Well, it seems I have been away from my blog for quite a while. And I have. At this point, the only people who may be seeing this site are me the goons with the NSA! So be it.

I have to say that I respect the time and work that bloggers put into the craft and the regular dedication they give to the task. While I have not been writing, I have been reading. Writers such as Brock Townsend, Karl Denninger, WRSA, MaxV, and others are regular reads for me. I appreciate their time and many of their insights.

I found in 2013, that first, the time to write simply overcame me. Then with duties and life around the farm, my "regular in-town" job along with the long held personal avocations, I  became so very busy that blogging had to step back...way back.

With that set back, what followed was time to search out why I would even care to write out my thoughts for anyone to read......I had a few readers, but not many. not even relatives! Was I going to change the world, or even my little corner of it?...not likely. Was that the point? What was the purpose and just how much of my soul do I need to bare and share.......especially in light of everything being made a permanent part of the public domain. Don't take me wrong, I have some pretty fixed opinions and I share them pretty well privately with my wife and some close associates......but generally I am a "you leave my opinions alone and I will leave your opinions alone, even if your wrong" type of guy.

But I suppose I got an answer as to "why" recently. I have a Facebook page, for no specific reason, just have one. I connect with family and friends from the past there on occasion, but again, I do not write a lot there either.  But what happens is that sometimes I get motivated to respond. And when I do, I end up responding on their site. However, I lose control of the comment and even had one deleted because the person did not like the comment.

Well, ok, it is their page so they can do that. However, I was right (or at least I think so!). So rather than engage, they just cut me off. (Bad thing here was that it was a younger under-educated relative who needed some education from an elder........!). But then, generally I do not like the limitations of FaceBook anyway.

So, maybe this blog site is my better option. it is now the top of 2014, so I am going to give it another go. Start small and see what happens. I will aim for a weekly update, most likely on Sundays since that is the least busy day normally. If is me and the goons, then so be it. In the end, I will get a chance to get it off my chest in a forum I can better control......

James City County Virginia Sheriffs Department Announcement

(Verbatim)

Note from Sheriff Robert J. Deeds

Second Amendment Gun Rights

I, and the deputy sheriffs of the Williamsburg-James City County Sheriff’s Office have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The oath of office we took includes upholding the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights and Section 13 of the Virginia Bill of Rights, each guaranteeing our citizens the right to bear arms.

While I am Sheriff, neither I, nor any deputy sheriff in this office will take any action to aid or abet encroachment on this fundamental right of our citizens.

Here is the link to his Facebook Page

I joined the NRA so long ago, I can not remember when. One year, also many years back, I also decided to become a Life member.....then as I got older I realized more about there modern habit of negotitating with the enemy. I don't participate with the NRA much today, I prefer to work with the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a much more active and successful state organization with a very clear message of belief in 2A and all the related issues.
 
However, as a life member of the NRA, I still get the mail (and lots of it!) and the opportunity to vote for the directors. So, I have my NRA Directors ballot here in my hot little hand. So the question is shall I vote for Pete Brownell or not?  The NRA bio talks of his "unwavering" support for the Second Amendment.

Really.....he needs to prove it. Not by making money off both sides of the battle. But making a business choice for freedom.

The answer of my vote lies with Mr Brownell. Will he sign Brownells on to the boycott of federal and state agencies and all LEO and .mil or .gov personnel who do or will violate 2A?

The vote is due April 14....so the choice is now. Whether you belong to the NRA or not, join me, call and write, tell them they can join or you will take your business elsewhere. And your vote if your NRA.

For those following the New York Boycott....here is the link

Drones you say......

Some crib notes from folks with extensive experince on the recieving end of drones had their notes published.The article is found in the Telegraph (link) which links to a copy of the notes found in Mali by the AP. As the article notes that:

 "some of the tips are outdated or far-fetched, taken together, they suggest the Islamists in Mali are responding to the threat of drones with sound, common-sense advice that may help them to melt into the desert in between attacks, leaving barely a trace."

""These are not dumb techniques. It shows that they are acting pretty astutely," said Col Cedric Leighton, a 26-year-veteran of the United States Air Force, who helped set up the Predator drone program, which later tracked Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan."

Since the regime is learning from the war in the sandbox, it makes interesting reading for those of us who live here under the domestic drones. 

 Pro 2nd Amendment Boycott - P2AB

(Verbatium (well I did fix some typo's!))

P2AB is a grass roots movement designed to allow each and every gun owner to know exactly which businesses support the 2nd amendment unconditionally. A business supports the 2nd amendment unconditionally or we do not support it with our purchases.

P2AB started when reports that Mayor R.T. Bybak of Minneapolis, Minnesota and 60 other mayors decided that they were going to stop purchttp://www.p2ab.org/haces from their suppliers that were supporting the 2nd amendment and contributing money in support of those groups opposing gun control. The idea of 
P2AB is based on something Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing wrote several years ago regarding California's decision to make .50 caliber rifles illegal for Californians to own.

