July 16th, Friday, 2004: 1900hrs:  Just for fun, I’m going to drop a little more information about the Ogre CLP Oil.  The formula at this stage is fantastic.  Believe it or not, the stuff is actually an olive drab green color… So Ed’s Red, meet Ogre Green.  (that is not going to be the name of it) It works great as a cleaner and better than Ed’s Red as a lube.  Just so you know – I have not reworked Ed’s stuff.  My stuff is completely different, but we do share one ingredient.  And in my formula it plays a much smaller roll.   I mixed up some Ed’s Red right from the source formula to use as a benchmark and my stuff blows his out of the water.  Easier to make too.  In testing so far it is showing to be safe on plastics and at least safe on the finish Marlin puts on its wood stocks.  So far so good.   This afternoon I’ve been working on it… and ran into a snag.  I was out of dirty guns!  So I actually had to run out into the desert to blow through the very last of my .45ACP ammo supply just to dirty the Detonics so I could clean it again.  (Again with the Detonics, not a single malfunction so far.  Out of about 800 rounds, it’s been 100%)  The Detonics was not filthy afterwards, but dirty enough to need cleaning.  Ogre CLP Oil cleaning it right out with no problem.  The barrel inside is looking like polished glass inside.  Not a hint of fouling of any sort.  Just to see what was up, I also did the “M-PRO7 challenge” to see if that stuff could find any more grime in the barrel.  NOPE.  Martin Niner, eat your heart out.  This green stuff also leaves a nice thin and slick coating on the clean metal surfaces.  Very much like M-PRO7 or FP-10 actually.  No, it does not leave your gun green.  Just for kicks I treated the wheels on one of my boys skateboards.  I took off the wheel, cleaned the axle and lubed it with my stuff.  Then I spun the wheels.  My treated wheels would spin twice as long as the others.  Then I cleaned and lubed with some Ed’s Red.  Yeah, those wheels did better… but still not as good as the wheels treated with my stuff.  I’m excited about this stuff, I really am.  In true ogre fashion, it’s ugly but it works hard.  I’ve got some work to do on it yet… it’s not finalized, but it’s down to the tweaking.  Still waiting to see if any corrosion touches it.  This might be a long wait.  Right now the labels are being designed and we are getting it all set up to start “production”.   

Lunchtime:  Guns Worn In Open Legal, But Alarm Va. Go and read that article.  The whole thing.  This is important.  Especially if you are in a state that allows open carry.  What the police are doing just doesn’t fly. They are trying to enforce illegal gun control through intimidation.  

I don’t give a rat’s ass how “polite” the police are… mere presence is the first rung on the “Use of Force Ladder” as taught by the instructors at my police academy from which I graduated only 6 points from the top of my class. 

For a cop to be at the restaurant as a response to a call is fine.  But when the officer sees clearly that no threat is apparent, there is no trouble, and everything is cool – I don’t think the officers should disturb the party by interrupting and questioning them.  If the party was acting strangely in a way that the officer can verbally articulate as probably cause – then the officer would be within his rights to disrupt the people in their rights.  Having a gun on ones hip is not an indication that evil is afoot.  Look at the cop’s own hip, and what is hanging off of it.   

A gun worn openly on the hip as the lone justification for questioning is asinine.  Check out the bit in the article about the couple walking the dogs.  When they said they are members of the Pro-Gun group and are fully aware of the Starbucks situation – the cops backed off.  What if the couple was not aware and were not members?  I bet the situation there would have been different because the people would have been more easily intimidated.  They would have been easy targets for the cops to flex their muscles at.  Luckily these two were not pushovers, not intimidated and the cops had to leave them alone.  

Let me clarify something.  I support the police and consider most of them to be fine or even outstanding people.  Perhaps some do not even realize what they are doing.  I know I am going to catch some flak for this… but as good and outstanding persons as you cats are; if you are in uniform and on duty, I don’t want to talk to you.  Because you are an instrument of the State and I wish to live without The State on my back.  If I am not breaking any laws – I don’t want to see you, I don’t want to speak to you.  Sorry.  I don’t.  If you get off duty, take off the badge, and you want to chat or go get some grub or some Cold Ones… it’s all good.  There are no hard feelings there. 

Now back to this open carry situation.  If a cop should see someone packing open carry, he should ask himself “What is my Probable Cause?”  If you can answer that clearly… then go talk to the person politely and do your job to protect and serve.  But if you can not answer that question clearly and all you have is “This person is wearing an 800 dollar pistol in a holster that costs about 80 bucks”, then what you need to do is leave that person alone… or at most “Hey, nice rig you are wearing.  Have a nice day.” 

Even if you don’t see it as intimidation – it is.  Because you have a whole state of people who have every right in the world to carry open, but do not do so because they are afraid of getting hassled.   That is called Oppression.  “Papers, Please.”  Yes, it’s oppression.  It’s harassment.  It is intimidation.  

If I was out there in VA, I would certainly roll with my associates with a high capacity automatic (less than 20 rounds in each mag) on my hip and 2 or 3 spare mags.   I did that last time I was out there.  I was rolling with my Beretta 92FS with 18 round mags.  I had a couple  20 round mags, but I kept them in my car.  Sometimes I concealed it, sometimes I carried it open.    I didn’t get stopped or questioned… Maybe I had a more official look… or maybe no one cared.  No trouble came of it.  That’s the way it should be.  

If I’m not breaking a law, I should not have to conduct regular interviews with the local law enforcement officers regarding state statute and what I am doing that day and why.  It’s none of your business.  I don’t have to tell you I am planning on getting a frozen pizza and a video rental and maybe a 6 pack of Cold Ones... it’s none of your business.  I don’t care of you ask me for my license.  That’s fine.  But whey you ask “Where are you coming from, where are you headed” type questions – I personally believe that crosses the line.   I know sometimes you just want the person to speak so you can sniff their breath or something… I used to do that too.  But that’s also one of the reasons I no longer do that – and will not ever do that again.  But that’s a long story and I don’t want to get into it.  Let’s just put it this way… stepping all over the Constitution really didn’t sit well in my gut. 

BTW I had with me the last time I was there in VA, my little book of state statutes that you can get from your local magistrate there in VA for only 5 bucks.  I suggest doing so.  If you are near the Henrico County Courthouse, the magistrate can be found 24 hours a day through the doors just to the left a ways from the court entrance doors.  You can walk right in and ask for one.

Martha Stewart was handed her sentence.  5 months in the hole, 5 months of house arrest, and 2 years probation.   That seems to me to be a very fair and even handed sentence.  Not that I really care at all about her, but considering the facts that I am aware of regarding this case, this seems to be a good ruling.

