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Aug 26th, Thursday,
2004: 1100hrs:
Comedian
Margaret Cho said "I need to
know that we are going to have a new administration, and I am 100%
behind Kerry's agenda.” How can that be? No one knows what
Kerry’s agenda really is. She doesn’t know. Kerry doesn’t even know.
The only agenda points that I see are three steps:
Step one: Steal
Whitehouse.
Step two: ?
Step three: Profit.
The only agenda that these people have who are
supporting Kerry is that they want to bring Bush down. “Cho
says she intends to get arrested sometime during the Republican
convention. "Maybe it will be for something totally unrelated, like
shoplifting," says Cho, who promises she will wait until after her
Saturday shows.” Yeah, there is someone who our young Americans can
really look up to.
Look, I don’t care if
you don’t like Bush… but come on… John Kerry? This guy who has no idea
what the hell he is doing… thinks he is a resurrected JFK… votes to
send men off to war but votes against actually funding the effort so it
will succeed… you would rather have him in the office than Bush. Come
on. Anyone but Kerry! He doesn’t follow his own beliefs! There is no
evidence he even has any beliefs!
Horde Officer wants
me to dead so he can assume command of The Horde:
“1. Why only a
short paragraph on Axe? If its that wonderful, tell us more (like how
much it costs, where you got it, how soon it works - not details as to
why you are a Happy Ogre...we can guess).
2. If you like Angelina Jolie so much, arrange a meeting and be
wearing a whole bottle of Axe. Of course, Mrs. Ogre will have to be
far, far away, or you'll be a Dead Ogre :>)
3. Regarding the anti-5.56mm article: yes, the 6.8 SPC is far better
at typical combat ranges. However, the 6.5 Grendel is superior to it
in accuracy, and in retained energy past 300 yards. It could very
successfully be handed out to regular infantry, Designated Marksmen and
the SAW guys, and all would be very happy (all, that is, except the
dead ragheads and their friends-though goats, sheep and camels would
breathe a sigh of relief). Logistics would be WAY simplified by having
everyone shoot the same round (except snipers, but they're a class by
themselves anyway). The Grendel bullets have a far higher BC, and the
accuracy of 6.5mm bullets can be attested to by anyone that shoots them
(THIS is why the Swedish Mausers are sooooo sweet). The Grendel round
itself is derived from the 6mm PPC, which is a HIGHLY accurate round.
Please check out
http://www.65grendel.com/ to see what I'm talking about. Of
course, if it is a choice between the 6.8 and retaining the 5.56, I'd
change in a millisecond - but as long as we're thinking about changing,
let's do it right and go with a truly superior round. – Paul”
1. I picked up the
Axe at “Family Dollar” a small store half the distance away from the
larger grocery stores. All I needed was box of laundry detergent so I
just hit FD. While picking up a box of soap I remembered I was out of
Pit-Stick. (Generic term for deodorant/antiperspirant) So I swung past
the isle with the funk-fighter stuff and saw they had Axe. I grabbed a
stick of deodorant and a bottle of the body spray. There are different
flavors of Axe, Axe being the brand. I selected the “Essence”
fragrance. Well, later I was feeling sweaty and funky so I showered up
and used the Axe stuff and dropped the old Speed Stick thing into the
trash. Good smell. I liked it. Better than Speed Stick at least. It
was like 4 hours later when Mrs Ogre came home. She gave me a quick
kiss and then did like a full body doubletake and next think I know,
she is crawling all over me like I had just given her something
sparkly. 3 bucks each. Not bad. I’ll buy it again.
2. You are planning a
Horde coup aren’t you? Trying to get rid of me so you can take over,
eh? I’m dispatching my ninja’s right now.
3. 6.5 might be
better… but 6.8 is the one being tested by SOCOM and the like. Either
one would be so much better. We both know that. I don’t care either
way… as long as we get rid of the .22 caliber round we are using now.
Email from Firehand:
“While back I was able to get a Bulgarian Makarov, and my experience
pretty much duplicates yours. After several hundred Wolf FMJ's and
some Hornady XTP hollow points, results stand as follows:
Jams: 0 Fail to
feeds: 0 ANY problems: 0. Little sucker just keeps shooting.
I did put on a
Hogue grip sleeve; the factory grips tended to slip in my hand a bit.
And I put some international orange paint on the front sight.
Otherwise, no changes. I will note that some advise is to put a
slightly stronger recoil spring on it, will look further into that.
Two further bits
about
Microlon. I tried using it as a cleaner in the bore, did a pretty
good job. As an experiment, I ran a patch wet with Gun Juice through
the clean bore, let it sit 'till dry, repeated this five times. After
the last time I shot /50 rounds of Wolf/ cleaning the bore was a lot
easier. There's an area right in front of the chamber where some
fouling tends to gather in a land, and was a pain to get out. A few
scrubs with a brush, let it sit, then clean out with patches, all gone.
Second, when
Microlon sent me the Gun Juice, also sent a can of Metal Treatment.
