tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post2645862714919410228..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: buying another gunJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46401289255457408042020-05-03T18:37:20.686-07:002020-05-03T18:37:20.686-07:00There is also that little thing called your enemie...There is also that little thing called your enemies allies also have nuclear weapons. Like, probably still in Cuba. A possibility, as we never tried invading again. And that was just to save their own ass-how many minutes is ICBM time Cuba to Washington DC? I hear you about Afghanistan, and agree. But we essentially surrendered in Iraq, and every conflict prior. I think Vietnam was a rehash economically of WWII, trying to save the economy by going total war. It didn't work, even after butter was added to guns. The drugs were a benefit, not a cause as in Afghanistan. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7876480847601661452020-05-03T17:49:30.215-07:002020-05-03T17:49:30.215-07:00Back during Korea we could of nuked the North and ...Back during Korea we could of nuked the North and won. In Vietnam a couple of nuclear bombs would have helped, but the U.S. did not want to destroy the CIA drug pipe line. In Afghanistan we were guarding the poppy fields not fighting a war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-34251537281367323792020-05-03T16:55:35.374-07:002020-05-03T16:55:35.374-07:00We chose to lose every war since 1945? And I'...We chose to lose every war since 1945? And I'm the one who rambles on about things he doesn't understand? You're embarrassing yourself. The gov doesn't need to explode ordinance to keep the military spending balls to the wall-they can just "update" it. Not that they do that ( nuclear arsenal ), because we've lost even that technology edge you think we still have. Love your country, but don't be a delusional jingoist. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-61610454826588063632020-05-03T15:44:51.967-07:002020-05-03T15:44:51.967-07:00Superior tech didn't win us (insert every war ...Superior tech didn't win us (insert every war the U.S. lost). Which is utter bullshit. If we wanted to win we could.<br />Just remember Fat Man and Little Boy when you ramble on about things you don't know about. <br />Our government makes more money by not winning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-47762981990763195752020-05-03T13:11:38.093-07:002020-05-03T13:11:38.093-07:00Superior tech didn't win us Vietnam. Ain't...Superior tech didn't win us Vietnam. Ain't looking too good for Afghanistan, either. As for girls trying to look bad ass, Netflix just got "Battle Los Angeles". I love that friggin movie, the aliens being fought by Jarheads. The AF Intel gal was of course super soldier, but I forgive them as the movie was better than the usual crap they put out. But it is also funny looking at her waddling, helmet always looking like a gang banger sideways baseball cap. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-28953847900056120352020-05-03T12:38:09.042-07:002020-05-03T12:38:09.042-07:00I don't care how fit she is, every woman in a ...I don't care how fit she is, every woman in a cop uniform looks like she has an ass like a dump truck. And I don't care if they have the coolest new gear, women in military uniforms don't look intimidating. They kind of look silly, especially if they are trying hard to look like badasses. I read story about a female solider that went missing last week, she was 5'2" and 125 lbs. Wow, scary!<br /><br />On the other hand, watch an old film of German troops on parade in the Third Reich. They just looked dangerous and the parades sent a message: you really didn't want to mess with the Wehrmacht. <br /><br />One of these days we are going to get into a serious conflict and our diversity checkbox military is going to get clobbered. We might not lose thanks to superior tech, but on the ground it is going to get ugly.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53959010129807300162020-05-03T12:05:25.312-07:002020-05-03T12:05:25.312-07:00Ha! Classic. Ha! Classic. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-88576129609887745232020-05-03T12:01:48.032-07:002020-05-03T12:01:48.032-07:00To be fair, the Russkies probably had to make up f...To be fair, the Russkies probably had to make up for Berlin, Budapest, Afghanistan, etc. Of course, that makes your point alsoJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53939194095081808752020-05-03T11:56:49.792-07:002020-05-03T11:56:49.792-07:00I tease you until second half of part three. You ...I tease you until second half of part three. You haven't noticed I love obscene amounts of background information? James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-19686751567854895932020-05-03T11:53:50.752-07:002020-05-03T11:53:50.752-07:00I have the Oz boonie hat that buttons on both side...I have the Oz boonie hat that buttons on both sides. Unsnap for outdoor work, snap while riding the bike to keep the shade over my eyes. Best darn summer hat ever. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-66724263340471576302020-05-03T11:51:36.111-07:002020-05-03T11:51:36.111-07:00Yeah, good luck finding a Union today, besides the...Yeah, good luck finding a Union today, besides the cops. Which of course they need, because dingus head politicians. But it holds some ironyJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-10583180402013493162020-05-03T11:07:43.823-07:002020-05-03T11:07:43.823-07:00Hit the send button too soon. I forgot to add, no ...Hit the send button too soon. I forgot to add, no one torched the pallets, and my POS car was unharmed. All I experienced on that watch was some verbal abuse.