If Happy Hospitalist looks down on YOU for open carry, I wonder how he would feel about me wandering around half the backroads in the county hauling hay wearing a sports bra, jeans and boots, and the Firestar....
That bale wagon gets farking hot on a 100 degree day, especially since you can't turn the heater completely off.
California Girl
· 8 months ago
Wow. I think I am sad. I thought you were different. That you wouldn't let something like this get to you. Maybe I haven't followed long enough. Maybe this is like you. Happy Hospitalist so wasn't worth this. As a matter of fact I had to go re-read comments to find it. Then I was sad that I did THAT. Maybe too much Don Julio. One SHOT too many.
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
It may have been a bit of a nuclear response, California Girl, but this isn't the first time he's trolled my blog, or made snide comments about me on his.
platensimycin
· 8 months ago
Hi there! Agree with comments above. H.Hospitalist seems to have this intrinsic urge to run everyone down with cynicism. Don't mind him.
Interesting blog; will visit often!
Heather
· 8 months ago
I loved that you stood up for yourself! Hey, you were giving it right back to him. Some people just NEED to hear it from someone...
California Girl
· 8 months ago
I can only assume that you did your best NOT to say what you REALLY felt. ( hee hee) Unfortunately when you blog you do leave yourself open for @#$&heads to comment. You are at the top of my list of reads ( i even think my husband is jealous of you). I won't scare away that easily. :)
California Girl
· 8 months ago
LOL!! Nurse K has this highlighted! You are Loved!
williamthecoroner
· 8 months ago
because he has no social skills and can't run a practice.
You were a man, a free man. The Appenzellers carry their family swords on election day. Wouldn't be a bad idea in the states.
Montana Chick
· 8 months ago
Eh, spinless drivel hidden behind a name on the net. Pity he doesn't understand the joy of carrying a firearm, and knowing how to correctly use it. I get guys gawking at me if/when im carrying the BFs .50cal desert eagle. On the one hand, its damn cool, on the other, they all at some point say "remind me to never piss you off!" CARRY ON!
Anonymous
· 8 months ago
Oh, hurrah, you carry a gun. Openly. For what? You are the big man on campus?
My opinion of your blog was reduced to zero with your recent gun-carrying hurray.
I am a long-time reader, but now ...
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
[sobs]
I am so going to miss you, Anonymous.
Srsly.
John
· 8 months ago
I find this hilarious, because you guys are similar in that each post is wildly self-aggrandizing and equally poorly written.
Also, I am in the military so don't assume I'm a commie, but why did you carry a gun on your hip all day?
Montana Chick
· 8 months ago
*sigh* I just don't understand people who think its a bad thing to carry a weapon. I think it is only a bad thing to carry a gun if you think the correct way to HOLD the gun is sideways IE lil' G wanna bes that have problems with premature fireing, and such. In the words of my dear old grandpa, "under no circumstances do you pull the trigger without the intention of killing what you are aiming at." Words to live by. Keep at it AD, I for one will continue to fight for the right to bear arms.... to me it is not just words written by some dead dude on an old, faded, and dusty peice of paper.
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
"Also, I am in the military so don't assume I'm a commie, but why did you carry a gun on your hip all day?"
Uh, because I felt like it, and it's my legal right.
Just like reading my poorly written exercises in self-aggrandizement is your right, John.
You won't break my heart if you choose not to exercise it, though.
DJMooreTX
· 8 months ago
AD, I hope you continue to post about them evil guns, because then those who are afraid of liberty will continue to poke their heads up out of cover....
Oh, well, that, and the gun posts are neat in their own right.
Kath
· 8 months ago
Because where you live it is allowed, it's really no big deal. I think the other guys get pissy because they can't carry where they live, so maybe they feel like you're showing off or something -- maybe? Who knows? Who cares?
For me to read that, it's simply here's what you did today.
And that's why trolls are trolls -- creepy, annoying, little things that make everybody else look normal.
