Snowflakes in Hell

Looks like Countertop had a good weekend.  It was pretty chilly in Connecticut this weekend, but nothing like that.

Bitter and I went to the Submarine Museum in Groton, CT, where they have the USS Nautilus displayed:

Sadly, they don’t tour you through the reactor or engine room.  I’m wondering if any of that stuff is still classified.  USS Nautilus is the only nuclear powered submarine on display to the public anywhere in the world.  You can visit the submarine museum in an hour’s time if you want, and it’s worth the visit.  Especially if you have kids of the right age.  You can show them where the nuclear warheads would be mounted on the Polaris missile they have on display.

USS Nautilus is the official ship of Connecticut, which is only fitting.  Groton, CT is the home to General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division, which is the birthplace of much of our nation’s submarine fleet going back a century.

I’ve been on more than a few submarine museums, and I have to say, I have a lot of respect for anyone who could spend months at a time on something like the Nautilus.  Even on a nuclear sub, quarters were cramped.  It was tough for me just walking around for a few minutes, but then again, I’m probably a bit tall to be a submariner.

I’m late getting this to you all.  A few other bloggers have covered this, and someone commented earlier about it, but it’s been a busy weekend with Bitter, so I didn’t get a chance to post it until now.

Joe’s Crabby Shack has a great eyewitness account of the Omaha mall shooting.   He’s got a lot of posts on this, so check out his main blog and just keep reading.

Ed Rendell said he’d be back, and he will be, tomorrow at the Capitol.

Governor Ed Rendell, mayors and police from across Pennsylvania will rally in Harrisburg Monday, as a push for new legislation on guns. Last month, Governor Rendell made an unsuccessful plea to the legislature to take up a slew of gun control measures but lawmakers rejected them all.

He’s back, even though many pro-gun Democrats are telling the governor they want nothing to do with this issue. I firmly believe that we have to give the Democrats in PA the boot if we want to retain our gun rights. Your local guy might be well and good, but having his party in charge puts the Philadelphia politicians in a much better position to attack your gun rights. Think about that in 2008.

UPDATE: Traction Control has more.

A lot of misinformation is floating around on blogs out there. Most people are completely uneducated on guns, gun laws, and related subjects. Here’s a good example of what I’m talking about. We need to educate these types of folks so they know what they are talking about.

UPDATE: It seems we’ve been asked to leave, and I’m certainly willing to oblige. It’s his sandbox.

I WON’T post comments that idiotically claim that gun control hasn’t worked in Britain and made it a nation that is vastly safer from gun murders than the U.S.

50 deaths. FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.

Listen, gun nuts: please, go play somewhere else. Oh, and if you love guns so fucking much: please join the Army and go fight in Iraq. You’ll get to handle all the
guns you want over there, while you’re fighting to secure oil for the ExxonMobil and the other rich cronies of Bush.

Oh, and one other thing: please grow a pair. You gun nuts are such pussies. You’re so fucking frightened of anything and everything. You think you need your precious gun to defend yourself.

How about stop being a coward for a change? Real men use their fists to settle disputes (or better yet, they use reason and logic).
Only cowards use guns.

Reasoned Discourse^TM Strikes Again! I pointed out earlier that you can’t use totals in countries with different population sizes. Britain does have a lower murder rate than the US. It’s had a lower murder rate even when both countries had no gun control laws. It’s violent crime rate has trended up since it’s banned firearms. Oh well. And they wonder why they are losing.

Bitter and I were guests of the Pequot Indian tribe this evening at Foxwoods Casino Resort in Connecticut.   We were “special guests” of Wynonna Judd at her Christmas Concert that Bitter’s brother is the lighting director of.  It was a good show.  Wynonna is an amazing singer.

I’m also happy to report I put 10 dollars in a 5 cent slot and won 50 dollars.   At that point, I decided to quit while I’m ahead, and left the casino.  We took their land, and now I’m only happy to take a little of their money.