Whoopi just doesn’t get it.  Let me explain something to you Whoopi.  You have every right to your free speech.  As much as you have a right to open your big idiotic mouth, others have every right to recognize you as a jackass and choose to not be associated or even like you for it.  What you did and what you said was not “Controversial” it was just trashy.  There is a big difference to those with the wit to recognize it.  Crying about it just makes those who choose to ignore you all the more justified.  She said, "America's heart and soul is freedom of expression without fear of reprisal."   No, that was never part of the deal.  That’s not the first amendment, my dear.  The 1^st gives you the right to your free speech without the fear of the Police or other Government agency to kick in your door and grab you and drag you off to prison, or worse.  It does not mean we have to put up with people who say stupid, offensive, and childish things.  Besides, the whole Bush=bush thing is very tired.  That was the joke back when Bush Senior was President… but here we are, 8 years of Clinton later, and 3 under Bush 2 already past and you think that this joke is still funny?  Retire Whoopi.  Go away.  Go back to wherever you are from and dabble in community theatre or something quiet.

Judas priest… what a nightmare. This is unthinkable.  Our prayers are with the families.  80.  Damn.  That is outlandishly horrible.   You are going to hate me for saying this… I feel icky for just thinking it.  But where is Dell going to get the replacement Tech Support staff now? 

Email: “Ogre, What, if anything, have you heard about Break-Free Collector, which supposedly is specifically designed for long-term protection against corrosion? Paul”

Products like that have higher concentrations of wax and or silicone in them.  This produces a deeper barrier against corrosion. This is useful for the purpose of storage, but you wouldn't want to use it regularly because the silicone or wax can built up and get gummy inside the weapon.  Use it before storage, and when you take it out, give the weapon a good cleaning and inspection prior to putting it back into service.  

Best compliment I’ve had this year: “Thanks Ogre, for taking the time and resources building a community for all us politically uncorrupt (No, I don’t mean “incorrect”) folks.”  My pleasure, and my honor.  Thank you. 

Early Morning: TGIF!  You know, nobody says anything with more credibility than Ozzy Osbourne.  His bashing of Bush by comparing him to Hitler was just absolutely brilliant and totally original.  How does Ozzy come up with all this great stuff?  Hey, Ozzy!  You sucked when you were with Black Sabbath, you sucked when you went solo, and you still suck now!  Why don’t you just have a massive freaking overdose of something fatal, and shut the fuck up?  You shuffle around like a stoned Ali but without the glory, and without the dignity.  Alice Cooper could kick your ass, Ozzy. Alice freaking Cooper!

Finally got the chance to see “Secret Window”.  Watched it last night.  Pretty good writing, but for some reason I am disappointed.  The acting was pretty good, the story was pretty good, the plot twist there near the end however was totally predictable.  The one effect however that I did like… the reflection of the back of Johnny Depp’s head when he was looking in the mirror.  That was disturbing.  For all this flick’s strengths, it just sort of fizzled out on me.  Can’t put my finger on it.  Oh, yeah… it’s because I’ve seen the ending before.  Fight Club maybe?  Hmmm.  Could be.  Not the best Horror/Suspense flick out there, but it was a good one I guess.  I’ll rate it a 7, maybe an 8 if you haven’t seen a lot of other movies.

I got this in the email: “Since I know how much you like la Bellucci, here’s a photo of her preggers on Italian Vanity Fair. I guess she decided to do a Demi Moore.”   She is still beautiful, no?   Some guys think a woman gets all nasty when they get pregnant.  Having loved my wife through 5 pregnancies… I can honestly tell you that a woman only becomes more radiant.  If you loved a woman though a shared pregnancy they you will know what I am talking about, and about that word “Radiant”.  If you have not had this experience, then you have no idea just how truly beautiful a woman really is.

Those that know me and my little family are probably scratching their heads right now.  Five pregnancies for five boys… but two of them are twins?    Yes… We lost one during the pregnancy for reasons unknown.  That one was our second pregnancy and it was utterly devastating at the time.  But I am comforted in knowing that that little spirit still came down to our family with the twins we had later.   I don’t know why it worked out the way it did, but it worked out well enough.

All the politicos that voted to cut the number of Seawolf class submarines… here’s your sign.  "China has decided submarines are its first-line warships now, their best shot at beating carriers," said Sid Trevethan, an Alaska-based specialist on the Chinese military. "And China is right."    Take a wild guess at where a hell of a lot of our 688 boats are at.  I think the 8 boats we are refitting for Taiwan may be a few too little, too late.  I also think we need to step up on the Seawolf boats and start cranking them out.  With all the Federal spending going on, I think cutting the military is a very bad idea.  Very bad indeed.  However cutting bad programs in the military spending and using those funds for projects like the Seawolf and the Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22… that’s a very good idea.  These platforms are all very expensive, indeed.  But they are also worth every penny and give us a huge technical and tactical advantage that we can’t afford to loose.  Everything we learned about fighting the Soviets – it’s all applicable to China thanks to China’s reliance on Ex Soviet hardware.  However China is no fool… all that hardware has been updated to the point it is state of the art.  And at the very least, just as good as our stuff when it comes to the electronics.  They should know… they build our electronics!  5 years ago I said China is not a threat because they do not have the ability to project military force at distance.  Well, now they do.  Now they have Carriers… now they have subs… now they have long range bombers… Not only that, but they own the Panama Canal and can stage from there too.  China is now pretty much in a better position to strike at the US Mainland than the Soviets ever were.   Just wondering… how many cargo/container ships are in the canal right now under China’s flag?  I bet there are a few more than are actually heading to any port for commercial purposes.  Just a guess.  Just hunch.

July 15th, Thursday, 2004: 1600hrs:  I just walked back in the door from a spirited 65MPH test romp through the desert!  The Bronco is running like a bat outta hell now!  I don’t know what you call it, but the venturi jet thingamabobber in the carb was gummed up like crazy.  So when the engine was idling, it was fine because the fuel jets under the venturi… but when you stepped on the gas and the flow goes through the venturi - it would basically flood out.  I was able to get it all cleaned out with the help of some B-12 Chemtool carb cleaner.  Then I threw on a fresh fuel filter.  Really weird - but that's what it was.  In fact, I think I may have discovered at least 25 horses that got themselves lost in the gunk. Seriously.  Lots more torque too.  This engine must have been sitting around for a long time before I got it.  Note to self… make an annual schedule for a good carb cleaning.  I’m not sure what to make of this, but I’m not surprised.  I remember that weird blood clot like gell that came out of the oil pan.  Now the Bronco is rip-snorting better than ever and I’m the happiest Ogre on the planet.  To celebrate this – I’m going to go 4 wheeling again!  BOOYAAAHH!!!  

