Feb 15th, Sunday, 2004: 1500hrs:  There was a comic in the Sunday papers today that asked what would happen if you shot a gun on the Moon.  First question was if it would fire or not since there is no air on the moon and combustion requires Oxygen.  Yes, it would.  A cartridge contains in own oxidizers in the powder and in the primer… so when you fire the gun, the cartridge produces its own oxygen.  The other question was that since there is very little gravity on the moon, would the bullet go faster.  Yes and No.  The bullet would not leave the gun any faster, but since there is no air to fight against the bullet, the bullet wouldn’t be slowing down like they do here on Earth.  Since there is little gravity and since the bullet wont be slowing down, a gun on the moon would have tremendous range unlike anything ever seen.  Fired out in space, a bullet would travel pretty much forever in the same direction and at the same speed as when it was fired, unless an outside force acts against it… like solar winds or meteorites or Klingons.  The Soviets were working on a version of the AK-47 capable of firing in space... the key was a system that countered the gun’s recoil so the cosmonaut wouldn’t be pushed backwards while firing.  Kinda interesting.  There is also a shotgun set up in the same manner… totally recoilless.

You know how I am a big fan of the Springfield XD series?  I’m even more so now. I’ve also changed my tune about the .45GAP cartridge, because Springfield has chambered an XD in .45GAP.  So you have the same excellent feel of the XD… but in .45.  That is too freaking cool.  Here is a thread on the subject that also contains links to pictures.  This is a very cool development and I’m looking forward to trying one of these out.  Especially in a Subcompact XD.

1000hrs:  Gun of the Day: 

The Marlin Guide Gun.  Chambered in .45-70 Government, it’s capable of taking on any big game in North America, in a slick package that’s easy to handle and only 7 pounds.  This is the perfect “Truck Gun” if your living in the Pacific North West region, Alaska, the Rockies… or anywhere near a zoo with questionable locks on the big game cages.   This is a big bore example of the classic lever action type rifle... the original assault rifle... with a high capacity and fast handling, not just easy.  Experienced shooters can accurately engage a target and make repeated hits with a lever action as fast as a counterpart can with a Semi-Auto.  This one is more of a thumper... very powerful.  It’s also beautiful with nice wood, nice classic lines.  You can also get this in stainless if you live near Seattle.  A little touch of class for the Sabbath today… but not too much as to be un-ogerish.    

Feb 14th, Saturday, 2004:  Foo-Foo Bullshit Day:  Dinner Time:  I am tired of this inquisition of Bush’s military records.    I think this is only serving to show that the Democrats have little understanding of the Military at all.  Military records are never that in depth at all.  I remember like 10 years ago I looked at my own DD-214, little actual information in it.   Just what are these Democrats looking for?  I’ll tell you what they are looking for… witches. Because that is all this is.  A political witch hunt for no reason other than simple fact that these assholes hate the president.  Personally, I think that his records are none of their fucking business.  I think the president’s personally history during his youth or service should be private.  The only question about it should be “Honorable Discharge – Yes or No.”  That’s it.  Even for The President of the United States.   Of course that is never good enough for a Democrat if the subject in question is a Republican. 

The Democrats continue to sink to new lows in their game of Dirty Politics all in the name of hating Bush or any other Republican.   This inquiry into the service records of the Commander and Chief is DISGUSTING and REVOLTING.   This should not be tolerated.  The one thing that the Liberals can not stand is the fact that Bush is LOVED by the troops.  Of course the Troops are not loved by the Liberals either.   Kerry, I don’t think would ever garner any affection from the troops, even if he was one of them at one point.  Kerry lost that potential the moment he threw metals at the Whitehouse, and when he wrote his shit-filled book that was a slap in the face of the real American Soldier who loves his country… and any other Patriot an Veteran.  Kerry will be actually worse than Clinton was when it comes to his treatment of the Military… because at least Clinton believed that the Military was ours and not the UN’s like Kerry does.   Fuck John Kerry.  Kerry is a giant nutsack deserving of a very swift kick by a Cowboy boot.   I can’t stand Kerry… I can’t stand any of these pussnuts the Left has to offer.  Not one of them is worth the phlegm it would take to spit on them properly.  

What would be great would be a Howard Dean with brain transplant from Lieberman.  Some common sense, with some youth and vigor.  But what am I talking about?  This Frankenstein would still be a fucking Liberal Democrat and as such, would still be completely useless.  They need to put Ronald Reagan’s mind into Howling Dean and THEN they would have something.

Special thanks to Kim Du Toit for giving me a link.   Kim has one of the best websites out there… next to my own.  *ahem*.  In all seriousness, his essays are not just well worth reading, but should be required reading. 

Email about the M-14:  “Hey Ogre,  Read the post about the Bubbleheads in the Arctic packing M-14's. In addition to the attributes you listed...  The US Navy decided a long time ago (I was told when I got to my ship...) that it did not want to arm shipboard security teams with the AR/15-M-16 or the Berretta 92FS because of their extremely high velocities and the typical construction of a modern warship. This is the case for ships with no USMC detachment on board. A carrier's security team will be lots of Jarheads with the M-16 or a variant of it and Berettas.  My ship, for example, had a crew of 400-ish and carried approximately 24 M-14's (4 being full auto) in addition to other small arms like Mossberg 500's, 1911's, .38 spl revolvers, etc..   The way it was explained to me was that the Navy didn't want some kid popping a 30 rnd mag into a M-16 and letting loose inside a steel box. I think it would be like being in a huge, square -shaped blender. With the obvious differences in caliber aside, I think the greatest value of this was the M-14's were semi-auto (on AOR-6, most were). This more than anything would keep the number of stray rounds to a minimum in trained hands. The 1911's and shotguns fell into line with the lower velocity philosophy.   It would be nice to believe the US Navy was able to recognize the value of the .45 ACP and the .308 and stuck with them both.”  Thanks for the email and the enlightenment.   I heard it was because the M14 didn’t freeze up like the M-16 did in the cold weather.  *shrugs shoulders* I don’t know… I never served anywhere where it got really cold.  I have a thing about cold weather… I really hate it.  Was never in the Navy either, so I will take your word for it. 

 Lunch Time:  Today sucks.  I’m not going to go into any details about it, it’s embarrassing.  Let’s just say that the day is full of white lacy foo-foo crap and I have to deal with it.  I don’t get this kinda crap.  I don’t understand it.  I don’t like it.  I’d rather talk about guns, so that’s what I am going to do while I can.

Looks like H&K has done something rather interesting.  They have made a version of the M4 carbine that uses an operating rod.  Here is where it’s being discussed.   My take is on page two of the thread so I’ll not repost that opinion here… Feel free to go there and read now.  I’ll wait.  Now this high tech fancy schmancy crap is all fine and well… but if you want a rock solid and reliable poodle shooter, you really don’t have to go all that far to find it… or spend all that much money for it.   You can buy a used Mini-14 for relatively cheap.  I remember seeing one for only 250 bucks on a used rifle rack at a gunshop in Virginia.  It was ugly… but it still worked fine.  What more do you really need?  I wont spend another dime on an AR-15/M-16 type rifle.  There are too many better options out there to waste my time with another AR. 

GUN OF THE DAY:  I’ve been talking a lot lately about military style poodle shooters.  Today’s gun is an actual Battle Rifle.  Springfield’s M1A Scout Squad rifle.  Based on the classic M-14 battle rifle, this rifle is a bit more refined, a bit shorter, and set up for mounting a scope forward of the action in the “Scout” position.  The M14 has served our nation continually since it’s introduction… even if it was replaced as a general issue rifle by the M-smegging-Sixteen.   Used these days by special forces operators it is selected for any mission where range and power and reliability is required.  It’s chambered for the .308 cartridge or as the military calls it, 7.62MM NATO.  The M-14 remains one of the world’s best battle rifles.  Better yet, this gun is perfectly legal for any Citizen to own and enjoy, and in a more compact package perfect for any militia insurrection operations in any environment.  Maybe even in California.  This is what makes the Scout Squad the MadOgre.com Gun of the Day.

In case you cats are wondering, these new Gun of the Day moments are going to be a continuing thing.  Don’t offer suggests… these are My guns of the day.  You can have your own. How I pick them really depends upon the mood I am in when I first wake up.  At least that is how it has been so far for the last two days.  I give no forethought to it.  I’m not going to plan these out ahead of time.  When I wake up, I’ll think about some guns, read the news and drink some caffeine, and I’ll post what strikes my fancy at that moment.  If there is any pressing reason or news or something, that might play into the selection.   However these selections will never include any piece of shit weapon… any one of these guns will always be an excellent selection for investment and enjoyment.  These two so far are military style rifles… Future selections could be handguns, submachineguns, flintlocks, something out of a book or movie, or Naval artillery.  Feel free to email comments or complaints about the selection per the standard guidelines.

Feb 13th, Friday, 2004:  1400hrs: Email in… “Howdy, Ogre just did some looking around at some wholesalers today, found a few things you may be interested in.  When the RAMI is available they'll be in the $440 range from me (R&R Arms) possibly $10 less depending on the supplier I have to go through. (that's true for any weapon, though) The market is flooded with the CZ-40 ($275)  great piece for the $$.  CZ 97B i can get for $497/poly or $516/blue.  P-01s are sitting at $449  and the 75 is at $385 for 9mm or $393 in .40S&W.   Alright, yeah, shameless plug.  Thanks E.”   If I didn't have to get a new used truck and put a new engine into my jeep, I'd place an order for a Rami and a P-01 right now.  Aaargh.  Just kick me in the nuts next time.   I’ve had some questions about what’s a good price for this CZ that they have NIB at a local gunshop… It’s probably higher than these prices.  If your gunshop doesn’t carry CZ guns… you can still by them and have R&R ship them to your gunshop for the transfer.  I do this almost every time I get a gun as my local gun shop is a fricken joke unless what you want says Winchester or Remington on it.   Not that there is anything wrong with Winchester or Remington… I just have more expansive tastes than that.     

