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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. This clown thinks he can give career advice. Oh, and just in case the link ever expires, here is a screen shot: Since it is public record, there is no law against publication. Funny, this person wants to blast me for my career path... but lets look at some facts: At the time of this screen caption, the subject was about forty years of age, give or take. Prior to turning 40, I had eclipsed an earned six-figure income, and will provide evidence to any legitimate inquiry.  The last time I made less than $50,000 was 1998: which, incidentally, was the same year I graduated college. I turned 23 that year. Yes, I got a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. The average income in Chemistry is $47K.  Yes, I work in sales. I love every minute of it. Yes, I got my start at Enterprise. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing. Each of these facts has made my life better. By the way, in my last year in...

My Facebook friend, and fellow blogger, " ricantotheright ," did an interview with Dawn Ellen on Islam. I am posting it here in its entirety as copied from Facebook, with full permission from the original author. Credit for entire interview goes to "Rican." --- Rican: Dawn I have been following your page and post for a couple of years can you tell us a little about who you are, and why you became involved in exposing the way Islam treats its followers, non-followers and women? Dawn Ellen: I am a single woman that appreciates her rights and loves her freedoms. I have always fought for my right to speak out and to be able to live my life the way I choose. I met a dear friend Pamela on Facebook in January of 2010, who saw my comments about Islam and sent me a message encouraging me to study the Qur’an, so I could debate Moslems with knowledge of what they believe. I had studied Islam for 2 years prior, but never studied the Qur’an itself. After reading the Qur’a...

Laws passed by the government only serve one of two purposes: 1. To regulate. 2. To tax. By definition, government is incapable, therefore, of "creating jobs." Government can only make jobs harder, or take them away.

From the Examiner : ----- Last time, we met with "Bob," an IT professional who learned the need for having the right training listed on his resume. Bob learned first hand how important it is to have the right education to get past the screening process. So lets assume you have the right education for the screening, and you can ace the interview, but you do not have the right knowledge for the job at hand. Everyone knows that at any job, there is a learning curve. In some positions, it is simply a matter of learning how this company wants a report done, or what processes they prefer. Other positions require you to learn something for them. Or perhaps, you wish to gain knowledge or training that will be used daily in your employment. Specifically, you want to gain knowledge or learn skills that you do not currently have, that are needed for a job you have or want to perform. This is education for the job and it is critical in every position. Enter Jeff.* Jeff is a...

For all you "Republicans" out there that claim to be conservative, so you are going to vote for Romney. .

Some people (and not many from what I can see) are saying we need to elect Romney so that he can repeal Obamacare. Yesterday, Romney even went on the record saying he intends to repeal Obamacare. Fact is, he has no such plans. What he really wants to do is replace Obamacare. He said so himself some time back. And several years ago, he proposed and signed into law what is known as Romneycare. Mitt Romney does not think Obamacare must be removed because it is not what We the People want. Mitt Romney thinks Obamacare simply needs to be reworked!!! PS - same thing with Bob Corker. He needs to be replaced, to. .

With the upholding of Obamacare by the Supreme Court, I've seen people say "this is why we need to vote for Romney." HELLO!!!!! Romney passed Romneycare in Massachusetts; which is by all accounts, a template after which Obamacare was molded. You think he would sign a repeal bill??? Also, do you really think for a moment that Romney would nominate a constitutional judge??? Nope. We will get liberal nominations, and judges who will look out for big business and big government. .

OK, you atheists out there, let's hear your answers to this one. We must start at a point where we can all agree, then work from there. So let's agree that we exist. Since we exist, we must then ask where we came from, and that goes beyond mom and dad. Where did everything come from? Atheists believe there is no god. Therefore, a divine creation would be impossible. Next up for possible explanation would be the Big Bang Theory. (Why they call it a theory is beyond me as it cannot be proven, and therefore cannot possibly be a theory... but I digress) So let's get this straight... your best explanation on how everything got here is that something (us, things around us) came from nothing. The nothing exploded somehow and became something. Now this goes against science as we know it. the laws of physics clearly state that matter and energy cannot be created from nothing. But an atheist puts that aside, and says it happened at least once. Even though it wi...

Today, the Supreme Court announced that they will uphold Obamacare.  I've seen people say that Chief Justice John Roberts has been leaning liberal, with his votes on the AZ immigration ruling, and now on Obamacare. That is totally false. He has been voting REPUBLICAN - that is to say, in favor of BIG GOVERNMENT. .

