
This month's massacre in Parkland, Fla., seems like a key moment in the nation's ongoing debate about the Second Amendment, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during a radio interview Friday.
I think it is time to have a conversation about what the right to bear arms means in the modern world, Rice told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday. I dont understand why civilians need to have access to military weapons. We wouldnt say you can go out and buy a tank.
More specifically, Rice said weapons like the AR-15 rifle that authorities say shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, used to kill 17 students and teachers Feb. 14, shouldn't be available to civilians, the Washington Times reported.
NIKOLAS CRUZ CHARGED IN FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING
But Rice, who served under President George W. Bush, made clear that she remains a believer in the Second Amendment.
We cant throw away the Second Amendment and keep the First, she said, adding that she considers the first two amendments to the Constitution to be indivisible.
We cant throw away the Second Amendment and keep the First. - Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state
Hewitt then asked if Rice -- being an educator herself as a political science professor at Stanford University -- supports the idea of teachers carrying guns as a deterrent to potential campus shootings.
Rice said she doesnt think that is going to be the answer, the Washington Times reported.
I dont really like the idea, frankly, of a gun in my classroom, she said.
Rather, she supports looking to law enforcement and guards as ways for protection.
Rice, 63, was exposed to senseless violence at an early age, having grown up in Birmingham, Ala., where the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 resulted in the deaths of four young girls. She has written and spoken frequently about the impression the horrific event made on her.
She told Hewitt that despite her reservations about weapons in the classroom, the proposal merited a serious discussion.
(Watch video at link)
Poster Comment:
Modern world
Same modern world pissing away their freedom left and right? No thanks Bush Globalist Harpy. The Second Amendment is to provide protection against a hungry, immense, evil and bankrupt government!
#1: IbJensen To: All (#0)
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-25 07:35:15 Reply Private Reply
#2: paraclete To: IbJensen (#1)
paraclete posted on 2018-02-25 07:59:25 Reply Private Reply
#3: GrandIsland To: IbJensen (#0)
Who cares what this TRPO (token republican Potato only) thinks.
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25 08:12:51 Reply Private Reply
#4: sneakypete To: GrandIsland (#3)
She's a Quota Queen,pushed to prominence in an attempt to get blacks to vote for the Bush Crime Family.
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-25 08:47:13 Reply Private Reply
#5: IbJensen To: GrandIsland (#3)
Agree.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-25 10:35:44 Reply Private Reply
#6: IbJensen To: paraclete (#2)
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-25 10:37:09 Reply Private Reply
#7: misterwhite To: IbJensen (#0)
We don't need them. We want them.
Did you need your $2.3 million house (plus cottage) in Palo Alto? How would you feel if we banned all homes over $300,000? You don't need a bigger home.
misterwhite posted on 2018-02-25 10:38:55 Reply Private Reply
#8: misterwhite To: IbJensen (#0)
Why did the founders write the second amendment, Ms. Rice, and what was with that language they included about Militias?
misterwhite posted on 2018-02-25 10:44:36 Reply Private Reply
#9: misterwhite To: IbJensen (#0)
Yeah, well, we can't all afford guards.
misterwhite posted on 2018-02-25 10:46:44 Reply Private Reply
#10: Gatlin To: IbJensen (#0)
The notion that the Second Amendment was understood to protect a right to take up arms against the government is absurd. Indeed, the Constitution itself defines such an act as treason.Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 11:26:43 Reply Private Reply
#11: A K A Stone To: Gatlin (#10)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-02-25 11:36:39 Reply Private Reply
#12: misterwhite To: Gatlin (#10)
I agree.
But the notion that the Second Amendment was understood to protect a right to take up arms against a rogue government makes perfect sense.
misterwhite posted on 2018-02-25 11:45:26 Reply Private Reply
#13: Deckard To: Gatlin (#10)
The words of a slave.
Tory:
...an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution
No doubt as to which side Parsons will be on when TSHTF.
Deckard posted on 2018-02-25 11:53:09 Reply Private Reply
#14: Gatlin To: A K A Stone (#11)
If it were the case that citizens could take up arms and go to war against the government, then we wouldn't have also included treason in the United States Constitution. We basically said if you take arms up against the government, we're going to knock your block off. And that's what the early presidents ended up doing in Shays' Rebellion Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion. The Second Amendment is not designed to allow the citizenry to arm itself against the government and anyone who argues that it does really has no understanding the true nature of that amendment.
And as far as gun control .it is a fact, the Founders engaged in large-scale disarmament of the civilian population. The right to bear arms was conditional on swearing a loyalty oath to the government. Individuals who refused to swear such an oath were disarmed.
What was good for the goose is good for the gander? Oh, NO!
Since you disagreed with my statement, then show me any legal authority for citizens to take up arms against the government.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 12:51:47 Reply Private Reply
#15: Gatlin To: Deckard (#13)
Seditious conspiracy -
If two or more persons in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. 18 U.S.C. §2384.
Advocating overthrow of Government -
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State by force or violence, * * * Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both . 18 U.S.C. §2385.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 12:57:55 Reply Private Reply
#16: Liberator To: Gatlin, A K A Stone, Deckard (#14)
Pay attention and stop twisting peoples' words.
Stone did no such thing as "name calling"; He stated you "sound like" Bernie Sanders or Hillary.
The Second Amendment is not designed to allow the citizenry to arm itself against the government and anyone who argues that it does really has no understanding the true nature of that amendment.
The 2A IS designed to allow the citizenry to defend itself from individual as well as organized TYRANNY.
