Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Et tu, Panera?

Panera Bread has succumbed to Moms Demand Action coercion. Read my Examiner Commentary  HERE.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

TVA greenish smeenish

Back in the early 80's when I arrived in Tennessee, there was a "renewable resource' program, which, among other things, made low/no interest loans to people to install wood-burning stoves in their homes.

Some folks acquired dual fuel stoves with these loans. Then  . . .

They wired the shaker grate closed with soft wire, and burned a wood fire in it for the required inspection. Then, after the inspection, they got a ton of 'free' coal from the county, the first coal fire melted the wire, and, voila!, a coal stove with free fuel for a year.

Others installed solar water heaters on their roofs with the same taxpayer financed incentives. Look for those now. They are hard to find. When people re-roofed their homes, they got rid of those things.

Now, TVA wants me to pay extra to get some electricity from windmills I have no interest in voluntarily paying for another boondoggle just to make the likes of Algore feel good.



Making a difference is not always a good thing. Think Joe Stalin. He made a big difference for many people.


Meanwhile, ORNL, after spending $$$ on a biomass generator, has figured out that they need a natural gas steam generator.

The answer is to quit chasing this pipe dream with the taxpayers' money, get more energy from our own land (but not sawgrass), feed corn to cows, and wean ourselves from foreign oil!

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Gun dealers - fix yourselves

A recent experience with a dealer, who swept me several times with his firearm. Read my commentary at Examiner HERE.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014

The future of the gun, a book review

There is a new book out by Frank Miniter, The Future of the Gun.



This book is an excellent, easy read, and is suitable for novice or experienced gunnie. Read my Examiner review HERE.

You can purchase it from Amazon through my link HERE.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Remembering 9-11, thirteen years later

Remember, national life was forever changed


Our enemies, foreign and domestic, still hate us;
yet from all over the globe, people vote with their feet to continue coming here. 

They still recognize the intangible essence of what it is to be

American!

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Stabbing in crime-free utopia

It never happens in Farragut, except* when it does. Read about it at Examiner HERE.

*Remember, murder at the corner of Canton Hollow and Kingston Pike, the Radio Shack murder, with subsequent carjacking in Village Green, the Dotts family murder. Surely it won't happen in Farragut parks.



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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Carolina Ale House is 'Gun Free Zone'

In contrast with Kroger, Carolina Ale House bans guns. Read about it HERE.

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Zenith Zoysia growth summer 2014

Weekly photos of Zenith Zoysia growth summer 2014.

This has been watered twice this summer, maybe three times. Otherwise, only sporadic rainfall. This was seeded last year, and watered regularly that first season. The soil is a heavy clay soil. The original Fescue mix sewn by the builder did not survive its first summer without watering (before we moved in). See my Tennessee Lawn Grass post for details of best establishment of Zoysia.

I did not want to create a mud yard, so contrary to the best establishment practice, I ran a plug aerator over the lawn, sewed the Zoysia seed, then lightly raked it. This doesn't give coverage as quickly as tilling a good seedbed. But, enough gets started that it will eventually take over and crowd out any Fescue; and the results of seeding in the clay soil are illustrated in these pictures.

I predict two to three more growing seasons to achieve complete coverage. This Zoysia grass is very drought hardy, goes dormant until it gets water, then starts growing again.

July 3 - The orange soil is spray paint. Note stolon (runner) A crossing
from lower left to upper right.
July 10 - The knife tip shows the end of the stolon A. There is a clump of
grass to its right. Stolon B is barely visible at the top of the bare area.