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Montana prepares to secede from the Union...
Nightingale replied to Nightingale's topic in Speakers Corner
The hint at secession was in a letter to the Washington Post. It wasn't mentioned in the amicus brief actually filed with the court. -
Montana prepares to secede from the Union...
Nightingale replied to Nightingale's topic in Speakers Corner
Article: "Secy of State Brad Johnson of Montana delivered a letter to the Washington Times about possible outcomes of the Heller decision. Second Amendment an individual right The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide D.C. v. Heller, the first case in more than 60 years in which the court will confront the meaning of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Although Heller is about the constitutionality of the D.C. handgun ban, the court's decision will have an impact far beyond the District ("Promises breached," Op-Ed, Thursday). The court must decide in Heller whether the Second Amendment secures a right for individuals to keep and bear arms or merely grants states the power to arm their militias, the National Guard. This latter view is called the "collective rights" theory. A collective rights decision by the court would violate the contract by which Montana entered into statehood, called the Compact With the United States and archived at Article I of the Montana Constitution. When Montana and the United States entered into this bilateral contract in 1889, the U.S. approved the right to bear arms in the Montana Constitution, guaranteeing the right of "any person" to bear arms, clearly an individual right. There was no assertion in 1889 that the Second Amendment was susceptible to a collective rights interpretation, and the parties to the contract understood the Second Amendment to be consistent with the declared Montana constitutional right of "any person" to bear arms. As a bedrock principle of law, a contract must be honored so as to give effect to the intent of the contracting parties. A collective rights decision by the court in Heller would invoke an era of unilaterally revisable contracts by violating the statehood contract between the United States and Montana, and many other states. Numerous Montana lawmakers have concurred in a resolution raising this contract-violation issue. It's posted at progunleaders.org. The United States would do well to keep its contractual promise to the states that the Second Amendment secures an individual right now as it did upon execution of the statehood contract. BRAD JOHNSON Montana secretary of state Helena, Mont. Montana, the Second Amendment and D.C. v. Heller" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973142/posts -
My Recent Fox News and CNN Appearances (Guns on College Campuses)
Nightingale replied to Douva's topic in Speakers Corner
The majority of college age people are not eligible to purchase or carry a handgun. -
My Recent Fox News and CNN Appearances (Guns on College Campuses)
Nightingale replied to Douva's topic in Speakers Corner
Maybe, maybe not, but it could mitigate the damage if it doesn't deter. We won't know about the deterrence effect unless we try. What we do know is that people who jump through all the hoops to get a CCW/CHL are highly unlikely to commit a crime, so the risk of allowing CCW is very low, especially since most students are underage and cannot get a CCW. The staff and faculty are probably more likely to arm themselves. -
My Recent Fox News and CNN Appearances (Guns on College Campuses)
Nightingale replied to Douva's topic in Speakers Corner
Student and professor CCW just might limit a psycho's rampage to a few rather than 32. I wonder how many lives were saved by the woman with the CCW in the church in Colorado? -
The feds are not interfering. It is the choice of the states whether to accept funds with strings attached. If they want the money, they have to deal with the conditions. Don't want the conditions? Don't take the cash.
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Here's a better idea - let's quit having the docs/schools hand them out like M&M's. There are a lot of reasons that people are on so called "mood altering" or "mood stabilizing" meds. In some cases, the mood function of the drug is desired. In others, the person is on a drug for other reasons having nothing to do with mood or psychological problems. For example, for about four years, I took a drug commonly prescribed for depression to treat my migraine headaches. The drug had been invented for depression, but happened to also do a good job on migraines. Taking the drug did not mean I was mentally ill or otherwise incapacitated and about to go on a rampage with my guns. It just meant I had headaches.
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I did the same thing!
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It looks like that was approved back in 1999? NPA 99-148 approved September 1999 http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/RegServ/Affairs/carac/NPAs/GOFR/Archives/jun00/2000209.htm
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Yeah... I guess it's a lot easier for the brain to copy a mirror image than it is to flip it around.
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When I was 14, I got my ass handed to me by a purple belt in my first karate tournament. I didn't like it, but I didn't cry about it. Having just learned that I didn't like what it felt like to lose, and figuring that winning took more effort than I'd been putting in, I got back into the studio, worked my tail off, kicked her ass the next time around, and won the majority of tournaments I competed in over the next decade, and managed to use the skills I learned to save my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm really glad I lost that fight. Loosing can be good for you.
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The only suggestion I have is that when you're shooting your fingers on the guitar to demonstrate, shoot it from your own perspective. Shooting it straight on requires the student to flip the image 180 degrees in their head in order to copy you. I always had trouble with sign language, music, and dance videos for this reason.
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Glad to hear he's doing well!
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I would consider buying those... because it would keep my dad and brother from walking off with MY tools!
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Not to you, but it's relevant to the guy I replied to, because his dog doesn't have hip dysplasia, but he couldn't afford to pay out that much for vet bills if his dog had another condition.
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Yep. Go see Penn and Teller in Vegas first.
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I haven't read through everything here yet, but I have a wonderful dog and would hate to be put into this decision like you are now. The statement you said earlier (quoted above) shows that you have genuine feelings and sympathy for your dogs...so I'm confident that whatever decision you make will be the right one. That said, with almost 100 grand in school bills, I could not afford to pay that much on my companion...even though I love her as much as I do. Remember, she is an animal and we are humans. No matter how much it hurts, I strongly believe that the human should come first in most cases like this, unless you can reasonably afford it. You could live for 100 years and your dog may only live to be 15...those bills may last for 20 years! Pet Health Insurance A little bit every month is a whole lot easier than a big bill all at once, especially if you don't have savings to take care of vet bills. My dog and cat are insured and will be until I've got some savings put aside in case they have an emergency or illness.
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If the mother is as you describe, I don't think the test results will make a difference unless the kid somehow scores really well and it motivates him. I doubt it will make things any worse.
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If they have the surgery and it fixes them, and their vet believes that their quality of life will be near normal (even with meds or physical therapy), I'd go for the surgery. If they are going to be in pain for the rest of their lives even with the surgery, I'd monitor their current quality of life, and consider putting them down when the bad days outnumber the good.
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Transgender means that the person is biologically (phenotypically) one gender, and mentally another gender. What you're describing with sex chromosomes is a form of intersexuality, where a person has characteristics of both sexes, or some kind of ambiguity about their physical sexuality (chromosomal differences, androgen insensitivity syndrome, etc).
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I can send you my research paper if you want. All the citations are in there.
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I did a huge report on this topic in law school. I think you're confusing transgender with homosexuality. Gender identity is formed long before puberty, and transgendered children are a fairly well documented phenomena and transgenderism may or may not occur simultaneously with intersexuality (ambiguous genitalia/hermaphrodism). There are documented biological differences between transgender males and non-transgender males, and the brain structure of transgender males resembles female brains more than standard male brains.
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Help me with an article: How many cable channels do you have?
Nightingale replied to Peej's topic in The Bonfire
None. I don't have cable or satellite. -
Sorry for your loss.
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They absolutely need to implement the law better. The sex offender registry has become a tool for punishment rather than a tracking tool for the police and a notification system for neighborhoods. There are just too many people on that list that don't belong there to make the list of any practical use. I know for a fact that there are several fraternity brothers on California's list who were put there for streaking across the Cal State Fullerton quad. Sex crime? Probably not, since sex really had nothing to do with it. Stupid? Yes. Danger to others? um... no. Because of a moment of college stupidity, these guys have to pass out notices the rest of their lives. Until prosecutors start remembering what the list is for and stop requiring people to register who don't belong there, the list is worthless.