Crustyrusty's Last Gasp

Well, that was fun.

2012-01-18T20:25:00.003-05:00

Hope all the strikes accomplished something.

2012-01-17T21:42:00.003-05:00

To protest SOPA and PIPA.

Merry Christmas to you all...

2011-12-24T13:05:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I know, haven't been posting for crap for a while now. Personal issues and just wanting to spend time with my family out here on the "farmette" keep me busy.

Enjoy the holidays, folks, and don't get so caught up in all the BS that you forget the reasons for what we do.

Right now, I'm going to move dining furniture and steal food while Momma's cooking. The many children and grands will be here soon and adult gift swap will be a blast. The kids get tree gifts in the morning, whenever I decide to wake up ;-)

Blessings to you all.
Crusty

Finally...

2011-09-28T22:54:00.000-04:00

...after being Internetless (is that a word?) for ages, we're finally hooked back up to the world.

Been really busy on the homestead. Discovered that mowing 3 +/- acres is a pain, even with a rider. Planted trees, stomped around in the woods, lost a bunch of assorted junk in the move, and basically have been dumbfounded that we have been blessed with this place that's OURS. No more rent, no more landlords, it's ours :-)

I also discovered that it's more fun to bang around out here than surf the web. That's probably a good lesson for me, and maybe some other folks out there.

I think it's about time to put a lot of that survivalist reading to good use.

We Got It

2011-09-06T20:43:00.000-04:00

Closed on the mini retreat today :-)

10 acres, about 6 in woods (and a house, too).

Now the fun starts....

Cold War Flashbacks

2011-08-28T19:35:00.000-04:00

Was digging through stuff, preparing to (Lord willing) move here in a bit, and came across these...

Ah, those were the days....

What Happened to "Public" Schools?

2011-08-11T06:55:00.000-04:00

Today is the first day of school for the 2 mobile food processing units... and they want money. Not for school supplies, but for "fees". Fees for this, charges for that, lunch costs this much, except if you make this much, then it costs nothing....

Whatever happened to the concept that property (or rent in lieu of) and payroll taxes pay for these schools? The lion's share of the tax bills around here go to the schools, and yet we still have to cough up for them to go to "free" school.

I saw a blog post somewhere about parents in Ohio having to come up with almost 5k in fees for their *one* kid to go to school. Hell, the private Christian school around here costs less than that, and their education is probably 10 times better.

It might behoove some folks to look at their kids' fees. It might be cheaper to send them to private school.

And better.

Land

2011-07-03T18:46:00.000-04:00

Wondering if any of the preppers out there can give me an idea of how many people a 5 acre plot of land can support. Momma and I are looking at a piece of property with a house and 10 acres, 5 of it in woods. It's a nice place, and the woods provide a nice tactical position as well :-)

I'll be looking around for ideas while our realtor formulates our offer.

Prayers would be appreciated for this one.

It'll be nice to own a house again, if this goes through.

Repost for the Memorial Day Weekend

2011-05-28T16:46:00.000-04:00

This was originally posted in '09. I wanted to post something for the holiday, and my thoughts kept going back to what was in this post, so here it is, one more time...

Memorial Day

I was doing some thinking about Memorial Day, and what bugs me about it lately, besides the tendency of the general public to turn the weekend into mindless frivolity and gluttony.

I did 20.5 years in the Air Force as a cop. My service was, in some eyes, mediocre at best. I thought I did pretty well to survive that long and not end up in the correctional facilities where I worked some of the time. I had my good moments, had a few "atta boys," and some really bad moments that I thought I wouldn't make it through. As tedious as the job was, we did it to the best of our ability. As abused as we, sometimes rightly, thought we were, especially compared to the desk jockeys who only handled a rifle every 3 years, we still knew that the price of not doing our jobs was too horrible to contemplate.

I wasn't a hero. I did what I was told, went where they told me to go, and did more than my share of bitching about it.

When someone comes up to me and thanks me for my service, especially this time of year, I feel embarrassed and try to change the subject.

On Memorial Day, my thoughts aren't on my term of service.

When I stuff my body into my uniform once a year, I do it for my brothers in arms that didn't make it to 20.

That's what it's all about.

I'll take my thanks on Veteran's Day.

Turning off moderation now

2011-04-26T19:50:00.000-04:00

Missing all the comments by not remembering that it was on... :-(

Happy Easter to you too, Brigid.

Weird

2011-04-26T19:48:00.000-04:00

Got a letter from the Illinois Staats Polizei informing me that I need to renew my FOID.

Heh.

It was sent to my current not-in-Illinois address, which I believe makes me ineligible for a FOID anyway.

Way to pay attention, guys. Not that I'd ever move back to Illinois again anyway. I can open carry here, you damn commies; I don't need you giving me "permission" to own a firearm.

Not to mention that I was basically starving in Illinois, where my child support was more than my share of my paycheck, but who's counting?

I'm Torn

2011-03-19T12:18:00.000-04:00

Normally I would expect the president to actually BE the president during times of world/domestic crisis, instead of filling in brackets, escaping to Latin America, hitting the links for the 69th time, etc., but this IS 0bama.

I think I'd rather he kept distracting himself with these things. Then he'd have less time to meddle in the affairs of government and make our lives even MORE miserable than they already are.

Maters

2011-03-12T15:43:00.000-05:00

It's a little late for this part of the country, but I got our mater seeds started today. 16 different varieties, plus hot peppers and squash. I also planted 4 pods to take to the nursing home when they start their garden.

I like when spring approaches :-)

Word.

2011-02-17T20:33:00.002-05:00

Prepper Equipment

2011-02-15T18:58:00.000-05:00

If you're looking for Mylar bags, O2 absorbers, dessicants and the like, go to:

http://www.sorbentsystems.com/products.html

They even have "Special Surface Channel Bags" to use with FoodSaver (TM) and other similar machines.

Disclosure... No, I don't work for the above linked company, nor have I received any form of compensation for featuring their link on my blog, and I think it's pretty damned stupid that I even have to THINK about putting such an asinine statement on my blog in the first place. Thanks a lot, buttheads :p

Civilians?

2011-01-24T07:05:00.000-05:00

Peggy Noonan sez:

What civilian needs a pistol with a magazine that loads 33 bullets and allows you to kill that many people without even stopping to reload?

Last I knew, if you didn't have some form of DD Form 2, you were a civilian.

Even the cops that run around in fake BDUs carrying M4geries.

That's why we military police types called them "civilian police departments."

