Does this look like the police to you?

House to house search. Town on lock down. Been hearing those words a lot lately. Can't leave your home or be put under arrest. In this house to house search, what happens if you decline to have your house searched? Is this the new no knock warrant? The last time I checked it was not legal for the police to enter your house against your will without a warrant, to search for killers, or any other kind of contraband. The residents of the small town of Valley Springs California were subjected to house to house search for the killer   of an 8 year old girl, stabbed to death with a knife during a home invasion. Granted this is a horrible crime that should never have happened, but should it place the entire town under lock down while the police go house to house? This is a rural area, woods, fields, barns. Did this capture the Boston Marathon bomber? No it did not. The owner of the house came outside after the police said it was ok to come out and spotted blood on his boat and investigated. Did the lock down cost the city millions of dollars? Yes it did, the whole city was put on hold while they searched house to house. And now this town. I've no doubt that is was done here because they saw it on tv in Boston.  I am left to wonder if this will now be the norm. As I stated it was a horrible thing for the poor girl and her family, but a stabbing is in no way a crime of the magnitude of the Boston Marathon bombing. Maybe next time I hear of it it will be for a hit and run. Could this be considered marshall law? And will conducting a house to house catch the killer this time? If your dog senses aggression from them and begins to bark or growl, will it be shot? I'll end this post with the reason I'm putting it out there for you to see. I do not like the direction these searches are going because I think it will lead to a further erosion of our privacy and it is of my opinion that our privacy has been infringed upon enough as it is. 

Ebenezer Creek

Rincon, Ga

This where my wife and I go to relax.

This place has it all, calm, beauty and if you want to pursue it danger too,

 in the form of alligators and snakes.

 During the day it is majestsic and beautiful,

 at night it can be scary and terrifiying for the

faint of heart

.

These are actually some of the smaller cyprus trees on this waterway.

More to come in the near future, I'll also tell the true story of how over 5000 people

were left to die and ultimatly slaughtered on the shores here in the civil war.

This countries largest export is GASOLINE!

For the third straight year the USA exported more gasoline than it has imported. It is currently our largest export, yes, LARGEST export! The US exported almost 2.6 million barrels of gasoline a day....  that's almost double the rate of 2008. So where did all this extra gasoline come from? And with all this extra supply, with the US's gas consumption falling for the third straight year shouldn't our prices be falling? And why aren't prices falling?

Well the surplus can be attributed to hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" (Google it, the explanation is to long to put down here) the efforts to boost the oil supply are finally paying off. Refineries have upgraded to produce more and it's also paying off in production. But prices remain high, why? It can be summed up in a single word. Infrastructure. Or lack thereof. You can have all the supply in the world, but if you have no way to move it the energy just sits. Our pipeline structure is just not capable of handling the supply, we have infrastructure bottlenecks. Only one pipeline currently moves oil from the mid west to refineries in the northeast.  So on the tanker it goes to markets where gasoline sells for higher profits anyway. Other countries that have actual growing economies need fuel to feed them, since ours doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast, our consumption is going down while theirs goes up. China and Brazil's consumption has more than tripled in the last few years. Our companies are using the new found production cost advantages (fracking) over foreign operators downstream  to export record amounts of gasoline to other countries. So I guess a glutted supply with the world economy doesn't translate to lower prices here. Its a shame, it is of my opinion that our economy is stagnated in a large part due to high fuel prices. Despite American oil companies making astronomical and yes world record setting profits, instead of pumping some of that money into our country and helping improve the infrastructure and the economy and making future profits they choose to export. To quote someone whose name I don't remember "It is what it is"

Yeah, people are crazy!

I live in the same hometown as Billy Currington, of course we've never met, but recently he seems to be living up to his hit song. While living in his new home town of Tybee Island Ga, it appears that Billy doesn't want people harrassing him by driving past his dock on the very public Back River. According to the captain of the boat that drove past he began a vulgar screaming tirade from his dock, then got into boat and chased the captain and his two, by now very scared passengers to a local restaraunt to confront them for using the public waterway and made some very serious threats to the captain and yep, you guessed it, was treated to a luxury suite at the Chatham County Jail to the tune of $27,000 in bail.

His statement on the matter is that he is tired of artists bieng harrassed by the public..... the same public he courts to buy his music.... and pay to enter his concerts..... and buy his merchandise...... and watch his videos. Before his star rose and began to shine he courted the attention of the public. When he puts out new music he courts the attention of the public. Privacy was a non-issue. Wow. Don't worry Billy, the day is coming when your star doesn't shine so bright, and you'll crave the attention again, Celebrity apprentice perhaps. The public is as fickle as the day is long and they will move on the the next Billy superstar before you know it, and you'll have your peace. P.S. I'll not buy anymore of your music.

This is Luvie, our adopted daughter, she has been having problems lately digesting her food, we noticed that she was very weak and had lost weight. Got a recommendation from the local vet to use another vet that was a "bird vet" well, more like had a "corvette" payment needed to be made and basically took our money. Today we found a very competent vet who gave us a positive diagnosis, she has a bird disease that has a name so long that I could never possibly remember much less spell, he says if his diagnosis is correct, she will die from it, but with proper care she can live many more years, she has a intestine problem which doesn't allow her to get nutrients from her food. The vet gave us treatment meds and says this will make her eat more and get her nutrients from it. He says that her intestines are swollen and hat the meds will keep her alive till then.. Lets hope.

Yeah, all these pieces fit into the buttstock and it fits perfect into my drybag. Imagine this pic without the barrel and reciever and thats how it looks when done.

Here it is put together, all weather proof and ready to roll, there is another mag in the buttstock. Unlike my ar-7 that tends to click (missfire) when I expect it to go bang, it goes goes bang every time. Great gun. 

Next post.... my Cockatoo problem.

What gun would you bring along in your kayak for problems or just if you see a nice juicy squirrel?

I pack a Henry 22 survival rifle, it fits into the butt stock and its supposed to float but I've decided not to take that chance, I'll upload some pics of it soon. If a problem comes along (snake of course) or if I see a juicy squirrel while parked camping for the night, yeah sometimes hotdogs and brats are just not enough. Its light and made to take the tough weather, the barrel is plastic coated and the reciever is made of rust proof alloy. This is for rain by the way, not swimming under water and coming up and destroying something like on tv! I've found it to be accurate and very dependable. More later.