Lee
· 8 months ago
Personally I have no problem you carried a gun and wish more people would. Too many hoplophobes are working into turning everyone into victims. They don't want to protect themselves, so they feel no-one (Except criminals) should be able to. Reminds me of the old saying "When seconds count the police are minutes away".
Out of curiosity do you carry while on the job? And if so, what has been the general reaction of you patients who notice and react?
crs224akameema
· 8 months ago
AD: Like your blog, enjoy the 'husband-in-law' items, having a couple of 'wife-in-laws' myself. Not into guns and such myself, but being an opinionated b****, I am jumping in to this one. Not against RESPONSIBLE gun ownership and use, although I'd probably give more than one glance at someone carrying in Walmart, and wonder 'why?' My feeling is that if your using them for sport, for fun, fine. If you have one for protection, it's only good if it's loaded, safety off and in your hand when you need it. Not usually the case. Anyway: my thoughts on some gun control legislation stuff at: http://randomthoughtsideasgripes.blogspot.com/ for anyone with time to read the lengthy post. Oh, and the only time I want a penis is when I have to pee in the woods.
Cybrludite
· 8 months ago
John,
What branch, and what unit?
crankylitprof
· 8 months ago
Oh, Ad, how I adore thee...
Ninjamedic
· 8 months ago
Oh AD, I adore you. Seriously. Thank you for delivering a well-timed smackdown.
That man has some serious issues.
Brian from Virginia
· 8 months ago
" Montana Chick said...
*sigh* I just don't understand people who think its a bad thing to carry a weapon."
That's because
they
don't trust people who carry guns. In their limited worldview, guns = bad+death, so anyone who carries a firearm is a potential beady eyed killer just waiting to murder as many innocents as possible. The concept that a law abiding citizen would use a firearm to protect themselves or another person is completely alien to them. Only those in military or police departments should be allowed to carry firearms; the general public is too stupid, or too emotional, or whatever the reason du jour is, to be allowed to possess firearms.
Of course any competent student of history knows what will eventually happen when only governmental authorities can legally possess firearms.
Sabra
· 8 months ago
Methinks HH spews so people will read his blog. It's never worked for me; I read it once (unconnected to any of his comments) & wasn't motivated to return.
In this case, I think it's merely a case of blog envy. AD has a large, loyal audience. Blog Traffic 101 tells you to go leave comments on others' blogs, and we all know from Oscar Wilde that the only thing worse than having bad things said about you is not having anything said about you.
And with that in mind, I'll quit feeding the troll, and go back to praying open carry passes here in Texas.
Midwest Chick
· 8 months ago
You go AD! I wish that I could do open carry but I'll settle for concealed--at least I get to carry. It is an important right and one that gets derided or forgotten all too often.
Like someone else said, I think dude has some serious blog envy.
makeumdothechicken
· 8 months ago
Why carry a weapon?
I'm sure you would get a lot of different answers from different people. I'm interested in answer's from people whose answer would be based on real life experience. For instance, the people who were in the immigration center in New York a couple of weeks ago when a crazed gunman broke in and starting shooting innocent people. If there had been one person there with a firearm and the training to effectively stop that threat the outcome would have been much different. There are further examples too numerous to mention of similiar instances, from armed robberies where the robber decided to kill everybody anyway even after he got the money to random nursing home and school shootings.
People who freak out over an honest man with a gun would be absolutely outraged if a fire occurred in a public building that wasn't equipped with sprinklers and smoke detectors. Even though the instances of random violence and shootings far outnumber the amount of fire instances that actually take lives. They expect everyone to prepare for a fire but ignore the more prevalent threat.
Why?
I think the thought of the wolf coming to prey on them and their children is too distressing for them to wrap their mind around, so like sheep, they deny the existence of the threat. When they see the man with the gun it reminds them that evil exist in the world and they are completely unprepared to meet that threat.
Col. Grossman wrote a piece, http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm, which I think perfectly describes this choice and the mindset of those who make it. I encourage you to follow the link and read it.
