California:
The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.
#1. Governor starts to intervene, reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural.
#2. He calls animal control. Animal control captures coyote and spends $200 testing it for diseases and $500 upon relocating it.
#3. He calls veterinarian. Vet collects dead dog and spends $200 testing it for diseases.
#4. Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting bite wound bandaged.
#5. Running trail gets shut down for 6 months while wildlife services conduct a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is clear of dangerous animals.
#6. Governor spends $50,000 of state funds implementing a "coyote awareness" program for residents of the area.
#7. State legislature spends $2 million investigating how to better handle rabies and how to possibly eradicate the disease.
#8. Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack and for letting the Governor intervene.
#9. Cost: $75,000 to train new security agent.
#10. PETA protests the coyote relocation and files suit against the state.

Texas:
The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.
#1. Governor shoots coyote and keeps jogging. Governor has spent $1.00 on a .380 ACP hollow point cartridge, from a Ruger LCP. Buzzards eat dead coyote.

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Cartoons again

Lately I've been under the gun to get my equipment ready for inspection. Every 3 years the Forest Service contracts are renewed and this is the year. I haven't been signed up for 3 years so we had lots to do. Inspection was on the 6th. It was very thorough and the guys knew what they were doing unlike in times past. They found a few issues that we are now dealing with. One of them I was glad they found as it was something I didn't see. The other issues were stupid in my opinion. They were things I would have dealt with before a fire anyway that I just didn't get done in time for inspection. I still have months before any fires happen but in there goofy system, I have to be ready NOW. The inspector will come up again the 17th to check on the issues they had and I will be ready. When I was working at the airport I was reminded of all the regulations they had with aircraft and it seems to be moving into this arena too. More very year, it would seem next to impossible to get into this business now if you had never done it before. I guess that is good if you are already in it. I have paid a substantial amount of cash just to stay in it on the chance that we have fires. So far though, it is looking like it could shape up to be a fire year. Time will tell but it has been a dry winter and we haven't had lots of rain this spring. I didn't take lots of picture but here are a few.

Cartoons

The United States Border Patrol is asking citizens to keep on the lookout for a red 1951 Chevy that they suspect is being used to smuggle illegal immigrants across the border from Mexico and into points along the U.S. Border. If you see the vehicle pictured below and have reason to believe that it is the suspect vehicle, you are urged to contact your local police department or the U. S. Border Patrol.

Mass. Senate Race

I never imagined that I would be very concerned about who was senator in the state of Massachusetts living clear over here in Montana, but the result sure was a relief to me! According to Yahoo News, Scott Brown has defeated Martha Coakley for the special election held to decide who replaces Kennedy. What a significant election this was. There has not been a Republican senator in Mass. since 1972! Only 12% of register voters in Mass. are Republicans! I believe this really says something about what Americans think about Obamacare and other ridiculous ideas of our President. Not that I think Republicans are so great, but our Government, (especially the current administration) has gotten a long ways away from doing what the people want them to do. For too long they have been pushing their own agendas without giving a hoot about the people. My hope is that this was a wake up call. That could be just a pipe dream, but I'll continue to hope that this country doesn't self destruct. It isn't rule by Republican or Democrat that I desire, it is rule by the people that I desire again for this country.

Above: Do you think that Obamacare would help Uncle Bobs teeth?