I've got a bolt-action .22 that needed the works lubed, so instead of
detail-stripping it, I took the action out of the stock, used
carburetor cleaner to blow old oil, fouling, etc., out, let it dry
thoroughly, then sprayed the Metal Treatment in. Let it dry, then
worked the action a bit. Feels nice and smooth, will see how holds up
in use. Also used the Treatment on a drill-press vise, which is
running smoothly, and with the dry coating shouldn't gather crap the
way it did. So far, I like the stuff. Mark”
I'm still looking at
getting some Gun Kote to refinish my Mak... and I was thinking about
the slip on grips too. The orange paint on the front sight would be a
big help. Good idea. Check this out - I have a box of .22 Short CB
caps that I shoot through my old Remington 514 to nail birds in the
back yard. With this combo I have about a 15 meter range and can nail
a bird so it flaps around the yard and my cat Koda will charge out and
tear it up and feast on it. Well, the Gun Juice has worked as
advertised. I now have about a 25 meter range and the short CB's are
hitting a lot harder... killing the birds flat out instead of letting
them flop around. So Koda doesn't see them unless he seems me make the
shot. In the .30-30, I haven't noticed a real difference other than
having to resight it. So that means it has changed the ballistics...
I've just not seen a good before and after down range effect. I like
this stuff. Since it’s a dry film sort of thing, I’m thinking about
taking my Boa apart, cleaning it up, and lubing it with the Gun Juice.
Remember how I said I used some of that metal treatment on the hood
of my Bronco? It used to scream and screech when I opened the hood.
The Microlon metal treatment stopped that screeching… here it is a
couple months later… The hood is still quiet when I open it. To me…
that’s bloody impressive.
0900hrs:
I don’t know if this made a
difference at all, but I spent some quality time going through the HTML
of this page and cleaning it up.
The code was all messed up… layers and
layers of crap that FrontPage added on. Loose code ends and all that
jazz. Since I’ve cleaned it up, I’ve noticed a great increase in
rendering speed here on my end… I don’t know about on yours. Please
for the love of all that is holy; tell me that this page loads faster
now! This effort was undertaken because of the Acid-daughter…
Acidman’s girl complained about the page taking forever to load.
So I hope this helps. Most of the remaining speed issue is because of
the little images on the side columns and the pulling in the news feed
from Firearms News. The code is still pretty much FUBAR, but at least
it’s not such a SNAFU as it was before.
THE AXE EFFECT:
Have you guys seen the commercials for a line of men’s deodorant and
body spray called “Axe”? The Axe “effect” is that chicks will get
climbing all over you if you wear it. Well, I picked some up and
yesterday decided to use it. Uh… it works. That’s all I’m saying… but
*wow* yeah, it works. *whoa* Happy Ogre.
This is just out of
control. The Jackasses (Democrats, hey don’t act like that… if it
was the Republicans I was talking about, I’d call them the Elephants.
I didn’t pick their mascot) have taken a new turn to the low in trying
to silence the Swiftboat Veterans. They are now trying to go after
them for having any sort of ties with the Bush campaign and calling
their efforts illegal.
Democrats really and truly suck to an unprecedented degree here.
No one tried to shut up Michael Moore and his attacks… no one tries to
shut up, stifle, sweep under the rug, silence, ban, or in any way keep
the Liberals from speaking out whenever they want to. They have almost
all of the news media outlets, Hollywood, almost all of the
universities… they have pretty much 90% of the over all “Airtime”. The
Rightwing guys… what do we have? We have this one group of veterans
that is putting them all into a bloody panic. We have one cable news
channel. We have the old AM Radio. And lastly, we have the internet.
But it is not like we have exclusives on these sources like how the
Left has in their arsenals of Spinatrons. The Left has their Air
America (so fucking revolting that they used that name, I still want to
vomit when I hear it) and they have their Democrat Underground website
and similar. Places on the net where the jackasses can say things like
“they hope more US Soldiers get killed” and that “they celebrated Pat
Tillman’s death” and all the other horrific anti-American bullshit that
they want to swim in. All the time claiming first amendment
protections… the same protections they claim all Americans are proud to
have and that they are brave patriots for using it… and grudgingly I
have to swallow that line because it’s true that they have the
blessings of The 1st. But as soon as one group of decorated
veterans who served full tours of duty, or more than one tour of duty,
and never threw away their medals… as soon as they question Kerry… as
soon as they say that they observed actions different than what are
claimed by a reluctant participant who was there for only 4 months, who
threw away his medals and called everyone in Vietnam war criminals and
monsters who were committing atrocities; the Jackasses have to do
everything that they can in their power to silence them. Because the
first amendment is something that they think that only they have. They
don’t like the fact that it is a double edged sword. They want to
silence the very people that fought for their freedoms. That is
absolutely disgusting. That is treasonous! That is un-American to the
very core. The ACLU, if they have any validity at all, should be all
over these swiftboat vets – PROTECTING THEM.
Aug 25th, Wednesday,
2004:
11800hrs:
Surprisingly good film…
“Taking Lives”. Angelina Jolie plays as a
very potent roll in this movie. Awesome directing, cast, and plot
twists. Get the unrated version, it’s the most powerful. It’s a bit
more graphic with showing the dead bodies and all that… but it is more
important to the story here which is of a very gritty and graphic
nature. (if you are squeamish, don’t)
It used to be difficult to appreciate Angelina
Jolie as a serious actress, but in this film I was struck by the fact
that she is good. In this film and in “Beyond Borders”… I am
impressed. She isn’t just a smoking hot babe… She’s got real talent.
She’s good. More than good. One of the very best actresses around
now. And in this movie she is just flat out awesome.
Great movie. It really is. The best thriller
I’ve seen this year. Rather shocking all the way to rolling credits.
This flick also teaches a couple good lessons
about firearms ownership.
Number one: Don’t keep your gun in it’s case,
unloaded. It’s useless there like that.
Number two: Carry your gun at all times. Even at
home. Especially when you are at home and alone.
This flick will blew me away and so did she. (she
just gets hotter and hotter) Looking back on it, I had to ask why.
