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backwoodsbob

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January 16, 2015

Will Jamie Dimon be Hillary's running mate?

it seems like a natural fit

January 11, 2015

so junior is gone

we gave away my newfie this morning.We didn't have the room to let him run and he wasn't happy cooped up in a house so we gave him to a friend who has kept him at his house while we were away.

He is happy.He has tons of room to run and cattle to herd.

It hurts but I know it is best for him.

Now I have the toy dogs to deal with...little buggers......they steal socks and demand attention.

It won't be the same without any big dogs but Charlie and company keeps me busy so it's cool.

DAMN I miss Buddy Guy




January 7, 2015

so can we finally admit there is a problem between religions that is getting scary?

I would safely say over 99% of the adherents of Islam are peace loving people who just want to raise their families and live their life...but that leaves that 1 or so % who are completely insane and with a religion of over one billion people thats a lot of nuts.At the same time over 99% of Christians are peaceful people who want to live their lives but the 1% leaves a lot of nuts

More killing obviously isn't the answer...50 years of fatwas vs our version of fatwas has just made things into a big mess.

I don't know the answer and I am not proposing one.Smarter people than me have failed this problem.I just know something has to give or we are going to see a new crusade.

I just don't know the answer but this shit is getting scary and if something doesn't give we are about to see a religious war

January 3, 2015

it's going to be Hillary vs Jeb

and we will lose.

We are fools

January 3, 2015

I'm making the God of dinners for the wife

The Potato's are slow cooking at 225 degrees...they will be in for about 5 hours......they are covered in fresh chives and butter wrapped in foil.......they will baste in butter and chives for 5 hours.
The Ribeyes have been basting since last night in a local steak rub...I'll be throwing them on the grill in about 4 hours

The Baked beans are loaded...LOTS of bacon and sliced green pepper

The salad is all local as I can get....lots of tomato and celery and green pepper...it's gorgeous and tasty


SHE deserves it and more...gonna cook my baby one hell of a meal

January 2, 2015

united we stand

this should be our theme song

January 2, 2015

my favorite song

January 2, 2015

my favorite Judas Priest

December 28, 2014

so what are the real solutions to police killings?

not the overblown fire all the NYPD cops...not all the overemotional crap that poses as discussion.
Lets talk REAL solutions.

My proposal.
All LEO's will have body camera's active 24/7 while on duty.Short of a independently verifiable malfunction the first offence is a two week non paid suspension and the second time you are barred for life from any LEO position including security guard.

If any LEO commits a crime while body cam is turned off....lifetime barred from any LEO position and a lifetime ban from owning a gun.

December 28, 2014

so if you are disgusted with our current money buys votes system

what do you do?Where do we go from here?
With our current (d) vs (r) winner take all system where the winner....no matter which letter they have....is going to become a millionare if they win.....how do we get the system back to having the government representing the people instead of the monied elite?

With Citizens vs we gave the monied elite free access to buy every seat...from senate seats and reps right down to local BoE seats. Currently the only redress is to get our elected officials to vote against their own monied future to change the system....and that isn't going to happen.

So what do we do?

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