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April 17th, Thursday:
I just got back from a session of acupuncture...
After it was done, I had such a huge craving for a double cheeseburger.
This was a little different from other times I had it done... this time
the doc connected mini jumper-cables to the needles and hit me will
some current. I feel great now... after having consumed a good
burger that is. I also had an adjustment done, so maybe that
might be another reason I am feeling good too. Or maybe it was
the message I had as well. I don't know. But I am feeling
marvelous and better than I have felt in years... and that is a good
thing. I feel energized and very "UP". This is a good
thing. I'll be going in for these treatments like twice a week or
something... This is a good thing. If I feel like this after each
time, bring it on. Especially that massage bit. Wow.
And the chicky-babe that gave me the message... DAMN! She was a totally
hottie with a very nice rack. It was as good as sex.
At least it was for me.
This may be the last post using FrontPage.
I'm going to be making the jump to a new format and to a new
server/host. So this will mean also changing the IP in the DNS...
blah blah blah... so you might not be able to MadOgre.com for a bit.
But keep checking back... Email may be down too for
awhile...
madogremobile@yahoo.com will be checked. Anyways, until
then, here are some other thoughts I had yesterday while I was out and
about this little hell hole of a town:
Just saw A MAN APART.
I am blown away. This movie rocked to a shockingly high
degree. Vin Diesel's performance was above and beyond all other
efforts to date... we saw a more mature and competent actor on top of
his raw bad self. He owned the screen and just dominate the whole
film. Good gun play... good story... very gritty. This is a
much more mature film than your average action film. When I say
mature, I don't mean "Adult" but there was some sexual content in the
form of some fine ass hootchies doing some Latin dancing (using a very
broad definition of Latin dancing) wearing thongs and shear tops.
Your average teenage action movie junkie wont like this flick... but if
your wanting a flick that is very cool, very real, and very raw - this
is it. I loved it. Perhaps the best action flick since
HEAT.
What is the deal
with the French calling up President Bush trying to work out a deal?
We shouldn't give them shit. Nothing. And now today we get news that
documents are found that Saddam has been enjoying a great many French
products despite the UN sanctions. Why is this no surprise? And
Russia? Those bastards have been selling Iraq damn near everything
short of an actual working nuke. Of course, what do you expect from
the former head of the freaking KGB? This guy knows where all the
bodies are buried in Russia and is every bit as evil as Saddam... but a
much smarter and slower burning evil. Yeah, I just called him
evil. Don't trust him. And don't trust anyone that does
trust him. Happily, Bush doesn't trust him or Chirac at all...
Let them help rebuild Iraq? I don't think so.
April 16th, Wednesday:
This assault weapons ban is the most useless chunk of bullshit to
come from Capital Hill since... Er... When was the last time Senator
Kennedy opened his trap?
I have requested that all MadOgre.com readers take action
on this issue. Here is how.
Go to this website here and find your reps. You will see how they
stand and links to how to contact them. Do it. Do it today. It wont
take hardly any time and it may mean the difference. The ban is
frivolous, stopped ZERO crime, and only served to irritate people who
are lawful and like guns.
Okay, I don't want to study a bunch of books to learn Apache and
Pearl... but I think it's time to roll MadOgre.com over to a PHP
format. Here is what I need... er, someone to help me do
that... I might even have to switch servers and maybe hosting... I'm
looking into these options now. MadOgre.com has gotten to the
point that doing everything in HTML is a pain in the rear and FrontPage
isn't making things any easier.
April 15th, Tuesday:
Email
from one of our loyal Readers:
“I too am worried about the Assault Weapons Ban being renewed. I mean,
frankly, "scary" guns with big magazines are FUN. If this thing
passes, and is made permanent...I don't even like to think about it.
AKs, FALs, ARs, and many others just won't be the same with 10 round
magazines. I should think that certain gun companies would get on
the ball and help with the lobbying, then. DSA and Bushmaster, for
instance. Bushmaster may make a lot of gov't sales, but without their
civie ones they'll be losing a metric assload of money. 'Cause NOBODY
wants a 10+1 AR-15. Will it be the end of the world? No, but the
assault weapons ban is stupid, ill-conceived, and a violation of
various rights, including the right to private property. Who in the
hell gave some asshat in congress the right to tell me what kind of gun
I can and can't have? Why don't they mind their own business?
Those questions are rhetorical, of course. I know the answers. But
imagine, if you will, if the government told you you couldn't buy a
sporty car, because you're more likely to drive too fast, get into
accidents, and endanger yourself and others. See, to most people
it sounds stupid with cars. But with guns, they're like, "yeah, but
guns are designed to kill". You know, I could build anything I want
with any intention I want. I could build a fricking pencil holder,
then bash someone's head in with it. Does that mean then that the
pencil holder was designed to kill? Dunno, Ogre. Trying to be
hopeful. Will write my reps, but you gotta take that for what it's
worth. One of my senators here in MI is one of the two that were
treated to state dinners in Iraq. My local congressman (Stupak) is
adamantly anti-gun, even though most of the area isn't. He promises
not to take away the hunters guns, though, and he always gets the Union
vote, and the vote of all of the democrats that hang around Marquette.
But still, one has to at least try, right? Anything but go quietly
into the night. That's what we did last time. I was hoping this
Bush would've learned something from the last Bush, about what happens
when you betray the gun owners. Both were just coming off of a
successful war with Iraq, too. So we'll see, I guess. In the
mean time I'm stocking up on FAL magazines and am planning on buying
rifles that aren't so dependent on detachable box mags.
It's
depressing. – Mike”
This assault weapons ban didn't have much effect on the autorifles
other than make them more spendy and make the Steyr AUG, which is at
best a mere 600 dollar rifle into a 3,000 dollar - 600 dollar rifle.
But look at what it did with handguns...
Wonder Nines
ruled. All the sudden Wonder Nines lost the gloss and people started
to look at how to get more out of 10+1. .45's and Magnums became more
popular... designs maximizing size to fit only 10 rounds became the big
deals. I think the same will happen with rifles if things don't
go well. Shooters are a "Lemons to Lemonade" kinda group... We will
start seeing in short order things like AR actions being chambered for
bigger and bigger rounds, and "Classics" will become more and more
front page. Look at what the ban did for the 1911. It will do the
same to the M1 Garand in time. We beat the Huns and retook Europe 8
rounds at a time... They don't want us to have more than 10 rounds of
5.56? We will make do with 8 rounds of .30.06 - or better yet, 10
rounds of something sick. 7MM Rem Mag in a fast handling autoloader.
.300 Win Mag in a rifle reloaded in a split second with a 10 round
stripper clip. Horsepower will become THE THING. In shotguns we are
seeing recoil dampening devices that could be adapted to a rifle firing
a cartridge big enough to drop a charging rhino. If the Anti-Gunners
thought POCKET ROCKETS are a problem... just wait until everyone has an
APC Busting long range boom-stick! And they thought over rated .22's
were bad... they have no freaking idea. I'd love a sporterized
M1, lightened, shortened, and rechambered for .338! Marlin's
powerful lever action rifles will become super hot sellers.
This bogus BS ban is of not only no use - but counter productive.
Let's look at the magazine limits... let's apply this to cars as Mike
suggested... Now all the sudden cars are limited to a maximum of 65
MPH. What would happen? Well, cars would be made to
accelerate to that limit much much quicker. Handling would become
the paramount factor. And of course hotrodders would be all
over breaking those limitations on new cars and the most popular cars
would be older cars... Old Iron would be the new hottness. Still,
sounds silly doesn't it? (Hmmm, not that silly, I love Old Iron!)
