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    Why are you trying to stereotype anyone who opposes the President's legislative agenda as a "paranoid dead-ender"? Wouldn't it be more productive to actually discuss the issues? Or has that failed and now you are falling back to name calling? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Me too. And as much as I trust any other politician's motives. Which is to say, not at all. Ok. Feel sorry for me, then. I think it's silly to assume that someone's motives can be trusted when they haven't demonstrated that. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I actually think there's a substantive difference between visiting a school or classroom and giving a televised address to all public school students in the nation. I also think that Obama has shown that he's likely to grab an occasion that ought to be non-political and try to use it as a campaign opportunity. I really thought he'd have totally ignored the flap at Notre Dame--instead he used it to launch a volley of his own. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I think you might be right about the gender balance. I'm lucky that I've got two girls. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Wow. Talk about paranoia. Just . . . wow. Quade, do you have any kids? I think it's ok to be a touch paranoid about your kids. Raising them is the most important responsibility you've got. I'm curious to see if my daughter's pre-school is going to carry this speech. If it does, I'll probably want to sit in on it. I don't think that's particularly paranoid--I'm very interested in everything my kids learn, and more, I think it's my duty as a parent to be interested. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Right. And that includes most of the people posting in these threads. Anyone who thinks simply having a firearm is a complete solution to anything is pretty confused. A firearm is a tool. Having tools allows us to formulate better plans and responses than might be possible without those tools. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Man, I don't think I'd want to take on a bear with a .357. A shotgun loaded with slugs, maybe...but still just maybe. I've seen the damage a bear can do to a car, and I've also still got the lexan bottle a bear pawed out of my pack--crushed and complete with puncture marks. My personal bear response plan involves making a lot of noise and staying the heck out of the way. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I was a whole heck of a lot more relaxed about my own home safety back when it was just me. With a wife and two little girls, I've become just a touch more paranoid, but I think that's justifiable--there's a lot more to lose, now. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    My kids are almost the same ages as yours (3 1/2 and 12 months). My plan is to have them gun safe long before they get to the stage that they can get a gun. If I had a 10 year old, I hope I wouldn't be worried about her accessing my guns, because she's going to know what's appropriate and what's not, and how to handle them safely. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Yes. I realize that. As I said, my primary reason for switching to a 9 would be reduced recoil (so my wife could use it more effectively), and my primary HD weapon would remain the Benelli. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Yep. My circumstances don't really let me carry anything much larger. I realize there are some 9's that are about the same size, but I'm pretty fond of the little sig, and have spent a fair bit of time practicing with it, and I think that familiarity with it is going to serve me better than a larger round from a handgun I'm not as practiced with. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I've tested magsafe rounds firing into wallboard and scrap meat (bought it from a butcher because it was going bad). I was not impressed, at all, with the stopping power of the round. The impact wounds were massive, but very, very shallow (maybe 2 or 3 inches deep at best). I wouldn't trust a pre-fragmented round in a real situation. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I have the same gun. Used the hydrashocks for a long time, but have now traded up (at least, I think it's up) to Winchester Ranger JHP. It's my "nightstand" gun. I have kids, so whatever is in that role has to fit into my quickvault, or I'd have a shotgun there. It takes me about 30 seconds to get to my primary home defense weapon, which is a Benelli M4. I also own a Glock 20 in 10mm. I do not consider it suitable for home defense because of the high velocity of the round (and overpenetration risk) and the recoil. I'm probably going to switch to a 9mm handgun (two of them, actually, identlcally set up) as soon as I can get my wife enough range time for me to feel comfortable. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    My regular carry is a .380 (Sig P232), loaded with Hornady Critical Defense. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    I've done a lot of dry firing on modern semi-auto handguns (Sigs, mostly) and it has helped smooth the factory trigger out a bit, and hasn't seemed to damage the guns in any way. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    How "many" ? What percentage of people will leave a (paid) private plan for a free public plan? I don't think that anyone (not even the President) can answer that question, or foresee the consequences. We can all speculate, but that's about all it is--speculation. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Not so. They were painted as identical by a very effective PR machine (the Obama campaign). In reality, a casual review of the McCain platform reveals huge differences. For example, McCain had a (tax neutral) plan to provide quality healthcare to all Americans. Bush certainly did not. Or, another example: McCain was leading the charge to close Guantanamo Bay immediately. Bush sure wasn't doing that. Or, are you saying that healthcare and Gitmo weren't important issues to the voters? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Absolutely true. From the federal government all the way down to the individual citizen, and everywhere in between. We need a serious wake up call. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    A couple billion here, a couple billion there--pretty soon you're talking about real money. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    There is no reason to bundle emergency care in there. You could (more easily) create a universal "emergency healthcare" plan, and leave non-emergency cases to a private system. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    You are missing the larger point.... APR's and creative financing also sold more homes and helped builders and real estate agents. That does not mean it was a good thing in the long run. Winner! Plus, we're spending billions to take billions of dollars worth of productive assets out of use. What's the reasoning there? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    "God hates me, that's what it is." "Hate him back. It works for me!" -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Interestingly, ending the employment based health coverage system was a central plank of John McCain's health plan in the last presidential election. I believe that, at the time, Obama called it a "trillion dollar tax increase." Which is quite ironic, given that McCain's (actually, it was more Friedman's) proposal was tax-neutral. And the current plans coming out of Congress all pretty much require tax increases. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    The President can't (and doesn't need to) know everything. He just needs to pick the right advisers. McCain, for example, knew almost zero about healthcare (as was shown in the debates--he couldn't even articulate his own platform). But his platform on healthcare was very good, and had been written, at least partially, by a Nobel prize winning economist who had spent years studying the American healthcare system. I very much doubt that. Remember how bitter the 2000 nomination battle between Bush and McCain was? I find it hard to believe there could be two candidates further apart in the same party. Politics in the USA just doesn't work that way. A sitting President casts a very long shadow. The Republicans could have nominated Jesus Christ himself and Obama would still be in the white house today. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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    Is that the one in Concord? I love that place. Have you had their cream puff? It's the size of a football! Yum! -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com