Register your gun...

Ok, this is going to be more of a rant than anything...
I was watching a movie on TV yesterday called Hideaway. At one point in the movie Jeff Goldblum knows someone is trying to get in his house and hurt his family, so he is standing behind the front door with his shotgun aimed at it. Someone knocks and he says "come on in, its unlocked", and instead of the bad guy, its a cop. The first thing the cop says after opening the door is "Is that thing registered?"!!!
I see this all the time on tv, but this one takes the cake because the person being asked the question was standing in his own home trying to protect his own family.

For those of you whom dont know, and I imagine there are a few who dont (I have actually had people ask me"... YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR GUN. Think about it, If that were a requirement then it would be illegal for you to have a gun that was not registered, and the government cannot make it illegal for you to have a gun (unless you are a felon).

I sometimes think that this is some kind of government brain washing so they can later pass illegal anti gun legislation, but the more I think about it I realize that it is only one thing...
IGNORANCE!
Whomever is creating or writing these movies must actually think that it is true, that if you have a gun it must be registered. In reality, the only time you have to have a permit to carry a gun is if you are leaving your home/property, and you are concealing the gun. In that circumstance you have to have a permit, but not a permit for the gun. You have to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, it has nothing to do with the individual weapon. If you don't have the permit, you can still carry a gun, but it cannot be concealed in any way. That is it! That is the Law! Dont believe everything you hear! Find out for yourself!

More election observations..

I watched the debate last night (2/26/08) Between Obama and Clinton and thought I needed to post...
I think when it comes down to the general election, I would vote for either of these two over McCain any day. I think they both have their focus on making life better for Americans instead of American Companies, and that is truly what we need right now. Exxon made 36.13 Billion Dollars last year, and The Government has spent nearly half a trillion dollars on the war. Where did this money come from? Well, that is obvious, it came from the American people; it came from me and you. That is what this administration, and their party have let happen, and have seemingly pushed for. If that isn't enough motivation for us to vote differently this year and try to change our government then we definitely will get what we deserve.

Take a look at this before you vote... http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
That is yours!

Oh by the way...

OBTW, I do not encourage or condone the illegal copying of commercial discs, and doing so places you in violation of current intellectual property law.
I think they are able to create and distribute programs for copying DVD's by saying that they are only for creating a backup copy of a disk that you own.
So, that is what I am talking about when I say "copy a DVD" in my previous post.

Copy DVD's

If you ever want to copy a DVD, the free version of this program works great! I have been using it for a couple weeks now.
Go here..

"Free Trade"...

When will it stop? Someone sent me this from Snopes...
Click here
It is about flip flops that cause a severe reaction.
Free trade is a folly that is hurting our people. It is not trade (an exchange of items)... it is having something produces somewhere where labor laws are lacking, and pay is very low, and then shipping it back to be sold for a higher profit margin.
The result of this process is that money that would be in the hands of US companies and US workers is now in the hands of foreign countries, foreign governments, and greedy multinational corporations. Our people, our economy, our government... everybody in our country is hurt by this, yet it continues.
I just hope we are able to fix this before it is to late.

Find a President!

Here is a great way to see which candidate best suits you based on the issues. The hard part is coming in unbiased. It would be better if you could not see who it was until the end, but if you try hard to not bring any feelings when you start, and truly rate their stances on the issues it should work out.
Rate them here

Super - Bowl...

The Superbowl is usually a bore, and the commercials usually steal the show. This one was different...
The best team on that particular day definitely won the football game, and that is all that matters. It does not matter that the Pats had a much better year, a much better quarterback, and A much better team.. all that mattered is who showed up on that day and wanted it the most. There is no doubt about it that the Giants deserved the win.
How did they beat a better team? They beat them by coming out the door and pounding Tom Brady into the turf. That one thing won the game. Brady was obviously not himself after the Giants put a whooping on him in the first quarter, and without him the Pats are nobody. The Giants defense won that game in the first quarter.
I have to say, it was definitely the most exciting Superbowl that I can remember watching. It was a heart stopper right down to that miserable last 2 seconds when they couldn't clear the crowd off of the field. It was entertaining right down to the end. It was what a Superbowl should be.

Not much :(

Well, it looks like it will be one of those years where our snow total can only be described as "Trace". We got a dusting, but barely. I think we have had hail storms that produced more accumulation.
Oh well.

How Much?

So there are rumblings on the weather forums about this weekends snow event. We could possibly get 1-2 inches of "moisture", and if its snow, well, thats A LOT! Over 10 inches! So... keeping in mind that we get 10 inches over about 3-4 years in Portland,... so we shall see. I will take 1 inch. I will still have to go to work, but it will be a fun commute and a slow day. Lots of true City Folk will surely stay home if we get a dusting making my job a lot easier.

Let it snow... let it snow... let it snow...

Probably our best chance for some real snow coming up later this week. I will keep my fingers crossed.