I’ve been having a little bit of fun over here… Nation States.  You might want to check it out.  My nation is The Rogue Nation of Ogerstan and I’m in my own region called “The Mighty Ogre Horde”.  I’m also in “The UN” for some reason.  It’s an interesting political/governmental model game.  You create your own nation and you get to run it however you want to run it.  Right now my nation is categorize as an “Inoffensive Centrist Democracy”… but it could change as I have just proposed some legislation that mandates the ownership and carry of personal weapons.  Let’s see how this turns out.   

1000hrs: I added a manufacturer to my gun makers list.  Kinda funny how I have talked about their guns many times over, and always in praise… yet I never listed them.  There is a reason to this that long standing Horde Members already know about… I’m talking about Robinson Armaments.  I have a little history with Alex Robinson that I wont go into… let’s just say that he remains an asshole in my book.  However I respect the guy for his understanding of battle rifles and his rifle design.  He has designed what is arguably one of, if not “the” world’s finest battle rifle never to serve in a battle, the M96 Expeditionary Rifle.  He also imports what is in my opinion the world’s best variant of the AK-47 family of rifles, the Vepr.  It’s heavier than an AK, but more stable, sturdy, and accurate than a typical AK clone.  More spendy too… but worth it.  So is the M96… Suggested retail for any variant of the M96 is $1,599.00 so if you find one for less, consider it a good deal because even at 1600 bucks, it’s worth it.  That amount of scratch is what you would spend on an upper end AR-15 and the M96 can run rings around any AR.  Alex designed it with a mind to fix everything that’s fucked up about the AR… and he did very well.  Still has a star shaped chamber, but I can live with that since I don’t have to live with things like Carbon fouling inside the bolt, “sproing” sounds when I shoot, and a wee little delicate ejector.  Anything in the Robinson Armament’s catalog is recommended highly.   One of these days I’ll buy an M96 Recon… I was going to get a Vepr II, but today’s Gun of the Day has changed my mind. 

I’ve got an exam today that I have to study for, so I’ll be short on the posts.  Hope you don’t mind.  Wish me luck.  In this class I need it. 

Early Morning:  By now we have all heard the news about the US Soldier that was trying to aid Al-Qaida.  This is a very sad case indeed.  They should apply the UCMJ promptly, fairly and justly... and then stand him against a wall and shoot this fucker several times in the heart.

Gun of the Day:   Krebs Custom KTR-03S, this is a variant of the classic AK-47 family of rifles… Sports an improved gas system, adjustable sights, rails on the top and on the sides for mounting your optics and lasers and spotlights and anything else that you think you can only mount on fancy AR-15 type rifles.   For those that bash the AK for its cartridge, funny how SOCOM is looking at a new rifle in 7.62X39MM… just like the AK.  If 5.56 was so shit hot, why are these guys changing?   Best part about this rifle… it’s only $995.  Affordable firepower superior to an AR-15, that’s what makes this gun the Mad Ogre Gun of the Day.

Feb 12th, Thursday, 2004:  Noonish:  Whoa – What’s going on with Kerry?  A Scandal?  No!!   This isn’t surprising… not at all.   Do we think this will actually hurt Kerry?  Come on, after all, it’s only sex and he is a Democrat after all.  If this was a Republican, the Left would be swinging axes.      

Leave it to an Air Force guy to give me the details:  “Ogre, as an Air Force brat and somebody who flew with Strategic Air Command (SAC - Bombers, Tankers, Long-Range Reconnaissance, and ICBM's, God rest Curtis LeMay's soul) until it's untimely rollover into Air Combat Command (ACC), I figured I would add to your paragraph over on MadOgre.  The heavy reconnaissance jets I fly belong to the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, which has the distinction of being ACC's largest wing.  George W's F-102 Delta Dagger would have belonged to Air Defense Command (ADC), although command and control for his sorties would have originated via NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain.  ADC ultimately inactivated in 1980, and it's Continental United States (CONUS) air defense mission was assumed by SAC's counterpart and nemesis, Tactical Air Command (TAC - fighters).  What was left of SAC after the fighters, tankers, recce birds and bombers combined into ACC is now known as Strategic Command (STRATCOM) which retains Operational Control (OPCON) of our nation's nuclear deterrent forces, and the necessary command and control elements to include E4B and E6 TACAMO platforms needed to utilize those assets.  The former SAC headquarters at Offutt, with their bomb-resistant underground facilities, is now STRATCOM headquarters.  An interesting place, I've given briefings there to E4B airborne battle staff.  They don't give tours, and that's probably a good thing with respect to liberal blissninnies who would proclaim that the current world peace negates the reason for such operations. Gewehr98”   When I said SAC, I meant NORAD… Close enough.  SAC, ADC… Whatever, your talking about the Geeks in the same big room, just a couple computer terminals over.   It’s all the same to a Grunt like me.

Another email:  “Ogre, I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard some jerk say that the 9 is the best caliber around and that the Glock is the best handgun going.  Those guys piss me off !!!!!!!  Here's a message for those guys - You might as well include that everything you know about guns comes from watching gang banger flicks portrayed by actors who themselves have never used live ammo, and from what you've read after the Luby's shooting.  Do yourselves a favor and look at Mr. Ogre's weapons page, top 10 handguns.  No Glocks there.  Glocks aren't all bad, but there are other fish in the sea.  And 9's ...  Like the weapons page says today, 9's are for women and pansies.  Thanks Ogre”  Well, I think that about covers it.   In all seriousness though, Glocks are perfectly adequate handguns.  They are very pedestrian, very simple to use… designed for use by the lowest common denominator, you could say.   I’m not a fan of Glocks.  However, if you look at the Ogre’s CCW Picks, there is a Glock there.  I bang on Glocks quiet often… but most of that is just to ruffle the feathers of all the peacocks out there that have convinced themselves that Glocks are the greatest thing since the brass cartridge… most of whom have never owned another handgun.   That 9MM crack I posted there in the weapons section is just that.  9MM with the right load is very effective.  Those +P+ loads get right up in there into the .357 Magnum spectrum of performance and that is the level by which all defensive handguns are judged… Especially when fired from guns with full length barrels such as the Beretta 92FS and SIG P226 and CZ-75.   I think I am kinda joking on my self because I went from .45s to 9’s and whatnot and now I’m back on .45.    I would have no problem packing another 9MM… but really the reason I went to the Beretta and the 9MM was because I was going to get deeper into 3 Gun competition and such a gun as a 92FS does give one an advantage.   Unfortunately some things changed and I didn’t get into it like I was planning.   Since I am not running those gun games, I decided that I wanted to go back to what I am most comfortable with, and that’s big bores.   This Beretta Cougar I’m running now is an interesting handgun… All that Beretta refinement that I totally fell in love with, but in .45 like I am used to.  Not only that, but it’s in a nice CCW Friendly sized package.   There was a Colt CCO that was offered but that guy backed out… I am glad he did.  The 1911 is a classic and I love them to death, but I am enjoying this Cougar a great deal… Even in 9MM, .357 or .40, this Mini Cougar would still be a hell of a gun.  You don’t see a lot of these Cougars out there… if you come across one, stop and take a look at it.  One of these days I’ll be getting a Colt CCO style 1911… but it will be build by Springfield Armory. 

Email of the Day:   “Thank you for saying what no one else would believe coming from my keyboard!  I did Basic and AIT with the A1 and was stationed in Alaska when the 6th Inf Div (Light) phased in the A2.  Jams, jams, and more jams.  Despite all of this, I bought a Colt AR-15A2 Delta HBAR because of accessories and because I was familiar with the system.  I don't think I experienced a jam with civilian SS109 ammo, but then I didn't fire much ammo through that baby.  I'd rather have a Galil SAR, though Israelis tell me it jams, too.   What we need, now, is for more PC game developers of tactical first-person shooters to understand why they need to implement simulated jamming ratios in their games, if they are to accurately portray using the M16 family in a realistic situation.  –Uzi”  Thanks for the email Uzi.  Speaking of Alaska, the news last night showed Anchorage sitting at a balmy 34 degrees… our temperature was -4.   That’s just not right.   I have seen pictures of US Navy guys in the artic that came off submarines… they run with M-14’s for the greater reliability and power at range than the M-16 can give you no matter how heavy they make the barrel. 

Brothers and Sisters of The Horde, I present unto you a true hero.  Pvt Dwayne Turner, a Medic with the 3^rd of the 502 Infantry Regiment.   He took 3 hits himself but still pushed on and saved 16 men in his unit.  A total of 22 men were wounded but not one man was lost.   This man should never have to buy a beer for the rest of his life.   This guy is a true hero.   God Bless Dwayne Turner. 

Don’t take a knife to a gunfight.  Don’t even try it with two.  This guy throws a knife at a cop… pulls another… and comes after the cop.  Cop’s response?  Shoot this stupid fucker 8 times.  Here is the tickler.  This cat lived.  I hope his recovery is long and painful.  This is making me wonder what caliber this cop was using… and what load.   8 hits and the guy survived.  Amazing.  This cop had to have been trying to NOT hit this crazy asshole in a vital area.

