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• ‘Pulled Out a Chunk [of] My Hair’: CNN Anchor Says She Was Mugged in Atlanta

  May 6, 2013 at 10:52am

  Used iphone for a thousand bucks???? I don’t get that part when you can buy a new one much cheaper.

• Bill Maher: It’s ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘Quaint’ & ‘Nonsensical’ to Think 2nd Amendment Can Prevent Tyranny

  May 4, 2013 at 6:00pm

  I saw a movie once where only the government had guns. It was called “Schindler’s List.”

• Angry Obama: Failed Background Check Amendment a ‘Shameful Day’ in Washington

  April 17, 2013 at 6:43pm

  Petulant child

• It’s Not Every Day a State Trooper Gets Fired for This

  April 2, 2013 at 8:37am

  I’ve been cut a break several times in the past and I am just an average joe. Thanks to that stupid legislator I guess no one will ever get a break from the Highway Patrol now.

• The Pentagon’s Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Rise and Fall of the ‘Coindinistas’

  March 25, 2013 at 10:37am

  In reply to cydog.

  @Red falcon, Yes, I understand that, but many do not. Thanks for clarifying.

• The Pentagon’s Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Rise and Fall of the ‘Coindinistas’

  March 24, 2013 at 6:07pm

  Not to get into a lot of detail, but I’ve spent 26 years in Special Operations with over 5 years on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. To put it simply Petraeus was successful because he backed his strategy up with hard force. COIN works in some settings and not others. To me, it is more of a tactic and not a strategy to overall victory. Everything hinges on what your ultimate goal is and on the enemies motivations (i.e. political vs religious). There is a blend of conventional and nonconventional tactics for an overall strategy.

  The hard truth is that to win an absolute victory you must totally defeat your enemy militarily, morally and emotionally, along with his motivation to fight. This includes not only the fighters but more importantly the civilian population that supports the fighters. In truth, we do not have the political will nor the public backing for such an undertaking. This route would cost many many more lives than the public is willing to sacrifice for that part of the world. The best we can hope fore is an unsteady peace between rival groups. COIN may be just enough to pacify for a short time, but until that part of the world is utterly conquered (militarily or otherwise) by a different ideology, the same islamist stench will continue to spew

• High School Student Disarms Gunman…Gets Suspended?

  March 2, 2013 at 11:28am

  Since it has no statement from the principle except the suspension referral slip, I will not prejudge before hearing from the school the thought process. It may have been more of a protective measure to make sure there was not some sort of retaliatory violence. Until all the facts were known and assessed it’s hard to say the principle did the wrong thing. he may have wanted to make sure the students involved were safe from reprisal.

• Will Obama Join Republicans in Filing a Supreme Court Legal Brief Claiming Gay Marriage Is a Constitutional Right?

  February 28, 2013 at 1:04pm

  In reply to cydog.

  @TxGranny73 – Yes, the main culprit being government benefits. I wonder how much clamoring for “gay marriage” would be occurring if there were no such thing. I get very tired of this argument because of the complete loss of perspective some people have. Changing definitions of words to fit your own political agenda is another one. Kind of like JC Roberts defining a penalty as a tax. Or those that say if it “does not pick your pocket” argument. Get the government out of the benefits business or from telling me what benefits I have to provide my employees and you can call yourself married all you want for all I care.

• Will Obama Join Republicans in Filing a Supreme Court Legal Brief Claiming Gay Marriage Is a Constitutional Right?

  February 28, 2013 at 8:09am

  A right is inherent to you, and you alone and does not require the participation of anyone else. A right to speak but not make one listen, a right to practice your religion, but not to force someone into your church. Marriage (at the state level, not religious) is a contract between two people and are hence regulated by state law as to what makes a legal contract. The goal here with this case is to get the federal government as the overall authority on what is marriage. This is tyranny. Marriage is clearly a state level contract law that the feds have no say in. If the feds regulate marriage at that level, then you will be forced to accept their definition. This should scare those for and against ‘gay marriage’.

• History Channel’s North Carolina Mountain Man Fights Gov’t for Control of His Property

  February 27, 2013 at 3:32pm

  If they are going to shut him down, they are going to be busy since I see a lot of rural homes look worse than this one. They should see the country house I grew up in! no indoor plumbing, fireplace for heat, no cooling system, I would be taken to a foster home in today’s world! Thank God I remember when america was free.