Sheesh ... we've become the land of the Sneetches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yJomUhs0g

Take a look at kajeet.com. The phones are full price, but the plans are quite reasonable. They have _excellent_ parental controls.

Actually it says the DNA is from the baby not from the partner, an even more important distinction.

Actually there are many reasons other than gov't thinks it's OK to support a parent telling their child(ren) to not do it, health being first and foremost.

Citation needed.

Oh, you mean, like the costs of putting people in prison and paying to support them for non-violent offences that don't cause any more harm to society than offences related to legal activities like alcohol?

Deprived of defining society for me, instead of with me ... I say Hell Yeah to that. You don't get to choose for me when my choices don't bring harm to others!

So we're talking about the forward progress of a free society; seriously, don't let the door hit you on the way out into your controlled, utopian society, I'll stick with allowing people to choose for themselves and their offspring when those choices don't adversely affect others.

Hope that cleared it up for you.

I cannot speak for the GP author, but I would venture to guess that the implication was that the _media_ is less likely to report the prevention of the crime due to someone other than the perpetrator being in possession of a firearm than it is to sensationalize the tragic events that occur when said perp is not confronted with a similarly armed potential victim.

So did you post AC because you outright plagiarized this material from John Noveske's last FB post before being killed in a car accident?

I couldn't agree more. The paper should justify itself.

If it can't, it should be held liable for the breach of privacy that it undertook. Just because a piece of information is public record does not imply that it is appropriate to publish it en mass.

Pro-Gun here.

I want to peacefully get my government to change laws which is why I vote and participate in the political process, BUT I also want the ability to exercise my Right granted by the Second Amendment so if I should need to protect myself and my family I am able (because the police aren't always quick to arrive, nor are they all the upstanding, moral types that most Anti-Gun people believe them to be) _and_ because I believe the Founders intended the US citizens to have the ability to be armed in order to push back against an increasingly tyrannical government should one develop (which I fear is actually happening before my eyes.)

There fixed that for you.

If you really believe that criminals are going to abide by gun control laws, I've got a bridge I want to sell you. This perspective is a lot like the War on Drugs. Heroine and cocaine are illegal, right? So, by your logic, they aren't available on the street. How's that working out for us ... oh yeah, about as well as Prohibition worked.

I use the word sheeple, but it's not because I lack empathy nor am I unable to think critically. I use the term to describe those who refuse to think for themselves, those who would prefer to go through life with blinders on believing that everyone around them has their best interests at heart. I'm quite happy to agree to disagree with those whose opinions and viewpoints differ from my own; I'm quite happy to discuss with them and review my own opinions and viewpoints to see if I should adjust accordingly using any newly acquired information or perspectives.

You are correct; Critical thinking is the key ... and if you (general) are unable to do that then you (general) deserve the label of 'sheeple'.

I'm curious as to what state in which you live? I thought there was a federal law that required a 3-day wait to actually receive the firearm ... I know that I had to wait 3 days before I could complete the purchase (i.e. pick up my gun) even though I already had my FOID card in hand. I know that the laws with respect to gun shows are different, but I also thought that you had to wait the 3 days with a private seller as well, that if you didn't the private seller was the one who was outside of the law by not enforcing the waiting period.

And to provide input to the topic: Moved cities but not county a few months ago, hadn't updated DL yet. Drove to old town, no wait, fill-in-the-bubble paper ballot, attendant not allowed to touch my ballot I had to feed it into the scanner myself, received my "I Voted" sticker and off I went back to work.

Okay, so let's get this straight ... you'll not be offering up anything resembling criticism or opinions of a political nature in the next 4 years. GREAT!

Thanks for playing; people like you are part of the reason this system doesn't work as well as it could.

FTFY

You sound bitter; you should do something about that ... that said FTFY.

Considering that I paid into the Social Security system my entire life, you're damn right I expect something back. And I get very offended when anyone suggests that I'm asking for a hand out; what I expect is that a system that I supported be sorted out so that I'm going to get back what I was 'promised' in the end.

Believe me if I could save for my retirement I would, but right now I'm too concerned with keeping a (now rented rather than owned) roof over myself and my child's head and food on our table. I'm struggling to survive, and all 'trickle-down' is doing for me is raining poo on my head, weighing me down further.

Again, FTFY.

Serious question: if you are registered as Independent you have the opportunity to vote in either (or both) primary elections, correct?