I need to go to the Flippin Drug Store! My friend, Right Minded, likes to collect pics of historical markers. I, on the other hand, like to collect funny pics of things on the side of the road. Let's see ya outdo this, Right Minded! :)

So go and Google: "Where is Chuck Norris?" Google says: "Google won't search for Chuck Norris, because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you." .

Here's a link to an article on budget-friendly guns . They pick Del Ton as the manufacturer to spotlight. Funny, as I have in my sights right now (pun intended) to build a Del Ton M16A2 clone. .

Wish I'd caught this one ... .

Why couldn't Calvin have come up with this instead? Just as idiotic, but at least it is tasty! .

This is for the cyber-stalkers... The wannabe-preachers... The pseudo-blog artists... Hideme.mobi doesn't hide you either. .

A MLB pitcher has been suspended 8 games for using pine tar on his glove. I blogged about him getting ejected a few days ago. .

This song goes out to Eric Holder. He had a bad day. Story from Say Uncle . Another . Seems you do actually reap what you sow. .

Was at the range recently with my cousin (a fellow lifelong shooter). Guys next to us had some tannerite . I've known about tannerite for a while, just never seen it live and in person before. They asked if we minded if they shot it. Ummmm.... I don't mind a bit! Few moment later: BOOM! Cue my inner "Butthead:" Hey, Beavis... that was cool! .

The DoD is looking at restricting guns from "at risk" troops. They say, "at risk" to commit suicide. Several points of failure in that argument: A) If someone wants to off himself, he will find a way - gun or not. B) Who is to say when a person is "at risk?" C) Who is to say everyone won't be "at risk" at some point in time? My response? ... shall not be infringed ... $h!the@d$!!! .

A baseball player was ejected for using too much pine tar on his glove. I cannot remember the last time I heard of this happening. .

Looks like the guy who beat a man to death for molesting his daughter won't be indicted on criminal charges. Good beating. Good decision by the Grand Jury. .

SILie would say if she were honest. But, SILie is a pathological liar, so she would never actually say it. .

Last week, I was unable to play as I was out of town on business. However, the team forfeited both games as only 5 men showed up. This set us at 9-9 on the year. This week, we played the other team from our church. We beat this team twice in the first week, and they have had a tough season. We won the first game going away: 13-3. The second game provided some dramatics, though! First, our regular pitcher had to leave as his son became ill mid-game. My buddy, John was called in to catch, I was moved to right field, and we shuffled an outfielder to the infield as the shortstop to pitcher.  In the last inning, we were down two runs (we were "home" team). I came up to bat with runners on 1st and 3rd with two outs. We were down only 1 run by then. I hit the ball past the shortstop to tie the game. My good friend, John, lined a screamer to the outfield; which should have been the game-winner: but it was caught on a diving play by one of their better fielders. Still, the g...

Must be from the "attachment parenting" philosophy! .

I was born and raised in Chattanooga. Lived there until age 22. One of the things I used to enjoy in Chattanooga was listening to US101 on Wednesday afternoons. They would play funny songs. Here's afew they would play: Don't Bite Me, Snake Fryin Bacon Nekkid .

Several times, on trips to visit family in Chattanooga, my family has stopped at Emma's Family Restaurant in Manchester, TN. They are located right across the street from a Cracker Barrel. Both times we've visited, there have been a lot of diners in the restaurant, and a nearly full parking lot. That bodes well for a "mean-n-3" place that is in walking distance from a Cracker Barrel. This is no anomaly. The food is great and the service is at least as good as you'd get at Cracker Barrel. Prices are comparable, and there is something to be said for patronizing a local business when possible. .

Yesterday, President Obama effectively granted amnesty to specific groups of illegal aliens. Video here . Damn. .

No, it's not as good as you might think to be "poo-free." Seems some people think soap and cleanliness is not next to Godliness. Seriously, though, there is a movement to go without daily shampoo treatment. The idea is that shampoo strips the hair of natural oils. Our bodies, according to their theory, produce more oils to replace the lost oils. This causes a cycle that is not healthy, according to this website . Silie decided to do this... because it was one more weird thing she could do to get attention. See, the website I linked above suggests alternate cleaning materials. Silie claimed to use those, but in reality, never did. She got to the point that she would wash her hair once per month at most, and even then would not use any cleansing substance, only water. What's worse - she looked like it. But the very worst part of this is that she stopped washing my nephew's hair (her own son). He's 4 now, but hasn't had a dozen hair washes since age 2...

