tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post1170068005419102021..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS BY POINTING GUNS AT THEM.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38787859658221703962015-06-20T12:07:10.957-04:002015-06-20T12:07:10.957-04:00Duh: '3×10^8'.Duh: '3×10^8'.geraldfnordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-76512722805418756342015-06-16T07:07:58.741-04:002015-06-16T07:07:58.741-04:00I recall thinking how odd it was (we were all so m...I recall thinking how odd it was (we were all so much younger then) to be mocking, with actual comedy, something as terrifying as the Russians. It didn't make me a liberal, but it probably helped.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-52890270118762582082015-06-15T19:30:42.518-04:002015-06-15T19:30:42.518-04:00Well played. Bravo/Brava as the case may be.Well played. Bravo/Brava as the case may be.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77535332917127698942015-06-15T19:22:24.280-04:002015-06-15T19:22:24.280-04:00Geez girl. Houston.
Don't get me wrong, I ac...Geez girl. Houston.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoy the hell out of Houston. Everybody drives like I do - when the light turns green, the first dozen cars move in unison (unlike Goddamn Little Rock, where a car has to be 3 lengths ahead of you BEFORE you start moving). But the humidity is brutal. I had hoped you were in a fairer part of Texas (like Athens, where I discoved the magnificent kolache. Those Polish folk know how to live. A prune kolache is to die for.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-41510032007244528582015-06-15T19:13:13.893-04:002015-06-15T19:13:13.893-04:00Heh. You think you jest.
P.S. I remember as a ki...Heh. You think you jest.<br /><br />P.S. I remember as a kid I had a Bayer aspirin bottle half full of mercury. My dad accumulated it from the mercury switches in the lids of washing machines. I remember pouring it from hand to hand....LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-65565235424011900082015-06-15T19:05:14.130-04:002015-06-15T19:05:14.130-04:00Rarrrit! - Gabby Hayes Johnson.Rarrrit! - Gabby Hayes Johnson.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-70297146712879728872015-06-15T19:04:04.462-04:002015-06-15T19:04:04.462-04:00see above. The polite part comes after the 95% ar...see above. The polite part comes after the 95% are dead.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-11537561574408900492015-06-15T18:36:24.518-04:002015-06-15T18:36:24.518-04:00An armed society is a polite society
This oft ...<i>An armed society is a polite society</i><br /><br />This oft 'pooh-poohed' statement is PRECISELY TRUE. You just have to read far enough to realize the politeness comes after Darwin has had his day and all the aggroes are dead. The 5% that survive will be quite polite. Brother Heinlein gets a bad rap - he made that part quite clear. Politeness comes after societal evolution takes place, which like all major evolutionary jumps, takes place AFTER a mass extinction.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-51618323321586115572015-06-15T18:30:14.670-04:002015-06-15T18:30:14.670-04:00"the Russians are coming!
Great movie.<i>"the Russians are coming!</i><br /><br />Great movie.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-28661407581777206802015-06-15T18:24:29.636-04:002015-06-15T18:24:29.636-04:00Hey Riggs! Cop Killers!Hey Riggs! Cop Killers!LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-17595289168269811812015-06-15T18:23:58.176-04:002015-06-15T18:23:58.176-04:00Please FSM, make it so.Please FSM, make it so.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53316726057446341062015-06-15T16:17:49.981-04:002015-06-15T16:17:49.981-04:00Whoo hee, don't that sound like fun? (I had a...Whoo hee, don't that sound like fun? (I had a same idea, and I've got a couple gross of Black Cats here in the house). Have to use a sling shot from cover, but it still would be lively.<br /><br />A car that could backfire at the appropriate time would have the same effect. Take an old rig with a choke, though.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38175878906837492672015-06-15T14:59:26.530-04:002015-06-15T14:59:26.530-04:00Oy vey.Oy vey.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-84540291664518868962015-06-15T14:28:05.374-04:002015-06-15T14:28:05.374-04:00Oh hell yeah. I would be terrified if I had to lu...Oh hell yeah. I would be terrified if I had to lug a handgun around. Way to easy for things to go south.<br /><br />And I'm scared of it for all right reasons. I taught gun safety to Cub Scouts for 10 years. I have an old 22 rifle and a .410 here at the house. Haven't been fired in decades (too damn hard to go to a range). I have NRA Sharpshooter rank for rifle and shotgun, although that's actually not that big a deal (too easy).