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just a quick note on Gun Violence

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Take a look at www.nraila.org and read the crazy extreme bill submissions by Feinstein.

“Assault weapon” numbers and murder trends. From the imposition of Feinstein’s “assault weapon” ban (Sept. 13, 1994) through the present, the number of “assault weapons” has risen dramatically. For example, the most common firearm that Feinstein considers an “assault weapon” is the AR-15 rifle, the manufacturing numbers of which can be gleaned from the BATFE’s firearm manufacturer reports, available here. From 1995 through 2011, the number of AR-15s—all models of which Feinstein’s new bill defines as “assault weapons”—rose by over 2.5 million. During the same period, the nation’s murder rate fell 48 percent, to a 48-year low. According to the FBI, 8.5 times as many people are murdered with knives, blunt objects and bare hands, as with rifles of any type.

Call Your U.S. Senators and Representative: As noted, Feinstein intends to introduce her bill on January 3rd. President Obama has said that gun control will be a “central issue” of his final term in office, and he has vowed to move quickly on it.

ref: http://nraila.org/legislation/federal-legislation/2012/feinstein-goes-for-broke-with-new-gun-ban-bill.aspx

“Be prepared to kill people that take your liberty”

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Do I have your attention now?
Put yourself in the place of the Framers (not Founding Fathers a manufactured name created out of a mistake by President Elect Harding). Imagine you have to make the decision to go against the King.
You are going to have to fight, you are going to have a war.

You left a place where you could not speak against the Monarchy, you were not allowed to have any weapons because the people were intentionally kept weak and submissive.

What do you need to ensure you never get to this point again? Put some rules in place. Permit people to meet in groups of any size and not be called traitors (their word for terrorists). Make it illegal for your government to take your home, illegal to forcefully house soldiers in your home. Make it legal to speak your mind and not be persecuted. But how can you keep all these things.

You make sure there is a Law above all Laws that includes all your recognized liberties and it includes the ability to fight for it. To ensure that the people will never be weak and vulnerable.

The Second Amendment was intended to place in the hands of the people the same weapons that the current military has.
For the sole purpose in defending the other remaining liberties from an oppressive and tyrannical government.
It is not about hunting or sport shooting.
It is about leveling the playing field between the military powers and the people.
It is about full auto weapons, it is about defending your homes, it is about shooting people.
It is about the ability to wage war on a government that has gone out of control.
It happens, read your history books.
Lets just hope that when it happens here we still have the means to protect ourselves.

The world is a frightening place today.
May we all have a peaceful and strong, well armed, 2013+.
-peace

How to kill more kids?… Stop people from having guns

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Sorry about the headline, but I got your attention. Are you appalled yet? You should be.. But direct your anger and frustration at the failed systems that permit our kids and our friends to get killed. One shot would have fixed this Newtown, CT shooting and the dirt ball would not have made it another step.

Firearms restrictions Don’t work and Wont make you safer.
A sick individual, a criminal, a dirt bag festering pustule on society will find a way to do the ill will they wish to perpetuate. The target is too often the least protected, the weakest of the herd, the defenseless individual or the unprepared masses.
The wolf does not hunt the strong, they know it is a losing battle. The wolf hunts the weak, the individual, the unprepared or the inexperienced.  These criminals, and sick individuals are the wolves. How to we combat them?
Be prepared, be armed, be ready to fight for your preservation, for your children.
We seem to want to live by the fallacy that removing a tool will make us safer. Knife control, gun control, short stick control (I know it sounds funny but look up your local regulations on carrying a stick of less than 30 inches you may be surprised). These rules are already in place, but they have to day not stopped one criminal for taking action on the unprepared, defenseless, individuals or masses.

Do not call for Regulation, Call for Education. Teach our people about how to be prepared for the wolf. When I am around my kids I am armed, I carry a knife, I carry a gun, and I will stop at nothing to protect my kids from the wolf. I appreciate the people that are trained and will accept the responsibility to protect my children in the same manner I protect them. We the adults have an unwritten pact to protect the children from the wolf. Many Law Enforcement have taken the pledge to protect the masses from the wolf (some prefer paperwork, some are the warriors).
I want the teachers in my children’s schools to be trained and armed and Prepared to protect all the children from the wolf.
This is not the Gun Control that is propagandized in the popular media. This is Education and Training. This is the world we live in with wolves around every corner. The wolf should be stopped at the beginning of their attack, and be put down immediately.

If you have a gun if you carry a gun You Must Get Trained in how to use it safely against the wolf. This is not a Law Enforcement job, it is our job the parents, the adults, the older youth, the Protectors. To be unarmed and unprepared is to be like the sheep.

DH

 

IT hosting and support business

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I started this project in 1999 as a way to support some small projects and host a couple of scout websites.

It grew, and turned into three servers and over 250 personal and small business websites.
Currently we work with a few specific clients but are happy to host your small business site or persona special interest site at a reasonable fee.

Q3-2009 Business Name Changed to Stepping Stone Services. Although we are still servicing customers under Stepping Stone Marketing, we have updated our name to be more consistent with the broader scope of services.
In order to cover the Training, Sales, CRM e-Commerce, and Internet SEO services we have changed our name.
The word “Marketing” did not encompass the breadth of offerings that are available through our contacts and our direct services. Although each business line will continue to have its own identifying name and structure the parent owner will be Stepping Stone Services. A highlight of the services that are available through us can be found at http://SteppingStoneServices.net
-DH

Background in IT and Training

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Information Technology and Services Consultant

-IT Infrastructure Consulting, Software Systems Consulting
-Brick-n-mortor to E-commerce transition consulting and facilitation
-Manage and direct IT support teams for small business managed services
-Hard and Soft media marketing

-Educator, Team Building, Problem Solving, Leadership Skills seminars
-Pre-hire and Promotion Consultation evaluations
-Team analysis

-Retail sales and business management (even got sales awards.. cooool!)