Looks like MadOgre.com’s server came down for a few hours… Server maintenance of some sort.  

Feb 11th, Wednesday, 2004:  1415hrs: There is talk of Howard Dean running on the Green Party ticket.  (Thanks to Boots & Sabers for bringing this up) This would be awesome.  While Kerry is winning the primaries, Howard Dean still has a lot of support.  This would help split the Liberal vote.  This is a good thing… anything to split that vote.    If it wasn’t for the Green Party splitting the vote in Florida, Al Gore would be the President today.   This just might be the difference that makes or breaks GWB in this election too.

RETRACTION:   I, the Ogre of MadOgre.com am not above admitting that I was wrong, if I was indeed wrong.  Brothers and Sisters of the Horde, the other day I was indeed very wrong.  I was taken to task by one of the Horde who had the balls to call me on it:  “Your quote: "The guy that is afraid of motorcycle and can’t flip a pancake or eat a sandwich or a hotdog like a normal man… this is the best they have to offer?  This is just sad. "   Don't call a cheese steak a "sandwich".  We take offense to such things in Philly.   – Jamie”  

Jamie, I stand corrected and offer my apologies to all those of the Horde living in or near Philly.   I should not have called the Mighty Cheesesteak a mere sandwich.  I was wrong to do so.  As penance I will eat a Cheesesteak  tonight for my dinner.   And I can tell you, I don’t nibble on those things, and I don’t put Swiss on them either. 

While speaking of George W Bush, it turned out that one of his “Band of Brothers” has turned up… And has written a nice long letter published in the Washington Times.   There you have it.  Bush flew the F-102 Delta Dagger.  Interesting jet.  It’s mission was to intercept Soviet bombers.  This mission would put his squadron under orders from SAC, ultimately.  This is why he didn’t go to Viet Nam.  He was protecting American airspace from a nuclear threat from the Soviet Union.  You had to have some nuts to fly the F-102.  It wasn’t the best of jets, even at the time, and when Bush was flying it, it was already on its way out. 

Another picture of the Beretta Mini Cougar .45:

Notice how my pinky finger is under the bottom of the mag?  This doesn't necessarily mean the gun is hard to control.  Far from it.  You can get a nice solid grip on it still.  Look at my thumb.  No problem getting to the mag release, slide release, or the safety.  It's very ergonomic and feels very good.  Oh, and I updated the Cougar review so check that out.

Noon Thirty:  Email of the Day and a new member of THE HORDE:  "I just wanted to comment on your thoughts posted on your site today.   First, to anyone that doesn't believe we found any WMD in Iraq, you are wrong.  We did find one, at the bottom of a shithole, and his name is Saddam Hussein.  How many people has this dickhole killed, and dumped into unmarked graves?  How many of his palaces do they have to find that have fully functioning torture chambers?  He thumbed his nose at the world one to many times, and when push came to shove, did he shoot at the soldiers that found his ass?  No, he pissed his pants and said he wanted to negotiate.  Screw him, and screw the liberal pricks that want us to justify taking his ass down.  If he's willing to torture, test nerve agents, and slaughter HIS OWN COUNTRYMEN, NOT TO MENTION HIS OWN FAMILY MEMBERS, how can they think this man is not a threat to the rest of the world?  God help us if we elect some ostrich that buries our nations head in the sand and doesn't stick up for what is right, and go on the offensive once in a while.  The only justification we needed was Saddam's ass needed kicking, and he had proved it time and time again.
Second, as far as books that should be made into movies, I cringe when they start talking about making movies out of my favorite books.  If they can do it right, and do it justice, then make "The Dark Tower" series by Steven King into a series of movies.
I love your site.  Keep it up man!  Another Utah Guy,  Dave"

I think along with making movies out of books, the authors should be able to sue the shit out of the studio if they hack the books.  Cause I know Mrs Robert Heinlein is pissed off about Starship Troopers, so is her lawyer.  Thanks for the email.

0930hrs:  Some comments back in response to my saying that we don’t need to find the WMD’s to justify the war on Iraq:

“Like hell we don't. Maybe in Mad Ogre world you can just invade another nation based on a premise, then say, 'oops! My bad!' and pretend like the ends justified the means.”

“We do because of the evidence he used to get Congress to approve the use of military force in Iraq as a last resort.”

“When you make the case that WMD are the primary reason for war, you do. When you tell the United Nations weapons inspectors that they've had enough time, that they've failed and that you know where the WMD are then, yeah, you sort of have to actually find them. Sorry.”

I still assert that we are not obligated to find them to justify the war.  Let me repeat what I said before… the obligation was on the shoulders of Saddam Hussein.  The obligation was ordered not by the USA, but by the all holy United Nations.  UN Resolution 1440 and like 18 OTHER UN resolutions spelled out Saddam’s obligations and he never met one of them.  Then there is the small matter of Saddam’s terms of surrender that he agreed to 12 years prior that again, he never met.     The fact of the matter is that Saddam was past due for a major ass kicking and he was begging for it.  Well, he finally got it.    We did not need UN sanctions to go in and do what we did.  We did not need it because our actions were already sanctioned.   Just because France and Germany and the rest of the Axis of Weasel shitbags went limp on us, doesn’t mean the game changed – it just means those pussbuckets are a bunch of corrupt pussies.  And of course they are going to oppose any actions against Saddam, because Saddam had been spending the last 12 years BUYING THEM OFF!   That is DOCUMENTED FACT.  Those guys were selling proscripted weapons to Iraq.  Those guys were making huge oil deals with Iraq – even though there were even more UN sanctions against that as well.     Putting all this blame on George W Bush “For lying about WMD’s” is pure bullshit.  Everyone, and I do mean everyone, knew Saddam had WMD’s.  The UN knew he had them, the world’s intel communities knew he had them… and just because we can’t find any of them now is actually meaningless if you look at this issue objectively and with more than a memory of just what you heard on the news last night.  I swear, the American People according to the Media must have the memory span of a gnat.   Evidently when it comes to Liberals, not surprisingly, they are right.   Besides, if we found WMD’s now at this point, it would mean nothing.   “Bush planted them”.   Whatever they would say, they would not say that Bush was right and that they were wrong.  The WMD’s is a Non-Issue.  The real issue behind this is simply that the Left hates George W Bush.  This is all about Bush. 
There are two things that are very clear in all this.  One:  Is that Saddam got what he deserved and if George W Bush was a Democrat,  the Media would be building temples in his name.   Two:  The UN is completely meaningless, useless, and a waste of time and effort.   The UN should be kicked out of the United States… dropped off in France or something… preferably out into the middle of the Atlantic.    The US should then form a strong coalition, a new League of Nations.  One where common sense is actually used at the very least.  If that puts the USA at odds against the rest of the world… I’ll take those odds.

Have you seen the new Joint Strike Fighter?   Pretty freaking impressive isn’t it?   I just want to know how much ordinance it can actually carry.   The keep talking about it’s speed and range and it’s electronics and that it can take of and land like a Harrier Jump Jet…  All fine and well… but where is it’s gun and how many missiles and bombs can it carry?   Streaking across the sky like something from a Japanese Anime is all fine and dandy – but it needs the ability to “Blow Shit Up”.   I’ve not see so much as a Sidewinder on the thing.   

I want a caffeinated Apple Beer.  That’s the one soda that I really groove on, but never get because I’m addicted to caffeine and only get soda that has caffeine in it.   If I wasn’t a pathetic addict, I’d get Apple Beer… but since it has no caffeine I get cola or Dew instead.  Oh well.

Mrs. Ogre and I were talking about books and movies last night, and what books should be made into movies.   Hollywood has been hanging out in Comic Book Shops for too long now… they need to make some movies from actual books… you know those things collecting dust on the shelves.  Something with some actual depth to it that doesn’t have any pictures.   Mrs. Ogre would like to see a movie made from the “Outlander” series of books by Diana Gabaldon.   I’ve not read it, so you will have to talk to your wives about that.  It’s some of the Mrs’s favorite books.   Me, I’d like to see some movies based on “The Stainless Steel Rat”.   If you have not read any Stainless Steel Rat, you are missing out.  It’s very good.  Very fun read.  Will make you want to take up lock picking as a hobby… but it’s otherwise very enjoyable.  Some of my favorite books.  I think perhaps Johny Depp would do a great job in the lead role there.  

Feb 10th, Tuesday, 2004: 1500hrs:  My thoughts on the gun shows here in Utah.  Crossroads of the West gun shows... I don't know about the other locations, but the ones that come to Utah every couple months just plain SUCK.  8 bucks to get in, and every time I end up thinking "I want my 8 bucks back".
Too many scented freaking candles, crystal ware, ugly jewelry, coins, and nazi patches. Even the Beef Jerky & Chili people are getting sick of it.
Last time I went, I was walking past one "booth" and the guy snatched my glasses off, squirted them with his “super majic Occulus Repairo” solution, rubbed them with his smeggy cloth and handed them back with a big grin "Aint that better now?" Not only did I not see any difference, but I was pissed at the intrusion. I informed him that had we been outside, I'd have clobbered him. It's bad enough that they are in the gun show, but now they are getting pushy?
If I see any more Indian Maiden Princess Paintings - I'm going to freaking PUKE.
All the actual gun tables are scattered around all these flea market losers in the same manner that the Milk and Bread are on opposite ends of the grocery store. This pisses me off. Last time I went, I got a parking spot right up front. I thought, man, this is my lucky day. When I got out of the car, I looked around and noticed that the lot wasn't full, but thin. This was Saturday Noon... Not Sunday at 5PM... When I went in, I found out why. Because it sucked so badly that everyone was leaving. I walked around... as far as the guns went... Lots of ribbed shotguns, and prices so high it was asinine. Used 90% guns priced the same as MSRP? I don't think so. Lot's of over valued deals... lot's of BS. Lot's of crap that suddenly became rare and collectible... not the normal lots... but like an amazingly increase of it. Reminded me of a petri dish that you seeded and came back to 4 days later.    I'm not going back to one.
Just this week I got a yellow postcard from them... gun show next weekend! I was trying to light the pilot light on the range when my wife handed it to me.  "Oh, thanks". Used it as a match.  Screw those guys.

