C&R gun
Cleaning is fun
Caked in old grease
All over this piece
Hope I’ll be able
To get it off of her table.
Cosmo, cosmo!
Into my soul it does flow!
Cosmo! Cosmo!
Every last bit of it must go!
Simple Green and bags
Full of old rags.
The oven smells funny
But I’m saving so much money!
cosmo cosmo cosmoline!
cosmo cosmo cosmoline!
Posted by daddybear71 on December 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/04/christmas-carol/
This morning, Tam asserted that any American who doesn’t have an M-1 Garand should have a corner clipped off of their ‘Murrican card. I love my Garand, and I agree with Tam. It doesn’t get much more ‘Murrican than the ‘Ping of Freedom’.
But that leads me to wonder: Which firearms should a real ‘Murrican own? Here’s my short list:
What other ‘Murrican guns do you all think should be on there?
Posted by daddybear71 on December 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/04/interesting-gun-question/
Give a soldier an anvil, just a hunk of metal, and drive him out into the desert and leave him. In two weeks – when you go to get him, the anvil will be broken. — Creighton Abrams
My Take – Your equipment, be it a gun, a vehicle, or a computer, should be tough enough to do what you need it to do. You need to be able to depend on your gear to work right the first time, every time. That being said, you need to know how to maintain it and be able to get it into working order when it inevitably breaks. If you don’t know how to check the oil of your car, you shouldn’t be driving it. If you can’t do malfunction drills on your gun, don’t depend on it to protect your life. If you don’t know how to patch and protect your computer, shut it off and go read a book. Remember, everything made by mortal hands will break, and usually when you need it the most. The trick is to be prepared when it happens.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/04/30-days-of-generals-and-admirals-day-30/
I didn’t realize it until just now, but American law enforcement that is working with the Mexican government in the “War on Drugs” must disarm upon entering Mexico. In a country where shooting police officers is second only to bribing police as a national pastime, our officers of the DEA, CIA, FBI, and other agencies must trust Mexican law enforcement to protect their lives. Even after one ICE officer was murdered and two CIA officers were ambushed, the Obama adminstration pretty much shrugs its shoulders and refers questions about this policy to the Mexican embassy.
Now, it’s no secret that I think the “War on Drugs”, even if done for the best of reasons, is an abject failure. Illicit drug use is higher now than it ever has been. Drugs are easier to get and less expensive than at any time in history. Mexico in general, and northern Mexico in particular, is a war zone created by our government’s inability to allow adults to do what they want with their own bodies. Entire sections of our country aren’t much better. Drug prohibition has caused much more harm than drugs themselves ever could.
That being said, if we are going to send our people out to prosecute this war, for good or ill, they need to be able to protect themselves. Telling them to abide by the law of the host country and to depend on the undependable local law enforcement for force protection is moronic. How many DEA agents need to come home in a coffin before the administration comes to that realization?
Now, Mexico is a sovereign nation, and that fact demands that we respect their laws and customs. If Mexico insists that our law enforcement personnel be unarmed when they are in the country to train and assist their police and armed forces, so be it. To me, that means that our people do not go to Mexico at all. If we must insist on giving this aid to our neighbor, then they can come to us. We have many places in our country where Mexican police and military can get the training they need. If they don’t want to come, so much the better. That means less work and money spent on the part of law enforcement.
Mexico needs to choose: either allow our personnel the ability to protect themselves in a dangerous country, let their personnel come to our country for whatever it is we are providing them, or get on with their own fight against drugs and trafficking without us.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/03/bring-them-home/
If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him. Soldiers must have confidence in their leader. — Omar Bradley
My Take – If people can depend on you, if they know that what you say is the truth, they will believe in you. If they know that you will always put their welfare above your own, they will follow you. Develop your character and integrity not only for your self-respect, but also so that others may respect you.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/03/30-days-of-generals-and-admirals-day-29/
I needed something to laugh at. Strong language warning on this one.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 3, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/03/todays-earworm-275/
Dear Bob Costas and Jason Whitlock,
I, too, am shocked by the actions of Javon Belcher, in which he killed the mother of his child in front of that child and then committed suicide in front of his coach and staff. It is a tragedy that someone as talented as he was, with such a bright future in front of him, could do such a thing. My heart cries out for their child, the people who watched him do this, and for everyone involved. What happened was senseless and probably avoidable, had Mr. Belcher had the sense to get help or just walk away from a bad situation long enough to get control of himself.
I just watched Mr. Costas quote and agree with Mr. Whitlock’s editorial on the matter during the half-time coverage of the Dallas/Philadelphia game tonight, and I have this to say to both of you:
Bite me.
I didn’t murder my girlfriend and then kill myself. If Javon Belcher hadn’t had a gun, he would have found another way to hurt either the mother of his child, or himself, or both. The gun didn’t do this; it was merely the tool chosen by someone who wanted to do another harm.
The “gun culture” didn’t kill those people. Javon Belcher did. Don’t lump me in with him and everyone else who uses a gun to do evil. Would you go after our “car culture” if he’d run her down in the road? Would you have attacked our “kitchen culture” if he’d killed her with a butcher knife? How about railing about mixed martial arts if he’d beaten her to death? Of course you wouldn’t have, because that would be foolish, almost as foolish as blaming the gun and everyone who values their rights for the actions of Javon Belcher.
Rather than attacking me and people like me, why don’t you attack the culture of the parts of our society that look on human life as something to be traded and taken? Why don’t you run off at the mouth about men who haven’t been taught to control their passions and take out their frustrations by harming others? Instead of treating Javon Belcher as a sad victim of circumstance, why not denounce him for what he was: a coward who chose to orphan his child instead of working through his problems?
I am not responsible for this murder, so stop blaming the things that I hold dear for the actions of the young man who committed them.
Sincerely,
Daddy J. Bear
Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by daddybear71 on December 2, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/02/an-open-letter-14/
Posted by daddybear71 on December 2, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/02/thoughts-on-the-day-71/
If you don’t want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. — David Petraeus
My Take – You can’t win by changing the mind of everyone who opposes you. You must stay true to your core values, but you must also be willing to discuss compromise on matters that don’t violate them. Find a way to make a foe neutral, if not a friend, and you will find your path smoother. That being said, it’s not a compromise if the other party gives nothing in return for your flexibility.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 2, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/02/30-days-of-generals-and-admirals-day-28/
That’s probably the closest Shadow has let Moonshine get to him without growling, barking, or going off to pout. They’re not bosom buddies, but it’s progress.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 2, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/02/picture-of-the-day-progress/
DaddyBear’s Den 