1000AM:  Just when I thought it was safe to read my email again…  EliteBenz19@aol.com, the kid wanting the bling bling Beretta like Romeo & Juliet writes “Thanks, but do they carry them in a clear handle w/ clip?” Oh my hell.  NO!  They Don’t!  And they don’t come with family crest base plates on the magazines either.   

I’ve not seen anything from Jib-Jab in some time. Then I get a link to this.  Goodness… it’s a long download, but worth it in spades.  A very much needed laugh.  The server is reporting that it’s been slammed and the animation is only currently available as a download that you can save to your computer for 2.99…. it’s worth the 2.99. 

Now this lady has the best take on M.M. “A maggot that eats the dead”.   He’ll eat anything, it’s true.   I don’t seen any difference between Moore’s doctoredmentaries and Comedy Central’s new debate show called “Crossballs”.  

Thanks to Freedom Nation, we have discovered Toobis… who is perhaps the biggest dumbass on the North American continent that isn’t a celebrity or a politician.   His rants have titles like “So you were raped, get over it(part2)” and “Was Hitler so bad?” and “Get that Wheel Chair out of my way!” and “Free Saddam!”… all of course titled for the shear shock value… but the biggest indication that this fat took wearing dunderhead “Give Jar Jar a chance”.  Which is one of the very few article titles that doesn’t have an exclamation point in it.  Freedom Nation argues that this is a justifiable reason for the invasion of Canada and why abortions (especially in Canada) are still legal.  I think F.N. might be right.  In the first 5 seconds of looking though this carbuncle’s website, I am struck with the impression that this guy deserves a solid right cross to the jaw.  That and this kid is nothing more than an attention whore and is saying such things only for the purpose is inciting email, to which he vigorously masturbates.  Just look at his photo.  Kids, this is why you shouldn’t play with yourself… it’s not that you will go blind or that you’ll get hairy palms… it’s that you will turn into this.  This Pimple is pretty serious about what it is tha the does, but he reminds me of the spoofs that The Onion does of dumbass people.  Well, other than the fact that The Onion is actually articulate, even in it’s satirical efforts.  Toobis is just a good example of what the word “blather” means.   He calls what he does “Rants”.  Which has instantly prompted me to avoid using that word myself… but instead of being a “Rant” like what myself or Dennis Miller might do, this infant’s spewings are more of a “Tantrum” and a good example of why some homicides should be automatically considered justifiable.  Take a look at this kid’s shoes… 10 to 1 they are Velcro, because he is too mentally handicapped to handle tying laces.

Okay, that was fun.  The only way that could have been more amusing was if Toobis was French, because I’ve nothing against Canada.  The land of tundra, crappy moose piss beer, and ham that they call bacon.

July 14th, Wednesday, 2004: 2200hrs:  Whoopie says “I’m a big Loser”.  Slim-Fast says, “Your right.  Uh, and your fired.”  My goodness, I laughed so hard when I read that.  That’s awesome.  That was hysterical.   

Ah, It’s now 9:30PM MST and it’s cool enough to venture outside!    

Oh, check this out… after the last update I was about to toss the box the Microlon stuff came in… there was another can… the Gun Juice. SWEET!  Hey, Microlon!  You guys ROCK!  Thanks again.  The industrial Metal Treatment is now on my Bronco.  The Hood latch, door latches and hinges and the hood hinges.  They were getting ugly… and squeaky.  I was going to treat them with CorrosionX when I could order their spray stuff, but that’s not going to happen for awhile… or I was going to treat it with Ogre’s CLP Oil… but I thought what the hell… I gave the Microlon a go.  So I sprayed down those areas and worked the hinges and stuff.  Nice.  WD-40 didn’t do shit to it… most notable is the hood hinges and springs.  Opening the hood used to produce sound effects fitting if a Vincent Price movie.  Like I said, WD-40 didn’t do a thing for that when I tried it like the day after I bought the rig.  Well, I am very pleased to report that Microlon has not just reduced the screeching, but as silenced it.  That’s like 1 Thousand Cool Points for Microlon right there.  Hood pops easier, and I can lift it up effortlessly without making Koda (my cat) panic.  I am one happy freaking Ogre right here. 

At least about that.  Cause after I treated the hinges and procrastinating further… I pulled the fuel line off the carb, and checked the flow with my oldest cranking the engine… and it’s flowing a hell of a lot of fuel.  There is NOTHING wrong with that pump.  Putting my thumb over the end, I could squirt gas about 20 feet.   This means it’s the carb floats.  It’s also not engine heat because it was cutting out on me in the driveway with the engine cold.  The O2 sensor thing has me puzzled… Maybe it’s the coil… or maybe the fuel filter is super clogged again because I was stirring the soup in the tank with my wheeling.  Anyways… I’m just very much relieved it’s not the impossible to get to fuel pump.  But now this is looking like I’m going to have to dig into that Carb.  Busted floats are a possibility.  So I’m kinda happy about this too…  A carb like this… I’ll admit it… I’ve NEVER torn down a carb like this.  Little motorcycle carbs… No problem… Go Cart engine carbs?   Suzuki Samurai  (Go Cart Redundancy Alert) not a problem.  Been there, done that.  Ford?  Nope.  And that’s one scary ass looking carb too!  But at least on the carb I can actually reach everything.  So I’m again happy about that.  Carb kits are between 20 and 40 bucks on Autozone.com… so it’s not too bad.  The local Checker should have this in and I’ll check them tomorrow… But I wont be able to get it till Friday.  Oh well.  Gives me time to look into just how to do this.  I can do this… And it might only be a 3 or 4 Cold Ones job.  Oh, and a new fuel filter just to be safe.

See, unlike that (%!*(@^#(*$^(#@!!! Subaru Legacy… I can wrap my Ogrish brain around this Bronco and get things figured out.  That blasted Legacy… well, at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s guts were ripped out and the body taken to the junk yard for summary crushing.  Some nights… when I can’t sleep…I just imagine the Subaru being slowly crushed, and I can fall fast asleep like big monstrous baby and sleep all night long.  Ahhhh…  This Bronco is a different story.  I love this thing.  It has some issues… came from harsh background… has that emotional/mechanical baggage… But it’s getting the love now.  I have no regrets buying it.  I have no regrets for taking it off road and running it for what it was built for.  Hell, I’ve had more fun with this Big Green Beast than I’ve had with probably any other vehicle I’ve ever had. Ever.

