2009 November | The Bull Speaks!

It is that time again. Time for The Bull to post an update of the scum bag sex offenders still breathing our air near “The Pasture”.

Right off I’d like to challenge my fellow bloggers to go to the Family Watchdog web site and find the listing of any or all offenders living in their neighborhoods and list those scum, complete with pictures, on their blogs. The more bloggers that are doing this, the more pressure we can put on these bastards. That makes every child that much safer. It takes only one post every couple of months to get the job done.

It has been too long since my last update on these perverts so The Bull personally verified all of the addresses of the scum in this update. As I mentioned in a past posting, I also have managed to start other Good Citizens to watching the monsters that live in their neighborhoods. Action has begun to escalate as we push my ‘Locate, Educate, and Move ‘Em Out’ Program in this area. As concerned and committed parents we are dedicated to moving these child-hunting scumbags out of our neighborhoods at least, (and out of the gene pool, if possible).

In past comments on this topic I have been reported as being an extreme Right-wing Christian anti-sex nutcase. Please, let me clarify:
Yes, I do stand to the Right of center, steadfastly defending the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign or domestic. I vote as an Independent with the thought of my Country first and never a political party. Secondly, if you have read this blog for very long, or even bothered to ask, then you would know that we are Pagans. Our older children have chosen to follow the Christian path and we wish them health & happiness. Finally, being very happily married and with six children between us – and hopes for a 7th – neither Lady Beth or The Bull can be considered ‘anti-sex’. How silly!

NOTICE! In order to save space & download time, the photos of these perverts can be found on our Local Scum page.  Now, on with the update!

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  • We have to start with Karen Ann Baldwin, DOB: 10/14/1963. Convicted of Sodomy 1st four (4) counts. This bitch committed this horrid act upon a six year old little girl. See? Monsters are sometimes women female. No real woman would do such a thing!
  • Next is Dustin Wayne James, DOB: 7/21/1985. This ‘thing’ was also convicted of Sodomy 1st – also four (4) counts! Further details were withheld on the ADPS website. As of this posting I’m still looking for the truth of his offenses. Alabama law defines sodomy to include “deviate sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion“. No telling the horrors this bastard inflicted.
  • Here is Thomas Earl Dickens, DOB: 08/29/1959. This scum was convicted of several counts of Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree. Why the Registry withholds the details of some of these perverts is beyond me…
  • We have here one Jeremy Gene Woodham, DOB: 02/10/1973. Mr. Woodham here sodomized a 3 yr. old baby girl! Instead of the death he deserved, he served time only for Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree. Sick bastard. Come to think of it, death is too good for him!
  • Meet Dennis Glen Thomason, DOB: 07/08/1957. He’s another one caught with materials in violation of the Alabama Child Pornography Act. We must demand more severe punishment of this offense and demand punishment of those that make and distribute child porn as well.
  • Another new on on my list is Eddie Lee Holt, DOB: 10/26/1963. Ol’ Eddie here was convicted of Rape in the 1st Degree, and Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree. His victims? One of the girls was 8 yrs. old and the other was 11 yrs old. I’d better not comment further or I’ll get sick.
  • Avrahom Yeshuron Kaiser, DOB: 08/08/1963.  Wouldn’t you just love to know the history of that name? This puke was convicted of violations of Alabama’s Child Pornography Act.
  • Then we have Francisco “Frank” Olguin Mejia, DOB: 07/28/1950. “Frank” here was convicted of many counts of Indecency with a Child & Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree. (& should have been shot…)
  • Ronald Lee Rifley, DOB: 10/11/1951. Convicted of Sexual Abuse, 1st Degree. Look at the smile on this worm’s face! They say this one is a commercial fisherman by trade. He’d best be glad that this father – or the father of his eight year old victim – isn’t on the boat with him. That would be some 175 pound of free fish bait!
  • Ralph Herbert Leek, Jr., DOB: 04/29/1930. Convicted of Possession of Obscene Matter / Person(s) Under 17. Looks like someone’s grandpa, doesn’t he? Just goes to show how careful a parent must be these days.
  • Gary Thomas Harris, DOB: 06/05/1964. Convicted of Sexual Abuse 1st in an attack on a fifteen year old girl. Makes one sick, doesn’t it? When will this Nation stand up and put an end to this sort of act? I know that we will never completely end such behavior, but we most certainly can make sure that these nut-jobs never re-offend.
  • Edward Berger Bolton, Jr., DOB: 05/23/1961. Mr. Bolton was convicted of Sexual Abuse in the 1st in his attack on a five year old little girl. Makes one wonder where the wiring got screwed in this monster’s head, doesn’t it?
  • And here’s Edward Louis Botta, DOB: 01/28/1976. Edward here was convicted of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree. His victim was a 15 yr. old girl. There are those that say that sexual contact with a fifteen year old girl is hardly criminal. To those I have need of but one reply: “It is the law! If you don’t like it, try to get it changed.”
  • Finally, for this update at least, Kenneth Richard Bates, (alias: Kenneth Richard Flanagan), DOB: 01/04/1976. Convicted of Child Molestation 1st (2 counts). This pervert is a boy-hunter, (and a potential NAMBLA member). His victims include 11 and 14 year old boys.

