Howzzat again, Sherf?

There's an update on the Rep. Boswell home invasion this morning, including a quote from a lawman:

Decatur County Sheriff Herbert Muir said Sunday night that he doesn’t think Boswell’s house was targeted, either because of his job or for another reason. He said it was probably a random attempted robbery thwarted in part because the robber didn’t realize how many people were in the house.


Come on, Herb. There were three people in the farmhouse -- two of them aged -- and one young man. The thug had a gun, so we presume he was prepared to deal with people.  He wasn't at all thwarted until he he found himself eyeball to muzzle with the owners' shotgun. Then he was thwarted.


Perhaps a litle practice will help you out, Sherf. Say to yourself, over and over: "The robbery and potential murder were thwarted by a citizen's private gun and a young man unafraid to use it." In due course you'll probably be able to utter it in public without hurting your head at all.

The armed congressman

I wonder how much attention the hoplophobe press will pay to this one:  A  Democratic congressman fights off an armed home intruder at his farm, thanks in part to his house shotgun in the hands of his grandson.

Well done, Rep. Boswell. Well-done, Grandson Mitchell.

Just for the record, the Boswell record on gun-control earns him an "A" from the NRA.

Bearish on America

Two days ago a big bow hunters' jamboree in the Colorado Rockies hit a sour note. A black bear swiped eggs at the camp site, then raided a tent and bloodied a boy. (He's fine, T and R.)

Reuters decided its report should include something indirectly related:

Earlier this month, witnesses reported seeing a black bear sow and her two cubs rummaging in an outdoor trash receptacle at a Burger King restaurant in Eagle, Colorado. The spectacle attracted a crowd, and at least two people were seen feeding the bruins hamburgers.

It's hard to have any long-term faith in a nation which produces even two (there were probably more) such cretins in one small town. The connection isn't hard to make: People feed bear. Bear learns people equal food. Very bad.)

Then there is the factor of knowledge transference and projection, just a fancy way of saying you can apply the lessons of one situation to similar ones. The human zipiddydoodahs hovering around the restaurant trash didn't learn the basic lesson, so they won't have a clue when we warn them:

"When you see a bunch of  elected officials hovering around the Burger King garbage, do not feed them. If you do, they'll soon be in your tent, chomping on private parts. Very bad." 

Virtuous Me

The flooding, heat, and humidity accelerate my brainrot, so I'm sometimes an easy mark for internet memes.

One site purports to measure -- in microseconds -- the good and evil of any site.

I am pleased to report that the Travis McGee Reader is only 35 per cent evil. Greater demons include Borepatch at 37 and Guffaw at 39. (H/T to the latter)

I knew studying the complete works of Jimmie Swaggert would reward me in the end.