The NRA

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 10:04 AM PDT

2008/07/09 · 10:04

(Treading on thin ice.)

Let me start out by saying gun bans aren't the answer. Regulation and other incentives are.

At issue isn't legal gun ownership. That is, and always will
be, a protected right under the second amendment. As long as you're not
a crazy, or a criminal, you can have a stockpile.

The problem is with the NRA's stance for the total deregulation of guns.

Deregulation is what happened, on a larger scale, with nuclear weapons. It promotes the escalation of weaponry. "If the criminals carry knives, I'll carry a hand gun. If the criminals are carrying hand guns than I'll carry a rifle. If the criminals are carrying a rifle, I'll carry a machine gun." Where does this stop? When everybody is counting the silos in their backyards or has the biggest wall?

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Undercover Agent McClellen

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Thursday May 29, 2008 · 7:06 AM PDT

2008/05/29 · 07:06

When I first heard of the truly awesome things that McClellan had verified in his new book, I really was expecting a different reaction from the crowd that knew all of these things all along. I must say, I am really surprised by the "he should have come forward sooner" argument.

I think this is why, we on the left, get labeled as poor war/security candidates. Some of our most vocal "strategists", the arm chair critics, Members of the "new media" and "old" have suggested pulling a, for lack of a bettter term, secret agent at the first sign of inpropriety, instead of allowing that agent to continue his quest from lapdog to alpha dog. This just isn't the way you gather information in a conflict. Whether personal, political or militarially.

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 10:58 AM PDT

2007/05/24 · 10:58

The main message I want to understand from the "fiscally resposible right", those that pissed out this compromised bill, is this, Are we in this war at all cost? Does their obsession on "winning" this war mean that we should give as much money as we can, no matter the effectivness? If that's a case, just give the president a blank check. Is this honestly the message from the right?

At times it seems like a should we amputate for a splinter, or should we sponge bath for a brain hemmorage, argument? Either we pull funding or trust that we're are progressing, even though we don't have any benchmarks to guide our progress.

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 5:26 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 17:26

I'm not sure if this is a new topic, but has anyone ever discussed the leading way the ballots are graphically designed?

I'm a graphic designer moving to Ohio. I had to vote this year, by absentee. This gave me the time to not only review the many names I'd never heard of, but it also gave me a chance to look at the layout and design of the ballot itself. (I know it's sad, but that's what we do!)

Why is it that the Republican party, and every R candidate below, listed first? I'm not sure if this is just a Michigan ballot, but I'd be interested in seeing how everybody else's ballot is layed out.

I mean I can understand why an alphabetic list based on party name would be unfairly giving "rank" to the Democrats. But then how did it go from that to a flat out leading position given to the Republican party and all of its candidates? Why not an alphabetic listing based on last name?

I'm sure it's not a big deal. But I find no logic in the decision to put them first on the ballot. Yes, I'm whining. Is this "alphadog" positioning just another attempt to grab the prime real estate in every aspect of the political process?

Welcome to the Republican party

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Sunday February 26, 2006 · 12:55 AM PST

2006/02/26 · 00:55

I just received an email regarding a cute little talk between a Liberal Democrat daughter and a Conservative Republican father. The jist was that in order to follow the liberal thought process the daughter should have to give up 1 point of her hard earned 4.0 GPA to her slacker 2.0 GPA friend, in order to equally distribute the wealth. The point was suggested that Democracy allows people to be rewarded for hard work.

The punch line? "welcome to the Republican party."

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The De-Commercialization of Christmas...

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Friday December 09, 2005 · 11:35 AM PST

2005/12/09 · 11:35

I think I found the ointment for the whole "war on Christmas" business. It's not a war on Christmas. It's the beginning of the de-commercialization of Christmas.

I was in a heated debate with a co-worker and as soon as I dropped that bomb the mailbox was silent. The right's fight to keep Christmas in Wal-mart, works against the notion that Christmas has gotten too commercial.

Merry Xmess!

Declaration of Independence (2005)

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Friday May 13, 2005 · 11:21 AM PDT

2005/05/13 · 11:21

When, in the course of American life, it becomes necessary for a group of people to reform the political structures which have connected them to each other, all of the powers of the earth and the independent and equal rights to which those laws entitle them, a respectable American should require that they declare the causes which impel them to oppose the current administration.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, and that they are given these undeniable rights by their Creator. These are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In order to secure these rights, our government is formed through a representative body, deriving their powers from the consent of the American people. Whenever a form of Democratic government becomes destructive to these goals, it is the right of the people to reform that system.
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