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[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1101554" timestamp="1390773086"]Didn't "cut" anything overall. Just moved existing budget money around during a lean year to exclude UT, which was unprecedented. Then that became the standard % even after Lamar was gone, even when GOP got back in power in Nashville. That's Lamar's true legacy to TN education. - OS[/quote] Cry me a river. I do not support any public dollars for funding education so whether they spend the money they steal on education or welfare or whatever else they spend it on doesn't really matter to me. It is still filthy lucre from legalized plunder. I guess I am saying I couldn't care less if UT closed up shop tomorrow as it's only real function is to suck up tax dollars. Don't mistake this as any sort of statement of support for Alexander. He is a criminal and enemy of the people who would best serve the state of TN by dancing a hangman's jig.

[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1101528" timestamp="1390768338"]Anyone who cares about UT wouldn't think so -- and I don't mean frigging football. Appropriations were slashed because all he did his first year as Prez was run around the country stumping for GOP stuff, pissed off the Dem legislature in Nashville, so they punished our flagship university. Of course Lamar made sure that none of his favored bureaucrats in the system felt it. Hell, he didn't even live in Knoxville the first year, and the standing joke in the PR dept here was that they had to throw Honey off the moving truck in chains. At any rate, he only used UT as springboard to get the hell up to DC, which he did ironically as Sec of Education, and left UT in tatters due to inattention and malfeasance. - OS[/quote] So, what 6.8 said. I don't care what the reason is, anytime the .gov cuts funding for anything at all it is a win.

[quote name="whitewolf001" post="1100840" timestamp="1390667528"]Meh, it was my first handgun, and while I have nothing against them as my time with it showed it to be reliable for the money, I also know that they are boat anchors and the BIGGEST pain to strip down BUT if you're on a budget and absolutely need to get a pistol, this is a viable option. I just talk smack about them as I've had one. ;)[/quote] This right here was exactly my experience. I had been thinking about getting a gun and then a neighbor of ours got burgled. I had less than $200 but that got me a Hi-Point .45 and a couple of boxes of ammo that night. I eventually sold it but never had any issue out of it. If it is all you can afford, it will get the job done.

[quote name="6.8 AR" post="1099251" timestamp="1390409070"]I wish they would gain a lot more ground.[/quote] Then join us! :D ETA: You kinda have for the most part now that I think about it. :)

All on this page. http://battlecomp.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=3   "... improves their rate of accurate fire without the crushing blast and concussion common to most muzzle brakes."   "The BattleComp offers muzzle control like some of the best brakes on the market, with none of their liabilities."   "The BattleComp gives the end user excellent muzzle control WITHOUT the excessive concussion and crushing blast produced by most compensators on the market — with flash comparable to an A2 — and all in an A2-sized package."

I just wish Ruger would get it over with and buy them and use them as a semi-autonomous R&D division. It would save a lot time in reverse engineering on Ruger's part and then the KT products might actually make it to the shelves at the LGS.

[quote name="dawgdoc" post="1099075" timestamp="1390363871"]It amazes me how we hear similar stories all the time. That is, if you allow a local government the ability to regulate something, they just run with it. You would think that local governments would be most responsive to the people and easiest to change, but it's like they get elected and become petty dictators. Even when faces with how screwy one of their laws is, it seems to take way too long for them to change. [/quote] It shouldn't. Frederic Bastiat summed it up nearly 200 years ago.

[quote name="mikegideon" post="1099078" timestamp="1390363992"]But, where blog man missed the boat, that's what it's supposed to do. I didn't buy it because the 223 was hurting my shoulder. I bought it to keep the muzzle on target. Didn't buy it as a flash hider either. Just calling BS are the article. You can't compare it to a Ben Cooley brake, because that ain't what it's supposed to be.[/quote] What blog boy did was address the claims of Battlecomp's maker in their advertising. BCE compared the BC to brakes, BCE compared the flash signature to the A2, etc. The BC most likely operates exactly as it was designed to, the problem is that the makers represent it as doing a whole lot more. That's where this article comes into play.

[quote name="mikegideon" post="1099025" timestamp="1390359655"]I knew this video was fake...[media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2jW2vuyHxc [/media][/quote]The claims made in this video are specifically addressed by the article. As far as the one handed FA trick. Considering the muzzle climb that is a common result of FA fire, this trick is the one point where the Battlecomp will excel. It isn't aimed fire, but a fun little demonstration designed to wow folks.