So Peggy, according to your own logic, the PoPo can't have those evil "high-capacity clips" either.

I, however, get to keep mine :-)

Right?

Hm?

...that's what I figured.

Where'd all these people come from...?

2011-01-19T20:25:00.000-05:00

Wow. Lots of hits lately. Well, lots compared to usual.

Maybe I ought to start writing in here again, huh?

If I can squeeze it in with all the reading, working and assorted family type things going on :-/

Playin'

2010-12-06T20:43:00.002-05:00

Trying out the new design thingie....

Wondering how, pray tell, am I supposed to re-center my graphic on top...?

Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T10:55:00.003-05:00

In these days when many of us don't have much, still, let us give thanks to the Lord for what we DO have, and always remember where it comes from, no matter what day it is.

Have a happy Thanksgiving Day.

The Soviets Thought So...

2010-10-21T20:20:00.001-04:00

We knew this was coming.

How dare you step out of line???

Silver

2010-10-07T20:11:00.002-04:00

I got a hold of some junk silver half dollars a while back. They were pretty tarnished, so I figured I'd shine them up a little. They're just some old Kennedy halves, I highly doubt they have any numismatic value.

They're purty.

Silver coinage went away when I was 2 years old. I doubt there was any left in circulation by time I was old enough to handle money.

I never handled a real silver coin until last year. They feel different. They sound different when you drop one on the table.

They just seem more substantial than the stuff we have now.

Not surprising, considering that what passes for money nowadays has no more intrinsic value than Chuck-E-Cheese tokens.

It's nice to hold REAL money in your hands.

WTF...

2010-10-02T15:17:00.001-04:00

I went to Save-A-Lot today because they had eggs for 79 cents a dozen, which is basically unheard of anymore. So I'm back there loading my cart up with eggs, and this young girl comes up and grabs a carton of 18 eggs, which was a buck 49. I looked at her and said, "these are on sale and cheaper." She looked at me with this forlorn look and said...

"But I have five kids to feed!"

...

The product of today's publik skool education, I presume.

I hope they don't come whining to me when they're all dying off.

Teenagers

2010-08-01T10:31:00.002-04:00

I wrote my first computer program in 1978. I cut my teeth on the Chicago Public Schools mainframe, a Trash-80 and an Apple II.

My friend and I were doing memory upgrades on 8088 machines before you were supposed to be able to do them.

I built all the computers in our house. I have a fairly good word-of-mouth thing going fixing jacked-up Windows machines (and promoting Linux as a way to avoid further problems, but who listens?)

But God forbid I should tell the 15 year old that his computer is running slow as dirt because the servers on his silly online RPG are overloaded....

Pain

2010-06-12T21:37:00.003-04:00

Discussing web gear on one of the forums I frequent, the subject of vests came up. When they first came out in force in the late 80s and early 90s, we gravitated to them because they did look seriously tacticool, before that particular term came out.

As we used them on a regular basis, we discovered something.

First of all, if you're running and have to hit the ground in the prone position, all that ammo (as well as the pistol) is going to HURT. There is a reason why we wore our ammo pouches out to the side.

Second of all, if you're hugging the ground in a firefight, you can't GET to your ammo or the pistol, 'cause you're LAYING on them.

I retired before the ballistic plate thing became standard issue, but I can imagine the fun having to hit the ground wearing that crap, too.

I'll stick with my old ALICE gear. Worked fine for me for 20 years.

Pizza

2010-04-09T08:20:00.002-04:00

"Deep dish, dat's for dose Nort' Side people up in Wrigley Field."

Word.

I never had a deep dish pizza until after I came BACK to Chicago on leave and went up to Giordano's.

Wasn't impressed. Sorry. I'll stick with Vinces :-)

Crusty's Quote of the Day

2010-03-23T20:47:00.001-04:00

From Codrea:

"Of course we have a right to health care. Government has no authority to prevent us from getting it. We just don't have a right to demand anyone else pay for it."

Surprise, surprise...

2010-03-21T23:37:00.002-04:00

Chandler voted "nay".

I'm truly surprised. I thought he'd cave.

Guess he gets to keep his job this year.

The rest of them... I hope that their jobs are all they lose, for their sakes.

Dear Barry, Harry and Nan...

2010-03-14T11:27:00.000-04:00

Do you think that the 15,679,730 NICS checks since the 08 elections (as of 11/09), which represent at least one gun, if not more, per check, were done because the general populace of the USA TRUST you people?

How much further do you think you can push?

If this "Slaughter Maneuver" goes through, it will be the most blatant disregard of the Constitution ever, a slap in the face of the American people, and most likely the last casus belli, when folks say "no more."

You say that being voted out this year is an acceptable price to pay for HellCare.

I don't buy it. You wouldn't pull a stunt like this unless you were absolutely sure your positions were secure. Megalomaniacs like you do not willingly give up power.

I think, though, that you underestimate the people. We put up with a lot to live peaceful lives, but there is a limit to what we will tolerate.

You believe that the people will roll over and accept this. You think that opposition to this is "manufactured" by a bunch of right-wing "teabaggers" (a term which I think is really a Freudian slip on the part of those who use it, indicative of their latent desires, but I digress...), but I'm pretty sure that you underestimate not only the opposition to this move, but also the resolve of the average person.

We don't all sit on our asses and watch American Idol 24/7.

And we're the ones with the means to fix things should you decide to take the ballot box option away.

I pray to God you people wise up, but I doubt you will, based on watching your prior antics.

I weep for this country, for what is coming over the horizon.

Every LEO needs to read this

2010-02-17T17:50:00.002-05:00

Mike nails it again, here.

It's getting uglier out there every day, folks.

Choose.

WTF...

2010-02-03T18:22:00.002-05:00

In Macomb, Illinois, of all places, a wackjob starts shooting up a Farm King store and starts firing on the cops.

I used to live out there. I've been in that Farm King more than once.

There is a fairly well-equipped gun area in that store, with rifles, handguns and shotguns.

So I wanna know this:

WHY the fuck didn't one of those chickenshit employees grab one or more of those firearms and take this asshole out, instead of waiting on the cops to rescue them and giving this bozo that much more time to possibly kill someone?

Huh?

I KNOW why... Momma told me the answer was already in my question, even.

I just want someone, anyone to give me a valid reason for this.

It's sad when the first instinct of someone IN THE GUN SECTION is to run and hide when faced with an armed criminal....

Pathetic.

