Doctors

(A)   The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B)   Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.

(C)   Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. 
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Guns

(A)   The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. 

(Yes, that's 80 million)

(B)   The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. 

(C)   The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI

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So, technically, doctors are thousands of times more dangerous than gun owners so how about not perpetuating some misleading statement that gun owners are somehow so miraculously dangerous and guns are the bane of society.

If we want to talk about facts, instead of unfettered, unreasonable, illogical, and unsupportable fear then don't tell me that guns need banned.  Simply, banning guns is one of the more unintelligent things someone can state.  I’m not suggesting we should ban any of the things (at least most) that are more dangerous and life threatening than guns.  If someone really cared there are a list of things that are more dangerous in addition to just doctors, such as...

• The Drug War (which I actually would say lets put a ban on it – get rid of it, it kills more people than the drugs themselves probably)
• Driving (cars in general)
• Pools (you know, swimming, it kills thousands per year)
• Smoking (cigarettes are not your friend)
• Armed Police (which I would NOT ban, but they do kill a LOT of people)
• ...and the list goes on and on.

Anyway, this is just frustrating, I’m alive today because I was armed so it kind of hits home when some moron tells me I should be dead.  I like being alive, and am going to stick to that philosophy.

I work with nerds, geeks, anti-socialites, and other people of that ilk.  At least, a lot of people like that.  Often these people are the smartest of all humanity.  Think about that sentence for a second.  Yes, these are the top 1% of all humanity.  Even those top 1% of humanity, ought to stop and think about that for a bit.  It is no small fact, and our view of reality is skewed by the fact that we surround ourselves with such people.

Among all these geeks and nerds and such comes a common complaint that I have always found strange.  Why do I find it strange?  Because I run my conversational mouth regularly, among all sorts of people, because part of my nerdiness is I find people strangely interesting.  Even the people I might not prefer the company of.  The complaint resounds though, which is "why are there no geek/nerd girls/boys out there".

The fact is, as with many facts not immediately apparent, is that there are lots of us among us.  The problem is the universal and age old issue of lousy human condition of poor communication with a vibrant dose of awkwardness.

The other tidbit is that one doesn’t always now who the geek or nerd next to them is.  How do you know?  Observe, speak, communicate, work together.  Community, even when it was thought in the past to be strong, has always been a strangely weak aspect of humanity.  Community is there to bridge us.  Modern human, especially in America, has it even more broken and stretched.  Reconnect that and you'll find others even closer than you imagined.

So I leave this entry rambling with simple words that hold answers;  Communicate, speak, interact, work together, participate, involve, and know each other.  That other geek or nerd is right in front of you.

Alright, that’s my sappy, happy, public announcement of 2009.  Back to my normal ramblings of nerd war games, political anti-apathy, and general mental imagery.

Just some shots, the two styles are about 3+ weeks apart so you may notice differences.

Characters –

• Viker – Derived from vicarious.
• Hubriety – Derived from hubris.
• Oppositus Corpus’ juris – Derived from “Opposite of Corpus Juris Civilis”.

Vehicles/etc –

1. Decimate Piety – Redeemer Class Land Raider
2. Heresy’s Law – Standard Land Raider
3. Corpus Juris Civilis – Predator
4. Belial – Predator
5. Apollyon - Predator
6. Beelzebub – Vindicator
7. Crooked Serpentia – Vindicator

Ships

• Apostasy – Vengeful Apostate Chapter Battle Barge

Home Planet?  Not sure…  maybe Apostarth?

Because there is so much truth to it.  :o

This is a video from www.miniwargaming.com.  This crew puts together some great videos and such for model war gaming.  Really impressive.  If you want to check out more, hit up their site.  They also have some decent deals on 40k and other models also.  More on my army, the Aurora Chapter coming soon.

• Kittie
• Devildriver
• Lamb of God
• Children of Bodom
• In Flames

Add to the list please.  :)   K thx.

So I’ve got enough for a 1250+pt army.  This is how I’ve broken things out so far.

The base Black Reach Army:  575 pts

The base army:  1000 pts

The base + extended armor:  1250 pts

Now the question is, what to extend my force to the 1500 pt army?  I did purchase 10 metal assault marines (w/ jet packs and all), but am not sure I want to extend the forces to 1500 with them.  What I am thinking of is adding the following to my primary 1245 list above.

I however feel somewhat inclined to add an HQ Unit, but the temptation to add more heavy weaponry and such seems more valuable instead of high point individual units.  The Predator with twin Lascannon and the remaining regular armament seem more valuable than a strong HQ character.  Added that I have enough remaining points to pick up the Devestator Squad with Multi-Melta & Melta Bombs for the sergeant with a Razorback makes my armies mechanized assault capabilities pretty serious.

Any other suggestions or ideas fellow combatants?

Finally.  It is happening.  America is getting pissed.

Thank you!

I have grown excessively apathetic over the last year or so, with so many things happening politically that where going the wrong way.  At least IMHO of course.  Everything from the Patriot Act to Health Care, to Health Insurance, to Public Schools and Taxation.  The more I study politics, history, and economics the more pissed off I am and the more apathetic I need to be sometimes.

The town halls of the recent past and the attempts at further democratization of our Republic’s processes, even amid all the propaganda and lies has been encouraging.  The current Democrats (not to exclude the Republicans) grossly underestimated the pissed off and frustrated parts of America.  I honestly dread the politicians keep underestimating how frustrated, angry, and perturbed the people of this nation are becoming.  The politicians get lost in their little world, elusive of reality that the blue and white collar workers face, the immigrant and the native, and the dwindling white man and growing Mexican Worker presence.  The politicians often have no idea any longer of the elusive race relations among people, obfuscated in multiple layers of social engineering.  They have no idea of the underpinnings of the armed militias that continue, the armed defenders of Americans, the frustrated social Democrats that want more freedoms for people, only to abrogate rights just as Republicans have over the last Presidency.  The hypocrites the lot of them (except maybe Ron Paul, he still holds true to what he says, unlike about every other soul – I must admit, at least Obama holds fairly true to his flexibility of virtue).

All in all, it is safe to say, politicians are further out of touch than they ever have been in US history, all the while being more connected than ever.  It is a strange juxtaposition of our modern world.

But I’ve been emboldened to know that Americans can still get pissed off, can still raise their fists in anger and frustration at our leaders ineptitude and make them back down off of their deluded ideals of how we should live our lives?  It seemed under Bush Republicans, and some Democrats alike had just grown horrifically apathetic.  Somewhat easy to understand, being how roughshod Bush drove over our rights and many of our core ideals with his own.  We Americans, rightfully apathetic, felt scarred and bloodied from the incessant refusal to listen to the population.

Give me freedom to live and to strive for a good life and I’ll lead myself and others by example to deeds worthy of liberty and freedom.  Take these away from me and I shall be one of the greatest drains upon the sweltering insipid, mindless society that will come of it.  Thank you America.  Thank you stupid people.  Thank you smart people.  Thank you black person, white person, Mexican or Jew.  Thank you for standing up and screaming the politicians back into their position as servant and not our master.

Thank You.