Um. Okay. No bailout for now.

[xiphias]

So, the House Republicans -- as well as a pretty good number of House Democrats -- have rejected the bailout plan.

I have absolutely no idea if this is a good thing or a bad thing. None whatsoever.

In general, though, if this means that they have to go back and put together a new plan that actually has THOUGHT behind it, one that they can EXPLAIN to people, I suspect that would be a good thing. I was uncomfortable with the "AAAGHHH! PASS THIS BILL NOW SKY FALLING EMERGENCY DANGER WILL ROBINSON GIVE US MONEY THIS SECOND" thing.

I could very well be wrong. Maybe I ought to be buying a shotgun and rifle and stocking up on canned goods -- I have no idea.

. . . I kinda want a .22 bolt action rifle, anyway . . .

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[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've seen the books, but not read them. The gun geek in me wants to pick holes in that tactic. There's a bunch of more accurate, more powerful, longer range rounds that would work better on targets that require headshots. But then, I watch too much Futureweapons on TV. Maybe the vast wealth of .22 ammo would be a factor, we have tons of ammo in that caliber. But if a partial kill just leaves you with a biohazzard, .223 is still a lot better, and we have a lot of that too.

Mel and Max, it's interesting when talent runs in families. Mel was solidly an entertainment genius, and I know a lot of people think well of those two books.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Sure, there's plenty of .223 around.

But it's not in every single Wal-Mart in the remnants of the United States. Okay, you have to be careful entering the Wal-Marts, because there are probably a bunch of zombies still in them (if bitten people died in there, and then, in the twelve hours before they arose as zombies, the power went out, they're not going to be able to figure out how to open the powerless electric doors), but, once you draw them to the door and whack them over the head with a crowbar or hatchet, then you can resupply your entire team.

The advantage of the .22 is not only how much of it there is -- it's its ubiquity.

And there's no such thing as a partial kill with a zombie. If it's still moving, just line up a second shot.