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I can't speak for the Baby Desert Eagle in the .45 flavor, but my all-steel 9mm is the closest thing to a bull-o-matic I've ever owned.  It's problem free and shoots like a dream.

I remember when Saturday morning cartoons were funny.

In The Big Red One, Lee Marvin turns in a terrific performance as a sergeant who is fighting his second world war.  It's another Samuel Fuller movie, the same guy who made Steel Helmet and Fixed Bayonets.  Mark Hamil plays a Luke Skywalker character again, this time in a military uniform and First Infantry Division patch.

Maybe the sword is mightier than the pen after all.   http://michellemalkin.com/2013/08/10/backfire-editor-of-ny-paper-that-published-map-of-gun-owners-gets-canned/

David, I'm looking for some AA #7, Blue Dot or Longshot.  I haven't quite made up my mind, but whatever you got I'll take that.

(10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters. (9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left after you enter the trailer park." (8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of Popsicles. (7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter. (6) The only item listed under Preventative Care Coverage is "an apple a day." (5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill. (4) You pass your annual physical if you can walk without passing out. (3) The only expense covered 100% is "Embalming." (2) Your prescription comes in different colors with little M's on them. AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN: (1) You ask for Viagra, and they give you a dowel rod and duct tape.

I remember back in '92 that one of H. Ross Perot's sticking points was, "These politicians call themselves public servants.  How many servants do you have that ride to work in limousines and have a better retirement package than you?"   This is like a woman giving birth.....when the time comes, the water breaks and you have a bigger mess than before.  I wonder what will bust the bubble.

I prefer calling mine a Jericho rather than a Baby Desert Eagle.  There's nothing baby about an all-steel, exceptional work horse like my 9mm.  And it comes from Israel by people who depend upon their firearms working day in and day out.

Here's the Maryville Daily Times story that appeared today online.  No red meat, but it gets the info out to the community.  From the comments, Taylor's already drawing fire.   http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_News/story/Maryville-Mayor-Tom-Taylor-joins-group-against-illegal-guns-id-039374

Obama a patriot?  Thanks to him we owe Benedict Arnold a big apology.

These LEOs aren't blind.  They can see the benefits of an armed citizenry to take up the slack and slow response times in a dire emergency.  Too many lawmakers sit within the safe confines of a capitol building and wonder why the gun laws they impose don't drop the crime rate.  Stuck on stupid.

  Armchair experts have been all over this movie.....http://www.oocities.org/savingprivateryan0/cemetary.html   P.S.  Thanks to your dad for his service!

After 83 posts, I'm a little surprised that Sergeant York has not been cited as an outstanding war flick.  Gary Cooper won his first Oscar for his performance as the former hillbilly rabble rouser turned Christian and later Medal of Honor recipient.  I also encourage members to take a day and visit the York historical site in Pall Mall. 

My great grandfather was a full-blooded Choctaw.  Sometime in the late 1800s he killed a man in Mississippi.  I don't know if it was murder or self-defense, but an Indian's word wasn't worth much to the authorities then, so he left the tribe and ran to Texas, where he met and married my white great grandmother.  They settled in the Oklahoma Territory near Ada.  No one knows where he got our surname.  It may have been the name of a man he knew or maybe read it on a sign.  At any rate, when the feds were composing the Dawes Roll lists of tribal members, he declined to enroll, probably thinking they'd tie him to the killing back in Mississippi.  So, I'm 1/8th Choctaw, but can't prove it.

Let's not forget the Forgotten War--   The Steel Helmet Fixed Bayonets!

I was an SSI instructor for a small Houston dive shop back in the late 70s.  For our final checkout dives, we boarded an old bus and traveled all night to Destin/Ft. Walton Beach in the Florida panhandle.  After the ocean dives, we headed inland to De Funiak Springs for some introductory cave diving experience--NOT MY IDEA, but had to go along with it.  I trained my wife-to-be in scuba and was married shortly thereafter.  I turned in my gear and instructor certification after that because, well, that's how I met my wife and she's no dummy.  I really enjoyed diving Grand Cayman and Cozumel, but doubt if I'll ever get back into the sport.

It's not a war movie in the same sense as those mentioned, but one of the most dramatic and impressionable films is Schindler's List, which focuses on a war within a war.  Those Jews lived every day thinking it may be their last.  Virtually every actor and actress delivered an exceptional and riveting performance.

By "we" lost, I meant the Allies collectively did not secure all of the objectives in Operation Market Garden. We're a team, right Yank?

