This young lady can fend for herself just fine, but you have to admit that the first impression made by the dad also counts.
I also recommend *a sensible comment by my friend Dave.
*Well worth the time. BT
Friday, August 17, 2012
Authorities look for clues in shooting that left St. John deputies dead
Two St. John Parish deputies were killed and two others were wounded early Thursday morning in a crime scene that extended from the parking lot for a major refinery to a nearby trailer park.
Five suspects, said by State Police to be both male and female, were either in custody or receiving medical treatment. Neither their identities nor their possible motives were made public by law enforcement.
The investigation into the shooting carried on late into the evening Thursday, hours after the incident began around 5 a.m.
A Shreveport Times story identified four of the suspects involved in the shooting. According to the story, one suspect has ties to an anti-government group and was wanted in Nebraska for making terrorist threats. Several of the suspects had been under surveillance in Desoto Parish, and the FBI had been in contact with the sheriff after the shooting in St. John Parish.
More @ WLTV
These Are The 13 Rules Of Gunfighting Everyone Should Know
Old news, but picked up by Business Insider
Have a gun.
Some words to the wise. Shooting Advice from various Concealed Carry Instructors. If you own a gun, you will appreciate this. If not, you should get one and learn how to use it.
A) Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians.
B) It’s always better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
C) Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not you.
D) Never let someone or something that threatens you get inside arms length.
E) Never say “I’ve got a gun.” If you need to use deadly force, the first sound they hear should be the safety clicking off.
F) The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes, the response time of a .357 is 1400 feet per second.
G) The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win – cheat if necessary.
H) Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets…You may get killed with your own gun, but he’ll have to beat you to death with it, cause it’ll be empty.
I) If you’re in a gun fight:
If you’re not shooting, you should be loading.
If you’re not loading, you should be moving.
If you’re not shooting, moving or loading, you’re probably dead.
J) In a life and death situation, do something…It may be wrong, but do something!
K) If you carry a gun, people call you paranoid. Nonsense! If you have a gun, what do you have to be paranoid about?
L) You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or any other word, but a large bore muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much a universal language.
M) You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family.
“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading,” — Thomas Jefferson
FRC's Perkins: Southern Poverty Law Center Gave Gunman 'License to Shoot'
The shooting at the Family Research Council’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. was the result of the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center stoking the flames by labeling the conservative Christian organization as a hate group, the group’s president Tony Perkins told reporters Thursday.
The suspect, 28-year-old Floyd Corkins of Virginia, was charged with assault with intent to kill after he allegedly shouted “I don’t like your politics” and shot an unarmed guard in the arm. Investigators found ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in the suspect’s backpack, according to the Associated Press.
In late 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled the Family Research Council, which opposes gay marriage and abortion, as a “hate group” because of its positions on gay issues and its general religious condemnation of same-sex behavior. It placed the group in the same company as the Aryan Nations, Nation of Islam and KKK.
But the FRC, unlike the Aryan Nations, is not an underground group nor has it ever condoned violence. It is a mainstay in conservative politics and its top members are often key players in Washington politics.
“Let me be very clear here that Floyd Corkins was responsible for the wounding of one of our colleagues and friends at the Family Research Council,” Perkins told Megyn Kelly of Fox News. “But I believe he was given a license to do that by a group such as the Southern Poverty Law Center who labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and stand for traditional orthodox Christianity.”
“Terrorism is designed to intimidate and to drive people back and make them feel fearful,” Perkins said. “Well, that I believe would describe what they tried to do here yesterday at the Family Research Council and by extension to traditional value supporters, Christians across the nation.”
“But I want to tell you it’s not going to work,” Perkins continued. “We’re not going anywhere. We’re more committed today than we were yesterday to defending and advancing faith, family and freedom here in our nation’s capital.”
More @ NewsMax
Obama Campaign Strikes Back Against Former Navy SEALs
Politically speaking, Navy SEALs aren't the safest targets to rail against in a presidential race, but the Obama campaign isn't hesitating to take down a group of former SEALs who've criticized the president's national security decisions.
On Thursday morning, campaign officials waged a full court press against the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, a group of former U.S. Special Forces and intelligence officials accusing President Obama of leaking vital national security secrets and taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden. When the group launched its anti-Obama media campaign Wednesday, consisting of TV ads and a 22-minute film, it wasn't clear if Obama officials would avoid a potentially messy confrontation or refute the military veterans publicly. But now the campaign has made clear it views the attacks in the same light as the 2004 John Kerry "Swift Boat" attack ads, which, however misleading, were painfully effective.
"The Republicans are resorting to 'Swift Boat' tactics because when it comes to foreign policy and national security, Mitt Romney has offered nothing but reckless rhetoric," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told Reuters' Mark Hosenball last night. Taking a direct shot at the leaders of OPSEC, an Obama campaign official lambasted the group's accusations about national security leaks this morning. “No one in this group is in a position to speak with any authority on these issues and on what impact these leaks might have," said the official, speaking on background, "and it’s clear they’ve resorted to making things up for purely political reasons.”
Apparently, the administration has decided this is a battle worth fighting, a calculation that has its own risks and potential payoffs. On one hand, it's not clear that elevating the discussion over who deserves credit for the bin Laden mission is valuable to the administration. As a May 2011 USAToday/Gallup poll showed, Americans overwhelmingly credit the U.S. military and the CIA for the mission over the president. "The U.S. military and the CIA emerge as the big winners in the public's eyes," wrote Gallup's Frank Newport. "Nearly 9 of 10 (89%) say the military deserves 'a great deal of credit,' while 62% say the same about the CIA."