1030hrs: This little Cougar can run.  I only shot 120 rounds of various loads... but most of them were 230 grain Blazers. Fed and fired all with no problem. Even with mixed mags. Slide even locked back every time. No fault at all in any function.  Accuracy was Minute of Coke Bottle, all the way out past 15 yards easily.
I didn't shot for groups to measure... I had no way of doing that given only flat desert and a few soda bottles. However I have a feeling that this Cougar will group very well. 20 Ounce bottles out to where they are getting hard to see in the snow makes for a challenging target, especially when they are clear and you've blasted the red label off. Yet this Cougar hunted them easily.
Sights are dead bang on. Point of aim, point of impact with everything. Of course they were all 230 grain loads, so the energies were all pretty similar.   I'll have to take this to a range where I can bench it and really see how accurate it is... but it has already made a good showing in my opinion.
The recoil felt different from other .45's. Kinda softer... same .45 push... but the recoil pulse felt different. Like it had a shock buffer in it or something. I get the impression it could handle +P's with no problem. The recoil spring feels heavy... 23 pounds maybe?   Not much of a testing... but I was strapped for time.  

The magazines… The flush fit mags hold 6 rounds, so you can roll out the door with 6+1 in the gun.  The full size mags hold 8, so if you want to roll with that, you can roll with 8+1, making it one more than most 1911s.   This is the only downside to the gun. Looking at the mags, there has got to be a way to get these things to hold more rounds. I mean heck, there are other guns with mags the same size that hold 10. This weird (perhaps retarded is the technically correct word) magazine issue puts the gun in a direct comparison with the SIG P245 because of the capacity. No one really slams the SIG for it's capacity, so perhaps it's unfair to hold this against the Beretta... but the Cougar really should be able to hold more rounds. I think this is what has made the Cougars a slower selling item here in the US.

Shouldn't Beretta call the Mini Cougars a "Puma" instead?  A puma is the same thing as a cougar, just has a smaller name.  Just a thought.

I got an email from my Mom last night… They are out in Virginia and are going to be voting for Howard Dean today.  “We are going to vote for Dean, just to take votes away from Kerry.  Dean is too far behind to worry about, and this will hurt Kerry.  I am hoping to get some of our friends to do the same thing.”   Evidently you don’t have to be a registered Democrat to vote in the primaries in Virginia… I answered back that they should vote for Sharpton, just for fun.

I’m tired of hearing about Kerry’s war record.  I really don’t think he should be able to beat his chest about his service when he took some metals and threw them at the Whitehouse during anti war protests.    I don’t think he should be able to beat he chest when he writes a book that slaps every proud and professional soldier across the face.   Given the chance, it should be Kerry that gets the slap across the face.  Anyone that would be willing to bend over and take it from the UN should get slapped repeatedly.   I don’t think Kerry should be The Man.  Not Kerry, not Dean, and certainly not Clark.  Edwards would probably be the least smeggy candidate that they could put up against Bush.   Of course Edward’s Jimmy Carter sounding voice gives me both chills and nightmares of that old peanut eating fucknozzle.  He’ll probably be the VP to Kerry.  For the love of all that is holy… Kerry is a pathetic joke.  The guy that is afraid of motorcycle and can’t flip a pancake or eat a sandwich or a hotdog like a normal man… this is the best they have to offer?  This is just sad. 

Home schooling.  Couple weeks ago we pulled our oldest son out of public school and have committed to home schooling him.   Maybe we are too critical of public school… but Mrs. Ogre and I felt strongly that our son was getting a raw deal.  He is a bright boy… absolutely brilliant.  At school he was just bored to tears.  Literally.  The public school system caters to the lowest denominator and if you fly any higher than the rest, you are like a kite without a string.  This does no one any good, especially not the student.  Right now this kid is studying the Byzantine empire when his classmates at school would be talking about George Washington’s cherry tree… again… like they do every year.  Later today, he is going to be learning about aerodynamics, lift and drag.   Oh, wait, looks like he finished his history for the day and is already onto his writing assignments.   He does more in just an hour at home than what he used to do in public school all day long.   Mrs. Ogre used to teach at a private school, so we have the whole curriculum… we have the structure, we have the tools, we have the resources and everything else that a public school has… but we have something else.  The missing key ingredient that public schools don’t have.  Love.  We love our son.  We want the best for him.  Because of this, we focus on him and help him.  The results?  We are already seeing a completely different boy.   Public school would have ruined him.  There is a group of home-schoolers that we are going to be hooking up with.  The social aspect is important too, but not critical because we have him in Scouts and in church activities and all that… he has friends… He’s no missing anything from the Public system.  Neither am I.

Feb 9th, Monday, 2004:  1540hrs:  Cougar!  The Cougar is now safe and sound here at home.  At the gun shop where I had it transferred through I had the initial impression that I had made a huge mistake.  This Cougar was the worse feeling Beretta I had ever encountered.  I shook my head, but took the gun home.  Once home I immediately stripped the gun down.  Inside, the gun was not just bone dry, but fouled with carbon like the inside of an M-16’s bolt carrier.  No wonder it felt like shit.  Once I got the gunk scraped out, inspected and lubed properly with FP-10, the gun felt like a real honest to goodness Beretta.  The barrel was absolutely filthy.  I don’t think this Cougar has ever been cleaned.  Ever.  The previous owner of this unit was rough on her, abused and neglected her.  The owner must have been a rough cop or just a filthy slob.  She needed some love.  Luckily she cleaned up real nice.  There are some scars… I can’t do anything about that.  We all have our scars.  But the overall package is very nice.  She’s a hot little Italian, curvy and sexy.  Feels good in the hands.  Handles very well for the subcompact frame.  Points naturally.  I’ve yet to shoot it.  I don’t have time to do so today, dang it!  Maybe tomorrow morning.  Here are some pics.

Noon:  There is a new blog worthy of note and of keeping our eye on.  Mostly Cajun. 

1000hrs:  I am sick and tired of the WMD issue.  You have to be as intelligent as a fucking oyster to think Saddam didn’t have any WMDs.  Hans Blix is about as bright as a flatworm to say “Saddam wasn’t a threat”.    Let me lay this out for you again… Saddam had chemical weapons.  Saddam is on record for using chemical weapons.  One of Saddam’s Generals got the nickname of “Chemical Ali” for his use of chemical weapons.  UN weapons inspectors documented tons of WMDs and they documented all of it but 20%.  Do you guys know what 20% is?  20% is a big freaking bill to pay, that’s what 20% is.  And out of all of the work the UN Weapons inspectors did… they couldn’t account for where this last 20% went.   Do you guys remember that UN hunt?  I remember watching it on Fox and CNN… I remember watching UN Inspectors walking in the front door of a building while guys took off in trucks in the back door.  All of Iraq was a fucking shell game for these WMDs… and Iraq won it.  They kept that pea hidden.  So we pulled the trigger on them.  Just days before we launched, we watched cargo trucks leaving Iraq left and right… trucks going into Syria… trucks going into Iran…   We the USA was under no obligation to play Keystone Cops in chasing down all these trucks.  It was the obligation by UN ORDER for Saddam to account for everything and he didn’t.  The US is under no obligation to find WMDs to justify Americans actions.   Here are the facts that are beyond question:

Saddam had WMDs.

Saddam used WMDs.

Saddam refused to account for all of his WMDs.

Saddam had the means and ability to produce more WMD’s just as fast as ordering a milkshake from a freaking McDonalds.

Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry… and most of the other Democrats all said Saddam had WMDs and was a huge threat.  Wait a second… just because Bush is the President, all the sudden Saddam lost the weapons and was no longer a threat?

Saddam was an evil bastard that has a special place in hell waiting for him, right next to his two vile sons.  

We don’t have to find WMD’s to justify attacking Iraq.  Period.  If you question this war on Iraq, you are intellectually lacking… your logic has malfunctioned.   However I am not so closed minded as I might seem.  If you have a logical argument that Saddam had no WMDs, I would like to hear it.  Seriously.  Counter arguments are welcome, as long as they are good. 

Howard Dean… Does Howard Dean have any platform at all?  All that jackass can say is “Bush is Bad”.  Has he even tried to talk about any other issue that didn’t involve faulting Bush for it?  Has Dean ever come up with any solutions for these problems other than him replacing Bush?  I don’t seen Howard Dean making a VP run… I can see a Kerry Edwards ticket… that is probably what we are going to get.  Howard Dean?  I can see him someplace else… as a professional wrestler. I can’t see this assclown as an American Leader.

