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ghetto. We don't have ghettos in America. In the Middle Ages a ghetto was a walled off part of a city where non-Christians lived. In Poland from about 1940 till 1942 a ghetto was a walled off part of Warsaw where the SS kept the Jews. Any Jew outside of it without papers could be shot. Last time I looked there was no barbedwire or men with guns and dogs patroling Watts or Harlem. Since the Civil Rights act passed in 1964, 41years ago, Anyone can live any place they damn well please as long as they can afford it. So if you want a better life in America, take advantage of the FREE Education, learn, make yourself of value to the nation, work hard and "move on up". There will always be people who hate, fear or dislike others over race, religion, politics, grender or any thing that comes to mind. That is human nature, but America is big enough and grand enough to give a free life to all who work for it. Anyone who lives in a slum, in most cases, have only themself to blame. TYRVR, this is not a flame aimed at you old fella. I just hate the misuse of the word "ghetto" as people use it as an excuse and I see it as an insult to the Ideal that is America. Karl

Dr. Hess Well said sir. Karl

Being the BIG fella that I am, I will say that I for one have nothing against Rangers, indeed with a bit of guidance they could have been Marines. Alas poor fellas, there but for the grace of God and Parris Island go I. Noble Karl

I read that the armed forces was raising the enlistment age to 44. Gad..if this keeps up I may go back to the Corps. Talk about the OLD CORPS: "Why boot I got mah first discharge fore you was a idea in your dad's mind". "In the OLD Corps we had 1911's " ...or "The M-14, that boy, was a rifle". "Boot..you think them MRE's are bad ..why in the Old Corps we had C-rats ....made from real rats..." If this keeps up I see a draft returning in a few years or Geritol will replace beer at the club Karl

I was just reading that the San Bernardino School system is introducing "Ebonics" as a means of "reaching" their students. It seems that their test scores are down and large amounts of federal money are at stake. This annoys me. Learning is very hard work. It is hard for the student and for the teacher, if he is doing his job. But it is not complex. The profession requires that the teacher know his or her subject or subjects and be able to transmit that knowledge to the student. This takes work. The teacher has to read and grade papers, keep order in the class room and deal with the parents. The Student has to do the work and when required be corrected. The teacher is NOT a pal of the student. That is part of the progressive lie. The students are not fools. Pals don't make pals do homework. When you lie or try to fool the student, you lose that respect that the procress of teaching requires. This problem is not new nor is it limited to Ebonics. Ebonics is just one more in a long line of educational fads going back to "Summerhill" in the late 50's. There is NO easy FUN way to learn. The very idea that school should be fun is a damn lie. Many of us may enjoy learning some things at some time but few if any humans enjoy learning all we must know. How many adults enjoy learning a new skill or new method at work? So we lie to the students by telling them that school is fun..lie to the new teachers by telling them students should enjoy class and education which is by its nature a discipline down the tubes. I have been teaching 7th grade for 18 years often with 28 to 34 students no aide. They may not all make the honorroll, many do, but all of them can read, write and understand some history before they go on in school. To waste class time with this is foolish or even bad and harmful to the student. Many of the socalled "Third Wave" jobs are going over seas. The factories that many of our parents worked in are long gone. The student is coming into a world where he or she will have to be able to compete not only with the kid in the next desk, but with the kid in Japan or England, Germany or China. Someone should be fired. How long will we remain a Republic of freemen, if we have the education of serfs? Kar

TYRVR Sir, It seems that one again you poor Army fellas have been misinformed. The Leotard was the brain child of the noted Army officer Leo Tard. It seems that in 1937, Gen. at that time Col. Tard was stationed with the State Dept in Moscow and spent some time with the Boshoi (sp). Well, in any case when he was returning to the USA, there was the matter of the pink tutu. Even for the Army that was a bit over the top. But Tard was on the short list for his star. He was they say very "close" to a noted Army General so in order to keep him happy The Leotard (Item # 87568990787-99 personal garment protective) was issued to the Army. Helpful Karl Glad to see that your match went well. The best way to protect our rights is to get as many others as possible to share in them.

Thanks TLynn. That would be most kind. I had the e-mail address but lost it when I reformated. I gotta keep TYRVR on his toes. Karl

Sometimes I do think that it is atarting to feel like the late Roman Republic interesting Karl.

