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QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 07:48 AM) More dumbassery. I don't carry a gun to be cool. I don't carry it because I'm a weak man who can't fight with his fists. I don't carry it because I want to be a real man (I'm in the army, you're a f***ing attorney, GTFO with this real man s***). And I don't carry it because I want to be brave (I'm in Afghanistan and you're still a lawyer, so GTFO again with this bravery s***). I carry a gun because my life and my family's lives are the most important things to me. I hope I never have to shoot anyone in self defense. That would be awful. But when the threat arises, I'm not going to pin our survival on a fistfight, no matter how strong I might be or how well I know how to fight. I'm not going to hope that he is unarmed so I can overpower him or so I can run away like a little girl. When that threat comes up, I'm going to know from the second it arises that I have the upper hand. I'm not gonna leave any doubts about that. And I'm not gonna put down the weapon so I can show some limp-dick like you what a "real man" I am. This isn't about bravado or machismo. This is about my life. This is about my wife's life. I'm getting tired of this "guns are for p*****s" argument from society's actual p*****s. Have you done a brave thing in your whole stupid life? You wanna talk about real men. YOU'RE A f***ING LAWYER. Repeat that to yourself. You wouldn't know a real man if he walked up and punched you in your damned face. Yeah, real men don't think! They don't have ideas! They kick ass, punch people and shoot guns. f***ing thinking is for women. We'll never catch you with ideas or thinking. No sir, you're a real man. And you can call someone a limp-dick because you carry a weapon, not like an attorney who would have to run away from you like a girl. It is funny that you hate a limp dick but presumably appreciate a nice hard dick. I appreciate the discipline that the Army has instilled in you. Is it officer's school where they teach you to yell insults and swear on the internet? At least after some commie country kicks our militarily's butt YASNY and his buddies will have their guns to save us. We do need citizens armed to fight back when you fail. To fight back shen you turn your weapons on ordinary citizens like at Kent State. YASNY did a great job of explaining it.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 06:15 AM) Some quick comments against this: 1) I'm in the Army. Therefore, I know who's in the Army. And when the order comes out to shoot at American citizens on behalf of a tyrant, we're leaving. It'll be the last thing that "ruler" ever does. 2) Your attempts to be funny are overly simplistic. Ever heard of something called guerrilla warfare? Yeah, it happens all the time. Successfully, I might add. If the conditions ever fall into place, it will happen in America too. And any force trying to suppress that insurgency would have a hell of a time. So do we need guns to protect us from the military or not? How scared are you of American citizens with weapons kicking your Army ass in a battle?

Think he would wear a Sox hat in the HoF?

Two classes this semester, Literary Theories and Topics in Lit History (Women Writers of the English Renaissance). Pretty cool starts to both classes. I may finally be understanding what Plato and Aristotle were saying about literature, art, and science. I'm presenting on Dante next week.

Even worse than the Bulls bringing in Rodman.

Interesting that someone thought it would help the same market teams, I thought it would hurt the small market teams by increasing salaries. High payroll teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, and White Sox could spend a few million for that last spot, versus a couple hudnred thousand for a small market team.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-...,0,111554.story A quick primer on how the Boy Scouts operate. A local unit (church or non profit civic group) sponsors a unit and pledges to follow all national policies. The local unit is part of a district within a locally run Council. Councils are divided up into regions, the regions report to BSA National. BSA is part of the World Organization of Scouting Movements. Contrary to what many people think Scouting was started outside of the US and each country runs it's own way. For example Eagle Scout rank, the most enduring image, is really an American thing. Anyway, what the vote will be is to allow the local units to decide membership standards. Strictly speaking it would allow units sponsored by churches that have a well known anti-gay stance to continue to discriminate while also allowing those churches who accept gay members to allow them into the unit. Through a "Scouts for Equality" group I belong to I have met several Scouts of the highest moral and character who happen to be gay. I pray that national gets this right. I also pray that my friends within Scouting who are adamantly opposed will see the light and accept everyone who wishes to join out organization.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 06:58 PM) Ive actually never hunted while using a tree stand. Are there any advantages to it besides having the high ground and better view? It really depends on the terrain and the obstacles. I find being on the ground much more exciting.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 05:27 PM) Rifle, and yes great eating wild boar sloppy joe! Tree stand or ground?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 04:16 PM) My wife bugs me to become a teacher so we can do this same sort of thing I'll admit, it is a nice life at this point in our lives. 50+, kids almost settled into their adult lives, we are great travelling companions, and enjoy seeing many of the same sites. A three hour side trip to see Jack Kerouac's boyhood home, a stop on the underground railroad, backpacking to a remote lake. She even is smart enough to check the Sox schedule to see if we are close enough for any games. But if you don't have a passion for kids and love the job, the work sucks.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 08:19 AM) Skiing in Lake Tahoe over Presidents' Day weekend, white water rafting in SW Pennsylvania in July and a week in Glacier in August. Is your SO a teacher, too, tex? Yes. Which makes summers really nice. QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 10:24 AM) Feral Hog hunting in Southern Illinois. Archery? Shotgun? Rifle? Bare hands? The first time I went after one was on a guided archery trip. Damn, staring at 1 500+ boar with tusks from a flimsy ground level blind was a bit unnerving. Thinking all I may do is piss him off if the shot ain't right. Made my already unsteady bow shake. lol Great eating.

