The Bull Speaks!

Van der Sloot is Trash

Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has made a second confession, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.

The confession reportedly came after Van der Sloot gave an interview to a German TV station.

According to the report, Van der Sloot said Holloway’s body was hidden in marshes on the Caribbean island. Van der Sloot made the comments to German broadcaster RTL and a second interview is reportedly plannedin Frankfurt this week. In an earlier confession he told reporters he dumped Holloway’s body at sea.

Sooner or later this Joran ass-wipe is gonna run into a couple of Alabama good ol’ boys when no one else is around.

THEN we’ll find out exactly what happened to Natalie and where her body is located. No doubt about it. Until then, however, I hold out no hope.

Bull, out.

A Review of the CRKT B.U.L.L. Folding Knife

Both myself and my elder ~~spawn~~ son, Jake, carry & use this model of folding knife. Nothing that either of us has been able to put this knife through to date has lessened our opinion of it. Granted, we have not subjected it to a prolonged soak in the Gulf of Mexico, but why would we? The blade is not a super-stainless. We know that and treat it accordingly. What may be lost in corrosion protection (not all that much in reality) is by far overshadowed by the knife’s edge-holding ability. While there is no thong hole, the knife’s open back design allows for a lanyard to be looped around the rear most pin if desired. This design also allows for edge-killing and blade-rusting debris to fall straight through. No more digging pocket lint out of your pocket knife!

The Columbia River Knife & Tool Co. is really on to something with this design. Pick one up before they, like all knife designs nowadays, disappear. (CRKT has already discontinued production.) I bought mine & Jake’s through Knifeworks over a year ago. I checked both their supply and price a the time of this post and they are in stock and are selling for mere $24.95. What a deal! Heck, I think I’ll buy a spare and put it in the safe.

Here are the stats on the knife and what the manufacturer has to say in their sales pitch…

Blade: Length: 3.00” (7.6 cm)
Thickness: 0.10” (0.25 cm)
Steel: 420J2, 54-56 HRC
Closed: Handle length: 4.125” (10.5 cm)
Open: Overall length: 7.125” (18.1 cm)
Weight: 2.8 oz. (79 g)

“Ensign Aaron Frederick, who is now on active duty in the U.S. Navy, found time to present his designs for a new folder, and we recognized it was the perfect Basic Utility Locking Liner (B.U.L.L.™) for CRKT. Its just the right size, with no frills, the essence of a classic utility sport and work knife.

“Aarons design has everything CRKT like’s in a multi-purpose knife: a strong modified recurve drop point blade grind, an ergonomic handle with finger choil, thumb ramp, butt swell and ample friction grooves. CRKT use’s two 420J2 stainless steel liners, one locking, and injection-molded Zytel® scales, assembled with stainless steel back spacers and Torx® fasteners. Grip is improved by textured scale panels and castellations on the spine and at the butt.

“The high-carbon steel blade in a high satin finish features a belly and recurve for excellent slicing and carving ability, plus a top grind that aids penetration. At 3” long, the B.U.L.L.s blade is large and versatile enough to tackle all those daily work tasks. There are two ways to open the B.U.L.L.s blade with one hand, both ambidextrous: by the thumb disk, or by a flick of the serrated extended blade tang. Closing is also an easy one-hand action, thanks to Teflon® bearings at the blade pivot.”

If you are looking for a fine single blade folder, one you can depend on to see you through, then you should look at this knife closely. Sure, it isn’t expensive. But who said expensive is always better? Sometimes one should look to the basics.

Bull, out.

About the Reply from “danwatson69@yahoo.com”

In response to this very old post I recently received a flurry of comments from someone identified only by their email address and the suggestive name of “ex off”. (”Ex offender”? Ex Officer”? Considering the content of this person’s comments I feel the first is more likely, though the term “ex” can’t really be applied to sex offenders as I explain shortly.) This person strongly disagrees with my stance on sex offenders moving into our neighborhoods without notification and to my stance that there is no place for these monsters near our children.

I’ve been letting my blog activities slide of late. This is what I get for not paying attention. My usual stance is to just let these comments be posted and let my Readers decide. With this one, though, a couple of the comments were very offensive and I hit the “delete” button without thinking. I wish I hadn’t. There are still several in the que, so I’ll post them all here.

Submitted on 2010/01/12 at 1:01pm:
“You’re a NAZI bitch. I bet you have sex with sheep”

Submitted on 2010/01/10 at 6:02pm:
Why don’t you push YOURSELF out of the neighborhood, Tabitha? (I have no clue who this ‘Tabitha’ person is…)

Submitted on 2010/01/10 at 5:58pm:
“Why don’t you locate your head up your ass, then educate it to come out and stop being such a jackass?”

