The M14 Rifle - U.S. Army Training Film

U.S. RIFLE, CALIBER 7.62MM, M14
OPERATION AND CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 36734 / Local Identifier 111-TF-2970

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
(09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964).

Included in the U.S. ARMY TRAINING FILM:

• DESIGN AND CAPABILITIES
• FIELD STRIPPING PROVISIONS
• CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING
• FEEDING, CHAMBERING, LOCKING, FIRING, ETC.
• SEMIAUTOMATIC AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION

I Hate Obama Because He's Black?

Sarcastic title points to the lunacy of the argument that any opposition to President Obama's policies automatically makes us a Racist.

It's true, his color doesn't matter.

What matters is his poor character, his lies and deceit, his oppressive policies and his incompetence.

No, I don't hate President Obama on a personal level.

But, I absolutely hate his policies and actions.

Fact is, it means nothing that the title of this article is not true and is in fact a lie! Fact is, I will still get e-mail from people calling me a Racist.

It means nothing to them that I have loved ones of many races, including Hispanic, White, and Black, within my own family and love them very much!

It means absolutely nothing that I hate Obama's policies and what he is doing to our nation - but I could careless what color the bozo happens to be.

The Left, those die hard Obama supporters out there, will believe what it wants to believe - including that Obama is honest, that Islam is a religion of peace, and the earth is flat.

It means nothing to them that after the Kenyan shopping mall massacre, after the reported torture of innocent Non-Muslims at the hands of Muslims that President Obama has decided to reward those murderous bastards by declaring November National Muslim Appreciation Month in the United States.

It's true! And yes, as amazing as that is, it's also true that Liberals see nothing wrong with that!
President Barack Obama held a press conference to announce that he is declaring the month of November "National Muslim Appreciation Month" in the United States.

Yes, this came out of the President's mouth just a day after Muslims completed the Nairobi mall massacre in Kenya.

Muslims have a disgusting attitude toward human life - they have a blood lust uncompared to other races.  They LOVE death and killing.

And no, they haven't shown me or the world differently.

Kenyan soldiers reported horrific torture taking place at the hand of the Muslim terrorists in the Nairobi mall massacre on the September 25th.

They claimed hostages were dismembered, had their eyes gouged out, were left hanging from hooks in the ceiling, and much more.

Men were said to have been castrated and had fingers removed with pliers before being blinded and hanged during the four day siege.

Children were found dead in the food court fridges with knives still embedded in their bodies, it was claimed.

Most of the defeated Muslim terrorists were reportedly "burnt to ashes" after the last Muslim standing set the place on fire to try to protect their identities.

The horrifying details came yesterday as the first pictures emerged from within the wreckage of the building, showing piles of bodies left strewn across the floor.

A third of the mall was destroyed in the battle between the Muslim terrorists and Kenyan troops.

One mall massacre survivor smeared herself in the blood of teenage victim to make gunmen think she was dead.

And yes, as many as 71 Non-Muslim civilians who have been declared missing by the Kenyan Red Cross - all courtesy of the religion of Islam.

With detectives, including the FBI and the Metropolitan Police, still unable to reach the wrecked part of the mall for fear of setting off explosives, it could take up to a week to determine exactly who is still inside.

Yesterday, soldiers and doctors who were among the first people into the mall after it was reclaimed on Tuesday, spoke of the horrifying scenes inside.

"You find people with hooks hanging from the roof," said one Kenyan doctor, who asked not to be named.

‘They removed eyes, ears, nose. They get your hand and sharpen it like a pencil then they tell you to write your name with the blood. They drive knives inside a child’s body.

"Actually if you look at all the bodies, unless those ones that were escaping, fingers are cut by pliers, the noses are ripped by pliers. Here it was pain."

A soldier, who took pictures at a bread counter and at the ArtCaffe, said he was so traumatised by what he saw he has had to seek counselling.

Bomb disposal experts with sniffer dogs were yesterday painstakingly combing the part of the building still standing for explosives before clearing forensic officers, police and troops to search for bodies.

Up to 150 Non-Muslims people are thought to have been killed and mutilated during the siege.

Images also emerged yesterday revealing the true extent of the destruction caused to the centre during the four-day battle between Kenyan forces and Islamic militants.

During the firefight, the Non-Muslim hostages reportedly had their throats slashed from ear to ear and were thrown screaming from third-floor balconies as the siege came to a bloody end.

Forensics teams, still sifting through the mountains of rubble, fear many more bodies are yet to be found.

