Nice weather this weekend for the ACLers (Austin City Limits Music Festival). 60,000 people caught in a dust storm for three days is not my idea of fun. No rain+Dry Soil= Misery. I watched a bunch of it on-line from the comfort of my office.
Saturday I went out to the Austin Rifle Club, they had their annual BBQ. I am thinking about joining their group. Nice people and a great semi-private range. You have to pass a 3 hour safety exam and a background check in order to be voted in as a member. Most ranges will let anyone, with any level of experience (none) rent and shoot anything from a pistol to an assault rifle. Scary. ARC had an exhibition from the Single Action Shooter Society, Austin Chapter. These are people who dress in "period" clothes and use old timey guns to shoot at targets. They had a few people on horse back and let the members and guests fire a couple of rounds as well. After the first shot with the black powder charge shotgun, I thought I chipped a tooth. Quite a bang and recoil.
Just waiting on the "Bail Out" to happen, as yet another bank was sold this morning. We are so screwed on this whole thing. I think the government should round up all these executives and have National Dunk Tank Day. Where 'we the people' could throw softballs at targets to dunk these idiots in a huge tank of water. Maybe set them up at a gas station or grocery store, so the inflated cost of goods will seem a little less of a sting. Without something like this, the normal, average citizen (you and me) are just going to get swept under the carpet and things will be back to "normal".
