Oh, Goody...

Tensions between North and South Korea are heightening. Apparently North Korea torpedoed a South Korean warship, and the two Koreas are starting up with more irritating saber-rattling.

At this point, US citizens reading this will likely ask, "Does this really matter to the United States?" Well, no, but if there's war, we'll probably get involved anyway. Heck, why don't we just go ahead and simultaneously attack North Korea and Iran? It's glaringly obvious that Peace-Prize Obama is hungry for war with these two nations.

The Gulf Oil Spill

I know, I know. This is fairly old news. I'd like to share my thoughts on it, though. First, I've noticed a disturbing tendency in articles about the spill. It's almost always in this vein: "Oh, no, the animals! Oh, no, the environment! Oil is evil! Oh yeah, some people got killed in the blast, too. But the ANIMALS!" Please tell me I'm not the only one who finds this disturbing. Why is the massive economic damage ignored? Why are the lost lives drowned out by cries of "OH MY GOSH, THERE ARE PELICANS GETTING COVERED IN OIL!" You know, those are some pretty stupid pelicans. Question: Does anyone actually care about a bird that's stupid enough to land on an oil spill? Natural selection at work.

By the way, I wouldn't be too concerned about the fish. They will be almost completely unharmed by the spill. Also, NOAA estimates that one third of the spill has already evaporated. Go figure.

Something else that bothers me: I have now seen several people attacking our use of oil. Okay, great! Now go get rid of your car and halt all electricity use. Geez. Oh, yeah, and Obama and co., in their infinite wisdom, have decided to halt all future coastal drilling indefinitely. I usually don't say things like this, but only an economic moron would do that. Dang it, there's oil reserves abounding in Alaska, and likely some in Antarctica, but drilling is not permitted in those areas. In fact, I've read that there's oil off the Carolina coast. Wouldn't more drilling provied more, um, JOBS? Yeah, aren't we trying to fix the unemployment problem? Halting expansion of an industry ain't gonna do that.

By the way, global warming caused the Iceland eruption.

Happy Earth Day!

Oh, wait, it's not Earth Day, it's Vladimir Lenin's birthday. Wait, no, it IS Earth Day. Hold on, it appears to be BOTH! Yes, folks, Earth Day is on Lenin's birthday. You know, Communist, mass-murderer, all that good stuff? If this wasn't so disturbing it would be hysterically funny. Apparently, when Earth Day was started, the ones who started it said, "What better day than Lenin's birthday, since capitalism destroys the environment?"

Riiiiiiight. And Communism has such a sterling track record. Frankly, I don't feel like going on a long rant (I know what you're thinking: "Drake doesn't feel like ranting?! Take cover, the world is ending!") so I'll just recommend a great book.

The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You To Know About-Because They Helped Cause Them

If you just want quick proof of socialism's environmental record, Google "Aral Sea Dried Up."

Random Babbling About Various Random Things

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. This is just an assortment of things that I meant to post weeks ago. Brace yourself.

CHICKEN PICTURES!!!
These are our four-egg-a-day hens.

Here we have a chicken captivated by the camera...

...And here we have one terrified of it.


In other news, here's this funny video.



And here's something funny and completely random. I recently bought the video game, The Conduit, and it has lots of unintentional humor. First, as you play through one level, you discover a neuro-toxin that turns people into mind-controlled "puppets." The guy giving you orders, John Adams (yes, as in the 2nd president) tells you that if the toxin enters the water supply, it could infect the entire DC area. Think about that for a minute. DC area full of mindless puppets. Apparently the toxin has already gotten into the supply, just look at Congress. Second, you find out that Adams is evil and leads an organization called "The Trust," which is behind the toxin. Turns out, there IS an actual "Trust" in real life, except that it is nongovernmental and has to do with government schools. Funny, both "Trusts" involve manufacturing drones and mindless puppets.

Further randomness. What is my opinion on conspiracy theories? I don't think the government caused 9-11, but it is entirely possible that they ignored warnings about the attacks. Don't say our government is above that, it happened on December 7, 1941 as well. I believe that global warming is a HOAX. I think Abraham Lincoln engineered the Fort Sumter incident. I don't think HAARP is some kind of weather-altering superweapon. I don't believe in 2012 doomsday. I don't think the world is run by shapeshifting alien lizard people. I don't know anything about the JFK murder. Area 51 doesn't hold aliens. I don't have a clue why I listed all these conspiracies, except that I had been planning to do an in-depth analysis of some of them a few weeks ago. Sometime I'll go on a rant about the atom bomb.

My rifle

Yes, you read that right. I have a brand new, old, .22 rifle. This is really old news to anybody who knows me, but I haven't thought to post about it until now. While at my grandparents' house for Thanksgiving, my grandpa gave me a rifle that his dad had given him. Needless to say, I was feeling very thankful! It's fairly old, but it shoots like it's brand new. Below are two pictures that were taken this morning.


In this one, sadly, I am not actually shooting anything. Does anyone know of any shooting ranges near me?

