Captain of a Crew of One

• Women On Target

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  As usual, click all pix to make bigger
  
  It's no surprise to those who keep up with community news that the shooting sports are catching on with more and more women. Whether it's as a means of self-defense and empowerment, a way to get out of the "comfort zone" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Rule number 1 for home defense:

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  Have a gun and know how to use it.
  
  Because the bad guys don't necessarily need one to kill you.
  
  YORK - A York County man died Sunday as a result of injuries he suffered during a morning altercation with an intruder inside his home.A gun isn't [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:10am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Kids and guns

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  11 year old kills bear in Idaho in defense of home and sisters. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:56am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Classic

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  I haven't written anything about this lately because I just haven't had any idea which way things were going and I didn't have anything constructive to add.
  
  All during this "crisis", Honduran ex-president Zelaya has been demanding his return to power.
  
  The legitimate government of Honduras has stood' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:27am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Veteran's Day

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  I'm not going to get all mushy about it. I'll just say thank you to all Veterans for your service and sacrifice. I'm humbled to be counted among your honored ranks.' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:58am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Further on the 17% increase of machine guns in Chicago

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  Let's look at the numbers a little bit.
  
  I couldn't find a primary source for the numbers of guns recovered in Chicago each year, but I did find this from Anderson Cooper's blog:
  
  Chicago Police confiscate an average of 1 assault weapon a day.
  10 thousand guns' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:16am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Never let a good canard die

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  The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
  -- Mark Twain
  
  According to the local NBC affiliate, Chicago has seen a 17% increase in the use of' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:58am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Well that's good news

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  Organizing for America sent me an e-mail this morning saying that my representative's vote in the House is crucial for passage of the Health Care Reform bill being voted on today.
  
  They urged me to call Mr. Nye and tell him what I think about it.
  
  OK, OK...actually,' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:46am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• LAYERS of editorial oversight

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  According to Fox.com, the perpetrator of the Fort Hood atrocity used a simply MASSIVE handgun in the attack:
  
  The initial investigation shows that Hasan allegedly used only one gun during the attack — a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol.Hmmm. For some perspective, here are some empty shell casings from various [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Sqeezing Lemons

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  Well, my anti-gun, big government, statist, incumbent delegate, Paula Miller (D), was re-elected to the Virginia House again.
  
  I actually expected as much, but one can always hope. John Amiral (R) ran a strong campaign and he actually had a shot. My only real hope was that the lackluster [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  by Sailorcurt

• Common Sense and Taxation

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  David, over at Artful Articulations posted about this paper this morning, which postulates about the tax rates necessary to close the gap between our government's spending habits and its revenues.
  
  I started to leave this as a comment, but it got too long (surprise, surprise...as any regular' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:58am EST
  by Sailorcurt

• What I did tonight

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  Got my Halloween decoration ready.
  
  
  We used to do some decorating for halloween when the kids were still here, but now that they've moved away and have kids of their own...it just doesn't seem worth the hassle.
  
  I do still uphold one tradition [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:59pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Throwing out the Baby with the Bathwater

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  Senator John "it wasn't my medals I threw away in protest when it wasn't cool to be a veteran of the Vietnam war...it was some other guy's" Kerry and Representative Howard "He.Could.Go.All.The.Way" Berman (Ok, not THAT Berman, but I thought it would be funny), are asking that the Library of' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:16pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Clayton's at it again

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  Fearfully berating open carriers, that is. This time in Pajamas Media and in terms of defending his column on the same subject in Shotgun News.
  
  His thesis statement:
  Open carry in a number of states is not just legal, but protected by the state constitution. But just because [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:42am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Another productive Saturday

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  I had the opportunity to help teach a boy scout troop about shooting at Airfield Shooting Club again this weekend. I took as many pictures as I could and still fulfill my obligations in helping instruct.
  
  This time I helped out with the Shotgun part.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Shotgun shooting tip

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  UPDATE:Although the shooting tip below is still valid, apparently Field and Stream magazine (and myself as a result) have been had. The video embedded is a fake. It's a PR campaign by the NFL that uses special effects to create the illusion of their players doing improbable things. I'm [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:07pm EDT
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• Doing what we can.

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  Fellow VCDL member Josh Kellogg has opened a fund raising page for VCDL over at firstgiving.com.
  
  His stated goal is to raise $5 a day or $1825 in 12 months.
  