But cars are not really the problem in the auto equation... it's driver
distractions. Cell Phones, and in Dash Video, and bitches putting
on eye makeup while driving. And Booze. Maybe we
should limit 6 Packs to just 4 Packs? What would happen then?
The cans would be bigger and the brew more potent... As a result the
problem would not be helped, but in fact aggravated. And
the only thing that would really happen is to annoy everyone and waste
taxpayer money on making new laws and printing updated law books.
The answer to everything is to enforce the laws we have. This ban
is useless. That school shooting yesterday... a ban wouldn't have
helped that at all. There are already a number of laws that the
shooter broke. No Guns In School, underage in possession of a
gun... Not to mention firing the gun in the city, attempted
murder on probably several counts... Do they think piling more possible
violations on this kid would have made him think? Not a chance.
And banning guns... the bad guys will still have guns. Banning
guns only gets the good guys to turn in the goods. The good guys
are not the problem. A Good Guy wouldn't make the choice to pack
an AK into a school and light people up. You don't need gun
control... you need CRIMINAL control. We need some big changes in
the system. We need to #1, Enforce the laws that we have.
#2 PUNISH the criminals and put CORRECTIONS back into the Department of
Corrections. Prisons shouldn't be criminal boot camps. As
it stands right now, they are just training facilities for thugs... A
Thug Academy. That needs to be stopped. I like the idea of
chain gangs again... Free Labor for the State for all kinds of
projects. I want them to take away the cable TV, and
the weight training equipment. Do we really want the thugs
pumping up while taking the guns away from future victims? It all
makes NO SENSE. Take away all the cigarettes, the TV,
and the other luxuries... I dont care if the prisoners get pissed and
start revolting... Lock them up individually... Everyone in solitary.
They are in fucking PRISON, not in a damn Holiday Inn. They are
there to be punished. They were locked up for a reason.
Prisons need to be places where no one wants to go. "Hmmm,
I can't afford college, I'll get my education with free room and board
in the Hole." Still, we can't just put people in cages... we
would only create animals that would never be able to reenter society.
Corrections is what it's about, right? I think criminals should
be forced a diet of poetry, romance stories, and job training in
agriculture. Nothing that would make a prison sentence a
reward... no Degrees from prison. But they can learn all about
gardening and farming while in the mean time feeding the world.
This is just my opinion... I may be wrong.
Cell Phones. I
hate cell phones. You got to love the biatch at the store who
holds up her finger to take a call while the cashier is holding out her
hand for the payment. This Jerkhead is making the cashier wait,
and me and the 3 other people behind me wait for her to finish her damn
conversation. How rude is that? That her conversation
is more important that 5 other people's time... that is SO RUDE!
This isn't just an isolated incident. I was at Big O Tires and
observed the same thing from a different lady. This broad did the
same thing to the service guy while he was standing there trying to
hand her something. If I was the service guy I would have tossed
it into her lap, or just dropped it right there on her feet.
I wouldn't think its rude to treat rudeness with disregard.
Rudeness is rampant in America these days... no one is "Courteous" any
more. No one shows anyone "Respect" any more. Cell phones
do not cause rudeness, but it's used as a crutch to prop the
rudeness... and excuse to be rude. I've seen cell phones in
Churches, Move Theatres, Libraries, and other places where I am sorry,
but they just shouldn't be. Etiquette is lost in America.
We might be a Great Free Nation... be we are tacky and inconsiderate to
the core. If we are so great, we should take more pride in
ourselves and try to live a higher life... and that means showing
respect to each other You can have your cell phone, but
keep it on vibration mode an keep it on your person. No one wants
to hear your custom ring tone and your side of a conversation...
especially when you were busy talking to me or I'm waiting on you to
get the fuck out of my way.
Our Boys in Baghdad
are uncovering a lot of documents showing a lot of underhanded shit
from Russia. No wonder they didn't want us going in.
Russia was selling all kinds of shit to Iraq. I wonder what
details we will uncover about what France and Germany was up to...
And those Jackholes want a piece of the reconstruction action?
We should send those dicks each a copy of a little children's book "The
Little Red Hen". Are you familiar with it? The Little Red
Hen asks for help picking wheat... no one helps. Grinding it to
flower... no one helps. Making batter... no one helps... mixing
and pouring and baking... no one helps. So out comes a cake and
all the sudden everyone want s a piece. There is a moral to
the story that most kids get. I wonder if the French will get it.
Thos ungrateful frogs should not get ANY of the cake that American and
British men and women died for. No Way.
Remember Rodney King? Yeah, that one. He is back in the
news again... Decided to park his car. In a house. Made
that decision while driving at 100 MPH. Dumbass. Of course
he will get another 3 million dollars out of this... It's the house's
fault... the house was white. It's now officially justified to
kick his ass now.
April 14th, Monday:
I read in the newspaper yesterday that President Bush supports the
Assault Weapons Ban, and will seek it's continuation.
This is underhanded, backstabbing politics... The majority of his
supporters and defenders want this ban to go away. It's a
completely and utterly useless law. And now just today we
have a case of another school shooting... this time with an AK-47 with
a 30 round magazine. Oh that is just freaking terrific. The
Liberal Jackholes are going to milk this for all it's worth... they
LOVE spilled blood. They were probably praying for this to
happen. The vote is over a year away but we can already see signs
that the issue is a hot one... and is going to go plasma hot within the
next couple months now that the war is all but over. This
is the time... NOW... to write all your politicians local all the way
up to the Senate and to the Whitehouse. The Assault Weapons Ban
as only served two purposes... 1, to make the liberal jackoffs feel
better, and 2, to make full capacity magazines and guns that fire them
more expensive. It did NOTHING to reduce crime. Do you know
what reduces crime? Enforcement of the laws we already have on
the books. Making up new ones is just freaking retarded.
If you want real Gun Control then you need real Criminal Control.
This means if a gun is used in a crime - you can his ass for a long
time. If he gets out on parole and violates it - he goes back to
the hole for a long fucking time. That is it. The jails are
full... packed to the point that they are early releasing. The
only problem is that we are putting people away for stupid reasons...
For things that didn't involve injury to others. Like parking
tickets and shit. Yeah, great job enforcing civilization's rules!
It's stupid. So to make room for the poor clod that hunts for
food to feed his family out of season, they let out the guy out early
who shoved a gun barrel into a guys eye socked and was about to kill
him if he didn't hand over all the money. There you go.
That's it. That's justice.
Speaking of guns...
Been looking at gunbroker.com a
lot lately. I am seeing a lot of good deals on guns... not great
deals... but good ones... and better yet, the guys putting up the
auctions (at least on the ones I've been looking at) are putting up the
starting price as reserve price so you don't win an auction that hadn't
hit the reserve mark yet. That is so annoying. Better yet,
they are often Buy It Now auctions that allow you to just get that gun
you've been looking for right off the bat. This is so much better
than getting your "Find" sniped out from under you for a 1 buck raise
in price. That sucks so bad. AuctionArms is another
gun auction site, but for some reason you find a lot of pawn shop
owners there selling a lot of guns that have just retarded asking
prices... Talking like over DOUBLE what the gun is actually worth.
And no Teddy Roosevelt or JFK didn't own that Colt Python. Silly
Pawnshops.
I am hearing that I
have got to go see this film "A MAN APART". I will later in
the week... and I'm looking forward to it. Vin Diesel
is in it... I've been a Vin Fan since I first saw PITCH BLACK... this
cat is raw. Lots of screen presence. He dominates.