Submitted on 2010/01/10 at 1:39am:
“*reply to” (Must have been an error… or a hint.)

Submitted on 2010/01/10 at 1:36am:
“knew you didn’t have the balls to post my comment, you dickless loser! You probably fuck your own daughter.. Just kill yourself, asshole!”

And then this one, actually the first, and the only one that had content to which a person can reply. I’ll break it up a bit in order to reply to each point, such as they are…

Submitted on 2010/01/08 at 8:40am:
“”Hey, Bull.. What is your last name? SHIT? Sex offenders have rights as well as you do. They have indeed had their days in court, and their convictions.. which means that they have PAID THEIR DEBT, and They deserve a chance to live their lives in peace without a bunch of vigilante rednecks ‘ROWNDIN’ UP A POSSE’ So, put down the shotgun and go masturbate or something. Maybe then you can relieve some of that pent up frustration. I think you were diddled by your uncle as a kid or something. That’s why you have such a hard-on for sex offenders. Until one of these so-called “perverts” actually commits a crime, they should be left the hell alone! They are people too.”

Note how this person insist on using sexualized content. It is almost a compulsion.

No, “danwatson69@yahoo.com”, the offenders have NOT paid their debt to society! They have – most often – only paid a portion of their debt and have been let out on the promise that they will not re-offend. Sadly, these perverts have a near 100% repeat record. They are human in physical form only. Real humans don’t rape, especially children.

As for me personally, I can say that I have never been the victim of abuse by anyone. My uncles, withthe exception of one who had a problem with drink that killed him, were all fine fellows. I have, however, worked with these monsters in a treatment facility where I was a Team Leader with the treatment team. We dealt with youthful offenders after they had served the majority of their sentence and before they were returned to society. A couple of things were made brutally clear to me during that experience:

First, sex offenders are ‘made’. They don’t just happen.
Second, sex offenders, regardless of age, will NEVER stop their behaviors until they are caught.
Third, if an offender is caught while still in their formative years they may learn to avoid the worst of their triggers. Sadly, this is seldom the case.
Fourth, given the opportunity ALL adult sex offenders WILL re-offend; they can NOT be cured, only removed from society.
Fifth, with the above four points being true, then the only way to stop this cancer in our society is to either
1. make their crimes against adults punishable by life in prison without the possibility of parole – and – make crimes against children punishable by death, or…
2. institute civil commitment laws in all fifty states whereby these offenders can be locked away permanently without criminal trial even after they have served their sentences, (as in South Carolina).

As a society we must protect ourselves from those who would prey on us and our young. We either do so or die as a society.

“No one really knows what they really did, only what they were CONVICTED of. (*Newsflash: Women lie sometimes, not that men don’t, but I digress)”

Friend, saying people sometimes lie is like saying that people breath. It’s a given, be they man or woman. As for the conviction, that is what our Justice system is all about. Is said system perfect? No. It is the worst system on the planet – except for all of the others. They, the convicted sex offenders, know what they did, and most importantly their victim knows what they did! What they were convicted of is ALL THAT MATTERS! My goodness, I can not believe that a thinking, rational person would say what you just said.

“I don’t believe everything I read, because I’m smart. I like to find out all the facts before I go making judgments, (not that I, or anyone else have the right to judge another) I’m not an easily lead sheep. I know you probably think “Wayell, why in hale should I wait fer wunna them perverts ta do sumpthin’ ta wunna my keeids bafore I act?” (I tried to use small words, so that you’d understand -oops, did that one have too many syllables?)”

No, I’m good. Sadly, you’re not looking too good right now.

“You’re not about to see a damn thing “plummet in your neighborhood.” It’s too hard for S.O.’s to find housing as it is! Then morons like you want to push them all out of their homes. WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GO THEN? they have to move somewhere. Wouldn’t you rather have them all lumped up together in one place than spread out all over town? Use some common sense. people.”

Personally, if it were up to me I’d not have any of them breathing the same air as our kids. Since I can’t have that I’d settle for someplace like Alcatraz or even Gitmo.

