tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post6639140998086781515..comments2023-10-11T04:38:51.793-07:00Comments on Accept The Challenge: Just An Angry ManChief Instructorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-20501541479478227872011-11-02T17:06:12.533-07:002011-11-02T17:06:12.533-07:00Haven't found anything yet. Well, did find th...Haven't found anything yet. Well, did find this interesting site. Scroll down to legality. It basically says any home distillation is illegal, and the probability of having a "knock on the door" if you were to buy or attempt to buy distillation equipment.<br /><br />http://homedistiller.org/<br /><br />Interesting site, though.sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-75546063741241305672011-11-01T15:06:06.381-07:002011-11-01T15:06:06.381-07:00Ummm...
Chief???
My enology studies were consider...Ummm...<br />Chief???<br /><br />My enology studies were considerably before the days of Jimmy Carter...!<br /><br />I'll have to do some research, I guess! I'll let you know if I come across anything interesting and reasonably official.sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-69219729652433855322011-10-30T17:15:34.001-07:002011-10-30T17:15:34.001-07:00Bitter, I hear ya. The problem is, it won't b...Bitter, I hear ya. The problem is, it won't be stopped until it crashes. Goverment at all levels is addicted to your wallet, and they have no incentive to cure the illness. Quite the opposite.<br /><br />WE must adapt, since we can't directly change the spending, the unconstitutional expansion, et al. Consider ways to hide your assets so they can't be taken "for the greater good".<br /><br />I believe we'll eventually get out of this mess, but I don't know if it will happen in my lifetime... and I figure I've got another 30+ years.<br /><br />Anon 10:03, I'd believe the "not told to write tickets" assertion if I didn't see local PD - everyday - sitting in their cars with radar guns. They'll be at one spot for 2 or 3 days, then move to another spot. I can't believe that every city I go through has the entire city as a "we've been getting speeding reports on this street from concerned citzens".<br /><br />They're there to pay the bills. That's not what we're paying them to do. I'd prefer they drive through gang-infested areas, if for nothing else, than to let the bangers know, "we're watching".Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-87358865395585827242011-10-30T10:03:19.513-07:002011-10-30T10:03:19.513-07:00Anon 6:37,
As a police officer, I can tell you th...Anon 6:37,<br /><br />As a police officer, I can tell you that no one tells us "go write tickets because the city gets money." That's just naive thinking. I conduct traffic enforcement typically because I'm bored while waiting for calls to come in. In fact, when our bosses "strongly suggest" we should go write more tickets. I usually refuse to do so because they are "making me." Most of the people I work with are the same way. Of course there are those who would rather write a ticket than answer a call, take a report or follow up on a crime.<br /><br />As for knowing who the gang members are. Of course we try to find out who they are and what they are doing. But in between trying to raise someone else's kids because they can't handle their 8 year old, my hands are tied most days. We don't have enough people and typically don't have the time to get out with gang members and catch them doing stuff. There are many days when I don't even do a traffic stop because of a lack of time. <br /><br />And if you knew how many people are actually caught in the act of committing a crime, you'd be shocked at how low it is. The other thing you have to realize is the total lack of cooperation people give us. With victims who don't want to prosecute, witnesses who don't show up to court, and an overloaded court system, convictions are pretty rare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-49911092786128037842011-10-27T18:53:00.036-07:002011-10-27T18:53:00.036-07:00I've had it. I continue to be amazed at the st...I've had it. I continue to be amazed at the stupidity of "our" so called federal government> They are experts at rewarding people for doing the wrong thing. Have children you can't afford, no problem here is a check from money we stole (taxes) from someone else (here is a news flash for them I have my own children to feed and I do not ask for any help), food stamps and welfare/medical care to illegal emigrates same thing break our laws and get paid and on it goes. I do not want their kind of "help". War on Drugs is a joke and a HUGE waste of taxpayer money. You should be able to walk into any pharmacy and get anything you want. It is my body and my life to do as I CHOSE! We have the most people in prisons of any nation in the world! We are becoming a police state. They cannot even secure the damn borders. TSA is a joke and has not "caught" a single terrorist! Fusion Centers, endless wars, endless taxes, endless laws, endless foriegn aid that does nothing for us, endless expansion of the federal government that invade my God given rights and my wallet and on it goes. I AM SICK OF IT!! I am sick and tired of working my ass off to give it to those that do NOTHING! I am SICK of my government abusing me at all levels. We need a federal balanced budget ammendment and a MUCH small federal government now!!! We need to take away the Federal Governments credit card before they destroy us with it. They should defend the borders, provide for a stable currency and leave everything else to the individual States as the founding fathers of our great nation intended. I fear for my children's future.Bitter is not the wordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-88872041905844411282011-10-27T16:55:37.834-07:002011-10-27T16:55:37.834-07:00Suek had posted a comment, but for some reason it ...Suek had posted a comment, but for some reason it didn't post. I got a copy in my email, so here it is, in italics, and my reply below:<br /><br /><i>"Illegaly distilling your own alcohol is even more insane..."