Sorry MadOgre's
content has kinda slacked lately... but I've been dealing with a
lot of personal issues over here and just haven't really felt like
getting into much of anything. I've been "Caving" a bit more than
usual... escaping into a game or reading a book. I'm going
between reading RED STORM RISING for the umpteenth time and playing
RAVEN SHIELD... trying to keep my mind off of some grim issues.
I've also been busting on this hell hole of a little backwards town I
have found my self in. At least they have a movie theatre and a
Block Busters. Other than that, I'm going farking nuts over here.
Speaking of Raven
Shield, I have 4 favorite weapons that I like to use... I can clear
any level with one of these guns: The MAC-11, the Steyr TMP, the
AK-47, and the FAL. All with a suppressor mounted of course.
Depending upon the map... I'll always go with one of these 4 guns.
The main weapon that I use the most is the AK. Lots of power and
range, yet pretty fast handling for smaller maps. Sniping?
That is all done with the suppressed FAL. You don't need the
scope and I find a scope too slow anyways. I can't wait for
all the new maps and weapon packs to come out. See ya later...
I'm going to go bang my head against the wall until the voices stop.
April 13th, Sunday:
This morning is a beautiful Sunday morning with crisp clean air,
sunshine, and a house full of little freaking terrorists running
around.
When you have young boys - you had damn well better wake up before they
do. The consequences are dire. They trashed the place, made
huge messes, and lost the DVD's I just rented last night. *sigh*
To look at their angelic faces, you would not expect them to be such
monsters.
Watched a couple
movies last night... We got a family movie for the kids and put
that on first. Dinotopia. What a load of communist
propaganda bullshit that was! Rule on Dinotopia is that there are
no weapons. Yet later in the film we see Dino-Guards with spears
or pole axes. Okay - so it's like in Dinotopia its okay for the
creatures that are 100 times stronger than a man with natural weapons
of fang and claw who are in positions of authority to be armed - but
the people who are subject can not. Oh that is just really
nice. And then of course there are a number of attacks - "But
there are other ways of defending yourself." I guess that means
running and screaming from T-Rex and a flock of big dino-birds.
The man in charge, the mayor, looked like a foppish french clown.
I suspected French infiltration and I was right... French credits
rolled at the end. Unfortunately the boys loved the movie and
turning it off wasn't an option until it was over. *sigh*
Expedition to Dinotopia would have to include an assortment of arms.
I'm thinking L1A1 Rifles for the party loaded with 180 grain soft point
hunting ammunition. Backed up by a few M-60Es. The next
movie for after the kids went to sleep was called "Amy's O".
Sounds bad... but it was seriously funny. We laughed through
quite a bit of it. Hilarious. Cute chick has personal
issues, and writes a book... and the story is about her getting over
those issues. Sexual subject matter, but no porn so it's not as
bad as it sounds... it's just frank discussion of matters of the
libido. One of the better flicks out there in the new section of
Block Busters. There are a lot of really crappy flicks out
there now. They all suck. Any movie where the main focus of
the cover is a gun - sucks. Any movie where the main
background color is "Explosion Fireball Orange" sucks. And any
movie where you flip the box over to look at the back and you see
stills from the movie that show the heroes running from a big orange
explosion fireball - sucks. It's not just action that I
have a little rule about... any movie with the faces of two overly cute
and over rate actors on the cover with there faces close together -
yeah - they suck too. You might not be able to judge a book bye
the cover... but you can sure as hell judge a movie.
April 11th, Friday:
Like the title says, I am now rewired with broadband via a
wireless connection to a dual T-1 connection. The download
speed is just SICK... I love it. Crazy Fast. The only
caveat is a about a 1 second lag time between clicking the link and it
pulling the page or file down. However, once it starts pulling it
down - its already done. BAM! It's like a Fire Hose.
So, I am finally happy with SOMETHING out here.
 Did
you hear Rush Limbaugh today go off on CNN? Wow! Talk
about an indictment! Apparently CNN knew about all these
atrocities for years and NEVER ONCE reported it... and in fact,
reported things to the contrary in order to appease Iraqi officials so
CNN could keep an office in Baghdad. Rush called them on it...
pretty pointedly. If this is actually true (and I believe it is)
then CNN as an Agency is guilty of some pretty treasonous shit.
Aiding and abetting the enemy to say the very least. CNN better
put some incredible spin on this or they well suffer badly. They
deserve to suffer - no doubt about that. Withholding that
information has cost who knows how many people their lives. CNN
has blood... lots of blood on it's hands. But of course,
these guys will blame Bush for it. I bet they will take some
notes from Iraq's Minister of Misinformation. (The only good
things on the radio out here are Rush and Sean Hannity. At least
they have that)
Got this email
from a reader last week. Subject was “Doom and Gloom”. I held off
answering it because of it’s importance, but now that I have my
connection set up and a few minutes of time, I will respond to this:
“Hey Ogre, I have a question for you. What do you think
about all the doom and gloom you see bantied about in the RKBA
community? You see a lot of it over at The High Road. You know what
I'm talking about. "The Government has violated all of our rights..."
"We live in a police state..." "Things will never get better..." "All
is lost, woe is me..." It does get a bit tiresome. Always complaining
about problems, never offering solutions. I think that, from a
historical perspective, things today REALLY aren't all that bad in
America. Does the federal government have more power than it should?
Yes, I think so. But government overreaching is certainly nothing
new. Except back in the old days, it was the STATE governments that
violated peoples rights by offical act, not the feds. It seems to me
that the power has shifted to the feds, but in many ways things aren't
much different. At least today you don't have governors issuing edicts
to have members of a certain religion shot on site. Thing is today is
there is no more frontier to which you can travel to avoid government,
if you wish. If we ever make it into space in any significant way,
that will change. I was once in a debate with someone back on the
Firing Line, and listed a bunch of historical governmental abuses of
power. The Federalists making it illegal to mock Federalists for
awhile. People, based on skin color, religion, and/or gender, not
having equal protection under the law. People, based on the same
conditions, not being allowed to vote. What FDR did to American
citizens of Japanese descent during the Second World War. On and on.
In any case, the person I was arguing with insisted that this was proof
of his theory that the United States has been sliding downhill since
its inception and we are well on our way to a brutal police state from
which there can be no escape. He seemed to not realize it that these
are all bad things that have CHANGED, they've GOTTEN BETTER. All is
not lost and the world is not ending. But it's very easy for someone
to type "it's hopeless" on their keyboard and post it on the 'net,
because that gives them the excuse to not do anything about it, if
they're ever challened on not making any effort to change that which
they don't like. See, you see this attitude with a lot of hardcore
libertarians. Me, I can't be a libertarian. I'm in the military.