“Here’s a little update to your list: At least NINE of the men on your list are no longer living at those addresses, One of them is dead..killed himself. (probably because he just couldn’t stand the thought of having to deal with people like YOU for one more day) Brian Lott and Michael Breckinridge are in jail, (one for D.U.I., one for failing a drug test) FYI..Not for sex offenses, just so you can’t glom on to that comment, Rush ”

The name is “Bull”, not “Rush”. I’m not a big fan of that guy’s style. The post that you are replying to is, as stated above, very old. It was written in August of 2007. There have been several updates since that date. I’m afraid that it is you who are severely outdated. My info, (prior to my personal checks), is straight from the State Offender Registry, and as these scumbags like to remain hidden they do move around a lot.

You didn’t tell us which one of the scumbags self-corrected! Well, I’ll attempt to find out and post an update. As for the other two you mention, they just go to prove that these people are not salvageable as contribution members of society. There is a bill being proposed in many states, including Alabama, that will copy South Carolina’s “Civil Commitment” Law. That law allows the State to file a case showing that a person, such as these sex offenders, are simply not able to conform to societal norms and are a danger to others. Then they can be confined to a mental institution for the remained of their lives – no criminal charges need apply.

“Just remember that Jesus said “He who is without sin may cast the first stone. I don’t believe you have any business casting aspersions on the character of others.”

They always bring up Jesus… Never stop to think that there are many faiths out there other than Christianity. I ask my Readers, did any of these comments seem like they came from a true follower of the Christ? The Bhudda? Heck, even Mohammad?

“You probably live right near me. I don’t feel safe with you in my neighborhood! You would probably get drunk and kill somebody, but after you get released from prison, you’ll be able to enjoy the peace you’ll have not being required to register as a murderer. I wish you could spend one day in a S.O.’s shoes. That’s okay. Nasty people like you always get their cummuppance… always.”

Sorry, I don’t drink. No illicit use of drugs of any kind, either. If I were to take another Human Being’s life, it will be in defense of my family or myself as prescribed by law. Funny how you just assume that everyone is a violent drunk of dope addict. I wonder why that is… Two questions do arise here. One, exactly how do you know what a day in the life of a S.O. is like? And secondly, have you ever considered using the spell-check feature built in to most browsers?

“You should be ashamed of yourself for wanting to push a peaceful person out of their home with brow-beating tactics. Like YOU never made a mistake in your life? I wonder where your hands have been?”

Mistakes? Me? Far more than I care to remember! Worse, I am one of those people that is doomed to remember – in vivid detail – every mistake I make, however slight. Each one follows me and haunts my sleep – when I sleep, that is. Strangely, on the topic of sex offenders and my stance thereon, I don’t lose a single minute of sleep. I lose sleep when I think there is a danger to the health and well-being of my family nearby that has not been neutralized.

“People, think for yourselves. Don’t follow this idiot, please. Hugs and kisses, sweetheart! -ex off”

Finally! A pint on which we can agree! If you had spent any time reading this blog you would know that I encourage all of my readers to look at the evidence and weigh that with their own experience. Only then should one make their decision as to what action should be taken. For me, I’ll keep watching each and every scumbag that I can find to make sure that they never get near my family or get near my neighbors without said neighbor getting fair warning as prescribed by the Alabama Code.

That’s all the time I care to take with this one now.

Bull, out!

Review: Bark River Knife and Tool’s ‘Highland Special’

To date this is the finest knife to be held in my hand. BRKT should be proud of the superior tools they are making for us. This may be my first “Barkie”, but it won’t be my last!

Bull, out.

Spanking is Back in Style

Here’s one for all of you whining Liberal pukes out there…

Young children spanked by their parents may grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, a study has found.

According to the research, children spanked up to the age of 6 were likely as teenagers to perform better at school and were more likely to carry out volunteer work and to want to go to college than their peers who had never been physically disciplined.

But children who continued to be spanked into adolescence showed clear behavioral problems.

Children’s groups and lawmakers in the UK have tried several times to have physical chastisement by parents outlawed, the Times of London reported. They claim it is a form of abuse that causes long-term harm to children and say banning it would send a clear signal that violence is unacceptable.

However, Marjorie Gunnoe, professor of Psychology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said her study showed there was insufficient evidence to deny parents the freedom to choose how they discipline their children.

“The claims made for not spanking children fail to hold up. They are not consistent with the data,” said Gunnoe. “I think of spanking as a dangerous tool, but there are times when there is a job big enough for a dangerous tool. You just don’t use it for all your jobs.”

But Gunnoe’s work drew on a study of 2,600 people, about a quarter of whom had never been physically chastised.

Research into the effects of spanking was previously hampered by the inability to find enough children who had never been spanked, given its past cultural acceptability.