Poverty, Riches, and Hillbillies

As I was building a roof rack for my Suburban today, I couldn't help but laugh to myself. You see, we are getting ready to go on a trip to visit family. I am checking the suburban over and trying to figure out how I'm going to haul all our stuff. It isn't so much the stuff I'm hauling TOO the relatives but the stuff I will be hauling BACK! I have a larger than average family with 5 kids and they always get mountains of gifts from Grandparents. This will be our late Christmas trip so I must prepare. Anyhow, having such a large family means I have to so often use my imagination and some redneck engineering. A large family means that sometimes (OK, almost always) you must do things on a budget. Because of this, we often end up looking like the Beverly Hillbillies. So I am building this luggage rack out of some odds and ends I found around my house. This consists of some old bed frames, some round tubing, and some concrete reinforcement re bar. Trying to do it as quickly as I can, I'm not spending lots of time making nice welds, even cuts, perfect square corners, or nice paint jobs. My wife comes into the mans domain where I am building and says, "What is that?!" I say, "It is our new roof rack." She says, "Whats wrong with the space pod?" (The space pod is the roof luggage carrier that resembles a space craft) I say, "Nothing dear, we will be using that too." I can tell by her voice that she isn't impressed with my creation. I thought about wrapping it in Duct Tape to look like a Red Green invention. So we will go on our trip with what looks like a bed on the top of our car to carry luggage in. Other times I've carried motorcycles and ATVs on the top of our cars and trailers and many other hillbilly looking methods. I'm beginning to think that maybe we ARE hillbillies! After all, I don't have any desire to seek after riches, drive fancy cars, make big house payments, use lots of credit cards, etc. In fact, my desires are to get off the grid, stay debt free, and live in Alaska. I do my best to live a backwoods simple life. I raise my kids to be the same way. I burn wood for all our heat, we butcher 90% of our own meat, turn off the TV for long periods of time, I keep our trips to town down to a minimum, home school, build buildings like in the picture, carry a rifle and/or handgun where ever I go, and many other hillbilly things. Funny thing is, I feel like I'm the richest man alive. Some would call me poor because I sometimes look poor. I don't mind, how I look to others makes no difference to me. A week ago two of my sons and I had rented a table at a gun show and one evening after it was over for the day we went out and got into our vehicle with an odd colored door and numerous dents. Next to us where numerous fancy new pickups along with high payments. One son says, "We might look like hillbillies but I bet we are better off than most of these other people. Not too many people of your young age have the means that you have." I was proud that what I have tried hard to teach was getting through. You see, we have tried hard to stay debt free and sometimes you don't always look like everybody else. I've done the high payment thing with houses and cars. It just isn't worth it. My cars are paid for, my house is paid for, my clothes are paid for, and my latest kid is almost paid for. I get to watch my kids grow up, I get to spent lots of time with them, my marriage is good after 18 years, our health is good, and we are happy. Man, if this is what being a hillbilly is, than give me more! You see, riches are so much more than just money, and poverty is so much more than just a lack of money. And that my friends, is today's lesson.

Pictures are family meat butchering, building a hillbilly building, and a nice Montana sunset.

More humor

Whats this you ask? Well, it is the money we would have saved had we not elected Obama for for president! ;-}

Our cat sleeps about 20 hours a day. He has his food prepared for him. He can eat whenever he wants, 24/7/365. His meals are provided at no cost to him. He visits the Dr. once a year for his checkup, and again during the year if any medical needs arise. For this he pays nothing, and nothing is required of him. He lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than he needs, but he is not required to do any upkeep. If he makes a mess, someone else cleans it up. He has his choice of luxurious places to sleep. He receives these accommodations absolutely free. He is living like a king, and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever. All of his costs are picked up by others who go out and earn a living every day. I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a brick in the head, Holy Cow, my cat is a democrat!

Merry Christmas!

Well, it has been a long time since I've posted on here. Maybe now that winter is here I will more often, hold the applause please. It has been very busy here and I don't often feel like sitting here typing at the computer. I was looking at some pictures on the computer this Christmas Eve and I found myself thinking about the time that has past us by. Thinking about the past is something everybody does sometimes. Some people have a past full of regrets while others have only a few. While I would like to say that I have no regrets, that simply wouldn't be true. The good news is that we can change all that right now. Jesus was born on this earth over 2000 years ago for the express purpose of setting us free from guilt and condemnation. Both here on the earth and in the afterlife. It is as simple as asking for forgiveness and accepting what He did for us on the day of redemption. This is what I did almost 17 years ago and I can remember it like it was yesterday. All that weight of condemnation was lifted off of me and I felt like (and indeed was) a new man. It is the one decision that I can assure you that you will never regret.

Looking at pictures of the past also reminded me that we have such an important job as parents. The uncertainty that we face on this earth today will only be changed by parents doing their job. The state we are in right now is a direct result of parents NOT doing there job. Most parents let the world raise their children. The world shapes every part of them. The public school system has much more influence on their lives than the parents do. Most parents hardly even KNOW their kids or know what the schools are teaching them. The Bible tells us to train up a child in the way they should go and they will not depart from it. Why have todays and yesterdays children departed? Because they were never taught the way they should go. You don't have to teach a child to be disobedient, they are born knowing how. You have to TEACH a child to go the right way. Let us as parents endeavor to teach our children to CHANGE the world, not follow after the world. This will not be easy to do, nothing worth doing ever is, but this is what a parent does. If you not willing, than don't have children.