Shell-shocked Kenyan troops said the inside of the Israeli-run mall resembled a "scene from a horror movie" with blood spattered everywhere and dead bodies strewn across the floor.
Between 10 and 15 Muslim terrorists are thought to have stormed the mall last Saturday, according to Kenyan officials.

The police said five insurgents were killed in the battle and at least 10 taken into custody
The main thrust of the operation began at 6am on Monday when troops and helicopters surrounded the building, but their efforts were hampered by an Al Shabaab sniper who managed to keep them back for nearly 24 hours.

As tear gas was used to try to flush him out, another Muslim terrorist reportedly blew himself up. It is believed the resulting fire may have killed dozens of innocent shoppers in a supermarket.

The following day, the Kenyan soldiers were ordered to adopt a "shoot to kill" policy and launched their final attack on the Islamic terror group on the roof of the mall at 5pm.

The mall was retaken about half an hour later.

After these reports were made public, President Barack Hussein Obama declared that November will be National Muslim Appreciation Month saying, “The Muslim community deserves our full acceptance and respect.”

But no, Obama didn't stop there, and in fact Obama had the nerve to lie to the reporters making the false claim,

“We have killed millions of Muslims overseas since the September 11th attacks. They are not all bad. In fact most of them are good. So from now on, November will be a month to celebrate the Muslim community, the Sunnah and the Quran.”

Has America "killed MILLIONS of Muslims overseas since the September 11th attacks" as Obama said?

That's news - but it answers why he doesn't care if the Muslims killed 4 Americans in Benghazi Libya!

Khaled Matei who is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood‘s Freedom and Justice Party told CNN he is pleased with Obama and his actions.

"I spoke with President Obama by telephone yesterday and personally thanked him for what he is doing for the Muslim community," Matei said.

"This is definitely a step in the right direction I explained to him. Praise Allah."

Obama informed reporters about his future plans for helping Muslims around the world.

"I will be working with Congress in making it easier for Muslims to earn a Green Card and achieve American citizenship,” Obama said.

“Currently as it stands, obtaining a Visa or Green Card for a Muslim is very difficult. There are too many background checks in place and I plan to fix that.”

Obama continued, “Muslims are hardworking people who are just looking to live the American Dream like the rest of us. Mr. Matei of the Muslim Brotherhood assured me they want to come to this country to help us, not harm us."

Obama finished the press conference by explaining to reporters how happy he is with America.

"Folks, there is no way we could have had a ‘National Muslim Appreciation Month’ 20 years ago. That really says a lot about the growth and progress of this great country."

The "National Muslim Appreciation Month" begins November 1st and will end at midnight on November 30th.

This is how President Barack Hussein Obama rewards Muslim Terrorist for the Nairobi mall massacre in Kenya - by giving them a "National Muslim Appreciation Month."

Is he sick or what? Is he mentally unstable to do such a thing right after the Nairobi mall massacre in Kenya? Just how insensitive can he be - or does he even care?

Of course, none of this matters because I must be a Racist for making this public or questioning his motives and timing.

None of this means anything to Obama supporters because they believe, without a shred of evidence other than what's in their our sick freaking hearts that I am a Racist!

I must be Racist if I care that an elected President is so incompetent and hateful that he is systematically tearing this country apart economically, financially, and morally.

I am a Racist because I disagree with his asinine behavior on the world stage and has decided to divide Americans instead of unite us.

I must be a Racist, I must hate Obama because he is black, why else would I hate what he's doing?

How about you look at a few of the figures in the picture below and you tell me why I hate his policies? How about the fact that his policies have been proven for a fact that they aren't working and are detrimental to our nation?

Does my opposing the President and saying this make me a Racist? It does not!

But folks, I'm sick and tired of the e-mails from jerkweed Obama supporters calling me such for absolutely no reason.

According to Obama supporters, I have to be Racists to tell the truth about the economy, ObamaCare, his use of Federal Government agencies to attack Conservative Americans, his abuse of power when it comes to his spying on his political opponents, his use of the Justice Department to shield  black on white crimes yet embolden racism by attacking a man who defended his life from a young punk trying to kill him, his lavishness in office at the expensive of the American Taxpayer, his idea of change is destruction.

Yes, ignore the facts and avoid be called a Racist - or pay attention to the facts and be labeled a Racist for hating what the head of our Government is doing.

If I am a Racist, than it is because I hate the race of people who are defined by their apathetic self-indulgence at the expense of the American people.

Do I hate Obama? No, but I absolutely hate his policies and their effects on America.