Ever been in a plane and heard them order you to turn off your cell phones and other portable electronic devices? They always say it is because there is a possibility that the signals sent from such a device could interfere with the plane's instrumentation or electronic systems. True or false? I say false. Here's why: Mythbusters did research on this one. From the Discovery channel website, the myth was busted. Seems the shielding in a plane is far superior to what tiny batteries - even in 100+ phones at the same time - can produce in terms of volume of interference. Now, Mythbusters certainly cannot claim to be the end-all-be-all in the scientific community, but they do a pretty thorough job of research, and they have to get it right before airing due to potential liability issues. They also bring up the first of the potential reasons (which are really alternate motives) I think cell use is banned in planes: Cell tower usage. The Discovery channel website states th...

Some time back, a friend invited me to a Dagorhir practice. For those too lazy to click the link, it is basically an association that gets together and practices Dark-Age European style warfare with padded safety weapons. My friend was aware that I practice martial arts. She said: "throw all martial arts out the window" when on the "battlefield." Her point was that I would enjoy the training, but that my prior training would be useless. For the record, I have minimal training in Iaido, which includes little free sparring. Other than that, I have no training in weaponry other than firearms and defenses against things like knives and clubs. That said, it was quite fun to engage in mock swordplay with safety weapons under a reasonable rule set. Of the participants, there was a single individual who could actually score blows on me from time to time. Most of the rest of them couldn't land a single strike, and made for easy sword cutting practice. I was led ...

I enjoy using this blog to shine light on weird stuff people do. It used to be called "common courtesy." But it is not common any more, so I hesitate to use that term. Same thing with "common sense." Recently, I was in the great state of Wisconsin, on a business trip. It was a national meeting, and there were representatives from over 40 states present. We were grouped together based on flight arrival times to carpool in the taxis from the airport to the hotel. As I landed, I texted the other three members of my group, advising them that I'd landed, and telling them where I was waiting. I asked them to contact me when they gathered. I got a single reply from one person, saying he had just landed and would be over shortly. Note: I have never personally met any of these people at this time. None of us would know what the others look like. I get a text over 30 minutes later, from the same guy, saying they were in a taxi, headed to the hotel. I get my own ...

I really never paid much attention to things like ideal body weight when I was much larger. However, I recently ran across this site . Based on the calculations (which I'll show in a minute), I am about 10 pounds or so overweight right now. That's good news, as I had been nearly 90 pounds overweight at one point. The calculations for men read: The first 5 feet is equal to 106 lbs., and each inch beyond this height is given an extra 6 lbs., according to Medline Plus. ... Subtract 10 percent of the ideal body weight in small frames and add an additional 10 percent of the ideal body weight in large frames. I am somewhere between 6'2 and 6'3", depending on the chart used, and whether it is morning or evening. Based on that: First five feet of height is 106 pounds. 15 inches of height times 6 pounds each: 90 pounds. 106 + 90 = 196 pounds (base weight) Add 10% if wrist circumference is 7.5 inches or greater (mine is 7.75 inches) = 19.6 pounds. 196 + ...

Claddaugh's in Middleton, WI has a "no guns allowed" sign, along with the universal circle-slash symbol with a gun in the middle. Evidently, they only want criminals to eat there. .

In 2006, one of Tennessee's US Senate seats was won by Bob Corker. At the time, I did not vote for Mr. Corker, as I called him a RINO. Now, I have discontinued use of the term RINO, as it implies that Republicans are conservative and that is simply not the case. In either event, I will not be voting for Mr. Corker in the primary. Instead, I have researched and decided to cast my vote for Zach Poskevich for US Senate in the Republican primary. Poskevich is a conservative constitutionalist, and has my vote. .

This past Saturday, my jiu-jitsu student, Sarah, competed at NAGA in Memphis. She had competed and placed in March in both gi (traditional uniform) and no gi competition. This time, due to experience, she was forced to move up in skill level from Novice to Beginner. Sarah placed 3rd in no gi! Link to results . .

Some time back, I had a man come to my martial arts classes. He wanted to attend for free. This is not entirely surprising, as it does happen from time to time. Later, he did "offer" to trade doing around the house chores in exchange, but that did not pan out. Given he had a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ("BJJ")and had earned a belt other than white, and given he had formed a friendship with one of my students, it gave a unique opportunity for a hilarious conversation. Granted, we have already established that this person does not want to pay for classes.  My student, a mutual friend, and this person (called "Freeloader" below for the ease of understanding who is who) were discussing a BJJ seminar: Student: "Wow! $100 is kinda steep. Is it worth it?" Friend: "I've had a seminar with this instructor before. It is totally worth it for a different point of view, and the quality instruction he provides." Freeloader: ...