  If you have any interest in helping the premier gun rights organization in Virginia, please swing by [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Subterfuge and trickery

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  It seems that the Brady Campaign and their ilk aren't the only ones who find it necessary to mislead the public in an effort to forward their agenda.
  
  A while back, I signed up to get e-mail updates from "Health Care For America Now". I did it so that' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:34am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Kriss Super V moves to Virgnia Beach

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  Not much of an industry aficionado, but I saw this in the paper today and thought it was interesting.
  
  A company that makes submachine guns for military and police use plans to hire 35 workers and spend $4 million to relocate its headquarters to Virginia Beach, the city [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• VCDL Freedom Rally Report

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  My report is up over at The Sentinel.
  
  A couple of teaser pictures:
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:08pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• A riddle:

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  How do you finish in last place in a shooting competition, and still win?
  
  
  
  Be the only competitor.
  
  I was the sole contestant in the Airfield Shooting Club's M1 Carbine match and I won it handily...while simultaneously coming in dead last.
  
  Yea me.
  
  I' [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Racism?

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  In this article about "whitopias" (hat tip to Sayuncle), the author of the book being discussed makes the same old mistakes in the same old ways.
  
  Not really surprising considering how unashamedly biased he is...
  
  Although there probably is a bit of a natural tendency to [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• OAS...

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  asks for Zelaya to be moved from Brazilian embassy
  
  The OAS Ministers, before leaving on Thursday, asked the Honduran government to authorize a transfer of deposed President Manuel Zelaya from his refuge at the Brazilian embassy in Honduras to a place more “worthy” of his status.Believe it or [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Target practice

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  One of the big challenges that I have with shooting high powered rifle competition is that I really don't have a good place to practice. There aren't any 500 or 600 yard public ranges around here and even the closest 100 yard range is almost an hour away and is [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• "I Can't"

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  I do not think that term means what most people think it means.
  
  As my kids would quickly confirm, that phrase was not allowed in our household when they were growing up. I simply didn't want to hear "I can't". If there was an obstacle to accomplishing a goal, [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:34am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Here we go...

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  US Relinquishes control of internet:
  
  

  Icann had previously been operating under the auspices of the American government, which had control of the net thanks to its initial role in developing the underlying technologies used for connecting computers together.

  But the fresh focus will give other countries a more prominent [...]

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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:03am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• National Match AR Range Report

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  Now that the series of posts on assembly for my National Match AR-15 build project is done, it stands to reason that I need to let everyone patient enough to slog through all those very detailed and meticulous posts know how she shoots.
  
  First a little background. I [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:09pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 10

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:02am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 9

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:06pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 8

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:34pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 7

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Another new shooter report

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  A buddy of mine who should blog but doesn't (yet), sent me a new shooter report on his kids:
  I got a Daisy 880 pellet rifle to teach the kids to shoot. Daniel is very proud of himself for his first shooting. He learned all the' [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 1:18pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 6

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• How I spent my Saturday (new shooter report x a bunch)

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  One reason I didn't get more of the AR build posts done this weekend is because I spent all day Saturday at the Airfield Shooting Club exercising my freshly minted NRA instructor creds.
  
  First we did basic rifle marksmanship for 20 boy scouts.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 3:06pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• The mark of a gunny.

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  Even though I fit many of the right demographics, I've never gotten a tatoo.
  
  I'm a born and raised farm-boy redneck. I've been a biker all of my adult life. I spent 21 years in the US Navy, with the requisite trouble-making, port-calls and "spending like a drunken sailor"' [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 11:08am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Build Part 5

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  In Part 4, we installed the safety selector, pistol grip and bolt catch.
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:26am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Let's think about this for a second...

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  Let's say you were a member of an organization that was supposed to be for the mutual benefit of the members...say...a homeowner's association.
  
  Lets say you did something that angered the homeowner's association. Nothing illegal, mind you. In fact, what you did was specifically within the bounds of the [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:44am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM AR Rifle Build Part 4

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  In Part 3, we installed and adjusted the Jewell Match trigger.
  
  This time, we're going to install the safety selector,' [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 10:53pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM AR Rifle Build Part 3

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  In Part 2, we installed the magazine catch and trigger guard.
  
  This time, we're going to install the Jewell match grade, 2 stage adjustable trigger and go over the adjustment procedure.
  
