Comments for Les Jones

Comment on Since when is a law giving people rights a bad thing? by archer

archer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:40 +0000

The bowman’s creed: I have the right to do what ever I want, as long as I don’t infringe on anyone else’s rights. The question is: Where do my rights end and yours begin?
Our brilliant forefathers created a government to serve this need. The legislatures draw the lines, the executives enforce those lines and the judicial meters justice and punishment. K.I.S.S. “The Government” cannot give you your rights but they can and will take them away. The less power you have, the more power they have, over you!
2000 pages to create a bill? It took less than 50 pages to create a nation.

Comment on Stayin’ tuned to AMC all day by Beaumont

Beaumont — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:26:29 +0000

Agree on “The Prisoner”, but the Matrix is about 2/3 short of a worthwhile trilogy.

Comment on No-tax Botox ends, Nancy Pelosi hardest hit by SayUncle » Heh

SayUncle » Heh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:16 +0000

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Comment on No-tax Botox ends, Nancy Pelosi hardest hit by pdb

pdb — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:10 +0000

I’m sure there’ll be an exemption for politicians.
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Comment on Murderers Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber in the news* by steph881

steph881 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:05:29 +0000

I feel that Wikipedia has taken the appropriate actions by deleting their names from the German language and allowing the english version to remain what it is. Wikipedia is in fact protected by the first admendment and their criminal record shouldnt be cleared. they commited the crime and did the time, that doesnt exactly mean they can go about living their lives as if the crime never happened…

Comment on Money trouble in Big China by Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:27 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been tempted to use “see through building” as a word of the day.

It’s not just onesie-twosie buildings, either. There are entire towns of buildings that are shiny new and sitting empty. No one actually wanted the buildings. Their construction was a make work project from the government.

And apparently Chinese buildings have a terrible reputation for construction quality. One large building collapsed not too long ago.

Did I mention the buildings are also incredibly expensive? A disaster waiting to happen.

Comment on Money trouble in Big China by Vote For David

Vote For David — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:16:52 +0000

China is a command economy. They said to lend, so the banks lent.

There was overcapacity due to falling worldwide demand, but they lent, and builders built. Now there are see-through office towers and factories standing vacant.

You think OUR real estate bubble bursting was bad for the world economy, just wait till the Chinese consumer figures out he’s being had.

Comment on Pictures and Ruger 10/22 notes from the Manchester, TN Appleseed shoot by Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Hi Les:

Great review of the Appleseed Shoot. My son and I just finished the one in Davilla, TX and had a great time together.

We leaned a ton of proper shooting technique. This went way beyond ‘benchrest’ - learning to shoot accurately from standing, sitting or kneeling & also prone, (ie belly on the ground) positions.

The guys like me who are a bit on the chunky side found those lower positions challenging. The extra ‘waistline’ gets in the way of the best, most stable position to shoot from.

Nevertheless, I did shoot 209, missing RIFLEMEN status by 1 point ! Of course, this is a personal challenge, so another ‘Appleseed’ is in our ’sights’….pun intended.

My son & I shot with the new Colt MP-4 AR-15 tactical .22, (with a 4 X scope), and it enabled him to shoot the high score of the entire weekend, 222.

Not bad for a newbie shooter all of 13 years of age, eh ?

(We’ve been to the range about 6 or 8 times total this last year….)

Anyhow, later we’ll take the whole family, the wife & daughters.

I cannot recommend a program more highly than this one.

We really appreciate the focus on American History, especially the Lexington & Concord battles.

The overall impact of the teaching is to stress that the maintenance & defense of Liberty is not simply a right, but our duty as Americans.

We learned how our forefathers sacrificed greatly to pass on Liberty to future generations.

We have benefited greatly from that sacrifice, and thus have a duty to defend those inalienable rights & Liberty for our children & grandchildren & unborn future generations !

Thanks for writing of your experiences so others may hear of this worthy & timely program.

God bless you & this Republic,

Samuel Adams
Texas

Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:36:34 +0000

Thoughts and prayers, bud. I didn’t know Ruby & Max had videos. Read plenty of them books back in the day.
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Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:06:13 +0000

Thanks for all of the good thoughts, guys. Natalie’s feeling much better.

She has another test in a little bit. If that test is good, she’ll be on her way home.

Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Michael Silence

Michael Silence — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:11 +0000

Many positive thoughts from the Silence family.
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Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Kathy T.

Kathy T. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:58:58 +0000

Scary. Sending well wishes your/her way.
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Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Perpster

Perpster — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:44:17 +0000

God Speed.

Comment on Natalie is in the hospital, but OK by Peter

Peter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:10:58 +0000

Sorry to hear it, Les. I’ll keep her and the family in my prayers.

Comment on 4th generation Glocks by Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:29:45 +0000

P.S. One thing I’d like to see in the new Glocks is a better way to install CrimsonTrace LaserGrips. They’re sort of bolted on in the current generation.

S&W’s M&P has them as an alternative backstrap that’s way slicker.

Comment on 4th generation Glocks by Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:26:33 +0000

Yeah, the XP and M&P were riding up his butt, big time. Time to improve. Good old free market competition nudges progress along again.

Comment on 4th generation Glocks by Tam

Tam — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:47:11 +0000

“Interchangeable Back Straps”

…and Glock moves boldly forward into the late 1990s!

Good to see. Gaston offers a good product, but he’s sat on his laurels long enough that it was really starting to cut into his market share.

Good call on the G19; maybe the best all-’round pistol on the market.
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Comment on Stayin’ tuned to AMC all day by Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:15:11 +0000

Better start early, part 2 is tonight.
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Comment on Sarah Palin Derangement Syndrome resumes by SayUncle » Palin Derangement Syndrome

SayUncle » Palin Derangement Syndrome — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:52 +0000

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Comment on Stayin’ tuned to AMC all day by Les Jones

Les Jones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:16 +0000

My wife cancelled the recording while I was out, so I’ll have to watch it on TiVo tonight. I love me some Ian McKellan.
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