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Revealed: Holder Says President Could Authorize Military Drone Strikes Inside U.S.

March 5, 2013 at 8:24pm

not that i was considering reporting his comment…but why is it i am given the option of reporting every comment but the one posted by encinom…are the chronically stupid given special treatment?
Karl Rove: GOP Needs to ‘Get Up Off the Mat’ & Find More Diverse Candidates

March 2, 2013 at 9:26pm

Sure seems like he’s advocating choosing candidates by the color of their skin not the content of their character doesn’t it?
‘I Couldn’t Believe It’: Shock After Students Appear to Don KKK-Style Hoods at ND Hockey Game

February 25, 2013 at 3:45pm

In reply to rdk36532.

Lived in north dakota for years. Great place, good people, rotten winters and amazing summers…there was no kkk organized up there and it’s a plains state they can’t just burn wooden crosses, there aren’t enough trees.
‘I Couldn’t Believe It’: Shock After Students Appear to Don KKK-Style Hoods at ND Hockey Game

February 25, 2013 at 3:32pm

I find it odd that had they shown up in che, mao or stalin masks i’m certain not one word would have been said, not one article published. But you put someone in a kkk like hood or nazi like uniform and people immediately will get offended and think i’m going to care…just seems odd to me
Obama to Provide Congress With Legal Rationale Used for Drone Strikes on American Citizens

February 6, 2013 at 10:19pm

In reply to Salamander.

Amendment 5 of the constitution the parts that apply are

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger..

This would explain why an officer can take a life if necessary it’s under public danger. Again i’m not a scholar this is just my take on it.

Far as I can tell and i’m not a scholar this means that you need to be tried before sentence is given unless as it says your in service at time of war or a matter of public danger.
Atheists Sue R.I. Florist for Refusing to Deliver Flowers to Teen Atheist Behind Prayer Mural Ban

February 3, 2013 at 9:53am

In reply to Temporal.

A lack of religion isn’t a religion in itself. Just thought i’d point that out.
After School Shooting, Anti-Gun Advocates Want NRA President, Members to Be Shot

December 18, 2012 at 12:11pm

In reply to Ragnars Repos.

I’ll be joining the NRA as soon as i’m done posting this. I have no need of what is currently classified as an assault rifle but find it interesting that people that support gun ownership would actually find this acceptable. Who determines what makes an “assault rifle”? Lets look at it, semi automatic-covers a wide range of guns, lightweight-not my cup of tea but alot like their firearms light, scope-I don’t know if they consider this assault worthy but the point is they could, bayonet mount- my mosin nagant has one of these not what i’d call an assault rifle, high capacity magazines-how high is high capacity 5,10,15. My point is who determines what constitutes an assault rifle and chances are they will err on the side of being too regulatory and we’ll all be sitting around with single shot black powder firearms or bows and arrows. I have been given the right to keep and bear arms, which has saved many lives people don’t think about. The japanese were asked after world war 2 why they never invaded the mainland of the united states after the war was over and the response was…there would be a gun behind every tree. Our right to bear arms I believe has saved us from more deaths than people remember.
Calif. Atheists Successfully Nudge Out ‘Offensive’ Nativity Display

December 10, 2011 at 1:46am

As an agnostic I still celebrate Christmas, my celebration centers more on being close to family and friends and good will toward all men…though there are many self important jerks that believe that the universe revolves around themselves and their beliefs. Agnosticism and Atheism are not religions and should not be treated as such, they are a lack of religion.
Another point I’d like to bring up is I don’t remember the exact phrasing in the constitution that says that you and I have the right not to be offended, could have missed that one. I think Lee Marvin said it best in Paint Your Wagon when speaking of California “Where you don’t have to love thy neighbor, you leave the b-stard alone!”
Feds Raid Million Dollar Home of Welfare Recipient in Washington State

December 5, 2011 at 3:23pm

No wonder so many people cheat that system, her housing allowance is about what I make in a month at my full time job…it’s sad.
‘Santa and Machine Guns’: AZ Gun Club Holds Unique Photo Session With St. Nick

November 28, 2011 at 4:59pm

In reply to encinom.

Encinom first point i’d like to make is that though tea party folks believe generally in the 2nd amendment I don’t believe it’s part of the tea party platform.
To answer your question “Tea Baggers explan to me how these holiday pictures are any different than those from the West Bank, with kids posing as jihadists? ”
1. Generally in the jihad photos their faces are all covered.
2. Santa would be decapitated due to the fact he’s an infidel
3. Americans look happier with their guns.
4. Never seen a west bank jihadi roundup photo with a snowing background and colorful presents…they generally stick to more drab backdrops.
5. I think you have gun ownership mixed up with watching our current presidents speeches

Happy holidays and keep your powder dry…I’m getting old I prefer my ol ’39 Mosin/Nagant