  The Jewell is pretty' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• I just got back from the range

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  Just the 25 yard indoor range on the Marine Corps base. And I forgot my allen wrench to adjust the windage on the FSB so I didn't get that done...but I broke Obama's cherry.
  
  First 20 rounds of break-in done.
  
  I'm not going to give a full range [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:18pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM AR-15 Rifle Build Part 2

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  In Part 1, we introduced the series and talked about tools.
  
  This time we're going to install the magazine catch and the trigger guard
  
  As usual, click all pix to make bigger
  
  The magazine catch consists of three components, the catch itself,' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM AR-15 Rifle Build Part 1

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  I'm going to consider this part one of the series even though I've been talking about this for a while now; this is the first of the series that involves the actual assembly and not just picking parts and buying stuff.
  
  Anyone interested in the backstory regarding my reasons [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 10:08am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• An interesting Observation...

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  re the anti-Capitalist riots in Pittsburgh, from someone (a local blogger no less) who was at the 9-12 rally in DC:
  
  As a proud member of the angry mob in America, I do not remeber seeing any smoke wafting through the skies of Washington DC. I didn't' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:08am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM Rifle Update

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  I just got done cataloging, resizing, cleaning up and captioning pictures. Now I'm ready to start writing posts.
  
  Should start getting the step-by-step posts up in the next day or so.
  
  Saturday, I'm going to be at the Airfield shooting club all day teaching boy scouts about gun [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:05am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• And once again we find...

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  ...that subsidizing a behavior, lifestyle or activity only encourages more of the same:
  
  

  So why did these women choose to have babies by a man they barely knew?
  

  Prince, who is 37, laid the blame squarely on benefits: 'Women get money from the Government; men get eradicated. What' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:22pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NR Rifle build update

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  The rifle is built. My son and I did most of it on Saturday and I finished it up yesterday.
  
  Much more to come, but here's a little teaser to get you started:
  
  
  
  
  By the way: we made a really bonehead mistake when putting it [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 12:54am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Twitterfeed

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  I just signed up for twitterfeed which is supposed to direct new blog posts to twitter.
  
  Consider this a test. [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Good News

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  Rock River seems to be ahead of schedule. A couple of days ago, I got the notification that they had shipped the final couple of parts I need for my NM rifle build. They should be here tomorrow. Much better than the week to ten days they told me it [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• It's Official

  Number of comments: 12
  
  Still waiting for my wheelbarrows full of cash though. [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• The Garden Sentinel

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  My son and his wife and daughter came over for dinner tonight.
  
  I rotisseried a chicken on the grill, steamed some green beans and made some garlic and butter mashed potatoes.
  
  MMmm.
  
  I decided to see if there were any tomatoes ripe that I could slice up [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Layers of editorial oversight

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  The subject of Joe Wilson and "You Lie" has been pretty much beat to death so I'm not going to go into that here...however, someone pointed to this article this morning (sorry, I can't remember who it was that pointed me there...if I remember, I'll update) about how Mr.' [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 9:29am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• 9/11

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  Of course, I can't go without mentioning that today is the anniversary of the second day which shall live in infamy.
  
  I won't say much about it as I don't have much to say that hasn't already been said.
  
  I will be praying for the lost souls and [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 9:18am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• NM AR Build Update

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  OK...I ordered the last of the essential parts for the NM AR build today.
  
  Brownell's had the Rock River free float tube for less than Rock River was selling them for...and had them in stock. I did find out through the review that the RR float tube does' [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 12:35am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Head Space

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  I checked it. On my NM AR Project, that is.
  
  I wanted to make sure the bolt I got from Gregory of West By God! would headspace properly with the DPMS match barrel I bought from MidwayUSA.
  
  Checks good on ground power...(it's a Naval Aviation [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Well, now that you mention it...

  Number of comments: 7
  Town Hall meeting questioner:
  
  I would like to know specifically, article and section of the Constitution, that gives the government the right to run our health care.
  
  Senator Mark Warner:
  
  So I take, I take by your question, I take by your question, I take by [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Does this sound Familiar?

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  Since Monday, teachers have not taught classes in order to participate in the marches. The students could have been learning, or home helping their families, however, they took to the streets in the company of their teachers, who frightened the children with threats of possible failure if they did not [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 1:12pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Weekend Trip AAR

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  I left right after work on Thursday hoping that traffic wouldn't be too bad. The plan worked fairly well. It took me about 45 minutes to get through the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, but after that it was smooth sailing the whole way. The weather was great. It was a' [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Out for the Weekend

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  My family's reunion is held every year over labor day weekend. They rotate locations between family members, this year it's in Indiana just north of Indianapolis. I try to go as often as I can but don't make it every year, but this one is a bit special...my mom's 70th' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 8:57am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• August E-postal Match Results

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  Curtis Lowe has posted the results of the August E-postal match.
  
