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a little hint

For all those Democrats and liberals alike who are taking great pains to compare Barak Hussein Obama‘s experience to Sarah Palin‘s, here is a suggestion:
If your Presidential candidate’s experience is, in any way, comparable to their Vice-Presidential candidate’s…. you have problems. And big ones, at that.

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breathe linoge… breathe…

If you have not seen this yet, watch this commercial.
That is some FUNNY stuff right there! Wherever Charlton Heston is right now, even he is laughing his metaphysical ass off.

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this should be interesting

Surprisingly enough, McCain‘s pick for his Vice-President is none other than Sarah Palin. At this point, it is going to be a historic election no matter who wins.
I have one word to express my feelings for this decision, though Kevin already beat

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an important lesson

… courtesy of Battlefield 2142:
Tanks sink.
That is all.

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natural beauty

So if I was not at the gunblogging event of… at least the year, then where was I? Well, Better Half and I took something of a short vacation up in the hills of Western North Carolina with her parental units and sister. We rented a nice little three-bedroom cabin…

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nail, meet hammer

“I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics,” the rap-rock musician, 37, tells CMT Insider.

“Because at the end of the day,” he goes on to say, “I’m good at writing songs

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further instruction needed

Today I had my first interview… not just the first interview of this current job-hunt, but the first interview of my life. It is funny how going straight into the military from college will shape your life.
That said, the worst part of the interview was something of an…

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claws of fury

11. Just as important as not cutting your fingernails too soon before judo, is actually cutting them. Not only can long fingernails be a problem for you (in that they are liable to catch on things and tear/rip off – an unpleasant experience, to put it simply), but…

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an american’t

Today was a day of negatives. I carried my concealed firearm throughout the course of multiple errands, and yet…
I did not shoot the salespeople at Sears for repeatedly coming back and seeing, “If I had any questions,” despite me having told them many times before that I did…

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testing the waters

Ok, so after a countless number of people have griped at me for my comment registration system and the difficulties it causes for them, I have reactivated “anonymous” commenting, meaning that you no longer have to log in to leave a comment. All you have to do now is provide…

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random tinned meat

I was out of the area for the past weekend (no, I was not privvy to the Blackwater fun all the big-name gun-bloggers were enjoying), so I was not able to write on this sooner… However, now that I have the time, here we go:

Dear wallsofthecity.net,

I

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my first time

Granted, it was at a Kroger, so I would not exactly describe it as a special experience, but my first time came tonight, out running errands with Better Half.
Getting used to the added weight will take some time, as will finding a comfortable position to hang it. Add…

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after action range report

As I promised a few days ago, here is the range report from taking the Walther PPS, Winchester White Box, and Winchester SXZ (both variants) to the range a few days ago.
1. I miss my magazine loader. It is scant more…

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now ain’t that somethin’ else

So the picture to the right is not a tremendously good one, but it is a photo of a singularly spectacular sunset that took place here a few days ago. The catch is that I took the picture on my cell phone, a Motorola KRZR. A year ago,…

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100% pure grade a bullshit

You know, it is reading nonsense like this that really make me start to question what kind of place our country has turned into. If this Marine, Sgt. Jose Nazario, committed a crime, he should and would be reactivated, sent to a court martial…

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choice quotes

Predominately handguns were used in the assaults on officers and all but one were obtained illegally, usually in street transactions or in thefts. In contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows.

Researcher Davis, in a presentation and discussion for the

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excuses, excuses

I spent all evening cleaning my pistol, so no range report yet. I swear, getting used to new hardware, putting things in the right places, having to make do with whatever lube you can turn up… makes things take longer than they have in the past. ‘Course, that helps with…

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Noteable Quotes 08-18-08

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
–Edmund Burke
“An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.”
–Col. Jeff Cooper
Mid-2008 in York, PA a man named Brian…

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breaking news

Or at least semi-breaking… I am a little behind the curve on this.
At any rate, Virginia no longer has a reciprocity agreement with Tennessee concerning handgun carry permits. They did up until a few days ago, but they do not any more – feel free to…

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genius, i tell you!

Better Half and I were having an interesting chat concerning the upcoming election on the way back from our road trip yesterday, and happened upon a purely perfect idea.
A topic of some substantial discussion of late is who John Sidney McCain III and Barack

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interesting find

This weekend I had the pleasure of wasting a little time in a Bass Pro Shop, and came across a few interesting items. Ostensibly, I was there to procure a 9mm boresnake and cleaning liquids for my new PPS (While I did remember to…

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wait a second…!