[End of List]

Here is what you, my Dear Readers, can do to help protect our children…

Start a Neighborhood Watch! This is a huge help. Neighbors helping neighbors. Get the locals involved. Only people you can trust to stay calm, though. Just remember, Do Nothing Stupid!!! I know how frustrating this can be, but you must keep a cool head and play by the rules. Just be sure to use the rules to your full advantage!

Usually these creeps fade off into the background when they find that pickings are going to get slim because people are watching. It’s those eyes on them constantly that makes them uncomfortable enough to leave. It takes time.

Friends, check those registries! Check them regularly and often. The Alabama Registry is found at this link. Then call your local Sheriff and make sure the info on the site is up-to-date.Here in Mobile County, Alabama our LEOs have failed us miserably in this respect over the years in violation of State Law. The Bull has been informed, though, that a volunteer group is being formed in the MCSO to deal with address & work confirmations as well as neighborhood notifications. I’ll be volunteering my time immediately!

Another good idea is to scout the addresses and see if the people living at the address are indeed the people listed on the registry. If they are, and if they are in your neighborhood, don’t go and get yourself arrested for something stupid like attacking them. Do NOTHING illegal!!! I can not stress that enough. Do not become a criminal over a criminal! It isn’t worth the loss you will suffer. Print out the registry page with their photo on it, make many copies, and post them everywhere possible in the neighborhood. Every utility pole should be covered. Place signs along the road. Go door-to-door with handouts. Make sure everyone knows who they are and what they did.

Buy a gun and learn how to properly and safely use and store it. (A shotgun chambered to 20, 16 or 12 gauge will do. I prefer the Mossberg 500A in 12 gauge & the legal minimum barrel length. In handguns you can’t go wrong with any caliber that starts with “.4″. The Bull prefers the ol’ reliable .45 Colt.) Ask your trainer about quality ammunition for protection. Here in Alabama, and an increasing number of states, we law abiding citizens have the right to protect ourselves, our children and our property by what ever means or force required. Use that law to your advantage! Tolerate no pedophile or other sex offender to survive entering your ‘castle’ with the intent to do harm!

Get a dog, too. Preferably a big dog that tends to “nanny” children. I recommend Great Danes (we have two), but Doberman Pinschers, German Shepherds, and Bouvier des Flandres will do quite nicely. Our Great Danes have proven themselves as absolutely remarkable child protection dogs. The Bull figures that all he’ll find of some pedophile meeting my dogs will be a few tatters of bloody clothing and rather large and greasy piles of dog crap in the back yard. Suits me right down to the ground! When not watching the kids the Danes simply sleep. NOTE: My big male Great Dane, Bruiser, was put to the test, and passed with flying colors,  since my last ‘Scum Update’. Not against a pedophile, but a would-be thief eager to steal my tools and bikes. Bruiser can cross the yard to the back fence in under two seconds. Even with only a five step distance to cover to said fence this illegal alien type thief only made the top of the chain-link fence when his right leg suddenly became 150 pounds heavier and six fangs punctured  his boot. (Yes, Danes have a rather unique tooth structure.) Poor bastard had a rough ride with his crotch being dragged some ten feet down the ragged top of the chain link. (Ouch! Must have been like riding a chainsaw!) The perp eventually tore himself loose and fell on the other side of the fence. Police followed a bit of a blood trail but lost it in the back of the neighborhood. No charges were filed against my dog as per the Castle Doctrine.

You put your kids in car seats and buckle them in, don’t you? If you would take the time to do that to protect your children from car accidents, would you not take the time to protect them from the predators walking our streets? The simple fact that there are so many of these creatures living among us proves that our Government – at every level – can not, or will not, protect us and our children. Police are proven to be useless until after the damage is done.

It is up to you – the parent. Are you ready?

