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Posted on November 24 at 3:49 p.m.
I smell a revolution in the making. When people in mass numbers feel they have nothing to lose, things are not good.
Posted on November 23 at 11:18 p.m.
To anyone who believes there is no attack on the 2nd Amendment by government officials, I suggest they read Senator Barbara Boxer’s autobiography “Strangers in The Senate.” On page 179, Boxer writes: “Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island has introduced a bill to prohibit the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns or handgun ammunition; the only exception would be for law enforcement, military guards, or antique collectors and regulated handgun clubs. Senator Chafee calls his bill the ‘Public Health and Safety Act,’ and that’s an appropriate name.”
For the next four pages she quotes Chafee after which Boxer writes: “Waiting periods may well help, and I support them, but I do believe that Senator Chafee’s approach will lead to a better America.” (Funny how she doesn’t mention this on her website.)
You should be able to check out this book from the Goleta public library. (That is where I found out about this)
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Posted on November 23 at 7:29 p.m.
"in fact, moderate consumption of cannabis has shown to improve the safety of drivers."
Why haven't race car drivers advocated this?
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Posted on November 23 at 7:24 p.m.
Attached to this is the whole "hate crimes" politics. It doesn't matter to me if someone assaults me because of my ethnicity, sexual orientation, or because they are convinced their dog told them I was the Antichrist. What matters is that I've been assaulted. Same deal with killing a cop: Why should someone get more time in jail or the death penalty because it turns out the person who was killed was a police officer?
Assault, murder and sexual harrassment are bad no matter who is doing it to who, and politicizing it only reenforces the divide that contributes to these attitudes.
As the article about Matthew Shepard point out here was a case where a person was murdered in a gruesome way and the case was politicized as the landmark case of gay bashing while as the article points out, there is much evidence that it was a case of methheads killing one of their own and that one of them was in fact bisexual which shoots the gay bashing theory to bits.
That having been said, human nature is an ugly thing and from the time we are kids we laugh at and osctracize any one who is different from us and whoever is not part of the dominant group is a target. Of course what also plays into this is the fact that the schools are powerless to deal with bullies of any kind. Imagine what would happen if some kids at school gay bashed some kid and instead of all the "sensitivity training" indoctrination, the bashers were treated to a good swift paddling and THEN sent home to their parents.
It all gets back to teaching kids manners and self control.
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Posted on November 23 at 3:40 a.m.
As I say, DonMcDermott hit the nail on the head in his first post, but lost me on the second post because the fact remains that within oppressed demographics, there are those who are intolerant. (And to suggest that the mere use of the term "militant gays" is somehow intolerant makes my point) In short, there *are* militant gays who have an agenda, just as there are militant right wingers.
What happened here is that you had a kid who obviously was out of touch with reality and who was so controlled by his sex drive that he didn't get it that hitting on his straight classmates was not a good idea. On the other side people need to get over themselves and not freak out when gays make passes at them. Perhaps if people were taught how to reject someone without either feeling guilty for doing so, and learned that just because someone showing an interest doesn't justify hurting them in ANY way, Lawrence King would be alive.
I've had gay men come on to me and I treat them as I would want a woman rejecting me to treat me: with dignity. I politely say I'm not interested and move on so if people are secure enough within their sexualities they won't freak out and either react violently or scream "sexual harassment" when a person they do not desire shows an interest in them.
Ironically, the Matthew Shepard murder has a side to it that not many people know about that was covered by the reliable mainstream news outlet ABC. The third and fourth pages of the link I post will shock you. It's an story from 2004 that you will not hear about due to the contentious nature of the story.
Posted on November 23 at 3:14 a.m.
I could not open the following link but maybe you all will have better luck doing so. The link is to a story KEYT ran about conceal and carry laws locally last (Sunday) night.
As for banning machetes, I'd also ban baseball bats and knives since they are so often used in gang-related violence.
Remember: "We're from the government and we're here to help you".
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Posted on November 23 at 3:04 a.m.
DonMcDermott's first post was right on target.
Posted on November 22 at 3:34 p.m.
"No guns means zero crime, right?"
For sure! Apart from about 500,000 people killed by machete accidents in Rwanda there is no crime there.
Posted on November 22 at 4:30 a.m.
Judge Ochoa handled the following case:
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Posted on November 25 at 3:33 a.m.
Good for Falcone for calling it like it is and Holly for pointing out how not everyone is young and able bodied.
Considering the fact that the proposed plan in question would make it more difficult for the elderly to access the area I'm thinking De la Guerra Plaza should be renamed "Logan's Run".
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