<br /><br />I don't think I've fired a handgun twice in my life. Never owned one, never will. IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE A HANDGUN MIGHT HELP, THEN STOP AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE HELL YOU WENT WRONG.<br />I've never been in such a situation, by design.<br /><br />Oh but what if? Fuck a bunch of 'what if'. If you think you need to carry and don't have a real life reason for it, then you are too damn crazy to have a handgun in the first place.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-74901659113657869552015-06-15T14:15:49.359-04:002015-06-15T14:15:49.359-04:00Quite true. Why, when two of my state's count...Quite true. Why, when two of my state's county namesakes <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7334" rel="nofollow"> had their duel</a>, they got on a sandbar out in the Mississippi out of jurisdiction. Spoiler: Crittenden kills Conway.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-51864732361475109122015-06-15T14:06:22.583-04:002015-06-15T14:06:22.583-04:00I always learn so much here. Never heard of Glyco...I always learn so much here. Never heard of Glycon. A tip o' the brim to ye, lad.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-27722734420618387352015-06-15T14:00:53.206-04:002015-06-15T14:00:53.206-04:00Ooooooooo! ooooooo! Can I be Rorschach? Pretty p...Ooooooooo! ooooooo! Can I be Rorschach? Pretty please!LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-89470587253382968822015-06-15T13:58:59.961-04:002015-06-15T13:58:59.961-04:00That's a dandy.That's a dandy.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-43963225435367552412015-06-11T10:48:52.935-04:002015-06-11T10:48:52.935-04:00Careful on your trigger discipline, there, Pa, or ...Careful on your trigger discipline, there, Pa, or you're going to give Ma a new buttonhole where she least needs it.Pere Ubuhttp://debraining.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-23567235245585514272015-06-11T10:43:55.911-04:002015-06-11T10:43:55.911-04:00Brighton?!? *yeep*
You should see all the "R...Brighton?!? *yeep*<br /><br />You should see all the "Repeal the SAFE Act" yard signs here. They're fightin' the good fight against smaller rifle magazines, since that's UBER TYRRANY. Or something.Pere Ubuhttp://debraining.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-65044341597623998342015-06-11T07:10:40.918-04:002015-06-11T07:10:40.918-04:00At all levels. Many of the most right-wing Jews, b...At all levels. Many of the most right-wing Jews, believers in Greater Israel, make aliyah and end up living in the territories. Rich douchebag criminals like Sheldon Adelson subsidize settlement construction and pour money into Israel's right-wing parties' coffers. And some of the worst people in Israeli political life started out as some of the worst people in American public life and vice versa. Bibi himself made his bones sucking around the Reaganauts during Iran-Contra.BadExampleMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-80132567415120793132015-06-11T05:36:24.622-04:002015-06-11T05:36:24.622-04:00Open carry people have, I guess, heard a lot of st...Open carry people have, I guess, heard a lot of stories of people who were attacked and could've defended themselves if they were armed.<br /><br /><br />I've heard a lot of stories about people accidentally firing their loaded guns and injuring themselves or others.<br /><br /><br />I've not yet heard a good reason why my fear of a random schmoe accidentally discharging a weapon into me is less rational than being afraid of muggers.Christopher Hazellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-47818695390663766422015-06-10T23:35:57.215-04:002015-06-10T23:35:57.215-04:00It's a personality type. They probably can...It's a personality type. They probably can't help it.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48072583760400660492015-06-10T23:03:29.217-04:002015-06-10T23:03:29.217-04:00Nation is indeed very good, as is his other Victor...Nation is indeed very good, as is his other Victorian YA story, Dodger. In Discworld, there are so many it's hard to choose, but the Tiffany Aching books (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, and I Shall Wear Midnight) are among my particular faves. Also Hogfather (and the movie version has Michelle Dockery as Susan!)Tehanunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-42116534776411797002015-06-10T21:04:32.983-04:002015-06-10T21:04:32.983-04:00You're putting an awful lot of effort in tryin...You're putting an awful lot of effort in trying to handwave away my straightforward answers to your question. Maybe you want to think about that a little. Nerd Overthinks Things, Gets Hugely Defensive About It isn't exactly headline news.Halloween_Jacknoreply@blogger.com