tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21764583334133119462026-02-06T02:19:08.060-08:00The musings of a 'Big Man'"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." –John GaltHogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-41952765872308744362016-12-22T09:36:00.000-08:002016-12-28T14:35:44.284-08:00Tea Party Demonstrations in 2008/2012
Yeah, me either... Not to brag, but I attended the very first Tea Party "gathering" it wasn't quite a "Demonstration". It was not coordinated, there is no actual "Tea Party". There is just a collection of like minded people.
BIGMAN!!! YOU ARE A RASCIST?!?!
Not hardly... The original Tea Party "gathering" was at Lafayette Park, on April 15th, 2009. In the pouring rain... There were HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-70805609415105636492016-12-01T13:40:00.000-08:002016-12-01T13:51:37.440-08:00Racism: the Democrat toolI was watching a documentary entitled "Floyd Norman: An Animated Life". It is about Floyd Norman (duh) who is now 79, and was until the age of 65 (when he was forced to retire), a Disney Animator. I have always been a big fan of animation, so even though I did not know who Floyd Norman was, I watched the documentary anyway.
Turns out that Mr Norman, who was hired by Disney in 1958 was the first HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-63460380541319932902016-09-19T08:58:00.000-07:002016-09-21T08:48:06.632-07:00Another one flies the coop<!--[if !mso]>
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HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-32831450335678895892016-07-28T12:22:00.004-07:002016-07-28T12:22:49.466-07:00Update on Freddie GrayI found this little tidbit of information on the Reuters site. It was supposedly information already in the hands of Ms. Mosby when she pursued the charges against the 6 BPD officers.
Freddie Gray,
whose death after being injured in Baltimore police custody sparked
rioting in the city, was "banging against the walls" of a police van and
"was intentionally trying to injure himself,” a HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-29636410679374914442016-07-27T15:28:00.000-07:002016-07-28T12:06:09.312-07:00All Charges have been Dropped in the Balitmore Police death of Freddy Gray So, another "racially motivated Police killing of a black man" has been shown to be a lie. First, through the use of the FBI, Justice Dept, and multiple Medical examiners, it was proven that "Saint" Michael Brown, the "misunderstood gentle giant", didn't have his hands up and was charging a Police officer who was more than 150 Lbs lighter, and 7 inches shorter than himself. Now the city of HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-73243157332044261272016-06-23T12:23:00.004-07:002016-06-23T12:31:49.850-07:00The 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution and Mass shootings<!--[if !mso]>
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HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-33070453708985938422015-12-14T12:40:00.001-08:002015-12-14T12:40:34.495-08:00US Military Theme songThis should be the theme song of the US Military when deploying against ISIS and other would be Caliphate builders...
HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-89088350113172941982015-10-14T13:52:00.001-07:002015-10-14T13:52:20.204-07:00More Guns Less CrimeWith a wink and a nod to John Lott Jr. who wrote a book by the same name published in 1998. Mr Lott has been ridiculed for this exhaustive study of crime statistics wherein he showed the correlation between concealed carry and the lowering of crime rates in general and Murder rates specifically. He must be smiling right now.
Belief net Harvard Study Article
A study came out in 2007, HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-12858191703351623752015-10-08T06:44:00.002-07:002015-10-08T08:06:42.959-07:00The issue isn't guns or gun control, it is mental health. The Osaka School massacre, June 8 2001, 8 children killed. Subject used a kitchen knife.
The Akihabara massacre, June 8 2008, 4 killed, 8 injured with a truck and knife. (do you think the dates were just a coincidence?)
Knife wielding attackers kill 29 injure 130 at Chinese train station , March 2014.
Bath Michigan School massacre, 1927, 44 killed, subject used explosives.
Oklahoma City, 4/19HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-86908471569250014812015-10-07T08:49:00.003-07:002015-10-07T08:49:45.121-07:00The real Global Warming agendaWalter Williams on the Global Warming/Climate change Witchhunt of "Deniers"
The global
warming agenda is a desperate effort to gain greater control over our
lives. Political commentator Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) explained
that "the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an
endless series of HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-25036705515992888922015-07-30T12:49:00.001-07:002015-07-30T12:49:34.770-07:00The Wisdom of Col. Jeff CooperI supposedly met this gentleman at a range when I was a wee lad in Tucson AZ.
A classic quote.
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle isthe queen of personal weapons.