Bull, out.  End of Article

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Here is a dandy little pocket watch that The Bull finds exceedingly desirable. In the event that there are any folks out there wondering what ol’ Bull might like for Yule, or just for giggles, this would be at the top of the list.

Charles Hubert model 3674 Bulls Choice Gear #1

Charles-Hubert model 3674

It is a Charles Hubert mechanical pocket watch, model #3674. (Click on the picture to visit the retailer I’ve found to have the best deals on pocket watches & engraving.) I absolutely despise wearing a wrist watch, but need a time piece on my person.  A pocket watch is the perfect compromise. This model features a mirror polished chrome case. The watch face has many stylish features such as sweep second hand dial and 12 hour/military time split indicator which indicates day or night.
Heck, even the watch chain is included. The back is highly reflective which really makes the engraving stand out. That would be great for what I’d want engraved in a slant font:

“Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country.”
~Ben Franklin 1783

Around the window in the front would be a beautiful place to have engraved my beloved Lady Beth’s favorite quote:

“Not All Who Wander Are Lost” …from the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.

For years I carried a cheap little model that my ex gave me once as a make-up gift after throwing a particularly heavy bowl at me for having to work overtime. (Which the overtime pay replaced, of course. (That’s why she’s the ‘ex’. Or rather, one of the reasons.)) It was the most comfort I’ve had carrying a watch – ever! Point is that a pocket watch is one fine bit of gear for any man. Particularly for those of us born a century or two out of season.

With a little luck Lady Beth will read this and take pity on her long-suffering, ever-faithful, if not so humble husband and give me the nod to make the purchase. (I love you, my dear wife!) As for the rest of you lot, take a few moments and look over the Charles Hubert collection. I have spent over six months looking at every pocket watch I could find. These are the finest watches available for the dollar and in this Obama-ridden economy value means a lot. I’m sure you’ll find one to suit you. As for me, this model is the best bang for the buck, (but brother, those sterling silver models will make you drool!).

This is the first of what will be many posts about the excellent gear that I have seen, owned, &/or worked with over the years. If I have found it to be worthy, I’ll tell you. If the thing is a piece of crap, I’ll tell you that too. Just the plain & honest Truth.
My Readers deserve nothing less.

Bull, out!  End of Article

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DUH!I suppose that I have to admit that I am an avid reader. Not so much as my beloved bride, Lady Beth, but an avid reader none-the-less. When you notice that you too have at least a half dozen books &/or periodicals in your bathroom for a little ‘light reading’, then you may also claim the title.

One of my favorite ‘throne room readers’ is a book with the wonderful title of : DUH! The Stupid History of the Human Race, by Bob Fenster. (Published by Barnes & Noble Books of New York.) There is much truth between these pages along with little -to-no political slant. That in itself makes the book notable!

Over the last couple of years I have enjoyed this little book so much that I have decided to share a bit of same here. Particularly excerpts from the chapter titled “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Stupidity but Were Too Smart to Ask“. It is written in a Q&A format. This you will enjoy.

Let’s try this one1 first…

“Who’s dumber:primitive people or us?
“Primitive people solved their problems. The solutions to the problems of civilized people only create more complex problems. We’re short-term thinkers in a world of long-term consequences.
“Primitive people were short-term thinkers too. But they lived in a short-term world.
“Find food and survive pretty much encompassed the mental requirements of the ancient nomads before they became attendants to the seed.
“When these Hunters, and their sidekicks the Gatherers, came upon a hill, they went around it. They went on with their lives.
“We see a hill: We clear cut it, strip-mine it, zone it, build a shopping mall on it. Later we moan about deforestation, soil erosion, air pollution, lousy shopping.
“Then we try to move on through the twelve-step process of recovering hilloholics.
“When primitive people got cold, they built a fire. When we get cold we build atomic power plants.
“Despite evidence to the contrary, we think we’re more intelligent than our more primitive ancestors. Still, the odds remain high that civilization’s only lasting achievement will be the destruction of civilization.”

See what I mean? Truth about us, the modern human race, in the raw. Seriously consider looking up this book the next time you are near a Barnes & Noble bookstore. If you are even just a little better that the majority of the ’sheeple’ our there you will get a lot from this wee volume.

Bull, out.  End of Article

  1. Page #214.

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I caught this in the news this morning…

Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.

Animal rights groups and activists including the actress Brigitte Bardot have condemned the event, which takes place every five years in the Nepalese village of Bariyarpur, Sky News reported.

