Lefty

Ron Paul seemed woefully unprepared for this interview, and I think he blew a big opportunity. He neither looked nor sounded presidential. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Only one less than you getting needlessly defensive about a Clinton reference. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

How deliciously asinine. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Is it at all possible for you to not make a post with a misspelling in it? This post was only four words for fucks sake. SPELLCHECKER...it's your friend. It's a mark of authenticity. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Wow, you called it. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

The plural of "anecdote" is NOT "data". Data Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Hehe, good idea. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

1000 / 5280 = 0.189 . . . six-tenths? Ummm...lol? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

What street do you live on? We can send all the dealers there to do business. See how much you like it then. I bet your number would be the first to show up on the 911 caller ID. You don't see too many alcohol dealers on the street...because it's legal so you go buy it in a store. Why would pot be any different once it's legalized? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

What a cop-out. If you keep a gun for personal security, then why is keeping IT secure impossible? Not even banks can keep some criminals out. Are you saying that after someone's house gets burglarized while they are home (and possibly incapacitated) or not home (and therefore unable to stop the intruders from doing whatever they please) and their guns are taken, they should be held responsible for crimes committed with that gun? Man, the silliness of that idea doesn't really sink in until you type it out yourself. Go ahead, everyone...try it. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

*Inserts "Get your head out of the clouds and face reality" remark.* Eventually you'll have to accept that criminals break laws. Throw more laws at them if you want to. The laws haven't solved the problem, and making more laws won't, either. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

But since that is no more feasible than completely eliminating crime itself, I'll just stick to carrying my Walther. Thanks. Edit: Kallend, you sound like a man with some answers. What would you suggest we do to keep guns out of the hands of criminals besides the laws we already have on the books? Been sleeping for the last few days? Sorry, I guess I didn't specify that I'd like to hear good suggestions. Now, what were you saying? Let's hear YOUR ideas for keeping guns out of the hands of loonies. I'll raise you one. I'll tell you how you can keep guns out of the hands of loonies and criminals. You can't. You can't for the same reason you can't keep drugs away from junkies who want to score. If someone wants a gun and they can't obtain one legally by going through the procedures that we already have on the books, they'll use illegal methods. As I mentioned in my other post, you'd have as much luck trying to keep the crazies/criminals away from guns as you would trying to eliminate crime itself. The best we as a society can hope to do is to not make it harder for the good and law-abiding citizens to own guns and to carry them concealed on their person if they so choose. This church shooting incident is a perfect demonstration of my point. As you've no doubt surmised, the laws on the books did not stop this man from obtaining a gun and using it to kill people. The "laws" are no more alive than the guns naive people ascribe human characteristics to when they blabber that morbidly humorous line about how "guns kill people". What stopped the criminal in this case? Why, he got shot! By what, you ask? By a security guard wielding a...a what? A gun! A good person with a gun did more good than a couple centuries of gun laws. Now, Kallend, I'm sure you've got a solution. After all, this whole notion of crime and of criminals getting their hands on instruments which make their jobs easier was just waiting for someone like you to come along and solve it. I went and looked at the other recent gun thread, and the only contributions I see made by you involve the completely novel and unique idea of creating more laws to stop these criminals (who by definition ignore laws) from obtaining weapons. I'll be sticking with my Walther, thanks. You can wait for the police to show up. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

But since that is no more feasible than completely eliminating crime itself, I'll just stick to carrying my Walther. Thanks. Edit: Kallend, you sound like a man with some answers. What would you suggest we do to keep guns out of the hands of criminals besides the laws we already have on the books? Been sleeping for the last few days? Sorry, I guess I didn't specify that I'd like to hear good suggestions. Now, what were you saying? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

But since that is no more feasible than completely eliminating crime itself, I'll just stick to carrying my Walther. Thanks. Edit: Kallend, you sound like a man with some answers. What would you suggest we do to keep guns out of the hands of criminals besides the laws we already have on the books? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Wow, what a worthless post. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Would bailouts of "less fortunate" investors be acceptable? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

I always thought the term "progressive" was complete BS anyway. What exactly are they progressing towards? Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

...of a Colbert Report joke? Pleeeeeease. I came into this thread expecting something serious. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

faith –noun 1. confidence or trust in a person or thing 2. belief that is not based on proof Like I said, you answered your own question. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

I think you answered your own question. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

I'll never understand those people. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

The latest update. 15 days in jail. Gee, maybe we were too hard on them...look how much mercy they showed. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

Is that the level of thought you put into how to cast your vote? What a joke of a voter. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

"A 7-year-old Sudanese student on Tuesday defended the British teacher accused of insulting Islam saying he had chosen to call a teddy bear Mohammad because it was his own name." Story Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin