Newbie intro

[Thernlund]

Somebody said around here very recently...

If you're not on a watchlist someplace, you probably aren't living right.




-T.

[danalog02]

Just wanted to say hello...my name is Daniel and I'm a 29 year old graduate student and police/fire/medical dispatcher and 911 calltaker.  Finishing up a master's in criminal justice administration this fall and then I'm for sale to the highest bidder.  Been an IPSC/USPSA/3 gunner since I was about 15 years old, load my own ammo (2 Dillon 550 presses) and am tinkering with gunsmithing.  I'm also an Eagle Scout and, even though my wife thinks I'm slightly paranoid/crazy, she tolerates my buildup of SHTF scenario stuff, lately including dry goods, canned foods, ammo and such.  I saw the damage and borderline lawlessness of Katrina firsthand and quickly woke up to the scary fact that the world we live in is fragile and can fall apart before you know it's happening.  Looking forward to meeting some good people here.

[Thernlund]

Welcome Daniel.  Enjoy!


-T.

[menatasha]

Hi everyone!  Definite newbie here.  I was referred to this site by a friend in neighborhood watch.  He let me know that I'd find like-minded individuals here...I hope that's the case.  I have a blog at http://issuesoncall.blogspot.com where I talk about political and religious issues (you may get a feel for my thought process there).  Additionally, my husband and I are starting a web design company at www.speedyspyder.com.  We have put together a temp website to get the wording right, as well as appearance and I am starting the coding today.  Any feedback would be fabulous.  Also, my hubby and I are attempting to figure out the gun thing.  I think this site will be fantastic for that.  My friend that referred me said that there was a post asking for someone to blog rants about Obama.  My blog already fits that category:)  I am an over-achiever who had many years of undiagnosed late-stage Lyme disease to study current events and global and national issues.  Currently, I am healed of the Lyme (soooo grateful to be alive and well!) and I am making up for lost ground (although I learned a ton while sick and so wouldn't turn back the clock).  I am concerned for the Constitution to say the least and concerned for the future of my two children (and whether we are going to be forced back into the stone age by mismanagement of the world economy).  I look forward to meeting everyone possible  (Just be expecting humor and a mostly overwhelmingly positive attitude, as well as candid comments)!

[CameronS]

Welcome, Daniel and menatasha! Hope you enjoy yourselves here.

[StevenTing]

Hi everyone!  Definite newbie here.  I was referred to this site by a friend in neighborhood watch.  He let me know that I'd find like-minded individuals here...I hope that's the case.  I have a blog at http://issuesoncall.blogspot.com where I talk about political and religious issues (you may get a feel for my thought process there).  Additionally, my husband and I are starting a web design company at www.speedyspyder.com.  We have put together a temp website to get the wording right, as well as appearance and I am starting the coding today.  Any feedback would be fabulous.  Also, my hubby and I are attempting to figure out the gun thing.  I think this site will be fantastic for that.  My friend that referred me said that there was a post asking for someone to blog rants about Obama.  My blog already fits that category:)  I am an over-achiever who had many years of undiagnosed late-stage Lyme disease to study current events and global and national issues.  Currently, I am healed of the Lyme (soooo grateful to be alive and well!) and I am making up for lost ground (although I learned a ton while sick and so wouldn't turn back the clock).  I am concerned for the Constitution to say the least and concerned for the future of my two children (and whether we are going to be forced back into the stone age by mismanagement of the world economy).  I look forward to meeting everyone possible  (Just be expecting humor and a mostly overwhelmingly positive attitude, as well as candid comments)!

Welcome Natasha,  I couldn't access www.speedyspyder.com but look forward to checking it out.  If you'd like to blog about Obama, go register at www.obamaisdumb.com and start typing.  I'm working on finding my voice and my niche.

The best way to figure out the gun thing is to ask questions.  Most of the members here have the respect not to flame, unless it is truly done in humor.  We're like a family here.  A positive attitude is good, since for conservatives, many things seem to be going wrong.  Look forward to reading what you have to say.

[CameronS]

The best way to figure out the gun thing is to ask questions.  Most of the members here have the respect not to flame, unless it is truly done in humor.  We're like a family here.  A positive attitude is good, since for conservatives, many things seem to be going wrong.  Look forward to reading what you have to say.

Agreed. I try to ask lots . . . regardless of how dumb they are. 

[menatasha]

Well, I wrote about Obama and submitted it for approval.  It is from my regular blog at http://issuesoncall.blogspot.com.  A pretty easy job...a lot to choose from

[Genewarper111]

Hi there - Grant from Scotland, now living in NJ. A long time ago when I was in air cadets I shot 303s in competition - now I'm getting back into rifles here in the US. My eye is on the FNAR and the LMT CQB. As for pistols, we're a Sig household I'm afraid - 226, 229 and 239, all in 9mm. In real life I'm a scientist. I am a member at the Shore Shot range in Lakewood and the Fort Dix range in, well, Fort Dix. I've also shot at the Bullet Hole in Bellville (great place, great people). I'm looking forwad to joining this Forum - been lurking unregistered for a while. Good luck to everyone here and

Happy Shooting
G

[CameronS]

Welcome, Grant, have fun.

[LoneStarNational]

Another new guy here.  My name is Ross; I'm from Texas.  I'm 24 years old and wrapping up my bachelor's in Emergency Administration.  But as you may gather from my screen name, I'm not liable to be working for FEMA any time soon.  Like many here, I'm sure, I'm one of those who believes in local government when we must, and no government when we can.   I spent two prior years as a history major, and somehow my hyper-liberal history professors accidentally managed to educate me into a rabid-libertarian-type.  History is dangerous when you actually teach it right 
But I digress...

