“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 prowl [...]
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.
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” –Theodore Roosevelt
My NexTel Experience, and note that this is all on a corporate account. And so it begins… Friday 4/23 – My boss activates his Blackberry and in the process takes his Motorola i95 off the phone number. He gives me the phone for me to activate for myself. Monday 4/26 – I call to activate [...]
Duplicity from a Democrat? Who whould have thought…. Senate minority leader sees ‘startling meanness’ in politics
“Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure ourselves what that life would be if these standards were removed. We would lose almost all the standards by which [...]
“In the fourth century, a monk thought he heard God telling him to go to Rome… He followed a crowd into the Colosseum and saw the gladiators. He realized they were going to fight to the death. He cried out, ‘In the Name of Christ, stop!’… made his way through the crowd and climbed the [...]
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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