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Zimmerman "not guilty." - TB - 7/14/2013 2:13:48 AM
- Psychotic Destruction: Day One - Robert - 7/14/2013 7:13:24 PM
  - Recalling past riots, I think it was a reasonable assumption. - bowser - 7/16/2013 7:11:41 AM
    - Future riots can also be eagerly anticipated... - ER - 7/16/2013 4:41:25 PM
- In Florida, everything that happened on both sides of the confrontation was perfectly legal. - alcaray - 7/14/2013 6:19:34 PM
- It sounds like you're really looking forward to that "psychotic destruction" part. - ER - 7/14/2013 3:00:32 AM
  - Do you suppose it would have happened had there been no concealed carry? - bowser - 7/14/2013 5:17:06 AM
    - No it wouldn't have happened. - ER - 7/14/2013 5:55:12 AM
      - Saw a guy in a Wal-Mart in Florida. - bowser - 7/14/2013 6:24:23 AM
        
        Don't judge a book,,,etc - ER - 7/14/2013 1:53:08 PM
        
        I think you can make some pretty good assumptions by the way people dress. - bowser - 7/16/2013 10:05:47 AM
        
        C'mon, Bowz. - ER - 7/16/2013 8:44:01 PM
        
        Careful now! - bowser - 7/17/2013 1:37:30 AM
        
        Hoops - TB - 7/14/2013 6:44:35 PM
        
        "Hoops" that teach good gun safety practices are pretty good hoops. - alcaray - 7/14/2013 9:10:35 PM
        
        I call bullshit. - ER - 7/14/2013 7:34:21 PM
        
        You're blowing fog again. - TB - 7/14/2013 7:56:06 PM
        
        Tom, you don't have a dog in this fight... - ER - 7/14/2013 8:22:17 PM
        
        From fog right to the squid ink. - TB - 7/14/2013 8:47:50 PM
        
        It works every time. - ER - 7/14/2013 9:39:42 PM
  - This whole case wouldn't even have made the national news under normal circumstances. - TB - 7/14/2013 3:43:08 AM
    - Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. - ER - 7/14/2013 5:00:11 AM

For some awesome news - Jody - 7/16/2013 8:52:40 PM

The illusion of choice. - Jody - 7/13/2013 3:56:33 PM
- The illusion of choice is so insidious... - Jody - 7/14/2013 1:11:42 AM
  - "Take Action!" - TB - 7/14/2013 1:55:16 AM
- I tend to rely on propaganda and advertising. - ER - 7/13/2013 6:39:35 PM
  - I have figured it out... - FrankC - 7/13/2013 8:40:09 PM
    - Yeah, but do the disseminators KNOW its a lie? - ER - 7/13/2013 8:41:42 PM
  - Heh. - TB - 7/13/2013 7:40:54 PM
    - QED - ER - 7/13/2013 8:43:00 PM
- Re: The illusion of choice. - TB - 7/13/2013 5:30:11 PM
  - You will. - alcaray - 7/13/2013 11:43:25 PM
  - I know :) - Jody - 7/13/2013 6:08:52 PM

Interesting Fact of the Day re: Canadian Health Care Act - TB - 7/13/2013 7:48:36 PM
- The soul of brevity - Robert - 7/13/2013 9:21:24 PM
  - Obamacare and slavery. - bowser - 7/14/2013 12:42:15 AM
  - Another good point. - TB - 7/13/2013 9:43:56 PM
- We should adopt it. - ER - 7/13/2013 8:09:09 PM
  - Re: We should adopt it. - TB - 7/13/2013 9:25:00 PM
    - It's not what you think it is, either. - ER - 7/13/2013 11:09:37 PM
    - I've talked with a lot of Canadians about this, and none have complained. - bowser - 7/13/2013 10:31:10 PM
      - Heh. - ER - 7/13/2013 11:15:58 PM
        
        Agreed. - bowser - 7/14/2013 12:45:35 AM

Progress of Right to Carry - TB - 7/11/2013 3:38:24 AM
- We are transforming into a nation of Zimmermans: - ER - 7/12/2013 12:27:53 PM
- In Texas It used to be you could carry a gun- if it was on your hip. Seriously. n/t - RobVG - 7/11/2013 2:33:03 PM
- :) - Jody - 7/11/2013 2:30:47 PM
- And there has been a reduction in mass murders? So it's all been productive? - bowser - 7/11/2013 8:17:59 AM
  - spike in accidental gun deaths though - alcaray - 7/12/2013 1:11:39 AM
    - You sure about that? - TB - 7/12/2013 3:24:03 AM
      - There have been a lot of stories in the news, lately. - alcaray - 7/12/2013 7:36:48 PM
        