Got me a netbook

2010-01-22T23:02:00.003-05:00

I picked up one of those e-machines netbooks at ChinaMart a few weeks ago for a fairly decent price, in my opinion. Now, I've been tweaking and building hardware since the 8088 days, back when you had to have mad soldering skillz to install a memory "upgrade" in a Tandy and then try to hack the OS to actually USE it, but I never messed around with laptops much. I figured that a laptop was a nice toy if you could get one for a hundred bucks or so, but I never had the time nor the cash to mess with them.

When Wally had these netbooks for 2 and a quarter, I figured I could blow my Christmas money on it, and if I didn't like the damn thing, I could sell it or give it to one of the kids or something.

Surprise. I actually LIKE this little thing. It's small enough to not feel like you're lugging something around, and big enough to actually see, unlike the old Axim I had a few years ago.

Not that there aren't some issues. The backspace key is WAY too small, and the silly touchpad thing is a pain sometimes, but all in all it's pretty usable. I'm typing this on the netbook right now, sitting on the couch next to the 15 month old.

Here, however, is the kicker. I have never been a Microsoft fan, preferring to deny the greedy bastages any of my cash and use various forms of Linux. Right now I have Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Linux Mint on the machine alongside Windows 7 "Starter". Both Linuces work very well on this machine, and I'm impressed with the way the Ubuntu menu is laid out. Both found my wireless network without a hitch, which has been my sore point with Linux until now.

Windows 7 "Starter" also works, It runs fairly fast, much faster than I ever saw Vista run on any machine. It also found my wireless network, no problem. The problem came when I wanted to, of all things, change my background.

I. Can't. Change. The. Effing. BACKGROUND.

If you want to do 90 percent of the things you were able to do with XP, you have to buy an upgrade for at least 80 bucks.

Music?

Bwahahahaha!

I knew M$ was greedy, but gimme a break.

I'm about to wipe the "recovery partition" and get rid of this fake "windows" altogether.

Other than that, this is a nice machine. It'll be even better when I get the 2 gigs to put in it.

The people have spoken...

2010-01-20T06:27:00.003-05:00

...in Massachusetts. For once, folks got up off their "people's seats" (groan) and effected change.

I predict the market will go up for a bit.

I predict the Dems will ram ObamaCare through anyway, in spite of clear indications that the People don't want it.

I predict the Stupid Party will fumble this just as they've done with every opportunity they've been handed on silver platters since 1994.

Unfortunately, I also predict that this election will be the last free one I'll ever see.

I hope I'm wrong, but it's coming. The Evil Party will wake up and make sure this threat to their power can't happen again. The Stupid Party will get complacent over this one and think they'll ride through this fall without a glitch, and the consequences will be catastrophic.

I'm buying more ammo.

The coming fury

2010-01-17T10:51:00.001-05:00

Excellent read here.

Government Health Care

2010-01-07T18:16:00.002-05:00

The stupidity of the government in this story will be multiplied a million times when they take over the whole thing.

They'll pay out the wazoo for useless crap, but not for things people actually need and can use.

I see this every day in my job. Medicaid and Medicare and the VA are bad enough. I don't want them running the whole damn thing with no other options.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T11:06:00.000-05:00

To my 10 readers, and a blessed New Year, too.

Pray for peace.

Crusty

Happy Festivus

2009-12-23T06:29:00.000-05:00

Where's your pole at?

Interesting Concept

2009-12-21T06:30:00.003-05:00

I saw a call in Breda's comment section for a nationwide strike on 20 January 2010 to coincide with 0bongo's State of the Reich speech.

Works for me. Better yet, call it John Galt day and have productive citizens do absolutely NOTHING that day that will benefit anyone else except their immediate family. Spend no money. No work, no shopping, no travel, except to picket lines. Hell, don't even watch TV, that just props up the media's numbers and makes them look important.

I'm starting to like this idea.

Required reading

2009-12-20T09:53:00.003-05:00

This guy puts it better than I ever could.

Having seen all the sides of the equation personally, I can only agree. The shit he mentions happening in England WILL become the norm if we let this lame excuse for a government take over our health care.

Be warned.

The world according to Hopper

2009-12-06T11:57:00.003-05:00

The crew at Pixar gets it...

Why don't the rest of us?

Vanderboegh

2009-11-30T17:49:00.001-05:00

Mike Vanderboegh is having health issues and will be offline until further notice.

Send up a prayer or two for him and his family, willya?

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T13:37:00.002-05:00

May you all have a blessed Thanksgiving Day.

No more internet today, huh?

Go.

Workin'

2009-11-19T20:04:00.002-05:00

An apology to my 10 readers, not a whole lot to blog about that others don't already cover in more depth. Just some random thoughts:

Been workin', actually liking my job for once. Haven't had THAT in years.

Been preppin' as much as the finances will allow. Been stocking up more on the dry stuff lately, rice, beans, lentils, oats, sugar and salt. I don't have as much stocked up as some do, but my belief is that I'm not going to be around much longer, before my Savior comes to get us. Whoever's left can have my preps, if I don't end up using them beforehand.

FWIW, silver is still WAY undervalued, compared to gold. I've been getting silver Roosevelt dimes, as many as I can.

I like the idea of putting Berkey filters in 5 gallon buckets. Saves a lot of money that way.

Married life is good, especially if you really LIKE each other.

To My Brothers And Sisters In Arms...

2009-11-11T20:12:00.002-05:00

...hope you had a good one.

For some of us, that means you survived another day.

Raise a glass for those who aren't here this year.

To Nancy Pelosi...

2009-11-08T21:27:00.002-05:00

...and the rest of the tyrannical Americans In Name Only,

Fuck You.

Take your HellCare bill and your mandatory insurance and your jail time and shove it up your wrinkly asses.

Trust me. I am NOT the only one pissed off about what you've done.

Page addition

2009-11-08T08:34:00.004-05:00

If you notice, I put up my military signature, reflecting a fairly mundane and undistinguished career ;-)

Hadn't occurred to me to do it until I saw Old NFO do it on his blog.

Go take a visit.

Chandler voted "nay"

2009-11-08T08:22:00.003-05:00

Good.

He can keep his job for a while.

We ARE watching. Closer than ever.

He's got a "D" behind his name, but better him than some damn RINO.

No more party lines. Results matter. The Dead Elephant Society has lost my vote and my $$ until they can get their collective shit together.

Oooh, shiny!

2009-11-07T09:52:00.002-05:00

While the nation watches the MSM coverage of Fort Hood incessantly, the House is in session on a SATURDAY, working to take the last remnant of choice we have regarding our health care.