  My scores held up pretty well against the competition.
  
  True Blue Sam is hosting September's match. Click the link, read the rules, print out the targets and go make some holes in paper![...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Breaking News!

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  This just in: Central American Governments run by kindergartners.
  
  The Liberty Torch is a symbol of Central America’s independence from Spain in 1821, and is normally passed across the countries of Central America this time of year. The passing of the torch this year, however, will skip the [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 5:51pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Turn-About is fair play?

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  A commission of the democratic opposition, Unity Panel of Venezuela, appeared in the office of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Caracas and handed a letter requesting President Hugo Chávez to allow the visit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Venezuela.
  
  A valid question. [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 10:52am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• M1 Garand Reassembly

  Number of comments: 1
  In previous posts, I covered M1 Garand disassembly, and disassembly and reassembly of the bolt.
  
  I mentioned in the disassembly post that I neglected to disassemble the clip latch mechanism...that was an oversight that I'll rectify at some point and add the procedure to these posts. I' [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 3:20pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Mass murder in Georgia

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  Well...all I can say is: it's a good thing there wasn't a gun involved...someone might have gotten hurt.' [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 2:59pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• I guess I really shouldn't be surprised by this stuff any more...

  Number of comments: 2
  

  ...but when I see comments like the ones attached to this story, I'm just reminded of the mental gymastics that anti-gunners must go through in order to believe what they ostensibly believe.

  fencewalker wrote...
  Superjay...
  Yes....a bit of sarcasm..sort of.One of the luxury's of text is that it shows no' [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 10:45pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• M1 Garand Bolt Disassembly/Reassembly

  Number of comments: 1
  Other posts in the series: M1 Garand Disassembly, M1 Garand Reassembly
  
  OK...da bolt.
  
  The M1 Garand bolt is put together almost exactly the same way as the M1 Carbine bolt...just on a larger scale. Like the M1 Carbine bolt, the extractor has [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• M1 Garand Disassembly

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  Other posts in this series: M1 Garand reassembly, M1 Garand bolt disassembly/reassembly
  
  As usual...click all pix to make bigger
  
  It's been a while since I did a real gunsmithing post. I shot an "as issued" service rifle match with my M1 Garand' [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 11:19pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• August E-Postal Match Entry

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  As usual...getting it in right under the wire.
  
  My entries for the August edition of Mr. Completely's E-Postal match, hosted this month by Curtis Lowe.
  
  You've still got a little time to get it shot and get your entries in so don't delay.
  
  
  I [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• I'm confused

  Number of comments: 4
  Why isn't there more outrage about the way our government is treating an allied country in their quest to uphold their own constitution against a potential usurper?
  
  I understand why the socialists in our government are supporting the socialist...why they are opposing the removal of that socialist, wanna-be dictator' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 8:27am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Trigger decision

  Number of comments: 5
  Well, my trigger decision was just made for me.
  
  I was waffling between the Jewell and the Bushmaster match triggers. The Bushmaster is less expensive and reportedly more robust than the Jewell, but the Jewell is more adjustable and has a very good reputation as a match trigger.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Bleg Update

  Number of comments: 5
  Surgery is done. Doc says it went well. She's resting in the hospital overnight but says that the pain in her right arm is gone. She still has pain from the surgery, but the pain that she was having before seems to be gone.
  
  The doc said that part [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 6:37pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• A brand new (in more ways than one) Gun Blogger

  Number of comments: 0
  Molly Smith, 12 year old Steel Challenge shooter blogging at The Molly Minute. A taste of her first post in January:
  
  
  For my very first blog posting I want to ask the question what is beauty? I wonder how many people would think that a 12 [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 5:42pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• National Match rifle project update.

  Number of comments: 3
  I'm making progress on my NM AR-15 project.
  
  I ordered all of the small parts from Midway USA a few weeks ago, a mix of DPMS and Olympic Arms parts. A couple of things are on backorder (pivot and takedown pin detent springs and the charging handle assembly), but' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 11:37am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Health Care savings

  Number of comments: 1
  D.W. Drang of The Clue Meter linked to this CBS editorial on the current health care proposals.
  
