*** An update to the S. Anthony death investigation.
Here's the story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130125/LOCAL07/301259970/0/FRONTPAGE

Looks like the person who died was "squatting" after a fashion...a bed was found in the vacant store space and a kerosene heater with improper ventilation looks to be the culprit of the "suicide by stupidity".
The place has been condemned (wish the city would move as fast with some of the ghettohood HOVELS).
What's weird is that the store "owner" didn't know about the women, but they HAD access to the property (as no signs of forced entry were seen).
At least it's not a HOMICIDE, right?
Moving on...
*** Today, in D.C., there is supposed to be a march on Washington...a RIGHT FOR LIFE MARCH to be exact.

This is one of the LONGEST running events regarding the anti-abortion movement in the USA.
Here's one site that mentions today's events:
http://www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/january-roe-events/washington-area-events.cfm
But, how MUCH attention is being paid to it by the "lame-stream" media, huh?
Not all that much...if ANY.
Stop to consider THIS:
Since the passing of Roe v. Wade, this nation has aborted roughly FIFTY-FIVE MILLION LIVES (that's 55,000,000).
Excluding those abortions that were medically or emotionally warranted (life of the mother, rape, incest, etc), that STILL leaves a HUGE part of that initial total, does it not?
Also, think on THIS:

--Stalin killed between 10-20 MILLION people.
--Hitler killed around 12 MILLION
--Leopold II of Belgium (Congo: 1886-1908) - killed 8 MILLION
--Mao killed between 49-78 MILLION.
And here WE are, the USofA...with 55 MILLION deaths.
Seems in some perverse way, we're in "good" company, right?
Yet, we ALLOW things like abortion freely in our country...and at the same time, WILL NOT PUT TO DEATH those on death row who deserve it, or execute those who warrant it. Isn't that just a wee bit duplicitous on the part of some of the people here?
I can fully understand the need to have an abortion under conditions I have stated above, but when women use it as a means of birth control, I just gotta draw the line.
On the other hand, if we, as a society are SO evolved in using abortions so readily, then why NOT kill off the people in jail who DESERVE the death sentence, and then chalk it up to a "long-term" abortion...
Face it, euthanasia is a far cry from the manners in which a fetus is terminated.
One might even say that abortion is a form of "eugenics"...and we all know how well that goes over in such regimes that practice fascism, right?
Well, I had the balls to mention today's RIGHT FOR LIFE MARCH in D.C. - even if the ones that SHOULD be doing so...don't.
*** At the center of today's shrubbery maze, is none other than Dianne Feinstein.

((...rolls eyes...))
Here we go...AGAIN.
Leave it to a Dumbocrat...from the Socialist Republik of Kalifornia.
And here's the story of her latest attempt at gun control:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/338751/feinsteins-second-assault-weapons-ban-charles-c-w-cooke#
Included in this article is a LIST of all her specific weapons she wants to have banned.

And folks, it's DAMN extensive.



Jazz Hands - I HAZ them!



Sorry, not even her  JAZZ-HANDS will work on THIS one...(she doesn't do them all that well,anyway)

Fortunately, the NRA, is riding up in their white hats with THIS rebuttal:
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/01/24/read-nra-responds-to-feinsteins-new-gun-control-legislation/
Good for THEM...makes me feel my membership is well worth it now, more than ever!
Why doesn't this old crone go babysit her GRAND KIDS somewhere...
Geezus, surely she must have BETTER things to do at her age...like go hunting with Dick Cheney...lol

The 2nd Amendment has two purposes - it's meant to:
1) Protect us from each other (like criminals).
2) Protect us from a TYRANNICAL government
3) We can also hunt and compete in sport shooting
(okay, so maybe THREE purposes)
4) Don't forget recreational shooting for fun, Bob.
(alright, make that FOUR purposes)

Let it be said here that I AM for thorough background checks, even on a national level. (although the state level is pretty good as that stands)
I am also for LEGAL gun ownership, by RESPONSIBLE people.

I am also for a LOT more comprehensive MENTAL HEALTH system...unlike what we have now, where everyone gets "mainstreamed" in the air of "fairness". Sorry, I don't like lunatics sharing MY streets or cities. That's why we USED to have INSTITUTIONS for such loons.
Go BACK to that system.
I am also for STRONG penalties for CRIMINAL activity involving a firearm...like ROBBERIES and HOMICIDES.
(even possessing a firearm with obliterated markings)
NO plea deals...NO bargaining...NO slap on the wrists...PERIOD!

You get caught...given all AT LEAST FIVE YEARS in a FEDERAL PENITENTIARY...with NO amenities other than the BASICS.
I don't think ANY of that is too much to ask for...do you?
This whole issue about VIOLENCE with PEOPLE using firearms CAN be solved, but it will never be by limitations imposed ON THE FIREARM ITSELF. That's the typs of lunacy that gets people COMMITTED to those institutions in the first place.
(even got a room waiting for you, Ms Feinstein...nice padding, too)
*** Lastly today, everything I have spoken to is all about the PEOPLE involved...NOT the items or tools, or devices utilized in the commission of whatever these people are up to.
It's not about guns...or soft drinks, or alcohol, or vehicles, or sugar content, or baseball bats, or knives...or whatever else you can call to mind.
We treat the PEOPLE, and all those "things" will remain just that...inanimate OBJECTS with NO more soul than a rock...or a plank of wood.
And the sooner these leftard idiots figure that out, the quicker we can get back to living normal lives, with less government intrusion.
Have yourselves a good weekend.

Be well, make a difference to someone today, and as always...
Stay SAFE out there, America.