The idea of P2AB is very simple. Any firearm manufacturer, ammunition manufacturer, magazine manufacturer, accessory manufacturer, dealer or retailer that conducts business with Minneapolis, the other 60 cities in "Rybak's Gang" or New York City's Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns is choosing them as a customer over the gun community.

We are the gun culture. We are the gun community. We will ONLY buy the products of those companies that support the 2nd amendment as strongly as we do! If any firearms related business sells their products or services to those who support further infringing on our 2nd amendment rights then they will get no more of our business. You support the 2nd amendment and do not support those who want to infringe on our 2nd amendment rights or we will boycott you. It is your business, you may run it as you please and sell to whomever you please. As consumers it is our choice to purchase from whomever we please. Who purchases more from you? Is it those who want to infringe our 2nd amendment rights or is it hard working Americans?

If you are a retailer who sells products from those manufacturers on our boycott list we will not do business with you.

For too long we have been given in and allowed "reasonable" restrictions to infringe on our 2nd amendment rights. For too long we have taken no long-term day-to-day action to protect our 2nd amendment rights. That changes now. We will be single minded in all that we do, whether it is our purchases or our voting - you either support the 2nd amendment unconditionally or we do not support you. We will not buy from you. We will not vote for you.

As of February 4, 2013 P2AB is a new grass roots movement. We will start off with "Rybak's Gang" and Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns as well as retailers. In the future we will expand that list as the grassroots movement decides.

                                                                  Back to the front...
I have been offline for a bit, seems with the snow, the farm, and my regular job, posting has lagged behind. But we're still here...


Catching up, it seems the Virginia Citizens Defense League did great work in fighting off a number of anti-gun bills in Virginia, early in the session this season. However, the Governor has since reported out of his taskforce a couple of bills now in the Senate that need to be defeated. SB 1377 and SB 1378 must go down in flames.

Recently the Gun Owners of America issued the strategy we must adopt...."Defeat Every Word of Gun Control"  (Link Here)

Take the GoA advice........if your in Virginia, contact the Governor and your Senators...now.

This is the email alert I received from the National Association for Gun Rights today:

Governor Bob McDonnell has sent forward two anti-gun measures that are currently making their way through the Virginia Senate.

Even though the Governor's special taskforce on school safety had some good legislation to work with, they've decided to move in the OPPOSITE direction -- away from safety and away from freedom.

Instead, Governor McDonnell is pushing these anti-gun measures:

SB 1377 turns you into a criminal for defending yourself at a college or university. Under this bill, any law-abiding adult who defends herself on campus would almost certainly face a class 3 felony charge, EVEN in a clear-cut self-defense case.

SB 1378 increases the potential criminal penalties for buying and transferring guns; meaning that law-abiding Virginians could be slapped under a microscope, locked up for 10 years and fined up to $100,000, for virtually any non-government sanctioned firearms sale.

If we are going to halt these awful bills from becoming laws, pro-gun citizens like you and me must rally and make sure the Governor knows where the people of the Commonwealth stand.

Call Governor McDonnell's office at (804) 786-2211 as soon as you can and tell him to stop proposing bills that trash the 2nd Amendment AND make law-abiding people less safe.

Unfortunately, the Senate is moving quickly to force these anti-gun bills through before you can respond. You must take action immediately!

SB 1377 and SB 1378 are both headed to the full Senate for a floor vote in the next few days.

After you contact the Governor, please take the time to contact your Virginia State Senator and voice your opposition to both SB 1377 and SB 1378.
 
Here are links It has been some

"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and relatives of victims of fatal shootings in Chicago urged President Barack Obama on Saturday to come back to his hometown and address the gun violence plaguing the city".(link)

So Jackson wants the federal DHS to come save Chicago......I can hear Darth Vader in my head..."The failure and envelopment of the city of Chicago is complete". 

The citizens, or better said subjects, have been trained over several generations to accept living in crime, graft, and a police state. They repeatedly have voted for governments based on legalized criminal behavior. So today, being fully dependent on the largess of the government has so degraded the society that there is no society, only the worn out shell left from the late 19th and early 20 centuries. The streets are inhabited by uniformed and un-uniformed gangs who protect to system for the well off at the expense of the less off. Those in the middle, the so called middle class is taxed and squeezed to pay for the system, sacrificed as necessary. Adding the neo-nazi police state DHS as enforcers and occupiers is only the next and final step in its conversion to the new "Warsaw".......welcome to "socialist utopia"....

My question to the middle class is "what the" ? Why are you still there? If you love freedom, move, otherwise you are no better than the masters and slaves around you. I suggest you move now, before moving requires papers.....
 
A word of advice.....only move out if you understand personal freedom, self reliance and self value.If your just another socialist trying to get your cut of the graft, stay there. The rest of the county does not need your ignorance......

(the photos by the way is Berlin, 1933...German police keeping Berliners safe....)