Why, of course the moonbats are coming out of the woodwork. What else would you expect? This has everything they live to hate:

  • Animals being slaughtered for both food and…
  • Religion.

The mere idea that there are other folks in the world that dare to think/believe differently that they sets a granola-munching moonbat’s nerves on edge. Add to that the fact that some poor, dumb, steak-on-the-hoof is involved and you can bet the liberal morons will start to foam at the mouth.

Leading the pack is the washed-up actress and animal rights activist, Brigitte Bardot. This woman should be more concerned with the likely carcinogens she has had implanted into her body in the vain attempt to maintain her once-erotic looks than the religious and dietary beliefs of a people half a planet away.

Dear Readers, don’t you think it is time we dropped this political correctness crap that on which we are all beginning to strangle? The Bull does! If the Hindu people want to slaughter 200,000 critters and then feast for a few days, so be it! I can tell you this for certain, if I were there I’d stand right along side those people. (I’ll take mine medium rare, please.)

Bull, out!  End of Article

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My Dear Brother, gone beyond the Veil these many years: I have found your daughter – and your grand-daughter! Your child sounds as sweet as ever she did and your grand-daughter, I’m sure, is as beautiful as her mother.

The Last Jones Boys

Dan, Bull, and baby Jake. May 1995.

Another Yule is fast approaching and you know that there is but a hole where there should be a ‘Daddy’ and a ‘Grandpa’. Those are shoes I can not fill, Brother. But I can make certain that there is always an ‘Uncle’ and a ‘Great Uncle’.

Dan, this I promise: They will not be lost – or alone – again!

Rest quietly from your trials now. I will watch for you.

Your Loving Brother,

Bull  End of Article

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While checking what passes for news these days (from any main-stream venue) I ran across this little blurb on Fox News Online

WELLINGTON, New Zealand  — A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica’s ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

The drillers will be trying to reach two crates of McKinlay and Co. whiskey that were shipped to the Antarctic by British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as part of his abandoned 1909 expedition.

Whyte & Mackay, the drinks group that now owns McKinlay and Co., has asked for a sample of the 100-year-old scotch for a series of tests that could decide whether to relaunch the now-defunct Scotch.

Workers from New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust will use special drills to reach the crates, frozen in Antarctic ice under the Nimrod Expedition hut near Cape Royds.

Al Fastier, who will lead the expedition in January, said restoration workers found the crates of whiskey under the hut’s floorboards in 2006. At the time, the crates and bottles were too deeply embedded in ice to be dislodged.

The New Zealanders have agreed to try to retrieve some bottles, although the rest must stay under conservation guidelines agreed by 12 Antarctic Treaty nations.

–> Fastier said he did not want to sample the contents. <–

It’s better to imagine it than to taste it,” he said. “That way it keeps its mystery.

(Read the rest of the story here.)

This here Fastier fellow, Dear Readers, is a certifiable NUT CASE!

I’m not what you’d call ‘a drinking man’. The Bull comes from a long line of Appalachian moonshiners and I’ve known how to ‘make likker’ since I was a wee lad of ten, its just that I’ve seen too often the ravages brought down upon the families of hard drinking men. I don’t care to be remembered that way or put my loved ones through the pain.

All of that said, a nice cold Sam Adams® or Guinness® is mighty good – upon occasion – on a hot Mobile, AL summer day. The same can definately be said for a wee dram of a fine single malt Scotch on a cold winter evening. (Mead, of course, is good most anytime of year but damned hard to find anywhere.)  A man has just got to know his limitations. Some men, sadly, never learn that one important lesson.

Scotch. It is such a truly Divine inspiration! So when I read that there is a case or two of a Scotch whiskey that no one has tasted in a century and some bloke says he’d rather preserve the mystery then The Bull thinks someone should measure the guy for one of those special jackets with the sleeves that tie in back! sure, whiskey stops aging when it is removed from the cask. However, it retains all of its flavor, (it doesn’t oxidize), so long as the seal on the bottle is not broken.

And no one has tasted this make of Scotch in many decades…

The Bull will donate his services to science and volunteer to taste this stuff for our good Kiwi friends! No charge! Just send a bottle to me care of this blog – I’ll even pay the postage from New Zealand!

I have the Honor to remain Your most Scientifically-minded Host,

Bull  End of Article

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Something smells in South Carolina, and this time it is something more ‘fishy’ than the waters around Charleston!

