This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here

Author: Zero Ponsdorf

  • Breaking Protocol. A Confession and Plea.

    Jonn let’s me post here, although I truly don’t quite know why? I am a piss-poor writer, and I generally choose subject matter that doesn’t quite fit.

    Here’s the thing… It is getting harder and harder to find “The Lighter Side” of the news these days. Our own government seems hell bent on turning our rights into crimes. The expletive phonies seem to multiply. And all I want is something worth smiling about.

    Here it is: Ponsdorf@gmail.com. I won’t post everything you might forward (assuming I can still post anything after this).

    Just make me smile, please.

  • Not New, or News. But…

    A Glock ad that keeps me from being sad.

     

  • St. Patrick’s Day – A Different Perspective.

    Six years ago a bunch of vets got together in DC. Many were ‘Nam vets coming out of hiding. Captain Bailey and Colonel Riley put out a call and the response was wonderful.

    A bunch of folks were threatening Our Wall, but that really wasn’t quite as important to us as seeing to it that what happened to us didn’t happen to a new generation of vets.

    Look up The Gathering of Eagles if you will.  I won’t bore you with my recollections of that day save three items. OWB handled security. but there are no suitable pix.

    Our pal Kit sang:

    And your humble Geezer handled Commo:

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  • But I’m Feeling MUCH Better now…

    Folks – if this is satire and I missed it PLEASE don’t hold my ignorance against TAH. I didn’t make the effort to verify the validity because it simply seems valid. If it ain’t real it DOES at least rise to the level of what Might Be given the current state of affairs, AND you just might be be as querulous as I.
    DOJ Looking to Saudi Arabia for Counter-Terrorism Measures: Too Many Americans are Violent

    This comes from Mohammad Alshoaiby writing for the Saudi Gazette on the occasion of a Holder visit in Riyadh. In normal times, I wouldn’t give a thought to it, but we’re talking about Eric Holder, so the “Saudi Munasaha (Counseling)” is likely of great interest to our current government. Far too many of America’s “young people” are violent and so Saudi Arabia, the country that has chosen to switch from beheadings to firing squads because they have a shortage of swordsmen, can teach us how to un-indoctrinate our youth…or maybe this is about TeaParty terrorists.

    Even paranoids have enemies.

    ETA: US shows interest in Saudi counter-terrorism program

    It IS true!

  • What Would YOU Do?

    A simple question for this learned crew.

    Someone gave me a Mossberg 500 in 20 gauge today.   BTW, all of my ammo, if I had any, might be 12 gauge.

    Should I just toss this thing on the burn pile?

    There are some after-market sorta neat things for the 500 it seems, but I dunno.

    ETA:  Perhaps I should have explained, but it seemed apparent. “What do you need with another gun?” That question, stated in THE voice made me wonder.

  • Reality Check?

    The elephant in the room is making enough noise to be heard, but nobody seems to be listening.

    As Jonn noted here one Senator is convinced that PTS(D) should preclude many vets from owning guns, but we may have a sitting senator who, in every way, could be pictured along side the very definition of the thing.

    John McCain is a bona fide American Hero. However, the very events that make him a hero would make him suspect in some eyes.  Anyone doubt he could buy any gun he fancied?

    Please set aside his current behaviors because my point concerns a much broader dichotomy.

    The DSM is evolving tool. And there is a rather lengthy history of defining any opposition as mentally ill.

    Calling a Senator or two a “Wacko Bird” is one thing, but where will it end for the rest of us?

  • A HumpDay Detour Into Bizzarro World

    This can be a sort of  “feel good” story depending how one sees the world.

    Caveat: I dunno if this linked site is satire or not? I opted against delving too deeply there because either way I had the feeling it would cause my blood pressure to spike.

    School Offers Counseling for Students Troubled by Pastry-Gun Incident

    The elementary school that was the scene of Josh’s brutally harmless rampage sent students home Friday with a letter describing the incident as if it had actually been serious:

    Dear Parents and Guardians:

    I am writing to let you know about an incident that occurred this morning in one of our classrooms and encourage you to discuss this matter with your child in a manner you deem most appropriate.

    During breakfast this morning, one of our students used food to make inappropriate gestures that disrupted the class. While no physical threats were made and no one [was] harmed, the student had to be removed from the classroom.

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    As you are aware, the … Code of Student Conduct and appropriate consequences related to violations of the code are clearly spelled out in the Student Handbook, which was sent home during the first week of school and can be found on our website, www.aacps.org….

    If your children express that they are troubled by today’s incident, please talk with them and help them share their feelings. Our school counselor is available to meet with any students who have the need to do so next week. In general, please remind them of the importance of making good choices.

    Pretty sure that if your children are “troubled” by another kid biting a pastry into something that looks sort of like a gun and waving said pastry around, you have already failed as a parent.

    I keep thinking about “Animal House” and the food fight scene. Simulated explosives  – OH THE HORROR!

  • An Experiment Gone Bad – What Would YOU do?

    Stumbled across this via FB. I don’t wrestle much any more. I think I woulda shot first myself.

    C’mon… it IS funny.