Driving in Las Vegas is an interesting challenge.

When I first arrived in Southern Nevada I thought folks here drove like maniacs. Then, after being here for a few months I went back to SoCal for a short visit and discovered that the people there drove like maniacs as well.

So, here are some tips for people (male and female) who drive:

Hang up and drive. I am certain that some little girl driving a Neon isn’t closing some important business deal on the phone and her call can wait until she gets home.

Pick a lane. Pick a lane and stay there. Changing lanes every 200 feet, attempting to get in front of the car in front of you ain’t gonna get you there any faster.

Plan ahead. Figure out where you are going and how to get there before you get in the damn car. If you know you’re gonna have to make a left turn up ahead, get into the inside lane a mile from the turn. Don’t wait till you’re 200 feet from the left turn lane before moving from the farthest outside lane to the turn lane.

When making a turn, make the damn turn! Most of us don’t have all day to wait behind you.

You may think you are being considerate and doing your good dead for the day by letting some schuck out of a parking lot driveway but you are being inconsiderate to the other schucks behind you.

Remember, lights set for 35 miles per hour are also set for 70 miles per hour, NOT! Speeding may get you through one light but you’ll get stopped at the next light. Don’t be in such a big hurry to die, or kill someone else for that matter.

If it takes one half hour to get there leave 45 minutes before you need to be there.

If you are going straight through an intersection, don’t be in the right lane at a red light. Some people may want to be able to make a right turn on that red light.

Stop going through red lights damn it!

If the speed limit is 45 MPH, don’t drive 35.

If you are the first car in the right turn lane, turn right, don’t go straight trying to get out in front of the people going straight.

Where does it say that you are so special that you can park in the fire lane at the store just because your passenger went inside and you stayed with the car?

Don’t be an Adam Henry when you drive.

 

Is it just me or are the following words and phrases extremely over-used:

Execution style

Surreal

Back in the day

Faux

Old school

At the end of the day

Packing heat

And speaking of “packing heat” . . .

When I read articles about gun control and/or concealed carry, invariably the writer says something about this not being the “old west” or “wild west.”

First, it seems to me that our time is much more violent than the old west. It would be nice if we did live in the old west. Then we could at least shoot back. The local sheriff would ask: “What happened here?” And we would say, “Well, sheriff, it’s like this: “I caught this here card sharp cheatin’ and I called him out.” And witnesses to the shootin’ would say: “Yep, sheriff, he gave him every chance, but that tin horn drew first. It was a fair fight, sheriff” And the sheriff would say: “Some of you boys cart him over to the undertaker.” And that would be that.

But my second point is, if’n this ain’t the “old west” news writers ought to stop using words and phrases that have been out of use since the ‘30s or ‘40s. Words like “packing heat”, “packing iron” or “toting a gun.”

The phrase “packing heat” is tired. At least change it up once in a while. How about using “smoke wagon” occasionally?

And execution style? Aren’t you stood in front of a wall when you are executed by firing squad? Certainly, I suppose when the bad guys makes you kneel and he shoots you in the back of the head he executed you but still, that phrase is over-used by an unimaginative MSM.

I was born in Texas, but I lived in California (or as we call it, the Socialist People’s Republik of Kalifornia) from age 8 to 46.  In 1998 I moved to Nevada.

Even though I have lived most of my life in California I never accepted California’s liberalism; I never forgot my Texas roots. I have always considered myself a Southerner and appreciate my southern heritage.

Part of that heritage includes individualism, independence, liberty and freedom.

That being the case, living in Nevada has been a wonderful change from California.

The difference in freedom in Nevada as opposed to California is striking. See http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=976

Since I now live in the freer state of Nevada, I decided to take advantage of that freedom. Since moving to Nevada I have obtained a concealed carry permit, a suppressor (silencer) for a .22 caliber handgun, an AR type rifle (with collapsible stock, bayonet lug and 30 round magazines. OMG!) and membership at a great outdoor range. There are also a number of great places in the desert where one can go to shoot. There are also several gun stores with indoor ranges where you can maintain your shooting skills.

Further, I have introduced a number of coworkers to the shooting sports.

California law requires people to purchase a handgun once every thirty days. Actually, I think the law was intended to restrict said purchases to one every thirty days so a lot of California gun owners make sure they keep up with their monthly allotment. It is my personal belief that some people buy more guns during the year than they would have otherwise if the rationing law didn’t exist. I have maintained that practice since moving to Nevada. During one month I purchased nine handguns. You gotta love that.

In Nevada you can still find guns for sale in the local newspaper and you can buy guns from private individuals.

Here in Nevada we also have Vin Suprynowicz. You must check out Vin.

There are a couple of other states that aren’t as restrictive as California such as Utah, Idaho and Arizona. If you find that California life is too restrictive you might consider moving to one of the freer states.

However, if you do move to Nevada and you are a liberal, please leave your liberalism at the border (state line). We don’t want your liberal California BS here.

Now, I am not a genius by any stretch of the imagination but when CNN's Anderson Cooper says that 40% of Greenland's ice has melted and I look at Greenland with GOOGLE EARTH (not that this is scientific or difinitive in any way) and I see that Greenland is COVERED with ice and snow, I have to wonder what kind of maroon Anderson Cooper is and what kind of scam he's trying to put over on us.

FORTY PERCENT? Give me a break!

FROM RUSH LIMBAUGH: Last night on CNN, there was a report by Anderson Cooper: Greenland's ice sheet, 30% of it gone in the past 30 years.  Not true.  It is total and outright false.  It is an incorrect assertion.  Greenland has cooled since the 1940s.  The melt rate from 1920 to 1930 was twice as fast as the current melt rate in Greenland.  Now, this mistake was verified with a Greenland scientist this morning, the CNN mistaken.  The scientist said that if Greenland lost as much ice, 40% of its ice as CNN reported last night, there would already be a ten-foot surge in sea level.