And Ear Leader is so wonderfully nonchalant when addressing the carnage in Texas.

This whole thing screams "false flag". I wouldn't doubt someone set this fool up to do this as a distraction so Congress could have their way with us when we weren't looking.

Not to mention all the cries for more gun control after this and the thing in Florida.

I'm buying more ammo.

Crusty's Quote of the Week

2009-11-03T19:23:00.002-05:00

From Tam's place:

Lastly, we circle back around to one of the big problems in our society, which is the idea that line-memorizing clothes horses have anything more valid to say about politics, science, or current events than the hippie on the street corner with a guitar case. The Romans had the right position in society for actors: Above cesspit cleaners, but not as well-respected as a decent whore.

Can't add anything to that.

Mawwiage...

2009-10-31T23:15:00.001-04:00

Crusty and Momma are now husband and wife :)

Last time. She's stuck with my old ass.

Changes

2009-10-27T21:47:00.002-04:00

Yeah, I've been playing with the layout on the blog a little. Figured it needed a change.

Also, on Friday, Crusty and Momma will be makin' it legal, tying the knot.

Been waiting 2 years for this. It's about time :)

Take back the party?

2009-10-24T11:53:00.002-04:00

Naah.

I thought that the Repubs might actually wise up and quit alienating their base, instead of trying to be all things to all people, but they're not getting it.

I was a Republican in Chicago in the late '70s, working for a Republican State Representative in the Bear Cage. Life as a Republican in Chicago, even then, was absolute hell.

They OWE me.

So what do they offer anymore? RINO McCain? Newt trying to kiss Democrat ass, trying to "get along"?

No more.

Like Ron said, the party left me. Don't know if I can find anything a whole lot better at this juncture; to be frank, I really don't think there will be elections by 2012, and quite possibly by 2010. I don't put it past Obongo to declare some kind of crisis and impose martial law and suspend elections.

If there's another party around who interests me, I'll look into it. Otherwise, I'm buying more preps.

H1N1 vaccine

2009-10-21T19:33:00.002-04:00

Today we had the H1N1 vaccine for the staff at work.

Within 30 minutes of starting I saw 3 people get sick, one violently ill and white as a sheet.

These are the ones I SAW. Don't know how many others got sick.

Later on in a meeting a whole bunch of us RNs said there was no flippin' way we were taking that shot.

Jus' sayin'...

Don't think the Dollar is tanking?

2009-10-19T06:56:00.001-04:00

In June, 2001, the Swiss Franc was 1.78 to the Dollar.

Today it is 1.02 to the Dollar. Couple more days it will be even.

Pitiful.

I'm going to buy more preps :p

Dear Poland...

2009-10-18T12:03:00.002-04:00

...Czech Republic, Georgia, and basically every historical ally we've had that Obutthead has thrown under the bus...

I didn't vote for him. 52 percent of the people who showed up to vote did, not 52 percent of the American people. He only got 30 percent of eligible voters.

Many of us didn't vote because they didn't want to choose the lesser of two evils, or because they didn't see a whole lot of difference between the two anyway.

So, on behalf of what our country USED to be, I apologize. Unfortunately, we're about in the same position as you are - under the bus, or about to be.

We ARE working to rectify this situation.

Preps

2009-10-17T23:26:00.003-04:00

Been busy.

Momma's been busy, too :)

The date on the photos is wrong... one of the chilluns must have gotten his mitts on the camera :p

Facebook Flair

2009-10-13T22:55:00.002-04:00

Made this "piece of flair" for Facebook. I thought it was pretty cool but there's no way to publicize it so here it is for your perusal.

Threeper Challenge Coin

2009-10-10T09:25:00.003-04:00

Well, actually it's the reverse of a "three cent nickel" from 1888.

I thought it was pretty cool when I saw it.

Maybe we need to make something like that.

Gee, Crusty has a life now...

2009-10-08T20:14:00.002-04:00

I am well entrenched in my new job now, which is a good thing in these days of 9, er, 16, well, more like 25 percent unemployment.

My previous job was Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12 hour shifts. I had 4 days off, which was cool for laying about the house and playing blogger.

Now I work a "regular" schedule, Monday through Friday, 8 to 5. It's good to be home in the evenings, and to have every weekend off for once in my life, but part of me misses those 4 days in a row off....

Jus' sayin'

Outta the park

2009-10-05T20:20:00.001-04:00

Steve McCann nails it.

Go read. It will explain a LOT.

Internet is back, (again)

2009-10-05T19:04:00.000-04:00

Thank you, AT&T...

If it wasn't the fraying trunk lines down the road, it was the cheap-ass DSL modem overheating and not syncing.

New modem; let's hope it works this time.

LRADs

2009-09-27T20:03:00.003-04:00

According to Wikipedia:

Countermeasures may include the use of passive hearing protection (earplugs, headsets), which may bring the sound down to ineffective levels. In addition, sound could be reflected from a solid surface, and redirected back to the originator.

Or from a parabola?

Like an old satellite dish?

Or a stainless steel bowl?

That could make life really interesting, couldn't it?

Any ideas?

Knob Creek

2009-09-27T14:06:00.005-04:00

Now that I actually have a normal schedule, I'll be hitting Knob Creek this Fall. It's an easy drive and I can stay at Knox if I have to (benefits of being retired, y'know).

Looking forward to seeing the preppers and gunbloggers there too.

Feds Probe Hanged Census Worker With 'Fed' Scrawled on Chest

2009-09-24T06:50:00.003-04:00

Go read here.

Personally, I think the false flag attacks are starting so the media can start painting (even more) the "right wing militia nutjobs" as violent "domestic terrorists".

Although, I don't necessarily think this is the case, yet. The media WILL spin this one against the "right wingers" for sure.

But hell, they've been shooting "revenooers" out in those parts for more than a hundred years. It's not gonna stop now that Obongo is president.

The difference is, now it's going to be blamed on US.

Get ready.

I wonder...

2009-09-19T16:58:00.002-04:00

...what the world would be like today if Stanley Dunham hadn't been such a doofus and had just named his daughter Ann.

What. The. Fuck.

2009-09-18T21:57:00.002-04:00

The economy is tanking. Obongo is throwing Eastern Europe under the bus so's that he has more room to undo Putin's fly. Unemployment is through the roof, people's credit is for crap, and things are generally shit on a shingle.

And the fucking asshole government has nothing better to do than regulate FUCKING GARAGE SALES?????