1630hrs: It’s just too freaking hot to work on the Bronco now.  Those that suggested that the O2 sensor might be a culprit, you cats might be on to something.  The wire coming up off the O2 Sensor is disconnected about 4 inches off the sensor… but for the life of me, I can’t find what wire would go down there to connect to it.  Not only that, but after checking around the carb in detail I have discovered a number of things that are not connected… some look like vacuum tube connections but nothing is connected to them.  WTF?  If this was an Audi, I’d be able to crawl all over this… or a Jeep… but a Ford Truck?  I don’t know what this shit is, and my manuals are not telling me.  I think the problem wasn’t me getting a Ford truck like some emails have suggested, but that the one I got was just a couple years too new. I am starting to think that it isn’t my fuel pump.  If it was my fuel pump, I wouldn’t be able to restart it so easily.  Anyways, now it’s just too freaking hot to deal with anything outside.  It’s insanely hot outside.  In the Army we call it “Category 4 Black Flag Heat”, but here in the middle of nowhere we call it “Damn, it’s fucking HOT!”   So now I am back inside, sitting in front of a fan, with a wet T-shirt Turban wrapped around my head sipping a Vanilla Coke and thinking “Damn, it’s fucking HOT!”    

Now take a second to go read this, and then come back.  I’ll wait. Okay, here is the deal… if we are going to be integrating the services and allowing woman in, we have to make some changes in attitude.  Because it’s an all or nothing…er… affair… sorry.  It’s all or nothing.  We either have women in the service or we don’t.  And if we have them then they should not have any special considerations… the only additional thing would be adding in the “M-69 Female Hygiene Product Tampon” to the supply chain and move on.  The other thing we have to do is change the attitudes in the service.  The first one is that females are not capable.  Bullshit.  They are just as capable of getting a job done as a man.  Females do not get a pass from me just because they are “chicks”.  The other thing is the idea that soldiers can’t have sex.  That’s another bullshit call right there.  As long as it is consensual, I don’t care if they have sex or not.  I don’t care.  I think this Officer was foolish diddling an enlisted, but as the case states, it was consensual.  I mean come on… we are all adults here.  Get real.  When you mix men and women… there is going to be some sex going on.  Hell, if the Commander and Chief can diddle an intern in the Oval Office, and it was “Just Sex”… how the hell can we expect a higher standard from a Lt. Col?   I think this case is wrong and the charges should be dropped and the Lt. Col be returned to duty with any lost wages paid back to him.   That’s just my opinion. 

Blogs to watch:  Cryptic Subterranean, a good guy from Northern Ireland. PJammer, he has a top twelve things he have to believe to be a Democrat… different from the one I posted recently.  Equivocal Catharsis, he posted that he found himself on Google.  I had to laugh at that… I remember searching for something myself and my own blog kept popping up in the search results.  It freaked me out for a moment… not it just bugs me.  I don’t want to know what I know about something!  Interesting thing he links to, Rosary Army.  Anything that promotes Christianity, I’m down with it.  I don’t care what flavor or brand of Christianity you chose… I don’t care if you bounce between them like Mike Moore asking for samples for all 31 flavors at Baskin Robins.  It’s still a good thing.  Jewish too… if you are Jewish, I’m down with that as well.  These Rosary Army cats giving away free Rosaries and asking for a small donation in return… that’s cool.  They offer then in OD Green.  Sweet.  I’ll send off for one of those.  My Bronco needs all the help it can get, and any time you make any hint that you hold Christian values, it pisses off the Liberals. BTW, “OD Green” means “Ogre Drab Green”.  Then there is Dead Blog, who made me chuckle with some of his takes.   Oh, and check out John’s Conservative Thoughts.  This cat made my day. Check out his links.. Drudge, George W Bush, and Mad Ogre.  Right on.  He asks about Concealed Carry Magazine… the answer is yes… order your free copy and check it out.  Guess what John?  You are in the sub culture!  John has two guns and I must say he as excellent taste.  He has a Beretta Cougar 8000L which is a fantastic 9MM, and he has an 8045 Mini Cougar which is an even better .45ACP gun for CCW work.   Outstanding John!  Right off the bat, you and Cryptic Sub are now honorary members of The Horde. 

Drudge has the headline that it’s open season on the Bush girls.  I was under the impression that The First Children are off limits to the media.  They made that clear with The Young Clinton Bitch so why are they going to start attacking the Bush girls?  Oh, that’s right… because daddy is Republican.  Liberals get passes, Conservatives get anal probed.   That link requires a registration for the Washington Post… my apologies.  Bush’s older girl… wow… she is gorgeous.  Makes the young Clinton bitch look at mud fence.  Oh, like that was hard to do. 

Ogre’s CLP Oil:  It seems most people would rather just try a bottle for 5 bucks, and I have an outsourcing offer to take care of the oily pain in the ass part of it.   All things shall have to be considered… along with a supply of bottles… (not an initial problem but one that would come up quickly) and label art… Hmmm… I just might do this by the bottle is more people would rather just have it that way.  One offer came in to volunteer a .40 caliber Springfield XD for trials.  No no no no no no… I’m going to use a Glock for that.  (insert evil laughter here) 

Man, it’s still freaking HOT outside!

Ah, UPS just dropped off the bottle of Microlon… This isn’t the Gun Juice product, but the Industrial Metal Treatment.  And it’s a nice big 5 oz spray bottle too.  Very nice.  My thanks to the good people at Microlon!  My Bronco might be having a tough time right now, but it’s my baby and I love it… I have some areas of it that will be treated with stuff either tonight when things start to cool off, or early in the morning before it gets too hot to go outside. 

Evidently Britney Spears is now out and some other chick is in.  Britney is now looking like a Peterbuilt Truck Driver and showing off an extremely low level of class.  (not that she ever had any) The new chick, I’ve never heard of her, but she has long red hair and is very cute... and has nice shoulders. Lindsey Lohan.    I can’t believe people spend so much time trying to keep track of who is hot at the moment.  I can’t believe I have wasted this much time posting about this.  Besides, the hottest are Mrs. Ogre, Monica Bellucci, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hyak, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Heidi Klum, Jennifer Aniston, Gillian Anderson, Virginia Madsen, Rebecca Gayheart, Kate Beckinsale, Amy Lee (singer), Eva Mendes, Aria Giovani, Misuimi Max, and whoever this chick is... 

Shit… I gotta go do something productive.   Right after I take a cold shower.   It's so hot over here, it's insane. 

1100hrs:  Congratulations to Iraq… it has an Air Force again. As of today, it now has an air wing of 2 SB7L-360 Seekers. These are Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft armed with radios, so like France,  if they see trouble they can call the Americans to take care of it.  Wow… this means they are well on the way to becoming a valid and important world power.  Now all they need to do is develop an inexplicable affinity for rotten smelling cheese, a distaste for personal hygiene, and build a huge phallic national symbol.   

Today in history: 1882 Four U.S. ships help restore order at Alexandria, Egypt.  Political dissidents decried this as being all about the Mummies.  

