OWL CREEK GAZETTE

reality

2008-09-14T19:59:00.001-05:00

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty..... The obedient must be slaves.” - H.D. Thoreau

Gas Prices

2008-06-09T21:01:00.002-05:00

So,
When will some talking head say what is really happening with "gas prices"? Here is the REAL way to state the problem...

"A gallon of gas is all $4.50 will buy!"

In the 50's, silver was around a dollar an ounce.
Now it's around 16, 17, 18 dollars to the ounce.
OK - some math...$17.00/4 gallons = $4.25

Hmmm. Can you say INFLATION

CAN YOU SAY WORTHLESS MONEY?

GO LOOK UP FEIT MONEY ON WIKI.

Another Well Meaning Legislator Chewing Away at the Bill of Rights

2008-03-06T18:45:00.004-06:00

Before going any further in this blog, click the following link. Read it. Then come back.

http://12.43.67.2/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=4349&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=34853&SessionID=51

PLEASE DON'T ASSUME HERE THAT I OWN GUNS. I DO NOT OWN A FIREARM, NOR DO I HAVE NEED TO PURCHASE AMMUNITION. To an un-thinking soul, this legislation and one like it (Illinois HR-4269) sound like a good idea. But that is as far as it goes.

Consider the following hypothetical situation. "Joe", goes to a "rifle" state once a year for a deer hunt with a few friends. He bags his deer with his carbine. Joe has a legitimate need for high-power ammo, and he has complied with all the regulations surrounding it. He even keeps the ammo locked away in the gun safe.

Joe has a break-in. All of his guns are reported stolen, along with the ammo. All of the serial numbers have been recorded. Joe is safe.

"Dyslexic Dirk", got a data entry job with the state, and recorded all of Joe's ammo serial numbers with 2 characters flipped.

Six months go by and Joe has managed to re-assemble some of his valuable collection. Nothing has been recovered though, and there has been no contact with the authorities. Except for early one morning when...

The state police knocked the door off its hinges as they came in, and Joe in self defense fired off two rounds before he hit the floor. One officer and Joe both lay injured and bleeding.

The back story is that Joe's thief used Joe's ammunition in a holdup. The state police tracked the ammunition to Joe. In the state's eyes, Joe had knocked over a convenience store, and they had their man.

Is this the State of things to come, or what?

You have to make your own conclusions about legislation like this. I and many others, think this legislation is wrong.

Keep thinking about the image at the left.

Simple lesson about inflation.

2008-03-03T19:53:00.006-06:00

Gasoline at $4.50 a gallon.
Silver @ $20.54
Gold @ $987
Dollar?

About 3 cents in "real" money

What is real money? Well sweetie, it ain't that crap we call a dollar. Go do your own research. We have to start thinking for ourselves and quit listening to how good our economy is.... how there is no recession... how the Economic Stimulus Package will get things going again. BS. E.S.P. is what they must of used to come up with their idea about stimulus.

You don't crank up an economy by printing more money! The morrons have to quit spending, and we have to stop demanding more from government.

Lesson here:

Silver in the 50's hovered around a dollar/oz.

Gasoline hovered at .25/gallon.
So... 1 oz Silver = 4 Gallons Gasoline - more or less

Question...
How many gallons of gasoline can you get for one ounce of silver today?

Hmmmmm.
Can you say inflationproof?

Now - about the big V

Go rent the movie V for Vendetta. Now.

More on that later.

3/1/8

2008-03-01T19:29:00.002-06:00

Wow, March First. In like a lamb and all that.

It was one of those days that give you the promise it will be warmer soon. Warm enough today to take the furnace out of the motorhome and give it a good cleaning.

All kinds of things got cleaned today around the house... reminded me of the Twain comment about diapers and politicians needing changed often. And often for the same reason.

The Left Wing

2008-02-26T19:55:00.001-06:00

You "prolly" can't see it very well in the photo, but yes there is a screw loose. Those of you that know me know what airline I fly, and the really close, know where I was last week.

I took the photo from about 20000 feet and 4 rows back from the exit row on the left side. It's a screw on top of the engine nacelle. The gate agent saw the photo when I got off the aircraft. He ran down the jetway.

It made me quite un-easy sitting there watching that screw for 45 minutes, but I kept a bead on it. (Didn't see it till we were at cruse alt.)

Those of you that really, really, really know me also know my political leanings. We now have evidence. The left wing really does have a screw loose. :),

Ohm's Law and Other "Current Paths".

2008-02-26T17:48:00.000-06:00

I got to work this morning, and a co-worker had sent this in the mail. At work we deal with electronics, and this just made me laugh out loud. If you use Ohms law, you'll know what I mean. And if you work in an office too, consider it icing on the cake.

Where this originated from, I don't know, but thanks for the laugh Matt!

A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before thephone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned several times and the telephone began to ring. Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steelchain and collar.

2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.

3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was called.

4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.

5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to ring.

Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.

Welcome

2008-02-25T19:56:00.000-06:00

Let me explain about Owl Creek...

Have you ever been any place that causes your shoulders to drop; causes a pause; or breathe a sigh of relief? That is what happens when we go to what we call Owl Creek. It's just a small piece of ground, it's near the creek, it's kinda isolated, it's kinda in town... and it's all ours.

My wife and I go there on weekends. I cut grass. WE shed the weeks' anxieties. There is no internet access, cell phones are iffy, no TV except what we bring as disk, and that is exactly what makes it awesome. Jan and I get a chance to talk and re-connect. Some might not find that as exciting as I do but she's cool. She fights the forces of evil all week (anything that usurps liberty) and needs decompression as much as I do. I admit that sometimes I don't listen as much as I should, and I don't hear as well as I used to, but trust me, talking with your wife can exorcise many demons. When is the last time you talked to your wife?

Sometimes we ask friends. Friend Bob finds the shoulder drop one of the nicest aspects too.

Am I bragging here. Damned right. I hope you can find your own Owl Creek.

So the name of this blog is Owl Creek Gazette. What does that mean? Well I'm not sure yet, but, from time to time, thoughts pop into my head and this extra venue might help me vent. This might turn into a whole new publication - on paper - who knows.

Shhhh... I hear an owl.