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Well, it's past tense thanks to a short return to New Jersey, but here's my little beauty. (attached) I'm looking forward to an issued Glock. If they don't issue a back up Glock in the same caliber, I'll buy the sub compact for a matching set. (example Glock 22 and 27) witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

"It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties. Now and then -- to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother's. I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?" One day the boss called me in. He said, "Listen, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job." This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking ..." "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" "But honey, surely it's not that serious." "It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won't have any money!" "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently. She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors... They didn't open. The library was closed. To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. As I sank to the ground, clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking. Since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just seemed... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me. Today, I registered to vote as a Democrat." witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Nac, some states have no requirements whatsoever. Alabama, for example, is very inexpensive and has no requirements other than you have to have at least one handgun to apply. If you have a clean crimainal background, you'll probably get one. Other states costs hundreds of dollars and you will probably never get the license anyway. New Jersey fees are non-refundable, and the only people getting licenses are celebrities, campaign contributors, and security guards. Of those three, the most likely to be turned down? Yup. Security guards. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

UNLESS you understand the problem and learn to move your feet while drawing and preparing to defend against a slash/stab. Backwards is good. Sideways is better. Diagonal between both is best. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Then I guess I shouldn't tell you that I was the first one to post it or that I put it up in the Bonfire, huh? No worries, it's funny as hell and maybe the most honest debate the two have had. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

....and so it retains the title of "Most Reposted Stuff Ever" witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Kevin, are you really going to argue my choice of words? They campaing wanted notoriety, they wanted attention, they wanted media coverage. This is all commonly referred to as publicity. Devils and Flyers games aren't public, but they are covered by the media. It is an invitation to pay attention. It is a way of disseminating controlled information. Be realistic. pub·lic·i·ty 1. a. Information that concerns a person, group, event, or product and that is disseminated through various media to attract public notice. b. Public interest, notice, or notoriety achieved by the spreading of such information. c. The act, process, or occupation of disseminating information to gain public interest. 2. the quality or state of being open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness. 3. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Might have something to do with the fact that so many Kerry supporters claim Bush has some outstandingly horrible record. Personally I don't see his as any worse than Kerry's, just on different topics, but try telling that to a hardcore democrat. Anyone who "wants to make a statement" is likely to be a disruptive element for an event as highly choreographed as an election rally. Gee, might have somethign to do with wanting publicity for the campaign. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

And where you will learn more than 90% of the markmanship skills you need to shoot at 1000m. A .22 LR should be the 1st rifle you buy, and the last you should sell. Thus endeth the sremon. Amen. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Is there no limit to the amount of things you will blow out of proportion, or how much you will complain when Bush supports do the same? Why don't you go ahead and point out where I said I disagree with the womens' t-shirts, or at least where I said I agree with people being tossed for t-shirts. Go ahead. I'll wait. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

While I don't agree with people being tossed for simple t-shirts, you are blowing this so completely out of proportion that I'm laughing right now. No, but interupting a speech, being asked to leave, and refusing to do so does constitute criminal tresspass. You only have the right to assemble where you have a right to be. When the rally organizers asked her to leave, she lost her right to be there. This was not open to the public, so any resistance, even saying "no," is enough for a charge. The women had tickets, not invitations. These were not public assemblies. A group holding an event has the right to throw people out if they don't like something. I don't agree with it, but come on, don't bring up the bogeyman of encroaching on "freedom of speech and assembly." Someone with that shirt wouldn't be thrown out by Kerry because they wouldn't be admitted in the first place. Actually, I recall a story of Kerry security people not admitting a ticket holder because they saw his pistol license when he pulled out his ticket. The guy wasn't armed, was wearing the same clothes as everyone else, and was a Kerry supporter. Didn't matter to Kerry's goons though. News for you: neither candidate supports all your rights, and they certainly don't support naive, vastly expanded interpretations of them. Oh, and I was turned away from a Democratic fund-raiser because I was wearing an NRA t-shirt in MD four years ago. I found out that I didn't have to over pay for dinner and sit through his speech to find out what he thought of my rights. That doesn't mean he violated any of my rights. Keep it straight. ps - there's no "e" in scary, unless you speel it "sKerry." witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