Actually, my response can be summed up in one little word: ” DUH!”

Normal spanking has never harmed any child. I know I got my share, and to be truthful, I should have had more. We have six children in this household and up until about age 10 I believe spanking for the most serious of offenses.

How has it turned out? Well, one is now at the University of South Alabama studying medicine, one is in the US Navy as a ‘Seabee’ with two meritorious advancements in rank and two Navy Achievement Medals in her first 18 months. The other four are still in school but have superior grades and behavior marks. None have been in trouble, no drug problems, teen pregnancies, or other social ills.

More, everyone will tell you that they are loved unconditionally and are happy with their home life.

Damned Liberals! We’ve known that spanking works all along.

Bull, out.

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

THIS COURSE SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ELECTED OR SELECTED!

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE:

1. “Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” ~Thomas Jefferson

2. Those who trade liberty for security have neither. ~ John Adams

3. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

4. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

5. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

6. Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.

7. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

8. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

9. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

10. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

11. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

13. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

14. What part of ’shall not be infringed’ do you NOT understand?

15. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.

16. When you remove the people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves.

17. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

Have a Happy New Year, y’all!

I’ll likely not post here again until after the New Year and I completely missed wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. So, from my Herd to yours, here’s to a wonderful, peaceful, and better New Year!

The Bull’s Herd

Bull, out.

Meet “Franklin the Turtle”, American Hero

Franklin the Turtle

There is someone I’ve been wanting to introduce you folks to for quite some time. Problem was that I wasn’t sure exactly when the ‘right’ time would be. Now that he has his very own Facebook page, this must be it! (Click on the photo thumbnails for a larger view.)

I speak of none other than Franklin the Turtle. Companion to one of our very own American Heroes fighting for Liberty and Freedom.

Here is a little about Franklin in his own words…

“I have stayed with my guardian (Tony) for the last four years, my mommy (Hanah), sent me with her daddy to keep him company and safe on his first deployment…and I have been right by his side since. Here we go again….get ready for my travels and adventures…..!!!”

His longtime companion, Master-at-Arms First Class Anthony LaFrenier, USN, has this to say about Franklin…

“Franklin came to see me for the first time on a Saturday morning, September 10th, 2005. Franklin was sent to me by my youngest daughter, Hanah, to keep me company while I was away in Kuwait with the U.S. Navy.”

While serving in the Middle East mascot Franklin and his side-kick had many adventures and met many great American ‘Heroes in Uniform’ and a few who were not, like Charlie Daniels (Yep, The Bull is a big fan, too!), the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, and Montgomery-Gentry.

Later, at the end of that first deployment, the following was written in MA1 LaFrenier’s journal…

“A part of our awards ceremony would be dedicated to Franklin. Franklin received appointment from the CO as UM3 (Unit Mascot 3rd Class). Franklin’s appointment as a US Navy Petty Officer came with great responsibility, but no pay. We could not wait to be back with our families. Franklin would surely miss all the wonderful friends that he made on this deployment. But Franklin did his job wonderfully. Franklin did just as Hanah sent him to do, he kept me company.”

Along with that appointment, Franklin received the awards of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal -and- the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Bronze Deployment Device.

Now UM3 Franklin and MA1 Lafrenier are being sent off once again into the Sandbox to defend Liberty & Freedom from those who seek to drag Mankind back into the Dark Ages. I am asking ALL of my Dear Readers to jump on over to your Facebook accounts and send Franklin the Turtle a note of encouragement and thanks as he embarks on yet another deployment with his companion. You see, ‘We the People‘ have a part to play in our own defense. That part is to, like Franklin, keep up the morale of those brave men and women that are daily placing their lives on the line for all of us here at home.

We need more like Franklin, and more like MA1 Tony LaFrenier!

Bull, out!

Support for the ‘Deficit Democrats’ is Erroding

I try to keep up with the political goings-on in my home state of South Carolina. (Don’t get me started about that sickening display of Mark Sanford’s, but I do have a soft spot for another prominent fellow in ol’ SC who speaks his mind…) Here’s the latest from The Palmetto Scoop…

CHEROKEE COUNTY VOTERS ELECT REPUBLICAN IN HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT

It was the only election in America Tuesday night. And it gave Republicans one final win this year in the growing referendum against Barack Obama’s presidency.

Voters in Cherokee County elected a Republican to a county council seat never before held by the GOP.

Republican Tracy McDaniel crushed Democrat Thomas Moss in county council district seven with a stunning 61.2 percent of the vote.

