© Scott White

A notebook of notably noteworthy and sometimes notorious notes, thoughts and pontifications.

General Stuff

Ungrateful wretches.

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I mean, today's society.  But I repeat myself.  I saw something similar to this a few months ago.  So, I thought I would post it.   Imagine you were born in 1900. When you're 14 World War I begins and ends at 18 years old with 22 million dead. Shortly after, a global pandemic Flu called 'Spanish' ", kills 50 million people. You come out alive and … [Read more...] about Ungrateful wretches.

Combat Veterans and Cops – We’re different than you.

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We are different than the average Kyle or Karen walking down the street. We are not better. Or worse. We are different. And I will go a step further. Combat veterans who are also or have been law enforcement officers are different than Kyle, Karen and the average veteran even. As an acquaintance recently put it, we’ve been re-wired. Re-programmed. Re-taught how to deal with … [Read more...] about Combat Veterans and Cops – We’re different than you.

The Rifle…

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“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.” ― Jeff Cooper, Art of the Rifle … [Read more...] about The Rifle…