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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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Sullivan column

Thank you, Joe Sullivan. You and I live the same kind of life, but miles apart, in your stories. I went through a lot like you did, but we're stronger and better for living like we do. Thanks for your beautiful stories.

Guns in Mexico

I would like to make a comment about the president. He wants to come up with gun control, yet his department gave guns to cartels in Mexico. I wonder what would happen if one of those guns would have been used in a school shooting.

Evil people, not guns

I like what the president of the NRA said. I think he made a good point. It's not the guns killing people, it's evil people doing the killing. Evil people kill people, not guns.

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Sullivan column: Who

Guns in Mexico: Bad guys will get a gun no matter what kind of gun control we have.

Evil people, not guns: Very true, the question is how to keep the evil and mental deranged from getting a gun.

Since my girlfriend and I were not invited to the inaugural ball, we danced to the music anyway.

-- Posted by semo471 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 8:33 AM

Agriculture and Mining

-- Posted by left turn on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 10:37 AM

Agriculture and Mechanical

-- Posted by dab1969 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:04 PM

Killers' profiles

Interesting! Wouldn't you know it!

AS the "gun control" debate heats up, I dare say no one will have the fortitude to ask the political party affiliation question...

"Why is it the progressive liberal that steals guns then go and kill movie goers and children in school has never been a NRA member?"

Ft Hood - Registered Democrat- Muslim

Columbine - Too young to vote - both families were registered democrats and progressive liberals

VA Tech - Wrote hate mail to Pres Bush and to his staff. Registered Democrat

Colorado Theater - Registered Democrat, staff worker on the Obama campaign, occupy wall street participant, progressive liberal

Connecticut School Shooter - Registered Democrat, hated Christians

Common thread is that all of these shooters were progressive liberal democrats."

Interesting...isn't it

-- Posted by dab1969 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:05 PM

dab1969: After looking at your stats, the solution to gun control is to shoot all democrats under the age of 30.

-- Posted by semo471 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:15 PM

Please prove that all of the shooters were Democrats. I would like to see some documentation on that. If you are going to make an outlandish claim like that, you should be able to prove it.

-- Posted by jswonger on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:34 PM

Better read Semo471's post again. He didn't say that.

-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:49 PM

Wheels: Some people don't understand my dry sense of humor.

-- Posted by semo471 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 12:54 PM

I didn't make the statement, but some simple research says that it can't be confirmed that they were democrats. What does Obama's speech have to do with my statement that the shooters weren't Democrats?

-- Posted by jswonger on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 1:44 PM

Snopes for the Dmocratic Shooters.

Wikipedia for Fast and Furious.

-- Posted by jswonger on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 2:14 PM

jswonger, Give up. As you see, there is a small group who troll 24/7/365. If asked to back up a laughable claim with their source, they immediately attack.

Read, enjoy, laugh knowing their endless nonsensical tirades will give their loving family members the evidence they need. :0)

-- Posted by ortega on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 2:15 PM

Been busy and didn't know I stirred up a sh*tstorm. I pasted that registered/Democrat post. Dont like it,prove they aren't.

-- Posted by dab1969 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 2:30 PM

Here's how it works . . .you tell a bunch of middle aged, middle class, hard working folks what they ought to be afraid of, and who's to blame for it, and you try to get legislation passed. The more you scare the parents and grandparents about those evil guns, the more likely you get them to rise up and demand "SOMETHING (ANYTHING) NEEDS TO BE DONE!!"

The reason you preach to the choir? To make them sing.

-- Posted by Cogito on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 4:32 PM

jswonger..... GEEZ.... do you know who runs snopes??? Obama's best friend.

Read a REAL article, not PROPAGANDA

-- Posted by maxsmom13 on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 6:07 PM

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is because

"The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves."

Thus ends today's lesson in irony.

-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Tue, Jan 22, 2013, at 8:43 PM

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