And now? More guns for Chicago!
Today the State of Illinois saw the Veto of a state wide concealed carry law be overridden with support from Democrats. Worse Brandon Phillips D-Harrisburg, (http://www.ilga.gov/...) authored the...
View ArticleTri-care health insurance rates won't be hiked!...for now.
"In a move that virtually ensures only nominal increases in fees for Tricare beneficiaries in the coming year, the Senate Armed Services Committee has flatly rejected a Pentagon proposal to increase...
View ArticleYour Nation needs Your Help
The United States has fought several wars over the years. The cost of war is high, lives lost being the highest cost. Many of those lost in past wars have not been brought home for proper burial....
View ArticleThat Gun Just Ain't Safe!
Smith and Wesson, one of the worlds biggest supporters of the NRA, has put out a product recall...because the gun they make is not safe. Due to bad production or design the safety system that is to...
View ArticleMea Culpa, I've ticked off the Daily KOS Gun Owners
With the sin of terminology.yesterday I posted Smith and Wesson's recall due to defective parts of their M&P Shield line of handguns. I used the word "Automatic" before the word "handgun". Rather...
View ArticleSeeing a mental health expert won't hurt your career...unless
you want to have a career.The Washington Times has a great article about an outstanding Soldier who wanted to use the "Green to Gold" program to go to college with ROTC and become a JAG (Lawyer).But he...
View Articlehonest man saves US taxpayers millions
The Army Times reported on a Citizen Soldier who has saved the US taxpayer millions of fraudulent charges in Afghanistan.http://www.armytimes.com/...George Toubekis is the mayor of University Park,...
View Article(Another) That Gun Just Ain't Safe
Yup, another recall of guns for design issues.This time it is the Springfield Arms 3.3XD series 9mm and .45ACP Automatics. These Guns/handguns/pistols/thunder sticks/whatever have an issue that "could...
View ArticleBut I thought the war was over?
I have been hearing that while getting my affairs in order for the deployment to Afghanistan I was given short notice that I was going on. (less than 5 weeks)My co-worker on the Ambulance was the first...
View ArticleGetting ready for war (good advice for everyone)
As I posted yesterday, i've been activated (i am currently in the Army Reserves) for deployment to Afghanistan. In typical Army SNAFU fashion, I have 5 weeks notice and have ended up with 7...
View ArticleObama give military a 1% pay raise
Cites his power as Chief Executive to ignore Congresses budgeted 1.8% pay increase.So as he is about to bomb another nation, is cutting positions and reducing the manpower numbers (but not unwanted big...
View ArticleMy Deployment and my Employer
For labor day I thought I would talk about how my Employer(s) are and have handled my Deployments in the past and present.Let me start off with a comment on my current Employer: They are being GREAT!I...
View ArticleChicago rolls back gun laws.
Yup, you read that right. Chicago has struck a blow for a safer city by ending several common sense gun laws. They also made sure that the City keeps turning up in Gun Fail.The City has decided to...
View Article(Not) Another Crazy Vet
It did not take long, but it still came out. Another Crazy Vet suffering from PTS goes on a rampage and kills several!Except that is not true.Yes he was crazy, and yes he was a vet. But the crazy part...
View ArticleDemobilization: 2008 vs 2013
Not really sure if this is of interest to many here, but I hope some will find it interesting.I recently was activated from the Army Reserves to go to Afghanistan, how ever due to events, I was pulled...
View Article"If you raise minimum wage…"
it won't make a difference because they will lose the difference to taxed" was something one of my co-workers parroted from their drive in listening to yell radio.They also were under the idea that...
View ArticleGun Control, won't happen till...
...Society changes its view of Gun use.Lately the RKBA and pro-NRA types have been digging through the news for those rare cases of "defensive" use of a gun. (rare vs the total number of deaths by...
View ArticleSocial Security is doomed, what are you doing to prepare?
I'm a paramedic in a large city. Not to many shifts ago I took a younger (college age) person to the hospital for an injury. One of the ways we help people is to get them talking about something...
View ArticleConflicting messages about "Obama-Care"
I live in a state that is going for the Medicaid expansion. This means 60% of my fellow employees now qualify for Medicaid but we can't get it because our job offers a much more expensive Health...
View ArticleWhen good people choose not to serve.
While I was working tonight we posted in a parking lot where two police joined us for a little bit. The conversation turned to a call we were all on, a chase that ended with the chased rolling over...
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