A view from the ground in Ferguson

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Wednesday August 20, 2014 · 8:28 AM PDT

2014/08/20 · 08:28

I am from St. Louis. I have lived in Florrisant, which borders Ferguson. I attended school in the Ferguson-Florrisant school district and my parents still live in Florissant. So this situation really hits close to home.

The Ferguson resident in the linked news report is someone I have known for over 30 years, Bobbi Wilt. She was interviewed because she just happened to be outside watering her plants.

http://www.kshb.com/...

Finally, an NRA member who is tired of Ted Nugent

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Tuesday August 19, 2014 · 2:45 PM PDT

2014/08/19 · 14:45

I've been waiting for years for someone in the NRA to denounce Ted Nugent.

A business owner, NRA member, and newspaper columnist in South Dakota is unhappy with Ted Nugent, and it’s easy to see why.
Frank Carroll, co-owner of Professional Forest Management, LCC, which hosted a 2013 NRA banquet in Crazy Horse, South Dakota, pulled no punches in an August 12 column condemning not only Nugent’s use of offensive language, but the lack of punitive action by NRA leaders.
- See more at: http://www.alloutdoor.com/...

Truly scary movie

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Tuesday July 08, 2014 · 7:10 AM PDT

2014/07/08 · 07:10

We watched the 1992 movie "Rain Without Thunder" last weekend. It was one of the most frightening things I have ever seen.

There were no explosions, no gory body parts, no Satanists sacrificing virgins. It is a fictional documentary about the conviction of a well-to-do white woman and her mother for the crime of 'fetal murder'.

These two women are the test case for the new part of the law, which makes it a crime to 'kidnap' a fetus and take it to another country where abortion is legal, thus closing the loophole where well-off women go somewhere else to terminate their pregnancies.

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Tuesday June 17, 2014 · 11:35 AM PDT

2014/06/17 · 11:35

Here is an example of an armed homeowner defending himself against armed intruders.

It is offered without further comment.

http://www.stltoday.com/...

A few thoughts on Boston...

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Tuesday April 16, 2013 · 6:10 AM PDT

2013/04/16 · 06:10

I firmly believe that this will turn out to be the work of tea party extremists. The Muslim groups, secure in their beliefs, however evil they are, embrace their evil and take full credit for their actions.

These cowards do not possess the strength of their convictions and so do not stand up and claim responsibility. They have no concept of the actual destructive force of this type of explosive and so did not anticipate the carnage that resulted.

Right now, there a number of people cowering under their covers, praying that there was not enough left of the devices to tie them back to them. But their prayers are futile.

They will be identified. They will be captured. They will be tried. And they will be held up to the scorn of the entire world as an example of what happened when rhetoric overtakes reason. When ignorance and hatred trumps compassion. When contempt for a government results in the death of an 8 year old child.

And maybe, just maybe, we can begin to see that there is a line that crosses from free speech into treason.

My response to Sam Graves

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Thursday December 13, 2012 · 5:52 PM PST

2012/12/13 · 17:52

I wrote to my Representative Sam Graves a few days ago asking him to stop holding the middle class tax cuts hostage. He sent back a pretty boilerplate letter, which I have cut and pasted below the fold.

Here is my response to his boilerplate.

Mr. Graves:

While I agree that there are serious issues with our tax code, and the deficit is indeed a problem, as a computer programmer I feel that you are in error in your approach to these issues.

The first rule of programming is to break the problem down into manageable parts, and the first part of these issues that needs to be addressed is the middle class tax cuts. I am fortunate to have a good job, so fortunate that these tax increases in income tax and FICA are going to cost me somewhere around $6000.00 next year. That means that I can't afford to replace my 10 year old car, since that $500.00/month would be my car payment.

So that's one car that won't be sold next year because the Republicans are holding that $6000 hostage in an effort to solve the entire universe of problems in some 'grand bargain'.

Fix the pieces that are fixable and worry about the rest in small chunks that are manageable and easy to explain to the public.

You want to improve the public perception of the Republican party? Start acting like people who are actually concerned about the common good, and less concerned about what party is in power.

I would much rather see 100 pieces of legislation that address 100 specific problems, rather than one huge omnibus bill that is impossible to understand, let alone implement.

Thank you for your time,

-Paul McNary

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