“I’ll always do my best to study the issues, obtain the facts and make decisions on what is best for our citizens,” McDaniel told the Spartanburg Herald Journal prior to the election. “I know if we work together, we can make a difference for Cherokee County.”

Democrat James Batchler, who died in August, had held the seat for 40 years.

On the surface, McDaniel’s election may not seem significant. But a Republican win in a heavily Democratic district in South Carolina is symptomatic of eroding support for Obama and Democrats.

In November, voters in Virginia and New Jersey passed a similar anti-Obama referendum by electing Republican governors in states carried by the president during last year’s election.

I may be wrong. (It’s rare, but has happened before.) Methinks that the ‘Dems’ are going to have their hands full next year unless some freakin’ miracle occurs. This story doesn’t seem like much to most of you, I know, but you would have to understand the area. Republicans in Cherokee County have always been considered as being from the wrong side of the tracks.

Add one to the RIGHT side!

Bull, out.

BMCM Harold B. Estes, USN (Ret.) Speaks to Obama

Here is an email letter circulating the Internet. The validity has been confirmed by via Snopes.com.

(This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the President.)

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can’t figure out what country you are the President of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

” We’re no longer a Christian nation”

” America is arrogant” – (Your wife even announced to the world,”America is mean-spirited. ” Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)

I’d say shame on the both of you, but I don’t think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said, “America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.”

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal Liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win Independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for Freedom.

I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.

Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were elected to lead. Not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight? You don’t mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.

You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don’t want to think my President is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes

Damned skippy, Master Chief!

Bull, out.

Tiny Babies and Giant Moon Pies for Mobile

From NBC Local 15 News, Mobile AL (Reported by: Andrea Ramey)

MOBILE, Ala.) - Mobile may be able to boast the world’s tiniest baby! In August, a set of triplets was born at University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital. The tiniest in the set broke the record for the world’s smallest surviving baby at nine point one ounces (9.1 oz.!).

Doctors are calling Oliviyanna, Oriyanna, and Tayvanna three tiny miracles. Collectively at birth they weighed less than four pounds!

“I just started praying and asking God to help them through the way,” said the triplets mother, sixteen- year-old Jamesha Harbin.

The tiniest of the three, little Oliviyanna, is not just proving miracles exist, she’s breaking a record for what might be the world’s smallest surviving baby!

When Oliviyanna was born, she weighed less than a soda can. Today, she weighs three point two pounds.

Sixteen, unmarried, and the mother of not one but three special needs babies. (The needs of special babies is something that we know about here in The Pasture. Our youngest sons, fraternal twins, were tiny, and premature. The expenses and the stress was horrendous but were handled by family, faith, and hard work on the part of both the care-givers and the bread-winners. Not State-funded, (read as: “tax-payer funded”), welfare.) Upon hearing me rant about this story my 15 year old son informed me that there are at least a half a dozen girls in his 8th grade class expecting babies before the term is over. “Who knows“, he said, “this record may not stand very long.”

One more record that the City of Mobile, and the State of Alabama does not need.

Seriously now, I pray for the health and well-being of these three innocents – and for the grandparent who will have to raise them and us tax-paying Citizens who will be paying for it all.

At some point this Country HAS to wake up and do something about the run-away spending we are doing on welfare and the other ills that it brings. Friends, charity starts at home. So does responsibility. All of the assorted kinds of responsibility. You can’t tell it by looking around America today, though. Today, though, we allow our elected morons in Washington to saddle us with socialized heath care that will not just spend us into oblivion but will just encourage more of this welfare state behavior. Not just that, but they are hitching us to this wagon that will tax us today with only a promise of some sort of coverage in a few years. Nothing for anyone now. disgusting no matter how you look at it – or them!

What happened to self-reliance? Self-respect? Personal responsibility? Parental responsibility?

Mayor Sam “Moon Pie” Jones (D) of Mobile

I can tell you now, all of the above are rare birds indeed here in Mobile, AL! Our Liberal mayor and City Council are spending money like there is no end to it. Not on police to help with the ever increasing crime problems and not on teachers in our bottom-of-the-pile school system. No, good ol’ Sam Jones & Friends are spending it on outdoor movie projectors for inner city dwellers to enjoy here in one of the rainiest cities in America – and a giant Moon Pie. (If you’ve never been to the deep South you may not even know what a damned Moon Pie is. They are popular little chocolate-covered cakes with a marshmallow filling. They go good with RC cola and are thrown from floats to the crowd during the endless Mardi Gras parades.)