I get regular emails from The Palmetto Scoop. It allows me a small idea of what is going on in my birth State of South Carolina. Todays email contained a link to a story they have published concerning the antics of one Dave Woodward, a poly-sci professor at Clemson University in my home county of Pickens. Seems the dear professor is running a racket that the Palmetto Scoop is calling “pay for say”. It’s simple really. Pay Woodward to write something nice for you as a politician or get a scathing attack from him in whatever rag will print his bile.

Granted, his attacks of late have been aimed at the stinking, back-stabbing, RINO, Sen. Lindsey Graham. Sure, the bastard needs to be attacked. and, sure, I do have more support for the more staunchly Conservative Jim DeMint. The fact is that this is NOT the way we need to garner support or win at any election! The time for such foolishness is over. Our Nation needs and deserves better! As I wrote in my comment on the Scoop’s website:

On the subject of Graham vs. DeMint: I’m sick to the teeth of these RINOs in Government. Every bit as sick as I am of those wanting to tie the GOP to the apron strings of the Religious Right come ‘hell or high water’!

What this nation needs, IMHO, is a true Conservative Constitutionalist. Even if you don’t agree with my politics, (and you are most welcome not to, this being America), I think we can all agree that such garbage as professor Dave Woodard appears to be getting away with is completely unacceptable. If there is no legal action that can be brought to bear then Clemson Univ. should certainly look into relieving Prof. Woodward of his position.

Go here and read the article for yourself. Try not to get drawn into a pissing contest by some of the Liberal & RINO comments. It also would not hurt to visit Clemson’s web site (the link is listed above) and send an email letting the school know what you think of a school funded by tax dollars that allows such games by its tenured staff.

Bull, out!

  End of Article

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The Bull’s Pasture is strangely quiet today. Everyone is suffering from a combination of exhaustion and grief.

The Wooley Girls

(l. to r.) Lady Beth, Sarah, “MawMaw”, and Debbie at the Family Reunion in 2008

Last night at exactly 2325 hours our beloved ‘MawMaw’, (Lady Beth’s grandmother), who was known to the world at large as Anne Imhote Callaway, passed away peacefully at her home here in Mobile, AL after a blessedly short fight with an aggressive brain tumor. Anne was 75 years of age. She is survived by her husband of but 18 months, Ronald F. Callaway; a son, James “Jimmy” Imholte; 2 daughters, Deborah “Debbie” Brazell and Sandra Henderson, all of Mobile; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be on Monday, 16 Nov 2009 with interment on Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 at the Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile ,AL.

No words can duly explain the grief in the Family at this moment. Anne was a remarkable matriarch who showed love and tolerance to all. The Bull is terribly grieved as well for without the moral support of this dear woman then Lady Beth and myself would have had a much rougher row to hoe in blending our two families. My three children were always treated with exactly the same love and devotion as she doled out with eagerness to the other great-grandchildren.

I can write no more on the subject right now. Let it suffice for the moment that she will be missed.

Anne Imhote Callaway

27 Dec 1933 – 13 Nov 2009

16 Nov 2009

Just this morning Lady Beth & I visited with Bro. S.O. Wooley of the Azalea Lodge No. 898 here in Mobile.  Bro. Wooley is the last surviving sibling of his family with the passing of Anne. To quote him:

“If Anne ever had an enemy anywhere then no one ever knew of them. She was as close to a Saint as we are ever to meet.”

Brother, I’m in complete agreement!

Bull,  out.  End of Article

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Yeah… You read that right.

There is a plan in the works for all British citizens to be given a unique I.D. number tying said citizen to a personal ‘carbon allowance’. Quoting from a story on Telegraph.co.uk:

Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

It would involve people being issued with a unique number which they would hand over when purchasing products that contribute to their carbon footprint, such as fuel, airline tickets and electricity.

Like with a bank account, a statement would be sent out each month to help people keep track of what they are using.

If their “carbon account” hits zero, they would have to pay to get more credits.

Those who are frugal with their carbon usage will be able to sell their unused credits and make a profit.

Hot-Air Al

The REAL cause of ‘Global Warming’!

‘His Pin-Headship’, the Lord Smith, plans to  call for the scheme to be part of a “Green New Deal” to be introduced within 20 years when he addresses the agency’s annual conference on Monday. Meanwhile, some un-named ‘Environment Agency spokesman’ was reported to have said that “…only those with extravagant lifestyles would be affected by the carbon allowances“. Sound familiar? “Extravagant lifestyles”, riiiight! Those of us who have not yet buried our heads in the sand know how that will work out. The tax threshold will drop year-by-bloody-year until every single citizen of the UK is under the thumb and paying their hard-earned Euros into a governmental slush fund. All in the name of the psudo-science of ‘Global Warming’ – an idea that is coming apart at the seams on a daily basis as the true facts come to light.

