tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6523092617787072825..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The grasshoppers are already coming after the antsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91432022502782619452020-03-26T11:17:37.144-05:002020-03-26T11:17:37.144-05:00Years ago I read a story by the Great SF writer, J...Years ago I read a story by the Great SF writer, Jack Vance. His character described the<br />stages of theft that would require his escalating response. To paraphrase (read this a lloonnngg time ago) he said: I earn (what it was) money per hour. "If someone steals an<br />hour of that value from me I would be annoyed. If they stole a years worth of hours they<br />have then stolen a year of my life I can never replace. To stop that I will become<br />quite violent."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06203709938003689049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25782507750042905252020-03-26T08:56:08.892-05:002020-03-26T08:56:08.892-05:00Hey Peter;
Bean pretty much stole my thunder ...Hey Peter;<br /><br /> Bean pretty much stole my thunder and added a lot to it. I will just make the observation...You notice the same people that are releasing criminals back into society are the same that want to disarm you so to force you to surrender more of your rights for the possibility of protection from the same criminals. It is a win,win for the statist, they get rid of the criminal and get more power..MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39557395003651548232020-03-25T22:06:31.584-05:002020-03-25T22:06:31.584-05:00Just stick to the ABCs: Always Be Carrying.Just stick to the ABCs: Always Be Carrying.Contrarian Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05694963568572098322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62907882614777847482020-03-25T15:47:23.469-05:002020-03-25T15:47:23.469-05:00Rob,
I find it interesting that the people who l...Rob, <br /><br />I find it interesting that the people who live in areas most supportive of Complete Gun Elimination and the Elimination of Self-Defense (because, deep down, that is what all gun control is, just gradually, in steps, control leading to elimination,) were the ones most likely to be lining up hundreds deep at local gun stores.<br /><br />What's that phrase... "I hope you get what you want." It's not a good wish, it's a curse. Right up there with living in interesting times.<br /><br />Want socialism? Well, street socialism is coming to you in the form of forcible redistribution through non-governmental organizations (well, isn't that what a gang is?) and a whole host of individual redistributors.<br /><br />Want elimination of self defense? Well, yeah, sucks to be YOU!<br /><br />There's that really bad not-joke: How do you make a liberal woman a conservative? Rape her. (Rape-rape, as Whoopie Goldberg says, not Roman Polanski-rape...)<br /><br />It's not funny. But, overall, it's sadly true. Especially when all the now-raped woman's friends try to tell the now-understanding-the-concept-of-self-defense rape-victim that she should have just laid back and enjoyed it or evacuated her bladder or talked to the rapist. <br /><br />So.. Suddenly, those who were for removal of self-defense are feeling raped by their governments (local, regional, state, federal, world-wide) and aren't listening to their friends and are now experiencing conservative values.<br /><br />It will be very interesting to see how this affects the political picture over the next few years. Whether the raped-by-government people remember, or if they return to being useful idiots.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4195549413021803602020-03-25T15:22:15.509-05:002020-03-25T15:22:15.509-05:00Already happening in Portland Oregon:
https://www....Already happening in Portland Oregon:<br />https://www.kptv.com/news/some-nw-portland-businesses-boarded-up-to-prevent-vandalism-during/article_2c5b9844-6d38-11ea-bd10-e7ecea80a93f.htmlDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855897450373242181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59511394688665078692020-03-25T15:08:02.386-05:002020-03-25T15:08:02.386-05:00On a bright note, in Michigan, State Senator Jeff ...On a bright note, in Michigan, State Senator Jeff Iriwin is promoting legislation to automaticly erase misdemeanor sentences from the records. Career criminals? Not anymore, thanks memory hole. And not to worry, he assures me and other constituents that there are zero prosecutors over prosecuting to get a plea deal and certainly none that cut a plea deal on a felony to ensure a conviction. <br />"Coddling the Criminal" is what I told him to name it. Fredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574586401709392348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51151391698599871442020-03-25T14:51:41.866-05:002020-03-25T14:51:41.866-05:00I wonder if the people in Chicago and other places...I wonder if the people in Chicago and other places where they are releasing the prisoners, street drugs are scarce (and expensive), school is out and the police have stopped dealing with petty crimes.. are they up to vigilantism?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86351444479574287212020-03-25T13:29:18.214-05:002020-03-25T13:29:18.214-05:00Gotta agree with Beans... And I've got my rang...Gotta agree with Beans... And I've got my range card already made out...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25221399617851984602020-03-25T13:23:18.880-05:002020-03-25T13:23:18.880-05:00No. No it isn't. On a normal day, it is ofte...No. No it isn't. On a normal day, it is often the stuff that allows you to make it to the next payperiod, or past the next job hunt, or past the hurricane or tornado or snowstorm or, well, plague scare.