Looking out my Front Door

The kids were all excited the other day.  We had visitors in the front yard and I managed to get some photos.

In all we had four very young bucks.  The oldest might have been a two year old, the rest were from last years fawn crop.  My daughter wanted to know where the horns were and I got to explain about the velvet nobs on top of the deers head.  She didn't believe me.

Potato Pun

One night, the Potato family sat down to dinner - Mother Potato and her three daughters. Midway through the meal, the eldest daughter spoke up. "Mother Potato?" she said. "I have an announcement to make."

"And what might that be?" asked Mother, seeing the obvious excitement in her eldest daughter's eyes.

"Well," replied the daughter, with a proud but sheepish grin, "I'm getting married!"

The other daughters squealed with surprise as Mother Potato exclaimed, "Married! That's wonderful! And who are you marrying, eldest daughter?"

 "I'm marrying a Russet!"

"A Russet!" replied Mother Potato with pride. "Oh, a Russet is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!"

As the family shared in the eldest daughter's joy, the middle daughter spoke up. "Mother? I, too, have an announcement."

"And what might that be?" encouraged Mother Potato.

Not knowing quite how to begin, the middle daughter paused, then said with conviction, "I, too, am getting married!"

"You, too!" Mother Potato said with joy. "That's wonderful!

Twice the good news in one evening! And who are you marrying, middle daughter?"

"I'm marrying an Idaho!" beamed the middle daughter.

"An Idaho!" said Mother Potato with joy. "Oh, an Idaho is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!"

Once again, the room came alive with laughter and excited plan for the future, when the youngest Potato daughter interrupted. "Mother? Mother Potato? Um, I, too, have an announcement to make."

"Yes?" said Mother Potato with great anticipation.

"Well," began the youngest Potato daughter with the same sheepish grin as her eldest sister before her, "I hope this doesn't come as a shock to you, but I am getting married, as well!"

"Really?" said Mother Potato with sincere excitement. "All of my lovely daughters married! What wonderful news! And who, pray tell, are you marrying, youngest daughter?"

"I'm marrying Piers Morgan!"

 

"PIERS MORGAN?" Mother Potato scowled suddenly. "But he's just a common tater!"

75% Not Guilty

It's hard to keep track of all the scandals in our nation.  America is facing a loss of liberty and freedom on a scale never before seen in this nation.  Tyranny is rampant from the oval office all the down to the local donut muncher. 

I've blogged on the topic of decriminalizing drinking milk before.  It's time for an update on one of the cases.  It seems that a jury in Wisconsin mostly did the right thing last week.  I say "mostly" because they didn't go far enough:

Jurors in Sauk County Circuit Court deliberated about four hours, until nearly 1 a.m. Saturday, before returning a verdict of guilty on one charge of violating a holding order placed on products on the Hershberger farm following a raid there in the summer of 2010.

The good news is that Vernon Hershberger isn't going to jail on 3 out of 4 charges.  What happens on the 4th charge is still up in the air.  He still may have to do a year in jail and pay $10,000.  The reason?  He violated a "hold order".

Earlier in the day, the farmer testified that he felt betrayed by state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection officials who raided his farm in June 2010 and intentionally destroyed 2,000 pounds of milk.

He was afraid that DATCP would destroy other food as well. Hershberger said that is why he violated the hold order, taking some food for his family and allowing members of the buying club to remove items for their use.

"I prayed and meditated a lot," he said about the decision, which he described as an act of civil disobedience.

Good for Mr. Hershberger!  He should have violated that order.  It was his property and the property of those who had paid for the food.  The order was an illegal taking of property, even if they technically left it in his possession.

Lets hope the judge can see his way clear to let Mr. Hershberger off on the last charge.  Vernon has suffered enough.

On the Right Track

It looks like Waterboy is being proven right:

Joe’s experiment brings that idea of a universally-available gun with uncensorable online blueprints one step closer to reality. “I’m trying to do the same thing Cody wants to do. I’m not an anarchist, but I don’t like the idea that the government is telling us ‘You can’t have that,’” he says. “I agree with Cody’s idea that this is a perfect fusion of the first and second amendments.”

Of course, there’s a certain thrill of pioneering a new gun design, too, Joe admits. “I may be the first person in the history of mankind to fire a bullet through a plastic rifled barrel. It’s an interesting feeling,” he says. “I feel like Samuel Colt.”

They still have a long way to go, but they will get there.

Do Not

I got a call last night from a friend of my wife.  This friend is part of a group of medical professionals that go to help local hospitals when there is a disaster event.  She was calling to ask me to tell my wife that she was heading to OKC to help with the tornado recovery effort.

I had just been on the phone to a co-worker in OKC Sunday who told me that it was bad but they expected to get more storms.  I wanted to see how bad the tornado damage was so I started checking on line.  That's when I go hit with all the content driven ads begging help for the American Red Cross.

I have one word for you if your considering giving money to either the Red Cross or the Salvation Army, DON'T!

These philanthropic organizations do very little to actually help people.  Most of the money is wasted on paying big salaries to people who spend their time FUND RAISING.  When they do bother to head out to a disaster location its only to get photo ops and spend some time qualifying people for aid so they can justify the grant money they get from the federal government.

There are better groups to give money to, don't waste your cash on the American Red Cross.

Dinner Time

Q. What did the cannibal’s wife give her husband when he came home late for dinner?

A. The cold shoulder.