If our friends across the pond were to take a close look at how our “New Deal” has turned out, then they would run – not walk – out into the streets and burn these liberal morons in Parliment in effigy.

Given the current state of leadership, (or should The Bull say “non-leadership”), in the United States it is only a matter of time until the same is proposed by one of our ‘esteemed’ Nobel Prize winners – All Gore or B. H. Obama. That is what really turns my stomach!

America IS awakening to the dangers of these Liberal idiots. Perhaps we will fully awaken in time. Perhaps not. Sadly, it looks to be too late for the United Kingdom. (I hope they prove me wrong!)

Bull, out!  End of Article

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In an article on Fox News Online this morning it was revealed that the scum-bag thieves we have all come know know and despise as ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) have decided that since they have been stopped in the majority of their scemes to rob the American tax-paying public blind that they will simply sue the U.S. (read as “us”) for all the millions of dollars they have ‘lost’.

Read this…

Representatives for ACORN sued the federal government Thursday morning in an attempt to regain the millions of dollars in funding the community organizing group lost after filmmakers videotaped its workers offering advice on how to commit tax fraud and various other felonies.

The suit charges Congress with violating the Constitution when it passed legislation in September that specifically targeted ACORN to lose federal housing, education and transportation funds.

That qualifies the legislation as bills of attainder, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed the suit on behalf of ACORN. A bill of attainder punishes a person or group without the benefit of a trial, and is illegal under Article 1 of the Constitution.

Congress began cracking down on its funding to ACORN after its employees were secretly videotaped in a number of cities offering to help a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute to lie to the IRS and acquire illegal home loans.

Footage showed staffers advising the “pimp” and “prostitute” on how to falsify tax forms and seek illegal benefits for 13 “very young” girls from El Salvador that the pair said they wanted to bring to the country to work as child prostitutes. The videos set off a firestorm in Congress.        [more]

Well, you have to admit it, these thieves have balls! Personally, I don’t think they have a chance. The folks running ACORN ought to just be glad that they are not (yet) in prison! Considering the ‘Islamic Idiot’ now occupying the White House and the jack-booted morons running the House & Senate, who knows!  ACORN is likely to receive TARP money or be given a leading seat on the soon-to-be-formed ‘Death Care‘ administration by Pelosi, Reid, & Obama!

Folks, get on the damned phone and call your representatives in Washington and complain. Complain daily – about this, the healthcare reform, and all the other stupid-assed stuff flying around inside the beltway. The threat of losing power is the one and only thing these guys respond to – then throw them out anyway come the 2010 elections. We can’t get them all in 2010, but we can get enough to make the difference between having our Freedom or losing it.

Thomas Paine said it best in The American Crisis, No. 1, on December 19, 1776…

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Bull, out!

  End of Article

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To my American brothers & sister, and all Free people of this planet,

Take a moment on this day and stand in Honor of those great American citizens that have served, or are now serving, in the blessed cause of Liberty for All.

MA1 A. LaFrenier, USNR
MA1 A. LaFrenier, USNR

A few thoughts for you:

  • Remember that the American Armed Forces are all volunteers. These brave souls are freely offering their time, sweat, and their very lives to guarantee your Freedom
  • Remember all of those that have given all to preserve our American Freedoms and to break the chains of those in slavery to despots worldwide.
  • Remember those that have come home maimed of body or mind in the service to their Country. Visit your nearest VA Hospital. It will not hurt you to volunteer just a little of your time. Besides, what you will see there will swell your heart with pride – and break your heart.
  • Remember to thank each American Veteran you meet in your daily travels. Go ahead, make an unexpected phone call to those Veterans you know and simply say “Thank you”. You will feel better – and so will they!
  • Remember on this day, if no other, to shake the hand of every service member you see in uniform today and thank them for their service. (I make a point to do this every day. You’d be surprised how many times I’ve seen tears form in the eyes of those proud Heroes at this simple act of Honor.)

Right here would be a great spot for some great, quotable line. I have nothing to offer, for I am but a simple man. All I can add is that every night when my head meets pillow I think of those whose heads are then meeting a helmet instead, and every morning when I meet the dawn I give thought to those that will that day meet the needs of Freedom. And I am filled with both awe and pride at their bravery. They all make me so very grateful that I was born an American.

Semper Vigilo, Semper Libero!

