Why I Carry A Gun

Soap Box Ravings says, "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you".

I was told by an old friend there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'."

I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere, someday.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy. I carry a gun because, when I die and go to Heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

"Police Protection" is an oxymoron, I believe free citizens must protect themselves.

Police do not protect you from crime; they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

And lastly, I carry a gun because I'm to young to die and to old to take another ass whoopin'.

US Military Equipment For Sale In Pakistani Open Air Markets

Humvees in care of contractors who were supposed to transport them to US troops in Afghanistan.

There is an interesting article on Military.com "US Gear Ending up in Pakistan Markets". You can find the entire article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/us-gear-ending-up-in-pakistan-markets.html?ESRC=eb.nl

Soap Box Ravings feels there are many ways US military equipment can get into the black markets of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In some cases it is sold by US troops for either drugs and/or money. The military makes every effort to combat this type of behavior but it seems to have continued on through the ages.

Another way equipment comes up missing is when troops are overrun or killed, their equipment is often removed by their attackers.

But Soap Box Ravings believes the most equipment disappears when contract personnel are used in place of US military personnel to transport and maintain control of US military equipment. One example would be the large number of vehicles destroyed in Pakistan recently while under the control of Pakistani watchman with no training and essentially no way to summon assistance when attacked. Now we were told those vehicles were destroyed, but what was removed from them prior to their destruction?

Over the years, government bean counters have placed contract workers throughout the entire military system, in all types of areas. They are not military people, they do not have the same background checks but they often have more access to vital equipment than the troops do.

Soap Box Ravings believes if we keep our equipment under US military control, less of it will be used against us.

Ponder This

A Thought On Taxes

Another One Bites It

Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D, CA)

It was reported today that Sam Sayyad, the husband of Congresswoman Solis, President Obama's choice to head the Labor Department, paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years.

President Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said he thought Solis' husband, Sam Sayyad, paid the liens because he owed the taxes, not because of White House pressure.
Los Angeles County records showed 15 outstanding state and county tax liens against Sayyad and his auto repair business, totaling $7,630. Two other liens worth $981 were released in 1999 after Sayyad repaid the taxes owed, according to county records.

White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said that Solis and Sayyad were unaware of the liens until USA TODAY asked about them Tuesday.

Previously, it is known that personal tax problems tripped up three of President Obama's nominees. On Tuesday Tom Daschle, Obama's choice head the Health and Human Services Department, and Nancy Killefer, nominated for chief performance officer withdrew their names because of their tax problems.

As Soap Box Ravings understands tax liens, which are a legal claim filed by the government against the property of a person or business to collect unpaid taxes or fees, they are not placed against a business or person in secret. Therefore, Soap Box Ravings does not accept the I did not know of these tax liens for up to 16 years.

Yes, change can be a good thing. The question is, When is it going to start?

Lost But Honest Souls Or Scum Sucking Dogs Who Fail To Pay Their Taxes

Timothy Geithner

Nancy Killefer

Tom Daschle

Soap Box Ravings is not making a call on the motivation of these folks with tax problems. Each of these people were hand selected by President Obama to serve on his team

Are they guilty as charged by the media, or just plan folks who failed to understand the US Tax Code? I really hold no proof either way.

It is interesting that two of them submitted a request to withdraw their nominations. While the other, who has been identified by some in the media as being briefed on his tax requirements by those paying him, went on to take the position offered him.

Soap Box Ravings would like to offer these folks as "Poster Children" for the need to simplify our present tax laws since they are totally out of control. If you ask three people a tax question, you get three different answers in many cases. The IRS employees do not all understand the rules and regulations they are empowered to enforce.

Geithner, Killefer, and Daschle positively exhibit the need for the "Fair Tax." If they can't figure their taxes given their professional work history, how can an ordinary person be expected to.



They alternative is that these folks actually thought they could spend their money better than the government could spend their money. Hell, we all know that; but if an ordinary person tries to do that the consequences are fairly severe.

If we can't change the tax system, then I recommend we have some escape blocks on the income tax forms which if checked means, If this form is wrong, I take the Geithner, Killefer, or Daschle defense and I should not be penalized by the IRS, even if I am wrong.