Email this morning:  “Come on, Mr. Ogre. NASA has done a lot with its relatively small budget compared to may other government agencies. There are departments out there that get a lot more money and accomplish a lot less.  NASA overengineers stuff because it has to survive the rigors of space travel. This is uncharted territory they're exploring in every sense of the term. They will get more efficient as more missions are conducted and we learn what works well. This is a great time for American engineering and all you can do is snipe at them and make smart ass remarks. Cut them some slack, will you?  Sorry for being so blunt - I like reading you but you are so cantankerous sometimes! Take care and keep writing.  PS Can you tell me if $400 a good price for a new Benelli Nova?”  Josh, you made my morning... thanks for the email.

No, 400 bucks is way too high for a Nova. Depending on where you are, your top price should be no more than 350 max.  I got mine brand new for under 300 as most people can.   Keep shopping around.  Good shotgun.  I like them a lot.

My beef with NASA will continue.  They are short sighted and unimaginative and geologically slow.   They are planning to kill the space shuttle program... it's scheduled.  Yet they have no replacement plan in the works.  That's poor management thanks to a lack of vision. There are other groups that could make better use of NASA's funds and could accomplish much much more than what NASA could ever dream of doing.   I'm for the privatization of space.   Opening it up like that would mean time share condos on Mars before 2020.   And people love me because I am so damned cantankerous.

That Cougar should be arriving any time now… I HATE WAITING!   AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

Feb 8th, Sunday, 2004: 1730hrs: NOVA had a show where they were reporting the Mars rover expeditions and the problems and everything going into it.   It was very interesting and very educational.  It also surprised me how stupid NASA, as an organization can be.  They never use anything “Off the shelf” but insist on reinventing the freaking wheel for every new thing they do.   I have to give them credit for the reliability that they achieve… that’s great.  But the way they get it is just amazingly convoluted.    You wouldn’t think that NASA could “Over Engineer” anything, but they do.  Right down to the freaking resistors.  The Parachute-Airbag Ball system has got to be one of the worst ideas I have ever seen for landing a rover.   Mars has an atmosphere… not breathable, but it’s there.  This is why they can use a parachute.  They have been talking about using helicopter landers, but decide on this uncontrolled airbag ball bouncing thing.  This seems to be way too random for any serious effort that anyone else would have tried.  What is really funny is that this method required the use of a parachute and control rockets…  Why couldn’t they have used these things to just make a softer parachute landing?  Take away all the big bulky and heavy airbag things, and making a softer landing would have been no problem.  I’ve seen landing ideas from other groups, and all had much greater likelihood for success… all less risky… all less expensive… but no… NASA has to go the route paved in gold for them.   NASA has got to be the least efficient agency ever invented.  Man, I hate them!  You know, it would have been so much easier to use the Glider Lander ideas… so much cheaper and easier… could have carried a bigger payload too.  But no… they wanted to play bouncy ball.    I’m still waiting for something interesting to be discovered by a Lander.   Not that any of these makes any difference to anyone else on this planet.   You gotta love the talk about sending a colony of mice to Mars.   Nifty.  I wonder how they plan on landing them safely.  The Spiked Volleyball system?

My Beretta .45 Mini Cougar.  I’ve been waiting for it all last week.  Found out it was just shipped Thursday, which means I wont get it till tomorrow.   I hate Christmas Eve.   I was wanting to go shoot it yesterday… grrrr.   Thursday… *shakes fist*.   I’ll be alright after I get it… I’m just impatient at having to wait a whole weekend.  This is torture.

News has been rather slow of late.  There is really nothing in the news worth talking about and nothing I’m really hot about… well, now that I got NASA out of my system again.  Well, Russia has a little interesting thing about the political rival of Putin goes missing… but that has nothing to do with us.  Then there is some info from Wes Clark’s past… but no watershed discoveries here.  Oh, my knee is doing better, thank you.  I can walk on it almost normally again and I can sleep at night again so this is all good enough now.     You know, if I wasn’t living out here in freaking Egypt, I’d have all my friends over for a big dinner… but no – I’m in Egypt and everyone living around here – I don’t want them in my house.   I think I’ll just go watch some FOX.

Feb 7th, Saturday, 2004: 1100hrs:  Looks like the University’s servers are all off line for the weekend.  This means I get a little break for awhile.  Catch up on some things.

Had a crazy idea for a milspec 1911… I talked about here on THR.  Check it out. 

Since it’s the weekend, here is some funny things I came across.  Enjoy…  both of them.  The second one has some salty language.  Beware of that. 

Yahoo has a good summary article about where all the Democrats are on the gun issue.   Pretty much they are all against guns.  John Edwards tries to give lip service to us, but then he smacks us down.  They all want to control guns.  Period.  They don’t like the fact that America allows it’s people to be armed.  They don’t get the whole Second Amendment thing and are totally against it because it would mean that they will not be able to ultimately gain full control of the country and turn it into a communist paradise where we are all totally dependant upon the Federal Government for everything.  The last of the good Democrats are few and far between and are on the way out… leaving only more of these ultra liberal lunatics who only say they are Democrats.   The Left is not the same Left as we had 10 years ago.  This is the new bitter Left that is still stinging from the slap we gave them after they passed that 1994 crime bill.  If these guys gain control again – they will issue some heavy payback for that.  These people wave flags, but behind their teeth they curse it.  They curse us.  They are not patriots.  They are not even Americans in their own hearts.  They hate us, they hate the American way of life, they hate the American dream, and they just simply hate America.  Should these people gain control, they will do everything that they can to crash America into the rocks.  The economy, our freedoms, everything that makes America what it is.  We can’t allow this to happen.  We can’t let these enemies of freedom win.  If they do – they are going to be in for some surprises.   Read the Second Amendment and understand what it is really for… read between the lines here: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."   This is OUR check and balance against THEM.  This is why they want to get rid of the guns.  Period.  It’s not about the guns, it’s about the control.  If they take away the guns, they have all the control because they have removed the last check and balance against them.   This is why things like privately owned AK-47’s and AR-15’s are so important.  This is why things like handguns are so important.  This is why things like scoped hunting rifles are so important.  “You can’t hunt a deer with an AK-47!”  That’s a bullshit argument because the Second Amendment isn’t about hunting, is it?  I don’t see the word hunting in it… The second amendment is about keeping the people free from the tyranny of the Government… other governments – and our own.  Remember that.   Remember that when your talking to a Liberal.   It would be so easy to just give up and give in to them, wouldn’t it?  Let them take control and we wouldn’t have to worry about anything.  Well, you would have to stand in the bread lines and all that stuff… take a look at Russia before The Wall came down.  Paradise, wasn’t it?   Screw these people.  They are not even worth your courtesy.      

Feb 6th, Friday, 2004:  1500hrs: 

Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan!

You changed the world for the better.  You put America back on top.  You are one of America's greatest Presidents.  You are second only to George Washington himself.   May your name never be forgotten, my your namesake ship know only victory, and may CBS rot in hell for trying to besmirch your honor.  God bless you and Nancy.  

1100hrs:  My knee.  Man, does it hurt.  It kills me.  I can’t even sleep well at night because no matter how I lay, it hurts my knee.  During the day I can’t even hobble around very well or even stand because I can’t straighten my leg.   This sucks.   Years ago I was told by a doctor I should be walking with a cane… not just for the support, but for the constant reminder to take it easy.  I sometimes use a cane, like in cases like this when I am in pain.  I have a cane someplace… I think it’s at the theater back stage because it was used as a prop and I didn’t need it at the time.  It’s a cheap cane.  I don’t like it.  It’s a couple inches too short and it’s too light.  I need a good cane.  Just can’t find one that I like.   When I twisted my knee the other day, it I didn’t even notice it, it was so slight.  I didn’t think that it did anything.  Now I’m gimped up and the knee is swollen.  For such a little thing.  This angers me.  I despise weakness, yet I am plagued with it in my knee, ankle and shoulder.  This angers me a great deal.

One of the biggest hot topic political issues coming up this year is the “Assault Weapons Ban”.   The reason this is coming up is because the “AWB” is going to sunset later this year.  That means if congress does nothing, the ban ends.  There are two sides to this issue.  One side that wants to let it sunset and the other side that not only wants to make it permanent, but to make it even more restrictive.  

As this issue gets debated, we are going to be hearing all sorts of things about assault weapons and how evil they are… but let’s look at this ban specifically and let’s see if it has done anything worth while.  If it has successfully reduced crime, then continuing the ban may have merit.  If it has not, then it is a useless law and should be stricken (or in this case be allowed to sunset) like all other useless laws.

First, let’s look at what the AWB is.  This ban was passed in 1994 under the official title of “Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994”. This ban basically stopped manufacture and importation of rifles that used detachable magazines and had two or more features:  A folding or telescoping stock.  A pistol grip.  Bayonet lugs.  A flash suppressor.  A grenade launcher.

Why the Anti-Gun lawmakers selected these features as too evil… I have no idea why.   But when the law was passed, weapons that had these features suddenly went up in value as much as 600%.

Searching FBI crime statistics, and news reports, I have not found any use of grenade launcher in the commission of a crime.  If couldn’t find any instances of bayonets being fixed to a rifle and used in violent crimes either. 

The other features being banned are also questionable.  A folding stock does nothing for a weapons ability to slay masses of innocents, but it does make a rifle easier to store since it can be locked away in a smaller compartment or case.  Telescoping stocks such as found on an AR-15 type rifle was specifically targeted in the ban and I can see no logic in this.  Some telescoping stocks only adjust as much as two or three inches, but the lawmakers found this to be insidious.  What it actually does is allow both a husband and a wife with different arm lengths to enjoy an afternoon of shooting together using the same rifle.  There is a practical use for folding and collapsible stocks… I see no logical reason why this feature was determined to be evil. 

