tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.comments2023-04-28T06:46:01.668-05:00Just Another Missouri RebelJRebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-87567923222651871822015-05-24T18:04:49.429-05:002015-05-24T18:04:49.429-05:00Did the other entries get publishes anywhere?Did the other entries get publishes anywhere?Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-62632670813321214012015-04-15T21:51:30.493-05:002015-04-15T21:51:30.493-05:00Wanted to clarify about the foreign bases issue. F...Wanted to clarify about the foreign bases issue. Firstly, we can bring all our forces home as long as the host nation maintains the bases. Secondly, we only have a few allies in sticky locations with little to no support all but one of them in the Pacific. Israel being the outlier. Their closest support are NATO forces, of which we compose the highest level force, however they have shown on several occasions that they don't really need our help for the most part. But in a situation that they did, we have rapid deployable forces stationed here in the US for that reason. Plus we still have Carrier strike groups that are floating all over the world that can be on station in short order. Other allies like Japan and South Korea are in tougher spots but have shown their willingness to build up defensive forces that would be able to hold out until additional forces can arrive from Hawaii, Australia, etc. I'm less concerned about our eurosocialist "allies" since they have been bad mouthing us since we went in to iraq and then they decided they didn't need to adhere to their end of the mutual support agreements, fuck em. If they need help, tell em to ask each other. JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-69367204819390155422015-04-15T20:21:07.866-05:002015-04-15T20:21:07.866-05:00Firstly, Whiteknight. I want to apologize for taki...Firstly, Whiteknight. I want to apologize for taking so long to approve your comment. Secondly I want to thank you for providing a well-reasoned response.<br /><br />As far as it goes with the immigration issue, I don't have a problem with LEGAL immigrants, I never have. Mostly because I myself am a descendant of immigrants for the most part. <br /><br />With foreign aid, I figure the bases we can't afford to close will go to the host country. The majority of our major bases around the world are jointly operated anyway so we aren't actually losing them just not staffing them.<br /><br />Fourth point is where I started getting into the sticky subjects. Tariffs worked well for almost 200 years, but now? Suddenly they are verboten? I wonder why that is? We managed to produce everything we needed up until they started being eased or removed. Most of our manufacturing capability went overseas with the loss of tariffs on most imports. I know that part first hand, since my Mom lost no less than 3 factory jobs because companies moved their production overseas. So you'll have to forgive me if I have a bit of a hard-on for shitbags with no loyalty or patriotism, all in the name of profit. And don't forget the "fuck the workers" attitude that they all have. And that right there is what led me into the argument for price caps. Merely a stop gap way of filling the void til the free market can provide suitable competition to keep prices affordable.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-31264299294318700442015-04-05T06:46:26.496-05:002015-04-05T06:46:26.496-05:002 is a good idea.
1 not so much. *Secure* the bor...2 is a good idea.<br /><br />1 not so much. *Secure* the borders, yes. But immigration should continue at roughly the same pace as it is legally now.<br /><br />3 If you mean foreign aid, sure. Military bases? Unfortunately if suddenly our ally IS attacked, we will need that base there. So closing the bases isn't a good strategic idea.<br /><br />4 No, this isn't good for us. This involves an economic concept called "comparative advantage", and it can happen even if our ability to produce every good another country produces is superior. <br />E.g. imagine we produce steel and oranges. Another country, say Kenya, produces steel and oranges too. Lets say that productive efficiency for both goods is staggeringly higher for us than it is in Kenya, but the Kenyans are much better at producing oranges than they are steel.<br />If we are *better* at steel than we are at oranges, then we should produce only steel and let the Kenyans make oranges. The reason being that we are concentrating our productive resources in the areas where they would do the most good, and so are the Kenyans.<br />.<br />This is why you might hire someone to do a job that you are capable of doing, even if you are better at that job; the amount it costs you to hire them is less than the value of the time you would have spent doing the job.<br />I.e. if you are an engineer who makes $90 per hour, you might still hire an auto mechanic to fix your car at $20, because your time is worth at lot more than $20.<br /><br />5 No, price caps DO NOT HELP. They have NEVER HELPED. You will not find a single example in THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE WORLD where price caps actually helped consumers.<br />They don't help because they short-circuit the price system. The point of the price system is to efficiently convey *information* to producers about how much consumers value one thing or another. They use this information to decide how much of one thing versus another to produce.<br />This is called "allocative efficiency". There is no substitute for the price system. None has ever been devised, and the kind of information that the system conveys is not the kind of information that could be had via formal surveys, because people are a lot more likely to lie with their words than they are with their pocketbook.<br />.<br />Point being, every extended shortage in history is provably the effect of some kind of price control emplaced by the state.White Knight Leo #0368https://www.blogger.com/profile/08205070834243357448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-60196861259722874772015-02-10T18:58:10.551-06:002015-02-10T18:58:10.551-06:00Additionally, I fully love marketplace competition...Additionally, I fully love marketplace competition, however in the absence of same then that is were regulation needs to be. To prevent practices that are harmful. Currently the regs tend to make it more difficult to start a business than they are for overseeing current ones that the powers that be actually like. eg Fannie/Freddy. And the massive fraud that has been large segments of the "green" energy industry so far. JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-84325292496210263832015-02-10T18:17:20.652-06:002015-02-10T18:17:20.652-06:00Hmmm, how to respond to the random babbling from m...Hmmm, how to respond to the random babbling from my internets? I know, since it seems your main argument was use of violence, we'll start there. As I can see the only time I referred to violence was the firing squads. Lets examine that. My words were <i>"Especially since the .gov isn't going to be using banks or regs to shut down businesses it doesn't like. Namely because such an offense would be grounds for a firing squad at dawn, for both the politicians and the bank managers and anyone else involved that stood to gain anything."</i> those being for assholes that use tactics such as the (last I heard) ongoing <b>"Operation Choke Point"</b> to deny access to financial resources to businesses those responsible for the action(s) disliked. I fail to see the problem in that. <br /><br />As for price caps across the board, well if you want to pay $40 for a can of soup or $40,000 for an ER visit for your kids cough then by all means be my guest.<br /><br />Since you have proposed no other alternatives then pray tell, what would be your solution? As I stated I'm open to ideas.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-41089690508197891612015-02-07T01:16:36.224-06:002015-02-07T01:16:36.224-06:00I know how we can fix the USA! We'll just poi...I know how we can fix the USA! We'll just point guns at all the humans, and under that threat of murder rearrange their economic lives to our perference like they were our very own tin soldiers to set up and knock down!<br /><br />Wage and price controls were tried in the US by Nixon, and did not work for completely understandable reasons. There is a whole libertarian literature detailing why your plans don't work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-52328421155822248442014-12-25T19:10:26.796-06:002014-12-25T19:10:26.796-06:00You to Wilson.You to Wilson.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-22715662635346544552014-12-25T15:48:01.277-06:002014-12-25T15:48:01.277-06:00Have a Merry Christmas!Have a Merry Christmas!Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258825059275756221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-90920179552157207492014-05-26T08:09:38.850-05:002014-05-26T08:09:38.850-05:00Oh, but there are male turtles, and male turtles f...Oh, but there are male turtles, and male turtles fight. The goal in turtle wrestling is to flip the opponent on his back, then walk off while he waves at the sky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-58469402707326599182014-05-24T20:36:01.605-05:002014-05-24T20:36:01.605-05:00Well now this site is like a breath of fresh air. ...Well now this site is like a breath of fresh air. Liberals suck it too. Eat pork!