A father caught a man molesting his 4-year-old daughter, and beat the man to death . So far, looks like no charges will be filed. Nor should they. The man who deserved to die got killed. .

A common question I get is how to figure windage when shooting at distance. I am certainly not going to claim to be an expert in that field. Nevertheless, the Army used to have a simple formula to calculate how much windage must be adjusted, so I will share it. Also, I've done some research on common 5.56 / .223 ammo, and will share some findings with you on that, too. Formula: Adjustment (in MOA) = R x V                                            C Where R = Range in hundreds of yards. V = Wind Velocity C = Constant. Note: The M1, M14, and M1A rifles take windage adjustments in 1 MOA increments. In other words, 1 click = 1 MOA. The AR15 rifle has two common types - 1 MOA adjustments and 0.5 MOA adjustments. If your elevation knob has a "6/3" setting, then your s...

And evidently Mythbusters can't say too much about it . Hmmm. .

I saw Mayor Bloomberg on TV today say that illegal aliens do not use much free health care. He also stated illegals leave their children in their home country and do not use free schools much, either.  Guess he has not been to a public school or a hospital recently.  .

Good job, Hickok ! .

Again, not participating. Here's why . Here's someone else who is not participating. .

Like Walls of the City . No silence here. .

I posted before of a zombie-like attack in FL. Now it seems there has been another . I'm locked and loaded, are you? (No, I don't have enough guns for you, too). .

Holy crap , where is this country headed? And why are we in this handbasket??? .

Now here is an excellent notice that a person turned in when resigning from a job. .

Scott Walker in WI seems to have won the recall election. Why was he recalled? Because he asked those in government jobs in WI to pay a part of their health insurance. About half of the contribution paid by most in the private sector. That's what these unions put up such a fuss about. FWIW - what these folks will have to pay for their contribution, for a family of four (like mine) will be less than 1/3 of what I have to pay. These ungrateful jackwagons! .

If you've ever been to a public range - especially one with paid range safety officers - then you can relate to this story. A couple of years ago, I was at just such a range, zeroing my AR-15 Carbine for an Appleseed shoot. Since most Appleseed shooting is done at 25 meters, I decided to zero at 25 yards - a very similar distance, and one that this range actually provided. Part of the way through, a Range Safety Officer came up to me and asked if I was zeroing low (as is common at short range when one is later going to zero at a farther distance). I told him exactly what I was doing and why. His response: "You won't be on paper at 100 yards." WTF??? I had no intention of shooting at 100 yards. I would be shooting at a little over 27 yards (which is 25 meters). Not only that, but military doctrine on the M4 platform (of which my AR-15 is a clone) is to zero at 25 yards, as this provides a 300-yard zero (or pretty close) as well. I thanked him and went on my...

To have freedom, it is necessary to condone the freedom of others. This means they will be able to do and have things you don't like. As long as it doesn't harm you or others, then it is worth it. .

Listen to Mas Ayoob talk about Stand Your Ground laws. He summarizes better than just about anybody could why we need these laws. .

I was introduced some time back to a website called " Recovering Grace ." The essence of this site is to "expose" the false teachings of Bill Gothard . Some time back, Bill Gothard started an organization, the basis of which was to give people a stepwise approach to leading a Godly life. Naturally, Gothard acquired his share of critics. Problems with Gothard: Of the legitimate problems with the teachings of Bill Gothard are extreme legalism and the misuse of scripture. Gothard frequently quotes parts of verses or passages to make a point about an unrelated topic. He is also as legalistic as I've ever seen (Calvinists included!), and that was never the way that Christ taught. Problems with Recovering Grace: While much of the criticism toward Gothard is warranted, Recovering Grace takes it all to an extreme. So much so, that so many people wind up blaming Bill Gothard, a man most of them never met, for their problems in life. In the end, it comes acros...

Permit holder vs. cop . Only not like that. The permit holder tried to comply with "commands" but the cop was hoplophobic and fired before the permit holder could do much of anything. Sad thing is the cop didn't even know for sure that the permit holder actually had a gun. He was going based off of what other people had told him. .