  Dan McLaughlin provides an excellent exploration of exactly why none of the proposals being bandied about right now will lead to any savings.
  
  It is pretty interesting that CBS [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 5:51pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Tomorrow

  Number of comments: 12
  [UPDATE]
  We just got a call from the Surgeon's secretary...they're behind schedule and won't be able to fit her in today. Sigh... She's now rescheduled for Tuesday at 11:00am.
  
  She's in severe pain and the delay is very frustrating so please keep her in your prayers.
  [/UPDATE][...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 10:58pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Tells

  Number of comments: 1
  Jay G, over at MArooned, gave away some of his "tells" in a blog post today...ways that an observant person might be able to tell that he's carrying his defensive firearm.
  
  I think it's only fair that some of the rest of us come clean too.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 10:27am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Anyone else notice...

  Number of comments: 1
  [UPDATE]
  
  Apparently, I was wrong.
  
  "A man at a pro-health care reform rally...wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip....there are questions about whether this has racial overtones....white people showing up with guns."
  Of course, they conveniently edited the video so [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 8:47am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Letter to Barbara "Ma'am" Boxer

  Number of comments: 1
  Not from me, from a constituent of hers. I've posted something of his once before. It was forwarded to me by my good friend CB, via e-mail. Seth REALLY needs to start blogging.
  
  Dear Ms. Boxer:
  
  Thank you for today's email advising me that 20% of my' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 11:14pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• It never ends

  Number of comments: 3
  It's been raining for a couple of days now and I just didn't feel like screwing with the rain gear today so I drove the truck.
  
  As I was getting home...I mean, right as I was pulling up to the front of the house...the brake pedal went to the' [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 8:40pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Heat Pump Condenser Fan Follies

  Number of comments: 3
  The condenser fan went out on my antique heat pump system the other day.
  
  It has acted up on me once or twice before...just stopped turning and I had to turn the blades by hand to get it started. Last weekend, it started squealing occasionally so I knew it [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 5:48pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• The Economic Recovery

  Number of comments: 1
  It's sure a good thing that Obama has fixed the economy; 'cause otherwise, local stories like these would have me worried.
  
  

  CooperVision Inc.will close its contact-lens plant by the end of 2010, laying off 570 employees, company officials said today.

  Those jobs will be moved to CooperVision plants' [...]

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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Astroturfing evidence...

  Number of comments: 2
  [UPDATE] Bitter points out in comments that the organizations all us the same "online tools" provider which explains the similarities. Good catch on her part. Of course, that doesn't DISprove that there's coordination going on...and, as she points out, there's much better evidence of astroturfing out there than this...it was' [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Some well deserved criticim...

  Number of comments: 1
  ...served up with a healthy dose of PSH.
  
  
  AT LEAST 14 Pittsburgh Steelers participated in a shooting party with Pennsylvania State Police troopers at the Greensburg barracks, using state police ammunition and illegal assault weapons from the evidence room, sources say.
  
  ...
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Honduran Embassy Shenanigans.

  Number of comments: 3
  In comments to this post, B* Woodman III suggested e-mailing the Honduran Embassy in Washington in order to express, and have passed along, my support for the Honduran people and their interim government in their courageous stand against basically the entire world in support of their Constitution and liberty.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Moral Authority

  Number of comments: 1
  I wonder why this victim isn't granted the same level of moral authority over the gun rights issue by the media and others, as the families of Virginia Tech victims?
  
  
  
  Hat tip to a blog I just found, called Right to Keep and Bear Arms. I' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• I wanted to jump for joy...

  Number of comments: 4
  When I first saw this at Irons in the Fire.
  
  You know, it must have griped the Obama Administration no end to have it pointed out "There was no coup."
  
  
  Of course I calmed down a bit when the article he linked made it clear [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• 2009 Gun Show Prevention Act

  Number of comments: 4
  I had actually heard about this bill already but Google News Alerts pointed me to the full text of it in this blog entry while surfing this morning.
  
  I was skimming through it when something jumped out at me. I wanted to make sure that the blog entry [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Para GI Expert

  Number of comments: 1
  
  I'm not trying to dis Para with this, I'm sure they make fine firearms, and the free market is all about competition.
  
  I just got a kick out of Kevin's post about the Expert today.
  