Has anyone else noticed how the occasional theme of these most-recent Olympics bears a striking resemblance to the main theme of The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.?
And, yes, I just now noticed this… Honestly, I have not watched the Olympics much at all except for…

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random thought #142 of today

… and it is only 1000.
Anywise, every gun store needs a full-length mirror. How else are we, the customers, to determine how a firearm, holster, or other accessory is going to look (or not, in the case of concealed items) on us?

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victory at a cost

10. Blocks should always be executed in such a way that will cause damage to the offending limb… however, just because your body does not take the hit, do not expect the block not to hurt. We did a bit of tae kwon do sparring today in class… the kinds…

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one-line review of mummy triplets

Maria Bello is no Rachel Weisz (Rachel is actually hot.), but nothing beats a Yeti kicking a field goal… and another calling it.

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gorram it all to hell

Every so often, rumors of a “Serenity” sequel pop up, and no matter how many times Joss Whedon says, “No, it’s not happening,” the rumors persist. Are they based on any behind-the-scenes maneuvers? Or if they’re not based on any reality in this ‘verse, why do they persist?

“The rumors

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humorous faith

Maybe I should give this little church its own category…
Last week:

Under the same management for over 2000 years.

This week:

You think it is hot here?
- God

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love-hate relationship

Well, thus far my experience with Vista can pretty much be boiled down to:

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

*drooooool*

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

*drooooool*

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure?”

*drooooool*

“Are

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baby gun pr0n

Well, if you like picture-laden weblogs, these past two days have been your lucky days.
In addition to my previous toy, my other recent acquisition has been a Walther PPS – yes, I finally made up my mind. I simply could not pass up the ammunition commonality,…

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sensor ping XLVI

Slacker? Me? No… ‘Ere we go again. The general premise is that you are free to ping this post (and every other post in this category), as long as you link back to it. Consider it free Google PageRank inflation, or something.
  

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pretty pictoral plot

This is just cool.
That is all.

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fleshing out the common knowledge


Another good addition to your blogroll/RSS aggregator: ObamaGun. Unfortunately, most of the posts are already in place, and are being fleshed-out and developed over time, so you might have to check back occasionally to see how the situation is progressing.
Basically, the author is taking the…

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more power!

As I probably mentioned in the past, I have been muddling along with a six-year-old Sony COTS computer for… well… the past six years or so. For the first year of its life, that was not so bad, but for the past three years or so, I have not been…

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what just happened?

9. Being choked-out into unconsciousness is a singularly unique experience. I have, to my knowledge, never passed out, blacked out, or lost consciousness (short of sleeping) before in my life. I have taken some pretty solid blows to the head (one resulting in 13 stitches – good fun), but thanks…

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time lapse weblogging

Well, I can completely and utterly guarantee that I will not be the only person adding this new weblog to my blogroll and RSS aggregator…
Behold: George Orwell’s Diaries… only seventy years, to the day, after they were written. I will let the minds behind this interesting…

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horror of horrors

My brand-spanking-new Dell XPS came with OS X installed! What the hell?!
Oh.
Wait…
Nope, that is just Vista. Sure could have fooled me.
Sarcasm aside, my bright, shiny new toy is here, and doing what every Windows machine does…

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personal service

You know you are in the Tennessee, or at least the South, when you visit a church and leave your name in their little visitor book, and not five hours later the associate pastor shows up on your front doorstep with a loaf of banana bread in hand. Even better…

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decorating your gi

This is just some further random information I garnered from our most recent experience at our martial arts dojo.
7. Bleeding on your gi is bad form. Like I mentioned in the last related post, I tore the hell out of my knees doing judo – most just your…

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r.f.p.

So I just received some relatively unfortunate news from my parents – my old cat, Spot, had to be put to sleep today. He had been developing both cutaneous and visceral mast cell tumors over the past few months, and they finally progressed to the point where he…

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stuff the turkey

Ways to tell you possibly purchased the wrong car:

Where do they put the groceries?

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flexing my pecs

… Otherwise known as “getting something off my chest.”
A lot of my fellow People of the Gun, gunbloggers, and armed citizens expend a lot of time and effort railing against the “government”, its “jackbooted thugs”, the laws and regulations passed by the aforementioned government, and all…

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It’s a crazy world, carry appropriately

It’s a common theme among liberals and liberal government to take away an individuals right of self-protection, and proclaim the best method of dealing with an assault is to “give the assailant what he asks for, and he will leave you alone”. This sort of advice in the best of…

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