Happy New Year; Now Let's Get Organized

A.D. 2009 was what it was, and the chore now is to manage A.D. 2010. I just re-read my greeting from a year ago, and it still seems pertinent .

There's a good deal of plain wise-assery in The McGee Reader, and no change is foreseen. But crude and vulgar bile promulgated to the public should rest on some kind of philosophical and intellectual basis, to wit:

Three kinds of people exist.

(1) authoritarians -- the stunted cretins who wish to use government to dictate the manner in which you live your life

(2) libertarians -- the opposite, believers in personal sovereignty who suspect that things like the United States Constitution mean pretty much what they say

(3) inerts -- those who, in return for potted chickens, put authoritarians in power

Happy New Year, friends.

The Obamian Mindset

A number of writing techniques can be effective in trying to keep Our Leaders honest, from the short and snarky clipped phrase to the long and elegant and closely reasoned essays we sometimes see in the blog world and the non-statist press.

The snark prevalent in this gunny corner of blogville is the most fun for most of us, but sometimes I welcome an extended treatment of the current disorder, and so I suggest you trot over to the Old Grouch corner for his relay of a take on our current leadership as the spawn of a not-very-thoughtful protest culture.

(I can't seem to isolate the post, so the link gets you to the top of the blog. The item referred to is at the moment the third one down, introduced by OG as from the comments section of still another blog.)

Idly posted

Hey kids, next time you're waiting in line at the airport and telling your buddy about your new super streamliner motorcycle, I strongly suggest you do not refer it it as a crotch rocket.

Projects

One of Marlin's lesser-known .22 rimfires, the Model 38, built from c. 1920-1930.  It is a slight variation on the earlier Model 32.  This is the octagon barrel version with a very quick takedown; you slide what appears to be a tang safety backwards a little and you instantly have half a rifle in each hand. And that's probably why I own this  example. At a 2006 auction the  front half appeared  in a cardboard  box with seven or eight old SW, H&R, and Iver Johnson revolvers --  project or parts  guns. Sixty-five bucks bought all, and then, three weeks ago,  Marlin serendipity  batted  her lovely eyes. A fellow  I know delivered a complete back half. I doubt this one  is likely to be for sale. Some things just look right, feel right, shoot right. You keep them  -- gun, horse, truck,or woman. :)



The gun content here is a little thin, but it occurred to me that I could conceal some running gear on this  Walnut whazis  with a once-fired  Ma Deuce empty, trimmed to specifications deemed field expedient.


It was  a special order from a little girl I know. Merry Christmas.