We pay these morons money so they can prosecute soccer moms who sell stuff like a goddamned EASY BAKE FUCKING OVEN?????

WHY in God's holy Name haven't these COMMUNIST FUCKS been strung up in the nearest tree????

WHY????

WHY haven't the people risen up and thrown these stupid assholes out????

WHY??????

Incognito

2009-09-18T05:41:00.002-04:00

Go Here.

Download the ISO and burn it to a CD.

Pop it in your puter, boot off the CD and play with it. It won't change anything on your hard drive.

It is a Linux distribution that is set up for anonymity and security. It runs well, albeit a little slower than I'm used to, as it is running straight off a CD. The anonymizing processes will also slow things down a bit, but that's to be expected, and a small price to pay for the benefits.

Threepers may be needing this in the very near future.

Tired

2009-09-16T22:02:00.002-04:00

I'm tired.

Worn out.

Who knows why.

I'll probably get over it, but right now I'm dog ass tired.

There's your exciting posting for the week :D

Condolences

2009-09-13T16:35:00.002-04:00

To James Rawles, on the passing of his wife, Linda.

I don't know the man, other than what I read on his site and in his book.

I'd guess he's never seen my pitiful little escapades here, and probably has no clue who I am.

Nonetheless, he is a brother in Christ Jesus and my prayers go out to him and his family for God's comfort during this time.

Requiescat in pacem, Memsahib....

Sorry

2009-09-13T11:53:00.000-04:00

Internet has been out for almost a week; today it is spotty.

I'll start posting again when I can convince AT&T to fix their infrastructure (again).

Crusty
III

I don't get it (again)

2009-09-07T19:30:00.002-04:00

I'm sure this argument has been made before, but I saw something that made me want to rant.

I know I'm old.

I retired in 2003 from the Air Force Security Forces.

I haven't totally kept up with today's .mil practices in the catbox and Asscanistan, but I have noticed a few things.

Back in 'Nam, the US military ditches 7.62 NATO and goes with 5.56, ostensibly to save weight on the weapon and to allow the troops to carry more ammo. The net effect is that the troops can't shoot as far, and when they do, it doesn't hit as hard.

Later on, US military ditches M-16 variants and goes with the M-4, which looks a lot like the GAU-5A I used to have in the AF. Now they're shooting carbines, which are inherently less accurate than the full-length weapon.

So now we've reduced the weight, the accuracy, and stopping power. So what does the military in its infinite wisdom do?

They put Picatinny rails on the carbines, so the troops can hang 30 pounds of shit off their weapon in an attempt to gain the range and accuracy that they lost, and totally defeat any weight advantage they might have had by using 5.56. Not to mention the 50-60 pounds of crap on their MOLLE gear.... And they're still shooting varmint rounds.

I'll stick with my 7.62, thankyouverymuch.

THIS

2009-09-06T18:32:00.002-04:00

is why we're pissed.

THIS... arrogance and condescension from our "elected" officials who supposedly work for us.

It's not just about ObamaCare or bailouts or clunkers.

It's about you asshole politicians thinking you're our "betters" because you hold public office.

We put you there.

We can take you out.

One way or another.

That's two...

2009-09-06T14:33:00.002-04:00

First it was Gibbs.

Now Secretary of ~~Indoctrination~~ Education Arne Duncan has said it:

Disagreeing with His Imperiousness is "silly".

Don't you people GET it????

This administration thinks a large portion of the American people are MORONS.

These arrogant bastards need to be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail.

Rope. Tree. Politician.

Some assembly required.

A request

2009-09-05T13:34:00.001-04:00

Does anyone have a PDF file of the original Department of Education "lesson plan" for Dear Leader's indocrination speech? Seems that the .gov removed the incriminating evidence and substituted something else.

Note to Wingnuts:

2009-09-05T11:27:00.002-04:00

I haven't listened to Rush Limbaugh in years. I rarely catch Glenn Beck on an occasional video clip. The only TV channels regularly on in my house are the Food Network, Travel Channel, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel.

Thassit.

My anger at the left is purely due to watching their actions for the last 40 years. I don't need Rush or Glenn to tell me what to be angry about, and I doubt most other conservative types do, either.

Unlike most liberals, we are capable of observing facts and thinking for ourselves :p

If only it were the real thing.

2009-09-05T10:09:00.001-04:00

AIM Surplus has a new toy for sale.

Too bad it's not the original version with the original capablilties.

There you have it, folks.

2009-09-04T19:57:00.003-04:00

This is what the regime thinks of you if you disagree with what they do:

You're "silly".

Your opinion matters not; we will do what we will do and if you disagree, well, who cares? We're the ones in power and we know better.

The rest of you are silly twits not worth listening to.

Are you people FINALLY starting to get it?!?!?!?!?

Crusty's Quote of the Week

2009-09-04T15:24:00.002-04:00

Regarding Dear Leader's ~~exhortation~~ indoctrination of our ~~school children~~ Jugend next week, Aggie Sith sez:

WHY THE F*** SHOULD MY KIDS LISTEN ABOUT HARD WORK AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FROM A MAN WHO HAS NEVER DONE EITHER??????

Can't put it any plainer than that.

Crusty's Quote of the Day

2009-09-04T13:38:00.002-04:00

From Mike commenting on the Agitator:

When the economy collapses, the people will no longer have their prosperity to prop up the illusion that they are genuinely free. Wealth itself is not freedom, in fact it tends to make people put up with abuses that they’d never tolerate as a poorer, prouder people like we were in 1776. If the economy gets worse, and the dow hits 5000 or less for at least a year, it will be very interesting times for the pigs.

That's most of the problem, and that's why the .gov has all their little programs. As long as they keep the sheeple fat and happy, they won't bitch too loudly, and the ones who do are so few that they can single them out as rabble and dispatch them without too much uproar from the populace.

The economy is improving, huh?

2009-09-04T08:59:00.001-04:00

I'd hate to see what unemployment would be like if it were getting worse.

And those are government numbers. The real numbers are probably closer to 18%.

Moan

2009-09-04T07:21:00.001-04:00

The way things are going, the kids might actually be sick on the 8th...

I hate colds. Can't sleep, can't breathe, and I smell like a koala.

Grr.

Heh.

2009-09-03T18:14:00.003-04:00

I didn't know he did politics....

*Idea stolen from Tangalor...*

WTF????

2009-09-03T07:51:00.002-04:00

Just what is this country coming to, and just WHAT was this asshole thinking?!?!?!

You TOUCH my kids, you better pray the cops get to you before I do.

