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Nope. Unfortunately, that credit goes to spell-check and grammar-check. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Pretty sure that Capitol should always be spelled with a capital C. Just food for thought. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

You realize some folks here have only been around for the last four or five presidents, right? Can't really say Rooselvelt or Ike are part of a twenty-something's lifetime. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

It helps for you to understand some history here, and what has and hasn't been claimed. The concept "more guns, less crime" was never meant to say guns cause lower crime rates. It was meant to refute the oft heard chorus of anti-gun folks that guns cause crime. That isn't true, as demonstrated over the last few decades. No, it didn't happen every year in every town, but NO ONE IS CLAIMING GUNS MAKE THE CRIME RATE DROP. It's simply refuting the nonsensical claims by others that guns make the crime rate go up. This isn't a causal relationship. It's a correlation that smacks down gun-banners' claim of a causal relationship in the other direction. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

If they said "we're looking into it, charges are a possibility if the officer was wrong," that's very different from "we're considering charges against the officer." Don't you think? Right, because the bar crowd is always reasonable and unbiased when one of their own is arrested... Typically no trouble at all in this area unless the bar is open and the patrons are parking where they shouldn't and harrassing tow truck drivers. You left out an important qualifier. If it's their lot and they are a retail store, why should they be nice to people who are parking against their wishes and then going across the street to a bar? It sounds to me like the bar owner is the unreasonable one, abnd his patrons act just like him. Yelling at a grandmother? Real nice. from the first 911 caller complaining about the store owners (second overall) Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Parking on sidewalks, threatening store owners, ripping down signs, interfering with tow truck drivers... So the pissed off bar owner just made the officer's case for him. The bar owner is a sarcastic asshole. I'm wondering, why the hell do these people keep calling 9-1-1? There are officers and supervisors and EMS already on scene. As I posted above, the drunk old man could have prevented all of this at several points. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

That's just freaking nasty. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Where do you get the idea that Muslims believe People of other religions can get to paradise without converting? I understand the idea that some Muslims believe what comes later (chronologically, not page number) in the Quran is more important or overrules what came before. Is there anything that overrules 98:1-8 22:19-23 43:74 76:1-5 73:12 and all the others that describe what awaits unbelievers should they fail to convert before being conquered. Is there something written about how non believers can enter paradise without conversion? Disclaimer: I'm not so ignorant of Christian teachings to think this is different, just trying to understand your statement. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Oh no turtle, is this fucking legit? Does this mean no more tequila?!? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Do you read what you write when you complain about right addressng left? Because it looks a lot like a mirror version of your own complaint. So is the pot on the left and kettle on the right, or vice versa? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

If you can't see a senior citizen as a threat, then I'm glad (for your sake) that you're not an officer. Seniors can be a threat like anyone else. And if it was just the officer versus the drunk and his drunk buddies I could understand your doubts. However, the guy who called for a tow and the tow truck driver corroborate the officer's statement. Also if the senior was grabbing the officer and about to assault him, what would you like the officer to do? He used his bare hands to lay the guy on the ground. Would you rather hebpepper spray him? Tase him? People need to understand that no use of force ever looks good. The best use of force prevents suspect officer and bystanders from getting hurt, is over quikly, and ends with the suspect in custody. But it never looks good. Also, let's look at the circumstances: 1 suspect parked illegally. 2 suspect got completely loaded. 3 suspect interfered with tow truck driver. 4 suspect had his car at a bar and was .187 bac. Who else thinks it likely that he was going to drive drunk when he left? 5 store owner, tow truck driver, witness officer, and involved officer all tell the same story. The suspect had plenty of chances to avoid this. He could have parked legally or not driven. He could have not interfered with the tow truck driver. He could have not touched the officer. He could have stopped when the officer told him to back off. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Some days I wonder when .45 ammo will cost as much as .50 bmg rounds. 9mm is still surprisingly available around here. I've never looked for 38 special because I load my five shooter with 357 mag. I know a bunch of folks carrying guns for a living who like the LCP foe backup or concealed carry, butvwith this smith coming out, I'm willing to wait and decide between the two. If guns kill people, mine must all be defective. All they do is expel metal rounds through the muzzle at high speed when I operate them. I've never had the trigger pull my finger. And I certainly haven't seen all the wild west shootouts, the mayhem at road rage incidents, or (my personal favorite) streets running red with blood. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Ahem, shall I remind you of republiturds, rePUBICans, republiclowns, and all the others, not to mentions throwing out the occassional fascist or Nazi comment? Butbyes, youbgot the point nicely, if a bit lopsided. (par for the course, eh?) I just picked the first whiner and ran with it. Why climb the tree when the low hanging fruit is at arms' reach? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Nifty little lead thrower. I'd been thinking about an LCP, but I'm reconsidering. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