The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool ofpower, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. Itis equally useful in securing meat for the HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-35021378499035236532015-05-13T09:14:00.002-07:002015-05-13T09:14:57.803-07:00A big fella originalI have in the past posted arguments that I have had on yahoo and twitter. In the latest, a meme started by the actor Nick Searcy that I jumped into, was arguing about income inequality. someone added that Communism would solve that problem. Mr. Searcy snarkily added that "under Communism, everything is free", he of course was being facetious.. My addendum to this is the following that I made up HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-33772901996810184952015-05-12T15:15:00.000-07:002015-05-12T15:15:04.531-07:00Great American Quote
“When it comes your time to die,
be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that
when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live
their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die
like a hero going home.”
– Tecumseh
I hope I can stand and sing my death song like a hero going home.
HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-19660041023858969692015-02-27T13:17:00.000-08:002015-02-27T13:17:53.594-08:00The Passing of an IconThose who were born post 1974 or so, do not remember a time when Star Trek wasn't ubiquitous. When the show as first aired in the 1960s (66-69), it was not a big hit. Although, because of MBB (My Big Brother) who was 13-16 years of age at the time and a Science Fiction aficionado, I watched most of the episodes first run. In fact since MBB was the eldest of the four of us, and was HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-49035182359848121302015-02-20T09:35:00.002-08:002015-02-20T09:35:17.086-08:00The Big Fella likes to stir it up with a boat oar..So I haven't written lately, not that I don't have any ideas, I just have to get fired up to take the time and I have been busy. So what I do sometimes is make comment on yahoo articles that piss me off and every so often I start a shit storm which I thoroughly enjoy.. Here is the latest based on an article about Antarctica and Global Warming..
[TheBigManMusing]The only problem with HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-33361651332174071602014-08-28T10:06:00.000-07:002014-08-28T10:06:47.323-07:00For My girlsFor a man, sons are special, they are miniature copies of you.. Or so you like to believe. A lucky man has at least one son. Everything you wanted to be is possible because with the wisdom you have learned, maybe he won't make your mistakes..
A truly lucky man gets daughters. They are all of the girls you have ever loved, even the ones that never loved you back... They share all of the traits ofHogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-38662578725298646372014-07-02T12:05:00.001-07:002014-09-02T07:59:28.424-07:00As time goes byLife is funny.. When you are a child, you can't wait to grow up. Once you are grown, you wax nostalgic about your childhood.
In my current stage in life, I am nostalgic for the hectic days as a parent.. Well I am still technically a parent and will always be a parent. I mean, the time when Big Mama (Just a nickname, not a description) and I would run from football practice to soccer practice to HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-23487168360045170222014-05-26T12:03:00.000-07:002014-05-26T12:03:38.739-07:00"Check Your Privilege"White privilege (or white skin privilege) refers to the set of societal privileges that white people benefit from beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political, or economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc.).[note 1][neutrality is disputed]
The term denotes both obvious and less obvious unspoken advantages that
white persons may not HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-18502987564324327232014-05-13T07:28:00.003-07:002014-05-13T07:28:42.312-07:00Debunking the Gun Show Loop Hole mythLeftist scream that the Gun Show loop hole must be closed. According to them, all you have to do is show up at a gun show with a wad of cash and you can walk away with an armload of firearms to be used for mayhem. That is the premise of the "Universal Background Checks" they are demanding. Actually as this video taken at the America's Gun Show in Dulles VA (just outside the Washington DC Beltway HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-58534027847530981732014-03-14T10:04:00.000-07:002014-03-14T10:04:25.454-07:00No one left behindSo I have used the excuse that I am older, and that while hiking, I used a Nalgene bottle for several years (they contained BPAs which have been shown to increase estrogen). As an excuse for why I am more likely to get "Misty" now..
This short video made me get misty and then "Dude, I shed a tear". This is about the recovery of Marines left behind during WWII. Something that touched home HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-74956123618139252522013-12-10T12:36:00.002-08:002013-12-10T12:36:24.953-08:00Michael Moore, Communist and Idiot..<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Spoiler alert... If You have not already watched the final episode, do not read this...
I was reading several reviews of the Breaking Bad Finale. First, they all loved as did I. The show as a whole was one of the better TV dramas aired in years. As I have said to others, I think it is because most current shows do not take the time to develop three dimensional HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176458333413311946.post-7247009255894763862013-09-18T06:50:00.000-07:002013-09-18T09:04:56.985-07:00Student IndoctrinationHave you ever wondered why your children are being brainwashed in school and especially college? Why do these institutions that take your money in taxes and make you pay for the privilege of removing all of the values you as a parent taught them? It is quite simple once you understand the reason:
Vladimir Lenin said, "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never HogDaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573249526048276666noreply@blogger.com0