The Wandering Minstrel

Wouldn’t you like to have a bumper sticker that displays a subtle subliminal message?

UPDATE: Speaking of Chicago thugs, check out today’s Gun Rights Examiner for a good example of one.

. . . is the Welshman of Liberty Sphere fame.

Sometimes, ya just gotta get some comic relief in these dismal times:

Jay Leno goes after the humor in today’s insanity . . .

In Hawaii, a billion-dollar Navy warship has run aground, and they can’t get it unstuck. Its name? The USS Economy.

The economy is so bad right now Barack Obama’s new slogan is “Spare Change You Can Believe In.”

The jobless rate has jumped to 7.6 percent, the worst since 1974, and economists are now worried this could lead to a resurgence of disco.

It looks like more than 13,000 people were caught up in that Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. You know what a Ponzi scheme is? That’s where you throw good money after bad, or as the government calls it, a stimulus package.

It came out today that the House Democratic Caucus spent $500,000 of taxpayer money for retreats at luxury resorts and spas — though Democrats say that the time was used for “strategic planning for the country.” Really? Then what’s the Capitol building for?

President Obama, getting very tough now, has imposed a $500,000 salary cap for executives getting federal bailout money. And, listen to this: Now on weekends, they can only play miniature golf.

See, the whole theory behind this salary cap is if you’re not performing well, and you’re taking taxpayer money, then that should be reflected in lower wages. Of course, under that criteria, everybody in Congress should get like, what, two bucks an hour?

Hat tip: The patriot Post

Fat Man (right) and Little Boy all field-stripped for cleaning . . .

Jerry Lee is holstered with seven .357 HP rounds in the cylinder while these two are compromised for maintenance.

As The $827 Billion Spending Bill Continues To Grow, Taxpayers Remember When It Was A Much Smaller Proposal . . .

The Malignant Spendulus
09/25/2008	$56 Billion
09/26/2008	$61 Billion
10/09/2008	$100 Billion
10/08/2008	$150 Billion
10/16/2008	$200 Billion
10/14/2008	$300 Billion
12/04/2008	$400 Billion
12/13/2008	$500 Billion
12/12/2008	$600 Billion
11/24/2008	$700 Billion
12/19/2008	$775 Billion
02/08/2009	$800 Billion

I took my first shotgun to the range today. This is an Ithaca single-shot 20 gauge that I acquired about forty-three years ago. I think I paid twenty-five bucks for it then - depending on condition, I understand that it could be worth anything from fifty to three hundred today.

I had a partial box of 20 gauge shells and wanted to use them up, so I figured the single shot load/cock/shoot/extract/repeat drill would do me some good. As a matter of fact, I didn’t do that well, so I resolved to bring it back to the range and work on the speed and coordination.

The major function of Rolling Thunder®, Inc. is to publicize POW-MIA issues: To educate the public that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action. They also act as a shield from loony left wing demonstrations that try to interfere with and discredit burials of American Military men and women.

I also admire their Smith & Wesson .45 caliber ACP Pistol . . .

UPDATE: This has nothing to do with this post, but deserves your attention. Gun Rights Examiner has details about a teacher getting suspended for having a picture on Facebook while holding a gun. Oh, the INSANITY!

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Last weekend’s ‘Mozambique’ drill at the firing range. The idea is to aim and shoot “two to the heart, one to the head.” The technique is used to defend ones self against an assailant who may be wearing body armor. I used the Glock 30 .45ACP for the drill.

As you can see, I shot 10 rounds at the target - three 2 plus 1 and the final to the heart. All of these were well within tolerance at seven yards. I don’t know why the head shots pulled to the right. It must be a function of raising the boresight - have to work on that. But, it was a good day and a lot of fun at the range.