John Edwards has a skeleton in his closet too?  No way.  What did I say was the one word to describe the Modern Liberal?  That’s right.  Hypocrisy.  You see, John Edwards is okay with being a rich bastard, but he doesn’t want you to be one too.  He wants to take your money away from you in high taxes to pay for his liberal medical programs… but he doesn’t want to help pay for them himself.  Why should he?  He is John Edwards!  He is better than you!  He knows what is best for YOU, and your family… and he knows how to spend your money better than you.  Why do I dislike the Liberals so much?  Add that to the pile.   I’m not saying our most ignoble Republican Leaders are innocent of dodging… I just have a lot of fun Hating Liberals.  It’s my favorite sport… right up there with France Bashing.

Email: “Hello again Ogre, You are right -- going to a drive in movie with my then-fiancé was a great experience. Everyone should do it at least once. I am looking to buy an inexpensive semi-auto 22 rifle. I already have a Marlin boltie in .22lr and figured I would just go ahead get the Ruger 10/22 because, well, half the world has one. But then I found out about the rotary magazine. I am a little bit skeptical of it but maybe that is just the traditionalist in me. Any opinions on it?  BEN”  Don't worry about the mags... the 10-22 isn't popular for nothing.   At some gunshows you can find some Ramline 30 round mags for it.  Oh, and I'm almost always right... :)

From email… Someone had waaaaaay too much time on his hands.

Ogre CLP Oil:  I was discussing this matter with The Bride and she thinks I shouldn’t post the finalized formula like I was planning to do.  Instead she thinks I should bottle it and sell it.  Reason being that to mix a batch costs about 30 bucks and people wouldn’t even try it at that cost.  Where as if I offer bottles for like 5 bucks, then people would try it and this might create a buzz… and if it becomes popular than I actually might be able to make a few bucks to at least pay for bandwidth and all the stuff I’ve wasted trying to perfect this formula… which still needs a bit of tweaking and I need to test it on a polymer framed gun.  (Any volunteers?  You will have to sign a waiver!)  This stuff smokes Ed’s Red… you could mix it at home, but other than that, it’s nothing like Ed’s Red.   There is no ATF fluid, no lanolin… anyways… I think this stuff rocks to a shockingly high degree.  It will be finalized soon… maybe next week.  I don’t know about selling it bottle by bottle…  That’s a pain in the ass, and a potentially oily messy one at that.  The last thing I want – ever- is an oily pain in my ass.  Yet this stuff is pretty damn good and if I give it away, I could be giving up a potential business opportunity or something.   Maybe sell a bottle of the stuff with instruction on how to make more?  Well, if anything, this stuff is already damn good and I’m going to be using the hell out of it and never buy another gun care product again because the cost per ounce is still a fraction of the cost per the commercial stuff.

Maria at CCM has sent me the layout of my Mak article in PDF so I can see just what it’s going to look like.  This was an UP for the day.  Looks great.  It even almost makes me look like a good writer!  Sweet!

Well, I have been procrastinating going out and working on the truck… I guess I’ve put it off as long as possible.  I’ve a laundry list of little things I need to do and a truck to do them in… one of them is go get the parts I need.  Lots of great suggestions and advice have come in here and on THR… thank you all very much.   Maybe if I limp to Checkers I can do the fuel pump and reroute the fuel line in the parking lot…

July 13th, Tuesday, 2004:  1800hrs: I almost didn’t make it home.   Engine felt like I was running out of gas... but I have a 1/2 tank full (or empty?) and It's been driving fine lately… great in fact.  All the sudden I loose power. Feels like I'm running out of gas. The Bronco slowed down to a crawl... idling okay, but if I touch the gas it stalls and dies.  If I stop the engine and wait a bit, it will run fine for a while, and then all sudden it's doing this again.  It's almost as if the engine is flooding maybe… or my fuel pump is starting to go out?  This was happening some time ago and it’s been fine ever since, but now it’s doing it again… bad.  I stalled out 6 times the last 1000 yards to my home.  Fuel filters have already been replaced.  Any Ford Truck Guru’s out there that have had this happen to them or similar… I’d like some good news, like “Easy fix, just pour some carb cleaner down the carb” or something like that… that would be great.  I have a feeling I’m going to have to be buying a fuel pump or a have the carb rebuilt… Unfortunately it looks like the fuel pump. Ouch.

Email: from EliteBenz19@aol.com

“I wondering what kind of "real" guns are used in the movie "Romeo & Juliet" and where can I get them at?”

As of right now I am refusing to answer any more questions about the chromed out pistols, Sword 9MM, or anything else having to do with “Romeo and Juliet”.  The movie was only mildly interesting, the guns are tacky as hell, and they were “Designed” by the fucking Costume Mistress… One last time... They are freaking Berettas, okay?  If you can’t recognize the Beretta… the most used pistol in Hollywood… then you don’t deserve the answer handed to you, okay?    If you don’t know, I can’t tell you. Use Google,  A’ight?

Nooner:  Let me fill you in on a little secret.  I’m working on a gun care product of my own.  This is a mix at home affair like “Ed’s Red” but with more lubrication and protective properties.  “Ogre CLP” is what I’m going to call it and you will be able to mix up a gallon at home without a lot of money.  I’ve been trying out different things and I’m getting close to finished product.  I’ve talked about Ed’s Red before, and it’s pretty good stuff… but I am on to something better.   I’ve been tinkering with all sorts of gun care products for this last year… and some of them are better than others, but all of them are expensive for such little bottles.   And none give you enough product to do a dunk tank or for even a good overnight soak.   I wanted something I could full a bucket with and use on all my guns and really get some use out of instead metering out each drop like a miser… and something that would give you some good corrosion protection and lubrication too.  With Ed’s Red, what you basically have is a mix at home bore cleaner, and that’s what he even calls it. “Ed’s Red Bore Cleaner”.  The Lubrication and Protection properties in it really only come into play if you add in the optional lanolin.   Well, we can do better than that.  Stay tuned for the science.    Developing this is a slow process… mix a batch, try it out, tweak the mix, try it out, switch an element, try it out…  might take a while longer… maybe another week or two… after all I’m not doing this full time.  Anyways… I am getting close!

Lots of comments about the Drive In I mentioned yesterday.  There are few drive ins left in operation.  Before this drive in, I think the last show I had seen at one was Disney’s “Black Hole”.  The best way to enjoy a drive in is to prep well for it.  Stock up an ice chest full of Cold Ones and goodies, because a Drive In is more of a tailgate party than just going to the movies.  As soon as they switch the features, we will be going again.  

From Commander Martin:  “A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. 

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
Then you should know enough to have your passport ready. "
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it. 