Pistol grips… evil guns have pistol grips, right?  Hunting rifles don’t have pistol grips, but military weapons do… so that must be an evil feature.   Well, not really.  As Monty Python says, “it’s not a matter of where it grips it”.  Most hunting rifles don’t have pistol grips not as a matter of design or function but as a matter of tradition only.  A straight stock is a traditional style of stock that goes back to the days of muskets. Pistol grips are a relatively new style of stock.  However with or without… it makes no functional difference to the operation of the weapon.  Again, this so called evil feature doesn’t do anything to make the weapon more or less appealing to criminal use.  If anything it may detract because the pistol grip sticking out increases the overall size of the weapon dimensionally.  

This leaves flash suppressors as the last feature in the ban.  A flash suppressor is a birdcage like section of a rifle’s muzzle that is designed to reduce the “flash” of the ammunition’s hot gasses.  This flash is generally only visible at night and helps a soldier maintain his ability to see in the dark to some extent. During the day, you really can’t see the muzzle flash.  Since the Vietnam war ammunition makers have found additives to mix into the gunpowder that reduces the flash from firing.  This has since made useless the addition of a flash suppressor to a rifle since it is now in the ammunition.  Again, we find the outlawed a feature that is ultimately meaningless. 

These features are all generally cosmetic in nature.  They are banning a “look”.  If the rifle “looks” scary, it must be evil and should be banned.

Let’s look at the legal definition of “assault weapon” according to the wording in the new Maryland legislation because the 1994 bill has even less…   "ASSAULT WEAPON" MEANS: AN ASSAULT LONG GUN; AN ASSAULT PISTOL; OR A COPYCAT WEAPON.”  What the hell does that mean?  There are no further definitions given.  Let’s look at the classic definition of “assault rifle” as there is no other assault weapon type (there is no such thing as an “assault pistol”, but it does sound scary, doesn’t it?).   An “assault rifle” is a rifle that fires an intermediate cartridge and is capable of select fire, semi automatic or full automatic.  Full automatic means you can pull the trigger back and as long as the trigger is held, the weapon will continue to fire.  Semi automatic means that the weapon fires only once when the trigger is pulled.

Select fire or full auto weapons have already been banned.  The National Firearms Act of 1934 already bans fully automatic weapons. This is called the “NFA” and is strictly followed and enforced. 

I am left to wonder why we have to ban something in 1994 that was already banned in 1934.  Again, this is something that I can see no logic in because there is no logic to it.  Assault weapons were banned in 1934.  The 1994 ban is now only banning something that only looks like a scary assault weapon.  Mere cosmetic features that have nothing to do with the actual use or function.

Anyone can go the FBI’s website and pull up the crime reports for each year.  The earliest report available online is for 1995, but this report shows numbers for earlier years as well. Looking at this report and reports for later years, I am not seeing a reduction of crime.  In fact, violent crimes increased somewhat between 1994 and 1995.  I can’t find any evidence according to the FBI that the AWB has reduced any crime at all.  I was hoping to find some interesting numbers here, but really, I see no difference at all.

I then looked at the Center for Disease Control.  For some reason the CDC tracks this sort of information as well.  The CDC reports are indicating something interesting.  According to the CDC, gun control laws have no effect whatsoever on criminal activities.  Period. 

A criminal by definition is one who commits crimes.  A criminal has no regard for any laws.  This is what makes them criminals.

Looking at the AWB as objectively as I possibly can, I can see no reason to allow it to continue.  I can see no reason that it was passed in the first place.  I find no justification for its existence.  The law it’s self, banning weapons on cosmetic features only shows a deep ignorance of the actual nature of a gun. It makes as little sense it would to ban the colors yellow and red from automobiles because racecars are sometimes yellow or red.  The cars in the “Fast and the Furious” were sometimes yellow and red and we have a problem with street racing, so we need to ban yellow and red.  That logic is flawed, yet that is the logic used in the AWB.

It should go away.  It was useless to start with; it will continue to be useless in the future.  It’s one of the most embarrassingly stupid pieces of legislation in US history.  The AWB should sunset.  The people who voted for the AWB should also be chained to large blocks of cement and dropped off into the deepest regions of the Pacific Ocean.     

Feb 5th, Thursday, 2004: 1030hrs:  Something weird happened this morning… Norton didn’t delete an incoming virus immediately.   I didn’t open the attachment, but went to delete it.  That was when Norton kicked in and blasted my whole inbox.   If you sent me an email in the last 24 hours, and I haven’t responded – it’s because your message was blasted.  Please resend it.  Thanks.

Something else also got blasted… my damn knee again.  I’m going to be using a fucking cane again for the next few days or week.  SHIT DAMN HELL!

I’m really busy with school work.  I will come back when I have a little time and something worthy to comment on. 

Feb 3rd, Tuesday, 2004:  1800hrs:  Email in from a professional Cryptobiologist, name withheld.  “I have a couple comments to your friend who wants to hunt bigfoot.First,it is against the law in most places to harm a hair on the head of the cuddly little fellows.I have researched a whole pile of "I shot BIGFOOT"stories..Nothing documented will bring down one with 1 shot.Sometimes several clips just make him run off screaming in pain.Some people have ended up dead or just vanished into thin air.,after firing.Aggresive behavior requiring firearms is a tiny percentage of sitings,thank heaven.Unfortunately some of the best firearms and bigfoot stories have been removed from sites such as BFRO.I know they don't want to encourage pea brains to go off  and shoot at everything that moves.Also,incredible "attention"comes down on those that have filed reports,like the recent one by a Texas law enforcement person.People figered out what dept.it was that he was with and beat the doors down literally and figuratively.What's that guy worried about "abandoned"cia airfields for?There's nothing interesting about them.They are totaly sanitized,like a couple in FLA I could name,but won't.The interesting ones are the  still used facilities,like Harvey Pt.,NC.One in W.Texas,One at Eglin,etc.Comment to your friend who thinks Eva Mendes is so hot.She's Cuban,not Mexican.He better not go to Miami.There she is a B+.He'd probably lose control of all bodily functions.”

How in the hell did I become an online Van Helsing gathering?  Judas Priest!  I feel like Doctor Peter Venkman for crying out loud.  No more of this paranormal crap!  I’m going to have the lawyers for Harry and the Hendersons sending me certified letters here if this keeps up.  No More!  Have I been getting emails about guns and movies and politics lately?  No… I’ve been getting emails about bigfoots… you know what Bigfoots I like?  I like the glazed ones I can get at my local bakery… Sometimes I even like that giant Ford truck one… but only on Sunday Sunday Sundays… No MORE!  I mean it!  One more, and that person gets forwarded all my emails that contain virus attachments.   DON’T PUSH ME!!!   I’m an ogre ON THE EDGE!

1300hrs:   I’ve added 2 new articles to the Automotive Section and another article in the Archive Index.  Not for any special reason.  Just felt like it.   Don't think I've put these up before.  Enjoy.

1100hrs:  Looks like there is a new car company out there now.  Scion.  I’d link it, but I don’t want to because as soon as I hit the company’s website, my firewall alerted me that they tried to hit me back.  Don’t know what that was all about… Anyways.  They have 3 vehicles, a sedan and a hatchback that look very cool… and a Mini Van sort of thing that’s looking like a Honda Element.  The dash configuration is to say the least, non-traditional.  I’ve never seen or heard of Scion before.  They look interesting.   Evidently they are a separate sub branch of Toyota and they seem to be targeting the under 30 market.  They have only 108 horsepower… so they are pretty pathetic that way.  Probably very fuel efficient… Wait a sec… 32 to 38 for the little hatchback.  Wow.  That’s excellent.   I’d never get one in a million years, but I bet my Dad would love that.  He has a special sort of hatred of gas stations.   I can see one of these hatchbacks in his driveway some time in the future here.  38 MPG on the highway… and the way my Dad drives, he could stretch that to over 45… that’s better than some of these Hybrid cars.   The only thing that would probably hold my Dad off on these would be that these are from Japan and not Germany.   I’m not so sure way he has a thing for The Fatherland… but I’m not going to question it.  My Japanese car is DOA in the driveway so I have no room to talk.  I could see getting my sons these… wussy little econoboxes… but my sons wouldn’t take them.  They are Jeep and Truck boys already.   They are such cool guys.

DOG BLOG ALERT:  Ranger has broken his 4^th chain today.  Cable actually.   Braided steel cable – and he broke it.  The last chain he busted was a heavy duty chain too… We open up the back door to go out to the Jeep… and there is Ranger sitting there smugly with the 3 cats cowering and frozen in terror.  Ranger is an incredibly powerful dog.  We looking into his breeding and we may have been wrong about him.  He has some German Shepard in him… but less than we thought.  He has some Siberian Husky in him – maybe – but less than we thought too… We are thinking that he is probably almost ½ Wolf.   His hunting instinct is overpowering to him and he is cunning to a level I’ve not seen in regular domestic dogs.  Spooky smarts combined with such strength… I bet he could hold his own against a Puma.   He has grown perhaps 6 inches in height since we got him… so we got him fairly young.  This is a good thing, because I don’t think I would have been able to dominate him otherwise.  However Ranger is not an aggressive dog.  He is frisky and playful… and loves to romp and chase balls and the cats… but he has never hurt the cats.  Not once.  He just likes to freak them out.   FOUR!!!   I’m going to get him a huge ham bone tonight or tomorrow.

