http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher recent pleonast.com entries by user tacticalpreacher en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=600522 = Proficient, but I doubt I would say I have mastered any of these Emergencies: 13. Escape a sinking car It started with, hey watch this, (and then the pit was deeper than I thought, then the truck was under, and I was out. Home 16. Put out a fire grease fire, french fries. 18. Remove bloodstains from fabric got to get that dear out somehow. Teach Your Kids 70. Drive a stick shift 71. Parallel park 72. Tie a bowline 73. Tie a necktie 74. Whittle 75. Ride a bike Jesse is free of the training wheels but still wobly, and though all three drive the ridelong, they have a bit to go. I will be teaching Jesse to work some with Soap this winter to teach him some basic Whittling skills. When I looked that list over, more than 60 of them were things I had done in the last 6mos. and Kara, the is because I am: Radio Active. 2008-11-18 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=599452 = Proficient, but I doubt I would say I have mastered any of these Automotive 1. Handle a blowout 2. Drive in snow 3. Check trouble codes 4. Replace fan belt 5. Wax a car 6. Conquer an off-road obstacle 7. Use a stick welder 8. Hitch up a trailer 9. Jump-start a car Emergencies 10. Perform the Heimlich 11. Reverse hypothermia 12. Perform hands-only CPR 13. Escape a sinking car Home 14. Carve a turkey 15. Use a sewing machine 16. Put out a fire 17. Home-brew beer 18. Remove bloodstains from fabric 19. Move heavy stuff 20. Grow food 21. Read an electric meter 22. Shovel the right way 23. Solder wire 24. Tape drywall 25. Split firewood 26. Replace a faucet washer 27. Mix concrete 28. Paint a straight line 29. Use a French knife 30. Prune bushes and small trees 31. Iron a shirt 32. Fix a toilet tank flapper 33. Change a single-pole switch 34. Fell a tree 35. Replace a broken windowpane 36. Set up a ladder, safely 37. Fix a faucet cartridge 38. Sw... 2008-11-14 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=596081 The nation awakens today to a grim day (although less grim than it might have been, as the late Senate races come in and the prognosis for a decent-sized GOP resistance looks much better). But America has endured worse. Here's 12 ways I recommend that conservatives and Republicans prepare to face the next four years under President Obama (yeah, get used to that one): (1) Oppose Obama, Not America: The absolute wrong way to react to life in the minority is ... well, what we saw from too many people on the Left the past 8 years: calling everyone from the President on down to individual soldiers and Marines war criminals, parroting the propaganda of our enemies, exposing classified national security secrets on the front pages of the newspapers, and generally doing whatever possible to stymie the national defense and convince the nation and the world that America is the bad guy. We're better than that. When Obama fails to act to defend America and its interests and allies, or violates the... 2008-11-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=592530 Since I am still losing inches (some) but gaining pounds, it is time to take the plan up a notch. Here is the likely diet plan I will follow. Meat, Leaf, Berry, & Fiber Diet All meats All fruits (light on raisins and dates) Vegetables (except potatoes) Cheese Eggs Oatmeal Wheat / Whole grain / Multi-grain (1 or 2 servings per day) • Pasta • Rice • Bread • Chips Sugar free sweets 100% fruit juice Water Coffee, black Unsweetened tea Diet soda You should not eat these items (if you must, eat only the suggested serving size on the nutrition label): White bread Regular pasta White rice Potatoes Sweets Soda Milk Most dairy Also a cheat/treat day once per week where I can eat things that typically aren't diet friendly. This diet is from a MMA trainer that I know. 2008-10-28 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=589930 Nickajack was the name of a proposed neutral state of Unionist areas of North Alabama and East Tennessee. In the period leading up to the American Civil War there was much talk of secession made by the politicians representing wealthy plantation owners in the Black Belt. Hill country residents were typically poor dirt-farmers and rarely slave-owners. They considered the war that would inevitably follow secession to be "a war for the rich, fought by the poor," and wished to have nothing to do with it. On January 7, 1861, Alabama Governor Andrew B. Moore called delegates from Alabama to Montgomery for a convention to debate Articles of Secession. Delegates from South Alabama wanted the convention delegates to determine the vote, while Northern delegates wanted the issue put to a popular vote. Because the apportionment of delegates to the convention was based on total population (including slaves), the southern delegates effectively voted "on behalf" of the African-Am... 2008-10-21 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=586858 The GIs came home to find that a political machine had taken over their Tennessee county. What they did about it astounded the nation. In McMinn County, Tennessee, in the early 1940s, the question was not if you farmed, but where you farmed. Athens, the county seat, lay between Knoxville and Chattanooga along U.S. Highway 11, which wound its way through eastern Tennessee. This was the meeting place for farmers from all the surrounding communities. Traveling along narrow roads planted with signs urging them to “See Rock City” and “Get Right with God,” they would gather on Saturdays beneath the courthouse elms to discuss politics and crops. There were barely seven thousand people in Athens, and many of its streets were still unpaved. The two “big” cities some fifty miles away had not yet begun their inevitable expansion, and the farmers’ lives were simple and essentially unaffected by what they would have called the “modern world.” Many of them were without electricity... 2008-10-13 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=585466 2332232223222332222322233222232222222323233232232332332223222322323322322222332322232233233322223233222322223322323332232322232233232233222223222323 2322222223223222233322232222332222232222323222233222232223222323322323322222232232323233222222222322222323322322223222323232222322232323232333322223232 3222233222222222222322222223322222323222333333233232232222222322222222223222232222232332222233223322323223223223323323222223222233222223233222322332332 3232233222332322223222223232332222333223232333222323223322322232232323322233332232232333223223222232222222233332322222332322233333232232223322222322222 3222222322222232233223223222232222332332223232233322222233223322223222323232232232222222223322223233222222323233322222223232223222222322323232333223323 2222233222232223323222233222222222222222232323323232222222322232222322222223223332222222222222222222222223232222233222322232232222222222232333223222232 322223223323322222332333232232223222232233222222322232222223222323222223222322222322332322... 2008-10-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=585154 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek κρυπτός, kryptos, "hidden, secret"; and γράφω, gráphō, "I write", or -λογία, -logia, respectively)[1] is the practice and study of hiding information. In modern times, cryptography is considered a branch of both mathematics and computer science, and is affiliated closely with information theory, computer security, and engineering. Cryptography is used in applications present in technologically advanced societies; examples include the security of ATM cards, computer passwords, and electronic commerce, which all depend on cryptography. With Jesse joining the Cub Scouts, we get to do all kinds of new cool stuff together, for one of his achievements I made this for him to decode. You take the Grille (after cutting out the black pages) and lay it over the encoded text which will reveal the letters that need to be decoded. Once done, you use the cipher to decoded the a... 2008-10-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=583467 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_for_Choosing A Time for Choosing, also known as "The Speech," was presented on a number of speaking occasions during the 1964 U.S. presidential election campaign by future-President Ronald Reagan on behalf of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. Many versions of the speech exist, as it was altered during many stops, but two versions are most well known. 1964 Republican National Convention - San Francisco, California - Given as a nomination speech for Goldwater. As part of a pre-recorded television program titled "Rendezvous with Destiny", broadcast on October 27, 1964. Following the speech, Ronald Reagan was asked to run for Governor of California. To this day, this speech is considered one of the most effective ever made on behalf of a candidate. Reagan was later called "The Great Communicator" in recognition of his effective communication skills. 2008-10-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/tacticalpreacher?l=5&entryID=582878 2008-10-02