Hell, I go to a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY! I don't want to get down on
libertarians. I agree with them on many things. But like ANY point of
view, if you want me to take you seriously, you can't have your actions
contradicting your supposed beliefs. You can't claim to be a
libertarian and be going to a public school (and that cop-out of "it's
the government's fault I go to public school won't cut it, either, as
public universities in MI are a LOT cheaper than private ones, despite
the private schools getting subsidies to keep tuition down). You can't
claim to be a Marxist an still accept pay for your work. You can't
claim to be a liberal and complain about taxes being too high. I'm
willing to listen to ANY point of view, but you have to both back up
what you say with facts AND not be a hypocrite. (There aren't any
gun-grabbers that fit this description, I don't think, because facts
simply do not support their beliefs.) One last thing to all the would
be libertarians out there. Don't worship Ayn Rand. You don't want to
be an objectivist, because you won't have any friends. You can't have
any faith or religion, and you must be almost pathologically incapable
of caring for your fellow man. Same problem Timothy McVeigh had, if
I'm not mistaken. And you can't trust objectivists, because they'll
betray you as first opportunity, provided they can benefit from it and
not get hurt in the process. "I swear, by my life, and my love for it,
that I will never live for another man, nor ask any man to live for
me." That's a quote from one of her works, as is the quote "there is
no morality in living for others". I don't have my copy of Anthem with
me, so I can't give more exact quotes. In any case, just be thankful
your local fire department isn't made up of Objectivists, because they
sure as hell aren't doing it for the money. "House on fire, huh? Kids
trapped upstairs? Not MY problem. I don't get paid enough to risk my
life like that. Put it out yourself." So what do you think, Ogre? Is
it hopeless? Should everyone throw up their hands in resignation? Is
America really as bad a place to live as some of these folks make it
out to be?” Thanks for
the email, Mike and sorry it has taken me some time to properly
respond… But I felt this email was significant enough to give more
thought to it and ponder some of the points you made. Good points and
good questions and about
something that has been bothering me for the last few years. I'm a
member of a few Pro-Gun Orgs. NRA,
GOA, JPFO. I pay
the dues every year for some reason, but to be perfectly honest I don't
even open the mail from them anymore. Its ALWAYS the same messages...
the end is near and the only differences are the names for who is at
fault this month. It's tiresome. It's irksome. It just pisses me
off. The only reason that I don't quit them is that the cards piss off
the Liberals even more... and some times I think that they do some
good. The NRA is a good lobby group for us. The JPFO is just kinda
cool. The GOA does a good job of tracking candidates and politicos. I
guess. I don't know. Maybe they have a place. Maybe not. Maybe they
are out dated. One thing is for sure, they are out for our money.
Every freaking envelope has another one for yet another donation. And
to sell that "Your donation is CRITICAL NOW or ALL IS LOST" is the same
freaking message each time. I'm interested in politics only because I
feel that as an American Citizen, I have to be. I've served my God and
my Country... I've put on the uniform, carried a rifle, and earned my
right to call my self a citizen. I have a stake in the welfare of this
country... It's Mine. And because of that fact, I don't mind going to
a State
School - A Public School. Because it's MY school. And this state
university is going to be paid for by a Federal Grant. I don't have a
problem with that either. How that jives with the Libertarian Party - I
don't care. I registered as a Libertarian because it was the closest
to my personal feelings. But I can't espouse all the Libertarian
points. I have to admit, on some issues - I lean Democrat. Only a
few, so don't worry. I think if a person was to be totally party line
on every single issue - that should raise a flag. That person isn't
thinking things through, or he/she is a zealot... either way - Flag on
the Field! A lot of Shooters, not just on TheHighRoad.org, or
TheFiringLine.com, are very worried to the point of paranoia that the
end is near. I think they are victims of advertising. The same thing
regular commercials for consumer products do to you. You Whites are
not white enough, your hair isn't glossy enough, your teeth are not
clean enough, your carpets are not fresh enough, and your car is not
smooth enough.... and to fix it all you MUST refinance your home.
Gimme a break. Shooters drop the word "Sheeple" a lot, but they need
to look in the mirror once in awhile because I'm looking at us and I'm
seeing a lot of fucking wool around here. Ann Rand? You know, I hate
that biatch. She can't write and her diatribe is all of personal
elitism. Not only is she a cast iron biznatch... she is boring. The
NRA is boring. The GOA is boring. We have to look at the POSSITIVES
here! We are in a GREAT position! If people would stop yapping and
bitching and moaning and start fucking DOING SOMETHING - the we could
actually REVERSE decades of Anti-Gun / Anti-Freedom encroachment! We
just have to keep the pressure on the politicians. Make a push. Not
only that, we have to GET INTO POLITICS ourselves. Freedom is
something we have to pay for... it's expensive to live in our "Free
Society". But it's still the best thing going. Throw up our arms?
No. Raised Fists? YES!
Another email from a
reader:
“Greetings Mr. Ogre: To the question "What do you think of Peter
Arnett?" I would answer: Too bad we didn't drop one on him in Baghdad
in '91. As for the French --now they are "reaching out" for
reconciliation to us, because they want in on the oil after the war, of
course, the double-dealing assholes. As far as a .22, I kind of like my
Ruger , yes I said Ruger, 22/45 stainless with bull barrel. The 22/45
has a polymer 1911-style grip, so if you like 1911's, and I know you
do, you might like it. It shoots straight, is inexpensive, and doesn't
have that barrel-heavy feel of the Ruger .22 government target pistols,
but it has good accuracy. Not the more serious match accuracy of the
government (which is subject to some debate), but good and fun to
shoot, IMHO. I'm still looking forward to my Beretta Storm. I'm going
to sell my Marlin camp nine carbine to justify the purchase. BTW I
recently bought an Armalite 180B rifle. I believe you mentioned it a
while ago. I bought it during the winter, and in upstate New York we
only recently have had sufficiently-bare ground and warmer temps to get
out to the range. (My H&K USP .45 and Glock 19 had to be exercised
first.) I'll let you know how it shoots, if you're interested. Can't
get a scope mount--I may have it drilled and tapped for a weaver base.
Regards, and good luck with school and the move, Justin”
I think had we known where Peter Arnett was, we would have
accidentally dropped a bomb short... Oops. If we cross our fingers, we
still might! The Ruger Mk II is one of the top .22 autos out there.
I had one that out shot the much vaunted and hyped S&W 41... I like the
Rugers. The 22/45 is pretty much the same gun but with a different
frame. I'm sure it's a joy to shoot. Nothing wrong with it at all. I
just like the Browning better. Something about the way it feels and
fits in my hand... and that is most important when it comes to a
handgun. If the MK II fit my hand better - things would be different.
This is something that many shooters or I should say "self proclaimed"
shooters just don't get. People who spend more time in the gun stores
and behind the covers of gun rags and not out there actually dropping
the hammer on live rounds... Posers. They have to have the NAME. They
have to have the gun of the month or the scope of the moment... and buy
the latest ammo straight out of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. These guys have the potential... but they just don't get it.
It's not about what you have. It's about shooting. Indeed... give me a
review of your new 180B! I'll be looking forward to it!
The Following is some thoughts I jotted down over this last week.
Decided to put them up.
I’m in a very
small town.
The local paper is freaking joke and there is a grand total of 3 radio
stations. One AM and two FM. Nice. I have no internet access and I
have no satellite TV. I feel like I am on a desert island. If there
is a bright side to this hole, I’ve not found it yet. Hopefully this
situation will change soon and I’ll at least have my internet access
and Fox News. Then at least this desert island will not feel so
freaking small. There is a local shooting group I could join up with
I guess… but this would mean trading in my new fangled ottermatic for a
six-gun. This is something I am not willing to do. Not by a long
shot. However, I must admit, a .41 Thunderer is a very handsome
shooting iron.
Okay, Confession
Time.
I would even like to own one. (A .41 Thunderer replica in .45 Colt)
While I am all about high-tech automatics and cutting edge weapon
systems… I always get a warm fuzzy in my heart when I pick up a gun
older than I am. Not that hard to do… But the older the gun is… the
warmer and fuzzier I feel. Know what I mean? Or am I just nuts? I
love the old Iron Curtain guns… I think they are just cool as hell.