        That is not a valid measure, now more than ever. - TB - 7/12/2013 8:18:45 PM
        
        HAS THERE BEEN A REDUCTION IN MASS MURDERS? - bowser - 7/13/2013 3:34:08 AM
      - Has there been a reduction in mass murders? - bowser - 7/12/2013 6:11:09 AM
- So since '86 the laws have become increasing liberal (if you will forgive the term). - alcaray - 7/11/2013 7:28:27 AM

Progress on the right to whip it out - Jody - 7/11/2013 6:08:58 PM
- "When in doubt, I'll whip it out. I got me a rock'n'roll band"- -- Ted Nugent - ER - 7/11/2013 7:45:40 PM
  - :) - Jody - 7/11/2013 11:00:59 PM

Making sense of the Arab Spring - ER - 7/9/2013 6:09:24 PM
- I wonder. - bowser - 7/11/2013 8:19:29 AM

This case just gets stranger and stranger - ER - 7/5/2013 6:12:40 PM
- This is one of those things. - bowser - 7/8/2013 4:42:08 AM
  - Or maybe we do pretty much know the story. - alcaray - 7/9/2013 12:38:30 AM
    - Re: Or maybe we do pretty much know the story. - bowser - 7/9/2013 6:49:06 AM
      - Asking questions like that is how conspiracists come up with trash emails. - alcaray - 7/10/2013 5:27:20 PM
        
        What I implied and what I didn't. - bowser - 7/10/2013 8:04:06 PM
        
        Maybe I read too much into your post. Sorry, if so. - alcaray - 7/10/2013 8:37:58 PM

Politics of a tragedy - RobVG - 7/9/2013 4:53:30 AM
- Politics and Money - SteveS - 7/10/2013 4:34:25 PM
- The core reason is the USA's addiction to foreign oil. - ER - 7/9/2013 12:08:13 PM
- Where do you find such stuff? - bowser - 7/9/2013 7:10:35 AM
  - Don't tell me it didn't occur to you. - RobVG - 7/9/2013 2:35:03 PM

What difference does it make who screamed? - ER - 7/9/2013 2:30:59 AM
- The implication may be the screamer was on the defensive. - bowser - 7/9/2013 7:11:39 AM
  - I think Z. WAS on the defensive. He was getting beat up. - ER - 7/9/2013 11:49:17 AM
- The difference is in how it can be made to appear to the jury. - alcaray - 7/9/2013 4:27:35 AM
  - My incident. - ER - 7/9/2013 2:45:51 PM

BS Filters...on and set to stun, Captain. - Jody - 7/2/2013 11:24:34 PM
- No it is not. - ER - 7/2/2013 11:37:14 PM
  - Then....what about this? - Jody - 7/3/2013 4:09:34 AM
  - I know that the GOP is trying - Jody - 7/3/2013 12:18:10 AM
    - Could it be... - ER - 7/3/2013 12:44:53 AM
      - I know that is how you would feel ER - Jody - 7/3/2013 12:56:03 AM
        
        They have legitimate objections to abortion on religious grounds. - ER - 7/3/2013 1:32:46 AM
        
        I respectfully disagree with that. - bowser - 7/3/2013 6:51:32 AM
        
        You have a point, - ER - 7/3/2013 4:48:41 PM
        
        I can not argue with you on that. - Jody - 7/3/2013 3:48:34 AM
        
        "The abortion clinics need to get their surgical standards up to a higher level, if they are found lacking. " - ER - 7/3/2013 12:08:20 PM
        
        Oh hush you cynical old poop. - Jody - 7/3/2013 5:31:55 PM
        
        They are - SteveS - 7/3/2013 11:35:18 PM
        
        Babies are being able, with current technology, - Jody - 7/3/2013 11:43:14 PM

The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/24/2011 4:48:24 PM
- bounced by spam, removed by - podrock - 6/30/2013 4:46:19 AM
- Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Eri - 4/25/2011 3:55:10 AM
  - Miss ya, lady. - TB - 7/3/2013 2:02:42 AM
    - Oh wow ... - Jody - 7/3/2013 3:52:40 AM
  - Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - RobVG - 4/25/2011 3:56:55 AM
    - Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - RobVG - 4/25/2011 4:58:18 PM
      - Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - RobVG - 4/25/2011 5:03:29 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Eri - 4/25/2011 5:57:38 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/25/2011 7:16:19 PM
    - Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Eri - 4/25/2011 2:02:07 PM
      - Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/25/2011 2:05:37 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Eri - 4/25/2011 5:59:43 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/25/2011 2:19:58 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/25/2011 2:20:35 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Jody - 4/25/2011 2:21:57 PM
        
        Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - Eri - 4/25/2011 6:04:25 PM
- Re: The Liberals nuked the Zone. - RobVG - 4/24/2011 6:38:29 PM