Only consolation is that his future bunkies LOVE people who abuse kids...

Heh.

I Pledge Allegiance

2009-09-03T07:35:00.001-04:00

to the Constitution of the united States of America.

Sick Day

2009-09-02T16:41:00.001-04:00

The kids will be sick on the 8th.

One way or the other.

If they have to listen to Dear Leader's ~~indoctrination~~ speech at school they'll be sick to their stomachs anyway :p

Shelf Reliance Giveaway

2009-09-01T12:19:00.001-04:00

Shelf Reliance is giving away a wheat grinder valued at 80 bucks. Go to the blog post and follow the instructions for a chance to win.

Don't you dare get old...

2009-09-01T12:09:00.003-04:00

... at least in Texas.

Is this what's coming in the future? First they take all you own and stick you in an institution.

Later on they decide that you're not worth the resources necessary to keep your unproductive ass alive, so they make you take the pill.

Can't spend too much money and risk those bailouts, can we?

I swear, the government couldn't piss the people off more if they were TRYING.

The Reclamation of Independence

2009-08-29T23:27:00.002-04:00

From Blackiswhite's blog...

Copy it, attach your name to it, and make it go viral.

THE RECLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE

WHEN IN THE GENERATIONS SUCCEEDING the one that pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to usher in the birth of the world’s only truly free nation, Liberty’s Progeny incrementally ceded their birthright to the government conceived and designed to serve a free people, and not be its servant, this generation is awakening to the terrible mistake that we, and our ancestors allowed to happen. Charged with the terrible knowledge that comes with opened eyes, we now take up the long abdicated duty to rouse our fellow citizens and actively wrest the power and the liberties that have been progressively talked, cajoled, threatened, wheedled, and extorted from us, not only by those who ostensibly served us, but by their supporters and enablers who, by accident or design, saw fit to usurp and disdain such freedoms, that they might be withheld, and where impossible to withhold, might be condemned, until a corrosive contempt for these liberties, wrapped in velvet gloves, might so suffocate the circulation of them that this nation, conceived in liberty and the providence of a wise and benevolent creator, might indeed perish from the earth, plunging the rightful heirs of a proud and noble heritage in the the darkened waters of chaos, despair, and evil that surround them, a dank deluge that even today, other human beings actively seek to escape from in the inspiring embrace of this blessed and free country.

We, the awakened and aware, freely accept the charge that the architects of this republic passed on to us over two centuries before, in the hope that all who partook in the blessings made possible by nation they created would somberly undertake the duties of citizens, and so appropriately train themselves in virtue, and educate themselves in the workings of the precepts and ideals set forth in their foundational documents that they would possess enough wisdom to recognize that not all threats to our freedom would come from without our ranks, the knowledge to recognize that not every chain and shackle menacing us will immediately appear to be what it actually is, and the humilitynot to assume that the ingenuity and innovation that has been the hallmark of American success has been the product of man alone.

To this end, we hereby identify and reclaim our independence from the tools used to slowly enslave a free people and usurp the freedoms that we could not be persuaded to freely give up, or voluntarily suppress the free exercise of on our own:

1. We reclaim our independence from the tyranny of ‘Political Correctness’.

The Constitution does not now, nor has it ever guaranteed a right to be free from being offended. Early successes in causing the disruption of free speech by insisting on the use of words or terms stripped of their meaning or altered by redefinition and deliberate use of ephemism, in order to avoid offending more delicate sensibilities lead to its use to deliberately avoid, delay, or prevent the free exchange and communication of ideas because we allowed ourselves to be more afraid of offending someone or being branded with a label chosen to imply that there was a problem with the offending speaker, rather than the intended recipient.

No more.

Words have meaning and names have power. But truth overcomes, when it is given the opportunity to exist unfettered by the artificial restraints that those who fear it would place upon it. The Founding Fathers knew this, which is why they favored the “marketplace of ideas” approach. And we now ratify and affirm this concept, having borne witness to the damage and impaired decision making that results when we remain silent and let others avoid any real discussion of topics, events, and ideas out of the fear that we might offend someone.

2. We reclaim our independence from your victimhood.

For too long, we have stood by silently, and allowed some to increasingly balkanize this country with sob stories of how one thing or another makes them a victim, and therefore they deserve some special deference, special preference, and recognition that they are special. We watched for too long, with growing alarm, as the hyphenated-Americans increasingly failed to take it upon themselves to overcome their victim status, yet continually expect to be rewarded for it as they brandished their victimhood like a cudgel, ready to bludgeon any who dared to question their entitlements and almost rapacious appetites to expand them.

No more.

One of the many unique blessings that this country has to offer is the presence of second and third and fourth chances. Others know this, and rather than think that the good things available to those who work for them were something that they were simply entitled to by virtue of their sob story, real or imagined, they decided to man up, and overcome. That doesn’t happen through accepting help and deciding to continually demand more. We are a generous people, but there are limits. Decide of your own accord to know the satisfaction of making your own destiny, rather than subsistence on the labor of others. You might be surprised at what you accomplish, or how that might come to benefit your fellow citizen in ways that you cannot even imagine.

3. We reclaim our independence from the myth of a compelling interest in diversity at the cost of excellence.

The latest affront to the ‘American Exceptionalism’ that our current President feels the need to apologize for in foreign capitols is the recent notion of a “compelling interest in diversity in our government, our institutions, and our culture”. This is the bastard child of Political Correctness and victimhood, which would not have been possible without the misapprehension of the concept of equality as enshrined in our law, the correct interpretation being that citizens of this country have equality of opportunity and equality in stature in the eyes of the laws that govern us. Once the “right” of offense took hold and started keeping company with victimhood, those benefiting from the employment of both decided that equality really meant that everyone had a right to be to be surrounded in all walks of life by people who looked just like them, whether those people were qualified to fulfill those roles or not.

No more.

Americans rose to prominence in the world in no small part due to the idea of merit and the pursuit of excellence. This was embodied in our government and institutions as much as in the private sector. Civil Service exams for public sector jobs ensured not only that people could do the work required of them, but that the best qualified were hired to do the job. Now, the standard in many fire departments, police departments, government agencies, and university staffs is not excellence, but the color of skin, gender, or sexual preference. The identity has eclipsed ability and we are all the poorer for it. Prepare for a change.

