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An electable conservative, Fred Thompson for President in 2008. Of course it’s pretty easy to stand out as the most conservative of the Republican 08 crowd since the rest of them really don’t even pretend to be conservative. There seems a mad dash to see who can be the most centrist / populist of […]

If you think you’ve seen fiddling you’re wrong. Visit Alex DePue’s website and watch featured video. If this guy is only one of the top 10 masters I’d love to see the other 9 perform! Simply amazing talent.

In the ongoing efforts by the Democrats to clean up the Congress and set the country right after all those undesirable years of Republican rule the agency that monitors pork barrel spending has been eliminated. I guess that clarifies the Democrat meaning of the word “accountability” they’ve been batting around for the last few […]

Thanks to Greg there are 2 new shops on the list of central Indiana gun shops. Be sure to check them out.

Some time back I picked up a set of DSA short handguards and packed them off with an Imbel barrel to be properly hacked up. I won’t go into depth on the long road that it’s been but suffice it to say the Imbel barrel simply wasn’t adaquate to the task and finding a worthy […]

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm […]

The evening news on WXIN Fox 59 just reported a guy robbed a bank with a Tec-9 “semi-automatic machinegun” then continued to refer to the weapon as a machinegun through the rest of the story. Oh and a guy robbed a bank.

Goldman Sachs is reporting record $12.73B earnings. Where are the calls for a windfall profits tax now?

Now it appears there may be a second actual conservative bid for the presidential primaries, strict Constitutionalist Ron Paul of Texas. Ron Paul vs Fred Thompson will make it hard for me. Fred Thompson is more “free trade” than I care for but Ron Paul is more isolationist that I believe we can actually […]

It looks like the Republican incarnation of Howard Dean isn’t keeping up with his bid to be president. I’ve never made a secret of my views of McCain. Anyone a progressive says they could vote for is the wrong candidate for the Republican party else how are they any different that the Socialist Democrats? […]

Finally, someone I could actually see myself voting for in 2008, Fred Thompson. Supporters are still in the process of convincing Thompson to run and I can certainly find areas of disgreement with some of his votes as a Senator. But it’s a catch-22 anyway, if he’s good enough to do the job […]

When it comes to 7.62NATO battle rifles most know my opinion but I’d still love to put a Kel-Tec bullpup through the wringer. I’d like a closer look at those mags as they look very much like FAL mags. Considering FAL mags can still be had cheap and that one of the newer […]

The DC courts handed down a decision in the Parker case today which has me thinking Christmas came late. Witness, logic :
In determining whether the Second Amendment’s guarantee is an individual one, or some sort of collective right, the most important word is the one the drafters chose to describe the holders of the right—“the […]

To listen to the DC talking heads you’d think the US economy was in the toilet. Last weeks Dow drop recovered in days including breaking another trading record; US households are worth more than ever after another quarter of record breaking expansion of personal wealth; record breaking exports have have reduced the trade deficit (still […]

“If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check.”
Thomas Jefferson

I don’t think I’ve ever written a movie recommendation here but that’s changing as of now. Maybe it’s just the winter doldrums but in the past few weeks I’ve seen a few movies with the Missus that we both found very good.
The first was Flicka, a supposed family movie about a girl and her […]

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic…”
Justice Joseph Story

Bill Hobbs digs up some interesting information on Al Gore’s “carbon offsets” which largely shows Gore actually owns the company he’s buying his “offsets” from. But what’s even more important here is that the carbon offset business is largely unregulated and can be as simple as planting trees.
Anyone want to invest in my new […]