"Impossible." Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!" 

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show it to."

0900hrs:  This morning we heard from Horde Commander Kupari, who is over in the sandbox working as a private contractor.  I am not at liberty to disclose any information, so I will not do so.   So far he is doing very well and is adjusting to his new digs and the new program.  Today was his first day off so he hit an internet café to get online and send us a message.  We are honored to have received it.   So this was an “up” for the day.  Here is something I can post:

“Oh get this, Ogre.  I can't read MadOgre.com from this internet cafe.  I guess the Qatari government finds you offensive.  I got this message:

"The webpage you are trying to access has been blocked by Internet Qatar as the content contains materials which are prohibited in the State of Qatar. 

If you feel this is an error please email us at censor@qatar.net.qa or contact our help desk at 125.  Regards, Internet Qatar."

That's too funny, Ogre.  MadOgre.com!  Now banned in Qatar!  You should put a big banner up on your webpage saying you're banned in Qatar.  LOL

I'll have to try the internet cafe at the base.  I'll bet I can get MadOgre.com there.”

Evidently the middle east has no love for me... the feeling is mutual. 

More good news!  A new poll shows Kerry and Edwards down 15 points in New York.  That’s a riot.  How can they be loosing points in New York?  If they can’t keep their own liberal core, what the are they going to be able keep?  The jokes on that write themselves…

But the reality isn’t even funny.  These Liberal Jackasses are so un-American, it’s sickening.  When you look at the policies they want to put into place, for them to actually work would be to put America on the path of becoming communist.   Because deep down, that’s what these people believe in – Communism.  I’m not into that 50’s Red Scare vibe or anything like that.  I’m not paranoid about these people – I just fine them repugnant because of their ignorance and lack of morality and wish they would all catch Motaba or something because I am so fed up with their shit.  Communism as a form of government has it’s good points and bad points… like any other form of government… at least it does in political theory. In practice, it simply doesn’t work.  The last bastion of  Communist Power, China is going through growing pains right now.  They are becoming capitalists, but the people are still ruled by the Communist order there, and we can clearly see that it is not working very well at all.  The problem we have in America is that we have these people who are so arrogant as to look at history and think that they can make it work this time around.  Well screw these people, because if they want to try it, they can do so someplace else – The USA is not a communist country.  And it never will be as long as there are enough good men to stop it.  

John and John.  They look like such pals, don’t they?  This is hilarious.  

This headline on Fark.com had me cheering:  Awesome.  GO ORCS! 

Early Morning:  Prerequisites to Being a Modern Liberal Democrat:
(Blatantly ripped off from here)
You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding.
You have to be against capital punishment, but for abortion on demand, in short you support protecting the guilty and killing the innocent.
You have to believe that the same public school teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
You have to believe that trial lawyers are selfless heroes and doctors are overpaid.
You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than nuclear weapons in the hands of the Red Chinese.

You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the Sun, and more affected by SUVs.
You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature but animal rights activists who've never been outside Seattle do.
You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
You have to believe there was no art before federal funding.
You have to believe the military starts wars and that politicians stop them.
You have to believe the free market that gives us 500+ channels can't deliver the quality that PBS does.
You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it stands up for certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it stands up for certain parts of the Constitution.
You have to believe that taxes are too low but ATM fees are too high.

You have to believe that Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chavez and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee or Thomas Edison.
You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't.
You have to believe that secondhand smoke is more dangerous than HIV.
You have to believe Hilary Clinton is really a lady and Rosie O'Donnell is not really a man.
You have to believe that conservatives are racists, but that black people couldn't make it without your help.
You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

Okay, that was pretty funny stuff… but if you want something REALLY funny, you gotta read Black Echo’s takes on Harley Davidson Bevets.  Great stuff.  The way he eviscerates those foolish enough to send him hate mail is just amazing. 

Pirate.  Mrs. Ogre doesn’t like the idea of retiring to a big boat… and this is odd, because she is in her own true nature, a freaking Pirate.  I’ll get a shower running, or draw a bath, and before I can turn around she is jumping in it.  Just a minute ago, I popped an ice cold Pepsi and next thing I know, she’s slamming it.  It’s gone now.  Empty can.  She’s a freaking pirate!  All she needs is a damn eye patch!   She does damage too… the other day I was sitting here researching something for my book and I was listening to some classical music and some song she likes comes on and she says “Oh, you have to blast this song!” so she grabs the volume knob on the speaking and cranks it to eleven. 

Now my speakers are blown.  Both of them, on both sides…  You can’t hear anything out of them now other than crackling and popping.  These were good speakers too!  Nothing fancy… nothing like 5.1 Surround or anything crazy, just a nice pair of amped speakers that had decent sound for their size.  I’ve had them for 4 years, almost 5… and she blows them up like a freaking broadside attack on an unsuspecting merchant vessel.   I didn’t even know you could blow speakers on classical music other than the 1812 Overture.  At least I’ve never heard anyone else ever admit to it.  Oh, and to top it off… she is now on my side of the bed.   You would think she would love the idea of a boat!

Computer Speakers.  I’m ½ deaf so “Good Speakers” have never been important to me.  I am sure you guys out there have your favorites… I know all the top drawer speaker options… but I don’t want any of that.   I just want some nice simple speakers that have a decent sound and can play at a decent volume in stereo… like what I had before.   So I can listen to background music, hear my new email sound, and can hear my movies when I watch a DVD.   Looking at some of the options out there now, it’s just silly.  I’m thinking of these things right here.   They look pretty decent and are the only things I can find which are like what I had/have that are not total garbage.  If these things are as good as my last ones (by the same company) then they would serve well for another 4, almost 5 years as long as my Buccaneer Bride doesn’t board and loot them.  Hell, now I gotta go get another Pepsi too… Aargh.  

July 12th, Monday, 2004: 1830:  From Drudge:  “NYT: COLLAPSE OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ACCELERATES: Mon Jul 12 2004 18:17:38 ET:  The collapse of the earth's magnetic field, which both guards the planet and guides many of its creatures, appears to have started in earnest about 150 years ago, the NY TIMES is planning to report on Page Ones Tuesday.  Science reporter Bill Broad has filed a report, according to newsroom sources, which explores how: 'The field's strength has waned 10 percent to 15 percent so far and this deterioration has accelerated of late, increasing debate over whether it portends a reversal of the lines of magnetic force that normally envelop the earth."  Broad explains: "During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and then reappears with opposite polarity. Afterward, compass needles that normally point north would point south, and during the thousands of years of transition much in the heavens and Earth would go askew."  Broad claims: "A reversal could knock out power grids, hurt astronauts and satellites, widen atmospheric ozone holes, send polar auroras flashing to the equator and confuse birds, fish and migratory animals that rely on the steadiness of the magnetic field as a navigation aid."  Developing...”  Yeah, that sounds pretty scary.  But it isn’t.  See, the Earth behaves in cycles… and the magnetic field is one of those cyclic things.  These reversals are also one of those cyclic things.  It’s nothing to panic about… nothing to even worry about… and if there was – nothing we could even do about it.  Forget “The Core” and that sort of bullshit.  The magnetic field is not the gravity field.  And other than looking at a compass, I doubt anyone would even notice is was happening.  Birds still migrate the same way… the toilets still flush in the same way.  You wont even be able to use it as an excuse for being late to any meetings or anything.  But if you are so convinced that The Mothership is coming – you can liquidate all your assets and send the money to me.  Because in the end, at The End, I’m still a helpful guy like that.