Well, I just now do my job as a parent and put some children to bed. Merry Christmas!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

More fun cartoons again and some jokes

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him In the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello.
Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.

Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.

To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before.

This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.

Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card.. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, His Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in math.

She could no longer hold her curiosity.. She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.. 'Well, then,' she replied, Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?'

Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.'

Greta Van Susteren revealed last night that Rush Limbaugh will be one of the judges of the 2010 Miss America Pageant.

Pageant officials figured this was the only way to keep Barack Obama from winning that, too.

So What Comes Next?

I'm going to step aside from my normal political subjects for this post and voice what I think is in store for us in the not too distant future. We are living in very turbulent times and I won't pretend to know all about what is ahead but will give some practical advice for dealing with what I personally think is in store for us. I'm not a rash, over reactive person. I didn't store up one little thing for Y2K and I don't think the Mayans knew anything about the end of the world. I think they had too much to be concerned about with there own survival to worry about what happens in 2012. Why would they worry about 2012 when they weren't even going to come close to making it that far? So lets not talk silly stuff.

Ok, this economic situation shows no sign of turning around anytime soon and we have a government that encourages us to continue doing the some things that got us into trouble in the first place. In fact, they are running thier finances far worse than the average working person did before all this happened. How can doing this fix it? It can't, period, end of story. So it is time to start taking some action to get us through this. Besides the obvious of praying and getting Gods wisdom, number one is getting out of debt as much as possible. If this isn't possible, reduce it as much as you can. New cars are not worth it, new furniture is not worth it, and even worse, toys of various sorts are not worth it. It is NOT a time to spend freely. Yes, if you have money, great deals can be found and some people will get rich by wise investments during this time. The key though is this, they have the money to do so. Don't buy into the garbage that if everybody spends money they don't have, the economy will get better. That is garbage. I have now lived relatively debt free (the last baby isn't paid off yet) for over a year and a half and it is one of the most freeing things there is in this natural world.

It is time to lay up some stock of necessary items. I have never really done this before because I don't live in fear. If I have extra I often give it away. That is an important princible that I live by. I'm not saying let up on your giving, but also prepare a bit to help take care of your family. If this cap and trade silliness goes through, basic things could get very expensive. Fuel will go up, food will go up, most things will go up in price. Even if it doesn't go through, inflation is bound to hit us soon enough. My electricity has gone up greatly in the past year. My bill is higher than it has ever been here while my electric use has been lower than ever before at this place. A good food stock is always a good idea. Whatever you use for heat it is good to lay up some extra if possible. Also look into alternative forms. I personally use wood but I know that isn't possible for everybody. I will also start looking into alternative forms of electricity. Extra fuel for your car is good although it doesn't store very good for very long. Probably most important, especially if you live in the city, is get some water in storage. You can't live very long if you can't get water. Do some studying on people living in the great depression. It can happen again here.

I'm not a doom and gloom person and I definitely don't think that God is done with America. But so many times we as Americans seem to think that what other people in the world deal with can't happen here. We have become so prideful that we set ourselves up for a fall. God made this country and made it great. He is not done. We are a protector of Israel and we send forth the Gospel to all over the world. That is our purpose and it has not all been fulfilled. It isn't time to be scared, just wise. Gardens, a means to get some meat, some water, heat, food storage, and personal protection are wise investments for these times we are in.

Remember, it isn't paranoia if there is a real possibility of it happening.

I've been tagged??

I've been informed that I've been tagged. Now I'm required to answer all these incriminating questions. So as an unwilling participant, I will try to answer all these questions revealing my deepest, darkest secrets.