The Beretta Mini Cougar .45 is in transit… Could be here tomorrow.  I am absolutely giddy with anticipation.   There is something about a Beretta that is definitely different from other handguns.  Something that sets them apart… Something that even the Taurus clones, built on Beretta’s own machines with Beretta’s own tooling, does not have.   This undefinable quality puts them up to the top of the pack. I might be getting a Beretta Cheetah too… maybe.  Don’t know yet.  The other party is still “thinking about it”.     

Email about some gun companies:  “My dad has a S&W 629 Mountain Gun (or whatever)... Actually he has a couple of them, but I digress...  He broke the rear adjustable sight.  Sent the sight in to S&W with a check.  They sent him a new rear sight, and his uncashed check.  I bought a set of RCBS 9mmP dies. They put a small rifle primer extraction pin in the one die. I called them, and they sent me a packet of 10 small pistol pins, even though I protested that I'd "fixed" the small rifle pin to work. I'd buy RCBS over Dillon or Lee any day.  A buddy of mine had bought a Marlin lever action, second hand, with a split stock. Called Marlin, they said send it in. They sent it back with a new stock and they reblued it, too. No charge.  Just a few anecdotes.  TTFN Andy”  Thanks for the email, Andy.  Gun companies with awesome service deserve to be noted.

Feb 2nd, Monday, 2004: 11700hrs: This has got to be the funniest thing I’ve read all day.  Wes Clark’s motorcade busted for speeding.   That cracked me up.  I can imagine the trooper giving him the ticket and trying to keep from laughing.   Clark sucks… he deserves to be publicly flogged.

Just might have a favorite new band.  This was sent to me by a reader, but if you Google for Ogre, you get a lot of stuff… when I first registered MadOgre.com – there were very few Ogres out there.  My family has grown!  I am so proud… I could get watery eyes over here just thinking about it.   Of course, this band might suck… but I don’t know.  I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, and points for the name… but get a fucking haircut you hippies.

You know how I often say things like “Fuck North Korea”?  Do you ever wonder why I have such sentiments?  Read this.  Any military action that leads to a regime change in North Korea, I am behind 110%.  We need to combine arms with China, wipe the floor with Kim Jong Ill and rebuild that country from the ground up. 

Email from Italy:  “I was reading you blog and thought I would send you some comments.  1.  I'm also from the Great State of Utah, but due to work, I'm am currently outside of the state, although I still consider myself a proud Utahn and get back whenever I can since for me, that is where home is.    2.  I saw the movie "Underworld" right after it came out on DVD.  I was working nights and one of the guys I work with brought the DVD in and we watched it one night (of course, they "forced" me to watch "Uptown Girl" with that ditz Britney Murphy in it first).  I thought it was pretty good.  A different take on vampires and werewolves with lots of cool guns and explosions.  I just wish there was much, much more.  3.  Yeah, hot-blooded Monica Bellucci.  They have nude calendars of here over here in Italy.  She's not the only beautiful italian babe that you have running around, she just makes more American films.  Personally, I like Sabrina Ferilli, but she only makes movies in Italian.  Italian TV could be really called the "boob tube" since those chauvinistic Italians have figured out that beautiful women in skimpy outfits can turn a boring American game show like "Password" into something more interesting called "Passaparola".  And the funny thing is, the Italian women don't look at it as being degrading to women.  They see it for what it is, a way for beautiful women to use their bodies to make money without resorting to prostitution.   4.  If someone wanted a 5.56 mm weapon, why not get a Mini-14 ("Made in the 200th year of American Liberty").  That's what I have and shooting tracers at bunny rabbits sure is fun.     Ciao,  El-ahrairah”   The Mini-14 is a good option… especially with a folding stock.  Makes for a very handy and reliable weapon.  While I am no fan of Ruger, I have to give them credit for the Mini-14 and Mini-30, and the little 10-22.  They are great rifles.  If the AWB goes away, a folding stock Ruger Mini would be a great choice.  SWAT magazine did a side by side comparison between the Mini-14 and the AR-15.  The result?  It was pretty much a tie.  The Ruger’s wood stock is less evil looking and some PC minded people might find that an advantage.  On the other hand, that less threatening image might be less intimidating to a criminal and he might not stop when you order him to stop.  Between an AR and a Mini for a light weight patrol rifle or for CQB type work, I’d probably go for a Mini.   The mag locks in more securely, it’s more reliable and the gun is easier to clean… and you can get them configured in similar manners that you can configure an AR type rifle for.  For work requiring longer ranges or more precision, then I’d roll with the AR or something… but for 95% of the work – Mini would do just fine.  Of course, if I had my druthers, and could take my pick of 5.56MM rifles I’d get an IMI TAVOR or an HK G36K.   Anyways, one upside to the Mini-14 is that you can get them for ½ the price of a good AR and there are lots of aftermarket goodies out there floating around any good gunshow.  Stocks, scope mounts, light mounts… you name it.   Now, the first thing I would do if I was to get a Mini for serious work would be to have a good gunsmith put on a heavy profile barrel with deep flutes.   The stock barrel has a bad tendency to shift the point of impact when it gets hot.  This reduces the rifles appeal if you need precision, because you are only going to have it on the first cold barrel shot.  Anyways… “Uptown Girl”?  Come on, man.  You should have taken that movie and beaten that co-worker with it.  

The big news at the moment is that Kerry beat Bush in a Gallup Poll, according to CNN.   Too bad for Kerry that these polls are meaningless.  If you are going to report a Poll… you need to report where that poll was conducted and at what times and how many people responded fully or only partially.  If you go to one of the Liberal cities out there, sure, Kerry would win.  If you go to any other city… the outcome might be very different.  The fact that Kerry is gaining support is fine.  Bully for him.  But he aint going to win the Whitehouse.

1000hrs:  Several emails have come in suggesting that the shooting members of the Church who are mad at this No-Gun policy stop paying tithing.   If I was in a church that I didn’t really believe in – maybe that would be an option.  However since I believe in the gospel (just not this political positioning move) I can not turn my back on that gospel.  Mormons pay tithing… this means a full 10% of all our income.  I believe in this.  This is something that goes back all the way to Abraham.  We Mormons are not the only faith that does this.  Yes, this does produce a lot of funds for the Church… to build churches and temples… to help missionaries pay for missions… to help the members when they need help… to pay for church programs and humanitarian efforts all around the world.  A lot of good comes from the tithes.  Just because I disagree with something, I can’t turn my back on the gospel… That would be counter productive.  I couldn’t really consider myself to be a member of the church if I was to do that.   Regardless of politics or guns or anything else… I remain a very spiritual person on the inside.  I’m not going to go counter to my belief just because I disagree with a policy.   I would suggest to other members with my concerns to look for other ways of communicating our disgust, outrage, displeasure of this policy that do not go counter with our beliefs.    

President Bush is appointing this new investigation council to look into the intelligence situation.  I don’t get how so many people can legitimately blame Bush for an intelligence FUBAR.  Considering the number of UN resolutions about Saddams WMDs.  Clinton’s own attacks on Iraq about WMDs and the UN Weapons Inspectors who counted up all that WMD numbers and “lost” a full 20% of them.  Yet Bush is the one that “lied” to us saying Saddam had these fictitious WMDs so he could start a war just to get Saddam back for his Daddy.  That’s bullshit.  And it’s also pointless.  Saddam – even if he didn’t have anything stockpiled – had the ability to produce the stuff like a cook at a diner could whip up a plate of steak and eggs.  He was indeed a continuing and growing threat to not just America, but to the entire region as well.  Let’s not forget that Saddam is the one leader that has sworn a public oath to reign fire on America.  You don’t think he was a threat?  Then you are flat out stupid.   You don’t think Saddam could launch some sort of terrorist attack against the US?  Then you are incredibly stupid and I want you to leave MadOgre.com and never come back. 

When you fill miles of landfill with dead bodies of people you murdered – then the entire globe has the moral obligation to take you down.  If anything else, Saddam deserved to fall for that reason alone.   The biggest argument against this is that we haven’t gone in to save other people in different places.  Just because we didn’t play superman someplace else, isn’t an argument against our doing it someplace else. 

Those that speak the word “oil” as if they are spitting… I got news for you – the whole fucking planet runs on oil and that oil must flow… if not the world would grind to a halt.  I remember a lecture I listened to where an expect explained something very important… if the oil from the middle east stops getting to Japan – Japan would literally grind to a halt in 3 weeks or less.  If Japan stops, the damage to the US economy would take a torpedo into our side.  The US and Japan are married economically.  If one goes down, the other goes down too.    So the shout of “it’s all about oil” – then THAT is a good enough reason to go to war alone.  If you don’t think so, then you have a very shallow understanding of how the world spins.  This is why I have said things like “Tap Alaska”.  Why do you think I said that?   Because if the US was to produce oil to the ability that we can… from Alaska and from the Gulf’s off shore platforms… then we wouldn’t have to fuck around with the middle east.  Unfortunately the same people that say “It’s all about the oil” are same twats that have been preventing us from producing our own energy sources like our own oil production. 
Another thing about that “It’s all about the oil”… if we wanted it – it would have been much easier to just go down to South America where we get a huge chunk of our oil from.  It would have been so much easier to do that than to have faced the opposition that we have had to deal with.  Dumbasses!  

