Shall Not Be Infringed
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
About a year ago there was a tragedy near where I live. A mentally disturbed man started shooting at the psychiatric hospital killing a young man. The tragedy hit home even more when it was discovered that his sister had also been murdered a year earlier. She was also shot. The family recently held an event to raise money “to prevent gun violence.” That is understandable, but I couldn’t help but wonder why just “gun violence?” Why not all violence? Why not try to stamp out violent people? Why not try to have psychotics taken off of the streets? It may sound trite, but guns don’t kill people…people kill people. Do you doubt that a murderer will no longer murder if they cannot get a pistol?
has done it again. Perhaps stealing from recent headlines about the Presidents “kill list” Thor’s 
 puts hero Scot Harvath once again in grave danger. Most of his usual resources are no longer at this disposal and he has to rely on old “friends” for help as death seems barely a step behind him as they seem to know his every move. Perhaps more chilling is the opening note from Brad Thor
This headline should alternately make your head explode, make you cry, or piss you off. Published by the Washington Post (Obama Post) last Thursday (click on the headline to be directed to the full article) it fallaciously attempts to paint the “Dem’s” as cost cutters because, I guess, their tax plan “costs” less. 
I recently had the misfortune of spending four hours in a auto shop waiting room. The real tragedy is that I took the truck in for an oil change, tire rotation, and to have an exhaust clamp replaced. I work for a large bureaucracy with lots of systems and procedures. One of the systems is to get preapproved for fleet repairs, schedule the work, and then have the garage fax and estimate for the work before proceeding. I arrived at eight and the garage had my truck in the bay within 30 minutes. The outlier was the exhaust pipe which was currently held in place by a wire hanger. The customer service rep came out and explained that the clamp actually ripped a hole in the exhaust pipe when it failed and that they would actually have to replace the entire tailpipe. Fortunately it was covered by warranty and would cost ZERO. So all that had to be approved was an oil change (my tires didn’t need rotated).
Eleven days ago I wrote 
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