Last week, Barack Obama’s message to the world was: “the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.” Just because the majority of the attacks against “western-style” people are being committed by people with Islamic ties doesn’t mean Islam is to blame. Using the same logic, just because some criminals use [...]
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Apr 29
Experiments with Homemade Wheat Gluten
Gluten is a vegetarian alternative to meat. When prepared and seasoned correctly it can be almost indistinguishable from hamburger, ribs, chicken strips or chicken nuggets, or sausage. My buddy recently wrote an article on how to make wheat gluten at home. My wife had just ground some hard white wheat earlier in the day, and [...]
Apr 29
Your tax-payer dollars at work
I’m glad this administration is all about change… Apparently that “change” doesn’t include spending money to get an F-16 escort of the Presidential Plane (also known as Air Force 1 when the President is aboard, which he was not at the time) doing “low altitude fly-by’s” of Lower Manhattan. Why were the planes flying so [...]
Apr 28
Condition Yellow
SittingDuckPolicy.com has written up an article on levels of awareness and your readiness to defend yourself. Lieutenant Colonel John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (May 10, 1920 – September 25, 2006) of the U.S. Marine Corps felt that the most important means of surviving a lethal confrontation isn’t a weapon or fighting skills; the primary tool is [...]
Apr 27
Help Chuck Get a 3rd Season
I love NBC’s Chuck. Tonight (4/27/2009) is the 2nd season finale, and we’re still waiting for NBC to order another season. We don’t know whether NBC will order a new season or not, so this isn’t a Jericho-esque call-to-arms, it’s a preemptive strike. We want to show NBC how much we love Chuck so that [...]