MaddMedic
· 8 months ago
Hospitalists will kill ya if your not careful!! Give me a solid medic or RN anytime of the week! Some of you have asked "Why carry a gun"? http://www.sportsmansblog.com/2008/05/heres-why-i-car.html
And I refuse to ever be a victim or being unable to defend my family. And when the boogeyman is threatening you. Will he wait while you dial 911? Nope, but I truly do believe there are stupid people whom think he will!!
The Happy Hospitalist
· 8 months ago
FYI, it was supposed to be a joke.
pax
· 8 months ago
Personally, I always feel very manly when I carry...
NOT! ;)
Kathy
WV: kissess!
TOTWTYTR
· 8 months ago
Happy Hospitalist,
It can't be a joke. I've seen jokes before, they're funny .
Don't give up the day job.
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
"Out of curiosity do you carry while on the job? And if so, what has been the general reaction of you patients who notice and react?"
Lee, I don't carry on the job. The Borg strictly prohibits it, and I doubt I'd carry on the job even if they didn't.
The reasons why are < HREF="http://ambulancedriverfiles.blogspot.com/2007/01/armed-emt.html" REL="nofollow">here .
OrangeNeckInNY
· 8 months ago
I wonder who would feel manlier: the guy who doesn't believe in being armed and then cowering in fear and pissing his pants when criminals attack him and his family; or the guy who is legally armed and able to repel his attackers and possibly remove them permanently from society?
The former - if his wife and kids survive the attack, do you think they'll pat him on the back and thank him for being their "hero" by cowering in fear while she was being raped?
The latter - definitely a hero in my book.
idahokat
· 8 months ago
I think the mini-piss wars in the comments on this one are more amusing than the original post content.
Haliczes
· 8 months ago
Way more, idaho. Ftr, I have never before commented on AD's blog, but if we get to weigh in on relative masculinity, I'll vote for AD by several orders of magnitude over HH, any day.
Anonymous
· 8 months ago
John: re: "Also, I am in the military so don't assume I'm a commie, but why did you carry a gun on your hip all day?"
Simple answer, because ambulance driver has a small penis and is over-compensating for it.
USMC.
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
"Simple answer, because ambulance driver has a small penis and is over-compensating for it.
USMC."
Dang, let one Marine see your penis, and suddenly he's stalking your blog anonymously.
That's it. No more illicit airport men's room liaisons for me. Too many weirdos.
WVmedicgirl
· 8 months ago
AD- lost my mouthful of coke on your last comment...lmao
Tim
· 8 months ago
isn't always best _not_ to feed the trolls?
Bianca Castafiore
· 8 months ago
All of *this* was about *that*? Jesus.
I'd normally say something profound like "Get a life" (to you now, and to Happy the Hospitalist on almost any occasion), but you both appear to have lives. At least, there is a lot of open preening going on about something.
And besides after John most excellently opined, well -- meh! And heh! Yeah! Shouldn't he get some kind of award for perspicacity?
I have a question: Is it possible to openly carry a weapon without the weapon weighing constantly and heavily on one's mind? (How do I look? How do I look now? How does my weapon look? How do I look? How fast can I get a bead on -- No, wait... How do I look now?)
Ambulance Driver
· 8 months ago
"Is it possible to openly carry a weapon without the weapon weighing constantly and heavily on one's mind?"
Flat out impossible.
That's why you see police officers preening in every available reflective surface, because they're worried how their gun looks.
Kate
· 8 months ago
I keep my wrench in the toolbox and I don't walk around town holding a golf club.
I totally could though, its not illegal.
Rogue Medic
· 8 months ago
This is a problem with blaming the gun for crime, or for misbehavior, or for creating an environment of intimidation, is that the gun is just a tool. Used by a law abiding person, there is no reason to be intimidated.
The same is true for anything that requires more responsibility to be used appropriately. In stead, our society panics about risks that are not understood. We implement laws to protect us from our fears, not to protect us from reality. This fear mongering leads us to ignore genuine threats.
