Thursday, November 28, 2013

Android phones from Tracfone

Been wanting a smartphone, but not interested in paying an arm and a leg for a plan with the major carriers?

Then take a look at Tracfone's new Androids. The Samsung Galaxy Centura, is available from Amazon HERE for $110 $100.This is an entry level phone, but with full Android capability. The screen is smaller than I would prefer, but look at the monthly cost of operation:

  • For a $40.00/90 day card, you get 200 minutes per month, 200 texts, and 200 MB of data. This card is going for $34.99 at Amazon right now. Translation: less than $12/month.
  • For about $20.00, you get a card that gives you 60 of each of the above per month.

These 3G phones use Verizon towers, so they work wherever Verizon phones do.

If you want to get into smartphones, without the high cost, this is the best option I could find out there.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Thanksgiving

You don't have to live under the tyranny of circumstances. Pastor John Avant 11.24.13. First Baptist Concord, Knoxville, TN

Friday, November 22, 2013

Knockout game vs awareness color codes

There has been much in the news of late about the knockout game, in which a thug surprises an unsuspecting victim with a roundhouse blow, or perhaps a stun gun. Some victims have amazing empathy for their attackers. (These have a propensity for removing themselves from the gene pool.)

But the rest of us might review Cooper's Color Codes of Awareness:
             White Relaxed, unaware, and unprepared     
                    Yellow Relaxed alertness         
                           Orange Specific alert      
                                  Red Fight trigger         
 

From my Examiner column: Although officialdom constantly seeks to disarm you with promises of protection, the reality is that you are ultimately responsible for your own safety. Always remain in condition yellow, a relaxed alert state. Note the shortest route to an exit, and don't be caught by surprise. Don't be caught with your back to the door, like Wild Bill Hickock.

When you go out the door, turn on condition yellow.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Emily gets her gun

The word Hero is often used casually in modern American Society. Occasionally, however, someone comes along who truly fulfills the meaning of the word. True heroes usually did not set out to be honored as heroes.
Audie Murphy did not set out to win the Medal of Honor. Abraham, of Ur of the Chaldees, did not set out to be the father of the nation of Israel. Leonidas probably never gave thought to the the fact that history would recognize him as the hero of the Battle of Thermopylae. Joan of Arc, I am sure, never planned to be the heroine* of the 100 years war.
And Emily Miller, on New Year’s Day, 2010, scared and angry, surely never gave thought to the notion that she would be soon hailed as a heroine of the gun rights and self defense community. She was minding her own business, dog-sitting for friends, when she she had a close encounter with thieves. Thankfully, she was not hurt.
This book chronicles her quest to purchase a defensive handgun in our nation’s capital. Handgun possession in the District had been practically prohibited since 1976, the year we celebrated 200 years of independence. Although the ban had been struck down in 2008 with the Heller decision, Washington, D. C. had still kept it practically impossible for the average citizen living there to buy a handgun. Miller, the senior editor of opinion at the Washington Times, began what proved to be a struggle to simply exercise her right to keep a defensive arm in her home.
Interwoven in the saga of Miller’s successful quest is her commentary on subjects of interest to all freedom loving people. She destroys the myths of gun control, the myth of high-capacity magazines and the myth of universal background checks. She includes chapters exposing the exploitation by the Left of the tragic Newtown massacre, the influence of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and liberal media distortion. She also covers the harsh treatment some of our service-members have received in the District.
The book would not be complete without Chapter 15, Emily Got Her Gun . . . and Took it Home on the Metro.
This book is inspiring. It shows what one person, who won’t give up, can accomplish. Miller has paved the way (and laid out a road map) for District residents who desire to have a firearm for self-defense.
Will Emily one day be able to CARRY her gun? I would not count it out, yet.
THIS LINK will take you to my book list. Click through to Amazon, where you can buy the book. I highly recommend it.
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*her·o·ine: a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities.
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Friday, November 1, 2013

LAX Shooting

Another gun free zone NOT!

Only you can prevent forest fires -er - provide for your own safety....TSA agents were reported running, too!