And some posters have decided to try and skirt the rules, by maybe not calling one poster a nasty name, but calling a group of posters that name, or insinuating that poster belong in a group being called a nasty name. For example. Some posters can't handle folks disagreeing with them withur branding all disagreement with a nasty name. But be nice to the [Green]greenies[/Green]. They have inherited the all mighty red hot Fork ! witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Remeber, by definition the recession is over as soon as GDP begins to rise. The switch is at the top and bottom, not the median baseline. So the recession is "over" the moment it hits rock bottom. We can't, don't, and shouldn't judge by when things get back to "the way they were." it's too much of a moving target. Things are improving but still in the shitter. So do we escape the swirly, or do we go down the tubes. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

I'm still waiting for you to tell us how you separate the "elite" from the "government.". People with money are tied to people in power and vice versa. And as much as you piss and moan about people using hypotheticals, all your arguments are completely hypothetical. Communist countries tank their economy in nothing flat and rely on complete control of everything (we generally call that oppression). Can you name one socialist country, now or in the past? Didn't think so. The closest thing is communism, and that just doesn't work. So what have you got, other than a pipe dream? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

So do we give credit to the Obama administration, which was in office, what like five months, and had passed no major legislation? Or are we going to admit that Bush didn't cause it (since it had been brewing for fifteen or so years before it happened) and Obama didn't solve it? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

So tell us. In your enlightened views, what is the difference between socialism and communism? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

No, she's not a witch, not anymore than Larrry Craig was a homosexual; it's all smoke and mirrors, that and a LW/RW conspiracy. It's called a joke. Try to keep up. For fuck sake I even said "thusly." I hate that word. It's like saying thereforely. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

(A) Don't assume everyone who disagrees with you is some backwoods redneck who's never left his home county. Especially when dealing with skydivers. (B) Don't think a visit to a country is necessary to know what's going on. (C) Don't think a visit to a country means you know what's going on. (D) The best way to avoid tunnel vision is to avoid sticking you head up your intestinal "exit tunnel." witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

google mike wise Twitter hoax What? Media doesn't check it's sources in the rush to break a story? Say it isn't so! Oh the humanity! [/sarcasm] witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Relevant how? Or are you going to stop commenting on USA focussed threads? witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Per the graph it appears the real wealth is made when by the rich when the poor earn income: http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/faculty/hodgson/courses/so11/stratification/income&wealth.htm The distribution of wealth is much more unequal than the distribution of income, especially when focussing on the bottom 60% of all households. The bottom 60% of households possess only 4% of the nation's wealth while it earns 26.8% of all income. So I guess the rich need to have the poor working so they can continue their greedy quest to own it all. Also, under Capitalism, you're right, which is why Capitalism is so slimy. Under Socialism the status of teh poor isn't tied to the rich, they are empowered w/o sucking off the rich, as with Capitalism; you say you prefer Capitalism and you're not rich? This is exactly why I laugh whenever you talk about economics. You complain about unequal distribution of wealth, but you can't point to a single socialist country that has equal distobition if wealth. In most socialist countries there is a larger gap between rich an poor than in capitalist countries. Go ahead, show me a socialist countr where the poor are "empowered." You can't. There is always a ruling class and then everyone else. Socialism is the lie that somehow the people in charge will not do things to give themselves more advantages. Capitalism is the promise that you have a chance to better yourself. Socialism is more government power and intrusion into private life. The very concept of socialism precludes there being a "private life." Your socialist views require absolute trust in people running the government. You seem to despise people with wealth and power. Which is ironic because one set is the same as the other. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Her shiny shirt and ugly jackets weigh more than a duck. She's not even close. Hence she is not a witch. And since she's not a witch now, she obviously never was one. Thusly it's all a trick of the VRWC and those damned right wing media types. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*

Well now there's the interesting point. When wealthy industrialists, or greedy capitalists, or whatever perjorative term you prefer, but when the rich are making money, lots of folks are employed. When the rich aren't making money, fewer folks have jobs. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1*