Hope y'all don't mind giving up your guns

If Obama wins, say bye-bye, and that's just the tip of this iceberg.

Remember what happened in New Orleans?  It was outrageous!

• Hope y'all don't mind giving up your guns - Rae
  • Feel free to keep clinging to them. - Marmann
    • yeah, & I've got a left nostril inhaler to sell ya, too. - Rae
  • William Shatner on gun control sm - LVMT
    • Wow. Good reminder! nm - MeMT
    • Can you distinguish the difference between Hollywood - dark humor and the REAL WORLD? nm
    • LVMT, I love it! Forgot how good that scene was! nm... - onlyinamerica
      • The show is known for its liberty/constitutional story lines. sm - LVMT
  • Just don't take away my AK-47... - please ! ! nm
  • Do you ever get tired of making unfounded - accusations? Tighter gun control laws....sm
  • He THINKS he's gonna take guns away.. - onlyinamerica
    • No, he doesn't. - It's really a shame that....sm
      • Okay sweetie, should you be robbed in your own home... - onlyinamerica
        • As a matter of fact, I have been - robbed at gunpoint while....sm
          • Won't ever work - sm
            • No harm in trying....lots more not to. - If you are not a criminal, then....sm
              • I have my gun for home protection.. - Kendra
              • Gun ban in UK - crime went up... - Ridiculous - NOT
                • Here's the link to see for yourself - See Link
      • Racial hatred. Yeah, like anyone who questions O - is racist. so sick of that garbage..nm
        • You will be getting a whole lot more sick of "that garbage" - until the racists get a grip on themselves....sm
        • No, more like all the hate speech - coming out of the right-wing fringe that....sm

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My dad was in WWII, as well, and although the injuries he suffered weren't as severe as your dad's, he responded exactly the same way.  All the purple hearts in the world aren't worth it.  I think they called it "shell shock" or "battle fatigue," whereas in the Vietnam area veterans, they call it "PTSD."  To me, it seems as if it's all the same, just different names, for the demolition of someone's personhood, leaving little more than a badly bruised shell of what used to be.  My dad never got over it, and I'm sure his alcoholism hastened his death at age 65.

Very few of the Vietnam veterans who are my friends have ever gotten over it.  It's something they live with daily, often waking them in the middle of the night with flashbacks leaving them in total horror.  I know of one case personally where a friend of mine who was a Nam vet was visiting with me for a few days.  I lived across the street from train tracks.

I happened to wake up in the middle of the night and sensed something was wrong, went into the room where he was sleeping and saw him huddled in a corner, terrified, because a train went by, woke him up, and his first reaction was that he was back in Vietnam and under fire.

What kind of legacy is going to befall the soldiers who are in Iraq, who, in addition to the regular war activities that cause all the above, ALSO have to deal with terror attacks every single day they are there?

I agree with everything you said and I'm very appreciative of your post.

A necessary war to protect the United States is one thing.  This indeed is quite something else.

I'm not much of a gardener (could probably kill weeds), but I've been seeing this hanging tomato commercials on TV and they look sort of cool.  Is this what you're talking about, or do you make your own (which seems like it might be kind of easy to do)?

I love me some garden fresh sweet tomatoes in the summer, especially with corn on the cob.  YUMMY!! 

...but I got me a first cousin lives down there and he can run fast enough to catch me.

Seriously though, elsewhere in Ohio foods to be eaten off premises are not taxable, but the soda in the same carryout order is because it is not considered food.  I actually do have a friend who could not buy tomato juice (an ingredient in the soup she was going to make)  with food stamps. And forget about buying anything carbonated.  According to the USDA when it comes to food stamps, hot food, even take-out, is not eligible, unless by the special exemption that is mentioned in that text in my previous post (from USDA site.)   According to that site, seeds for gardening to produce food are even eligible. 

But this was on another site:

Restricting food stamp participants’ purchases of foods and beverages high in calories, fats, and/or sugars has been proposed as a strategy to combat obesity. In 2004, the State of Minnesota unsuccessfully requested permission from USDA to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food stamp benefits. The proposed modification was clearly intended to promote diet quality by limiting purchase of “empty calorie” foods.

So it seems that in some places, food stamps actually ARE considered sort of a birthday present that you can spend any way you wish.  Maybe y'all should move up here where the mooches are less offensive? 

Oh, and sorry about being snappish with you, but I was also annoyed by the Palin remarks.

and you all can't get a liberal talk show to take.  The Air America crowd can't keep themselves from stealing from their network long enough to try to get a quality show off the ground.

If Rush is so wrong then won't you dispute what he says instead of personally attacking him?  

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check this out. It has some interesting info: Part 1 is a synopsis and most interesting is pages 8,9,10, and 11. I got as far as Pt. 3 and there is a table of contents on the first few pages to explain everything that is in that part of the report.

"Vol. 1, Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD."

http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp?pageNumber=1&freqReqRecord=undefined&refinedText=undefined&freqSearchText=undefined&txtSearch=911&exactPhrase=undefined&allWords=undefined&anyWords=undefined&withoutWords=undefined&documentNumber=undefined&startCreatedMonth=&startCreatedDay=&startCreatedYear=&endCreatedMonth=&endCreatedDay=&endCreatedYear=0&startReleasedMonth=&startReleasedDay=&startReleasedYear=&endReleasedMonth=&endReleasedDay=&endReleasedYear=0&sortOrder=DESC

My father had gun racks and he always kept one rifle loaded in case someone tried to break into the house.  All three of us kids knew it and we also knew not to touch it.  My dad taught us how to shoot, the safe way to use guns, and what NOT to do with a gun.  I think the problem with a lot of gun related accidents is that parents hide the guns and don't teach their kids the dangers and how to properly handle guns. 

If you take guns away from the law-abiding citizens....it won't stop the criminals from getting them and then we will have nothing to protect ourselves with.  That is common sense really.  It will just create an even bigger black market for guns and only the unlawful citizens will buy them illegally like that which will leave the lawful citizens unprotected from criminals. 

Nah, I dont think terrorists will come my way but, however, when I move back to NY next year (cant wait), if a terrorist decides to blow up my beloved subway system or Long Island railroad, I dont think a gun would mean much.  I do suggest Bush check out our borders cause right now Im living in CA, two hours from the Mexican border and it is quite easy to get across, without a problem at all and he should also check out the trucking industry cause there has been a question that possibly they can blow up trucks but, however, you cant live your life in fear.  Im not afraid..Im living my life as I have.  Im not afraid to die..With introspection, however, I am a bit fearful of suffering, so if it ever happened, I would hope I would die, not suffer, ya know? 

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intelligent, well thought-out replies and giving one's opinion constitute bullying?

Gimme a break.  Sam has every right to be here and she brings a lot to this board.  Maybe if those who bash follow her lead in effective posting, the atmosphere here would be shall I say more of a good debate than a circus?