Punk Kills Cop,Cop Kills Kid, Girl Kills Intruder

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In this article:

What the Hell?
Why The Hell?
and Hell Yeah!

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Chicago:

Some poor officer is working nights as an armed security guard at the local Stop and Rob (convenience store if you did not understand the reference) and an armed man enters the store, shoots the place up and kills the Security Guard (officer).  It is sad that some ‘ass’ (not to offend Mules, Donkeys and Wild Asses) entered the building and shot someone then stole their gun and a badge. But why the heck is a police officer working nights as a Security Guard? Have I missed something here? The officers then, according to the story on MSNBC, go door to door canvasing the neighborhood searching for witnesses and handing out fliers with a $10,000 reward.

I would suspect that the suspects knew he was a cop and intended to kill and rob him as there was no mention of them robbing the store. So I now ask Why was it necessary and permissible for the officer to take a second job as a rent-a-cop (literally)? Maybe I answered the question already in the first word of this article…

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Texas:

Cop Kills an Eighth Grader, at the middle school.

Ok, it has crossed my mind a few times that some kid needs to be put down but those thoughts were generally present as I was having my butt handed to me by some group of punks on my way home from school.  But this was Texas, and the kid went to school and punched some other kid in the face then pulled out a gun. (I wonder how difficult his commute home had been?)

Officers arrive and meet the kid with his gun in hand…OMG are there questions now! How many officers?, Were the commands he (the kid) was given clear and distinct (YES),  given by only one person (NO, three voices all saying the same thing)? Was there a lot of shouting and chaos?  (mostly from the school administrator) Did the kid point the gun at an officer or was he waving it around, or just holding it to his side? What was the emotional state of the kid? was he red-faced yelling (I did not hear him yelling), or lip-sucking crying or where in the middle?

The officer felt threatened and shot the kid. The gun was retrieved. It was a CO2 BB-gun .177 cal (the standard pellet/BB gun, think the Red Ryder Lever Action BB Gun “you’ll shoot your eye out” caliber) Does it change the perception of the officer? It looked like a real gun.

I don’t have all the answers so I can’t tell you right now if I would have shot the kid or not, but given the right circumstances I would not gamble my life on the possibility it is a toy gun.

The best report I have found is at the brownsvilleherald.com. The call to the 911 dispatcher is pretty scattered and the administrator is handling several calls at the same time as if calling 911 and then directly to the PD. What a stinking mess… of a message. In fact you should listen to it yourself and let me know what you think.

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Oklahoma:

An 18 year old mother with infant, her husband died from cancer on Christmas was defending herself and child from an armed man trying to gain entry into her home. She said, “He was going from door to door trying to get in”, “when he came in I shot him”   Yea! Good going girl!

The intruder was a 24 year old male armed with a knife and had a male accomplice. He likely knew her husband was recently past and it made her easy pickings. Well I guess not that easy. The interesting part of the story is in OK if the person doing the killing is in the right then the accomplice involved in the illegal act is actually charged with causing the death, in this case First Degree Murder, now that is an odd turn of events.  So if you are in OK and decide to take your buddies to do some nasty deed, make sure they stay alive, otherwise you will get stuck with the murder rap.. lol

What have we learned here today… in summary Guns save Lives!  But they have to be in your hand and you have to be prepared, they have to be real and don’t point them at the cops (or me), and Don’t ever take a knife to a gun fight as that is just plain stupid.

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Have a great Month.. Wow isn’t this year starting out on a high note..?

 

Comments open.

– I Fixed my Dish Remote :)

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ok, this may sound a little like I was behind the curve but… well ok I was. I got Dish TV, that is not a bad thing actually as I have been pretty happy with it and the service. The model I have is the DVR with two receivers; one uses ir (infrared) signals and the other uses a radio signal. Herein lies the rub, the radio signal must make it through several layers of housing material and furniture in order to control the unit. The measly little weak antenna is insufficient and its placement in the back of the uint, subsequently in the back of my entertainment center makes it even less effective. The antenna design is really very simple, it is an extension of the core of a standard TV coxial. To the antenna port I attached a co-ax cable that reached to an area that has better reception, I attached a female connector to the cable end and then attached the antenna. Like magic it works, and it works well.

Joined a new site desertcloud.net

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I joined a new Native American Flute Circle, DesertCloud.net. For those interested in this ancient wind instrument you know hwat I am talking about. The rest of you are likely a bit confused. They are at their simplest form a wooden flute, see shadesofrez.com and you will see what I am describing. A tube made of wood consisting of an airchamber and five to six hole drilled such that each hold can be covered individually by the player.
There are a couple of semi-pro musicians in the group and they are really into teaching others how much fun playing this simple instrument is, of course to hear them play it sounds anything but simple. I have discoverd that the whole flute playing community is pretty much the same way. Everyone hangs out to have a nice time and jam for a while, healping and teaching eachother. Even the “recognized pros” I have met are the same way. Maybe you should look into it and let me know what you think.

A nice little cruise

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It is nice to get out for a while and Catalina Island, California is a nice place to go. Don’t stay around the busy city of Avalon, it is just too much a tourist trap. Get out to the back side of the island and slow down. That’s where I went. I sailed off to Two Harbors and found local residents like this cat on top of the SCUBA Diving shop. Ahh Vacation.

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