I do not own any guns. I do not have any desire to own any guns. Someone carrying a gun openly is indicating being responsible enough to have obtained a permit to carry. This are not the kind of person who misuses guns.
Bitterroot
· 8 months ago
, which is what I mostly do, because it cuts all the public grief and anxiety, and you don't have to worry about someone "smacking you in the head" to get your gun (as if).
Of course, you still check your reflection compulsively... "am I printing?" I have carried responsibly for over 15 years without ever discharging my gun anywhere but at a range or on my own property (where it is legal outside incorporated limits). However, there have been a few incidents where the sudden awareness of the presence of my gun has quickly diffused any potential for ugliness.
And law enforcement here has been generally very supportive of our rights and responsibilities as gun owners, even opening the police range to us civilians and holding clinics.
Don't know which I would identify as my compensatory "penis" though...
Would it be the whalloping fast and potent .357 Magnum, or the slow... thick... sack-dropping load of my .45ACP?
And what about my long, deep-hitting, powerful .308 with its extending stock and... its ribbed barrel guard? Oh, Oh! OH... Damn.
All Comments
That bale wagon gets farking hot on a 100 degree day, especially since you can't turn the heater completely off.
Happy Hospitalist so wasn't worth this. As a matter of fact I had to go re-read comments to find it.
Then I was sad that I did THAT.
Maybe too much Don Julio. One SHOT too many.
Interesting blog; will visit often!
You are at the top of my list of reads ( i even think my husband is jealous of you). I won't scare away that easily.
:)
You were a man, a free man. The Appenzellers carry their family swords on election day. Wouldn't be a bad idea in the states.
My opinion of your blog was reduced to zero with your recent gun-carrying hurray.
I am a long-time reader, but now ...
I am
so
going to miss you, Anonymous.
Srsly.
Also, I am in the military so don't assume I'm a commie, but why did you carry a gun on your hip all day?
In the words of my dear old grandpa, "under no circumstances do you pull the trigger without the intention of killing what you are aiming at." Words to live by.
Keep at it AD, I for one will continue to fight for the right to bear arms.... to me it is not just words written by some dead dude on an old, faded, and dusty peice of paper.
Uh, because I felt like it, and it's my legal right.
Just like reading my poorly written exercises in self-aggrandizement is your right, John.
You won't break my heart if you choose not to exercise it, though.
Oh, well, that, and the gun posts are neat in their own right.
For me to read that, it's simply here's what you did today.
And that's why trolls are trolls -- creepy, annoying, little things that make everybody else look normal.
Out of curiosity do you carry while on the job? And if so, what has been the general reaction of you patients who notice and react?
Oh, and the only time I want a penis is when I have to pee in the woods.
What branch, and what unit?
That man has some serious issues.
*sigh* I just don't understand people who think its a bad thing to carry a weapon."
That's because
they
don't trust people who carry guns. In their limited worldview, guns = bad+death, so anyone who carries a firearm is a potential beady eyed killer just waiting to murder as many innocents as possible. The concept that a law abiding citizen would use a firearm to protect themselves or another person is completely alien to them. Only those in military or police departments should be allowed to carry firearms; the general public is too stupid, or too emotional, or whatever the reason du jour is, to be allowed to possess firearms.
Of course any competent student of history knows what will eventually happen when only governmental authorities can legally possess firearms.
In this case, I think it's merely a case of blog envy. AD has a large, loyal audience. Blog Traffic 101 tells you to go leave comments on others' blogs, and we all know from Oscar Wilde that the only thing worse than having bad things said about you is not having
anything
said about you.
And with that in mind, I'll quit feeding the troll, and go back to praying open carry passes here in Texas.
Like someone else said, I think dude has some serious blog envy.
I'm sure you would get a lot of different answers from different people. I'm interested in answer's from people whose answer would be based on real life experience. For instance, the people who were in the immigration center in New York a couple of weeks ago when a crazed gunman broke in and starting shooting innocent people. If there had been one person there with a firearm and the training to effectively stop that threat the outcome would have been much different. There are further examples too numerous to mention of similiar instances, from armed robberies where the robber decided to kill everybody anyway even after he got the money to random nursing home and school shootings.