AK-47s and CZ-52s are 2 of my favorites… but going back even further
you have the old Colt Dick Special, and the Ruger Security Six, and the
S&W M&P… all very cool and I love them… Then you get into the older
wheel guns and I have to admit that I really don’t know anything about
those. There are cats out there that can quote you the manufacture day
from the serial number and could even tell you who put it together on
that day. I’m not one of those gurus. I don’t know the history of
the Single Action Army in any details other than the basics… but I can
appreciate the artistry that went into each one of those guns. The
artwork hidden in the lines and finish of the piece… they are
beautiful. Such a fine piece of history I would hesitate to pack
around if it was all original parts and finish. However I wouldn’t
mind owning one that was restored into a serviceable shooter. There
is something about a revolver that I love. I haven’t owned very many,
but those that I have owned, I have loved. I’m pretty handy with a
wheel-gun too. I used a snub-nosed S&W Model 10 .38 Special at my
police academy and took top scores during the handgun course. Had my
ass handed to me during the shotgun part of the class – but that’s
okay. It was worth it when I saw the look on the faces of the cats
with the SIGs and Glocks… and that one fellow with the 8 inch barreled
Python. Sitting in my apartment practicing reloading with speed
loaders for hours on end paid off. My reloads were faster than the
guys with the automatics. Anyways… Even with out speed loaders, slower
and deliberately smooth action will get you reloaded and back on target
ready to fire faster than a panic driven flustered fumbling guy that
doesn’t quite know his stuff. Wheel guns are also more fun, I think.
Why I don’t own one now is a very good question. There have been many
that have caught my eye… especially this one huge framed .44 Magnum
with a short barrel and a concealment grip. The thing was ludicrous –
but I LUSTED after it. Would have picked it up too… But needed an
automatic for competition and didn’t have the funds to just pick up a
new gun. Mainly when I get a new gun these days, it’s because the old
gun went bye bye. I’ve been a trader more than anything because I have
a short supply of discretionary funds and a wandering eye. But that
is just me. Now the damndest thing has happened to me. I have a gun
that I don’t want to get rid of… and worst of all – it’s a stinking
9MM!!!! A Beretta 92FS just like the US Army’s. How did this happen?
I’ve had this gun for 4 months now and it’s been WONDERFUL to me.
Flawless function and shocking accuracy. I can’t let this gun go.
This means it’s the NEXT gun that gets to become the expendable piece.
The only question is which gun should I get? *sigh* No rush on this… I
probably have a good 4 years before make any more money – me being a
student now… again. *sigh*
We need to find
Iraq’s Minister of Misinformation.
This cat has been so far out in left field – we need WB to give him a
sitcom. The dude is hilarious. The guy has been the funniest thing
on the news in the last several years. Just think what he could do for
WB? Or better yet – the NFL! The did pretty good with Dennis Miller,
and he is a comedian. Look out on the field, you see the Greenbay
Packers run a kick return deep into the 49’ers territory… Dennis Miller
says what a great kick return that was… and this Misinformation guy
goes off on a rant about how the “Packers don’t even have the ball… Are
no where on the field… and are just milling about like a snake.
Packers don’t have nothing. Oh, they just scored a touchdown? Well,
that is because the 49’ers GAVE THAT to them! Yeah, it’s all part of
the 49’ers wonderful strategy and it’s going perfectly well. These
Packers are going to go home in shame! Another Touchdown? No. That
did not just happen right there. What you just saw on the TV was
fake. Special Effects. The Packers hired George Lucas and a bunch of
Jedi to only make it LOOK like they had scored another TD. They have
nothing!” It would be great. Let’s hire this guy. Send some talent
agents into Iraq now!
Okay, check this
shit out…
The local phone provider has a pretty tight monopoly on DSL service
here. This is a matter of litigation currently and is not going to be
solved soon. Meanwhile these jackholes are raping people out here.
Mainly because the local populace is too smegging dim to know the
difference. DSL line is 40 bones a month for only 128K of connection
speed. What the hell is that? Dial up access is only 25… 25 hours a
month. WTF? Where the hell am I? 1993? If you want anything real –
you have to bend over and take it in ass. I can see people here
playing as much as a hundred bucks a month for a measly connection that
I used to just take for granted. I’m contacting this company… “Fred
Flintstone called, he wants is log rolling car back.” *sigh* I’m going
to see if I can still use my old ISP and have these jackholes just
activate the line. If that is possible. The upside? Still looking.
I get a lot of questions relating to guns.
Normally they are asking for recommendations... No problem. I'll drop
my take on any subject. If the subject is about weapons -
outstanding. Just preface the question with a little background
information about yourself and what you are mainly going to be doing
with the gun and I'll be able to give you a much better, more accurate
opinion/suggestion. Other times the gun related questions are about
where to go to find a certain type of product or service. Again, no
problem... I can answer most right off the top of my head, and if I
don't have the answer off the cuff - I have it in one of my books right
here by my desk. However since my internet access is limited to
whenever I can borrow my In-Law's computer, I'm not currently available
for answering a question... So to aid you guys, my readers and those
that just picked me up off Google - here is a short list of gun related
websites that are supplying most of the accessories you guys have been
asking about lately:
Crimson Trace laser grips
-
www.lasergrips.com These cats make the laser
sights that live in the grip panels. If you can swap grips on your
gun, you can install these laser sights. They are pretty good and you
don’t need a special holster. If you want a laser on your gun, this is
a solid option.
Cor-Bon Ammunition
-
www.corbon.com These guys make some super
hot ammunition for calibers that would surprise you. High performance
stuff.
Black Hills Ammunition
-
www.black-hills.com Perhaps one of the best
new ammo companies out there. The ammo is top notch and not as
expensive as you would think. I’ve used a lot of it and have been well
pleased.
Glaser Safety Ammunition
-
www.safetyslug.com For some reason the
question of frangible ammo is back. Here is an example of that breed
of bullet… There are others, but this is just off the top of my head.
I would look others up for you, but I’ve no connection.
Aguila Ammunition
-
www.aguilaammo.com Want a .45 round that has
the velocity of a 9MM? You can get it from these guys. Want a silent
.22 round for those pesky cats in your hood? You can get it from
these guys.
Wolf Ammunition
-
www.wolfammo.com Cheap ammo. Buy it in
bulk. The only caliber I would buy from these guys personally is the
7.63X39MM (AK-47 Ammo)
Brownells
-
www.brownells.com Gunsmithing parts and
supplies plus a lot of other cool things you never knew you needed.
Oh, and if you order anything from these guys, throw in a little jar of
“Action Lube Plus”. You can thank me later.
Cheaper Than Dirt
(all kinds of stuff) -
www.cheaperthandirt.com This is where those
guys at the gun shows get all those cheap ass shitty knives that they
sell. Ammo cans, MREs, and anything else you need if you think you
don’t have enough junk. Check them out… sometimes they have some
actually useful stuff.
Ed Brown Products
-
www.edbrown.com Stuff for your 1911.
Gun Broker
(online gun auctions) -
www.gunbroker.com EBay for guns. Just check
your local FFL and get all his information before you visit this site.
Because shortly after you log in, you’ll need it. Here is a dirty
little secret: Most smart people are using this site to establish
current values for guns. You just make a search of the gun, and see
what they have sold for to get your ball park figure.
Hogue Grips
-
www.getgrip.com Love Hogues. These are what
I most likely have on any given gun. From 1911s to revolvers, this is
where it’s at.
Pearce Grips
-
www.pearcegrip.com You go here if Hogue
doesn’t have the grip you like or need. One thing cool, the 1911’s
“Modular Grips”. This allows you to have nice rubber finger grooves
like the Hogue grips, while keeping those good looking wood grips that
are special to you. Nice system.