What is your favorite food? Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear
Your favorite hot drink? Tea
Your favorite cold drink (besides water)? Juice (OK, I really like pop but don't tell anybody)
Your current favorite articles of clothing? My camos
What are you reading right now? These silly questions
What are your favorite movies right now? Most Clint Eastwood movies
What music do you listen to? Whatever my kids are currently blasting
What phrases/exclamations do you say often/are a family joke? Kids! Be Quiet! ;-} Kids, save me some juice! Kids, do your chores! Kids, check on your sister! And other various commands starting with kids.
What do you enjoy doing most? Living my life
If you were going somewhere dangerous in Middle-earth, Narnia, or The Lands Beyond, what would you take? My Bible, family, food, water, and personal protection.
Who are your real-life role models? Definitely Jesus.
Who are your fictional role models? Most Clint Eastwood characters as long as you take out the immoral parts of his characters.
If your life were a movie, who would play you? Is their any actor that good looking and manly enough? I'm not aware of any.
What are you most afraid of? Myself
What are your favorite smells? Burned gun powder.
What is your favorite sound? Birds in the morning and creek water.
What is your favorite sight? My wife cooking me breakfast.
If you had a CD, what would it be called? It would be self titled.
I tag: I'm not sure I can run fast enough anymore to tag anybody.

Starting Time: 8:00 PM
Name: toytrkman
Sisters: negative
Brothers: they might not want you to know
What are you wearing? clothes
Favorite Number: 7
Favorite Drink: Juice and pop
Favorite Month: Sept, Oct, and Nov
Favorite Breakfast: Eggs, hash browns, meat, and cheese
Love someone so much who made you cry? Not sure what this means
Broken a bone: negative
Been in a police car: Must we talk about that?
Been on a boat? Yep
Came close to dying? If my dad would have caught me a time or two I may have died or at least wished I was dead.
Been in a hot tub? Yep
Swam in the ocean: Yep
Fallen asleep in school: Most of my schooling was spent sleeping
Cried when someone died: Yep
Fallen off your chair: Yep
--------------------------Who------------------------------
Who did you last yell at? Probably one of the kids
Do you like filling these out? negative
Do you like yourself? Absolutely
----------------------------Today did you------------------
Talk to someone you like? My family
Get sick? Negative
Sing? Negative
Miss someone? Didn't try to hit anybody
--------------------------Last person who------------------
You talked to on the phone with? Don't remember
Made you cry? Don’t remember
Went to the mall with? I haven't been to the mall in so long, I can't remember
Been to Europe? Yep
Been to Asia? India
Been to Russia? Negative
Been to the Bahamas? Negative
Been to Mexico? Negative
Been to Canada? Yep
Been to Africa? Negative
-------------------Final Questions---------------------------
What are you listening to right now? Kids talking
Do you hate someone in your family? Why would I?
What car do you wish to have? My dream 4wd that I build
Good singer? ya I know some good singers
Indoors or outdoors? Yep
Do you have a job? Whats that? Job means Just Over Broke. I've been pretty prosperous without a real job and unaffected by the economy.
Are you lonely right now? Negative
Time Finished: 8:10 PM
I tag: I'm not sure I can run fast enough to tag anybody anymore.

Are You Paranoid?

It seems that there are a whole lot of paranoia accusations being thrown around these days. Seems the media and other blindly lead individuals like to use certain attention getting words to make others seem stupid and paranoid while getting the attention off of themselves. It is an age old tactic that was used by our number 1 enemy many years ago at the fall of man. Accuse others to get attention off of yourself and your agenda. Well let me tell you, if what you are concerned about is true, then it is NOT paranoia! Is it paranoia to have insurance on your house, car, life, etc when the chances are very remote that anything will happen? Ask anybody that has had their house burn down, broken into, or flooded. Is it paranoia to put away food and other necessities of life on the off chance that we might need it? Ask anybody that has survived a hurricane, tornado, or other natural disaster. Is it paranoia to wear a helmet on a motorcycle or a seat belt in a car? I've seen enough accidents of both type to say no it is not. Is it paranoia to have a means of protecting yourself against personal attack by two or four legged critters? I've had enough encounters of both to say it is absolutely not. I've never had to use my always present pistol thankfully, but I've also never been saved by my seat belt or extra food. They will always be there though. I HAVE had to use my house insurance and car insurance.

For many years Christians have been saying that persecutions are coming. Many people said they were paranoid. Even though it has clearly happened in other countries throughout history and still happens today, people said you were paranoid if you thought such things. It is now OK to teach kids about Islamic beliefs, Greek mythology, and pretty much any other religious belief, as long as it isn't Christianity. And people wonder why we home school. It has long been a favorite tactic of our enemy to go after our children. Most dictators used it, Hitler used it, the devil uses it, and now our own leaders use it. If it became law that you had to send your kids to a public school that you knew would indoctrinate them with values against your own, would you do it? Hopefully you wouldn't.