Bull, out.  End of Article

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10 November 2009
Here’s a page I wrote for the old blog on 17 Nov 2007. I don’t *think* it was ever posted as anything other than a page hidden among the mess around here. That was wrong of me, too, considering the quality and functionality of Rob’s holsters. Any bit of leatherwork that will allow The Bull to carry his beloved .45 Colt single action revolver discreetly concealed while wearing the uniform of the day, (Cabela’s Trail shorts and a tee shirt), is an amazing piece of work!

Bull*

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Sometime back I finally acquired the revolver that I’ve wanted since I first heard Ruger was planning the project. A Ruger New Vaquero. There is something almost magical about a working single-action revolver, especially one chambered in the grand old cartridge herself, the .45 Colt. Since getting my hands on this firearm I’ve come to appreciate it more each day. So much so that I desired to make it my everyday carry piece. Single-action or not, if you can’t get the job done with this one then you need a 12 gauge shotgun at the bare minimum!

Ruger New Vaquero

.45 Colt New Vaquero

The problem was getting a holster that would allow for secure carry and still be ‘concealable’ under normal clothes. This last bit is made even more of an issue by the size and shape of the weapon and the fact that since I live on the Gulf Coast my clothing is thin and light the year around. In the nearly five years I’ve lived here I’ve had perhaps five days that I’ve worn long pants of any type.

Holsters I have, including a ‘Tombstone Speed Rig’ shoulder holster from El Paso Saddlery that I had to pull teeth to get, and a most excellent half-flap from Our Bandit Leather Crafters as seen in this post. Neither of these, nor the nylon holster they replaced, are exactly what I’d call ‘concealable’.

Fortunately for The Bull, while reading through the various forums on the web for us ‘gun nuts’, I had ran across the name Rob Leahy and his Alaskan enterprise, Simply Rugged Holsters. Every single word I found written about Rob pegged him as one really stand-up guy and his workmanship as first rate. So, after saving my pennies for a spell I fired off an email asking Rob to quote me a price on one of his ‘Sourdough Pancake’ holsters for my wee hog leg. The response from Alaska was quick, the cost was far better than reasonable, and after a couple more emails working out the color and details, payment was made and I sat back to wait out the thirty day turn-around. That kind of time frame wasn’t bad at all considering I had waited until darn-near hunting season to place my order! In the meantime I requested a few photos from Rob so I could see how things look in his workshop way up there in America’s Final Frontier for a future article on the craftsmen in the shooting sports. The emails began to arrive soon after, some containing nerve-tingling remarks concerning my order.

Well, I suppose having a sense of humor helps make Life more worth living… :roll:

Turns out that the thirty day estimate was off a bit. My much-anticipated package arrived with a week to spare! I was literally shaking as I whipped out the old Case knife and gently sliced the tape open, eager to see what artistry the Leahy’s had wrought for me. One of my final request at the time of order – along with the cross-draw option – was to have leather with a range mark or two. You know, to add a little character…

I reached in and pulled out the first paper-wrapped item I felt. A handwritten note on the wrapping said “With scars, as requested“. I unwrapped it, and there it was – my Sourdough Pancake – complete with range marks. And a couple of quarter-sized holes in the backside!

Soughdough Pancake

Soughdough Pancake with “scars”…

For a second I just sat there in my chair, wrapper in one hand and the holster in the other. My son, Jake, said something along the lines of “Seems well made, and you did say you wanted scars…“. I stared at him. Then he said the magic words: “Looks like an awfully big box for that one holster, Dad.” Yes, it was a rather large box! I dove back inside and sure enough, another firm item was in there wrapped in the same white paper. This on had a note on it as well. It said, “Thought you’d like this better”. I tore off the wrapper and there was indeed a work of art! Joy of joys! Not just the ‘Sourdough Pancake’ holster I’d hoped for, but this one also sported Simply Rugged’s ‘Inside-Out Straps’ that would allow the holster to ride inside the waistband for even better concealment! Seems that Rob Leahy’s humor knows no bounds. Yeah…

Now that the shock had worn off I settled in with my Ruger and both holsters to check out the workmanship, fit, and finish. Both the holed and scarred version and the clean top grade version show superior stitching and fine, even dye work. The fit on my New Vaquero was better than excellent. I even gave it a test by first unloading the weapon, placing it in the holster, turning the entire unit upside down, and then giving it a firm ‘bounce’ – over a thick cushion. I repeated the test in the second version. The revolver was retained both times! Given time on the belt I expected that fit to get even better.