4. We reclaim our independence from the contempt of our citizenship.

For too long, we have silently permitted others to use the appeal of emotion to exact our acquiescence in their actively allowing people who have violated our laws to come here to live and work among us without asking permission to do so, or obeying our laws in doing so. We have allowed others to cajole us into allowing these persons to use our resources, and take benefits intended for citizens, without them being required to become citizens or apply for residence. We have been too long silent as others continually advocate for the application of the protections that are conferred upon us as our birthright to those who are not citizens and have tried to kill citizens, or have expressed a deep-seated desire to do so.

No more.

No sane person so despises something of value that is theirs by virtue of “the accident of birth” that they simply would give it away to others who want it and yet show contempt for those who have it by stealing it from them. Likewise, no sane person so dishonors a gift purchased with the blood of others that they will give it to those who only desire to kill or enslave them. No longer will we be silent as others confer all the benefits and protections of citizenship upon those who disrespect it, or would steal such benefits and protections without assuming the responsibility to pay for them, or worse yet, murder us because we have them.

5. We reclaim our independence from the “Freedom from religion” that has erroneously been read into the Constitution.

From the institution of Thanksgiving, to the architecture of our public buildings and monuments, the opening of government proceedings, down to the acknowledgement on our currency, this country has very deep and undeniable judeo-christian roots, and has been governed by leaders who unashamedly proclaimed their according personal beliefs while in office. It has influenced our laws and been the bedrock of every ideal that has allowed this nation to grow and prosper. This heritage has been the target of a decades long campaign to shove God out of the public square and exile him from congress with our elected officials by people who have refused the notion of a higher authority, because their own beliefs and desires are in contravention to those expressed by that higher authority.

No more.

Assaulting our national heritage with such dubious legal notions such as a separation of church and state that forbids any mention of God or expression of religion on or in state-owned property, and dismantling existing law with the fallacious statement “You can’t legislate morality” does violence to our history and demonstrates weak logic and understanding of what law is. The Founding Fathers’ intent with the Establishment Clause was the prevention of any one church gaining the favor and sanction of the Federal Government. A ban on ANY expression of religion or belief in God was never their intention, and the evidence of that is still surrounding us to this day. The current state of the law is based on a false premise that can be easily dismissed by a simple walk around the monuments and buildings in the District of Columbia, and taking out you wallet to pay for an ice cream cone. As for the “You can’t legislate morality” canard, this is also false. The law is, in its most simple essence, an expression of morality, codified. The question that then arises is whose morality should be expressed in the law? Those of people who can point to no particular belief system that has certain valuable virtues at its core, or those that can?

6. We reclaim independence from the cynical attempts to use shame to stop us from speaking out.

We have all felt this. The accusations that we are poor Christians because we refuse to give the government power not granted to it in the Constitution and go along with the currently contemplated healthcare reform bill. The charges that we hate the Earth and our children, because we oppose the highest single tax increase ever, combined with the deleterious effect on American jobs that would result in the passage of the Cap and Tax bill, which owes its existence to the myth of man-made global warming and the fact that it feeds the Federal Government its two favorite entrees: money and power. The charges that we are bad, greedy, selfish people for not supporting the idea that government and welfare entitlements are the way to improve the lives of Americans who are struggling, whatever the reason. The charges of “Racism” whenever we raise a provocative question or level a criticism at a person, policy, or idea that might happen to involve a person or persons who are not Caucasian.

No more.

Charges like “racist” and “racism” made without objective, quantitative support, and only the subjective justification of emotion will be ignored. The race card is maxed out, and the bank is no longer willing to extend the credit line. As for attacking our faith, or our practice thereof, we will no longer be held to account by people who do not understand the faith they would use as a weapon against believers, when the wielder subscribes to no belief system at all. Those who rely only on themselves for the regulation of their conduct and ethics no longer get to condemn those who answer to a high authority. Not any more. We reclaim control the the shame that you have opted out of, and we will no longer allow you to use it to make us answer to you.

7. We reclaim independence from the notion that the Federal Government is the solution to every problem and the answer to every question.

For too long, we stood by and allowed debate and action on all matters, predicated upon on a destructive and dangerous idea: That the Federal Government is the only way to meet a need, fix a problem, or prevent a problem. In time it became a security blanket, and we became a nation of thumbsuckers, eager to give the federal Government more power and more money, if only it would keep us safe from life and the living of it as free people, until we no longer looked to it for protection from others who would have our liberties or destroy them; we looked to it for protection from the consequences of our own actions.

No more.

We were so fixated in seeking the federal government’s assistance with every aspect of our daily lives, no one within or without the Federal Government ever exercised restraint and said “No. The Consitution does not give the Federal Government the authority to do that.” And now that people are alert to the fact that the Federal Government is poised on the cusp of the largest power grab it has ever made with the healh care bill, some of us are finally saying “No. You do not have the authority.” The stakes have never been more obvious. Met with the anger of constituents who are actually paying attention, elected officials are employing various means to intimidate these citizens who are expressing their disgust and anger that a government that serves them would ever feel so entitled to our money and our data in the passage of something so clearly opposed by those who wold have to live under it, these servants have resorted to insulting their constituents, calling them shills in the pay of their political opponents, calling them stupid and saying that they simply did not understand the printed words on the pages of the bill, brazenly lying to them outright about what they have proposed and are considering, and filling audiences at public meetings with rent-a-mobs from the SEIU, ACORN, and others, so that they will face a friendly audience that is also hostile to the voters opposed to this latest demonstration of government of its leash. The days of promising good governance but delivering graft, corruption, and self serving sinecures are over. We do not care about your party; both have proven themselves reckless and dishonest. We demand that you act responsibly, that you do the people’s business, not your own, and we demand that you act within the confines of the Constitution. No more will we simply accept legislation that exceeds the authority strictly enumerated in the Constitution. No more will we accept interpretations of the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause that are so tortured and stretched beyond reason or recognition as to be unrecognizable to anyone who has read the Constitution. No longer will we accept legislation from the bench that relies not on interpretation of the Constitution, but mystical divination of mysterious penumbras that only a few ‘right-minded’ jurists can see. Those days are over, and you can return usurped powers to the states and the individual citizens in whom the Constitution rightfully places them, or you can have them stripped from you.

We, those who have come together in virtual congress to reclaim our independence from those who have by various means obtained it from us, realize that this probably wasn’t the HOPE! and CHANGE! that those persons had in mind, but nevertheless, the time has come.

Crustyrusty

Free Citizen of the United States of America,

August 29, 2009

Algore Invented It

2009-08-28T15:40:00.002-04:00

0bama owns it.

Or he will, if the ~~National Socialists~~ Demoncraps get their way.

I've been preaching on this for a while.