Get a job, longhair. - ER - 7/1/2013 1:16:24 PM
- A slight change in emphasis. - bowser - 7/1/2013 8:38:17 PM
  - And a PS. - bowser - 7/1/2013 8:41:06 PM
    - Agricultural price support programs. - ER - 7/1/2013 9:21:30 PM
- Detterence - RobVG - 7/1/2013 2:37:50 PM
  - The actual problem: - TB - 7/3/2013 1:59:41 AM
  - You're a braver man than I am. - ER - 7/1/2013 5:28:47 PM
    - Nah, it wasn't that bad. - RobVG - 7/2/2013 4:06:33 AM
  - Your argument is crystal clear but you did not show a basis for the need for deterence. - alcaray - 7/1/2013 5:14:24 PM
    - Well, adjustable rate mortgages gave people who could not afford homes the ability to buy one. - RobVG - 7/2/2013 3:44:27 AM
      - Ah. Like removing car safety regulations will cause people to become better drivers. - alcaray - 7/2/2013 5:37:46 AM
        
        I don't understand. n/t - RobVG - 7/2/2013 11:47:28 PM

Hey, Paula - ER - 6/30/2013 6:15:31 PM
- Her employers fired her. They were not exactly "self-appointed". - alcaray - 6/30/2013 6:34:01 PM
- I agree. - Jody - 6/30/2013 6:26:07 PM
  - I stopped using that word a number of years ago... - FrankC - 7/1/2013 5:52:47 PM
  - Recommended reading. - ER - 6/30/2013 6:40:25 PM

What "path to citizenship" is all about. - TB - 6/21/2013 3:00:24 PM
- They come for jobs. For whom do they work? - bowser - 6/29/2013 4:04:47 PM
  - It happened with the blacks, - ER - 6/29/2013 6:12:59 PM
- Also I forgot to thank you for telling me what it was all about. So thanks. - alcaray - 6/25/2013 11:07:44 PM
- apropos - alcaray - 6/23/2013 5:13:58 PM
  - I'd be hesitant about celebrating too much. - ER - 6/23/2013 7:00:15 PM
    - It was not about a split that I posted. It was because Graham concisely made the point that I tried to make in this thread. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 12:26:09 AM
      - A lot of Republicans are starting to make that same point now. - ER - 6/24/2013 12:58:44 AM
        
        The ones around here seem not to have heard of such an outlandish idea. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 9:21:32 PM
        
        They can see what's happening, they just don't think about it realistically. - ER - 6/25/2013 3:15:55 AM
- It is Republicans who are pushing it. And your map explains why quite vividly. - alcaray - 6/22/2013 2:58:16 AM
- Map of the US by population - Robert - 6/22/2013 12:36:00 AM
  - Proportional map: - TB - 6/22/2013 4:38:51 AM
    - Looks about right - Robert - 6/22/2013 5:45:54 AM
      - 81 percent is estimated to be Hispanic. - TB - 6/22/2013 1:41:45 PM
    - Hint: it's not about the illegals - they don't vote. It's about the hispanic citizens that do vote. - alcaray - 6/22/2013 5:37:18 AM
      - There is virtually nothing stopping illegals from voting. - RobVG - 6/23/2013 8:00:40 PM
        
        Watch the Graham vid. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 12:27:16 AM
        
        After they're done in Washington, they won't be "illegal" any more. - TB - 6/23/2013 8:15:19 PM
  - Recommended Reading - ER - 6/22/2013 12:59:20 AM
    - map, territory - Robert - 6/22/2013 6:01:50 AM
      - Malicious map mojo messing methodology - ER - 6/22/2013 2:17:56 PM
- Petard auto-hoist karma dept. - ER - 6/21/2013 4:59:05 PM
  - Re: Petard auto-hoist karma dept. - TB - 6/21/2013 5:18:17 PM
    - I see it. Thanks - ER - 6/21/2013 5:44:02 PM

Oh! Canada...what have you done? - podrock - 6/29/2013 3:32:33 PM
- Are these guys sportsmen, or some kind of Canook militia? - ER - 6/29/2013 5:46:54 PM

On the recent SCROTUS decisions. - ER - 6/27/2013 3:49:55 PM
- I don't think affirmative action had anything to do with past sins. - alcaray - 6/27/2013 7:31:02 PM
  - Well put. - ER - 6/27/2013 8:52:39 PM

Atlas of the County - ER - 6/22/2013 2:18:57 PM
- Why didn't they just go with a straightforward gradation of color based solely on the number? - TB - 6/22/2013 3:02:59 PM
  - They did the exactly same thing I did, they just used more categories . - ER - 6/22/2013 4:01:39 PM
  - That is an option, and software does exist to allow you to do that. - ER - 6/22/2013 3:47:55 PM
    - I did mapping as a college part-time job, mapping the state of Minnesota - TB - 6/22/2013 4:10:31 PM
      - I've done all sorts of mapping, from air photo to satellite imagery, to GIS. - ER - 6/22/2013 5:30:49 PM
        
