Hmm. I had no idea that California was such a conservative state. Funny.

So, apparently you must be in the habit of blindly voting for whichever side spends the most money without actually understanding the issues involved, right?

How is his stance related to the job, other than it is unpopular?

Proposition 8 passed with 52.24% of the voters voting FOR it. Please define "unpopular." Perhaps it is just that the people against Prop 8 were a lot more vocal?

So does that mean that Toyota can sue Kia for making cars that look similar from a distance and that can be purchased in similar colors?

Yellow is not the only choice. Agilent seem to go with orange. But the color IS important. If you are an electrician working at somebody's house, when it is time to go, a bright yellow or orange box is much less likely to be set down and forgotten when it is time to pack up and leave.

Since the Democrats are so big on propping up social security, then why are they trying so hard to ban smoking, trans-fats and large sodas? It seems the more bad habits people get, the easier it is to make sure that social security is around for future generations.

I kid...

Sorry. Typo...
FYI - from WIkipedia
The "Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008[" was co-sponsored by a Republican. Over-generalize much?

FYI - from
The "Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008[" was co-sponsored by a Republican. Over-generalize much?

You said

ALL REPUBLICANS in lockstep opposing ***any*** net neutrality policies

You also said

link to mainstream news article or it didn't happen

How about this article: http://www.networkworld.com/co...

Hint: This **IS** the article that this entire /. story is about...

Link from the article:

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia penned an open letter urging federal regulators to outlaw Bitcoin citing its instability and use among criminals.

If you cannot use the intertubes to figure out which party is belongs to, I pity you.

it's obvious from your multiple comments that you've got an agenda, harrkev.

Here is a snippet from YOUR post:

stop voting for Republicans

Pot, kettle, etc. There is good and bad with both parties. How can you just make a blanket statement like that and claim that you DON'T have an agenda?

My point is that BOTH sides of the aisle have their problems. Use your noggin.

Oh, they guys who wants to ban BitCoin? Guess which party (hint: not Republican).

So, the article mentioned Janet Napolitano. Any idea which party she is from (hint: begins with "D")?

Dems in California are requiring gun micro-stamping... despite the fact that even the people who invented the idea claim that it is impractical...\

Sorry, it is also a bad idea to be a single-issue voter. Every party (and every candidate) has positives and negatives.

not enough of one for it to be worth the societal costs of having so many guns out there.

Too bad facts are not in your favor. Guns (even the evil black ones) are still on sale, and selling like crazy. Yet the violent crime rate in general, and the murder rate specifically, have dropped significantly over the last few decades. What is wrong? Don't you LIKE dropping crime rates? No, you get worked up into a tizzy over the few high-profile crimes, but completely ignore the everyday common crime that has dropped. There are other posts in this article that have the numbers, but since Australia make it very difficult to buy guns, the overall violent crime rate has gone UP by almost 40%. During almost the same time period (1993 to present), the murder rate in this country has dropped by 49%. Now, if the facts actually backed you, then you might have a case.

A pretty bloody slim chance

Yes, a very slim chance, as long as you ignore the many cases where an honest citizen actually managed to stop murder. Just calling it "bloody slim" is easy. Proving it is the hard part. Sorry, CNN does not generally report "woman shows her gun and scares off attacker without firing a shot." Not very news-worthy, as nobody was hurt. Yet that does not mean that it does not happen. Dog-bites-man is not news. Man-bites-dog is. The reason that mass shootings get so much media attention is because they are relatively rare. "Five people killed by gunman" is news. "Five people killed by five gunmen in five separate incidents" is not news, but it happens. By the way, if you are in a dangerous situation, would you rather have a "bloody slim" chance or "no chance at all?" Just wondering.

The result of having guns so readily available to people is that a lot of innocent people have been shot dead.

The statistics in Australia actually DO back you up in this one. Murder with guns has gone down a lot. Murder by other means (clubs, knives) has gone up quite a bit. So, if people are stabbed to death, that is OK? Or maybe you thing that being beaten repeatedly with a baseball bat is a very fine way to expire indeed?

Do you have any proof that banning guns has actually done anything? Remember the "assault weapons ban" that Clinton signed? Large-capacity magazines were banned for 10 years. Didn't stop Columbine. In fact, if gun control worked, crime should have dropped after the ban, and then risen after the ban expired. Nope, didn't happen. How about Chicago, Washington DC, and New York. Those SHOULD be among the safest places on Earth. Too bad the facts prove otherwise.

Simply stated, I hear from people against guns lots of emotion, but no facts at all, or at least no facts that stand after even a cursory glance at them. I can give you facts: history of murder rate in the US. Crime rates in Australia. Where are your facts? Do you have any?

Sigh. Please think first.

If granny is at home, the locks on her doors may give her enough time to get ready. Plus the noise of attempted entry will tell her where the criminal is. There are no guarantees in a dangerous situation, but at least there is a chance. Otherwise a young male with a knife vs. an unarmed octogenarian means no chance at all.
In your zeal to tell everybody else how to live, please stop to think about those that you wish to control and have some compassion for them.