Liberty Gun Safes
-
www.libertysafe.com “Where do I find Gun
Safes?” Right here. After you get all your goodies from the above
websites, you need a safe to lock them up in! Rule of thumb when
buying a gun safe… always go up one size larger than you think you
need. You’ll find you need the extra room before you find yourself
buying a second safe. Especially if you hang out at GunBroker.com with
any regularity. If you have a Den or Study or Library that needs some
sprucing up, a nice gun safe adds a lot of class.
I hope these links are helpful to you... I'll have to put them up in my
links section. From these links you should be able to find danged near
anything you need.
April 10th, Thursday:
The local Telco has a monopoly on DSL service.
They are charging people an arm and a leg for DSL service and the speed
offered is only 128K. WTF? If you want 256, or heaven
forbid, a faster connection - they RAPE you. I'm talking
Republican Guard rape you. These rat bastards have been ripping
people off because everyone here thinks it's still 1993. I went
in and talked to them and they basically lied to me from the word
"Hello". You can't use your own ISP, your own DSL modem, your own
micro-filters (they call them DSL Splitters out here) or anything that
you might already have. Not only that, they only offer a 1 port
unit... for 200 and if you want a normal 4 port, you have to shell out
300. These stone aged fucks need a good beating.
Tomorrow morning I
should have a wireless T-1 connection set up... Yeah Baby.
Screw these DSL jackholes. Now I can run wireless with my
portable devices as well. Crap. I knew I should have
picked up a wireless pack for my iPaq! Damn! Time to shop
EBay!
Since I have been in a
cave for this last week, I'm going to have to sit down and watch
Fox News for a few hours to catch up. I understand we have just
about surrounded everything in Iraq with everything that we have
there... Saddam's statues are being pulled down left and right and
looters are shopping in what is left of all of the former leadership's
houses. Bush has made a speech directly to the Iraqi people...
Looks like everything is going according to plan. Unless your a
sleazy Liberal.
April 8th, Tuesday:
Now that we are in our new place, it’s going
to take a few weeks to get DSL hooked back up. Not sure who offers
it in this area, or even what broadband options are available… but I’m
hoping for cable this time, but DSL would be fine. Email isn’t “Down”
but it wont be checked very often as I have limited means of connecting
to the server right now. But that wont stop me from making updates as
I can.
Ogre is sick
of Liberals! Today is the when things changed over in Iraq and
here in the US. We found Weapons of Mass Destruction. There are those
that said Saddam didn't have them... Wrong! We now have proved our
justification in going into Iraq. Saddam had them and there is
evidence he was planning on and ready to use them. This is something
that the Liberals are going to have to accept - or a big hurdle in
logic to jump over. But I have plenty of faith in the Power of Stupid,
and I know those morons will be able to jump over it yet... We just
have to give them a minute to come up with another one. These Saddam
Apologists are so pathetic... I cannot even talk to them without
laughing at them in their face. "The US planted those WOMD - because
Saddam had already used them on the Kurds!" Great... Thanks for
further justification for going in! You just admitted he pulled the
trigger! These war protestors are so stupid... They think they are
taking the moral high ground, when what they are really doing is
supporting a madman who slaughters people - whole families - on a
whim. When asked about that - they either change the subject, blame
Bush (as if Bush was murdering people - maybe Clinton but that’s
another rant), or just ignore the question. The funny thing is, they
don't have the intellectual horsepower to realize how utterly stupid
they are being. These mono-synaptic drooling dunderheads only see one
thing - George W Bush and it doesn’t matter what the issue is... These
idiots will protest it. Bush could say something like 'it should be
allowed that doctors can administer oxygen to newborn babies if they
deem it necessary' and these idiots will protest about that. Its not
about the issues, its about Bush... No matter what they say. Remember
that. Liberals make me sick... They are either completely stupid,
devoid of morals, or both. They have seriously damaged America. They
have taken what is Right and made it Wrong, and what is Wrong, they
made Right. They have taken the fundamental values that built our
country, and turned them on its head. All of this over something
called Political Correctness. Cancer of morality. We people that can
still tell the difference between Right and Wrong need to do everything
we can to throw wrenches into the PC machine. The Liberals would have
us put down all of our family values, would have us allow mass murder
around the world, and do everything imaginable to make free people
slaves of a government with total and absolute power... Liberals are
Evil - and a threat to America. They are no longer entertainment...
They are a force to be overcome. All it takes for evil to succeed is
for good men to do nothing. I'm calling on all good people to take a
stand against stupidity, against evil, and against these liberal
saboteurs. Write letters to all your politicians, all your newspapers,
all your organizations... Voice Your Opinions! The Silent Majority
needs to start SHOUTING!
Today I took
my Demolition Squad to the park for some much needed R&R. I
brought a pack of "Sprite" and a couple popcorn-chicken orders. The
munched chicken, drank pop, and ran around the park like hooligans. I
was great fun just watching them frolic like fools. My littlest one
knows no fear - he will dive head first down the biggest slide - combat
roll back to his feet and run back to do it again! Crazy!
The move has
really put a beating on me. I'm still exhausted. I think I need
some good food to give me some energy. A beef stick and some mustard
isn't cutting it. My shoulder is still killing me. Its always been an
issue, but a low priority one. It was pretty bad after the shotgun
work at the WC 3 Gun event last year... But after a couple days it was
alright. Let me back this trolley up a bit further... Some history is
in order. Back in '93 I went through a Police Academy and during which
I tore my rotor cuff and dislocated my shoulder in a very bad way. I
went to the hospital right then and there and the Doc wrenched my
shoulder back into place. It seemed fine, but my shoulder has never
been the same since. Never. Before this happened to me, I could
Bench-Press 350 pounds. Now, when I do even just 100 I can feel my
shoulder start to buckle inside. I've no strength in it any more. When
I'm working or lifting or out shooting I can feel twinges of pain mixed
with the normal dull ache. In the Army I learned a couple things...
#1, "Pain Purifies" so you don't bitch about it. Because of that, #2,
I've developed a pretty freaking high level of pain tolerance... so I
can continue on even if I'm hurting very badly. The problem is that
sometimes pain isn't just an ache to be ignored, but your body's
warning that you are injured and still taking damage. Flash forward to
these last couple of days. The pain signals got so bad in my shoulder
that I just couldn't go on. I'd take a break and pop a few handfuls of
pain-meds and continue on once the pain came back down into the
red-zone. 2 days of this. Now looking at my shoulder, you can clearly
see that one shoulder is now lower and shaped differently than the
other. Muscles spasms will set in and the pain level is just
hellacious. I now have some muscle-relaxing meds that are keeping the
spasms under control... So I guess I'll be okay. I've talked to
another with a similar issue... He is going in for surgery this week.
A regular Doc can't do anything. He went to the ER and they charged
him $150.00 for a sling and $6.00 each for a couple Advils. Nice. I
can do that myself. Surgery is the only thing they can do because they
have to actually go in and reattach all the things that hold your
shoulder together. That's pretty much what I need... I'm no Doc, but I
used to be among other things an EMT... So I can tell that something is
wrong. On the good shoulder, you can follow the clavicle to the
shoulder and feel where it goes under a layer muscles. On the bad
shoulder you follow it to a hole. I can't explain it... It just
fucking hurts. Reminds me of the movies where the good guy gets shot,
but its only in the shoulder so he is okay and can keep fighting and
doesn't seem to even really be effected - bullshit! Let me tell you,
that kinda shoulder injury is almost paralyzing. Your unable to use
your arm, your unable to breath without great effort, and you can't
even think straight because of the fire in your shoulder. Of course,
at first your body is still taking damage-control reports and not even
processing pain messages just yet... But give it a few minutes... Then
comes the pain... Severe, mind-numbing pain. After that comes shock.
