Comments on: The pits http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allison http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42958 Allison Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:54:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42958 but blert said: --Well there is at least ONE positive trend: the old guard media is being bankrupted right before our eyes. This means that an entire generation, or two, of Gramscian wind-ups is hitting the bricks. I regard this as a critical step towards reclaiming truth. But it isn't. they are going to be BAILED OUT BY THE USG. The bill submitted to congress doesn't ask that their names be changed to Pravda, but it does say that in exchange for becoming TAX EXEMPT "non profit" charities, they would not make "political endorsements." Even when we think we win, we lose. Because the level of corruption now is France's 4th Republic. The worst thought? The only way out of depression other than printing money is war. War is, as you know, shovel ready. Do you think China will figure that out before we do? but blert said:

–Well there is at least ONE positive trend: the old guard media is being bankrupted right before our eyes.

This means that an entire generation, or two, of Gramscian wind-ups is hitting the bricks.

I regard this as a critical step towards reclaiming truth.

But it isn’t. they are going to be BAILED OUT BY THE USG.

The bill submitted to congress doesn’t ask that their names be changed to Pravda, but it does say that in exchange for becoming TAX EXEMPT “non profit” charities, they would not make “political endorsements.”

Even when we think we win, we lose. Because the level of corruption now is France’s 4th Republic.

The worst thought? The only way out of depression other than printing money is war. War is, as you know, shovel ready. Do you think China will figure that out before we do?

]]> By: always right http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42879 always right Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:39:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42879 Done and done on point #1 and 2. (A range and sign up for courses). Yes. I also really appreciate the learning opportunity, and really nice suggestions from BC (from other threads), too. Done and done on point #1 and 2. (A range and sign up for courses).

Yes. I also really appreciate the learning opportunity, and really nice suggestions from BC (from other threads), too.

]]> By: Oh, bother http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42867 Oh, bother Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42867 always right: Call around for a gun range that rents guns. They will really appreciate it if you come in on a weekday, because you're going to take some time. The nice people will unlock every case in the store if necessary to help you find something you can handle comfortably. They will show you the important ratios of trigger length and so forth. Good luck with that; my best match is a Beretta Bobcat (I'm so embarrassed!). Having found a comfy fit, they will sell you the ammo and range time to try it. Their ammo is going to be "hotter" than you would use for home defense and it will sting your hands more, so just know that going in. If it hurts your elbows, ask someone what you're doing wrong. Consider paying for a brief "newbie" lesson if you feel uncomfortable. Comfort leads to competence which leads to confidence. Trust me when I tell you that everyone at the range will trip over themselves to help you. Men who like guns really like to help women learn to like guns. Having selected something suitable, make your casual cash purchase at a gun show (this may take more than one show). Return to the range for practice. Have a big smile on your face as you return home. Let it slip how much fun you're having. Shortly your husband will want to come see what you're up to. He has big hands so he won't like your gun. Repeat steps as needed. It's healthy for a couple to go to the range together. Mr. Fernandez, thank you for your indulgence in providing a means to answer always right's questions. always right: Call around for a gun range that rents guns. They will really appreciate it if you come in on a weekday, because you’re going to take some time. The nice people will unlock every case in the store if necessary to help you find something you can handle comfortably. They will show you the important ratios of trigger length and so forth. Good luck with that; my best match is a Beretta Bobcat (I’m so embarrassed!).

Having found a comfy fit, they will sell you the ammo and range time to try it. Their ammo is going to be “hotter” than you would use for home defense and it will sting your hands more, so just know that going in. If it hurts your elbows, ask someone what you’re doing wrong. Consider paying for a brief “newbie” lesson if you feel uncomfortable. Comfort leads to competence which leads to confidence. Trust me when I tell you that everyone at the range will trip over themselves to help you. Men who like guns really like to help women learn to like guns.

Having selected something suitable, make your casual cash purchase at a gun show (this may take more than one show). Return to the range for practice. Have a big smile on your face as you return home. Let it slip how much fun you’re having. Shortly your husband will want to come see what you’re up to. He has big hands so he won’t like your gun. Repeat steps as needed. It’s healthy for a couple to go to the range together.

Mr. Fernandez, thank you for your indulgence in providing a means to answer always right’s questions.

]]> By: always right http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42839 always right Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:51:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42839 186. Thanks. Now I get it. 186.

Thanks. Now I get it.

]]> By: Oh, bother http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42828 Oh, bother Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:26:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42828 Okay all you experts out there, please correct anything I say wrong (and kindly, please. We don't want to scare off a new enthusiast): if you purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer then you must fill out a form for a background check. If you purchase the same firearm from me as a "casual sale" then there is no form and no background check, because I am not a dealer. All perfectly legal. The gummint can't confiscate that which they do not know you have, if you catch my drift. When my husband and I were courting I told him he would have to love my cat and get rid of his registered firearms. He wasn't persuaded of the virtues of either, but humored me. The cat is gone (sniff), the registered guns long since left the house via casual exchange or sale, my shooting and gun-cleaning skills have improved under his tutelage, and the marriage is thriving! Okay all you experts out there, please correct anything I say wrong (and kindly, please. We don’t want to scare off a new enthusiast): if you purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer then you must fill out a form for a background check. If you purchase the same firearm from me as a “casual sale” then there is no form and no background check, because I am not a dealer. All perfectly legal. The gummint can’t confiscate that which they do not know you have, if you catch my drift.