<br /><br />Are you certain of this? Years and years ago, I took Enology in college, and the rules then were that you could manufacture for your own use something like 200 gallons of beer and/or wine, and some quantity of distilled alcohol - I don't remember the exact quantity - per household.<br /><br />As for the "let them smoke pot - it's their life"...have you ever seen films/news reports about Yemen? The people there do virtually nothing all day - just chew some material that's a mild intoxicant. The poverty and crime are terrible.<br /><br />Which is to say - in some respects I agree with you, but to be honest, I'm not sure I'm ready for the consequences.<br /><br />I absolutely agree on the gang member thing, though. I think that the biggest problem we have is simply not enforcing the laws - equally without exception. Corrupt LEOs or others in government at any level to get double punishment time.<br /><br />Heh. Word verify is "supes"... </i><br /><br />Jimmeh Carter passed a law in (I think) 1979 that gave individuals the ability to brew 100 gallons per person, or 200 gallons per household of beer or wine each year.<br /><br />Home distillation is still illegal unless you get a license to make it for fuel. You've got to add some crap to it to make it undrinkable.<br /><br />Every drug that is illegal right now was not criminalized until the turn of the 20th century. We managed to gain our freedom from England - twice (1812), free the slaves, do a little thing called The Industrial Revolution and lots of other amazing things, all without being told what to ingest. Once we passed those laws, we got Prohibition and Al Capone, and the grotesquely expensive and totally ineffective War On Drugs. It was the first of MANY steps towards centralized control of the individual.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-77229715377764444152011-10-27T16:42:07.193-07:002011-10-27T16:42:07.193-07:00Anon 7:29 - of course I don't think that by le...Anon 7:29 - of course I don't think that by legalizing drugs, crime will disappear. What it WILL do is to allow law enforcement to concentrate personnel and finite resources on crimes against persons and property. If I choose to sit on my front porch and poke a needle full of heroin into my arm, I am harming no one. I am infringing on the rights of no one. Yet, I would be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated. For what? Because some bureacrat talked some legislators into enacting laws that reinforced their vision of the world?<br /><br />Absolute insanity.<br /><br />Regarding having to pay a druggie's health care: You apparently don't drop by here often, because I have been very clear that I am talking about adults, and you are responsible for your own choices. If you get drunk, crash your car, and are permanently disabled, that should be YOUR problem, not society's. Personal responsibility is the key to a free society.<br /><br />Look what we've built: Because Nanny is responible for your health care, they can tell you what to eat, what drugs to ingest, what liquids you may consume (evil unpasturized milk is VERBOTTEN), etc.<br /><br />And save the "It's for the children" speech for someone who's heard the Cry Of The Right before. I've got two adult boys - 22 and 24. Just by not being locked in our house 24/7, they had access to any drug. Pot, alcohol, meth, coke, heroin, E, Oxy - you name it. So did every other kid in the neighborhood and in their school. Some students/friends tried everything on that list, a couple lost their lives because of it.<br /><br />Every one of those drugs was illegal (at least for students). And every one of them was readily available.<br /><br />I am certain my boys tried something, but they knew there would be consequences for their actions if they continued. Dad would kick their ass, then kick it out of the door.<br /><br />I trust the judgement of the individual more than I trust the judgement of the government. Apparently, you don't.<br /><br />I cherish personal freedom and responsibility. You apparently don't cherish that either.<br /><br />I don't recall the exact phrase, but I hope those shackles weigh heavily upon you.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-69229542626924061052011-10-26T07:29:33.889-07:002011-10-26T07:29:33.889-07:00I think you are dreaming if you believe making dru...I think you are dreaming if you believe making drugs legal will end crime. In theory I would accept letting adults consume whatever they want as long as they don't cause problems for others and themselves. But in reality they will cause problems for others and themselves and we all will pay for it. I don't want to pay health care for people who harm themselves on drugs. I don;t want to pay welfare for somepone who is so highn they cannot or will not work. <br />But when it comes to minors your theory falls apart. I can only assume you don't have children. Drygs destroy lives and children are too inexperienced to recognize the risks and will become trapped in a death spiral with drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-9758128857682748402011-10-25T16:16:56.561-07:002011-10-25T16:16:56.561-07:00Mama, I need to try and find that bit. Reality al...Mama, I need to try and find that bit. Reality always has a way of giving us those nervous giggles...