Had this sent to me because it goes against the Moronic Asshat Troll's assertion that 'bad things only happen to Bad people or in Bad places'
Light seeking a subject: Personal Experience: Carwash Ambush: This isn't the first time I've had to use a firearm in self-defense. It's merely the first since I started blogging. But, several things ...
Dan Emplit WBFD
WHY?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
The Million Dollar mystery
Million-dollar mystery in Wilkes-Barre
Well, I wasn't going to put my two cents in on this, just yet, but obviously I changed my mind. I'm still trying to get some facts, but here is some of what I have so far.
1. Leighton lied. Why? I have no idea why he would, except for nefarious reasons. If it was a gift to the city for the purpose of purchasing Fire Engines, even I could write that speech, "A generous anonymous donor has seen the bright future the city now has and funded the purchase of ......". He had permission to do just that. But instead he lied.
2. And council DIDN'T KNOW??!! "Some city officials, including Councilman Bill Barrett, said they learned of the donation only recently."
Wait, isn't their job to go over the budget? And to do that shouldn't they know where the money went last year? Didn't the question where the money for the new engines was in the '06 budget? Did they just rubber stamp what was put in front of them?
3. "The city's deputy controller, Raymond McHugh, sent Ceppa an email Tuesday indicating there had been little activity in the fund in recent years, but he noted the city used a $1 million "public safety grant" to buy fire equipment in 2006."
What? Was it a grant or was it a donation? Did we receive a grant? If so did it buy the Engines? And if it did, where did the donation money go? If we didn't get the grant, then shouldn't the city's deputy controller know? This REALLY sounds like things McGroarty did financially.
4. "Council normally must approve expenditures of $10,000 or more and, at its public meetings, routinely authorizes the purchase of emergency vehicles through the state piggyback program. Because the donor specifically earmarked the $1 million for three fire engines, that protocol was likely unnecessary when buying the vehicles, Barrett said.
"If they say, 'Here's $1 million, put it in the general fund and spend it the way you want,' it's a little different, I guess," Barrett said."
"Likely" and "I guess"??!! Does our council know their jobs?! Or are they 'guessing'?
5. "The city purchased the fire trucks through COSTARS, a state "piggyback" purchasing program that eliminated the need for a public bidding process, McLaughlin said Friday."
Sorry Drew, That isn't how COSTARS works. With COSTARS Engines are made to a exact specifications and can NOT be altered. Our Engines are not to those standards. So they weren't COSTARS purchased.
On a different note. Is everyone as sick of the way people run elections today? They spend MOST of their time telling us how they aren't as bad as the 'other guy' and not enough time telling us what they hope to achieve.
Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
What pistol should I buy by Jack Leuba
I mentioned that I took a firearms class last month. And at the end of the SHTF post, I made two recommendations for handguns. The Glock and the S&W M&P.
Well if you don't want to take my advice, then here is a REAL pro's advice.
What pistol should I buy for practical use?. Damn he is a LOT more eloquent than me.
Dan Emplit WBFD
Is a Shotgun obsolete if the SHTF?
This is a sequel to SHTF ammo.
IMHO, it depends. What has happened for the SHTF? Is this a personal SHTF, like the druggies from down the street are breaking in your door to take everything they can? Or has there been an economic meltdown, like the Great Depression? Are we talking about massive riots? Or are we (oohhhh) Talking about the ' Zombie apocalypse'?
All joking aside, what I'm asking is,"How long" and "HOW VIOLENT"? A 'break in' is relatively short term , less than an hour from beginning to end but by definition violent (they aren't there to borrow a cup of sugar). Massive riots, Days and also violent by definition. The Great Depression, ALMOST A DECADE, but not as violent (I'll get back to this).
Please remember these are MY OPINIONS.
In a riot or a break in, I can think of few weapons that will serve as well as a 12 gauge pump shotgun. Why? Buckshot will not penetrate as much as rifle or pistol rounds will, so the risk of injuring an Innocent is smaller (BTW, why do so many people think BIRDSHOT is a defensive round? Hunters don't use it on feathered turkeys, why would someone think it would work on mammalian turkeys?).
Another point is that the spread of buck shot at 15 feet is only 2-4 inches. At 60 feet about 10-15 inches. So the whole, "you really don't have to aim a shotgun" is idiotic monkey poo.
Another myth is that racking the slide will TERRORIZE someone. BULLCRAP. I've been around lots of people when a slide has been racked and no one lost control of their bladder. If druggies are the problem, they won't care and if it is a riot they won't hear.
In an economic meltdown..... Yes and no. One of a shotguns main strengths lays in its being 'a jack of all trades, master of none' except for hunting small game (where the shotgun reigns supreme). Nothing will keep game on the table like a shotgun. Many people survived the Great Depression because a hunter used a shotgun.
The other main strength is that few things will stop a violent person as quickly or as well as 00 buckshot.