I have not seen TYRVR of late. Last I heard, he was pleading, in sackcloth and ashes barerfoot in the snow, at the door of the local Marine recruiter, repenting of his foolish Army ways and praying to join my truely great and wonderful Corps. Karl

Trader Joe'..The Hippy likes that store as well and I must say they do have good beers and some that you cannot get at other shops and at at good price. Karl

Fixed it. I went into "find" typed in firefox and erased any folder or file I found. After that I typed in Mozilla and did the same. I than reinstalled "Firefox" and it worked. Karl

Folks. I am having a problem with "firefox' it will not recall prefences. An ideas? Karl

If the peons start to think like freemen, what happens to Mr. Foxx and the upper class in Mexico? It is in many ways more than money with the Dons, it is a matter of pride and family honor. Will his Lordship cater to the commons just to make a few more bucks in a North American Free Trade Zone? Karl

That is interesting...more cheap labor and a far bigger liberal vote! Still if you consider that the party in power is from Texas, you would expect them to care about the state. Karl

"Israel's neighbors do seem to support the elimination of Israel. The rationale for this desire is what I cannot understand. " Doble Troble Easy. The Arabs want their land back and their pride restored. Karl

Let me say that I am not one of those that think Israel can do no wrong. I recall the The USS Liberty and Pollard but it must be said that the Arab states attacked first in 48. In fact the war that was declared then is still on. So far as I know only Jordan and Egypt have signed peace packs with Israel. So if the Arabs don't want to lose land...don't lose wars. Support Karl's plan for peace and love. Karl

"A solution, although this will never happen, might be to return to colonialism for a few generations, brutally eradicate or otherwise make the fundamentalism responsible for the problematic philosophy a very unsafe idea. There needs to be time for a PC revolution to take hold in the Middle East. Homocidal fundamentalists need to become outcast by the population in general. I suspect that this will only be achieved by killing most of them, and making the remainder appear to be what they are: really stupid." Doble Troble I agree but as you write, it is not going to happen. The West has, at least for the time being, lost it's tast for serious war and colonies. If you are not going to kill them. you have got to reason with them., thus the Karl peace and love plan. Karl

" The Arabs and Palestinians will never be satisified as long as Israel exists." Doble Troble And there are some Israelis and zionists who will never be satisified till they own all the land from biblical times. That is where the Nungs and the ROKs come in. Someone has got to make the children behave. What else can you do? We could nuke the Middle East back to a sheet of glass, but you know the liberals are not going to let that be done. Ole Teddy is weeping over the poor terrorists in Gitmo. Clark, who should know better, wants terrorists respected as POWs in order to win the support of France.!!!!! Can you see the kind of support the Dems would give Bush after CNN covered the carpet bombing of say Tahran or if we layed arty into some Vill and razed the place? I have no wish to leave my Marines or the Army in the MidEast, with their hands tied for the next 20 years. If you won't make war the liberals will not and the GOP will not , make an enforced peace. Karl

My plan for peace in the Holyland. 1) The Holyland is to be divided into three parts.(like Gaul) One part is to be given to the Jews ..one part to the Muslims and one part to the Christians, 2) Nungs are to be employed to keep the peace and are to be given a free hand to do so. 3) Both sides are to be disarmed, that is they are allowed nothing above sidearms. 4) Each party is allowed to settle only in their own area. 5) If there are any suicide bombing or attacks by settelers the village of the bomber or the settlement of the attacker will be put to the sword by the Nung assisted if required, by ROK Marines. 6) All forms of AID are to be stopped to any side that won't play nice. Karl

Hanging out with the Hippy and fixin things around the house. The Hippy has been studing the BIBLE and now she has me reading it. That girl has the mind of a Oxford Don. She can study for days at a time. Aside from that, just reading and hanging out. Rat, I am sorry to read about your car and worse your collection. I have some parts, Mauser parts , if they would help you get started again, let me know and I will mail them out. Karl

FC. Please drop me a line. ( No major problems) Karl

CG. What is the story about Guns in Canada? What are you allowed and what must you do to keep the Gov happy? We are told by the media here that folks in England and Canada are not allowed any "guns" yet you and Kevin have fine collections. Take care Karl

t's good to know that these pistols are (in some cases) reliable and capable...at least capable of frightening off a potential robber or two! Folks. I have the PPH which is the older name of the PA 63. So far as I know they are the same pistol. It was my first pistol and in may ways still is my best. It will shoot any round and is very dependable. It is in fact the pistol I keep to hand. As for problems.: A: Clean the pistol with care...don't forget the extracter. B: Polish the chamber with 1500 paper. C: Is the slide hard to pull back? If so polish the outside of the barrel .. if that does not help, get a new spring from Wolf's or Gun parts. D. Polish the rails with 1500 paper and apply a bit of rifle "slick" As for stopping power, well with HP, it will give the bad guy "to think" Karl

We have two seats to fill on the court, if as has been reported, Rehnquist retires. But as the "gang of 14" have left the liberals with the power to fiflbuster, I see little change in the court. Both of the judges were held to be "right" abit I could question that, so at most all we will get is status que. Now if the GOP has the guts, they could renounce the "deal" and push for real change, but I don't think that they will. Same old thing..expect lots of smoke and yelling and drama but damn little change. That is NOT to suggrest that we should not heat up the e-mail and hold the pols feet to the fire..if we push hard enough we may get results. But it is gonna be up to us. The pols won't upset their applecart. Karl

Folks. I was sorry to read of the cowardly attack on London. You have our prayers and support. We will pay the buggers back. Karl