MaDuce

I wrote it and put it on facebook. I copied and pasted my facebook posting.

I've heard all kinds of rumors and jokes about the French being a bunch of weenies. But every first hand acount and personal experience I've had suggest that the French are no joke. For one, I've played video games with French citizens and many of them talk about their national leaders the same way we do and seam to have allot of the same "down to earth" values expressed on this message board. I can see some of them fitting right in here. And all the soldiers I've known who served along side the FFL describe them as a very efficient and ruthless force, both in what they put themselves and the enemy through. In fact, my understanding of them is that many other countries see them; in many ways the way we see the Russian Spetsnaz. Most of the "more credible" rumors I've heard about the FFL is them some times doing stupid stuff. But if you understand how they work, it makes a little more sense. FFL troops are foreigners and have no human rights while in the FFL. If they disobey an order, that can and probably will get shot dead on sight. So, they HAVE to do whatever they're told, no matter how stupid or suicidal it is. Here's i\an interesting program on them. I don't know how much is true but it's pretty consistent with everything I've heard about them from soldiers and other credible sources. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbuBSnP-01E

I'm guessing most people here know better. This was written for a wider range of people. These are all jobs that people (mostly men) talk fondly about and even dream about. You THINK that these are dream jobs but as you will see, closer inspection reveals that they are; in reality, a nightmare for most people. • Navy Seal. It seams every other 18 year old jock is obsessed with joining the seals and is somehow sure to succeed despite the fact that twice as many people make the NFL. But awesome for those who do. After all, if you make the SEALS, you get to play with cool technology, sky dive, play with all kinds of marine gadgets and be the ultimate baddass. While most of that is true, it is in largely the opposite way you think. For starters, if you like to sleep in, you’re SOL. Second if you've been skipping class for all your sports activities then you can just forget it. SEALS have to be both physically tough as nails and exceptionally smart and FOR A REASON. That’s right, being a SEAL includes allot of math, reading and careful planning. Oh, and all that technology you get to play with.. Play isn't the right word. Most of the time you’re just cruising around in a rubber raft; hoping no one pops your only life support. And that’s when you’re doing water missions. So, you basically you are constantly warn out, sleep deprived, having to constantly do boring math, reading and science on the run and living in constant fear that each day might be your last. But hay, you get to build that reputation as the ultimate warrior, right? How many REAL navy SEALs do you know by name? That’s right. No one will ever know your deeds and sacrifice. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the people who REALLY make the seals are not a bunch of typical high school jocks but REAL people with REAL convictions who have few; if any super man fantasies. If you REALLY want to see combat, join the French foreign legion, but make out your will before you go. One out of 10 don’t survive their 2 year service. • Elite Sniper. Real elite snipers get to sneak all over the battlefield and infiltrate enemy strongholds, popping off elite foreign special forces all day. But only when they’re playing Call of Duty. Real snipers have; in some ways the opposite job that most people imagine. For starters, sneaking around is NOT a process that usually only takes a few minutes. Try all day. Yes, sneaking around; some times in the scorching heat, sometimes in the freezing cold, sometimes in the poring rain at excruciatingly slow speeds, all the while being tormented by the nastiest plants and poisonous bugs you can think of, knowing that; if you so much as scratch an itch you’re going to get your brains blown out. Then comes all that fancy math and science the SEALs have to put up with. And if you’re not a psychopath, you’re going to find that stalking and killing another human being that may just be doing his job is much harder on your conscience then you imagine. • Gynecologist for the stars. I can’t believe how many times I've heard this one. Apparently you people forget that a gynecologist is a doctor and doctor’s jobs are to fix body parts when they’re broken. So if you want your hand in Julia Robert’s vagina while it looks and smells like a dead, decomposing muscle clam then be my guest. That’s if you can even make it through med school. If you think a woman’s vagina is sexy face to face, wait till you see what it looks like under a microscope. • Movie Star. Who doesn't want to be famous? Well, I for one will pass on that. Sure, you have all your fans who think you’re cool and you get to sign autographs all the time. But that get’s old fast. Then the REAL world of fame kicks in. You won’t be able to so much as walk in to a grocery store without everyone and their grandma harassing you, you will have people stalking you which means you’re going to have to hire body guards, further insuring you will never get a moment’s privacy. Oh, and the media that once praised you now broadcasts every little mistake you make, giving you a sometimes equal amount of fans and haters. It’s no surprise that Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger went the way they did.