<br /><br />Anon 6:37, re-legalize any drug you wish to ingest, and the bulk of organized crime goes bye-bye. At least their primary funding source. Yep, they'll find another prohibited act/substance to scalp some money from, but at least this one will be gone. And we'll have all that room in the prisons that previously held the dopers.<br /><br />Joseph, when I first heard that, I double checked to make sure it wasn't an Onion bit. I thought the Dems hated the rich. Buy your way across the border. Unreal. Did you see, though, that they can't work while they're here. So, they don't just like the rich, they like the uber-rich.<br /><br />Anon 8:14, yeah, haven't heard much of the First Lady's Garden of late. Too much dirt under the manicured nails, I'd guess.<br /><br />I've noted before that I think we're irrepairably screwed, and that all of this stimulus, et al, just keeps buying us a bit more time to prep.<br /><br />SueK: I saw you did a comment, but it hasn't yet shown up. If it's not still lost in Blogger-land in a couple of hours, I'll copy and paste it, and respond.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-9191480281220662011-10-25T09:57:38.425-07:002011-10-25T09:57:38.425-07:00"Illegaly distilling your own alcohol is even..."Illegaly distilling your own alcohol is even more insane..."<br /><br />Are you certain of this? Years and years ago, I took Enology in college, and the rules then were that you could manufacture for your own use something like 200 gallons of beer and/or wine, and some quantity of distilled alcohol - I don't remember the exact quantity - per household.<br /><br />As for the "let them smoke pot - it's their life"...have you ever seen films/news reports about Yemen? The people there do virtually nothing all day - just chew some material that's a mild intoxicant. The poverty and crime are terrible.<br /><br />Which is to say - in some respects I agree with you, but to be honest, I'm not sure I'm ready for the consequences.<br /><br />I absolutely agree on the gang member thing, though. I think that the biggest problem we have is simply not enforcing the laws - equally without exception. Corrupt LEOs or others in government at any level to get double punishment time.<br /><br />Heh. Word verify is "supes"...sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-32754895301440066142011-10-25T08:14:10.014-07:002011-10-25T08:14:10.014-07:00I have noticed in the last 6 months a lot more ang...I have noticed in the last 6 months a lot more anger and even bitterness. and from a lot more people and within my family. We are in awe at the crap this president gets away with, far more than Bush even dared think about, not that he was without blame. But he admitted when he got it wrong. Obama prides himself over his wrongs. If he gets caught he just blames Bush to this very day. and so does 2/3 of our nation. Unbelievable. and his wife is still on vacation somewhere unless she does her 10 min. PR thing on the lawn doing jumping jacks or growing a carrot in between jaunts. I used to have hope but not so much anymore.<br />I still have prayer and I still have my own backyard/community to make a better place. It's either that or give in. and I won't do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-11880318343518198952011-10-25T07:30:08.381-07:002011-10-25T07:30:08.381-07:00Why is it life is becoming more of a sitcom than T...Why is it life is becoming more of a sitcom than TV?<br /><br />Foreigners' Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa<br />source: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576641421449460968.html" rel="nofollow">WSJ</a>Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149521091614552325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-57199697967611194152011-10-25T06:37:56.868-07:002011-10-25T06:37:56.868-07:00The police know who the gang members are and they ...The police know who the gang members are and they know what crimes they are committing. Yet on any day you can find the police sitting in their car with a radar gun waiting to give you a $200 ticket for driving 25 mph in a school zone or 5 mph over the speed limit on the highway. Why do they not go after the gangs?? Simple answer it doesn't make them any money and it costs the justice system money. The DA and courts limit trials because of the costs and the police are being tasked to "make" money for them with traffic stops. My solution: Give each policeman a bonus of $1000 for each gangmember they bring in who is convicted of a serious crime. And allocate money for the DA's to spend ONLY on prosecuting and sentencing (not letting them off) gang members. Maybe then we could make our cities safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-25117082594725392552011-10-24T16:59:15.957-07:002011-10-24T16:59:15.957-07:00BLECH!
"How do you say, "Take us now, w...BLECH!<br /><br />"How do you say, "Take us now, we're ready for the plucking," in Mandarin?"-- sh! they'll hear you. Did you hear the Kathleen Madigan stand up routine where she says "get you a Rosetta Stone and learn you some Chinese before they get here. Cause they're coming. I was at the opening ceremonies for the Olympics...the Chinese have got their act together on a level that is frightening. I don't think it's going to be too hard to kick our fat American (butts) off couches watching Sports Center. You<br />wake up and there's a Chinese family in your living room just staring at you. "You get up. You go home now." "I am" "no no no not anymore. We buy you house when you watch Superbrowe."Teresita Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399167425409854324noreply@blogger.com