davidl on July 2nd, 2008

The old jobe is that a conservative is liberal who was mugged.  Greg Sargent, TPM, reports Brian Beutler, was shoot in the course of mugging in DC:

Brian BeutlerBrian Beutler, a well-known progressive blogger, was shot and seriously injured during

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davidl on June 30th, 2008

Bit Rambled this earlier. Freeping illiterate fools,  Can anybody, at all, on the Chicago Tribune know how to read?   Apparently not,  From the Chicago Tribune:

No, we don’t suppose that’s going to happen any time soon. But it should.

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davidl on June 28th, 2008

Free men claim natural rights.  On the other hand, serfs settle for whatever few rights their masters allow  them.   E. J. Dionne is a serf.  American free man hold that they have God given rights, which aree protected, but not

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davidl on June 27th, 2008

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Sorry, I’m just not excited about this at all. Know why? Because there never should have been a handgun ban in the first place. So as far as I’m concerned, this decision was way overdue, and it’s about damn time.

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Eric Florack on June 27th, 2008

I made a flash yesterday about Heller, et al  yesterday, but didn’t really comment much on it.  I guess I should comment for the record, that I support the ruling. Personally, I thought the case fairly well cut and dried,

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davidl on May 12th, 2008

Tim Eberly of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution really needs to learn some journalism basics:

A 24-year-old man shot and killed a teenage intruder Friday after the youth and some other juveniles tried to break into the his northwest Atlanta home,

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davidl on April 14th, 2008

Barack Barack Obama took direct aim at Mrs. Clinton and promptly shot off his own toe,  On the campaign trail, BO invoked Annie Oakley.   In response, Jeralyn, Talk Left  suggested:

Obama doesn’t seem to know much about Annie Oakely:

True,

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davidl on April 13th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonIs Mrs. Clinton a staunch defender of individual freedom, or she merely a shriveling hoplophobe?    Well it depends on whose vote she is seeking.

In the previous century while seeking a Senate seat in hoplophobic New York State, Mrs. Clinton

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davidl on April 6th, 2008

You may now take Mr. Heston’s firearms. Charlton Heston is dead at age 84. The Associated Press offers an ironic headline, “Oscar-winning star of ‘Ben-Hur’ was known for heroic roles:”

LOS ANGELES – Charlton Heston, who won the

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davidl on April 2nd, 2008

So just when does the decision from where to order pizza delivery become a moral question?   When the decision is between a Pizza Hut and pizza business which does not have corporate policy of indifference to the delivery person’s life.   

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davidl on March 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleCandidates is glass houses, the Obama campaign on the Clintons’  campaign, via MSNBC:

“As it relates to ethics and transparency,” Plouffe said, “we’re surprised that they would want to have an extended conversation about contributors and land deals and

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

A legislator with too much time and not enough brains, by William Kates, Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A New York City lawmaker’s plan to regulate antique firearms like other weapons could have severe economic repercussions for museums and

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davidl on January 23rd, 2008

From the Associated Press:

Virgina protest againt Second Amendment rightsPeople who support closing the gun show loophole lie in on the lawn of the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. Families and friends of the Virginia Tech shooting victims packed a public

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davidl on January 2nd, 2008

News you can feel good about.   Armed citizen in Indianapolis, pulls guns and stops armed robbery.  Richard Essex,  Eyewitness News,

Charlie says was face to face with the suspect. “He just stare and looked at me for a

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