Learning the scientific method, thinking logically from math classes, reasoning and interpreting from English classes, conflict resolution from history class. Other than that, not a damn thing.

We finally switched from backpacking / tent camping primarily to a pop up camper. I liked the floorplan with a coach, dinette, stove, fridge, and two king size beds. We picked it up from a neighbor who was having their third child and needed some cash. It was in very good to excellent shape. I have a mixture of excitement and mourning the loss of simpler camping. But when we are on the road for 6 - 8 weeks the tent thing was getting rough. We have a weekend trip set for South Padre (we have Super Bowl Monday off), a week at Big Bend NP for spring break, four or five weeks somewhere between northern Mexico and Isle Royale NP on Lake Superior then meeting up with my folks in St. Germain Wis. for a week on Big St. Germain Lake (resort cabin). I can't believe how empty my storage unit became when we started pulling out camping gear and loading the pup.

I should have them start posting on some forum, instead they will be blogging at kidblog.org. Easy way to get them to read and write. For the boys I just start some Kobe v. Labron argument. Of course I have to tell them about a guy that played before they were born, Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2013 -> 08:52 AM) As a general policy, because of previous history, we automatically ban any IPs from the state of Texas. Damn Kap

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 25, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) Looks like the GOP is going to go ahead and cave on this (because they made themselves look really stupid the last time, and people actually noticed) Or the GOP heard voters when they said they were tired of gridlock and will emerge as the party of "getting things done". I see so many polls where voters complain about gridlock in Washington. This could be a nice GOP strategy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2013 -> 07:40 PM) Yeah, SS, my "slow" class said that

Of course we went to the buster lol. Another class, ''what does SLaM stand for?''Idk Why is that guy throwing a chair?Idk Wait, wait what was that pic of the girl? Idk Bad idea.

We discusssed swear filters. I am focusing on blogs. They will be following one of their choice and writing one. My problem is finding a blog site that is free, accessable (damn firewall), and portable. I don't want them to lose access after the course ends. If I use my course Moodle, outsiders can not read and I want them to share with the rest of the world.

Nice bump sir.

I am doing a lesson on forums, wikis, and blogs for my 8th grade students and need to show them an example of a forum, Doh, I pick this one because I know it so well. "Then I hear myself say, topics are aranged in order of the most recent to the oldest. You see here that justBLAZE replied three minutes ago." "Sir, what does justBlaze mean?" avoiding the answer "these are pseudonyms, or made up names, you would have to ask him" "Sir, I know!" moving on . . . "Wait, what does 'I am drunk in 2013' mean?" oops Of course I also forgot to turn off avatars and sigs

One of the best written posts I've read in a while. Sure beats three pages of "witty one-liners" and insults.

Happy Birthday! I hope it is a happy one.

I'll take a stab at a more thought out and serious post and watch the points get misconstrued, twisted, and lost "Wussification" would indicated American society is becoming less violent, less physical. I'm not certain that is true. Road rage, serial killings, and overall violence all seem to be increasing, not decreasing. Now, some may see any attempt to stop that (watching how children play, well regulating guns, etc) as unnecessary or a bad thing. damn gotta go before I finish. Here's the start

I guess to avoid this wussification we need more duels in the streets! We need more shootouts between neighbors. Once again some of the Republicans on the board want to return to days gone by. Gun slingers, no gay people, minorities out of sight and out of mind, women at home having babies, wearing a dress and cookin' dinner. They believe in evolution on everything except civilization. To prove I'm not a wuss I'll kick anyone's ass who dares to challenge me! Again I ask, what does well regulated mean? I thought it may have something to do with having regulations on arms.