It's weakness, however, HAVE to be considered. Shotgun ammo is HEAVY. a 3 inch slug round weighs about 1.7 oz. a 2 & 3/4 inch 00 buck round about 1.5 oz. So for the same weight I could carry 4 TIMES the amount of .223 or DOUBLE the number of .308.
Most shotguns only hold 5 to 9 rounds in their magazine.
Shotguns have a LONG reload time. In a pump shotgun rounds must be individually loaded.
You need to decide for yourself if they are obsolete.
One last thing about the Great Depression verses a modern economic meltdown. We've all heard our parents and/or grand parents talk about how the neighborhoods were MUCH tighter and friendlier 'back in the day'. Does anyone think that our neighborhoods will improve with the constant stress that would be prevalent in our lives?
My grandfather got through the Great Depression with only a double barrel 16 gauge shotgun. I think he would be out gunned massively now.
Dan Emplit WBFD
IMHO, it depends. What has happened for the SHTF? Is this a personal SHTF, like the druggies from down the street are breaking in your door to take everything they can? Or has there been an economic meltdown, like the Great Depression? Are we talking about massive riots? Or are we (oohhhh) Talking about the ' Zombie apocalypse'?
All joking aside, what I'm asking is,"How long" and "HOW VIOLENT"? A 'break in' is relatively short term , less than an hour from beginning to end but by definition violent (they aren't there to borrow a cup of sugar). Massive riots, Days and also violent by definition. The Great Depression, ALMOST A DECADE, but not as violent (I'll get back to this).
Please remember these are MY OPINIONS.
In a riot or a break in, I can think of few weapons that will serve as well as a 12 gauge pump shotgun. Why? Buckshot will not penetrate as much as rifle or pistol rounds will, so the risk of injuring an Innocent is smaller (BTW, why do so many people think BIRDSHOT is a defensive round? Hunters don't use it on feathered turkeys, why would someone think it would work on mammalian turkeys?).
Another point is that the spread of buck shot at 15 feet is only 2-4 inches. At 60 feet about 10-15 inches. So the whole, "you really don't have to aim a shotgun" is idiotic monkey poo.
Another myth is that racking the slide will TERRORIZE someone. BULLCRAP. I've been around lots of people when a slide has been racked and no one lost control of their bladder. If druggies are the problem, they won't care and if it is a riot they won't hear.
In an economic meltdown..... Yes and no. One of a shotguns main strengths lays in its being 'a jack of all trades, master of none' except for hunting small game (where the shotgun reigns supreme). Nothing will keep game on the table like a shotgun. Many people survived the Great Depression because a hunter used a shotgun.
The other main strength is that few things will stop a violent person as quickly or as well as 00 buckshot.
It's weakness, however, HAVE to be considered. Shotgun ammo is HEAVY. a 3 inch slug round weighs about 1.7 oz. a 2 & 3/4 inch 00 buck round about 1.5 oz. So for the same weight I could carry 4 TIMES the amount of .223 or DOUBLE the number of .308.
Most shotguns only hold 5 to 9 rounds in their magazine.
Shotguns have a LONG reload time. In a pump shotgun rounds must be individually loaded.
You need to decide for yourself if they are obsolete.
One last thing about the Great Depression verses a modern economic meltdown. We've all heard our parents and/or grand parents talk about how the neighborhoods were MUCH tighter and friendlier 'back in the day'. Does anyone think that our neighborhoods will improve with the constant stress that would be prevalent in our lives?
My grandfather got through the Great Depression with only a double barrel 16 gauge shotgun. I think he would be out gunned massively now.
Dan Emplit WBFD
Hollenback fire station
This engine house is 5 and 1/2 years old. It needs help. Serious help. (Here comes another list)
1. The Phone system. Which requires someone to go to the answered phone, you can not just pick up an extension.
2. The Kitchen door jams and must be SLAMMED shut.
3. The women's restroom floor is uneven. It has a large lump in the center.
4. The women's restroom floor tiles are coming up. Possibly because of the lump.
5. The Dispatch Radio gets interference and the kitchen light needs to be turned off or on to clear it.
6. The Internet router doesn't work if more than 2 computers are hooked in.
7. The air conditioning system can only be run a certain amount of hours per day.
8. the apparatus (Garage) floor is angled AWAY from the floor drains causing water to flow to the wall.
9. The apparatus floor is cracked.
10. apparatus floor drains are to small.
11. Concrete in front of the garage doors in deteriorating and BADLY cracked.
12. The dispatch Radio is old it's from old station #9 (This was a NEW Station, why didn't it get a NEW radio?)
13. The hose dryer is old also from #9. A new station should have new equipment, if just for savings from efficiency.
14. The Hose washer is old (from #9).
15. The Water main for the engine house is too small. Taking much more time to get the Engine back in service.
As far as I'm concerned, if you want to take credit for something, you have to take the blame. But we know Leighton won't. He'll blame someone else.
Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote
1. The Phone system. Which requires someone to go to the answered phone, you can not just pick up an extension.
2. The Kitchen door jams and must be SLAMMED shut.
3. The women's restroom floor is uneven. It has a large lump in the center.
4. The women's restroom floor tiles are coming up. Possibly because of the lump.
5. The Dispatch Radio gets interference and the kitchen light needs to be turned off or on to clear it.
6. The Internet router doesn't work if more than 2 computers are hooked in.
7. The air conditioning system can only be run a certain amount of hours per day.
8. the apparatus (Garage) floor is angled AWAY from the floor drains causing water to flow to the wall.
9. The apparatus floor is cracked.
10. apparatus floor drains are to small.
11. Concrete in front of the garage doors in deteriorating and BADLY cracked.
12. The dispatch Radio is old it's from old station #9 (This was a NEW Station, why didn't it get a NEW radio?)
13. The hose dryer is old also from #9. A new station should have new equipment, if just for savings from efficiency.
14. The Hose washer is old (from #9).
15. The Water main for the engine house is too small. Taking much more time to get the Engine back in service.
As far as I'm concerned, if you want to take credit for something, you have to take the blame. But we know Leighton won't. He'll blame someone else.
Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
"I'm not anti-gun" yeah we 'believe' you
From the comment box:
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "I am flypaper for freaks and morons":
It is largely "bad guys killing other bad guys" that make up the bulk of crime stats. And the risk involved delivering pizza to Sherman Hills is a pretty good example of why you shouldn't deliver pizza to Sherman Hills. Plenty of businesses across the country do exactly that. Try and get a Domino's pizza delivered in East L.A. or certain neighborhoods in New Orleans. I'm not anti-gun either. If it makes you feel better, carry a bazooka, but you're kidding yourself if you think you're going to be Batman. And stop watching local news. It's designed to frighten senior citizens, not to provide an accurate assessment of risks facing average citizens. And those risks are easily minimized by personal actions that don't involve upping your arsenal. Plenty of rational people reject both the NRA and anti-gun groups just like plenty of people think FOX News and MSNBC are equally full of shit.
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First off, ACTUALLY READ the first post. It is about SHTF choices, not concealed carry. I even pointed this out in 'I am flypaper for freaks and morons'. That you keep trying to say that it is about something else, makes me believe you are just a troll. One I've banned before.
You say, 'It is largely "bad guys killing other bad guys" that make up the bulk of crime stats'. Where is you proof. Do you have ANYTHING to back up your outlandish claims. No, you don't, because there is none.
Your claims that we should avoid areas are ludicrous. Last time I looked at a map I was living in the United States, not Lybia. Allowing dirtbags to control areas is like allowing a bully to beat you. It is STUPID.
'It's designed to frighten senior citizens, not to provide an accurate assessment of risks facing average citizens.' Really? Did you forget what I do for a living? My thoughts are colored. They are colored by what I see, almost every day.
'stop watching local news' and 'FOX News and MSNBC are equally full of shit' Tells me that you are against anyone that does not agree with the view through your 'rose colored glasses'.
Believe it or not, YOU ARE ANTI-GUN, your statements prove it.
By the way, Batman doesn't carry or use guns.
Moronic asshat troll.
Dan Emplit WBFD
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Dana & Hazle
We lost 2 Apartment buildings yesterday,12-31-2011, because of Leightons cuts. It is a sign of what's to come.
The acting chief and his crew HAD the fire under control, but without the NEEDED, onscene, manpower they couldn't put it out.
Like pushing a car UP a hill they got it there, but didn't have the needed amount of people (in the critical amount of time) to push it over the top.
Fire is like water, it WILL find the path of least resistance. And it will double in size EVERY MINUTE. Thankfully no one was in the buildings.
"Horrible. You couldn`t see, you couldn`t breathe. It was just a big puff of smoke and flames everywhere. I tell you, these firefighters, I give them credit," said neighbor Tammi Lord. (WNEP) That link also has the TV report.
Some good pictures of the later stages of this fire, here.
12 men per shift is NOT enough.
If you want this to change, don't 'call Leighton' or city hall. Call the newspapers and the TV stations. At least then people will know Leighton cares about his own safety, not ours or yours.
Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote
The acting chief and his crew HAD the fire under control, but without the NEEDED, onscene, manpower they couldn't put it out.
Like pushing a car UP a hill they got it there, but didn't have the needed amount of people (in the critical amount of time) to push it over the top.
Fire is like water, it WILL find the path of least resistance. And it will double in size EVERY MINUTE. Thankfully no one was in the buildings.
"Horrible. You couldn`t see, you couldn`t breathe. It was just a big puff of smoke and flames everywhere. I tell you, these firefighters, I give them credit," said neighbor Tammi Lord. (WNEP) That link also has the TV report.
Some good pictures of the later stages of this fire, here.
12 men per shift is NOT enough.
If you want this to change, don't 'call Leighton' or city hall. Call the newspapers and the TV stations. At least then people will know Leighton cares about his own safety, not ours or yours.
Dan Emplit WBFD
AKA Don Quixote
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