Higher Gas Prices = Less Police Presence
Posted by Robb Allen | Filed under Do It Yourself
Reading the local dead tree paper this morning (someone leaves a copy in the men’s room every day, I don’t actually buy one), there was a letter to the editor bemoaning the fact that because of the high gas prices, the police department is having to cut down on the amount of driving the officers [...]
Tags: criminals, donut eating cops, neighborhood watch, safety
Law and Order
Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Do It Yourself, Public Servants?, Shooting Sports
These two gentlemen represent opposite ends of the spectrum. On the one hand, we have a guy who broke the law to enforce it. On the other is a guy who went out of his way to make sure he had a chance to enforce property rights. “Sergeant Bill”, on the surface, seems to have [...]
Tags: Do It Yourself, guns are good
Randomness
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Capitalism, Do It Yourself, Guest Authors, Idiot Legislation, Litigious World, Yellow Press
First off: Sonuva… They are drilling in North Dakota! About fricking time too. Teen hops two six foot fences and ignores numerous warnings at Six Flags, GA and gets the Highlander Loser treatment. Who wants to bet his parents sue that there was not enough warning that the area under a 50 mph roller coaster [...]
Victory Garden Update
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Do It Yourself
We’ve been harvesting cucumbers since May, cherry tomatoes since mid-May, but this is our first substantial harvest of the year: This is beth alpha cucumbers, gioia della mensa tomatoes, cream sausage tomatoes, sungold tomatoes, helios radishes, and tropepo rosso onions. The orchard baby corn will be harvested in the second week of July, and the [...]
Tags: Do It Yourself, self-reliance, victory garden
A Story With More Than One Lesson to Learn
Posted by Mad Rocket Scientist | Filed under Do It Yourself, Heroes, Technologies
The Algae Powered Car Adventure The short story, a science teacher from a not-so-wealthy school, wants to get his kids interested in science. His idea, take an issue even kids are aware of (the rising cost of fuel), and instead of preaching of the evils of Exxon or thumping for corn Ethanol, he introduced the [...]
Tags: Heroes
Incoherent Rant Included At No Extra Charge
Posted by Robb Allen | Filed under Do It Yourself, Nanny Business
I shouldn’t blog angry, but if I took the time to calm down before I wrote anything, you’d get biannual posts and like it. So, this morning I’m talking with a friend at work. Said friend (we’ll call him “Sally”) is a flaming Democrat. Sally tends to be fairly even headed and not a complete [...]
Tags: hype-no-tized, licensing, permits, socialism kills, Swimming pools, Uncle Sam hold my hand