More @ The Atlantic Wire
Church to get 'Gone With Wind' royalties
Via Carl
A relative of the late author Margaret Mitchell is giving the Archdiocese of Atlanta a 50 percent stake in the literary rights to her best-selling novel, “Gone With the Wind.”
A relative of the late author Margaret Mitchell is giving the Archdiocese of Atlanta a 50 percent stake in the literary rights to her best-selling novel, “Gone With the Wind.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the gift includes a 50 percent stake in the trademark to the book and items that belonged to Mitchell.
The bequest was made by Joseph Mitchell, nephew of the late author. Joseph Mitchell, who died in October, was a longtime member of the Cathedral of Christ the King.
Steve Swope, a deacon in the archdiocese who is overseeing the gift, says royalties could be in the “hundreds of thousands” of dollars annually from usage of the book just for productions like ballets and plays.
Allison Woods Highland Games
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Iredell County, North Carolina
A Brief History, 1750-2011
William Allison (1741-1827) settled on the property known today as Allison Woods in the 1740's. The Allison's were of Scotch-Irish origin, coming from Pennsylvania along "The Great Wagon Road."
Apart from farming, the Allisons became involved in the tannery business (remains of Indian tanning activities still remain on the property in the form of a soapstone slab used at the Springhouse as a picnic table). Before the revolution, the Allisons were suppliers of saddles to the British Army.
Throughout their history, the Allisons were active and successful members of the community and in the mid-19th century moved to Statesville, leaving the farm business to a manager.
The buildings remaining today were created when Major William Locke Allison, father of present owner Thomas A. Allison, returned to the family land after a successful career as a railroad engineer and inventor in Pennsylvania.
No doubt he was inspired by the country estates and the kind of genteel country living he had observed and admired in the North.More @ Allison Woods Foundation
America Continues Downward With First Openly Homosexual General
With homosexuals now free to serve openly in the U.S. military it didn't take long for a gay officer to climb to the top of the commissioned ranks. Star and Stripes, the Defense Department's semi-official newspaper, proudly reported that the Army has promoted its first homosexual officer to general status. “Army reserve officer Tammy Smith calls her recent promotion to brigadier general exciting and humbling, saying it gives her a chance to be a leader in advancing Army values and excellence,” reported the military newspaper. The paper added that the ceremony August 10, at which Smith was officially promoted, “marks an important milestone for gay rights advocates, giving the movement its most senior public military figure. She has already been assigned as deputy chief at the Office of the Chief at the Army Reserve, and spent much of 2011 serving in Afghanistan.”
In its report on the story, the Los Angeles Times noted that during Smith's promotion ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, her “proud wife placed a star insignia on her spouse's uniformed shoulder — the official mark of an Army brigadier general.” According to the New York Times, Smith, a 26-year Army veteran, married homosexual activist Tracey Hepner in March 2011, after they had dated for nine years. The Times reported that Hepner is the founder of an organization called Military Partners and Families Coalition, which, its website explains, exists to provide “support, resources, education, and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender military partners and their families.”
While the Army made Smith unavailable for comment on the singular occasion, in a press release the Defense Department quoted her as explaining her wife's presence by saying that “participating with family in traditional ceremonies such as the promotion is both common and expected of a leader.”
Stars and Stripes pointed out that Smith has attempted to downplay her notoriety as the first openly homosexual general in the U.S armed forces. Smith insisted that such a fact is “irrelevant. I don’t think I need to be focused on that. What is relevant is upholding Army values and the responsibility this carries.”
More @ New American
To All the Girls I've Loved Before
Via Cousin Colby
A video depicting some of the most beautiful women alive. They are all shown as they looked near the start of their careers. All have been famous for 50 years or more all are now highly respected senior citizens. "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" is sung by Rick Stallworth from his album "Rick Sings Nat King Cole and Other Favorites"
A FREE, SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT GEORGIA "Is it possible?"
In this short article I will try to answer this question: Is it possible for 
For those of us who pay attention to the world around us it is obvious that our current economic situation is unsustainable. We don't have to look far to see economic disaster. The housing bubble along with its many gambling schemes, the unemployment rate which is probably at 20%; not the questionable figures announced daily by the official propaganda ministries of the Corrupt Washington government. Take a trip to the grocery store and look at the pricing of basic everyday foods. Have these prices increased over the last year? Why? Because the volume of money in circulation has increased. Inflation of the money supply causes each dollar to be worth less. So, it takes more money to buy a particular product.
Professor Lawrence Kotlikoff, a mainstream economist from Boston University, wrote an article for St. Louis Federal Reserve bank journal in 2006, July/August issue, entitled "Is the U.S. Bankrupt?" He does a lot of complicated economic analysis but reaches the conclusion that we are $65 trillion in the hole. He has since advanced that number, in some of his recent estimations, to $202 trillion because of the newer spending schemes the Corrupt Washington government has cooked up since then. He goes into what we'll call the Kotlikoff plan in the second half of his article.
Basically what he says is that we would have to savagely cut entitlements and spending and institute a 33% national sales tax (on top of everything we pay now). And then over a long period of time (50 – 75 years) we "might" be able to regain some semblance of control over this system. Then he says this will never happen. Congress and the people would not have the will power to make it happen.
Buried in a couple of paragraphs in the middle of the article he states what he thinks will happen--hyperinflation. The general government will try to print its way out of this massive hole. They are currently practicing some more "quantitative easing" (that's Bernanke speak for printing more money). The devaluation of the currency continues unabated. The value of the dollar is 5% of what it was in 1913 when the Federal Reserve System was established. That equates to "95% of the value of your labor (your time) being stolen by this "Corrupt Government" we call the United States government.
Let's look at some of Georgia's basic economic figures.
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