In Email:  “The Kerry folks, seeking to counter some of the Senator's problems, asked a local priest to mention in his homily that John Kerry is a saint. The priest, a devout Irish Catholic, began his homily by saying " It's been suggested that I speak about John Kerry.  John Kerry is a crook.  John Kerry is a liar. John Kerry is a fraud. John Kerry is an adulterer. John Kerry
is one of the worst Catholics I have ever met.  But -- compared to Ted Kennedy, John Kerry is a saint!"

A little history lesson for those apt to forget – From Horde Commander Glenn:  EMAIL OF THE DAY.
An American President ordered an attack on a foreign nation. This attack began with a fierce air bombardment. Sound familiar? Why yes it does. Oh, I don't mean George W. Bush by the way. On March 24th 1999, President Bill Clinton ordered the aerial bombardment of Serbia and Kosovo to stem the tide of Serbian aggression in the region at least so he claimed.
In a 1995 address to the nation Bill Clinton claimed that 250,000 people had been killed by the Serbs in acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing. This was his justification for the air campaign and the stationing of troops in Bosnia.
First allow me to address a few similarities between that conflict and the current one. Like the current conflict in which we find ourselves, this attack too had no UN mandate authorizing it to occur. For Bill Clinton, 250,000 deaths were cause enough to justify military action in a foreign country. According to many estimates the casualties of Saddam's regime number between 300,000 and 400,000 (Fox News claims "upward of 300,000" meaning more than 300,000. USAID claims "as many as 400,000") so we can safely say 350,000. On this basis alone, since 350,000 is more than 250,000. The democrats should consider the current war justified. After all, that was good enough for Clinton right?
George Bush on the other hand had additional justifications beyond the humanitarian travesty that was occurring under Saddam's regime. The democrats however claim that George Bush's justifications for the Iraq war were based on fabrications. This is based on what they perceive as two claims that have since been proven false. First the claim that Iraq was pursuing weapons of mass destruction and the second that the Iraqi regime was complicit with Al Quaeda. I would contend that the jury is still out on these claims. There are still tantalizing bits of evidence bubbling to the surface. Consider if you will the following two articles: 1. and 2. In recent news, the bipartisan 9-11 commission has absolved George Bush saying that the intelligence services had provided him with flawed information.
In addition, Iraq quite unlike Serbia was an outspoken and militant enemy of United States. Had Saddam had the capability to attack the United States, he certainly would have. In fact he may have indeed been complicit if not simply informed of the 9-11 attack plans as detailed in the previously cited article. Bill Clinton could make no such claims about Serbia. Never once had they threatened the United States.
On the other hand, not one Democrat is pointing out the fact that Bill Clinton had grossly exaggerated the death toll in Bosnia. In fact now, after years of excavations and investigations we find that the death toll is now only around 30,000 (per the USAID article cited above). In other words he was only 12% correct and some sources are claiming that many of these dead were caused by the NATO air-strikes!
The Democrats are attempting to paint George Bush as soft on terrorism. In fact the 9-11 commission is due to issue less than stellar ratings in this respect to both administrations (Clinton & Bush), mainly citing the ineffectiveness of the intelligence community as its cause.
But in fact, what did Bill Clinton do to combat terrorism? I will concede that there was a powerful strike against an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan using cruise missiles that netted a few highly valuable Al Qaeda goats. Other than that, what was there? They bombed the World Trade Center, the USS Cole, our Embassies in Africa and what reaction did that garner other than the death of a few goats?
In fact there is growing evidence that Clinton may have inadvertently helped Al Qaeda allies! Consider the following: HERE.
There have been claims that we should not have acted unilaterally in Iraq. That we should have waited to secure UN approval and NATO aid for the war in Iraq. NATO has already proven their ineffectiveness in Bosnia have they not? Consider if you will the following article AND the UN is indeed quite adept at preventing genocide consider if you will this article: 1 and this one: 2.
The facts are pretty clear that when true and definitive action is required we (the United States) must act unilaterally as NATO and the UN will only stand by and watch as thousands are marched off to mass graves. -Glenn

Noonish:  Last night I took the family out to the Drive In.  We went a couple weekends ago in the Cherokee, but this time we took the Bronco.  The Bronco made for the perfect Drive In Party Wagon… with the top off and the rear seat folded up, it gave us a nice blankets and pillows padded bed for the boys and The Bride and I kicked back in our folded camp chairs which are actually quite comfy.  The boys had a blast.  We've not done drive ins before this last couple times, but it seems this is the winning formula. The sky was crystal clear and the night was warm.  I really enjoyed it myself.  The movies of the night were “Garfield” and Harry Potter”.  You would have to be a Garfield fan to like the movie.  I’m not, and I didn’t.  I thought it was painfully stupid… but the chick was cute so at least it had some eyecandy.  But no – don’t bother seeing it, or renting it… it was just… lame.  Then again I don’t like Pet movies.  Not Old Yeller, Red Fern, Incredible Journey, Cats vs Dogs… I don’t like them.  The only one that gets a pass from me is “Snow Dogs”.  That one was pretty good.  I guess.  Now Harry Potter was a cool flick.  I liked it a lot.  I’m not really a Potter fan, but I’ve read the books and I’ve been impressed with the translation to film.  Hermione is cool… she reminds me of my wife’s little sister who is about the same age I guess.

Speaking of movies, I’ve been in a most excellent discussion of films over at American Backyard.   This is one of the reasons I have really enjoyed the online discussion forum there.  The Amback forums are not just about guns, but other diversions as well… Off roading, fishing, motorcycling, boating, libations and levity… it’s all there.   Enjoy it.  And yes, they talk about guns there too.  It’s all good.

Speaking movies again… remember Jaws?  If you are near Sydney, you are going to need a bigger boat.

Postpone the election?  Right.  That’s such horseshit.  No… you do not postpone the election.  You do not let the terrorists have any effect! 