Let’s be honest.  If Clinton had rolled on Saddam… no one would be questioning this.  No one would be questioning the WMD’s.  No one would be saying it’s about the oil.  No one would be saying anything about cooperation with the UN.  You don’t think so?  No one said anything about his ordering bombs dropped in Bosnia… cruise missiles launched at Iraq… or everything else he did to get some attention off himself.  Every time he got in trouble or some negative press – Clinton blew something up.   How come no one questioned this?  Because Clinton was right?  Or was it because Clinton was a Democrat?   Let’s be honest here… this isn’t about anything external… this is about Bush.  If Bush was a Democrat you liberal slackasses would be building 30 foot tall marble statues of him calling him the greatest president ever… He has forwarded your agendas further than Clinton has – and that is what has pissed you off so much.  He has given you your own plans… as written (Oh how conveniently you forget) by Ted Kennedy… he has give you tax breaks exactly as described and proscribed by John F Kennedy… My hell people!! Bush is even talking about SPACE for crying out loud – it’s fucking CAMELOT all over again and George W Bush is the ghost of JFK and you flaccid sphincters are hating him for it!    You guys hate Bush because he isn’t Democrat and that’s the only thing that this is about.   If he was Democrat – you would crown him God-King!   You Liberals are so transparent.  We can see right through you.  Face it – your party has self destructed and is shattered like a pane of glass upon the rocks.   You guys are done.  Liberalism is over.   Die with some dignity, for the love of pete.

Bush’s spending.  Why are people crying about the Federal Deficit?  The quote numbers of 500 or more all the time.  Yeah, we have a big deficit, but it’s not as big as most people think.  You got to look at it as a percentage of the gross domestic product.  Looking at it that way, it’s under 5%.  Our national history has had it up over 6% (almost to 7%) before.   When you understand the relation to the GDP, you understand that we are just fine economically speaking.  Yeah, Bush is spending a lot… ahem… but it’s nothing compared to what Congress spends.  Wait a second… isn’t Congress due for another self granted pay raise? 

Superbowl… I don’t care about the game this year.  But the issue is about Janet Jackson.  She used to be hot looking… now?  Damn.  Her face looks like James Brown.  The issue about her isn’t her face *shudder* but her boob.  Her costume has one boob hanging out… with some thing covering her nipple.  However high rez photos show it’s not over her nip, but pinned to it through a nipple piercing.  She put this on national television.   That wasn’t an accidental costume gaff… that was on purpose.  Look at the costume… it was made to show her boob.  This was planned.  What is she trying to do?  Gain some ground on Christina and Brittany?  Why can’t these people work on the talent instead of the skin.  What the hell is around the corner?  It’s not going to surprise me when one of these princesses just strips nude and has sex right there on the stage… and the ACLU will be lining up to defend it because it’s her free speech.  Janet had a voice… talent… and she was hot… the only good Jackson.  Now?  Now she is just a tramp.  Pathetic.  The best the Super Bowl had this year… Terry Tate.

Gotta get back to some homework.   Talk to ya later.

Feb 1st, Sunday, 2004:  1640:  If you are on the way to church and rolling on empty… and you pass a gas station, but your wife says not to stop because she is 10 minutes late to church… Just stop anyways.  If you are already late, 2 minutes wont matter.  Being stuck in the church parking lot because you are completely empty – that does matter.  In fact it throws a huge monkey wrench into the works.  “Well, at least we were only 10 minutes late and not 12.”  Now she wont talk to me… as if this mess was my fault.  (No, I didn’t need to point out the fact that she drove the Jeep last)  The only thing that pisses a wife off more than cheating on her… is proving her wrong.   The scorned woman treatment isn’t worth it… just go ahead and stop and deal with that 2 minutes.  She might be mad at the two minutes – but judas priest – at least you didn’t prove yourself right!

Email of the day:  “I saw your post on stopping power.  I’m going to say that i agree with you: The debate on ammo stopping power is just out of hand, and when i see something in the dozen or so gun mags i get every month on it i just tend to skip over it; I like the adds best...  When ever i think i have cause to need it, i load my Springfield 1911 with Glaser slugs. They make holes big enough for me...  As for hunting BigFoot, i would take my H&K 91 with some of the old German steel cored 7.62 tracer rounds i have. I tell you what, if the first shot didnt take him down i have the rest of the 20 round magazine! Thanks Herr Helsing.  – GunBunny”  I knew I shouldn’t have posted that email… I knew it would come back and bite me.  Always trust your instincts.  Always.  An HK 91 would be great.  But even better is the HK G3A4K version with the shorter barrel and the collapsible stock.  This lets you pack around and nice short weapon that you can snatch from behind the seat in your vehicle or carry it easily over the shoulder with a sling… and then when you need it, slide the stock out and line it up for an accurate and full power .308 shot.   Indeed, .308 would be just fine on a BF creature… I would avoid using .223/5.56MM as that might not have enough power to take down such a large and potentially aggressive creature.  This is why my first choice is a .45-70… which is a great dangerous game cartridge.

This guns in church issue is still here.  But it’s very quiet.  It hasn’t been mentioned in church at all.  Not a word.  But it’s discussed outside quite a bit.  3/5^ths of the people really couldn’t care less… but the last 2/5^ths of the people are super passionate about it and are at the polar ends.  One side is celebrating this move by the church, while spitting on those of us who carry guns.  They act as if they are finally free of the “Cuban Missile Crisis” and are no longer under constant threat.  And the way they talk… full of seething bitterness…  This reaction not only surprised me… but has deeply offended me.  I’m on the other end of this spectrum… as are a lot of others who feel the same way as me.  We are the ones who value freedom and liberty, and are about as law abiding as you can be practically speaking… (Ahem… I drive like Colin McRrae when the roads are clear and there are no cops around)  We are peaceful people… quiet and private.  This is when I realized that its guys like me… the private, quiet, keeps to ourselves kinda guys that get rolled over all the time because we always avoid confrontations when it’s at all possible.  In the mean time, it’s the dumbass, liberal-thinking, mouth-breathers who shout and make all the noise and hold up the signs and get all the attention… and get their way.  I really have a hard time feeling the spirit when I have to walk past people talking about “Those guys who would bring a gun into church” as if we were all madmen who carry around Uzis just waiting for the right moment to go postal and start blasting away during a prayer.   These ignorant folks just don’t get it.  I might be offended, but at least I’m not the seething bitter one.    My attendance in meetings with these people might decline – but at least I don’t spit on them.

Springfield Armory.  Another bad slide as popped up.  A few years ago Springfield accidentally heat treated a batch of stainless steel slides twice… these slides were very brittle and a few of them broke.  The break happened right in front of the end of the frame’s dust cover and resulted in the front end of the slide being sheared completely off.  Well, this new slide break is a regular carbon steel slide.  Why this happened, no one knows.  I think this is a freak occurrence.  Regardless, I don’t think any less of Springfield.  No manufacturer makes a perfect product and I have seen dang near every one of the major manufacturer’s guns broken in one part or another.  What separates the wheat from the chaff is how the gun maker handles it.  Springfield will take care of you.  Some of the others wont, or will only do it reluctantly, or only if they can prove that you were not at fault.  Springfield, all you have to do is call them up and they set everything up… shipping is on them… they fix the gun… they ship it back to you… doesn’t cost you a dime, not even for the phone call… and when you get the gun back it’s almost always better than when you got it new.  This is why Springfield Armory is perhaps my #1 favorite gunmaker.   I wouldn’t hesitate to get a 1911 or XD from Springfield… because they make a damn good product and they have your back.   What pisses me off, is when guys start bitching and moaning about a gun breaking somehow and they have not even called the maker or dealer.  If you call them and they snub you (like Glock or Colt or HK or Kimber have snubbed me) then you have all the validation you need to bitch and moan… but if you haven’t even called them yet – shut the hell up about it.  If your just saying “Man, I had a weird thing happen today… I was shooting and my trigger return spring broke…”  that’s one thing.  But if your crying “Don’t buy these guns – because my trigger spring broke and these guns are a bad design and they are all crap!” then you are just being a dick.

National Politically Incorrect Day.  I think I’m going to nominate July 5^th as “National Politically Incorrect Day”.  On this day you need to drive an SUV to a shooting range and shoot a machinegun, then go out to eat at a joint like Outback or wherever and eat a huge steak with bacon and then go kick back to violent movies or video games or something… Whatever is totally politically incorrect and would send your local PTA Soccer Mom into a tizzy-fit.    Of course, to most of The Horde we already have a day for this… we call it “Saturday”…  but you get my drift.

Email from Reader:  “Hehe, the uber hot mexican chick in Once Upon a Time in Mexico was Eva Mendes. I'm pretty sure thats her correct name. She also played Denzel's little hottie on the side in Training Day. NICE footage there!!! She did a very lovely layout in Maxim not terribly long ago, and it ranked right up there with Lucy Liu's that was published maybe a year before that. Speaking of Lucy, did you see her scene on the '60 in Ballistic? Jeebus. I'd crawl over carpet tacks soaked in alcohol to get to her.   btw Flash Gordon RAWKED. I watched it again last weekend. I used to have a copy of the soundtrack, but it was stolen along with my 71 Opel GT. dont laugh. please.?   Chase”   Thanks for the email Chase.  An Opel GT?  I can’t laugh at that, they are kinda cool… the look like a Micro-Machines Corvette.  The reason I am posting this email specifically is the seconding of Flash Gordon.   It’s all about Ming, baby!  This has nothing to do with me agreeing or disagreeing with the crawling over broken glass or carpet tacks.  I'm a married Ogre over here... I would never do such a thing.

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