[URL]http://vuurwapenblog.com/2014/01/20/the-battlecomp-is-bad-and-battlecomp-enterprises-should-feel-bad/[/URL] None of this surprises me in the least. I am happy I never ponied up the dough for one.

When the boot is on my neck, It makes no difference whether it is a left or a right boot.

I don't agree with everything MLK stood for, in fact, his economic ideas were downright ignorant and arguably pretty communist. That being said, this article from the Daily Kos (I know, I know, but trust me on this one) gives a great insight into what Dr. King's legacy really means to some folks.      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/29/1011562/-Most-of-you-have-no-idea-what-Martin-Luther-King-actually-did

Liked.

[quote name="JayC" post="1097902" timestamp="1390176808"]Remember: "Evil exists because good men don't kill the gov. officials committing it" - Kurt Hoffman[/quote] I shouldn't be surprised that we apparently read some of the same people. ;)

It's Doug Stanhope, so there is foul language.   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in3Ppk9NG9U[/media]

So with whom did they negotiate with for that access and to determine the appropriate level of compensation? Oh yeah the government, not me. Like I said, if they wish to be free from government regulation they need to be free from government largesse.   I'm sorry, I don't agree with the Kelo decision. Taking of property for the public good should not include the taking of property so that a private entity can use it to generate revenues. Just to be clear on a point again, could you refresh my memory on your position regarding the parking lot bills again? Weren't you supportive of the state regulating away the rights of a business to decide what their employees brought onto their property? :squint:

Like Robert, I don't like the government regulating private businesses. On that same token, if Comcast, AT&T or the power company wants access to run lines/pipes across my property they should have to negotiate with me directly for that access not with the government. If you want special privileges from the government then you have to accept that they come with strings attached.

[quote name="DaveTN" post="1096414" timestamp="1389920470"]Did I say anything about forcibly removing anyone form anywhere? You owe your kids a chance. If you think you can give your children a good education at home and that’s what you want to do; do it. But if you are doing it just because you hate the government or want to whine about the school system; your kids deserve better than to be pawns in that.[/quote] My children deserve better than to spend 13 years being indoctrinated in how to always be subservient to authority in an environment that is analogous to prison. To answer the question you asked: Yes, you did. When you seek to declare homeschooling illegal, then those that would violate that law invite government intervention forcing the children to go to a school.

[quote name="Slappy" post="1096124" timestamp="1389887051"]Prince Mongo here. I don't know much about him but that he is really rich, very eccentric and runs (and loses) for Mayor every year. He also thinks he landed on earth from another planet.[/quote] It is all part of his act. Mr. Hodges is a sharp and shrewd businessman who gets a big kick out of sticking it to the man. I had the opportunity to sit and talk with him a few times when he had "The Castle" running as a night club. He's an awesome dude.

[quote name="JayC" post="1096083" timestamp="1389882751"]Chuck, posts like this need to come with a warning message... I just had to change my shirt because I snorted coffee out of my nose :) I wonder how long the sticker was on there before F-Troop figured it out :)[/quote] I don't know but at least it looks like they handled it themselves this time. Had they called in the Feebs' SRT (Sticker Removal Team) then the whole booth would have gotten burned down. :lol:

Apparently, according to several articles I have seen, this actually did happen to the ATF booth. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[quote name="tnguy" post="1095958" timestamp="1389840090"]That would require putting politicians on the front-lines.[/quote] I heartily endorse this plan. When can we send the entirety of the elected and appointed Washington political class to...where is it they want to get involved next? Syria? Iran? You know what, I don't care where the plane is headed, I just want to know when it is leaving so I can be there to wish them bon voyage and no damn returns.

[quote name="TMF" post="1095876" timestamp="1389834256"]Problem is we haven't been engaging in war. We've been engaging in nation building and everyone starts shooting at us. There's no military in the world better at crushing foreign armies than the US military. We can't win hearts and minds by killing everyone. It's maddening that we keep doing this. When we go in we need to have clear cut goals that are reasonable. Crush the enemy and leave. Warmongers send us there then the bleeding hearts won't let us leave. It makes no sense.[/quote] Agreed. "Nation building" is a far more cruel, inhumane and terrible thing than war for it entails not only crushing a nation or people group's ability to wage war but also their spiritual identity. It crushes their ability to choose their own path and substitutes our choices for their own. When we attempt to build a new nation from the ashes of a defeated one, we attempt to remake it in our own image while forgetting that our national identity wasn't given to is by outsiders. It was built over generations by our own people. Sorry, I'm ranting again aren't i?

I thought I had posted mine in this thread but I guess it was another. I'll take a new pic and post it up when I get home.