When my husband and I were courting I told him he would have to love my cat and get rid of his registered firearms. He wasn’t persuaded of the virtues of either, but humored me. The cat is gone (sniff), the registered guns long since left the house via casual exchange or sale, my shooting and gun-cleaning skills have improved under his tutelage, and the marriage is thriving!

]]> By: always right http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42765 always right Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:02:01 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42765 183. <i>Purchase by casual sale, that is to say, unregistered.</i> You'll have to enlighten me a bit on that. I thought all firearms have registeration #? 183.
Purchase by casual sale, that is to say, unregistered.

You’ll have to enlighten me a bit on that. I thought all firearms have registeration #?

]]> By: Edgewise.Sigma http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42715 Edgewise.Sigma Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:35:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42715 Folks, FWIW--FYI: "Collapsitarians" by Kevin Kelley, 2/19/09 by way of 3/8/09 post on John Robb's "Global Guerillas" blog: "QUOTES: Kevin Kelly on Collapsitarians" http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2009/03/quotes-kevin-kelly.html Anyone care to weigh-in on these? (Also take note of the extensive discussions occurring below these posts....) Folks, FWIW–FYI:

“Collapsitarians”
by Kevin Kelley, 2/19/09

by way of 3/8/09 post on John Robb’s “Global Guerillas” blog:
“QUOTES: Kevin Kelly on Collapsitarians”
http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2009/03/quotes-kevin-kelly.html

Anyone care to weigh-in on these? (Also take note of the extensive discussions occurring below these posts….)

]]> By: Oh, bother http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42704 Oh, bother Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:48:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42704 Depressed? Yeah, but that's been the case for forty years. After the financial mess broke until after the inauguration I was so anxious as to be useless, spending waaaay too much time cruising the internet, grasping at straws and praying the American people would come to their senses. Thank goodness for Mr. Fernandez and the commenters at BC...at least I knew I hadn't lost my mind as well as being crazy. I'm kinda dependent upon modern medicine, so I hope things don't go too far down the road to hell. I lost my job in May so while I look for another I'm working to start a small business. A child in our county needs a service dog and for some reason I've gotten myself involved in that effort. Life must go on. I survived the Peanut, and I can survive this one. always right: You go, girl! Shooting is a wonderful sport for women. Even with partially-handicapped hands and lousy vision I can hold my own against the guys with a handgun, if the caliber doesn't get too high. For higher calibers I like a carbine, to take the recoil with my shoulder. Go to a range that will rent to you and try various firearms for comfort. Have fun with it. It's a confidence-booster. Don't feel ridiculous, feel pride in a neat new skill. Your husband is a bright man (he had the sense to marry you, right?). He'll probably figure it out, and even if he doesn't, I'm sure he has skills that can help both of you, too. A bit of advice, if I may? Purchase by casual sale, that is to say, unregistered. Just sayin'. Depressed? Yeah, but that’s been the case for forty years. After the financial mess broke until after the inauguration I was so anxious as to be useless, spending waaaay too much time cruising the internet, grasping at straws and praying the American people would come to their senses. Thank goodness for Mr. Fernandez and the commenters at BC…at least I knew I hadn’t lost my mind as well as being crazy.

I’m kinda dependent upon modern medicine, so I hope things don’t go too far down the road to hell. I lost my job in May so while I look for another I’m working to start a small business. A child in our county needs a service dog and for some reason I’ve gotten myself involved in that effort. Life must go on. I survived the Peanut, and I can survive this one.

always right: You go, girl! Shooting is a wonderful sport for women. Even with partially-handicapped hands and lousy vision I can hold my own against the guys with a handgun, if the caliber doesn’t get too high. For higher calibers I like a carbine, to take the recoil with my shoulder. Go to a range that will rent to you and try various firearms for comfort. Have fun with it. It’s a confidence-booster. Don’t feel ridiculous, feel pride in a neat new skill. Your husband is a bright man (he had the sense to marry you, right?). He’ll probably figure it out, and even if he doesn’t, I’m sure he has skills that can help both of you, too. A bit of advice, if I may? Purchase by casual sale, that is to say, unregistered. Just sayin’.

]]> By: stew http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42693 stew Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:03:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42693 162 Habu, You underestimate the power of ACORN and the other "community based non profits", like hungry college students, who are willing to work for power...er, I mean change. I bet all those who voted O in see his agenda in a positive light. 162 Habu,
You underestimate the power of ACORN and the other “community based non profits”, like hungry college students, who are willing to work for power…er, I mean change. I bet all those who voted O in see his agenda in a positive light.

]]> By: Mac http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/03/22/the-pits/#comment-42679 Mac Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:06:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=2805#comment-42679 "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour." I'm well into my fifties now and I STILL never read that line without chills going down my back. There is one more paragraph with the same power: "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..." May God yet again be with us that we may be able to understand and successfully overcome this resurgence of the old evil. I don't know who will be our Churchill but I have faith there will be one because the cause for which we stand has too many good men supporting it for there to not arise a true champion. As for me, I'm ready to work, and if need be, fight to stop those who are so anxious to destroy this country. I'm just waiting for our Lexington. “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”

I’m well into my fifties now and I STILL never read that line without chills going down my back. There is one more paragraph with the same power:

“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender…”

May God yet again be with us that we may be able to understand and successfully overcome this resurgence of the old evil. I don’t know who will be our Churchill but I have faith there will be one because the cause for which we stand has too many good men supporting it for there to not arise a true champion.

As for me, I’m ready to work, and if need be, fight to stop those who are so anxious to destroy this country. I’m just waiting for our Lexington.

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