It’s not just the cast or direction… but something very rare in a
Hollywood movie… it actually has a damn good script. Oh, and you do
get a steamy love scene of course… and seeing a roasted Keefer
Southerland is well worth the price of the rental.
500hrs:
Here is an article that all of The Horde needs to read as soon as you
can. “The
Last “Big Lie” of Vietnam Kills U. S. Soldiers in Iraq”. This
article pretty much lays out the foundation for the argument for the
6.8MM SPC round that is undergoing testing by SOCOM. Next year we are
going to see something not seen since the 60’s. A new rifle for our
GI’s. The XM-8 goes into full production for our boys in 2005. When
it gets issued, I’m not sure. It is my fervent hope and prayer that
before this new is issued, it is rechambered for 6.8MM SPC, 6.5 Grendel,
or .300 Whisper. Something else… anything else than sticking with the
utterly pathetic 5.56MM round.
The article mentions that
5.56MM started out as good old fashioned .223. That’s true. People
will argue that 5.56MM is a different cartridge and is loaded to
different specs. To me this is just bullshit, and it’s like saying
there is are differences between 9X19MM, 9MM Parabellum, 9MM Luger, and
9MM NATO. There is not. All can be loaded and fired in the same gun
that means it’s the same freaking cartridge, okay? So stop being a
prick about it.
The .223 is the fraternal
twin of the .222 round. This thing is a varmint cartridge and always
was. So is the .223. It’s good for target practice, rabbits,
squirrels, cats, fox, and coyotes… and that’s about it. You start
going up into bigger critters and the .223 starts becoming less than
ideal.
When it comes to hunting,
the hunter has a sacred obligation to his prey… to deliver a clean
kill. The animal deserves the right to die nobly with its dignity
intact and without suffering. If a hunter can not do that, he should
not be hunting. I’m serious about that. To do less is to not be worth
of the hunt. I’m sorry if you disagree, but you can kiss my ass if you
do. Warfare should (not always the case, but it should) be the same
way. When you engage a soldier from the opposition, I believe that
soldier deserves a clean kill as well… dignity and honor intact, with
little suffering. (Please note: When engaging Terrorists, this idea
goes out the window… make those jizznozzles suffer. Aim low and stitch
them bottom to the top so they feel some freaking pain!) The 6.8MM SPC
round is a much more capable round than 5.56MM. It should be adopted
ASAP. Rechamber the XM-8 for good old fashioned .308, and I’d be
tempted to reenlist just to play with it! There was nothing ever wrong
with 7.62MM, and the move away from it was a disaster.
Note from Steve
regarding
Concealed Carry Magazine: “Dang you. I just bought a
subscription.”
My bad. :)
Horde Commander Martin
speaks truth: “I’ll tell you something about Lisa Welchel.
I met her in person in Kansas City back about 1984 or 85. Total
bitch. I was dating a young lady who was a fan of the TV show, and
wanted to go over and meet her. Lisa had this chip on her shoulder
that she was better than everyone else, and us mere mortals should not
approach her. Regarding the Hot Sauce treatment, I think we should
give Lisa and anyone else using like punishment on their children, a
dose of their own medicine. And I don’t mean that chicken-shit
“Louisiana Hot Sauce” that is available in California. I have some
Hellfire and Damnation sauce that I brought from Texas, and let me tell
you, this stuff would set her straight. If marriages would stay
together so that Daddy is around to take the kids out behind the
woodshed when appropriate, you’d see a lot less of this kind of crap.
My wife and I started teaching our two children to be respectful right
from the start. As with your children, the result is two kids that I
am very proud of and that will be able to make it as adults. Damnit!
Mart”
I remember getting my mouth washed out with soap
once. It worked. That’s all I’m saying. Parents are parents and our
generations and those before us all turned out fine using punishments
that would give today’s children “Emotional and physical trauma”. The
Woodshed/Switch approach should not be abandoned.
GOD BLESS TEXAS. I think this letter is spot on. A shot into
the X ring.
Speaking of Texas… Many of my long time
readers will remember be speaking of my dream to retire to a boat. I
love the pacific northwest… it is beautiful. But very expensive to
live there. California and Oregon, being Liberal Wacko states are out
of the question. Maybe docking in Texas and calling that my home port
would be a good idea. The waters in the Gulf are generally good as I
understand. Certainly better off the shore in Texas than in the much
more turbulent Florida waters. That and people can follow an arrow in
Texas. Probably from growing up playing Cowboys and Indians instead
of… er… whatever games kids play in Flordia. Never mind.
I just want to say this: I think
George Soros is an asshole.
 I
had a couple guys call bullshit when I said Magnum Research sent me a
pair of guns. I think they were just pimping for me to post a
photo. Oh, I’ll post photos… for the review. But for now, I’ll give
you this one picture… just for fun. And to show you that I do indeed
have these two guns I talked about last night. Check them out…
Who’s your Daddy? That’s right, Ogre is
your Daddy.
1030hrs:
You hear a lot about
kids growing up into shits…
and you hear a lot
about “Where are the parents?” Or “I blame the parents”. And a lot of
the time, it is a valid point. But before we blame the parents,
let’s look at this story. I find it increasingly hard to blame the
parents when they are not able to be parents. Hot Sauce as an
alternative to “washing your mouth out with soap” is not cool and in
some places is an “Actionable Offense” meaning Child Protective
Services come and take your kids and throw them into Foster Care where
they a can be sexually abused by strangers. We of course can not spank
the child. Striking a child is just right out. Come on… Time Outs?