Over the years it has slowly become more acceptable to kill the innocent because they are "inconvenient" or "don't have much of a chance". Besides the obvious that this is simply wrong, it soon leads the way for government mandated killings. This too has happened in other countries throughout history and continues to happen today. Yet are you paranoid because you are against abortion? Would you let a government tell you whether or not your unborn child can live? Hopefully you wouldn't.

For years people have been warning us about economic collapse. Yet others always called them paranoid despite the fact that this has happened in the USA in the past. People continued to take on debt spending money they didn't have. Well, here it is. Was I paranoid because I felt a deep desire to get back out of debt? I live in an area where many people grow and/or hunt most of their food. We are all happy that we do. To be honest, the economy hasn't really affected us. I really don't even notice. But despite how all this happened, you have a government that wants you to continue to spend, continue to borrow. Will you do it? Hopefully not.

People say you are paranoid if you think the government wants to disarm you. Yet history tells us that an unarmed populace is not safe from their own leaders. History tells us that an unarmed populace is not safe from the criminal elements. Have you ever really thought about and studied why our constitution says what it says about arms? The framers of our constitution where amazingly intelligent people. They studied history and saw first hand what an out of control government can do. They were prophetic. They were also very wealthy (most of them anyway) and had LOTS to lose in this so called "rebellion" they led. Is it really rebellion to fight for ones life? They wanted the 2nd amendment in there as a last ditch effort to stop a tyrannical government and rampant crime. In England now, if you must wound or kill somebody in self defense, you will serve time. Would you let a tyranny happen to your house because the leaders tell you you're not allowed to stop it? For your children's sake, I do hope not.

The above things we have been "paranoid" about are coming true. Homeland Security says that if you think any off the above things you need to be watched. They think that YOU are a potential terrorist because you disagree with them. Government mandated thinking. My friends, ultimate responsibility for you and your children lie with YOU! It is time we all get off our lazy hind ends and pray for our country. The Lord promises He will heal our land if we humble ourselves and pray. It is also important that we do our civic duty and VOTE! Our government isn't the way it is because it was Gods desire. It is the way it is because of our laziness, sin, and apathy. It wasn't Gods desire for Israel to be under bondage to other countries so many times in history, it was because of their laziness, sin, and apathy. The Lord has given us such a great and wonderful country to live in. It is worth fighting for. It is still salvagable. There is still hope. God is NOT done with this country. God has NOT forsaken us. We have turned away. Will you continue to let your homeland waste and rot away? Hopefully not.

Sorry I didn't get this to you before the deadline for the special.

http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3617/85/

Check the above link for your next cruise.

More fun cartoons

They actually let this guy run loose!?

I'll never understand

I thought this story was great, other than the fact that nobody else would help. That part I think is terrible. I've heard other stories of crowds of people not helping a victim in an attack. Where is the intestinal fortitude in this "age of the wimp"? I'm disgusted at peoples unwillingness to physically get involved when somebody is in need of help. Is their no real men left in this world? Yes men, I'm sorry, but if your not willing to help a weaker person in danger and in real need of physical help, your not a real man. Read the story: http://cbs11tv.com/watercooler/grandma.attacked.granny.2.1016344.html

Todays verse yesterdays Democrats

Something I read that I thought wa funny.

Yesterday's Democrats:
"One man with courage makes a majority. " - Andrew Jackson
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The buck stops here." - Harry S. Truman
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy
Today's Democrats:
"It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?" - Bill Clinton
"That Obama - I would like to cut his nuts off. " - Jesse Jackson
"Those rumors are false ...... I believe in the sanctity of marriage. " - John Edwards
"I invented the Internet" - Al Gore
"The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their butt. " - Joe Biden
" America is--is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh what it was once was...uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh, uh for my children. ' " - Barack Obama
"I have campaigned in all 57 states. " - Barack Obama
"You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats. " - Nancy Pelosi (said back in 2006) "Paying taxes is voluntary." - Sen. Harry Reid
"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he. " - Hillary Clinton (said back in 1998)
HOW LUCKY CAN WE BE TO HAVE SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS IN CHARGE OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY?!