Jan 16, 2011

Ahhhhhh, that's better

For two days the wood stove has been cold, and for no better reason than pure, cussed laziness, the Commandant's Quarters at Camp J (home of the Northern Expeditionary Force) has been heated to 78 degrees with propane, the first time this season the little gas furnace has been on.

It made me feel unmanly. No man ought to secure comfort with no more effort than twisting a knob. So, as of 0906 local, the  flames dance and a ready supply of wood is on the hearh.

Yes,  I feel much manlier.Thank you for asking.

Jan 15, 2011

With or without a Glock,

it takes no wild flight of imagination for me to visualize how hideous I would look in a red g-string, so I guess I'll need to continue my non-violent approach to disciplining congressfolk.

Jan 14, 2011

It probably will happen

My pal Fred is salivating over the prospect of of some guy on a copy desk penning the headline, "Democrats Take Aim at Gun Lobby for use of Weapons Metaphors."
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Another wheel barrow of bank notes, if you please, Mr. Bernanke

A guy who has made his bones in the commodity business, Jim Rogers, is worried. He doesn't  think we're necessarily on the road to a Mad Max world, but, then again, he isn't sure we're not.

Jim stares at $3.15 gasoline, $4.35 copper, and $6.40 corn and says the prices will go much higher. Maybe by enough to make us think a little more seriously about governments falling and street riots by the hungry.


Some governments and some politicians might respond by blaming speculators for rising prices. He used the example of how exchanges in India will sometimes be forced to shut to cool down rising commodity prices. “But every time it happens, prices go higher and higher. That’s the reaction of a simple-minded politician,” he said.

(If  "simple-minded politician"  is hate speech designed to move some loon to start shooting, well, I sure do apologize. And imagine how the Left would get after us if we proposed that our money be backed by something more glittery than an Obama turn of phrase.)