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794845548189371261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9976459782704279702020-05-03T11:04:24.467-07:002020-05-03T11:04:24.467-07:00Stay Frosty dude wrote that unfit cops are " ...Stay Frosty dude wrote that unfit cops are " ... only good for placating crowds and hanging the police line tape well after the crime incidents occured..."<br /><br />Reminded me of an incident many years ago when I had a part-time gig as a Pinkerton security guard, and was assigned to watch a local manufacturing business that was in the midst of a labor dispute with the Teamsters.<br /><br />I wanted to park my car in an inner lot, rather than an outer lot, where it would be more vulnerable to vandals. There was a local cop onsite, and I was hoping he would direct the picketers to let my car past the line, but he would not. He was a younger cop, and I could clearly see in his eyes he was afraid of pissing off the thugs. So I parked in the outer lot, and got the usual jeers and insults as I walked to the building.<br /><br />Once insite, I met my field supervisor, who told me to pay extra attention to the stacks of wood pallets out back. He gave a short, but effective speech, which I remember vividly, even though this was some 25 years ago (I was a fairly young dude at the time). My supervisor looked me dead in the eye and said, "Wood burns. If you think those guys would never set those pallets ablaze, you are sadly mistaken."Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794845548189371261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-35891987303214425902020-05-03T10:58:58.074-07:002020-05-03T10:58:58.074-07:00The Boonie cover has always worked well for me the...The Boonie cover has always worked well for me the past forty eight years since I first wore one. Why change a good thing ? Always hated the class As, and Khakis were pure fugging torture ...Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-48305510314934882232020-05-03T10:38:16.423-07:002020-05-03T10:38:16.423-07:00What happened to, “Buying Another Gun?” Bait and s...What happened to, “Buying Another Gun?” Bait and switch??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-12935744994389309862020-05-03T10:29:08.912-07:002020-05-03T10:29:08.912-07:00Ha. I joined the marines way back during reganomic...Ha. I joined the marines way back during reganomics era. I have a face only good for radio, and would be challenged to even get laid in a women's pennitentiary after lights out, that kinda of a deplorable. However, break out the full dress blues uniform and circulate amongst females in estrus, home run every time. Of course the dames knew instinctively of the physical prowess, fitness, and total 'chad' character of the chaps sporting them were not just one trick ponies, either. :)! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6356434872060188042020-05-03T10:16:23.086-07:002020-05-03T10:16:23.086-07:00The military at least from aspects of being a volu...The military at least from aspects of being a volunteer force of a pretty random cross section of society still holds some respectability amongst the populace. Horrendous burns and blown off limbs from action has a mollifying effect on folks perceptions. <br /><br />The L.E.O. have been turned by their .gov paymasters from a service orientated focus on behalf of the society, to a regimented dogmatic pavlov's dog approach of just simply enforcing the catalog of laws and any verbal edicts uttered from a .gov figure. <br /><br />The L.E.O. chose their sides when they <br />go ahead (automaton - or told by superiors when using chain of command) and arrest paddleboarders out on the water or mothers with kids in a public park, because of .gov edicts, without frigging thinking for themselves of rationality and blowback from "their actions". They don their tribe uniforms and accoutrements (walking tactical tommy / tina jingling and squeeking from all the queer gear) and then act counter to the society tribe's norms and expectations, like some kind of a "Karen" all mommy nanny statists on your deplorable ass. The beard boys and 3 percenters will probably act just the same and look just as ridiculous in some fantasy redoubt republic organizations of their wet dreams. <br /><br />When russia took back their crimea and were in smart green uniforms, they were referred to as "the polite gentlemen" by locals, it is also because they acted wholly in the interests of their citizenry (russian speakers-culture) and conducted the moving day operations accordingly. Thus winning the biggest prize, hearts and minds of citizenry of that new territory. <br /><br />Uniforms >are< the flags of tribe, the deportment and conduct of those wearing them are as imperative as the fabric selected. Stay starched, creased, and frosty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-24532750166788453972020-05-03T09:50:59.500-07:002020-05-03T09:50:59.500-07:00Back in the 80s, I saw a cable channel program abo...Back in the 80s, I saw a cable channel program about the Marine Corps' "Devil Dog Program" at Camp Pendleton. I got the impression that this program was for high school wannabes, but that it might be intended to help parents of teenagers who needed a little "discipline" in their lives to straighten the kids out.<br /><br />In one scene, a DI is leaning down into the face of a young, pimple-faced kid with scraggly hair down his neck. The DI was ripping him a new one, and then asked, "Was your father ever in the military, recruit?" The kid responds, "Sir, yes, sir. He was in the Air Force, sir!"