Time Magazine’s Man of the Year… The Rapists, Thieves, Vagrants, and those that shat on the US Flag and Police Cars; That’s their man if the year.
Really?
So the magazine that used to celebrate the American Way… Is now the equivalent of a Radio Shock Jock… Howard Stern is now the Editor? No, because even Stern would’ve not been that stupid.
Pathetic.
Newt vs Mitt again. Content Added
You guys know I’ve been weighing the Newt and Mitt thing ever since Newt got serious. I’ve been thinking about this a lot.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Newt, while he would make for a decent president, the man is just not electible. There is little chance he could win. I really think that if Newt gets the nomination, Obama will win reelection.
When Dr. Savage offers Newt a million bucks to drop out… That shows us the crest of a huge Anti-Newt wave that’s only just starting to form. The push against Newt is going to get a lot worse. Those that are in the middle, the fence sitters – those that tip election scales, are not going to pull the lever for Newt. He is obnoxious and disliked.
This leaves us with Mitt as the only tangible candidate that has any hope in Hell of winning against The Great Halfrican. Like it or not, that’s the situation. I’m saying this, knowing full well that Romney is as likeable as… something that’s not very likeable. I also hate the fact that he goes to the same church that I do. But he could run and win against Bamma. Newt can’t.
So here’s my prediction…
I whip my hair back and forth
Will Smith has a little girl… She has a song out by that title. I think too many shooters have that song stuck in their heads.
Search and Assessment means look around you for threats… Not jerk your melon around like your in a pop dance number. Fight and train alike… So take a moment and actually look around you – or don’t do it at all. Because not only do you look retarded, your building a harmful training scar.
McQueen was the King of Cool
Steve McQueen was the coolest man on earth. I’m not going to write a Bio, but trust me… the man was Cool Personified.
He was a Hollywood Actor as his Job, but when he wasn’t acting – he was out there in the world doing cool stuff all the time. Racing cars and motorcycles is seriously cool. High Octane and Awesomeness flowed in his veins. Even when he wasn’t doing cool stuff, he was just chilling at home – being cool. If Chuck Norris is the King of Asskicking… and could kick everyone’s ass on the planet… He couldn’t touch McQueen, because McQueen only had to given him a look of disdain and disappointment that would leave Norris in quivering ball of tears and vomit.
The world is much less cool because of the loss of Steve McQueen. This was the cause of Global Warming. Ask NASA.
So what actor could possibly replace Steve McQueen as being the new Super Cool?
Clooney? Depp? Not hardly. The new Bond Guy? Getting closer… but that’s not him… I think there is a guy – and he is pretty damn cool in real life.
Eric Bana. Look at his movies… awesome stuff… and he races. I think Eric Bana is the Heir to Cool.
Ogre’s Top Flicks
In No Order:
Everything Directed by Michael Mann. Everything.
Big Trouble In Little China
Serenity
Mad Max
On Any Given Sunday
The Fifth Element
Sin City
Tremors
Tom Horn
Last Man Standing
Outlaw Josey Wales
Replacement Killers
Dr. Strangelove
Le Mans
Hell Boy
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Yesterdays shooting
One thing that I failed to mention… Jim’s .45-70 Marlin was crazy smooth. The action felt like a Henry Goldenboy, it was so slick. None of the rough grittyness that is typical of a Marlin, in any caliber.
My own Marlins never felt half as good. My Rossi M92 .44 Mag feels really slick and smooth… But not like Jim’s. He’s been running Slipstream for a long time through that gun, letting it really work in. Mine will get that way eventually, given some more time. You feel the new Marlins we have at the store… Slipstream makes a new one feel just plain sad.
Marlin should be using Slipstream at the factory. Just saying. Because they would then be smoother than a Browning BLR…
A day I’ll never forget.
Our friend and brother ogre came out to visit. We did some shooting and we ate some Pelican Burger… had a fantastic time!
Jim, Caryn, thank you for coming all the way out here. It meant more to me than you can know.
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Going to Georgia
March 10th and 11th, there is a big Gun Show in Atlanta. I will be there with Mark Walters, and we will be signing books, meeting people, having a great time with the fans of Armed American Radio and Uprising USA, Uprising UK. Georgia Carry Members need to come by and say howdy!
Another failed electric car.
Aptera motors. Belly up. The idea behind the Aptera was pretty good. By excessively streamlining everything to get the most efficiency possible by reducing as much drag as possible, allows the car to get the most movement from the motivation.
The problem with the Aptera car is that it’s pretty much a standard electric. Plug it in, charge it up, drive for a couple miles, then you have to plug it back in. If you live in a city and only need to drive a couple miles to work and back… well.. maybe then such electric cars could work for you. But where I live, this sort of E-Car is pretty much completely useless.
Here is the layout that would work… and it’s simple, rugged, and reliable. In fact, this system is used daily, all over the country. Trains. We use a small, efficient diesel engine that spins a large flywheel. The flywheel turns a generator which charges a bank of batteries. The power then goes to the four electric motors. One powering each wheel. This gives the car an active computer controlled all wheel drive system so the car could actually be decent to drive. Now, we add in some regenerative braking and efficiency is improved.
I’ve talked about this sort of electric car before, only to have some shoot the idea down because they thought I was talking about putting the electric motors in the wheels. No, in the car, but not in the wheels.
Okay, so hands raised in the back of the room… yes. You. “You’re still burning fuel, how is this more efficient than a regular car?” That’s a great question. Talking about a car’s efficiency, the biggest drain on it is the transmission. This layout doesn’t have one. Right there, there is a great deal of gain in efficiency. Also, the computer system could control the engine’s RPM’s and fuel consumption based on output requirement, or even shut it down all together. This system doesn’t require anything to be plugged in, to be recharged, and it can be driven farther than any other electric. Unlike other hybrid systems, like the Prius… this is a true hybrid system… the petroleum powered engine doesn’t drive the wheels at all… and it doesn’t have a transmission. Which makes this system more efficient than any of those. Also, it needs fewer heavy batteries. So this type of car could actually be fun to drive… might even handle. And like Cousin Jeremy is always concerned about, it could go around a corner.