Shock from pain, and shock from blood loss. Okay, I'm not shot so I
can stop my bitching...
Side effect
from these muscle relaxers... Drowsy as hell. Feels like 4 hours
after a Grateful Dead gig. Haven’t felt this way in years.
We are now out
of Orem. The move is complete. The U-Haul is unloaded and
returned. We are exhausted. Looking back at the last 3 years in that
little house, I can honestly say I will miss it. Even if it was too
small and too drafty... Even if it had the laundry machines in the
dining area... It was a good little house that was full of love...
Messes too... But love was there and that made it special. Anyone was
always welcome...if they didn't mind the mess and if they were not
Liberals, French, or Soccer Fans.
We couldn't
find a house in time so we are renting an apartment. It's not bad
for an apartment... Give it a few months and it too will feel like
home. Maybe. At least until we find someplace better. Well it's
been a hard two days... and painful. I've done something very bad too
my right shoulder. Torn ligaments and tendons or something... My right
shoulder is now hanging an inch lower then the right. That can't be
good.
April 4th, Friday:
Correia has an update for us...
His new gun design has me drooling. This is the gun I have never
known I have always wanted.
It's all my fault. I
posted a link to the
All Your Base video and some kids in Michigan take it and get
carried away with it...
get busted by the police. Some one send up Michigan the Bomb!
Cops there have no sense of humor.
Well, we got a new place and are going to be moving this weekend.
This is very rushed and will happen very fast. MadOgre.com might
not be updated for awhile... but don't lose faith. And hey, there
is still a lot of MadOgre.com to read. Have you read all the Star
Wars articles? What about the Archives? You have? Oh.
Never mind. Looking forward to doing the U-Haul thing. I
have some emails that I will try to post here soon. If I don't
get to them, I'll post them up later. I should be able to get
another DSL connection when we get all moved in. Not sure.
I don't think Cable is an option. I'd like a cable connection,
for the faster upload speeds, but that's probably dreaming. I'm
going to keep the same hosting for awhile... I see no reason to switch
that at this time. Anyways, after today, emails will still be
collected, but I wont be able to respond until after I get a connection
established.
Remember me saying
that I liked Opera 7 as a web browser? Well, now I don't.
It used to have a little banner ad up in the corner that was very nice
and quiet. For some reason it has changed into a flashing red
strobe that cries out "Click Me!" No, it's not tempting to click
on it... it literally says "CLICK ME NOW!" Seriously. From
my computer's speakers. This is what I call ASSHOLE ADVERTISING.
This happened two weeks ago and I sent an Email to the Opera people.
I have had no response. Opera is as I type this, uninstalling.
I'm not going to use it. Hell, I have been thinking about buying
a full license for it, but this is now an "Over My Dead Body" issue.
I'll not support Opera. I don't know who put that little
advertisement in there... but they should have their face shoved deeply
up Michelle Moore's flabby ass. This is too bad... I really
liked Opera. Mozilla just sucks. I'm not happy with it at
all.
Did you guys hear about the CNN reporter that did Brain Surgery on an
Iraqi kid?
Been having some fun
with "Soundboards". Fun toys.
This one is great.
Use this one to answer the phone.
Here is a bunch...
these are awesome.
April 3rd, Thursday:
Have
 you
seen some of these so called Peace Protestors?
They don't even know what they are protesting! I am fully
convinced that Liberals and these Peace Protestors are just flat out
stupid. We need more positive supporters for the US Forces.
France doesn't qualify.
I've been on
the road all week, with my iPaq as my constant companion... All my
updates have been written and loaded with my iPaq... Best Invention
Ever. I've also used it to check my email... The only thing I haven't
done with it - recharge my batteries. Today I hit 40% juice and got my
low battery warning. This thing is so cool. I should be home tomorrow
and will be able to recharge it... finally.
 There
are some that think we shouldn't boycott French products. I
am for the boycott. I think we should cut France, Germany, and
Russia off. If they can't support the USA, then they can't suckle
from us. As I have said before, France Sucks. There is talk
that Germany is starting to lean our way in this war issue. The
further we go in Iraq, the more we uncover about Saddam's evil.
The only people that don't recognize these atrocities are people who
are just flat out stupid. Since when is Rock Hard Stupidity an opinion?
Hell, it's now it's a political party! I see the arguments
against boycotting Coalition of Weasel products... but I don't get it.
I can see the points, and can understand where they are coming from...
but they don't stand up.
I
am sure you have heard PFC Jessica Lynch's story. They were
ambushed and put up a fight. PFC Lynch fought for her life until
she ran out of ammo. She may have been "just a file clerk"... but
I would put up any Jessica Lynch over any Republican Guard Elitist.
She is something else... Ferocious. I think this is a good
argument for women in combat... It's not about brute physical strength
- but spirit. The military could use more of this. America
could use more of this.
I'm wanting to
get an X-Box for some reason... Mainly for modding. I want to put
in a 120 gig hard drive... Not that there is anything really useful
for that... But it's just really cool.
April 2nd, Wednesday:
All your Iraq is
Belong to US.
Funny how that old joke never gets old. Here is the original
music video...
I've been talking
about boycotting goods from countries within the coalition of weasels.
The 3 primary countries are:
France.
Germany. Russia. Boycotting the French is easy. I've never liked
anything from France anyway. Boycotting Germany is a bit harder for
me. I like German Cars. I like German Guns. I even like German food.
(brats and kraut – mmmm…) HK - the font of all tactical firearms.
Crap. And Russia? There goes my VEPR II. It's imported from
Russia
straight to Utah. Too bad. Luckily for us gun enthusiasts there are
good guns to be had from the Coalition of the Willing. Guns from Spain
and Italy and the Czech Republic. Stars, Astras, Berettas and CZs....
Plenty of good guns to keep us busy for the next 20 years. I guess
this moves the VEPR II off the “TO GET” list and moves the Beretta Cx4
Storm up to the top now. No problem. I can deal with that. Another
CZ-52? Gladly. Porsche, Audi, BMW, VW... no more. Forget about
them. A Peugeot or a Renault? Please... never even a
consideration. This isn't too bad... A Peugeot is a fine rally
car... but they have been getting their asses kicked by Skoda. VW
like car, but made in the
Czech Republic... Nice. Hey, check out that Czech chick... Whoa.
I think if you are a fan of German engineered sports sedans... you
would want to be selling off your old panzerwagons and buying up a
svelte and sexy Skoda....
Yesterday afternoon I watched with joy and pride the reports that PFC
Jessica Lynch was rescued.
Thank Heavens! She was rescued by US Army Rangers - RANGERS
LEAD THE WAY! If you have seen the footage of these guys carrying PFC
Lynch on a stretcher, you will notice these Rangers were decked out
ready to rock. Night Vision, Suppressors, all the cool toys you
need to do some high speed shit. PFC Lynch was being kept in a
Hospital. Also in this hospital were a number of other US Service
personnel... all dead. They also found weapons and other
military command and control equipment and supplies. Nice.
Using a hospital as a military command center so we wont hit it from
the air. Chicken Shits. Well, I can't blame them... I
wouldn't want to wake up in the middle of the night with a JDAM
sitting in my lap. But still, a freaking hospital? How low
can you get? The Iraqi leadership machine knows no such thing as
"Low" or "Dishonor" or "Humanity". These guys... these things...
animals... vermin. The sooner they are wiped out - the better.
