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Violent Crime Continues to Decline in the United States. It’s likely that criminals and would be thugs are realizing there are certain hazards in their profession so have sought other ways to make a living.

I don’t know what can better illustrate the bias of the mainstream media than the pictures that accompany the articles on the 18 Al-Sadr Insurgents Killed in Karbala. Are the pictures of our victorious troops who ferretted out the bastards, photographed as the heros they are? No…they’re of people weeping over the death of those […]

“When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, ‘Who is […]

It seems that some neo-Stalinist groups are actually acting like Stalinists in addition to espousing world communism.

Few in Hollywood buck the system like Bill Cosby. He doesn’t come out as a liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, rather he simply states how he sees things no matter who’s political ideology it disrupts. Sometimes I don’t agree with the occassional Cosby comment but I always respect his point of view because […]

Recent comments by Gates shows he’s still watching geek trends and reads CIO. I wondered how long it would be before Billy and Co put out their own Blog software and bundled it with MS Office, MS IIS or MS Share Point. It looks like the focus of his comments are toward business so […]

Can you say ouch?

More typical drug induced craziness: Gun shows are naughty but Porn shows are ok in California

If Ben Shapiro’s new book,Brainwashed! , is half as insightfull and articulate as his interview I heard this morning on Garrison the book will make huge waves in the Left’s academic strongholds.

While Kerry blames Bush for high gas prices (which he voted to raise to the current levels via additional taxes) others are taking note of the hoops the refineries have to jump through due to regional Clean-air rules.
Back in 2000 when the gas prices soared over $2.20 a gallon between Indy and Chicago it […]

It’s about time someone questioned McCain’s presence in the Republican party, McCain being the RINO that he is.
Hastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice
Especially considering his complicity Communist Vietnam’s Slaughter of Christians and similiar issues.

Ever wonder what some contrived set of characters in an email or internet posting mean? Almost everyone knows LOL, BRB and ROFL means but how about SWL, TIC, FTASB or HHO 1/2K?

So… it’s midnight and I’m walking out to the patio to feed the felines and coons before hitting the rack and there are all these cicadas everywhere. They’re crawling across the patio, through the flower beds, up the front wall of my house…

Pointman’s Gallery :: 17 Year Cicadas
After my last bug adventure […]

The Hardened PHP Project looks quite interesting and makes a lot of sense. With the Linux kernel there are modules to protect against the most common loadable kernel module vulnerabilities so why not for PHP? The most common PHP coding problems are known to developers but still can slip through for various reasons.
Some nay-sayers […]

For many years I’ve tried different approaches to get key players in the company to communicate via collaborative tools. And after upgrading my site here with WordPress it struck me that it’d be a great way to publish updates not only for internal IT updates but to log the actions of the many key […]

Although some of us have been saying this for awhile it has gotten to the point that “they” don’t care if we know what they’re up to. This is largely because any opposition is quicky branded as intolerant red-necks by the main stream media plus the media will not cover their strategy meetings.

Though not publicized much there are some in Iraq who understand and appreciate the efforts of the United States. Iraqi General Urges Support of U.S. Troops

The surrounding Arab nations are becoming desperate to keep Iraq from successfully becoming a democracy. The whole balance of power in Iran and Syria are on the brink of civil upheaval as it is. But a strong fledgling democracy on their borders would likely be enough to push a popular revolt over the edge.
If not, […]

Too bad there were no WMD’s found in Iraq. The “main stream” media will white wash or downplay this as they have the other WMD discoveries such as those caught being smuggled into Jordan.

“Members of Congress decry the fact that the administration did not inform us of these abuses and purposely kept Congress out of the information loop. Yet Congress made it clear to the administration from the very beginning that it wanted no responsibility for the war in Iraq. …Demanding that the administration investigate the matter is […]

“History tells us that appeasement does not lead to peace. It invites an aggressor to test the will of a nation unprepared to meet that test. And… those who seemingly want peace the most, our young people, pay the heaviest price for our failure to maintain our strength.” –Ronald Reagan

“Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for […]

There are many upsides to living in the boonies but there are occassional downsides as well. This past weekend saw one of these downsides visited upon my household in the form of a Millipede Invasion. If you’re squeemish I’d recommend avoiding this gallery…. if you’re not sqeemish be sure to view the images at full […]

A new piece has now joined the Yugo M48 in my budding C&R collection, a Longbranch SMLE No 4 Mk I* -1945- that has been converted to a No5 “Jungle Carbine”.

I’ve located an SMLE No1 Mk3* that will hopefully land in my collection in the next few weeks and am now on the […]

I don’t know what all the fuss is over requiring immigrants to come to the Uniteds States through the front door in accordance with our laws. After all it is abundantly clear the citizenship tests are WAY too easy.