I'm a longtime pistol shooter (as much as you can be long into anything at age 24), consider myself competent with a shotgun, and am looking to get into rifles just as soon as my meager college-student finances transform into working-person finances here in a few months.

When I'm not in school or on the range, you can probably catch me cruising town on my motorcycle looking for hippies to irk with how much "greener" I am than they.  It's hard to argue with 45mpg   

I'm glad to be here and I look forward to getting to know some of you guys here on the forum.

[CameronS]

Good to have you, Ross!

[junkman6970]

I from Sikeston, Missouri. I am retired Army 68-88 and Vietnam Veteran. I have the same wife of 40 years , 4 children and 8 grandkids. I enjoy shooting and hunting

[Thernlund]

Welcome Junkman.

Thank you for your service.


-T.

[akodo]

what is all covered by 'emergency administration'? and is that a common major nowadays?

[LoneStarNational]

Emergency Management is technically the major.  The degree itself is a BPA (Bachelor's of Public Administration).

The E.M. degree is basically a professional program to turn out professional emergency managers such as you might find working for FEMA or for local or state governments.  We're the guys that decide on how to respond to hurricanes and terrorist attacks, order evacuations, etc....  So at the federal level, someone with my degree might work for FEMA; at the municipal level, there might be a city emergency manager or office of emergency management that provides the framework or umbrella under which law enforcement, fire/rescue, ems, and all other municipal departments coordinate.  That all sounds fancy and fun(picture Tommy Lee Jones in Volcano stepping off the helicopter and barking orders to everyone around "you go here, you go there"), but in practice, the position usually doesn't carry that much authority.  At least in Texas, the authority will rest with the mayor or equivalent authority, but because mayors aren't usually experts in disaster/emergency management, there will be a professional staff making recommendations.

It is not a very common program, and is only offered at a handful of universities around the nation.  Our program at UNT (North Texas) was the first in the nation, I'm told, and was only founded in '83.  However, it is a growing field, and in our unfortunate post-9/11, post-Katrina world, you could say there's a certain degree of job security in the field.  Especially with the big government binge we seem to be on right now *sigh*.....  My interest is in working at the municipal level....maybe state if the deal is sweet enough.  But the action is really at the local level (assuming you get a disaster, which isn't something we want... I don't want to come off sounding like we do).  For all the crap people gave FEMA after Katrina, what people wanted really wasn't FEMA's job.  FEMA typically isn't supposed to do jack crap.  95% of FEMA's roll is just to write checks to subsidize the local responders after the fact (I have an issue with this, but that's another discussion.)  So a FEMA job would just be an office job.   The Big Show would be working for a city or county government anywhere on the gulf coast.

Whooo! i got just a little long winded there. Sorry guys.  Hope that helps.

[Watcher]

Hi all.

I'm a university student from California (a fact that I don't like one damned bit). I've been interested in firearms since childhood. I've been reading Mad Ogre's blog for a few months and quite frankly, I agree with him helluva more than I agree with most of my peers. Glad to have finally joined WTA.

[Outbreak]

And we're glad to have ya, Watcher. We got a few of you Kalifornians around here, and they seem to have a similar sentiment about being there. Hope you enjoy the board.

[nstoolman1]

New to the forum but a "stubborn old man" (at least my wife thinks so). Been married 27 years, 2 daughters, 2 dogs. I am living in a sea of estrogen. Southern California (South Western Riverside County) is home. I love the state but I have a high distain for the people who run the state. Can't seem to get rid of them. Love to shoot when possible. Have a C+R. Picked up an M1 with it. Love to reload.  I found this site from "ParallaxBill's Curio & Relic and Military Surplus Firearms Forums" hope to learn from the site.

[CameronS]

New to the forum but a "stubborn old man" (at least my wife thinks so). Been married 27 years, 2 daughters, 2 dogs. I am living in a sea of estrogen. Southern California (South Western Riverside County) is home. I love the state but I have a high distain for the people who run the state. Can't seem to get rid of them. Love to shoot when possible. Have a C+R. Picked up an M1 with it. Love to reload.  I found this site from "ParallaxBill's Curio & Relic and Military Surplus Firearms Forums" hope to learn from the site.

Welcome to the board.

Two daughters? That's nothin'. I had three sisters growing up. Now that was a sea of estrogen . . .

[JD]

Hi everybody!

 This is such a great place with some awesome people. Most of my favorite things in life and probably yours too, can be talked about here. It's just... Brilliant!
I'm really looking forward to being a member here and can't wait to see this forum grow and grow. It's well deserved! 

Thanks,

JD

[GeorgeHill]

Good to see you finally made it here, JD.   Now we have some people who can talk bows.

[nstoolman1]

CameronS

Two daughters? That's nothin'.  I had three sisters growing up. Now that was a sea of estrogen . . .

I had have four sisters. I was refering to the 2 daughters, A SWMBO, and 2 female dogs. I am out numbered but not out gunned.

[CameronS]

CameronS
I had four sisters. I was refering to the 2 daughters, A SWMBO, and 2 female dogs. I am out numbered but not out gunned.

 

What else needs to be said?

[huey148]

Hi, my name is Pete and based on the DHS guidelines I am a threat:

1. Veteran
2. Right Winger
3. Christian
4. Gun owner

I have a "hobby" blog at www.hueysgunsight.blogspot.com  that I use to blow off some creative steam every now and then.  check it out if you like, leave a comment if you want.

Been reading George's thoughts on Madogre.com for a while and finally decided to become part of this place.  So far, I like it.

Look forward to interacting with everyone.