No kidding, folks! Aa $25,000+, 600 pound, electronic Moon Pie to be raised some 200 feet over the Mobile River and light up Mobile’s skyline at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. That is a Liberal’s idea of fiscal responsibility for you.

Guess The Bull shouldn’t really be surprised at all the 16 year old mothers, should I?

Either this Country wakes up and demands the removal of these tax & spend idiots we have in elected offices Nationwide or we face the end of Freedom, Liberty, and the downward spiral of Humanity back into the horrors of the Dark Ages.

In 1783 Benjamin Franklin said “Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country“. Friend, I’m here to tell you that the United States of America is the last home of anything resembling true Liberty on this rock in space we call home. Seeing as how we have no spare planets to remove our selves to, we either repair our Nation – save our Freedom -or the party is over. Look around. Is this the sort of system you want your children and grandchildren growing up in? For me the answer is a resounding “NO!“.

One last question… How’s all of that “Hope & Change” working for you?

Bull, out.

Rape of the Veterans – Courtesy of Department of Veterans Affairs

So, The Bull goes out to the mailbox today and finds a letter from the US Treasury. “No need to panic“, say I. “Time for me to update my payment plan with the Veterans Affairs bunch over in Biloxi.” I open the letter only to find that the VA has submitted me to have my disability check reduced by over $100 – just a couple of days before Christmas!

“WHAT?!?!”

A little back story here… I am a veteran and get my health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. I am on several medications. I take them and they keep me breathing and walking. I take them, and since I’m on a lower tier in the VA’s system, I pay for them. No problem. There is a bunch of fine ladies over in the Biloxi office that keeps up with it all and they bill me a set amount monthly. Now, if I were the sort that would lie on his annual paperwork I could most likely get my medications covered, but I figure that I can afford to pay the fair amount the VA set for me and there are many of our brave young souls coming home with much more serious needs than me.

What pisses me off – and should piss off ANY right-thinking Veteran & American is that the VA sneaking in a grab on my already limited budget like this without ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER! No letter, no call. Just a letter from Treasury saying they are taking had taken my money. Money that feeds my kids. Money that keeps a roof over our heads. Money that I paid into the coffers in FICA taxes during those golden years of productive working life.

This is the system that the Department of Veteran’s Affairs calls VISTA.

The ladies in the Biloxi, MS billing office could do nothing to fix the problem. And as one would expect, the bureaucrats at Treasury were no help at all – even once I got a live, English-speaking one on the phone. Seeking some action, I called the Director of Biloxi VA’s office.

They were extremely helpful – until they heard that I wasn’t a drug company rep, or a Washington D.C. politician, that is! As soon as the Director (one Thomas Wisnieski (228-523-5766)) found out that it was a veteran was on the line he immediately tried to put me off. He suddenly didn’t have time for me. When I wouldn’t budge he had his secretary verbally attack me and hang up on me – twice!

Methinks it is time that these guys find out that The Bull’s horns will hook! It is also time that this bunch at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs gets the point tht they can’t treat American Veterans like trash!

I will not be able to retrieve these lost funds. I know that. What I can do is make sure that no other person has to go through this horseshyte ever again and that a fair system of notification is put in place for everyone.

The Bull would like to encourage everyone who reads this to call Mr. Thomas Wisnieski over at the Biloxi VA and insist that their system be updated. Tell them that you, the tax payer will not tolerate veterans being treated like trash by either the directors or their staff. The number for Mr. Thomas Wisnieski’s office is (228)523-5766.

I’ll appreciate it, and so will every veteran who is dealing with this system. Right now I have to go try to lower my blood pressure before I blow a gasket somewhere vital.

Bull, out!

Scumbag Warning! 21 Dec 2009

Sadly, I have to report that we have movement of one more pedophile scumbag into our area here in Tillman’s Corner.

One Joseph Allen Dudley.

Joseph Allen Dudley – sodomized a 12 yr old little girl.

This little pile of dog shyte, (that the local Sheriff’s office hasn’t bothered to notify you about in defiance of State law), was convicted of Sodomy in the 1st Degree. His victim was a twelve year old little girl.

My hat is off to the good folks over at Family Watchdog for their timely notification. I urge all of you who have children – or those of you that are simply sick of sharing your clean air with this kind of filth – to go and register with Family Watchdog so that you, too, will receive immediate updates when one of these bastards moves into, or out of, your neighborhood.

As always I give you these tips to follow in order to protect your loved ones from sexual predators and other scumbags roaming our once-safe streets:

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.

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