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Chuckle8 - I'll have to look up the "Militia Act of 1787" next time I'm doing some light reading. Is it safe to say that post dates the 2nd amendment? Will you agree that the Founders feared out of control government? And the sheer number of gun owners in this country certainly constitutes a "militia" of sorts. The 2nd, doesn't say "well organized", it says "well regulated", and that we are. Most of us don't go around shooting the place up because it's illegal if for no other reason.
As far as I know, Thom has never correlated gun violence with economics here on this blog, and no, I don't listen to his program on the air. What I hear him saying in this forum is the same old tired cliche crap about survivors of gun violence "deserving a vote". None of us has a "vote" anymore on issues of far greater significance than Newtown, including war. So I get really impatient with these diversions.
Yes, you're right about "no place like home" (for all its warts). Got to Taiwan a half dozen times and heard about Snake Alley but never had a chance to see it. And I never got to mainland China, even the New Territories - wish I had. But I love the Chinese culture and especially their food. Very friendly, family oriented people. I've found that people are basically the same everywhere. It's us who are the odd ducks!
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I wonder if anyone in this blog listens to Thom.
He says the main cause of our gun violence is the inequality in wealth and income. None of the comments seems to address that issue.
How does one interpret a 2nd amendent that says "a well regulated militia" to say that the 2nd amendment implies it is meant to defend ourselves from our own government? Incidentally, what was meant by a militia was well defined by the "Militia Act of 1787".
Palindromedary you provided the best reason for owning a Bushmaster. For those of us not well trained with weapons, it provides a useful tool for dealing with pit bulls and other similar predatory dogs. In spite of that, the only statistic I have heard that makes sense is that when assualt weapons ban expired, the number of deaths from assault weapons tripled. Why not just reinstate the assault weapons ban?
Outback: I have been to those places, except Taiwan (but I had heard stories about "Snake Alley", in Taiwan, and their famous snake-poison drink used as an aphrodisiac). I was actually supposed to go to Taiwan (although it wasn't originally planned) after I finished in Shanghai but I got sick and turned down the proposal and headed home (to the US). There's no place like home!
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Well hey, SHFabian, you make some good points! But can you define "punk nation" for us illiterates? I have no idea what that means. Also, I gather you're a smoker, and I'm here to say you CAN give it up. I did after forty some years. As a former First Lady was fond of saying "just say no". I'm not saying it was easy, mind you. It was necessary for me to cary the same pack of cigarettes around in my shirt pocket for about two years, periodically pull it out and glare at it, but I'm happy to be off the filthy things. Now I spend my small amount of excess Social Security money on bullets, practicing down at the range so that I can get off clean shots at the homeless from my gas hog vehicle....
MMmmNACHOS ~ Your comments about Kend are correct. However, you fail to see that he makes a rather amusing cat toy. Especially for the bigger cat. Meow!
Revenge, maybe? Assaults/murders of our homeless have actually become a sort of sport in the US, at least since the 1990s. On guns, it seems to me that we need to tax bullets like we tax tobacco, imposing enough taxes to raise the cost by at least 500%. Beyond this, as you report it, your story just doesn't add up or sound legitimate for a number of reasons. I think what really happened is that some guy was driving around, probably in a BMW, looking for something to do. He spotted a lone person who appeared to be homeless sitting on a bench, and flung a molotov cocktail at him (actually, probably shot him, snce it was surely a gun nut who would do that).
On Democrats supporting yet another tax hike on tobacco, drop the latte liberalism and think. This is yet another hardship mainly on older people on fixed incomes, during a time of tremendous stress. Cigarets went from about 50 cents per pack to over $7.00, mostly in taxes, so that we can maintain a healthy agenda of permanent warfare. This is yet another example of America's punk government, targeting the powerless, whether it's the elderly and disabled, babies and children, or little, comparatively undeveloped countries. Of course quitting isn't an option, and no, tobacco smoke is not a significant health threat in the US (obesity leads the way). We know the most carcinogenic type of smoke is the kind that contains oil particles, and the leading source is our addiction to private ownership of motor vehicles. The overall concern is that as a punk nation, we rely so heavfy on scapegoating various segments of the population. This has been a cultural poison that makes society unbearable. Overall, we've reached the point where we can't stand each other.
Hoo Boy! You had me going there for a minute PD! The internet being so .... cosmopolitan, one can never be sure :-) And a direct descendent of GW? OMG, that's a pedigree!