  Based on his description and the picture, [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• AARP Wants to hear from its members...

  Number of comments: 0
  ...as long as the members will just shut up and agree with them:
  
  
  
  The arrogance and condescending attitude exhibited by the AARP representatives is astounding.
  
  My favorite part (at 1:07): AARP member sitting in the crowd to AARP representative:
  
  "Do you guys work for us" [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• We're all criminals redux

  Number of comments: 0
  Apparently, at least in New Jersey, the only law abiding people are law enforcement officers (but only when on-duty) and those licensed by the federal government. Everyone else is just a criminal:
  
  Safeguards for the law-abiding are built into the restriction: It exempts law-enforcement agencies and federal, [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 11:54am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Possessing unlabeled recordings

  Number of comments: 0
  Uncle linked to this story this morning, regarding how a portly gentleman was able to smuggle a concealed handgun into a correctional facility in the folds of his blubber...even after having been searched 4 times (the headline says 5, but the story only tells of 4 searches. Apparently [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 10:35am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Training young militants

  Number of comments: 5
  I was finally getting around to downloading some of the pictures I've collected on my fancy new camera when I stumbled across these horrific images of young militants being trained in the ways of inhumane and cruel behavior.
  
  Imagine my horror, when I realized that' [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Musical Interlude Redux

  Number of comments: 2
  Yesterday, David of Artful Articulations embedded this performance of Toto's "Africa" by the Slovenian jazz choir Perpetuum Jazzile.
  
  I really enjoyed it and forwarded it to a couple of other people...including my Brother. I used to be a musical type of guy, but got away from it [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• My new project

  Number of comments: 4
  I've got a bunch of gunsmithing projects that I need to get to but I've just had too many other things going on lately to get to any of them.
  
  So, of course, what I obviously need is...another project.
  
  I've been trying to decide what to build with' [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 10:17am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• E-Postal Match Ruminations

  Number of comments: 4
  Lessons learned and my perspective from the e-postal match.
  
  First, I learned that you don't have to be able to see the red dots to hit them...you've only gotta know about where on the paper they are.
  
  As I've mentioned before, I shoot as' [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 10:16am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• How it's done

  Number of comments: 6
  A couple of days ago, Bitter, on Sebastian's blog "Snowflakes in Hell", noted that:
  
  This is the second time in a month that Jim has used the blogosphere as a scapegoat for the rumor mill when I could find no evidence to back up the claims. If [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:32am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• July E-postal Match results

  Number of comments: 2
  Class 1: Production RimfirePlaceNameFirearmSightsScore1Texas MikeBrowning BuckmarkIron Sights8*!!2*SailorcurtS&W Model 22aIron Sights152*BillllRuger MkIIron Sights164True Blue SamRuger Single SixIron Sights215DannoRuger 22/45Iron Sights75
  Class 2: Open RimfirePlaceNameFirearmSightsScore1**Mr. CompletelyHigh Standard Race GunC-More Dot sight101**The Conservative UAW GuyRuger MkIIEOTech Dot sight10
  Class 3: Production CenterfirePlaceNameFirearmSightsScore1SailorcurtRIA Tactical 1911 .45acpIron Sights152[...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 6:44pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Quote of the Day: Gunnie Heaven

  Number of comments: 0
  Just gave 100 bucks to an Illinois Junior to go get change so I could buy a lottery ticket for five bucks. That's where I am. Heaven. Let a kid walk off with 100 bucks with the absolute certainty that he is coming back. I didn't even look up. Camp' [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 6:39pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• July E-Postal update.

  Number of comments: 0
  I've gotten several entries over the past few days up to and including right up to the last minute. Thanks to everyone for participating.
  
  I'll get the results tabulated and posted within the next day or so. [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 2:56pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Government Efficiency...

  Number of comments: 2
  ...jumbo shrimp...civil war...congressional ethics...
  
  
  Government plans to suspend "cash for clunkers" program.
  
  The government plans to suspend its popular "cash for clunkers" program amid concerns it already has used up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases, congressional officials told The Associated Press on [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  by Sailorcurt

• Paypal and the Geek

  Number of comments: 4
  I'm with The Geek on this one:
  
  See ya, paypal, and I hope the door slams you in the ass hard & repeatedly on the way out.
  
  Why, you ask me?
  
  Because of This:
  
  And not only did the contributions for the raffle stop' [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
  by Sailorcurt