Hay Savageman25. That 1st quote in your sig is a false rumor. Gun defect, maybe. You never really know. Ruger revolvers are known for being some of the toughest. If the ammo didn't blow your dad's gun to pieces, then I would say he either had a monsterously tough gun or it probably was a defect in the gun. Ferrari X-Rays their engines when they first come out of the foundry and again right before assembly. I guess that might be a sure way to know there is no metal defect. Up to that It's always a gamble but one with the odds vastly in the customer's favor. Still, that lottery has it's winners.

I saw an interview with the current head of the KKK in which he actually praised Lincoln. After all, the KKK was and is a separationist group. Lincoln and the KKK had the same agenda. Understanding history, especially that surrounding Lincoln is critical to understanding the crisis here and now. This is what I was just talking about. I too originally protested against the importance of studying Lincoln's dark side and was very slow to persue it. But I am sure glad I did. The stuff that book is probably getting in to helps you to understand the real game plan and what the bankers and government have really been doing and trying to do almost since our country was founded. Without that understanding, you probably really are a sheep, whether you realize it or not. Loving freedom and seeking to protect it doesn't mean you aren't; in reality, playing for the other team.

I set up a whole documentary of my own on this subject which I lack the $ and tools to finish making ATM. But here's one that spells out some of the basics, though still gives him WAY too much credit in the end. In a nutshell, he was just another dirtbag politician who happened to have good PR skills.

Sacramento area.

If there is only one government agency you have to be a POS and the scum of the earth to work for it's the BATF. I don't care how nice you are. If you are willing to work for that agency, you need to be punished for treason. Every time I hear about an ATF agent being killed or seriously harmed I cheer. Even the IRS amd the mafia doesn't get that from me. The BATF's only purpose is to violate our liberties.

I got addicted to vicodin while fighting an abscess tooth. When it was time to quit taking it, I quit taking it. There were some urges and uncomfortable feelings but nothing THAT bad. TBH, I really don't understand what all the fuss is about. Just draw a line and don't cross it. Works for me.

Another reason to quit chantix: http://katabatic.tv/work/snl-chantix/#.UzHhM86yqJ1

I know from past discussions that many of us have had nightmares about shooting people. I've had more then my fair share. But I never had one with a somewhat repaired conclusion until the other night. My friend and I had built a kit airplane that could be broken down and transported bytruck. But we needed a runway so we started looking for abandoned roads and we found one by an abandoned shop. We got out to look at it when we were approached by some fellows who said they were mining and at some point mentioned that they found some sort of motherload. Just out of curiosity (thinking from a scientific point of view) I asked them what material. They turned agressive and said something indicating they wanted us to leave. I decided to try and explain our real intensions when one of them suddenly pulled a gun. I happened to have a gun in my pocket so I drew and fired. Bullet struck him on the side of the head and he dropped like a sack of potatos. Just then the other guy was geting his gun in hand and I told him to drop it. He frantically said something along the line of"You'll kill me" I told him I'd only shoot if he left me with no other choice. He put down his weapon and I told him he was free to leave. At this point, most of the confrontation took place at the entrance to the abandoned shop. Once he walked outside, I told him that we couldn't care less about the mine and just wanted to use the abandoned road for a runway and were going to offer to buy them drinks for watching our truck (I had a feeling all along that we could trust these guys if wwe could get them to listen. Just then I heard a voice behind me slur, "sum a bish" and I turned around, weapon drawn to see the guy I just shot standing behind me, bleeding out the side of his head but unarmed. I quickly put my gun away and used a martial art technique to gently trip him to the ground. I examined his wound to find some of his skin torn away and and a dent in his skull that looked as if someone scooped part of it away with an ice cream scoop the size of the bullet but nothing all the way through to the brain. I told my friend to get a first aid kit and something to drink and woke up as my friend was returning with it. Interesting, somewhat resolved ending. Kinda weird as these dreams always end in tragedy and nothing more.