Sourdough Straps

Holster w/ Straps

There are no words to state just how happy I am with the leather Rob sent South to me. By the way: If you’re looking at the pics and thinking something is ‘off’, it is because you are looking at a left-handed rig. I shoot damned well with either hand, but I’m just a tad more accurate with my south hoof and no one seems to look for something coming from that side! It is now mid-November and I’ve worn one or the other of these holsters every single day since they arrived on September 25, 2007. The vast majority of the wear has gone to the holster with the ‘Inside-Out straps simply because I am out and about town fairly often. To date not one person – not even the local constabulary – have noticed the big single-action .45 Colt riding comfortably under my shirt. Not even when it is just a tee shirt. That, Dear Readers, is concealment! (And for the record, The Bull does have and maintain an active pistol permit that allows for concealed carry.) I should note that the revolver is indeed held just a securely as I had thought it would be, even without any retention straps, and is still very accessible. The color, (a rich oxblood), is even and has never bled – not even on white clothing in the oppressive heat of Mobile, AL in late Summer. Note in the attached photos that outside of a few scratches on the black snaps there is no wear to the leather or finish what-so-ever. The holster places the stocks right where I need them for a quick draw either from the strong side or from cross-draw. I’ve only had need to draw once, on a Pit Bull making a charge on me in my own yard. The Ruger just seemed to materialize in my hand without thought. The dog, thinking better of her charge or having seen a gun before, left for home at warp speed and no shots were fired.

Rob is simply a genius. He has given us single action guys a means of carrying our preferred handguns comfortably, variably, securely, and with style. All for an extremely reasonable price. The Simply Rugged line is not limited to single action lovers, either! Rob can whip up a holster for you to fit anything from a small “snubby” all the way up to one of the huge ‘X-Frame’ monsters from Smith & Wesson. Also manufactured is a wide range of products from belts to ammo carriers along with several models of holsters other than the ‘Sourdough’ mentioned here. There is even a belt buckle The Bull finds very interesting.A quick check of the website this morning shows that they are now offering sharkskin as an option and may soon expand into other leathers as well.

If you are in the market for fine leather, do yourself a favor and contact Rob and the folks up at Simply Rugged. Do it soon. I can promise you that it will be the best money ever spent and the product will come from real American craftsmen building with real American Pride. Also, be sure to check back here often as The Bull will soon bring you a look inside the workings of the Alaskan workshop of Rob Leahy. You can contact Rob at:

Simply Rugged
P.O. Box 872676
Wasilla, AK 99687-2676

Phone: (907) 357-6521

Email: rob@simplyrugged.com

Business hours 7AM 6 PM Alaska Standard Time
(1 hour behind Pacific standard time)
Customer Service is closed on Sundays.

CRKT Dragon

CRKT Dragon

NOTE: Since I first wrote this I have taken to often wearing a multi-pocket vest with my tee shirt & shorts which allows me to also carry my CRKT “Dragon” fixed-blade knife in a concealed shoulder rig. On those days I most often slide the scared non-strap version that Rob sent down as more-or-less a joke. Let me tell you that that holster is every bit the superior gun leather that the top-end version is! Completely reliable in retaining my ‘hogleg’ and just as quick on the draw. Simply Rugged’s “Sourdough Pancake” is a winner!

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear no evil, for I am the best armed bastard in the valley”

Bull, out  End of Article

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To the Congress & Mr. Obama:
Let’s take a moment to review your record BEFORE you come to “We the People” for yet another round of corn-holing, ok?

  • The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 – you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.
  • Social Security was established in 1935 – you have had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.
  • Fannie Mae was established in 1938 – you have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.
  • The “War on Poverty” started in 1964 – you have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor”; it hasn’t worked and our entire country is broke.
  • Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 – you’ve had 44 years to get it right; they are broke.
  • Freddie Mac was established in 1970 – you have had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.
  • Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs called TARP, the “Stimulus”, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009… none show any signs of working, although ACORN appears to have found a new bitch: the American taxpayer.
  • And finally, to set a new record: “Cash for Clunkers” was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! It took cars (that were the best some people could afford) and replaced them with high-priced and less-affordable cars, mostly Japanese. A good percentage of the profits went out of the country. And the American taxpayers take the hit for Congress’ generosity in burning three billion more of our dollars on failed experiments.

So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that “services” you shove down our throats are failing faster and faster, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system? With over 20% of our entire economy?

With all due respect to your collective offices, but…

“Horseshit!”

No. I did not write the above letter. I am, however, posting it as a public service.

Bull, out.  End of Article

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