What do parents have left as legal forms of punishment? Well, so far I
am blessed with children that do not give me such headaches. I
have great kids. But I know some folks who's kids just need a
good beating.
“Hey Tiger Woods, good
luck on the tournament… but, uh… look man. You can only use the
Putter. No, that’s it… just that one club in the golf bag… yeah the
Putter. A Sand Wedge? We might have to ask you leave if you make such
a suggestion again. A Five Iron? Oh goodness. I’m going to have to
put you into counseling.
Aug 24th, Tuesday, 2004: 2000hrs:
Magnum Research has blown my socks off. When I asked to review
a compact
Baby Eagle for
Concealed Carry Magazine, they pretty much just said “which ones”.
They offered me the buffet. Whatever I wante. After
thinking about it a bit, I decided on a compact and a sub compact with
the polymer frames and both in 9MM for an easier comparison. They both
arrived along with a nice letter stating that they would like them back
within 60 days. Whoa. 60? I had to read that again. Yup, sixty
days. Sweeet. Other gun companies are sort of tight on the time
frames… not Magnum Research. They hooked me up properly and promptly
and have been awesome to work with. I hope the guns are as good as the
people are.
I quickly examined the
two guns. These things look like shooting machines. The Compact is
beefy… It’s pretty large for something called a Compact, but when you
are talking to the cats that give us the Desert Eagle automatic and the
BFR Revolvers. They say BFR means “Biggest, Finest, Revolvers” but we
all know what it really means… We have all said it the first time we
saw one. “That’s a Big Fucking Revolver!” Come on M.R., your not
fooling us! You just have to shrug your shoulders and understand that
everything is relative. I have the immediate impression that this gun
is fully capable of throwing the hottest loads downrange all day long.
The gun just screams service duty gun to me. If you are looking for
a battle worthy automatic, this gun gives off all the right vibes. We
shall see about this once I start the evaluation.
The so called “Sub
Compact” is what I consider to be just about right proportion wise for
civilian CCW work for the guy that wants to carry a serious fighting
gun concealed. The grips are generously thick, but not too much so.
They certainly fill your fist but don’t feel too big. The grips are
good… no slipping. They are comforting actually. Beefy enough to let
you know when you slap leather, you are yanking on a real weapon.
These Eagles are descendants of the Jericho 941 pistol which is in turn
a genetic relative of the world class CZ-75 pistol… I am going to be
shooting the ever loving hell out of these two guns… Just saying that
out loud, these pistols give off an Angelina Jolie kinda wicked vibe like
they are licking their lips and saying “Ooh, that sounds naughty.”
They seem to be the kinda guns that like the “Ride’m hard, puttem away
wet” sorta thing.
Sorry if that sounds sinful… but that’s the only way
to really describe these things. The only other handguns that give me
that kind of vibe are the HK USP line of guns.
I
think this is going to be the most fun review I’ve done yet for CCM
Magazine. And since I have just submitted the Kel-Tec article and it
has been accepted; I can start working on these ladies as soon as I
like. Come on girls, let’s go get dirty!
1100hrs:
Good morning.
Now that I have eaten my Ogre Breakfast Of Champions, I’m
ready to hit it. (OBC=Roast Beef Hash, browned, with 3 eggs and 2
slices of toast splashed with some Tabasco and washing it down with a
can of Vanilla Coke) The news this morning is damn near enough to make
me puke…
France is
rewriting history now. According to the new version,
France liberated themselves. For some reason, I don’t think so.
Kerry: “I will
strengthen the Military!” BULLSHIT:
He voted to kill the
Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
He voted to kill the M-1 Abrams Tank.
He voted to kill every Aircraft carrier laid down from 1988.
He voted to kill the Ages anti aircraft system.
He voted to kill the F-15 Strike Eagle.
He voted to kill the Block 60 F-16.
He voted to kill the P-3 Orion upgrade.
He voted to kill the B-1.
He voted to kill the B-2.
He voted to kill the Patriot anti Missile system.
He voted to kill the FA-18.
He voted to kill the F117.
When You have a guy that is endorsed by North Korea, Palestine, Al
Queda… you have to wonder about him. Kim Jong Il is supporting Kerry
for crying out loud. That should be a signal to everyone that Kerry is
absolutely the wrong man for the job! I don’t care if you don’t like
Bush… but cast your vote for Bush or for the Green Party… ANYBODY
BUT KERRY!
This guy has a lot of gall… biggest jackass I’ve ever seen.
Evidently I didn’t
miss anything by not going Brown Water: “I was in SBU 22, and brother, you didn't miss a damn thing! I was a
non-obligor reservist on Boat Det G when SBU 22 was located in NSA New
Orleans. Only 1-2 dets a month went on the water back then, if any went
at all. In the 6-8 months I was there my Det never got wet. I was a
Machinist Mate at the time, but was occupying an Engineman billet.
Basically that meant engine maintenance. They’re at a permanant
facility in Stennis Space Center in MS now. LOTS and LOTS of brown
water out there. To be fair they probably get much more time on the
water now. Their parent units are NAVSPECWARGRU 2 and SEAL Team 4 is
part of the gang. I can safely say I've never run into a more self
important, holier-than-thou group of Navy types in nearly 8 years of
service. The Carrier folks didn't even have this big a chip on their
shoulders. The final straw for me was I went in for drill one weekend
and was told "No boats are going out this weekend. You reservists
police the building grounds and then go clean the active duty locker
room". Fuck you very much and see ya later. I went to VP 94 shortly
thereafter and enjoyed a good 3 year tour there as an Aviation
Ordnanceman before college took over with a vengeance and I transferred
back to the IRR. They had a number of PBR's which they recently
deployed to Iraq with, and a couple of Boston Whaler
insertion boats, the
really cool ones you see on discovery from time to time. It was truly
not one of my happier times in
the military. In retrospect I think I would much rather have tried to
go an ACU with LCACs despite the traveling it would have taken. Chase”
Go clean the active duty lockers… sheesh. That’s a slap in the face.