By ripping us apart and completely putting himself above the law, by showing his complete incompetence when dealing with our enemies, and his overt contempt for the American people, he is nothing but a wannabe dispute, a Muslim cleric in waiting, a phony, a fraud, a joke to our enemies, and danger to America.

If he were white and a woman, and named Hillary Clinton, instead of being just HALF Black and a Muslim, would I still be considered a Racist because I hate the President's policies and actions.

Yes, I would!

Today, the Obama administration in concert with the liberal media has set a standard now set to where if anyone disagrees with a Liberal Socialist Democrat who breaks the law and assumes the position of Dictator in our country - that that person must be the one at fault and not the dictator either him or herself.

In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Cassius says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Cassius, a nobleman, is speaking with his friend, Brutus, and trying to persuade him that, in the best interests of the public, Julius Caesar must be stopped from becoming monarch of Rome.

Brutus is aware of Caesar's intentions, and is torn between his love of his friend Caesar and his duty to the republic.

Cassius continues by reminding Brutus that Caesar is just a man, not a god, and that they are equal men to Caesar.

They were all born equally free, and so why would they suddenly have to bow to another man? On another level this phrase has been interpreted to mean that fate is not what drives men to their decisions and actions, but rather the human condition.

The famous CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow once wrote this about a power hunger individual in our government who was completely out of control, who he thought should be opposed.

He said:

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's [President Obama's] methods to keep silent, or for those who approve.

We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result.

There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age.

We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin [President Obama] have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies.

And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it -- and rather successfully.

Cassius was right. 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.'"

If I am to be labeled a Racist because I voice my opinion in that I see Obama as a threat to our nation that same way that I thought Richard Nixon was as well, than so be it.

It would be a lie to label me a Racist, but that doesn't stop those who defend Obama with any weapon they can find - especially lies and threats.

I agree with Mr Murrow, we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home!

And yes, understanding history and the needs of our nation, the fault would indeed be ours if we do not oppose President Obama and his reckless policies.

  Story by Tom Correa

ObamaCare Doctor Visits - Not A Funny Story

Dear Readers,

As most of you know, every once in a while I get an e-mail that I share with you. An old friend sent me this.

It's a story that's not all that funny - but it does speak to what Americans may be going through very soon under ObamaCare.

The Medical Appointment

I visited a physician last week who was quite enthusiastic. She was a “new” doctor in the practice, a young lady young enough to be my daughter - yes, at my age, everybody is “young” and "young enough to be my daughter"!

She was obviously a liberal by her dress and manner. She asked me what was wrong, and I replied, “I have a cut on my leg, and I think it may be getting infected.”

She stopped me with a wave of her hand and grabbed a clipboard, then she said, “Before we start, I have to ask you a few questions. Are you allergic to any medications?”

I replied, “No.”

She said, “Do you have any guns in the house?”

I said, “HUH??”

She replied, “Guns. Do you have any guns in the house?”

I asked, “Why?”

She said, “I’ve got to ask this question. It is required under the Affordable Care Act.”

I asked, “What are you going to do with the data?”

She said, “We compile it, amalgamate it, and submit it to the government.”

I said, “Well, I have a Tommy Gun. I let my kid Tommy play with it.”

She said, “What’s a Tommy Gun? I don‘t think that is the kind of gun they are concerned with.”

With that, I knew I had a live one!

I said, “It’s similar to a B.A.R., but a little heavier and shorter. I have a B.A.R. also.”

She said, “A B.A.R.?”

I said, “Yes.”

She looked puzzled. Then she brightened up and asked, “Do you have any assault rifles?”

I attempted to look puzzled, and said, “I don’t know. What is an assault rifle?”

She said, “That’s a gun that is used in wars.”

I said, “As a matter of fact, I do. I have a replica of a Revolutionary War musket.”

She began to look a bit exasperated. I pretended not to notice and kept up the appearance of trying to be helpful.

She said, “Do you have anything more modern than that?”

I replied, “Well, yes I do. I have a replica muzzle loader from the Civil War. Do you know the difference between a musket and a muzzle loader?”

She rather peevishly said, “No, I don’t! And I don’t want to. What else do you have?”

I said, “I have an M-1.”

She asked, “What’s that?”

I said, “A rifle.”

She asked, “What kind?”

I replied, “It is called a Garand.”

She rather loudly said, “I don’t care if it is a grand rifle or not. Is it an assault rifle?”

To which I replied, “I don’t know. I don’t know what an assault rifle is. You say it’s a rifle used in war, yet you say that my musket and muzzle loader are not assault rifles.”