<br /><br />But it's just stuff, not worth killing for, amiright?<br /><br />Sure. Stuff. Stuff that is as important as clean water, critical meds, food, transportation, your GUNS.<br /><br />And once emboldened by just burgling, how soon till they graduate to full up armed home invasion? Of your 80yoa disabled neighbor? Because you didn't defend... your stuff<br /><br />Screw it. The 'LAW Enforcement' people are abrogating their responsibility to enforce said law. Who else can enforce the LAW? Well, guess what? It's YOU.<br /><br />We have just turned into the 'Wild West.' (Where, curiously, most people had guns and weren't afraid to use said guns to protect their stuff, and what law enforcement was available supported people who were protecting their stuff. Because living on the edge? Just stuff turns into Life or Death.<br /><br />Want that insipid move "The Purge" to become reality?<br /><br />This, this is how you get it. Let low level criminals, who are often the fingers of a larger, deadlier criminal organization, out of jail or prison, and stop picking them up when they do commit crime? Yeah, lawlessness ensues.<br /><br />Just look at the 'sanctuary cities and states' who don't prosecute or hold or detain or jail illegal aliens who commit crimes. Suddenly, there is an increase in major crimes committed by said illegal aliens who should have been in prison or jail or back in their own country, up to and including murder.<br /><br />Now, extrapolate the 'illegal alien committing crimes and being allowed to get away with it' to 'the huge population of thugs and jerks who have never had any laws enforced upon them (look at the Juvenile Justice System. There is no justice in the JJS,) and, yeah, bang on my door and demand something, touch my car, threaten me and mine and mine stuffs, and, well, "Volley Fire, Fire!"<br /><br />If I catch anybody's scrufulous arse messing around with me and mine, or the few neighbors I like and do things for, the least said scrufulous arse will see is boomstick pointing at them. Escalation will increase as needed, and there's no longer any steps between Level 1 and Level 10.<br /><br />Because, though it is just stuff, it is my stuff. I don't have the finances to replace or repair. I don't have the finances to restock. So, well, it is what keeps me and mine away from the edge of doom.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37634133059562978042020-03-25T13:23:01.257-05:002020-03-25T13:23:01.257-05:00To all those who say "But they were running a...To all those who say "But they were running away" or "It's just your car" or "It's just stuff" when questioned why someone will finally be triggered by some lowlife sneak thief or house burglar or worse (because emboldened thieves and burglars always escalate, ALWAYS ESCALATE) and plugs some of the scum. And everybody loses their collective poops over said scum-plugging...<br /><br />So?<br /><br />What one rich socialist (what a mess of wrongness that is) millionaire can afford to lose, be it having one of his/her/its dwellings burgled or robbed, car burgled or stolen, store in his/her/its chain vandalized, the small man can't absorb the loss.<br /><br />Look at yourselves. Someone steals one tire, or all the tires. Can you afford to replace them? Steal a battery? Thrash the interior? Steal your car? Can you absorb the hit, from loss of the vehicle to the repair shop, which is now closed for the duration? Will the insurance company issue you enough money to repair or replace your car? And can you replace your car, with car lots closed for the duration?<br /><br />Without that car, which many people in America have only one functioning one, how can you and yours get supplies, or to the doctor or hospital?<br /><br />And then, so in the land of limited resources, someone notes you aren't going out every day to scrounge a couple cans of beans, or rice, or potatoes, and, in fact, you are still taking your garbage out but not bringing anything in, no deliveries, no Amazon. And then makes the correct conclusion that you have stuff. And breaks into your house. And steals your stuff. The stuff that is the hedge between having to go out and not having to go out, the stuff that YOU spent money on, and horded, and stashed during better times. The stuff that will tide you over until you can get another paycheck because you've been furloughed for the duration or outright fired.<br /><br />And steals your meds. Or the meds of someone in your family that really needs them. That, now that the supply chain is disrupted, you can't reliably get anymore (one of my wife's meds is 'backordered..'<br /><br />But it's just stuff...<br /><br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-77931188159542802872020-03-25T12:46:29.645-05:002020-03-25T12:46:29.645-05:00There is a reason for the hollow-point. Just let m...There is a reason for the hollow-point. Just let me try and remember what it was...BadFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051102067870927677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40174540584796944162020-03-25T12:31:56.261-05:002020-03-25T12:31:56.261-05:00Hopefully more than a few "taxpayer relief sh...Hopefully more than a few "taxpayer relief shots" will be administered.NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68408950632427810672020-03-25T12:27:02.724-05:002020-03-25T12:27:02.724-05:00Now is a good time to look at a map and measure ho...Now is a good time to look at a map and measure how close your are to a "diverse" neighborhood and whether you should maybe be a little further out. I don't think the China virus pushes us over the edge but it certainly nudges us close enough to the bring that the next crisis will. Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.com