A good article about
the
9-11 Commission.
Early Morning:
I have a few
confessions.
#1, I took the DVD out of that case before I shot it. The movie is
funny, I enjoy it. While I find her politics to be totally asinine and
her to be a giant assclown, in this movie she is funny and even
attractive in a really weird Beer Goggle way. In fact, I am going to
watch it again if I get the chance. International Weapons Expert
Janeane Garofalo plays the roll of a political lacky to an Irish
Democrat Senator from Boston seeking reelection. The problem with the
Senator is identified by an Irish Ex-Journalist as a politician who has
flip-flopped on every issue so much that no one knows where the guy
stands. Hence his election problems. To help solve them he marries a
girl who is related to the late JFK. Does this sound familiar? Yeah,
it does doesn’t it? It’s an amusing little film. Especially when the
old Irish guy tells International Weapons Expert Janeane Garofalo to
fuck off. Hilarious.
Confession #2,
I wanted to be John F’ing Kerry. Seriously… before I enlisted into the
Army I was talking with recruiters from the US Navy. I specifically
wanted to join special boat unit 11 or 22… these are the Brown Water
Navy guys… doing what Kerry and the Swift Boat Vets did. I’m not
making this up, you can ask my Momma. My good friend Paul at the time
was also talking to the Navy (while dating my sister) and he ended up
joining with them. I took a different path.
He ended up in Nuke boats sitting under polar ice caps monitoring the
gauges on a reactor and making a shit load of money and bonus to do
it. I’ve not heard from him in over a decade, but I can only imagine
he is either doing very well, or dead. If any of you guys know a
submariner named Paul from Roanoke, VA that drove a Pontiac Sunfire in
high school and dated a girl nicknamed “The Beast”, have him drop me a
line. Anyways… Yeah… I wanted to be in the brown water navy. I wanted
to drive a PBR with dual fifties. I did. But the Navy could not tell
be for sure that that was what I would be able to do… so I bailed on
them and went Army. True Story. I swear to Budda.
There… I got this stuff off my chest. I feel much cleaner inside. I
also feel some shame that Kerry was in a unit that I wanted to be in...
but then I look at the Swiftboat Vets and the ball that those men have
for standing up; then I regret not trying harder to join them.
BTW, my sister of whom I rarely ever mention was not called “The Beast”
for her looks… It was for her personality. After dumping a guy she
would not say “I need a new boyfriend”. No, instead she would say, “I
need a new victim”. Paul was the only one of my friends with the guts
to want to try to spend time alone with her.
Confession #3.
Okay, not so much a confession per say… but something I want to get off
my chest. Atkins Friendly Low Carb Snack Foods. There is a whole new
section at the local grocery store. They have cheesy poofs, crackers,
chips, cookies of myriad variety, a plethora of candybars and energy
bars and nutrition bars… fuck it… they are all candybars… all kinds of
junk food. Note to the big dudes on a diet: you don’t have to buy that
stuff… just stop eating the fucking junk food! Judas Priest! Have
some fruit instead! Have some grapes or carrot sticks or something and
forget the Ranch Dip. Have some self control for crying out loud!
Just because the shit has the word “CARB” on it – doesn’t’ mean you can
eat a sack full while watching wrestling. There… I said that and I
feel better. Note to readers: I’m a big dude too. My pants are size
38 and I tip the scales at 220. I’ve not seen 200 since I got out of
the service, and I’ve seen 250 at one time as well. My vice is soda.
I know this is harmful… I understand it. But we all have our vices I
guess. If it wasn't soda and I wasn't LDS, then my vice would be beer.
Whatever... doesn't matter. We all have different vices and sins.
That's what causes gravity. Makes the earth spin. Another
vice that I have is a big mouth that spouts off and pisses people off.
If I have pissed you off by this little rant… just hang on. I’ll be
sure to piss you off about something else momentarily.
Aug 23rd, Monday, 2004, First Day of School: 2020hrs:
I’ve
concluded all the testing of the Kel-Tec P3AT. While
it is difficult to shoot accurately, it is possible to get very good
accuracy out of this little belly gun. As evidenced in this photo
(higher res version available by clicking on it, suitable for desktop
wallpaper) the P3AT is Minute of Liberal* at 7 paces. I discovered
that I was out of targets just as I was heading out to my range, so I
improvised. I have drawn my conclusion about the gun, but I'm
holding that card to my chest for the time being. Those waiting
to hear the verdict will have to wait a bit longer. Enjoy the
photo.
(*No Garofalos were harmed in the making of this image.)
1730hrs:
Why should
Bush have to respond to the 527 ads?
He has denounced them, and I am stuck with an odd sense of
curiosity. Has Kerry denounced Moveon.org’s ads? Has he denounced
Mikey Moore’s 911 movie? So how come when there is an ad out there
supporting Bush, everyone is in an uproar? I applaud these swiftboat
veterans for having the balls to stand up and say what it is they want
to say. It takes courage to do this. Wasn’t it Hillary Clinton that
said that as Americans, we have the right to question any
administration? Yet her side of the political spectrum is doing
everything that they can to make the swiftboat vets go away.