Get LINUX. Not Windows. Windows already phones home to Micro$oft; it only takes a few tweaks for it to call the .gov and tell them everything you're doing. Assuming it doesn't already. Linux is open source; the code is out there for everyone to see - no hidden crap for the .gov to exploit, plus bugs actually get fixed in a timely manner.

Get GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). Encrypt all your stuff.

Learn how to set up a BBS (Bulletin Board System) on a landline.

Just like the "old days" back in the 90s with the Paul Revere Network and others.

Still don't think it can happen?

Spreadin' the Linky Love Around

2009-08-28T12:44:00.001-04:00

Added 2 new sites to the blogroll:

On The Green

and

Nonsensical Multisyllabic Words

Give 'em a visit.

Yet another reason...

2009-08-26T17:52:00.002-04:00

...to hate the U(seless) N(itwits).

Keep your perverted minds away from my kids.

We spend HOW much money in extortion payments to these assholes?

I say again, blue helmets make excellent targets.

It's dead, Jim...

2009-08-26T09:37:00.001-04:00

Ted Kennedy is dead.

I can't say I'm terribly broken-hearted about it.

After all, he got 40 more years than Mary Jo Kopechne did :p

Finally

2009-08-26T08:53:00.002-04:00

Hired on for a good job yesterday.

In town - no commute.

Monday to Friday, 8 to 5, no weekends, no overtime.

More money than the last job.

Not bragging, just extremely grateful.

Do ya think...

2009-08-24T10:09:00.001-04:00

...the torture will increase or decrease with das Weisse Haus in charge of it?

Jus' sayin'.

Crusty's Quote of the Week

2009-08-23T11:24:00.001-04:00

Stolen from "Squawker" at the Survivalist Boards:

Liberals are like Slinkys -- they serve no useful purpose, but they do put a smile on your face when you push them down the stairs....

Heh.

Boycott Frommer

2009-08-22T14:09:00.003-04:00

According to this, Arthur Frommer thinks that people who exercise their 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms are "thugs" and "extremists" and won't visit Arizona because of state laws allowing said "thugs" and "extremists" to carry openly.

Fine.

You don't spend your money in Arizona, and we won't spend our money on your books, or anything else you produce.

Frommer's contact page from the website:

http://www.frommers.com/contact_us/

Bite me, Art.

You wouldn't have the freedom to travel at all if it weren't for us gun-toting "extremists".

Crusty's Quote of the Day

2009-08-22T12:31:00.002-04:00

From Peter Schiff:

What’s probably going to happen in a couple of years is we’ll need a bailout for all the people who bought cars with their cash for clunkers money and can’t afford to make their payments.

Yeesh. I was saying this on day one. People who had working cars with no payments and liability-only insurance now have monthly payments and full-coverage insurance.

Stupid. All those serviceable cars destroyed in the name of government control, and more people saddled with payments they won't be able to make when they lose their jobs.

Not to mention that if you lose your job and own your car, at least you still have your car to find/get to work. If you lose your job and have a car payment, you lose the car, too, and have no way to find/get to work.

I say again.

Stupid.

But did we really expect otherwise from the government?

I LOVE it

2009-08-18T07:46:00.002-04:00

People are finally standing up and exercising their rights, and the media are pissing themselves about it.

Good.

They're finally noticing that we plain folks out here in "flyover country" are pissed off and mean business.

They don't like it. Neither do the politicians. At least the ones who don't give a rat's patootie about us and our welfare, anyway.

The politicians, for once in their sorry lives, are SCARED of the average citizen.

I say again,

GOOD.

It shouldn't be this way, yet it should. If they were serious about representing us, they wouldn't be scared. Respectful, but not scared.

The fact that they're scared means that they KNOW they've been f***ing up and that, at the very least, their jobs are in danger.

Carry. Carry large and carry often.

JobHuntFest 2009

2009-08-16T10:25:00.002-04:00

Begins tomorrow. As lovely as it might seem to sit on your hind end for a couple of weeks, having no income kinda puts a damper on the fun.

Tomorrow starts job hunting in earnest.

The food and money preps have held out OK so far.

Yesterday, the kid across the street asked about the job thing. I looked at him and asked, "you've seen the basement, right?"

He said, "yeah."

I then said. "THIS is why I do all that. If nothing else, we're not going to starve."

Prepping isn't just for TEOTWAWKI.

Just HOW hard is it to understand...?

2009-08-15T18:41:00.002-04:00

A quote from Fox News:

Change doesn't come cheap, and securing health care reform may wind up costing Obama much of his support

Uh...

If you're a politician...

...and you're losing support because of what it is you're doing...

...maybe you SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT!!!!

Idiot.

I swear, this guy is either pure evil or the biggest dumbass I've ever seen.

I haven't discounted either option yet.

Crustyrusty's Last Gasp

Well, that was fun.

Merry Christmas to you all...

Finally...

We Got It

Cold War Flashbacks

What Happened to "Public" Schools?

Land

Repost for the Memorial Day Weekend

Turning off moderation now

Weird

I'm Torn

Maters

Word.

Prepper Equipment

Civilians?

Where'd all these people come from...?

Playin'

Thanksgiving

The Soviets Thought So...

Silver

WTF...

Teenagers

Pain

Pizza

Crusty's Quote of the Day

Surprise, surprise...

Dear Barry, Harry and Nan...

Every LEO needs to read this

WTF...

Got me a netbook

The people have spoken...

The coming fury

Government Health Care

Merry Christmas

Happy Festivus

Interesting Concept

Required reading

The world according to Hopper

Vanderboegh

Happy Thanksgiving

Workin'

To My Brothers And Sisters In Arms...

To Nancy Pelosi...

Page addition

Chandler voted "nay"

Oooh, shiny!

Crusty's Quote of the Week

Mawwiage...

Changes

Take back the party?

H1N1 vaccine

Don't think the Dollar is tanking?

Dear Poland...

Preps

Facebook Flair

Threeper Challenge Coin

Gee, Crusty has a life now...

Outta the park

Internet is back, (again)

LRADs

More Linky Love

Knob Creek

Feds Probe Hanged Census Worker With 'Fed' Scrawled on Chest

I wonder...

What. The. Fuck.

Incognito

Tired

Condolences

Sorry

I don't get it (again)

THIS

That's two...

A request

Note to Wingnuts:

If only it were the real thing.

There you have it, folks.

Crusty's Quote of the Week

Crusty's Quote of the Day

The economy is improving, huh?

Moan