<br /><br />The DI seemed to blow a gasket, and then screamed, "I asked you if he was he ever in the MILITARY!" Survivormann99https://www.blogger.com/profile/07446145435315604776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-47780241085876730572020-05-03T09:29:04.000-07:002020-05-03T09:29:04.000-07:00The Army is all that is bad about a military servi...The Army is all that is bad about a military service. They consul themselves that they aren't the Air Force. Glad I served. Gladder I left. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-8994756471637728982020-05-03T09:12:43.116-07:002020-05-03T09:12:43.116-07:00"A beret is one of the worse pieces of headge..."A beret is one of the worse pieces of headgear ever designed, in functionality." Spot on. <br /><br />First, Special Forces got the green berets because, well, British commandos wore them and they looked cool. Our guys wanted to look special in order to claim a superior status above that of ordinary soldiers. <br /><br />Then the airborne troops were allowed to wear burgundy berets in order to claim superior status to ordinary soldiers, and the Army went along with it.<br /><br />Other soldiers were miffed.<br /><br />So, rather than get rid of berets, the Army gave black berets to the other soldiers. Now, everyone was wearing berets, so berets weren't special. (If a business says "We treat all of our customers as if they are our most important customer," then none of them is.) My brother told me that his son, a 2nd Lt., told him that when the Army announced that it was getting rid of black berets, but that there would be a “wear out” period when soldiers could continue to wear the beret, they filled garbage cans with them at Fort Lewis.<br /><br />Boonie hats are the most functional because they protect eyes, ears, and, to some extent, necks from the sun. Because of their floppy state, however, they don’t look uniform from one soldier to the next. Of course, that is an advantage in some tactical situation, but the Army would never stand for such lack of uniformity in a garrison situation. <br /><br />The Army is always looking for a way to look more appealing to the public. Unit patches are an example. The Army keeps changing its uniforms because it can’t seem to settle on one that it likes—and because Congress keeps allocating money for it, not only for dress uniforms, but for BDU patterns, the ACU being a typical Army boondoggle. The Army is like a fickle woman who keeps putting on dresses in front of a mirror, trying to figure out which one is the best one to wear to the party.<br /><br />The Marines have never made these mistakes. One blue dress uniform (the best American military uniform, period) for decades. One green dress uniform for decades. One 8-point cap for decades. Excellent choices in camouflage uniforms for decades. And no unit patches, it being sufficient to tell the world that you are a United States Marine, and nothing more being necessary.<br /><br />I say all of this as a man who spent four years in the Marine Corps and sixteen years in the Army Guard and Army Reserve. <br />Survivormann99https://www.blogger.com/profile/07446145435315604776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-69623543903013121222020-05-03T09:08:06.774-07:002020-05-03T09:08:06.774-07:00Officer Tackleberry. Sweet :)Officer Tackleberry. Sweet :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-20255540221098981212020-05-03T07:54:17.622-07:002020-05-03T07:54:17.622-07:00Right. I too have for a long time made such observ...Right. I too have for a long time made such observations of the leo and .gov organizational representations of their authority and supposed expertise, as projected to the larger public/society. My Vegas p.d. has a few true 9% percenter enforcers that are squared away, akin to a special forces group photo that looks like a wholesome mormon football team. (Credit when/where duly earned) The >vast rest< are like every other dep't. and are mere badge numbers on a roster at roll call, only good for placating crowds and hanging the police line tape well after the crime incidents occured. They face inwards oblivious at incidents like a bukake circle jerk all the while looking like sacks of shit in both appearance and demeanor. Any critique of their performance is beyond reproach by any one outside their enclave of thin blue line apparatus and public boosters cadres. Americans will accept an andy griffin type of leo sheriff, casual and not in their ass over things. The other spectrum that is wholely unacceptable is an officer tackleberry that is a dork in appearance and proves that visual assumption by being an even worse tool when gung ho enforcing on behalf of a worse hot mess .gov authority. These recent demonstrations as such, has just reinforced most 'Mericans lizard brain programming that they might as well buy another gun, just because. <br /><br />Stay frosty, and avoid any/all authorities, as well as the crowds. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-56631665678045763582020-05-03T07:52:38.132-07:002020-05-03T07:52:38.132-07:00"goon fish" LOL Okay, that's a new o..."goon fish" LOL Okay, that's a new one on me. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77171910297367352752020-05-03T07:43:37.927-07:002020-05-03T07:43:37.927-07:00Men and women police groups (matching masks aside)...Men and women police groups (matching masks aside)<br />pictured are sometimes obese, sometimes just a floppy<br />belly, but overweight overall. Yuk. That inspires<br />disgust, not respect,and the haughty (respect me!!)<br />attitude inspires fear. Fear of trigger happy goon-fish.<br />suzannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048755645660179439noreply@blogger.com