Are Comics the new mainstream novels?  My hell… I sure hope not.  But considering the media’s success in producing a generation or two of people with attention spans the length of a beer commercial and the literacy of an average 3^rd grader, I wouldn’t be surprised.   I was never one for comic books.  I read a few while laying on my bunk in the Army, when I didn’t have anything else to read because I had finished all my other books. Other than that, I really never paid any attention to them.  I can appreciate the artwork and creative effort it takes to make a comic book.  However I’d rather read something more interesting than *KAPOW!*  But that’s just me.  If you dig them, then that’s groovy.  But I would also hope you would also sink your teeth into some real books too.  At the university there are a lot of people who scoff at novels.  Dismissing them as unimportant.  Let me just point something out… today’s “Novels” are tomorrow’s “Literature”.    Read them now and enjoy them, or wait till you have to study them in some class.  You don’t think there wont be a class or two out there on The Da Vinci Code?  Speaking of which… if you look at some best sellers lists… Dan Brown has all of his works in the Top 50.  Now that is freaking impressive.  How many other authors can say that?  His work “Angels and Demons” is awesome.   If you haven’t read the Code yet, read that one first.  It’s the Prequel. 

July11th, Sunday, 2004: 1530hrs:  Ranger the Replicant.  Sunday mornings I like to take Ranger out to the desert so he can nab a good Sunday Dinner (or breakfast, whatever you want to call it) of Cotton Tail.  But today he drew a blank and didn’t get anything.  I think he nailed a little lizard or something.. but it was just a morsel.  The area we went to was further out than where I normally go.  

This area is a vast expanse of flat with a maze of gullies kinda like the opening scene of “Riddick” but more spaced out… cut by run off from the hills nearby.  Deep crevices like mini canyons with very soft sides…  the earth is a mix of dust, loam, and sand.  Lots of wildlife lives in these huge cracks in the ground.  There is more moisture in there and there is more shade… so this is where the critters like to hang out in the heat of a Desert summer day.  We flushed some deer, but I didn’t take any.  I felt bad for doing it, but to be honest I didn’t expect to find deer out there.  The deer do not have an easy life out here and flushing them forced them to burn a lot of energy that they don’t have to burn. Normally those guys like the higher elevations.  Note to self: I’m not going back to that area again.  

Well, back to the cracks.  Ranger can jump a pretty good distance.  I had to make some huge leaps myself.  But one in particular was a touch longer than what I thought I could make.  I ran at it and threw myself into the air… and came up short.  I hit the other side and the rifle ended up muzzle first into the soft dirt like a spear… while I was hanging off the edge.  The gully there was pretty deep, but I didn’t want to fall into it because climbing back out would have meant hiking up the gully to find a place there I could climb out and I hadn’t seen such a spot.

Next thing I know Ranger made the same leap and sailed right over my head dropping dust into my eyes.  Nice jump.  Show off.  So Ranger comes over and looks down at me and says, “I’ve seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.”  Shut up and stop drooling on me.   

I pulled myself up and out and dusted off.  Thanks for the help.  “I’ve got no thumbs, what do you expect?”  Sheesh.  I looked back at the jump I had just made… Looked a lot farther from the other direction… I wouldn’t have tried it had I seen it this way.  

The Marlin was fine… the muzzle wasn’t even clogged and it wasn’t even scratched.  Just a shake off and I was good to go.  So we go walking further up and a couple minutes later I see a crossing point like half that distance.  Crap.  The desert can be tricky. 

Had some awesome 4X4ing to get to this area… I came the long way in… because I found going out a different direction I was actually pretty close to a trail that lead to the highway.  But it was fun coming in.  Note to self.  BFG AT’s are not that great for sand. I didn’t get stuck or anything…  but I had a lot of rooster tail going up in the dust they call terrain out here.  YEEHAAAW!

Still made it to church on time.  Even if it felt like I had gone twice… Being out in God’s world, I feel closer to Him.  You can’t feel that in the city… but you can feel it out in nature… away from phones and pavement and stores.  This is my only consolation for living out here in this town that I can’t stand.  In away it makes up for it and makes it worth it.  I can still fine places unmarred by humans… no bike trails… no beer cans… and it feels almost as if I was the first human to step foot in these areas.   It’s a great feeling.  The more I go out into the desert, or up into the mountains, the more I know that God lives.  I feel closer to him.  It’s a very spiritual experience for me.  How beautiful the world can be… even out here in desert.

Do liberals place any value on human life?   On one hand we have their Pro-Abortion believes that for them make it justifiable to bull a baby 90% out of the mothers womb, murder it in a brutal and monstrous way, and then call that an abortion and defend it as a woman’s right to choose.  Then on the other hand we have the Liberals defending Saddam and calling George W Bush a Hitler for stopping him… when we found miles long mass graves… when we found a warehouse full of bodies stacked like cordwood.  When we have people telling us and showing us evidence of Saddam’s thugs putting people into chipper/shredder machines or wrapping them with C-4 and telling them to run… and the Liberals are defending that! 

They say the war was unjustified.  I call bullshit on that. The more we learn, the more we know that it was indeed more than justified.   The more that we uncover, the more we learn that Saddam helped Al Qaeda.  How easy we forget that it was in Iraq that the terrorists were training on hijack techniques in an airliner fuselage…. And that before the war it was reported we found it and we had photos of it.  That wasn’t in Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan… it was in Iraq.  (I don’t think Americans really have forgotten this… but the Liberal leaders like to play the games and try to get their Liberal sheep followers to forget it.  And considering the gross ignorance and lack of morality, such a task is an easy one. 

Yes, I said “Lack of Morality” as in “Immoral”… and I’ll say it… flat out EVIL.  Because that is what Saddam is… EVIL.  And that is what Partial Birth Abortion is… EVIL… and that is what those who defend that shit is… EVIL.   Liberals place absolutely zero value on human life.  They don’t care about who the terrorists kill, they don’t care about who Saddam killed, they don’t care about who doctors kill in the name of choice.  Why don’t they care?  Because they love this shit, because they are evil. 

Kerry wants to battle Bush on morals?  Well, it’s pretty clear what side is what… it’s a battle of good vs evil right here.  This isn’t politics any more… it’s GOOD or EVIL and in November America gets to choose.

“France is so civilized.”  Bullshit…

Many were common criminals… Oh, so it’s now wrong to hold criminals in prison?  Then what are prisons for?   People, this is where we put criminals… common or not.  No one said this only a Terrorist Holding Facility.  Gimme a break.  This is the Liberals continuing attempt to discredit Bush… and this is all they got.  A couple stupid people who treated prisoners to sex shows and college style hazing?  Come off it.

VRWC

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