My favorite mega-star war epic is A Bridge Too Far.  I must have a thing for battles we lose.  :shrug:

When Trumpets Fade....a good one about the three-month long Battle of the Hurtgen Forest just prior to the Bulge.  It was the longest single battle the U.S. Army ever fought, and cost a tremendous number of G.I. lives.     Hook up with imfdb.org--it's the Wikipedia for movie guns.  http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Movie

Most of the threads here talk about what gun, what caliber, what ammo and what knowledge of the law you will need before engaging in a gunfight. But not enough is said about the psychological mechanics and probable circumstances involved in shooting it out against a determined opponent. This article, while written for cops, makes some very interesting points to remember should you ever get into an actual showdown, using Clint Eastwood's 1992 movie, Unforgiven, as the classroom.   http://www.spartancops.com/gunfighting-lessons-unforgiven/   And here's the video clip of the climactic shootout covering the lesson material you'll need for your "final exam."   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTSGUfFh8og

  It's up to God and honest men to shine the light of truth onto the evil that men do.  If the people and leadership fail to muster the courage to bring justice, something far worse is on the horizon.

  BOMBSHELL REPORT: Valerie Jarrett Gave the Orders on 9/11/2012 and Blocked Rescue in Benghazi       And such a report is entirely believable, given that Jarrett nixed the raid on Bin Laden three separate times.   Valerie Jarrett, Commander in Chief Confidential sources close to Conservative Report have confirmed that Valerie Jarrett was the key decision-maker for the administration, the night of the Benghazi terrorist attack on 9/11/2012.  The chronology of the evening of 9/11 are as follows:   At approximately 5 PM Washington time, reports came in through secure-channels that Special Mission Benghazi was under attack. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey summoned the President,and briefed him on the crisis, face to face.  Subsequent to that brief meeting, President Obama proceeded to the White House to dine in his living quarters.  After supper, Barack Obama had a telephone conference scheduled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...  As that meeting drew to a close, Ms. Jarrett, who is also the Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, went from the living quarters to the White House Situation Room, where the attack in Benghazi was being monitored by Dempsey, Panetta and other top-ranking officials. Whether she was instructed by the President to go there, or if she went of her own volition, is only known by the President and herself. A critical question that needed to be answered, and the sole military-order that could have launched offensive-actions, neutralizing the Ansar al Sharia terrorists attacks on the Mission (the purpose of which are detailed here) and its subsequent attacks on the adjacent CIA Annex, was the issuance of “Cross Border Authority”, an order that can only be issued by the Commander in Chief himself.  As was reported earlier by Conservative Report, Cross Border Authority was denied... Two revelations are deeply troubling.   First, it is reported that an Army Special Forces team was present with an AC-130U Spooky (also known as a Spectre Gunship) on the tarmac at the airport in Tripoli, Libya. The Spooky is a technologically sophisticated, tactical aircraft, operated by the U.S. Air Force Special... The AC-130U Spooky is equipped with weapons that sync with laser-designators, like those that Woods, Doherty and Ubben had on that lonely rooftop above the CIA Annex. The laser-designator was used to “paint” the mortar targets during the attack, subsequently claiming the lives of Woods and Doherty, and leaving Ubben without a leg. Had the AC-130U been on station, over the CIA Annex in Benghazi, moments before the mortar rounds were fired, instead of "awaiting further instructions," the entire outcome of the Benghazi fiasco would have been different. Add to that, a team of Green Berets on the ground to secure and/or evacuate the Annex, and the outcome would have been two SEALS still alive, and a mess of dead terrorists.  The second, and most troubling aspect of the refusal to issue Cross Border Authority is who issued the refusal. Rather than the President, the Commander In Chief, making critical decisions, granting or denying the authority to initiate offensive-actions in support of our valiant fighting men, the decision not to take action was made by a person, to whom the people did not elect, nor did the Congress have confirmation power over. The military-order, not to initiate action, saving our men in Benghazi, was issued by the President's Advisor, Valerie Jarrett.  And this is a “phony” scandal? This report would certainly explain the serial lies, cover-ups, and obfuscation by this administration. Could someone find out what bar John Boehner is in and buy him shots of Glenfiddich until he agrees to name a Select Investigative Committee on Benghazi?

  I hear what you say, but the Benghazi scandal left four caskets in its wake.  Both Obama and Hillary spoke a eulogy of lies to the nation and their families.  It was also the first solid proof that Obama's foreign policy of appeasement was an abject failure, not to mention his assessment of Al Qaida's diminishing strength.  Some documents and testimony point to illegal gun running as the purpose for the Benghazi operation and the presence of CIA agents.  And Republicans and Dems alike have demanded to know where Obama was during the critical hours of the attack, on the eve of his star-studded Las Vegas fundraiser the following day.  Granted, Obama seems to be immune to criticism, but if it turns out he was woefully derelict in his duty as Commander-in-Chief at this critical juncture of history, it's going to take a supernatural effort to get the crap back into the horse.

If this account is true, I'm sorry to predict that Joe Biden is our next president.   http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/08/bombshell-report-valerie-jarrett-gave.html