Yeah, I've kicked around the orient a bit myself. Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia. Brings a whole new meaning to "Chinese food", doesn't it? ;-)
Outback: Just jerking your chain, of course! I did, however, go to Shanghai, once, a long time ago when the tallest building across from the Huangpu river from the Bund was the Oriental Pearl Tower. It was the tallest building there at the time...before they dwarfed it with all those sky scrapers. I walked all the way from the north end of the Bund south, across the Yangpu bridge, then north to the tower and went up into the tower. On another day, I walked from the Bund to the YuYuan Park where they had a nice Tea House surrounded by a pond of large Koi swimming around it. The thing I didn't like about it was the traffic and the air pollution not to mention the disgusting things I saw rapidly floating down the river...a very fast flowing river...probably a good thing the flow was rapid, too. Another time I took a hydrofoil from Hong Kong to Macau and then up to a city in mainland China north of Macau. Very bumpy roads with very few motor vehicles...mostly bicycles. I went to Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, and the New Territories a couple of times. The first time I went without reservations and all the Hotels were booked...people were camped out at the airport. I went to Shim Sha Tsui anyway and started checking for an availability...after an hour or so, I had the Hilton call around and found a room for me out someplace up into the New Territories..they even sent a limo for me...once I got there I realized that this was a really fantastic place away from all the hustle and bustle..up into the hills and my room was overlooking a big blue body of water that had some very tall islands jutting out of the water...picture post card perfect! It was a very nice hotel...there was even a Royals Royce parked in the garage. The room was very roomy, with an eat-in kitchen, and like I said a perfect view of those jutting islands viewed right through my large picture windows. Those islands were at least twice or three times taller than their base. So far, I have been unable to locate that place on Google Earth...like finding needle in a haystack.
No, I was born and raised here in the good ol' US of A...even related to George Washington...so I hear tell from other relatives who have done the genealogy thing.
I like your view.
Will someone please tell me why one would want to balance the budget. Balancing the budget seems always to hurt the economy. The only time it works is when the economy is booming like it was in Canada in the 90's.
To you I offer Thoms favorite double negative, " I dont disagree".
PD: "DAnnemarc..but here, in Shanghai, they eat cats...."
PD, You're in Shanghai? You English is exellent ;-) WTF are you doing there, if I may ask?
Or are you just jerking our chain?
DAnnemarc..but here, in Shanghai, they eat cats (oh, and also, I'm told...in a Chinese restaurant in Lawton, OK where they serve Cat Braise'). Recipe here. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that your city of Oakland is so proactive on a very bad problem in the states. Now if they could only neuter some of those bigger "cats" prowling the streets at night they might put a dent in a much bigger problem.
And, yes, I know big cats are illegal...what I am saying is that big dogs should also be illegal because they have proven themselves to be very dangerous and have killed people.
I heard, in the news, that some guy sitting in his car in front of a 7-11 was torched by a homeless man who tossed a molotov cocktail into his car. I wonder what was the reason for that? Didn't give the guy a dollar...maybe? They are getting desperate. I think you people in the states should get your politicians to ban molotov cocktails..oh, already illegal? So what good will it be to ban guns? Oh, and yet another school shooting? That CIA MKULTRA Manchurian Candidate program has got to stop. Call the White House now and tell Obama to abolish the CIA for using drugs and hypnosis to get some poor patsy to go wacko on people.
Outback ~ I feel in accordance with the wishes of "Hercules"! They seem to be in step with the demands of "Xena" the warrior princess. Only by blind obedience will "universal peace and good will" be obtained. I'm not sure if I understand the concept but "I hear and obey"...
DAnneMarc and PD - I'm on staff for a large orange, male cat named "Julius" (AKA "Hercules" at his insistence). I've been instructed to tell you he approves of your public cat box initiative and urges others to follow suit. It's only in this way, he says , that we will come to "universal peace and good will". Not certain what he's getting at, but there it is....
Palindromedary ~ My God man, spay and neuter your pets and you will find peace at night. Here in Oakland we have a Feral fix program. If you can catch the cat the city will fix it and return it too it's natural habitat for free. A great program. We have personally sponsored over 10 Ferals in our neighborhood. I agree about howling cats in heat in the middle of the night, but fixing them fixes the problem and stops unneeded reproduction.
Your idea about putting out a litter box is sound. However, why would you put out a box that is not sheltered. We have several boxes in our yard and all are under rain shelter. We consider that common sense. As far a hiding "dumps" in your garden just consider that free fertilizer.
Don't discount the contribution of cats; especially, in keeping down the population of dangerous vermin like mice and rats. These critters are credited with spreading the Bubonic Plague. I think any inconvenience posed by cats cancels out the inconvenience of the Bubonic Plague. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The last I looked having a dangerous predatory large cat on your property was against the law.
rocketman1701 ~ The cuteness of your avatar forces me to agree with anything you say.
I know, I hear you, it's about equanimity. But, I met the lawyers who made a living out of creating "Tax havens-off-shore". Do you want to take away their livelihood? Then, start there! ENRON got Skilling jail time; he was one of the' smartest guys in the room', and was well compensated for it. WE give BIG bucks to the wrong-doers in this society. AHH, greed (is) f e e l s g o o d! Now, do you know what to do next? These Bad boys live for Risk, it's like blood for Dracula.