You know what?

I just decided I spend too much time jumping to conclusions.

Latest Projects

Guess what arrived today. A bunch of us went in on a group buy from Aero Precision. I got two lowers. One for now, one for later kinda thing, and an upper.

My immediate project is a Carbine length flat top with a piston conversion kit from Adam's Arms and a Trijicon ACOG. I'm getting the barrel from Bravo Company. They have a good cold forge hammered barrel for not a bad price. Rock River's NM two stage trigger and parts kits will finish out the rifle.

The other receiver, I don't know yet. I'm toying with the idea of doing a classic 20" A2. But then Magpul is supposed to be doing a rifle length hand guard and I'd like to do the furniture that way.

Sigh

Decisions, decisions.

Edit: Unix Jedi reminded me of something. This current AR project is all about "because I can". So, before you go all mall ninja on me about "ZOMG! The piston is the shiznitz!", or "Son, that gun was killing commie pinkos with direct impingement when you were still in diapers." Remember, the AR is arguable one of the most customizable rifles on the planet. And this rifle will be customized. So there!

Within your means.

Or learning what gubmint cheese really tastes like.

I'm listening to morning talk radio and there's a kerfuffle ensuing over the most recent budget proposal by our elitist illustrious mayor.

You see with the economy in the tank, people are spending less and not surprisingly business revenue is down and as a result tax revenue is down. And now the city finds itself in the increasingly common position of not having enough money. Funny how that works.

What's our statist mayor's answer to this dilemma? Why raise taxes of course. It's worked so well before, right? Umm... yeah... And this from the guy who ran on "No New Taxes". I'm beginning to think that when a politician says that he means that everything has had a tax on it at some point in the past and they couldn't think up any new tax ideas. Sort of like movies in Hollywood, or shows on TV.

The new budget is rife with "revenue enhancements". Which is PC speak for tax increases. There's a rant about PC speak, but that's for another time.

Anyway, they've been getting the reactions from many of the city councilors and for the most part they have not been... happy, would be one way to put it.

What's got me going is one of the councilors supporting the budget had a wonderful quote. He said something to the effect that he's all for the revenue enhancements because "... the city has to have a way to pay for the things that the people want".

Umm... No.

Government should be there to arrange those things that individuals can't arrange for themselves, like roads, crime deterrence, fire fighting, water, sewer, basically those things we like to call essential services.

Government is not there to act like the kindly grandma that spoils the kids while the parents are away.

Just because "the people" want it, doesn't mean the government is required to provide it.

Hell, I want a personal 19 year old Swedish massage therapist with at least one Nobel Prize in a hard science. I'm not picky, physics, astronomy, math, any one of those.

The government, in general I think, has lost the plot on what is essential services and what isn't. And as a result we end up with a city that has a city hall budget that tripled between last year and this and at the same time laid off over 200 police and fire. But hey, when your house is burning down, you can rest easy knowing that the Mayor's assistant deputy aide to the floral adjunct designer has his own secretary office manager.

As unpopular as this may sound to those of you with pet government projects, part of the job of a responsible, adult governing body is to know when something isn't affordable or even should be provided by them. This idea should apply to any level of government, from federal down to that Home Owners Association Nazi down the block.

But then I guess people being the way they are, we all love our little empire building.

In happier news....

Oklahoma's legislature passed the Open Carry bill with a wide enough margin to make it veto proof.

So, there's a w00t...

New Additions.

So, today. I ran up to my local gun shop to drop off the last of the brass I had ready and put a bit more cash down on the rifle I put on layaway oh so long ago. Anyway, while I was there one of the guys there makes me an offer on the brass I have for sale. Long story short, he bought all I had which immediately went to the rifle.

I brought her home today! Squee!

Springfield M1 Garand. Feb 1943 manufacture according to the serial number. Rebarreled with a Danish barrel and brought back in the 50's by the CMP. All matching serial numbers except for the barrel of course. Even the wood has matching numbers to the rest of the rifle. Very nice. I likey. Now to stock up on it's feed.

Edit: According to Fulton's Serial number list, it's a Dec. '42 manufacture.

Talking heads, talking drivel

So, I'm listening to talk radio on Sunday. It's the usual panel on political commentary that they air. Same time, same stuff. Then they got on to talking about the Tea Party and the tax day Tea Party events. At which point one of the talking voices stated that the Tea Party was mostly made up of "working class people". He went on in this vein for a bit all the while managing to make that label sound like "uneducated, uninformed redneck hick".

Fuck you, idiot radio voice guy.

You know what? I support the Tea Party and it's ideals. I'm for smaller government. I'm for making the "representatives" in DC actually listen to what the vast majority of the people in this country are saying. I'm for getting the government OUT of what it has no right being in in the first place like health care.

You know what else? I have a degree from an institution of "higher" learning. In fact I've got a degree in aerospace engineering. You know what that makes me? Yeap, I'm a fucking rocket scientist, you elitist douche bag! How's that for uneducated, you small minded uninformed hack?

You know what this rocket scientist thinks? I think that what differentiates the Tea Party movement from the rest of the country is the fact that we can fucking think for ourselves. We, unlike what appears to be the majority of the main stream media these days, can take an independent look at the FACTS and come to OUR OWN fucking opinions. We don't need to have an opinion force fed to us. In fact, try to force feed us your opinions and see what happens. I've got a friend in Massachusetts that loves to talk about tar and feathers. Just sayin'. Go on try it, you intellectually stunted radio pol.

So, fuck you talking voice, keep spouting your drivel. You know what the guy on the program immediately after you said, he claimed that the average Tea Partier was college educated, high income, and thus disconnected with what "true" Americans think. Fuck him too. The actual Tea Partier is pretty much any true American, be he or she any race, color, religion, education level, income level, or sexual orientation that believes the fucking government should get the hell out of our lives. Because I can damn sure bet you that we can run our own lives one hell of a lot better then the government thinks it can.

You know what else us Tea Partiers have in common that your "true" Americans don't?

97% of us VOTE!

You fucking addle brained, hydro-cephalic, koolaid drinking, sold out mouth piece for a corrupt regime.

The right of...

The right of the people to keep and bear arms for self-defense and defense of the homeland shall never be infringed, limited, rescinded, interfered with, or prohibited by any decree of law, decision by court, or policy by the executive branch or any of its agencies. And this time, we mean it.

Happy Easter

Everyone.

It's all about the warm FEELINGS

Lucky for us the DHS isn't worried about the next Islamo-militant attack, or the invasion by mexican drug cartels across our border. They're are all over the alleged christian militias though. We can sleep safe at night now.

Today...

sucks.

My foot hurts and I managed to make one of the greatest people I know and nicest person around pissed at me.

Can I get a do over?