When's the last time any "new right" was recognized? The latest expansion of a right that I can think of without searching is the refusal of courts to allow thermal imaging in investigations without a warrant (readily available technology test, maybe). witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

An UPDATE That's right, instead of being lenient on the kid when it turns out to be a prop from a school encouraged activity, they school QUADRUPLED his suspension. I suppose it's a good thing that the kid miss a month of school and possibly miss his SATs? What the hell are these people thinking? http://www.wesh.com/news/3867516/detail.html witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%) 2. Roman Catholic (100%) 3. Mainline to Conservative Christian Protestant (96%) 4. Orthodox Quaker (86%) 5. Seventh Day Adventist (81%) witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

You're partisan too. Voting for either R or D is just choosing "violations-of-civil-rights-for-safety" over "violations-of-civil-rights-for-safety." witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

And no similar events have occured at Democrats' events? You know you are Tuna and Gravity's exact mirror image- ...exactly the same from the other side. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

And here I thought all we had left were "journalists" and other entertainers. http://www.epcommunitynews.com/archives/2004/yp102904.htm This writer wrote a powerful story but added in false information based on misleading statements of others. Upon learning this, he actually wrote a full retraction and quoted from the e-mails that enlightened her. Look at that - just one week to go from good-hearted but ill-informed all the way to education the public on a widel misunderstood topic. Yeah, I'm impressed. ps - yeah, that Kennedy is this Kennedy witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I would've suggested you send your same "detailed letter" to Kerry and wait for his response if we weren't so close to the election. If by some...what's the antonum for miracle? Anyway, if by some chance Kerry wins, then by all means, go ahead, send him a letter. You'll get the same stupid form letter response and a check mark in some paper-pusher's columns. I'm not saying you shouldn't write. I think my congressmen are tired of my personal letterhead. However, you really shouldn't be surprised when you get a form letter, particularly on immigration. Democrats pander to the wrong kind of blacks and Republicans pander to the wrong kind of hispanics. That's the reality for now, at least. Maybe I'll write my senators and annoy them some more (NJ Democrats don't tend to agre with me on very much). witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

As evidenced in more and more online forums. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

So if you acknowledge that Kerry will be little or no different from Bush, why advocate voting for either? A true vote for liberty would be a vote for Libertarians, but people don''t recognize the power a "third party" could wield, and think they don't want to "waste their vote." But what right path is there? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

You should see the responses I get for writing letters concenring personal/civil/gun rights, or the waste/growth/encroachment of government. It's enough to drive one bonkers and back again. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Well, seeing as the Democrats tend to aggressively support gun control to the point of confiscation, and Republicans tend to not, yes, one party is better than the other. Why do you thin the NRA supports one and not the other? However, third parties are the best choice for protecting rights, one and all. Unfortunately, they are basically irrelevant to this presidential election. That's what we call a personal attack. If you can't keep yourself above it, or at least adequately disguise it, you don't belong on these boards. Knock it off. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Maybe the desparity between elitist and down-home has never been so clear cut that they could decide. No one ever called the New Yorker a publication for the people, after all. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Just to bring it up, they said the same thing about the Bush-Gore election. Does anyone know how the Chief Justice is doing, anyway? Personally I'd like to see a President who'd appoint judges and Justices that would respect all of the Amendments, not just certain ones, but neither Bush nor Kerry is going to do that. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Well, with the Democrats penchant for disarming the public - particularly all arms worth using in a fight, what do you propose we fight with? Really, do you think the Democrats would shy from taking just as many freedoms as the Republicans, if not more?!? Neither candidate is going to come up with any great change in the momentum of government. If Kerry wins, things will get worse and people will blame Kerry for making it worse than ift was under Bush. If Bush wins, things will get worse and people will blame eight year of Bush and the next Democrat is almost guaranteed a Penn Ave address. You're in good company, with me, Thomas Jefferson, and many great Patriots alive and dead. God help us all, Mike. God help us all. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*