Why I Like the Discovery Channel

Given the choice between my three favorite channels, History, National Geographic, and Discovery, I would pick Discovery hands-down. Why? For a lot of reasons.

Reason #1: Bigger variety.
The Discovery channel has a far larger variety of subjects than the other two, from Dirty Jobs to Survivor Man.

Reason #2: Reliably good programs.
With Discovery, you know what to expect. From Mythbusters and Timewarp, you know you'll get lots of explosions and more than likely laughs. From Man vs Wild and Survivor Man, you can expect good information and a lot of "Gross, did he actually eat that?!" It's very consistent.

Reason #3: You actually learn something.
I'm not kidding. You finish an episode of, say, Mythbusters, and you feel like you just watched a really good comedy. You then realize, "Hey, I didn't know that before!"

Reason #4: They're not shoving a freaking agenda down your throat every other show.
This is one of the biggest reasons. On NatGeo or History, nearly every show is throwing an agenda of some kind in your face. The agenda ranges from environmental fanaticism to big-government propoganda to Darwinist lies. With Discovery, of course there's a bias, but it's far harder to detect. They mention evolution a lot, but they don't shove it in your face like National Geographic. There's also pretty much no anti-human lean like on the others. Instead of promoting an agenda, it appears dedicated to proving what they state in one of their commercials: "The world is just awesome." No government propoganda here, folks!

Chicken pictures

Okay, the chickens are still alive after 2 nights, so that's a good sign. Anyway, here's the chickens.

CHICKENS!!!

That's right, we got our new chickens on Wednesday. Unfortunately, our dog broke in sometime the next morning. When I saw her sitting in the coop, I ran outside only to find two chickens missing, one whole dead chicken, and one 3/4 of a chicken. That same day, while I was at a friend's house, my dad bought new METAL wire and installed that over our other wire, AND bought four new Rhode Island Red chickens. The coop survived two hours with Hannah (the insane dog), and she has learned not to bother the coop... I hope. The chickens are still alive as I type this, and I'm pretty sure that Hannah is sleeping. The little birds are funny. They refuse to do things alone, and always stay in a group, usually looking like a little cheeping mass of fuzz. If all goes well, we will be getting eggs in just a few months. Will post pics as soon as possible.

Coop pictures

Update on the home garden

In my post about riding out the economic crisis and having a good time as well, I mentioned that we planned to have three 3 by 8 garden beds for vegetables. Well, that has been changed to three 4 by 12 beds, along with two others along our fence which will be used as a sort of trellis for things like peas, green beans, cucumbers, possibly watermelons, and various other climbing plants. Also, we've decided on a coop design and figured out what kind of chickens we're going to get. Oh, yeah, and we've already built one of the garden beds and our compost pile is, er, composting well. Our tomato plant already has six tomatoes on it, and one will be ready to eat soon. My dad also pointed out that we have a wild blackberry patch growing behind our fence. Yum! Our pepper plant is making progress as well. So I guess you could say we're off to a good start.

Interesting fact, aside from actually constructing the beds, the gardening we're doing is virtually no work, so anybody can do it. With the economy tanking, I would advise doing it, even if you have limited space. Just do a little research and you'll be fine! In another post, I'll put up a list of good books on the subject.

Preparing for the economic crisis and having a good time as well

I didn't know this was possible until recently. My family has been talking about starting a vegetable garden for some time now, but it was just talk. With the economy in trouble, however, we've actually gotten a small start. Okay, REALLY small. Right now it's just a tomato plant and a pepper plant in a square formed out of cinder blocks. Next year, though, we're going to plant three 3-by-8 foot beds, which will most likely contain corn, green peas, onions, etc. At least, that's the plan. Something like that will save a lot of money, since we won't need to buy near as much from the store. Not only that, but it'll give us something to do during the summer and finally put the wasps to some use killing caterpillars. Another thing that we'll be doing that will not wait for next year is raising chickens. It's odd, but just a couple of days ago that idea would have been really weird. We live in a neighborhood, and have a fenced-in back yard with a dog, so you can imagine why I thought it was wishful thinking only. However, after hearing the idea and doing a little research, we discovered that having backyard chickens is well within the realm of possibiliy. Chickens are actually quite easy to care for, and pay for themselves and their coop in a matter of months. They also make entertaining pets, as we've seen with some of our friends. The great thing about doing all this is that even if the economy doesn't collapse, we still benefit by having fresh produce, fresh eggs, fewer expenses, something to do when we're bored, and amusing pets.

Absurd Conclusions About the Secession of Texas

It's really weird. It seems like almost any liberal talking about the possibility of Texas seceding reaches the conclusion that it will be taken over by Mexico. Huh? If Mexico would take over Texas, why don't they also take over Ecuador, El Salvador, any of those little countries in Central America? They'd be easier than Texas.

First post!

Well, I've finally created a blog. As of right now, I'm both excited and nervous. Although, I do look forward to venting my frustrations upon innocent victims. Still, I'm worried that I might do something dumb and regret it. But then, that's how I feel whenever I do something new. Enjoy!