Unfortunately their efforts have only served to bring these guys
further into the lime light. But now all the sudden Bush is denouncing
the only verbal support he has? Sure the support is in the form of a
bash fest… bashing Kerry – but come on… so was F’d 911. That’s the
way politics is. It’s ugly and it’s dirty, but that is how they are
playing the game and the left is getting a taste of their own medicine.
Note to Kerry: A spoon full of sugar will help it go down. Bastard.
Wake up
call from Steve, RE the Boa: “Um...
You've had it for 3 years now. You got it back on the Nortel Project.”
Time flies. Sheesh.
Word about
DesignEngine:
“George- That Robin Peng has one cool design website. Design work
is what I do for Lockheed Martin, and let me tell you from a
professional standpoint, he has some great things on his site. Thanks
for the link. Mart” The site is not remotely as cool has his
office.
Girl in Iran executed
for having a smart mouth.
Evidently
they don’t take any sass in Iran. Good grief. Why do we even
bother with the middle east at all? If it wasn’t for Israel, I’d say
just screw them all and forget about them like we do most of Africa.
This is outrageous. But what can we do? Nothing. This was in Iran…
they are their own country and if this is how they want to live and
die, fine. If this was in the USA, there would be another hanging
going down ASAP.
Lunch Time:
MADOGRE.COM RED ALERT:
Miracle of miracles!
My take is
on the second page of that link. Unfortunately this is not yet in my
area… at least I’ve not seen it yet. When I do, I’m buying several
bottles. First, we have MD Livewire, caffeinated orange soda.
Awesome. Now caffeinated grape soda. This is glorious!
I love
good knives.
The knife is mankind’s first tool. Every guy should have a pocket
knife that is carried daily. The knife I’m packing now is the same one
I’ve carried for over a year now… almost 2 I think. I don’t remember
when I got it. It’s a Kershaw Boa. The damn thing has spoiled me in
that I’ve not found another knife that has been able to replace it.
I’ve tried packing other knives but none have been able to stay clipped
to my pocket for more than a couple days. The Boa just stays. Kershaw
is a great knife company… Right there with Benchmade and Spyderco, but
they don’t make a lot of flashy knives. That is, not until Kershaw
teamed up with custom knife artisan Ken Onion. KO is my favorite
designer. And he gave Kershaw another one. It’s called the Splinter.
I love the looks of this knife… elegant, with clean lines. Very
nice. Class and style. Just like the Kershaw/KO Vapor, this knife
doesn’t have the Speed Safe mechanism to help open it… but that’s
okay. BTW, I love the Vapor too, but the Splinter is just gorgeous.
That this is perhaps the best looking knife short of certain William
Henry models that I’ve ever seen.
0900hrs:
When I was
driving out to SLC Saturday afternoon, I passed a dozen or so cars
heading back to my town. These were derby cars being pulled on trailers.
A derby is a motor sport that has nothing to do with racing. It’s more
like an all out rumble. On the way back home Sunday, I saw all the
same cars again going the other way… All torn to hell looking like war
casualties. One car was smashed up so bad, the front and rear ends
were bent up so bad the wheels didn’t even touch the deck of the
trailer it was riding on. I had to laugh. That looks like so much
fun. We were going to go to the derby to watch it. I’m sorry I missed
it now! Perhaps next year I’ll put a car in it myself. My father in
law and brother in law have both done it… my turn is coming up.
Apologies to The Horde on the Wasatch Front. I was not expecting to spend any time out there, just a fast
extraction mission… Had I known I was going to be there for more than
an hour, I’d have rallied a small gathering. I’m disappointed on a
great many things… the trip was an expensive wasted effort of missed
opportunities all the way around. So please, no more lemon juice.
Email of
the day: “Esteemed
Ogre-- Let me say at the outset t hat
I completely agree with you and even blathering Buchanan about Kerry.
I loathe him with a greater loathing than I have ever before been able
to muster up for any politician. Loathe him with great loathes!
Indeed he would be the political equivalent of a natural disaster…of
epic and catastrophic proportions. I wouldn’t vote for him if him -
ever. Ditto for the Ambulance Chaser.
But I gotta take issue with you on your apparent support of
Buchanan and what he has to say in his forthcoming book. He repulses
me, and I’m more than a little astonished that he doesn’t repulse
someone as smart as you, no matter which party you’re with. Although
you are entitled to your own views, of course. As he is entitled to
his. But I’m still baffled by what seems to me to be your knee-jerk
response to something which should be given a little more
consideration, which is why I’m writing. I’d like to take time to note
before going on that all my following observations are based on what
you said in your blog and on the Drudge “blurb cum book review” you
linked to. Which, incidentally, I had already read just minutes before
checking on you, and been kinda repulsed by it.
So, here goes:
You called Republicans “pandering pansies” who have “lost their
strength and their direction and their core.” True, they’re not Barry
Goldwater’s party any more, but damn, was the core all that great to
begin with? My dear Esteemed Ogre, what you do not seem to realize
(judging by your rant) is that it’s not always pandering. Sometimes
it’s compromise. And sometimes it’s what desperately needs to be
done. Case in point: how long do you think you’d stay married if you
unflinchingly and remorselessly toed the Ogre-ish troglodyte hard line
with your wife? Do you pander to her or compromise with her? Do you
think she panders to or compromises with you? Probably you both do a
little of each, is my point, although I’m not trying to pry into your
marriage at all here. It was just a convenient and (hopefully)
effective metaphor for what I’m trying to get across. So, anyhoo.