Self- evisceration . A man stabbed himself repeatedly, then threw his own skin and intestines at police. .

The losing streak continues. We lost the first game 15-13 and the second game 18-3. This team we beat in the second week, and should have tonight, but no such luck. Last week, the opposing team was a no-show, so we won via forfeit.  I was 2-2. No RBI, No runs scored. My buddy, John caught the second game and only made it to bat once, going 1-1. I caught a popup, and tagged another man out at the plate, but the ump was blind on the second play (this ump is the worst they have). Stats: BA: (2+22)/(2+36) = 24/38 = 0.631 Runs scored =9 RBI = 11 Team is 9-7 .

First Monday of the month. 12-noon. It's time to tackle the cult of predestination again. Note: God most certainly predestinates events and certainly did predestine to send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the World, so that the World, through Him, might be saved. However, God most certainly does not predestinate whom shall be saved.  The notion that God determines whom shall be saved is called " unconditional election ," and is a false doctrine. Those who would teach it are, by definition, false prophets . To teach false doctrine is, by definition, heresy . The main, root problem: The root of the problem with Calvinistic thinking - specifically with the notion that God predetermines who goes to Heaven (and by default, whom goes to Hell) - is pride. These people feel a need to be better than other people in some way and have found no other way to be better. It is a warped way of thinking and it is founded in pride. In this series, I shall disprove th...

5 Military surplus rifles for every collector . I have the Mosin and the M1. Would like to have either the K31 or the Enfield. No desire for the Mauser. The person who put up the Youtube video states below it that you could substitute an SKS for the M1. I have an SKS and prefer it over some of the other rifles listed. How about you? .

Here is a link to a great article . Though some of these are touched on in the article, I'll go a bit further on some frequently asked questions. Here are some of my general knowledge points about the AR15 platform, and what barrels go with what bullets: LENGTH 16" Barrels This is broadly true for 14.5" barrels with permanently attached 1.5" flash hiders as well as full 16" barrels (regardless of flash hider). - The projectile will have a reduced velocity when compared to a longer barrel length, but the round can still be fired accurately out to 600+ meters. 20" Barrels - Higher velocity than the carbine length barrels. - Barrel construction being the same, these will be heavier than a carbine counterpart. - Higher velocity means better performance at longer distance - 24" barrels will produce even more velocity, but on the .223 / 5.56 round, the increase is marginal. TWIST 1:9 Twist Barrels 16" - These barrels will fire pro...

Elite Airsoft 3608 Old Hickory Blvd. Old Hickory, TN These clowns have a sign posted, banning concealed carry. They evidently want to try to fight back against heavily armed bad guys using only their bb guns. .

Did you ever wonder about nutrition facts for six doughnuts? I did. Why? Because I once watched a man eat that many doughnuts in a 30-minute time span. So I visited this link . Let's do some math: Calories (per doughnut): 200 That's 10% of Daily Value (based on a 2000-calorie suggestion) For 6 Doughnuts: 1200 calories; 60% of DV. Total fat: 12.0g; 18% of DV For 6 doughnuts: 72.0g; 108% of DV Saturated fat: 3.0g; 15% of DB For 6 doughnuts: 18.0g; 90% of DV Sugars: 10.0g (no DV given; but as a diabetic, I try to limit my intake here to 40 g per day or less) For 6 doughnuts: 60.0g; 150% of what would be my personal max (6'3" male weighing about 225 pounds). Summary: If you eat 6 doughnuts in a single sitting, eat only carrots, celery, and lean protein for the rest of the day. Better idea: show some restraint and only eat a single doughnut. .

Recently, it was revealed what keywords the US government uses to spy on people in "attempts to determine who is a terrorist threat to the country." Link to list and article . Kinda reminds me of George Carlin's 7 dirty words . .

So now you know that my used to be sister-in-law, "Silie" likes to run away. She did so for over 6 months in 2009. Well, she did the same in 2007 - it just wasn't quite as long. She and my brother had a disagreement about something trivial: whether to stay at a hotel, or with family for 2 days while moving to the Nashville area. Silie's parents were in town, and were leaving before the move (God forbid they be asked to help or anything), and Silie decided to go back with them. The "idea" was that she would come back in a week. That week stretched to two, then three, then four, then five. Finally, six weeks later, she decided to come home. .

Chris Hayes is a jackwagon. He says he is uncomfortable calling fallen military "heroes." Guess he's waiting for Thor or Superman? What an idiot. .