tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344939547943182892024-03-13T18:19:00.482-04:00Where Has Patton Gone?Rediscovering the American Spirit, one post at a time.FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-39748726825878170132013-09-12T13:55:00.000-04:002013-09-12T13:55:09.577-04:00Part1 The Hitmen: How Maryland State Police Became PoliPawnsHow This Chapter in the #MDGunGrab Saga Began and Turned into the #MDGunLeak:
A little (and I do mean a very little) back story needs to be told here, just so there is context for anyone who is unaware of the turmoil Maryland has been in since it's 90 day legislative session ended in April of 2013. Maryland, in a purely reactionary and political nature, passed a bill that bans (arbitrarilyFightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-82162905114725053102013-09-11T17:22:00.003-04:002013-09-12T13:56:10.779-04:00After a Two Plus Year Hiatus, I'm PISSED Off Enough to WriteWelcome back!
Of course I am directing that statement more at myself, than my readers since. If you know whom I am from internet forums, Twitter, or this blog, a major thanks for not forgetting me. If you're a new reader, welcome for the first time (and go read my original intro here). I thought a one man blog (or even one with some guest posting on a rare occasion) was FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-36443916257371092802011-06-23T11:32:00.000-04:002011-06-23T11:32:34.951-04:00We're Not Greece; We're Not Portugal!
Presented without comment. (But a background for those that don't follow, Greece is in an economic meltdown, Portugal is not that far behind them, and Ireland is in very similar position). FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-22841519455984838552011-06-07T18:20:00.000-04:002011-06-07T18:20:52.277-04:00Busy WeekIt's a busy week this week (at least for the first three days). I have a big push before being off, and then I'll get you some posts worth reading.
Until then...Drudge yourself on over to places like this, this, or this. FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-66966921062896162022011-06-03T19:19:00.001-04:002011-06-03T19:19:30.568-04:00A Small Business Owner's Outlook On the EconA small business owner whom considered himself the eternal optimist, discusses his outlook upon the US economy. Just a hint, it isn't very good (just like today's jobs numbers).
Basically, it's a brace for impact as this sucker slooooooooooows down.FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-30967438692235695552011-06-03T19:19:00.000-04:002011-06-03T19:19:19.150-04:00Need a House? Hit Up Your Grandparents!Need to avoid the inheritance tax? Perhaps you are looking to make some return OF your money (note the not "on" your money) and you are considered old enough to be "retired." The best investment? Buy your grandkids a house! At least that's the mantra in England.
It seems as though that is what all the hipster g-ma's and g-dad's are doing these days, never mind that FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-1779866237241142182011-06-03T07:00:00.020-04:002011-06-03T07:00:08.838-04:00Finance Friday FunnyWhom ever started and maintained Economists for Obama realized long ago, it was a failed venture. The last post coming all the way back in February of 2009. I guess there wasn't much "consensus" for "recovery" by then, even though "recovery summer" wasn't for another year and four months.
Something tells me, as we complete the third year and head into the campaign year, there FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-53907616668501410212011-06-03T07:00:00.018-04:002011-06-03T07:00:19.505-04:00Effective Tax Rate: -67%From Zero Hedge, only a chart that shows the top ten (or bottom ten?) lowest tax rates for US companies. Guess whom happens to be the leader in this category? Yup...Mr. Imagination @ Work! (AKA, Mr. Adviser, AKA Mr. Waiver).
Herm...a negative tax rate of 67% for a company with profit (and who received bailout money)? Perhaps GE can effectively change its slogan to FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-69608109947317824262011-06-02T18:01:00.000-04:002011-06-02T18:01:02.976-04:00Peoples vs. Bank RobberWhat happens when a combat vet home on leave encounters a bank robber who then threatens the vet's kids? Typically, the robber gets the spank down, and that's what happened.
Army Staff Sargent Eddie Peoples stopped at a bank before taking his boys on a fishing trip where said thug was encountered. Thug was dumb enough to threaten the kids of a soldier who has probably cleared FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-79335348229783184202011-06-02T18:00:00.001-04:002011-06-02T18:00:04.343-04:00Machine Gun is Bus Stop in Soviet RussiaStealing from the comments on this vid, I couldn't help but not post it.
FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-2802238512886679372011-06-02T17:59:00.001-04:002011-06-02T17:59:01.359-04:00Hot Damn, THIS GUY for MD's US Senate Seat!This guy doesn't sound like a politician. He even comes from an agency that frowns upon anyone looking to make the leap to politics quickly after retirement.
That is exactly what Daniel Bongion is planning upon doing, and hopefully taking and smacking the snot out of sitting Senator Cardin. Anyone has to be better than someone who votes with his party 99% of the time (no lie).FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-39491005925587647822011-06-02T17:59:00.000-04:002011-06-02T17:59:00.939-04:00New Meaning to Jailhouse RockNot that I ever want to be in jail, but if I was and I had my choice, I'd choose here.
That said...isn't cantina just another name for jail in Mexico? I meanFightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-38202979079940873302011-06-02T15:53:00.000-04:002011-06-02T15:53:00.092-04:00Oh That's Why!That's why there wasn't a release of the OBL burial at sea vid?!!!! Makes sense now.
FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-22945589204552436332011-06-02T15:49:00.000-04:002011-06-02T15:49:49.816-04:00Mr. Holder, Shouldn't You be Running the Justice Department?And shouldn't you be managing your own BATFE and getting to the bottom of project Fast and Furious instead of running HBO and pitching new episodes (or perhaps a movie) of The Wire?
This man heads the justice department but is kind enough to consider himself the latest CEO of a cable subscription channel? If Mr. Holder wants The Wire back on the air, perhaps he could start writing FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-66191462191566597862011-06-01T17:07:00.000-04:002011-06-01T17:07:11.471-04:00QOTD: Debt Limit SmackdownThere isn't a person outside a mental hospital or an Ivy League faculty who believes the federal government can continue on its current fiscal trajectory, even with tax increases. Change is inevitable. Real change. Bone-deep, re-write the social contract, no more free lunch, learn to live within our means change. What is the political wisdom of demanding that it can only happen over your FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-44485192012302359072011-06-01T17:05:00.001-04:002011-06-01T17:08:42.362-04:00The Law, Its Objective, and What It's NotAn interesting three part article (here, here, and here) that explains just how the law is supposed to function as an order of defense of individual freedom and property. Also, this series explains how the individuals is entrusted to make as much of himself as possible, and anything to the contrary is nothing more than a perversion of the natural rule of law (and thus a perversion of FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-80355715812310409672011-06-01T07:00:00.001-04:002011-06-01T09:09:23.328-04:00Morning Laugh: Out of the Car!
Passed along via email to me from a family member and too funny not to post.
Another lesson to ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings, and cut little old ladies some slack. FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-40443332067811029922011-05-31T18:00:00.000-04:002011-05-31T18:00:04.641-04:00Pak Open Air Home Made ArmsWhat is one of the major problems with the war in Afghanistan? Just your friendly, neighborhood home made arms, and the open air market that sells them.
The famed Khyber Pass is home to some of the most entrepreneurial and passionate people on the face of the planet. From the video, these people believe in "many sons, and many guns." In a normal world, I'd say that is aFightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-45860394735919501842011-05-31T17:59:00.001-04:002011-05-31T17:59:00.187-04:00Hellfire vs. Sniper; Which One is Your Bet On?What happens when a hellfire missile from an Apache meets up with a sniper hanging out in his hide? Only this.
I can only imagine that he felt no pain, which was far to good for him. However, one less Jihadist in the world is one less Jihadist in the world. Now, if we could just convince our political leaders (and our allies in the International Security Assistance Force)FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-11672197423600583722011-05-31T12:25:00.000-04:002011-05-31T12:25:00.317-04:00QOTD: Three to One is Bettin' Odds!Other evidence also suggests that Hoven did “the right thing.” The National Crime Victimization Survey shows that defending oneself with a gun is by far the safest course of action when one is confronted by a robber. For example, people who protect themselves with a gun are injured in robberies about 8 percent of the time, but those who behave passively are injured by the criminals 24 FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-67546585318177573142011-05-30T15:00:00.001-04:002011-05-30T15:00:03.478-04:00More Memorial Day TributeH/t to Defense Tech & Military.com
FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-71709329529347701002011-05-30T08:00:00.002-04:002011-05-30T08:00:10.314-04:00P-51 Mustang Recon MachineWhen compared to the high-tech, Skunkworks projects of the U2, "Ox cart", or SR-71, a modified P51 Mustang fighter is considered low tech, low budget, and low altitude to get ASAP info of what was happening on the battlefield.
RetroMechanix.com takes a look back at the construction and testing of the recon bird that was able to give the US Army and its allies critical info it needed to help win FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-18780082253817875242011-05-30T08:00:00.000-04:002011-05-30T08:00:07.736-04:00Who Said the Black Knights Can't Fly?Military.com takes a ride along (or is it a fly and jump along?) with the US Army's Black Knights. I still think there is no good thing about jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, but these guys do it over and over again.
Someone please tell my wife these guys are pros, and she should leave the sky diving to the pros. Either way, mad props to these guys for their stones and FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-39666652707832261832011-05-30T00:00:00.003-04:002011-05-30T00:00:01.399-04:00QOTD: Operation Proper Exit ChallengeWhat lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.Ralph Waldo Emerson's poetic quote is certainly appropriate on Memorial day, especially when remembering the soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Their efforts certainly are efforts from within that respond to a much higher level of service for fellow man and the defense of liberty. FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334493954794318289.post-85139811577618415202011-05-29T09:00:00.002-04:002011-05-29T09:00:03.768-04:00SHTF List & a Thought for Twister VictimsWe should ALL be better preppers! (Full disclosure, I am guilty of not being as prepared as some people out there, but certainly not in the bottom 50%).
In light of all the twisters lately, I'm sharing this list that I happened across eons ago. The top 100 items to disappear first in a national emergency. Needless to say, I've got some catch up to do.
Today has been a FightinBluHen51http://www.blogger.com/profile/03495965223520506990noreply@blogger.com0