Compromise is valuable everywhere, not just in personal relationships
but also in political. Don’t take that to mean that I think everything
needs to be or should be compromised. I do not. We should not
compromise with terrorists, for example. Nor would I compromise with a
man who breaks into my house to steal my stuff and maybe rape me but
instead finds himself staring down the barrel of my dandy, by-the-bed
handy Mossy 500 12-gauge with the loaded 8-shot mag tube. But there
are other times when compromise is necessary and productive. And it
often produces evolution as opposed to the (alleged) devolution that
Buchy is whining about. I and many like me would think more than twice
about voting for a candidate from Goldwater's Republican party, because
they were just as interested in keeping power to run things their way
(Jim Crow would still be alive if Goldy had gotten his way) as are
Kerry's neo-fascist pinkos. Evolution has made the Republicans a much
stronger and more representative political force.
Regarding Patty’s railings against the “Neoconservatives” :
“Neoconservative” is a known right-wing term for formerly liberal
Jews-turned-Republicans that the bigoted Buchanan uses here to weasel
out of explicitly telling everyone he’s referring to Jews—a fact which,
considering the apparent negative tenor of his comments about
neoconservatives, further exposes him for the anti-Semite he is already
known to be. There is absolutely no evidence (other than the
outrageous “Jew-bastard” conspiracy theories of world domination that
have circulated for decades if not centuries) to support the notion
that there is an intellectual cabal made up of any ethnic group other
than WASPS (of which I am a member, btw) which has the POTUS and all
his advisors so under their thumb that the Bushies would base an
audacious and rather risky foreign policy on their advice. I happen to
think a little more highly of our POTUS than that, even though I’m not
his biggest fan on a lot of issues, and I also think he’s a little bit
smarter than that.
So, it seems like Patty Buch’s implying that it’s the
Neoconservatives who are really in charge of the alleged “oligarchy”
our government has degenerated into, and he just thinks oligarchies are
WRONG. So, perhaps we should we exchange the oligarchy that he rails
against for one he presides over? Perhaps an oligarchy policed by more
vigilant “watchdogs of orthodoxy” than the ones he criticizes? Something
tells me he wouldn’t rail about that. Sorry, Esteemed Ogre, but I’d
become a card-carrying member of the “pry it from my cold, dead hands”
crowd before I’d endorse anything anything from the pen (or word
processor) of a religious fascist like that, who uses words like
orthodoxy when referring to a supposedly secular political party and
government, or before I’d see someone like him get any more power than
he’s already got. I have thought you'd feel the same. Religious
fascists like Buchanan scare me as almost as much as Kerry’s leftie
co-whores do. Freakin’ hypocrite. Buchanan’s a hypocrite, I mean, not
you. But I do think you blew it in your rant. Big-time.
Continuing further with the apparent anti-Jewish theme of
Patty’s book: His take on Sharon and Israel and the
Palestinian conflict is completely prejudicial revisionist bullshit.
My history’s a little fuzzy and I’m too tired to re-instruct myself
and/or link you to proof of what I say (please feel free to check my
accuracy and inform me of any glaring mistakes), but if I remember
correctly, the Jews gained a lot of land when the Palestinians and
Egyptians and the Jordanians launched an unexpected and violent attack
on tiny little Israel back in the ‘60’s. These Arabs were looking to
annihilate this tiny little Jewish state, which had been established by
the U.N. not even 20 years earlier on a little bit of barren, allegedly
ancestral land (of the biblical Israelites) that in1948 none of the
Arab states really cared about because it was not very productive. But
the Jews began to make something of this barren land, and so the Arabs
began to eye it. Then they decided to try and take it back. And so
the tiny little state of Israel kicked collective Arab ass and
ultimately gained even more land than they started out with. And so
the poor victimized Palestinians were left without a home. Are the
Jews later obligated to give back land gained under such circumstances,
just because the Arabs want it? Hell no. I think not. But even so,
since the ‘70’s the Jews have repeatedly tried to compromise (love that
word) with the intractable Palestinians, who always wind up taking the
road and speaking the cant of the spoiled child, rejecting part of what
they want because they can’t have it all. Now, I’m not really up on
what Sharon’s been doing these days, cuz I’ve been kinda busy, but if
he doesn’t want to try to compromise any more with Arafat and his gang
of turban-toting thugs, I don’t blame him. I’d tell them to fuck off
too if it was me. Probably you would, as well, if I can judge you by
the tone of your daily rants.
I’ll just touch on the potential damage to Bush’s re-election
that Patty’s book might cause before I sign off. If the book’s as
negative as it appears in the Drudge blurb, all those charges Buchy
levies (many of which are no doubt as unsubstantiated and unverifiable
as the virtual JFK’s fantasies of wartime valor and Christmas in
Cambodia) may turn Joe and Jane ExtremeRightWinger off of voting at
all...the niggardly pop for Bush at the end notwithstanding. I bet the
Kerry camp even gets some mileage out of one or another of Patty’s
criticisms of Bush. Does he want Bush to get elected or not? How
fucking irresponsible could this asshole be?! The book could have
waited 'til after the election. GRRRRRR. Even though I think he's
going to use any controversy it generates to try to pressure Bush on
something either immediately before or right after the election.
Double GRRRRRRRR.