People who freak out over an honest man with a gun would be absolutely outraged if a fire occurred in a public building that wasn't equipped with sprinklers and smoke detectors. Even though the instances of random violence and shootings far outnumber the amount of fire instances that actually take lives. They expect everyone to prepare for a fire but ignore the more prevalent threat.
Why?
I think the thought of the wolf coming to prey on them and their children is too distressing for them to wrap their mind around, so like sheep, they deny the existence of the threat. When they see the man with the gun it reminds them that evil exist in the world and they are completely unprepared to meet that threat.
Col. Grossman wrote a piece, http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm, which I think perfectly describes this choice and the mindset of those who make it. I encourage you to follow the link and read it.
Some of you have asked "Why carry a gun"?
http://www.sportsmansblog.com/2008/05/heres-why-i-car.html
And I refuse to ever be a victim or being unable to defend my family.
And when the boogeyman is threatening you. Will he wait while you dial 911? Nope, but I truly do believe there are stupid people whom think he will!!
NOT! ;)
Kathy
WV: kissess!
It can't be a joke. I've seen jokes before, they're
funny
.
Don't give up the day job.
Lee, I don't carry on the job. The Borg strictly prohibits it, and I doubt I'd carry on the job even if they didn't.
The reasons why are < HREF="http://ambulancedriverfiles.blogspot.com/2007/01/armed-emt.html" REL="nofollow">here
.
The former - if his wife and kids survive the attack, do you think they'll pat him on the back and thank him for being their "hero" by cowering in fear while she was being raped?
The latter - definitely a hero in my book.
re: "Also, I am in the military so don't assume I'm a commie, but why did you carry a gun on your hip all day?"
Simple answer, because ambulance driver has a small penis and is over-compensating for it.
USMC.
USMC."
Dang, let one Marine see your penis, and suddenly he's stalking your blog anonymously.
That's it. No more illicit airport men's room liaisons for me. Too many weirdos.
lost my mouthful of coke on your last comment...lmao
I'd normally say something profound like "Get a life" (to you now, and to Happy the Hospitalist on almost any occasion), but you both appear to have lives. At least, there is a lot of open preening going on about something.
And besides after John most excellently opined, well -- meh! And heh! Yeah! Shouldn't he get some kind of award for perspicacity?
I have a question: Is it possible to openly carry a weapon without the weapon weighing constantly and heavily on one's mind? (How do I look? How do I look now? How does my weapon look? How do I look? How fast can I get a bead on -- No, wait... How do I look now?)
Flat out impossible.
That's why you see police officers preening in every available reflective surface, because they're worried how their gun looks.
I totally could though, its not illegal.
The same is true for anything that requires
more responsibility
to be used appropriately. In stead, our society panics about risks that are not understood. We implement laws to protect us from our fears, not to protect us from reality. This fear mongering leads us to ignore genuine threats.
I do not own any guns. I do not have any desire to own any guns. Someone carrying a gun openly is indicating being responsible enough to have obtained a permit to carry. This are not the kind of person who misuses guns.
Of course, you still check your reflection compulsively...
"am I printing?"
I have carried responsibly for over 15 years without ever discharging my gun anywhere but at a range or on my own property (where it is legal outside incorporated limits). However, there have been a few incidents where the sudden awareness of the
presence
of my gun has quickly diffused any potential for ugliness.
And law enforcement here has been generally
very supportive
of our rights and responsibilities as gun owners, even opening the police range to us civilians and holding clinics.
Don't know which I would identify as my compensatory "penis" though...
Would it be the whalloping fast and potent .357 Magnum, or the slow... thick...
sack-dropping load
of my .45ACP?
And what about my long, deep-hitting,
powerful .308
with its extending stock and... its
ribbed barrel guard?
Oh, Oh! OH... Damn.
I think I need to go... uh...
clean my guns.
;D