And thankfully, it looks like it will be sooner. We are inside 20
miles of the objective and there is nothing left to stop up. Oh,
and PFC Lynch... she is a cutie... She is going to become a national
icon very shortly. The new face of the Army. Poster Girl.
Political tool. I just hope she is smart enough to work all this
to her advantage instead of politicians using her to their advantage.
I am amazed out how
successful this has been. Yes, we have taken some hits and
have had our nose bloodied... but that is what happens in a war.
I think it's laughable that some people would call our progress a
failure. The Military's plan a failure. Every
time an Iraqi Officer looks through a set of binoculars, he sees a US
Soldier giving him the finger... just before he shoots him.
Failure? Who are these people calling this a failure? How
come they are the least qualified to make labels? Ah... now we
see... it's the people least likely to have been experienced in any
military action. That's right... the Liberals. They are
making a complete joke of them selves. Liberal says "This
war is a failure!" Army Guy says "Uh, but we are only 20 miles
away from Baghdad and we got here in less than two weeks after rolling
over and taking the entire country." Liberal "Well, it would have
been different if Bush hadn't stole the election in Florida."
Army Guy "Your right. Saddam would have been 20 miles away from
Capitol Hill by now."
I saw the coolest bike
yesterday while stopped at a gas station picking up something cold and
carbonated... This cat rolls up and this bike... It was
sweet. Big V-Twin engine with a low rumbling growl sound.
Not a Harley... an Indian. Indian Scout to be specific.
Looked old timey... Classic styled. But it was brand new.
The cat just picked it up a couple days ago. He is paying only
200 bones a month for it. The shit-eating grin on his face is
evidence of a good investment. I don't think I myself could reap
such satisfaction spending 200 bucks in a month on anything else.
That was the grin of a Happy Man. I want that grin! I am
looking for a Bike... I'm going to sell a vehicle to get one. I'm
looking for a used bike - because I don't want to carry a note.
But I'm not sure which bike I should be looking at. "Any Bike" is
the quick answer, but the wrong answer. I want a solid cruiser
with long legs and every day practicality. I want a Chopper, but
I'm not positioned for a Chopper economically. I need a bike that
is easy to ride, long range, efficient, and at least 750CC's because I
am not a small man. I'm not fat, but I am over 200... 6 foot when
not hunched... Long arms and legs. I'm leaning to a Yamaha
Virago, Honda Magna (before this new body style came out), or the like.
I once saw an HD Sportster with a larger fuel tank. That would be
JUST RIGHT. I think it was a 5 gallon tank if I remember.
That's like what I want. If your a Bike Aficionado, please make a
valid suggestion. GSXR-1100 Need not apply. I am not after
a riding position that looks like I am sexually involved with the
machine. I want something relaxed... laid back. Gold Wing
type bikes... no... not that relaxed. It's also gotta have some
balls... something that can roost. Now mix in affordable, and
good looking... and that is what I am looking for. Take your
time. That Indian Scout looked PERFECT. But it's waaayy too
much money right now. Remember, I did say that I was going back
to school... right?
April 1st, Tuesday:
FRANCE BLOWS Day!
April Fools day is a French holiday where people make asses of
themselves. Nice. Go head France. We think that of
you 365 days a year, but go head and have your day. I'll call it
"France Blows Day".
I was asked "What do
you think of Peter Arnett?" The answer is "Not Much".
His constant and blatant Anti-American spew is tiresome. The man
hates the USA. Fine. He can remain outside of the USA.
At best he is revolting. What the hell is up with that comb over
from hell? The man has no pride, but obviously has an agenda.
He has been fired from MSNBC and now just picked up by some 3rd rate
British rag with the same Anti-American bias. I've got one word
for Peter Arnett, and it's "Fucker". He's a fucker, he has fucked
the USA in the past, has just fucked the USA again... and now it's time
he gets fucked in return. What do I think of Peter Arnett?
Fuck Peter Arnett.
If you have the
chance, stop by the AF Gun Range in Lindon, Utah. It's no
longer the AF Gun Range as it has new ownership... All the old is out
and new is coming in. Most of the cats there seem to be of your
typical gun store ilk... where do they find these people? Judas
Priest... you would think just because you know something about guns
you don't have to be nice to customers? - "Er, Ogre... You have
never been nice to a Customer and you know a few things about guns..."
Damn. Your right... Fucket. One of the cats in there is a
solid guy... Runs the new paintball operation there. Cool guy
that used to work at Peg leg Paintball in Orem. He is bringing in
the good stuff on and not the crap you normally see in a shop's
paintball department. I'm talking the new hotness. Czeck it
out when you get the chance.
While at the above
mentioned gunshop/range I looked at a little .22 auto to scratch that
jones. The little Walther number that looks like a mini P99.
It's a cool little gun, but a little too small for my tastes. Too
small to be a serious shooter in my hands... and too big (while being
too underpowered) for a deep concealment. It's a very cool gun -
but not something I want to spend my own money on. After looking
at other .22 automatics, I think I'm leaning to a Browning Buckmark.
I'm liking the wood and the more substantial feel it has over most
other .22 autos. The quality is there... and I can get it for about the
same price as a .22 conversion kit for my Beretta, so why not have 2
pistols?
Speaking of pistols...
I have to yet again give props to the excellent Springfield XD.
I'm going to have to move that pistol up into my top 10 list and make
it my #1 suggest on my Recommended Buy Roster. It's about the
perfect pistol for General Use and Duty Use. And now that you can
get them in a Sub Compact... It's even perfect for CCW.
Man, I am sick of
France. My level of disgust with the French, Russians and the
Germans is right up there with my disgust of Soccer Hooligans.
Let's just hope that "France" as a whole does like one devoted Soccer
Fan did and light himself on fire after dousing himself with paint
thinner. *sigh* We can dream, can't we? I know the
Germans and the Russians are just as bad, if not worse than France in
this no small matter of the war in Iraq... but the main issue of France
is that WE SAVED THEIR ASSES in WWII and the other guys' asses, we just
KICKED. When we are done with Iraq, there are some more beat
downs that we need to hand out. Have you heard the latest?
Doesn't matter. They are still French and that is all that
matters... Fucking French... I know this is a new month, but I couldn't
let the 1st day go past without a little rant about our Former Friends.
Oh, and I have to
point out that some of the most important parts of MadOgre.com are also
some of the least hit. MadOgre.com is mainly about guns... so
the Weapons Section is probably the most important part. Yet it's
my most neglected. (Okay, next to the Star Wars section...)
Couple important parts of that section are the rosters I keep there.
I have a list of all the top Holster
Makers, Gun
Manufacturers, and
Gunsmiths.
I've been updating them and if you have an entry or update, let me
know. How could I miss Ithaca? It's on there now!
Spent a little time in
a Doctor's Office today. Went in to talk to my wiffy who was
there and ended up networking the whole place. I have to say... I
dislike Windows 2000. Now, if I could just get the OUTLOOK
program to share calendars and such... I know the option is there, but
it remains grey and not selectable. Pissing me off. Oh well, the
hard stuff is done, so all that is left is getting outlook to share...
small matter. Going to hook them up with
Groove so all the computers in the
office can share and work together like the Doc was saying he wanted.
I couldn't believe how
freaking HUGE March_2003 is.
I think that's one of my biggest months to date... Sure other archives
are large in file size due to images and stuff... but March is
certainly the longest.
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