Well, thanks for listening, even if you didn’t like everything
I had to say. It’s just that I got so infuriated reading the Drudge
blurb on Bonehead Buchanan’s book, and then when I came over here and
saw you giving him props, I just couldn’t let it go without saying
something. I hope you understand. He’s a blithering idiot , a racist
and an all-around fucktard, and I want everyone to know it. Or at
least I want 'em to know that's what I think. Peace and groovy vibes,
Amy”
Amy, I'm not a Buchanan fan! But he is right. It's not Goldwater's
or Reagan's party any more. The average Republican on the hill now is
more like Clinton. So in this, he is right. I'm not about to buy
Buchanan's book, but his gist is correct. The Right Wingers are all
fluttering around the middle trying to make the Left not hate them
while giving up conservative values. We had 12 Republican Senators
vote to extend the AWB. That's breaking ranks with the party and with
the constituents that put them in office. Even Bush said that if it
was passed, he would sign it. A slap in the face of great many voters.
But Buchanan is a putz. I don't like him and I don't trust him. Same
reasons I never liked Cheney. He's not a Capitalist, he's an
Opportunist. And I'm not happy with Pat's timing in putting this book
out either. This is the last thing that we need when we have John
F'ing Kerry leaning over us like this. Completely asinine that he has
done this now. His anti-semitic points are beyond asinine. I would
never support such a person. Looking back on what I said and how I
said it, it does come across as support for Buchanan… not the point I
was trying to make. There are some local Libertarians here that are
forming a party chapter and I am now involved with them and will be
more so in the future. America needs a strong Libertarian party. Even
if most conservatives disagree with it, we need a stronger and harder
right wing. The Left is going off the edge and we have to have the
Libertarian Party as the Anchor Man in this tug of war or we will all
be pulled over that edge. Because the Republicans are not even pulling
in the same direction any more. We have the majority in the house and
the senate and we can’t get a damn thing done because we are fractured.
The Left is smaller, but they are almost completely unified and we
have to do everything we can to defeat that. Buchanan is an asshat for
putting out this book right now… even if the premise is correct.
Horde Commander Martin
did a Recon of The Nunnery and here is his report:
“Here
is what I found on the Nunnery up in Logan Valley: The Nunnery is
privately owned and located on National Forrest land by Special Use
Permit. The place is totally fenced off, with NO TRESSPASSING signs
all over the place. I have also learned from the local National
Forrest Office, located at the mouth of the canyon, that a few boys
went in there to look around, not too long ago, and the grounds-keeper
cuffed the boys with plastic wire ties and tossed them into the pool
where the baby had supposedly drowned. The grounds keeper was arrested
for aggravated battery, and the kids were charged with trespassing. In
order to pull off a successful operation on their grounds would require
some sophisticated equipment, such as Night Vision capabilities,
Excellent communication like hand-helds with head-sets as to not tip
off whatever freak lives there. Camo such as Ghille Suits, and
anything else required to go in and out undetected.
I see two major
problems. First, I would not do this un-armed. By trespassing onto
Special Use Permit property located on Federal Land, while ARMED, a
felony is being committed. Second problem is that in order to gain
access to the inside of the chain link fence, the fence will have to be
worked over with a set of wire cutters. Now you can add vandalism and
destruction of property to the list. Now, I have seen a few movies
where some ODD individual is a grounds keeper of a similar place, and
someone goes in and discovers just what a FREAK lives there. This
mission might be good for a few laughs, but comes with some HIGH risk
consequences. If this were Kansas, we be in and visiting TONIGHT.
The place is very much out of the Haunting. Lots of big tress around
the place. A road going in to a large gate with no trespassing signs.
Beyond the gate is more road. Kind of hard to see any buildings from
there. I understand from the park ranger, that in the winter, with
leaves off of trees, you can make out building shapes, but that's about
it. Nothing much really to see. It's easy to tell that there is
something in there, but if you didn't know what you were looking for,
you'd pass it over because there is just nothing of interest to tip
anyone off. A fence with keep out signs and trees. - Martin”
Excellent report. I’m still trying to get a hold of the person who can
give us the green light. We have to have permission for this or it is
not worth the attempt. I’m not about to get tagged with trespassing.
So far everyone I’ve talked to has been in the “Not My Department”.
The effort is continuing. For those just joining us, there is a place
in Utah called “The
Nunnery” and it is supposedly haunted. I am organizing a Scooby
Doo party to explore this haunted place. Why? For the hell of it.
How many people do you know can say that they camped out in a haunted
house? I’m trying to get permissions so we can do this legally, and
have a fun time, with no threats other than from the ghosts. If it
turns out that this is not possible legally… well, we’ll just have to
come up with something else fun to do.
I was watching the
Olympics for a bit last night.
US Woman’s Volley Ball. US Player by the name Logan Tom is just
amazing. She is the smallest player on the team, but is without a
doubt the best. She was incredible, and handed Cuba their asses almost
single handedly. I was going to go catch The Bourne Supremacy and
Collateral at the drive in, but we didn’t do that. It seems that the
boys have the first day of school today. This morning was a chaotic
tempest of activity getting 3 of the 5 out the door. The youngest two
do not have school yet for another couple weeks as I understand. So
now there is a quiet peace settled over Ogre Manor that has not been
here all summer. I miss the boys already!
I just read a bit
about the Mad Max shops in Iraq.
Very cool work going on there. This is the kind of engineering
that gave us victory against the Germans when we were outclassed by the
superior German armor. Even in our modern military… it’s all about the
Aftermarket performance mods. I wonder how much they would charge to
armour up my Bronco. Speaking of Armour.
I knew this was coming. The M1 is no longer being developed or
produced. This was only a matter of time. I would like to see a
smaller M1 type vehicle with a 3 man crew. I think the US needs to
field some Mini-Tanks like we did in WW2. Small tanks able to roll
through Urban areas and still be able to swing the turret all the way
around. We have them… we just mothballed them. Shame. They would be
really handy right now in Iraq.
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