        Me, I was just a workstation jockey, if that. - TB - 6/22/2013 5:56:33 PM
        
        That sounds like a GIS system. - ER - 6/22/2013 7:58:00 PM
        
        Low Tech - TB - 6/22/2013 8:59:38 PM
        
        Even lower tech, and possibly even more tedious.... - ER - 6/22/2013 10:12:30 PM

"Good fences make good neighbors." - ER - 6/21/2013 2:02:05 PM
- PS. - ER - 6/21/2013 4:45:43 PM

So much for the IRS "scandal" - BuckGalaxy - 6/18/2013 10:39:47 PM
- So scandal over. End of story. n/t - RobVG - 6/19/2013 2:35:18 AM
  - Scandal never started. There was no story. - Robert - 6/19/2013 3:25:22 AM
    - The white house angle was BS. IRS targeting is the scandal. Now it's seems you guys are saying "move along, nothing here". - RobVG - 6/19/2013 2:25:43 PM
      - The real scandal is Issa's cherry picking. - ER - 6/19/2013 3:34:00 PM
        
        There ya go, Rob. - TB - 6/19/2013 4:44:08 PM
        
        Wot? Not even a little "welcome back, ER"? - ER - 6/19/2013 5:31:37 PM
        
        Welcome back ER. n/t - RobVG - 6/20/2013 2:07:43 AM
        
        Thanks, Rob. - ER - 6/20/2013 2:45:18 AM
        
        Glad you feel that way. n/t - RobVG - 6/21/2013 12:05:23 AM
- Inquisitor Issa is a liar? I'm shocked. - alcaray - 6/19/2013 1:12:12 AM
  - Between a rock and a hard place - ER - 6/19/2013 1:48:56 AM

Australia takes a stand - alcaray - 6/15/2013 12:17:38 AM
- I can't get a link to a vid to work. - alcaray - 6/15/2013 6:54:52 AM
  - I edited your code...it should work... - podrock - 6/15/2013 2:22:37 PM

"Can you hear me now?" - TB - 6/6/2013 2:56:28 AM
- Isn't this what we discussed during the last administration? Or is this different somehow? - alcaray - 6/6/2013 4:22:13 AM
  - The difference - SteveS - 6/7/2013 1:34:35 PM
    - That's what happens. - SDAI-Tech - 6/10/2013 10:18:11 PM
  - To me, that attitude just perpetuates and legitimizes continued government overreach by the Obama admin. n/t - RobVG - 6/7/2013 12:34:30 AM
    - You are mistaken. - alcaray - 6/7/2013 1:03:15 AM
      - I apologize. - RobVG - 6/7/2013 2:03:08 AM
- Scooped me n/t - RobVG - 6/6/2013 3:45:06 AM
- Holy Crap! - Jody - 6/6/2013 3:07:21 AM
  - Don't get too excited. - TB - 6/6/2013 3:24:20 AM
    - They tap content. - SDAI-Tech - 6/7/2013 12:49:13 PM
    - They probably read it in transit. n/t - RobVG - 6/6/2013 3:46:32 AM

San Onofre nuclear plant to be closed - TB - 6/7/2013 7:16:51 PM
- More money for Arizona. - SDAI-Tech - 6/10/2013 9:58:13 PM
- :/ - Jody - 6/8/2013 5:39:30 AM

"U.S. wants to destroy privacy worldwide" - RobVG - 6/8/2013 5:49:31 PM
- Just who is the U.S.? - SteveS - 6/9/2013 2:20:12 PM
  - ...and that is from Mother Jones...holy cow...I thought that had a liberal bent. - Jody - 6/9/2013 8:51:49 PM

What in the Constitution could possibly bar gay marriage? - bowser - 8/1/2012 1:59:25 AM
- This post bumped up by spam, removed - podrock - 6/8/2013 2:14:46 PM
  - Thanks for the flag. - TB - 6/8/2013 2:39:25 PM
- This is a non-issue. - ER - 8/1/2012 2:09:34 AM
  - Agreed. - TB - 8/1/2012 2:38:43 AM
    - Almost agreed. - bowser - 8/1/2012 5:35:05 AM
      - State's rights? - ER - 8/1/2012 1:36:54 PM
        
        Yeah, sort of. - bowser - 8/1/2012 2:41:02 PM
        
        Even state laws have to pass the U.S. constitutionality test. n/t - alcaray - 8/1/2012 11:54:58 PM

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