She calmed down a bit and asked, “Anything else?”

I said, “I have an MG-.30, and an MG-.50. I‘m also part owner of an Apache. But they are not rifles.”

She stated, “Well, then, I’m not interested in them. Anything else?”

I replied, “Well, yes. I also have a dozen 12-gauge pumps. They are not rifled though.”

She said, “I’m not interested in pumps; I’m interested in guns!”

I replied, “Well, then, I have a Colt, a Luger, a Glock, a bazooka, a Parabellum, a Kalishnikov, a Henry, an Uzi, a Llama, and a Beretta -- but they are not rifles.”

She then said, “I’ve had enough of this. I think you’re toying with me. Let me see your leg.”

I then said, “Excuse me, but before you look at my leg, I have a few questions to ask of you.”

She replied, “Of course. What are they?”

I said, “I have given you a lot of information about my guns. I am somewhat concerned about your knowledge and ability to assimilate, make coherent sense of that information, and report it correctly. Do you know the difference between a .22 caliber and a .223 caliber? It’s a rather fundamental difference.”

She replied, “Actually, I don’t.”

I said, “I see. Let me ask some more relevant questions. How much money do you make?”

She said, “That’s personal, why do you ask?”

I said, “Well, in pushing the Health Care Act, my president cautioned the population about doctors that would amputate a leg rather than treat a cut because they make more money that way. Consequently, I wish to know if you are financially troubled. What kind of car do you drive? What are your house payments? How much is your mortgage? How much credit card debt do you have? Do you have a student loan; if so, how much?”

She said, “I’m not going to answer those questions. You have no right to ask them.”

I then asked, “Do you have training and education in homeopathic techniques? Do you know the benefits/effects of CoQ10, ginseng, fish oil, Creatine, BCAA, and other such herbal treatments? Do you know the difference between Panax ginseng, American ginseng, and Siberian ginseng?”

She replied, “Well, No!”

I then asked, ”Well, have you studied it at all?”

She replied rather defensively, “NO, it’s all a bunch of hogwash anyway!”

I said, “Oh, then you have read the research on it. What have you read?”

She then said, “I don’t waste my time reading such things. Why are you asking me these questions?”

I said, “Well, if I’m going to turn my body over to you for treatment, I believe it is reasonable for me to know something about your motivation, training, experience, and competence. Do you know anything about the practice of holistic medicine?”

She said, rather angrily “No, I don’t!”

I said, “Oh. Okay. How much experience do you have in practicing medicine?”

She replied, “Well, not very much.”

To which I said, “Well, we all have to start somewhere. What medical school did you go to? What is its rank in terms of other medical schools? Where did you intern?  Where did you do your residency? What is the rank of the hospital where you did your internship and residency?”

She rather peevishly said, “All my credentials are posted in the waiting room.”

To which I said, “Really? The rank of your medical school is posted in the waiting room? Do you have any experience with leg injuries? If so, how much?”

I guess that was too much for her. She got angry and said, “I think it would be best if you saw a different doctor.” ... and started to leave the room.

I said, “You know, doctor. You asked me irrelevant questions about my guns, and I answered them. Whether or not I own guns is really none of your business and has absolutely nothing to do with any treatment you might prescribe. On the other hand, I ask you questions quite relevant to my situation, and you refuse to answer them. Isn’t that somewhat backwards?”
She said, “But I HAVE to ask those questions. I don't like it! It’s the law under ObamaCare!”

"That being the case," I said, "You may now look at my leg if you want to."

Oil & Gas Industry: Facts & Trivia - Part Two

 

After putting out Oil and Gas Industry: Facts & Trivia - Part One, there was one fact that people have written to ask about.

It's about the Shareholders in the Oil and Gas Industry, and who owns how much of the pie?

Well, whether Liberal politicians and Environmental extremists want to acknowledge the truth or not, it is a cold hard fact that the majority of shares are owned by Private and Public Pension and Retirement Funds.

According to a study by Sonecon, the group who owns the most shares of publicly held oil and natural gas companies are Private and Public Funds. 

Nearly half of all of the shares of U.S.-based oil and natural gas companies are held by Public and Private Pension and Retirement Plans, including 401(k)s, and IRA’s.

Corporate management owns less than 3%, that's right three percent, of the oil and natural gas industry. 

So when you hear someone say those "fat cats" in the Oil and Gas Industry are getting rich, please remember that the only "fat cats" who are getting rich off the Oil and Gas Industry are in Washington DC.

To my knowledge, there are no "fat cats" getting rich off of Private and Public Pension and Retirement Funds.

