Greybeards Gripes

The from An American Thinker.

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“”Acceptance

Look at it this way.  You’ve been stranded on an island inhabited by people who look like you but who have strange beliefs.  They think you get more jobs by raising costs on people who provide them.  They think you get less poverty by paying people to prove they are poor.  They think you move toward a color blind society by requiring people to check a box for “race” on official forms.  They think a jury is better informed if evidence is withheld from it.  They think war is best avoided by not preparing for one.  They think voter choice is improved by outlawing ads paid for by citizens (with exceptions given to the candidates themselves and newspaper editors).

They’re not quite sacrificing virgins to the volcano, but they are willing to sacrifice large fractions of the economy because the temperature increased one degree over the last one hundred years and their computer-driven oracles tell them it’s your fault.

And they are a bit touchy.  Of a population around 6 billion, they killed upwards of 170 million of each other in the last century, not counting garden-variety murders.  Draw the wrong cartoon and you might be next.

It’s the democracy, stupid. 

There’s not much you can do about it.  Try to get along.  Hang out with the friendlier ones.  Don’t tell them you think their beliefs are strange; it will upset them.  Talk about baseball or something.  (But not the weather!)

That shining city on the hill you thought you saw?  A mirage.  An atmospheric or historic anomaly.  Move on.

You are stuck on this island.  Accept it.  Make the best of it.  At least that’s what I keep telling myself. ”"

Strange belief’s indeed!!!

~~>GreyBeard

If you couldn’t hear the wind blowing and see the snow blowing,  it would look like a really nice day outside.   11:30am, bright and sunny, currently 4 degree’s,  with a steady 20mph west wind.  A good day to stay inside.  I think I’ll do a quick reclean on the 3 rifles I shot last week.   P.S.  I contacted Federal about the faulty .22 ammo I had trouble with.  They are going to replace the ammo and pay for postage.   They said,  the problem was something called

 “Stress Corrosion Cracking of the Brass.”

“This occurs when brass is exposed to chemicals or fumes containing
Ammonia.”  The Federal service rep., said that these rounds were quite old,  (I knew that),  and since I couldn’t think of a time when they had been exposed to Ammonia,  he stated, that the exposing likely happened before I purchased the ammo.    It’s nice to know that the Federal Ammo company,  will stand behind their product,  even years after is was produced.  You won’t find that kind of service very often these days.

And speaking of Federal Ammunition Company’s service,  check out their new online and downloadable ballistics charts.

Thanks to a link I picked up at Ballseye’s Boomers,  I guess I’m going to have to lighten up on John McCain.   OnTheIssues.org lists the quotes and voting records of all the current and most past presidential candidates.  After reading through all the headliner’s,  McCain doesn’t really look that bad.  If you’re anti-McCain,   but not pro-Hillary or pro-Obama,  you should check out the history of the candidates.   I do believe that Ann Coulter is wrong this time!

And on another note:  Here’s a link to the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot video.   Cool!

Found a sale today at Northwoods in Pinconning.

4 Storm Crankbaits for 10 bucks.  I dug around in the bin and wound up with a pair of ThunderCranks,  a pair of Hot’n'Tots,  and a pair of WildEye Soft Shad.   I also picked up the only Luhr Jensens they had,  a pair of PowerDive Minnows.

And on that note:  I guess it’s true that Rapala bought out Luhr Jensen. “Luhr Jensen will join Rapala, Storm, Blue Fox, VMC and Williamson in the Rapala family of brands.”

I guess, I’m not sure I’m convinced that monopoly is a good thing?  But here’s Rapala, top to bottom.

And to switch gears for just a moment:  If you don’t have a Midway USA master catalog,  you just might want to request one.  (they come with your first order for free) It’s good for a few days or more of browsing!   There’s also their GunTec dictionary,  and Gunsmith Locator,  and Gun Schematics pages.   Heck,  I guess I kind of like their website too. 

1. The McCain-Snowe-Dorgan S. 2328, Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2004.:

2. Mccain-Feingold - The infamous assault on the First Amendment primarily and doggedly pursued by John McCain

3. Mccain-Kennedy - The Amnesty and Open Borders Act:

4.  The Mccain-Edwards-Kennedy tort lawyers wet dream, otherwise known as “The Patient’s Bill of Rights.”

5.  The Keating Five Corruption Scandal

6.  McCain’s attack on swift boat vets

7. John McCain’s class warfare against “the rich” and the Bush tax cuts

8. McCain’s “Gang of 14″ betrayal of his party in favor of Democrat filibusters against GOP judicial nominations:

9. McCain, Gitmo, and full constitutional rights for terrorists:

10. Is McCain, the current front-runner for the GOP nomination, even a Republican?

If you really need to know why these are 10 indictments against John McCain,  here’s the rest of the article:  John McCain’s list of infamy.

The ice on the river downstream of  the US-23 bridge is a little soft,  but,  fairly safe for fishing.   We missed the “BIG” snowstorm that was predicted last night,  but it’s been sputtering all morning,  and getting a little more serious now.  About 1.5 hours of ice fishing (in the river) brought only a few little “snaky” Walleye.  It’s currently 31 degree’s, with a wicked north wind,  and blowing snow.