Botach Tactical

Botach Tactical has a couple interesting items: a slimmed down Remington 870 rail forearm and a UTG HK-style claw mount (cheaper than RTG).

Commentary on Health Care

Forgot to post this one. CNN had an article that was actually an opposing viewpoint to the one they usually espouse regarding health care. However, I think their motive was to paint the opponents of universal health care as heartless, money-grubbing bastards. A lot of the commenters pointed out that "afford" to a doctor is still a lot higher than a lot of people. That pisses me off! Yeah, a doctor spends like 10 years in college to learn his trade. I bet a lot of those irate commenters are unskilled laborers who can't fathom the forbearance of investment in education. What's so bad about wanting to secure a financial future for oneself and family? Where does one draw the line between prudence and greed? The self-righteous shitheads who are pro-UHC seem to imply that they have it all figured out. Too bad their blustering is all for show.

Sturdy Safe

If one is considering a Sturdy Safe, here's some info. First of all, there's a good review on UziTalk. Of course, having the price lists (for the small & large safes) helps too.

Political Commentary

CNN apparently only posts comments that support their political views, surprise, surprise. My reply, which of course they won't post:

Funny how typically it's white folks who cry "racism" against other white folks. Apparently it's a tactic to shut down the opposition, although I do agree that most Caucasians have no idea what racism is because they've never experienced it.

As a non-white I used to be a Republican, but the Bush-era neo-cons turned me off: they're just the other side to the same big-government, profligate-spending, rule-with-an-iron-fist Democratic coin.

I support the Tea Party folks. However, unlike the one poster opined (who needs to re-read *his* history), these modern protesters are *much* more mild than the original Tea Party crew. In the current environment, the original Tea Partiers would be called terrorists and hunted down by government agents! They were armed and destroyed a lot of property in support of their political objective, yet are heroes of American history (of course that might change due to left-wing revisionists) for standing up against political injustice. The modern-day protesters are peaceful and polite by comparison, but the symbolic connection is there.

Come on, CNN, post some balanced comments, willya?!

Me ol' bamboo

Apparently it sucks. At least according to a forum on finishing.com. Caveat emptor, apparently.

GreenerFlooring.com - site with info
Vencon USA - vendor of supposedly low outgas flooring
Kronoswiss - ditto

Metals Sites

Interesting gold/silver sites:
Freedom Mint for their Ron Paul coins
Boston Bullion as an alternative to Kitco