Manufacturers will only warranty ammo that they, themselves have tested in the gun. I'm guessing there are brands of .308 that are not warrantied. True or not, the common rule is that in the .308 chamber, it's safe to shoot 7.62 but not the other way around and in the smaller 5.56 chamber it's the reverse. I think the big issue here is surplus ammo. It doesn't matter if it's .308 or 7.62. Surplus ammo isn't sold cheap because foreign military forces want to be cheritable. In general, surplus ammo is on the market because some military had a problem with it that made them unwilling to trust it. So it's always a good idea to use surplus ammo with discression.

My experience is that 308ARs weight problem is overwhelmingly the barrel. When I break my ARs down, I almost can't tell a weight difference between the complete lowers, the BCGs are noticable but neither weigh enough to really matter. It's when the stripped uppers are compared that you really feel it. I've seen perfectly good, battle tested .308 barrels that were far slimer then any .308AR barrel I've seen. I don't think you can fully slim a .308AR barrel down as much as them completely because you still need to fit the chamber area to the upper receiver but I DO think you can come close. I'm not sure why they don't just do that. Do that and I don't see much advantage to the DPMS platform. That is, unless you can get it to accept AR-15 front furniture. I get the impression they're really just trying to make it as close to the M4 as possible. I myself find the new feed ramps the most potentially exciting thing about it.

I have no idea if this is legal or not but it's been up on youtube for years and no one has had a problem with it. This is a documentary about John Browning. It goes over his family, personal life, how he got in to guns, what he invented and why. Apart from the fact that it actually gives a very good overview of the world of guns for people new to them, my favorite feature is that they went to the trouble to point out that; unlike many or even most major players in the arms industry at the time, he didn't hesitate to put ethics and morality before the mighty dollar. Then again, it takes real belief and commitment to accomplish the things he did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZxKOBmO4aU

They obviously learned over time that they'd rather write you a ticket in the rain then risk getting off duty in a bag.

I am going to seek permission from the posters to upload both videos together. They're actually very good parallel scenarios to help explain why these things happen and how to avoid them. Mr. Robobot, I worry about you for both these reasons among others. The central valley has allot more bafoons and apathetic people then any other community I've ever visited. I would imagine both problems are much more likely here then most other places. Having been involved in some neighborhood watch incidences, I have tried to educate and encourage people not to act threatening in front of police but it usually falls on def ears. Just last week I had a very good friend use body language to describe a physical confrontation between him and a local drug dealer. He was getting carried away and the cop he was explaining it to was within arms reach. Fortunately the cop was easy going and didn't react much to it.

I have a bunch of synthetic leather for redoing the interior of my Camaro. If I have to work with a chainsaw this Halloween, I'm going to make and wear a crude mask out of some of the scraps and wear a cheap apron. I'll probably make sure not to comb my hair that day too.

I bet he's wondering what kind of country he really fought for right now.

LOL. I don't know what to think about this one. Yeah, it's offensive to real rangers but I can't help but think there's something very silly and childish about the whole thing.

I invented a much better bipod (IMO) but it'll be a while before I can patent it, if ever. I'm not messing with it until that happens. I'm tured of my ideas beingf ripped of by the arms industry.

Not the first time I've seen an exploded gun by those guys. First time I've seen a serious injury from it though. I sure hope that guy's OK.

There's also the air wifle but we won't go there.

Sounds to me like a wifle that had a catestrophic failure.

When a man says, "I DO" he inherits the most fearsome weapon he will ever have. The Wifle. In fact, the wifle is so fierce it can and will even turn on him from time to time. There are 3 basic types of wifle. * The automatic wifle strikes in rapid, unrelenting succession should you offend her. * The assault wifle will hunt you down, bust in and overwhelm you if you try anything sneaky. * The high-powered wifle will knock you down if you pull anything. So do well to respect and care for this formidable weapon of yours whichever one you have.

LOL. It's no surprise how many of you bring your wifles to the range. I keep telling my friend he should bring his assault wifle out with us to the range some time. Me? Unfortunately I don't have a wifle. So that means many of you folks are allot better armed then I am.