Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Bite me, gun control proponents…

    I work at a public university. In the last two weeks, there has been much brouhaha on email that started with a report of two students being beaten up by a group of black kids and devolved, thanks to a particular Marxist theory sociology professor to a discussion of gun control. Guess which way the… Continue reading

  • A bit of gun blogging

    I’m trying to embed some video into this posting. This is me shooting an apple from about ten feet with a Highpoint 9mm. My friend is doing commentary and all you can hear of me is the gleeful cackling in the background. Her son, on his first time at the range, had tried to shoot… Continue reading

  • Clueless, classless, and downright crass

    Boy, I don’t even really know where to begin on this one. Between Arlen Specter and his conversion to the Dark Side, ahem, Democrats, due to the fact that his pollsters told him that he couldn’t win the Republican primary in Pennsylvania or this little tidbit that’s not widely known throughout the web about how… Continue reading

  • What a bunch of…. bunk

    I was reading this article that was on Drudge’s front page. I deal with statistics and numbers for a living and I call bullsh*t on the whole thing. Their sample size and methodology was as follows: “The AP-GfK Poll was conducted April 16-20 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media. It involved telephone interviews on… Continue reading

  • Why Pigs Can't Fly-Patterns in the Clouds

    One of the things that I try to do is see patterns in the world around me. Maybe some of them aren’t accurate (that cloud looks like a pig with wings) but I think that sometimes I’m hitting pretty close to the truth. I was listening to NPR this morning on the way to work… Continue reading

  • Well, duh s**t!!!

    I saw this article today and my jaw just about dropped to the floor. A ‘watchdog agency’ has come out and said that the “Obama administration initiatives could increasingly expose taxpayers to losses and make the government more vulnerable to fraud.” Then Tim Geithner came out and said the following… “But under questioning from panel… Continue reading

  • Indiana and Chicago Tea Parties

    There are so many folks out there that have blogged both the Chicago Tea Party and the Valparaiso Indiana Tea Party that have great pictures and video that I will not be putting up any on my site. Please see The Middle of the Right and Founding Bloggers for some fantastic pictures, videos, and commentary.… Continue reading

  • The Growing Threat caused by Foreign Relations

    I was reviewing the news of the day. Something that has been weighing on my mind ever since I saw it was the video of the President of the United States bowing and scraping to the sharia-law loving Wahhabi despot who happens to rules Saudi Arabia. It seems that the government has no concept of… Continue reading

  • Tea Parties and Simon Jester

    My partner is probably one of the biggest Heinlein fans out there. I’ve been a sci-fi nerd ever since could read, but had never delved into Heinlein’s many-related worlds. There is a group out there at Simon-Jester.org who are building the idea of dissent against authority and have created a symbol of that, which you… Continue reading

  • To Carry or Not to Carry, That is the Question…..

    One of the blogs that I read on a fairly regular basis, Hecate’s Crossroad, had a story about a former Green Beret and his wife in Loudoun, VA who were attacked in their peaceful upper middle class neighborhood. The husband is dead and the wife is in critical condition. He had a carry permit but… Continue reading