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The cat climbed inside the couch tonight and her climbing back out was down right entertaining.

This is begging for a a caption but I’m just not sure of what.  Suggestions?

I was beginning to wonder if it would ever actually show up.  Well we’ve got a pretty nice storm right now.  I had wind blowing me around on ice the whole way home.  I’m glad the wife and I got out of work early to get home so we were traveling while it was still daylight.

Here’s what we were greeted with as we went to drop the wife off at work this morning.

The fuel tanker chained up before trying to get out it was too late though.  He slid right in to the curb before he really was able to get going.

On the way home we were greeted with this:

Yes that’s a fire hydrant.  Note the stop sign too as well as the street signs.  I’m not exactly sure what happened because the position of the vehicle with where the road is just doesn’t make sense.  I will say it happened right before we got there because we first saw it and no one was on scene yet.  I parked the car and walked back to take pictures, I like my new phone, and they were arriving on scene.

Considering our fearless leaders want to trash our liberties and freedoms yet again I am joining 7000+ other sites in shutting down.

The SOPA is a very dangerous piece of legislation that has the potential to prevent me from writing my blog.  Not only that but given the events involving Righthaven the damage done by those types of individuals will be greatly multiplied.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

All day you will be redirected tomorrow.

There is very little to be gained by engaging them. Point out the absurdities of their claims on our own and public turf then let them fade away into the dustbin of history.

Joe Huffman – Quote of the Day – Sebastian

January 17, 2012

[This is a twofer for a reason since it’s all closely related.  I did exactly what Joe says above right here for the rest of the world to see.  Some have implied I wasted my time* and that there is no point arguing with Joan.  They’re right, and as I said here there is no point arguing with Joan.  So was it a waste of time?]

No, Joan’s comments didn’t have any adverse effect on me, but they might have on someone that’s had similar experiences to mine.  I put my experiences out there for those who have not yet gotten to a place where they can.  You didn’t just cover my six; you showed them you’ve got theirs too.

Jennifer – Reply to Well That Was Unexpected

January 17, 2012

[As I said yesterday,

If I have one actual weakness it’s that I have a nasty habit of standing up to defend my friends.  Even if that means I need to drop kick a pig that wants to roll in the mud.  If that’s a weakness though, I find it a good one to have.

Yeah, I can live with that as a weakness.

I did not waste time arguing with Joan on her own site.  I did not waste time trying to jump through her hoops for approval.  I walked out in to the middle of the street and called her out for all to see, I did it here on my own site.  I exposed her hypocrisy, attitudes, and her actions that prove how horrible her and her position is.  I did it where the comments were open for anyone to participate.  While doing so I was also stepping up and  to help some friends.  It helped one more than I realized it would at the time I wrote it.

I often say I do this for me.  Well I do, if I don’t give out free ice cream well so what.  I don’t get paid, I pay hosting fees out of pocket, so why would I waste my time arguing with the likes of Joan Peterson?  I wouldn’t and never have.  What I have done is step up to tell my friends I have their back and help expose to the world the evil that she is. 

Honestly I don’t know if anyone like Jennifer talks about has been or will be helped by my post.  I have to to yield to Jennifer’s experience which is far beyond my own in this realm.  I would like to think it would and I can certainly see how.  Ultimately though Jennifer’s point is irrelevant.  It’s irrelevant because it did help a friend, and it helped her through the healing process of her own story.

Waste of time?  I think not, it was absolutely worth every second spent. –B]

*He actually hated both the post and the video so much he closed the thread.

So I wrote a post and evidently it was well liked.  I do have a few comments.  First, thanks to all those who linked it.  The quick list I’ve found thus far.

A Girl and Her Gun

OldNFO

Weer’d

Newbius

Sebastian

Irons in the Fire

Light seeking a subject

3 Boxes of BS

North Carolina Gun Blog

Only Guns And Money

Daddy Bear

Newbie Shooter

I’m sure I probably missed someone but the reason I am saying thanks was because like when I get a link from Uncle or Joe, it’s noticeable.  (Thanks to Uncle and Joe for when you have linked me too BTW).  How noticeable?

Evidently I said something that a lot of you reverberated with. Awesome, and again thanks to those that linked it.  Now for my comments.

I am fully aware that wrestling with a pig is pointless.  Just the same I think that arguing with Joan is pointless.  So why would I bother writing that response?  I did it because no one had stitched her statements together for all to see the hypocrisy she spouts in a clear cut form.  I doubt Joan has read the post, I doubt even less that she’ll respond.  As my mom said, “I’m not sure she will be able to read the whole thing and comprehend what you’ve said.”  My mom would be right, Joan wont understand, neither will anyone in those groups.

The fence sitters however can understand, they can read, and they can understand what I’m saying. It’s the fence sitters that come new to this debate that may not be exposed to a clear cut statement of what each side really represents.  I finally stepped in and wrote that because I saw a simple and easy hit to lay damage.  Joan made some statements that were down right appalling and that were not exactly the most kind.

Ultimately I did what I normally do.  I sat in the corner ignoring what’s going on, unnoticed myself, until someone does something down right rude, mean, and inexcusable.  They made the double mistake of saying it about two people who are unbelievably nice and kind.  Then I became the 300 lbs. gorilla in the room, hitting them so hard that I knocked them out of the room with nothing left to say.  I know neither of them really care about Joan’s negative comments on a personal level, I just found them down right rude and offensive, especially given the theme of the post.

I saw a way to throw down while remaining clean relatively clean.  If the pig comes back I’ll deal with it at that time, but I doubt she’ll respond because to do so she would have to acknowledge the facts.  She hates can’t do that, she doesn’t know how.  In writing that post though I also provided a pile of new ammunition for those who like wrestling with the pig.  I don’t support it, I find it for the most part pointless, but some find it necessary.

The only reason I’ve been tacking up the CSGV, Brady Campaign, and Joan is because they started it.  I participated in a vigil and they said I was most offensive.  I remembered victims of violence I know that they would not count and they called me offensive.  I remained civil through the whole exchange, I haven’t issued one piece of profanity.  I haven’t even resorted to name calling.  Joe’s right, they brought this on themselves.  Besides, now they’re calling me a Jerk. (Feel free to go post comments in there.  CSGV has no control of them.)

While some may view this as me fighting a pig, I view it as me standing up and saying “NO”.  I stood up to support friends that while they may not have needed my support, but they certainly could use it.  There comes a time when even a fly has to be swatted.  There’s a phrase, choose your battles wisely.  They choose to start this battle and they did not choose wisely.  I didn’t set out to, “Nuke it from orbit,” but I will not say I’m displeased with the results.  If I have one actual weakness it’s that I have a nasty habit of standing up to defend my friends.  Even if that means I need to drop kick a pig that wants to roll in the mud.  If that’s a weakness though, I find it a good one to have.