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-92096612031380493942014-05-24T08:02:05.334-05:002014-05-24T08:02:05.334-05:00not quite sure how I got here on your blog but hi!...not quite sure how I got here on your blog but hi! I noticed she has a nice cross necklace, is that what you were aiming for to irritate the boys that give God the brown eye 5 times a day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-44450348760151981252014-03-17T08:32:13.412-05:002014-03-17T08:32:13.412-05:00Congrats on the new pup!Congrats on the new pup!Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258825059275756221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-67307407787387446412014-02-12T17:24:04.999-06:002014-02-12T17:24:04.999-06:00Well since we have some form of meat with every me...Well since we have some form of meat with every meal, we usually end up with some leftovers. Bone, gristle, fat trimmings and such. We mix that in with their dry dog food. Not to mention that I've yet to have a dog that didn't like squirrel and rabbit. We'll have plenty of those running around when he's old enough to chase 'em in about 8 weeks or so.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-88104421128830029892014-02-12T17:17:15.519-06:002014-02-12T17:17:15.519-06:00I recently downloaded a kindle book on pet food re...I recently downloaded a kindle book on pet food recipes to use in extended grid down situations. With allt he strays we get here it was a big problem in my mind.<br /><br />Cute pup!!!<br /><br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-87672944982031219292013-11-04T11:50:14.063-06:002013-11-04T11:50:14.063-06:00Ron Richard announced over the weekend that he, an...Ron Richard announced over the weekend that he, and Dempsey, will sponsor a 'bigger and better' version of HB436 in January---minus the 'offensive' language.<br /><br />Ron, you had your chance in September and blew it. Too late, now.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-61800406873985072502013-09-26T10:27:27.628-05:002013-09-26T10:27:27.628-05:00I saw that on your FB page. Glad you're better...I saw that on your FB page. Glad you're better. Bronchitis is nothing to ignore. BTDT.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-44075373085472381222013-09-26T07:18:46.017-05:002013-09-26T07:18:46.017-05:00I'll keep em in mind and help spread the word....I'll keep em in mind and help spread the word. BTW Crucis, sorry it's taken a few days to get back but as you probably noticed on my FB page, I was in the hospital for a couple days fighting bronchitis.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-37661509369752913752013-09-23T13:15:21.238-05:002013-09-23T13:15:21.238-05:00Remember these two names: Tom Dempsey and Ron Rich...Remember these two names: Tom Dempsey and Ron Richard. They're the two that killed HB436 veto override. Dempsey is from St. Charles. Richard is from Joplin.<br /><br />Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-56406389840245487702013-08-30T22:58:48.684-05:002013-08-30T22:58:48.684-05:00I have been reding Erin's blog for a while. F...I have been reding Erin's blog for a while. For the record, I'll keep reading since it is one of my favorite blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-30058397283722653722013-08-30T16:16:49.319-05:002013-08-30T16:16:49.319-05:00Well, duh. You're one of us, of course I read ...Well, duh. You're one of us, of course I read your stuff. And, you're welcome.JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-57501601515094773542013-08-30T14:00:03.622-05:002013-08-30T14:00:03.622-05:00Oh wow. I didn't even know you read my stuff!
...Oh wow. I didn't even know you read my stuff!<br /><br />Thank you so much for your kind words and support. :)Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-28832344415481350382013-08-19T01:39:11.255-05:002013-08-19T01:39:11.255-05:00Last I heard, he had decided to retire and just pu...Last I heard, he had decided to retire and just pulled it down.zinger3006https://www.blogger.com/profile/05602583648762971493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-65317810237176174752013-08-12T16:06:35.588-05:002013-08-12T16:06:35.588-05:00Yep, though just enough to get the irons into minu... Yep, though just enough to get the irons into minute of berm. When I'm able to lay in a bigger stock of ammo without digging too deep into my reserves I'll do a good zero on everything, at least getting it down to the 3 MOA the rifle will do. Me, not so much with the eyesight in my right eye being what it is.<br /><br /> The stock doesn't really change much but does make the rifle easier to maneuver. Or so my dry practice has shown. JRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917604202158419976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741079902444313218.post-72214400519437421772013-08-12T07:25:37.755-05:002013-08-12T07:25:37.755-05:00Have you shot it yet?Have you shot it yet?Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258825059275756221noreply@blogger.com