A Dem At The Aurora Sentinel Tries To Reach...

[Kennedy 0]

sanity? (if so, I think he failed)

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I have seen the light. After all these years, I now agree that it’s fruitless to give the benefit of the doubt to people who are so obviously corrupt, so clearly malevolent, so bent on hurting innocent people for their own sick gain.

No more due process in the clear-cut case of insidious terrorism. When the facts are so clearly before all Americans, for the whole world to see, why bother with this country’s odious and cumbersome system of justice? Send the guilty monsters directly to Guantanamo Bay for all eternity and let them rot in their own mental squalor.

No, no, no. Not the wannabe sick kid who blew up the Boston marathon or the freak that’s mailing ricin-laced letters to the president. I’m talking about the real terrorist threat here in America: the National Rifle Association.

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Follow the link, it only gets worse.

http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/perry-we-can-only-save-ourselves-from-kidnappers-at-the-nra/

witty subliminal message
Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[Andy9o8 2]

I just heard a clip of the NRA's new Prez speaking today. A real piece o' work - waxed philosophic about the "War of Northern Aggression" and all. He was having the time of his life.

Anyhow, let's test out our new domestic killer drones on them.
Fort Sumter, eh? Take that, Johnny Reb!

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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I have seen the light. After all these years, I now agree that it’s fruitless to give the benefit of the doubt to people who are so obviously corrupt, so clearly malevolent, so bent on hurting innocent people for their own sick gain.

People like him make me so angry I donate money to the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (our lobbying organization) and smile knowing that it's not personal enough for people who don't like guns to put their money where their mouth is.

Just think of how much better the NRA could protect our rights if we all gave $5 to the NRA-ILA and $5 to the NRA Political Victory Fund (our PAC) for each vitriolic news piece or editorial we saw.

I'd passed on the PAC because the leadership were playing a loosing strategy of compromise where they supported anti-gun Republicans over pro-gun Democrats, although they seem to have gotten over that and I'll have to start rewarding their good behavior.

Remember, even when you aren't personally wealthy enough to buy your own Congress Critter you can join together with millions of other middle class Americans and share some by way of PACs which are the last refuge of Democracy in this time of corporatism, Gerrymandering, and geographic districting which disenfranchises politicial minorities that don't all live in the same place.

[Stumpy 284]

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Remember, even when you aren't personally wealthy enough to buy your own Congress Critter you can join together with millions of other middle class Americans and share some by way of PACs which are the last refuge of Democracy in this time of corporatism, Gerrymandering, and geographic districting which disenfranchises politicial minorities that don't all live in the same place.

Democracy. It doesn't mean what you think it does.

Never try to eat more than you can lift

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Stumpy

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Remember, even when you aren't personally wealthy enough to buy your own Congress Critter you can join together with millions of other middle class Americans and share some by way of PACs which are the last refuge of Democracy in this time of corporatism, Gerrymandering, and geographic districting which disenfranchises politicial minorities that don't all live in the same place.

Democracy. It doesn't mean what you think it does.

No you're confused, thats the American interpretation of democracy.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

[Andy9o8 2]

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Remember, even when you aren't personally wealthy enough to buy your own Congress Critter you can join together with millions of other middle class Americans and share some by way of PACs which are the last refuge of Democracy in this time of corporatism, Gerrymandering, and geographic districting which disenfranchises politicial minorities that don't all live in the same place.

Democracy. It doesn't mean what you think it does.

No you're confused, thats the American interpretation of democracy.

Psst... hate to break it to you, but political corruption and Gerrymandering are hardly restricted to the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering#National_examples_of_gerrymandering

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Remember, even when you aren't personally wealthy enough to buy your own Congress Critter you can join together with millions of other middle class Americans and share some by way of PACs which are the last refuge of Democracy in this time of corporatism, Gerrymandering, and geographic districting which disenfranchises politicial minorities that don't all live in the same place.

Democracy. It doesn't mean what you think it does.

Google tells me "Democracy" means exactly what I think it does

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de·moc·ra·cy
Noun
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

First-past-the-post electoral systems like ours are by definition not democratic because failures to gain pluralities within districts (which are often Gerrymandered to preserve the existing power structure - after the 2000 Census required new boundaries the Democrats and Republicans in California conspired to create new districts where in the 2004 election no seats changed parties and only 5/85 state assembly districts had a majority of less than 55%) result in ZERO representation so less than "the whole population" or "all the eligible members of a state" like registered voters are governing.

Influence on Congress creatures in other districts via campaign contributions is the only way significant (35% of households own guns, although given our treatment you have to worry about how the 12.6% of Americans who are black fare) geographically dispersed minorities have a voice in this "democracy."

Our non-democratic political system is also why we can't have "common sense" legislation.

I'd happily accept mandatory background checks on transfers which then proceed like those under the 03 C&R Federal Firearms License I held until realizing I was most interested in designs newer (but not necessarily more lethal - a Colt 1895 as in year of manufacture machine gun isn't even a firearm under US Code Title 18) than what that allowed me to acquire directly by mail across state lines.

Instead we get package deals including enough for all the significant corporatist interests like the National Alliance of Stocking Gun Dealers who want a cut of every transfer that happens (those guys are the reason behind the mail order ban in the Gun Control Act of 1968).

Given a choice I can choose between opposing all background checks and requiring all transfers to go through those stocking gun dealers which can charge as much as they want (like in California, where some dealers' fees have crossed $100 for guns worth less) and refuse when it might cut into their profit margins (like in California, where they're required by law to complete private transfers although some refuse outright and some just add hours of delay until people go elsewhere) because used guns transfered between private parties mean less money for them than consignment and new sales.

After having a gun held hostage by a dealer who decided after receiving a shipment he wanted 10% of my invoice price not $20-$40 and looked at statistics where law abiding citizens in high-crime areas are as safe as they are in Europe (Milwaukee/Belgium) I prefer no background check over that mess.

I prefer it enough to pay politicians to preserve the status quo (all sales from licensed dealers whether at their store or a gun show take a transfer, although private transfers within a state don't take a background check) at a national level in case I ever return to living in a less totalitarian state.

Of course all this ignores the country being a constitutional republic.