Monthly Archives: September 2009

Mainstreaming Low Expectations

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Phil Kadath

This is not how you raise your percentage of students who graduate Seattle public school students may be able to graduate with a D average if a change in policy is approved by the school board. Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson is … Continue reading →

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Trying to keep themselves relevant

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Phil Kadath

The BATFE and FBI are acting like step brothers Agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are feuding over bomb investigations — racing each other to crime scenes, failing to share information and refusing … Continue reading →

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They shouldn’t discount polls

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Phil Kadath

In relation to this post pointing to a poll showing the American citizenry’s dissatisfaction with unions, it appears that some intelligent Boeing machinists have decided that ditching their’s might be advantageous. Boeing Co. workers in North Charleston voted overwhelmingly to … Continue reading →

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“…killed six million people and called it social improvement….”

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Alaska

Morgan and Webb take it to the Chief:

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LuckyGunner

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Alaska

I had the opportunity at the Rendezvous for an extended conversation with Brian of LuckyGunner. He’s an impressive gent and very committed to the cause of firearms rights, as befits an online ammunition retailer. He also saved the Soldiers’ Angels … Continue reading →

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“Sheeps in the Fields”

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Alaska

No, not Zorro (although that was one of the funniest movie lines I’ve ever heard, in an otherwise completely forgettable film), i’m talkin’ ’bout Zero Hedge’s use of Google Earth and a database to show the world’s shipping fleet idled … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 09/16/09

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Phil Kadath

A fool and his mind are soon parted. Still it did strike me as noteworthy that your basic tea party crowd isn’t the sort of crowd in which a Confederate flag is unwelcome. I feel like if you’d tried to … Continue reading →

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What say ye?

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Phil Kadath

During his extended stay in the Reno area, Derek took advantage of the Nevada Non-Resident CCW course offered by the folks at Armed and Safe. He and Mr. C put their heads together and banged around the idea of offering … Continue reading →

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Highlight

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Phil Kadath

One of the things David and I did during show and tell was to show off the artwork from Glenn of RifleArt.Net. We each brought our respective purchases to show and I’m happy to say that they were received very … Continue reading →

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You should have been there

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Phil Kadath

Really. No, really. Take the thumb and forefinger on your right hand and make an L, put that hand up to your forehead and then go look in the mirror. That is you for not being there. Second Amendment hero, … Continue reading →

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