From what country did the U.S. import the most oil in 2012? How about our good neighbors to the North, Canada.

It's true! Our Number 1 trading partner is also our Number 1 supplier of imported oil to the economic benefit of both the U.S. and Canada.

Innovation and investment by America’s oil companies has increased the safe production of crude oil in America to its highest level since October, 1992.

Yes, at the end of 2012, U.S. field production of crude oil was more than 7.12 million barrels a day.

The last month it was that high who when George H.W. Bush was president.

What percentage of the Outer Continental Shelf is off-limits to oil and natural gas development? 

How about 87%!

Increased access, both onshore and offshore, could add more than 4 million barrels’ worth of oil and natural gas to the United States by 2020. And yes, that's per day!

The U.S. oil and natural gas industry’s average effective tax rate from 2006-2011 was 44% - which of course means that the oil and gas industry definitely pays its fair share of income taxes. 

Actually, it is a fact that the oil and gas industry pays more taxes than any other industry in the U.S.

The whacko environmentalist who would love to see Americans living in huts and eating leaves and berries might want Americans to think differently, but it is a fact that our oil and gas industry pays more in taxes than anyone else.

According to the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. consumed 95 quadrillion BTUs of energy in 2012.

So how much of that was supplied by oil and natural gas? 

How about more than 60%!

Most folks probably don't realize that Oil and Natural Gas supplied more than 60.62 quadrillion BTUs, or 63.77%, of the energy the U.S. consumed in 2012.

The Key to America's Energy Security


The domestic oil and natural gas industry supports 9.2 million American jobs and 7.7 percent of the U.S. economy, while producing 51 percent of all the oil and petroleum products Americans consume.

Every day, the industry fills state and federal government coffers with more than $86 million in taxes, fees and royalties.

All while investing more than $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

There is no question that a thriving domestic oil and gas industry is vital to America’s energy and economic security.

And did you know that, with the right policies in place, the industry can contribute even more?

In fact, U.S. and Canadian supplies can provide 100 percent of our liquid fuel needs by 2030 with the implementation of two straight-forward policies:

1) accessing U.S. oil and natural gas reserves that are currently off-limits; and
2) partnering with our friendly neighbor to the north, Canada, in the development of the Keystone XL pipeline.

A recent study found that U.S. State Department approval of the pipeline expansion could bring an extra 830,000 barrels of oil per day.

That is equal to about half of what is currently imported from the Persian Gulf. Canada has long been a vital partner in delivering American energy security.

It currently supplies 25 percent of U.S. oil imports - more than any other country in the world.

In addition to powering America with reliable supplies of energy, in 2010 alone, the industry delivered benefits to the U.S. economy roughly equivalent to 60 percent of the government's 2009 stimulus package.

That's right, $476 billion in industry benefits - compared to $787 billion in planned government stimulus expenditures.

$266 billion in new U.S. capital project investment, $176 billion in wages and $35 billion in 2010 dividends also spur growth in manufacturing, transportation, technology, accounting services and in the larger U.S. economy.

We've already talked about how the oil and gas industry contributes to retirement security for millions of Americans.

A 2011 Sonecon study found that, on average, oil and gas stocks comprise 4.6 percent of state pension fund assets, yet provide 15.7 percent of the returns—a ratio of 3.4 to 1.

  So how else does the Oil and Gas Industry benefit Americans?

Well, if we had government policies that support oil and natural gas development, we can increase total supported U.S. employment by One Million jobs in seven years.

That's not just number that was pulled out of someone's hat. It is not made up like the figures that are used by that group liars in the Obama administration.

Pro-development policies, which would include increased access to federal areas that are currently off-limits to oil and natural gas production, increased permitting in the Gulf of Mexico, approval of the full Keystone XL pipeline and other initiatives, can add 1.1 million new jobs by 2020.

How do they know this? Actually, it's derived by knowing how many people you would need to employ to expand an operation. 

That is the low estimate of the manpower, the number of employees, needed if those areas were open to public use.

This would help create jobs, great paying jobs for the future, and we can tell the Middle East to shove it!

Too bad President Obama is such a great friend to Muslims and the Oil Companies that they own - of the top 15 oil companies in the world are owned by Muslim nations.

The largest American owned oil company ranks 17th in the world, but Obama and Democrats never ever mention that - or the fact that while our oil companies help to bring energy to the world, Muslim owned oil companies finance Muslim terrorism.

And yes, if you wondered, the answer is yes - Obama's pro-foreign oil stance is a pro-Muslim stance.