Q: Do you feel it is "impossible" for this government to engage in tyranny?? A simple YES or NO answer will suffice.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 13:02:58 Reply Private Reply
#17: Deckard To: Gatlin (#14)
No one disagrees with that statement. However - the Second Amendment exists precisely in the case that government "goes rogue" and becomes a dictatorship.
I'm sure even you would agree with that, right?
The Second Amendment is not designed to allow the citizenry to arm itself against the government...
Once again - you're wrong.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Deckard posted on 2018-02-25 13:04:42 Reply Private Reply
#18: Liberator To: Deckard, A K A Stone (#17)
Absolutely. AMEN!
I'm sure even you would agree with that, right?
*waiting for Gatlin's answer*....
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 13:06:05 Reply Private Reply
#19: Deckard To: Gatlin (#15)
The Second Amendment does not advocate overthrowing the government unless the government descends into outright tyranny.
Deckard posted on 2018-02-25 13:06:59 Reply Private Reply
#20: Liberator To: Deckard, A K A Stone, Gatlin (#17)
Rogue governments are rife throughout history. CONSENSUS: The American Founders agreed on the above mechanism that repels the tyranny of a rogue gubmint and re-secures the Rights endowed BY OUR CREATOR in a worst case scenario.
Here is the other stark point that cannot be denied:
In other words, the "government" IS created BY The People, FOR The People as OUR representatives.
Are they not expected to uphold the US Constitution AND oath, Gatlin?
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 13:14:44 Reply Private Reply
#21: Hondo68 To: IbJensen, Religion Of Peace loophole (#6)
I can't imagine why you'd prefer beheading by a Muslim, to getting shot?
Why do you want to give the muzzies a loophole, are you one of those ROP bushbots?
Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-25 13:15:05 Reply Private Reply
#22: Gatlin To: Deckard (#19)
You think you have the power to rewrite the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution?
The Second Amendment does NOT state that.Check it out:
You really should try to get a grip on your bizarre fantasies....Your Majesty.Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 13:18:32 Reply Private Reply
#23: Liberator To: Gatlin, Deckard (#22)
Still awaiting your answer to addressing Deckard's declaration by the Founders AS WELL AS the answer to several key questions...
Tick... tick....
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 13:36:26 Reply Private Reply
#24: Deckard To: Gatlin (#22)
When the government descends into tyranny, we are no longer a free state.
Are you claiming that when that happens, Americans do not have the right and the DUTY to defend themselves against an un-constitutional and rogue government?
How about when U.N. troops join with American military forces and local cops to confiscate all guns - you gonna just bend over?
Deckard posted on 2018-02-25 13:37:50 Reply Private Reply
#25: Gatlin To: Liberator (#20)
The answer is: Yes.
And if individuals in the government do no uphold the US Constitution and their oath of office, then the US Constitution spells out ways they will be removed and replaced.
But nowhere in the Constitution can I find provisions to allow an armed insurrection by an insurgent citizenry force to rise up in armed rebellion against the government if government officials fail to carry out their duties.
Can you?
The discussion here is that the Second Amendment does not allow citizens to take up arms against the government.
If there is ever, ever, a time when the vast majority of Americans feel it is absolutely necessary for armed rebellion to take control of the government then they are not going to give a fuck about what the Second Amendment does or does not authorize.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 13:50:02 Reply Private Reply
#26: GrandIsland To: Gatlin (#25)
That is very true
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25 13:55:12 Reply Private Reply
#27: Tooconservative To: GrandIsland, Gatlin, sneakypete (#26)
Think of all the machinists and gunsmiths in this country who have the knowledge and machine tools to produce, in short order, highly reliable shear kits for a wide variety of weapons. And about 0% of those gunsmiths would be on the lib side.
That's before you even start in on people with skills using modern CNC milling machines and 3d printing and what they could do.
If Civil War II ever comes, there won't be any lack of unofficial full-auto weapons. But no one would be handing out the truckloads of ammo to every asshole who had full-auto. They'd tell them, like they do in any modern military, to practice firing in single-shot and 2-round bursts or 3-round bursts. Spray-n-pray is not encouraged by any modern military.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 14:12:24 Reply Private Reply
#28: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#25)
By your standard, every revolution and civil war in history is illegal.
It's just a silly argument. I don't understand why you don't see that.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 14:14:46 Reply Private Reply
#29: Gatlin To: Deckard (#24)
If that happens, then we have no un-constitutional or rogue government....we have NO government at all because the US Constitution will no longer be in effect or have any power whatsoever. There will be no law and every person will have to provide for their own defense when it is necessary to do so.
That is a post hoc fallacy. You are assuming with no supportive evidence that one will happen and that causes the other to happen. This is a unworthy debate tactic and I will not waste my time to straighten you out. I am not that way so I have never done that....and I have no interest to learn from you how much pleasure you get from it.Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 14:21:18 Reply Private Reply
#30: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#14)
Bosh. Adams wrote in March, 1776 prior to the Declaration.
Obviously, Adams was advocating the disarming of "notorious" militant Tories who intended to aid the Tory cause and fight against American independence.
In the era of the Founders and early republic, the colonies/states/feds had a lot more trouble from forcing colonists to buy weapons (swords at minimum, muskets by custom) than in seizing weapons from Tories. Of course, the most militant Tories abandoned the colonies and mostly fled to Toronto early on so they didn't cause much problem in practice.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 14:22:51 Reply Private Reply
#31: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#28)
I am not discussing every revolution and civil war in history.
I am saying that the Second Amendment does not give Americans the right to take up arms agains the government.
I don't understand why you don't see that.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 14:24:37 Reply Private Reply
#32: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#30)
So, you do admit there obviously was gun confiscation by the government.
That was my point.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 14:28:07 Reply Private Reply
#33: Gatlin To: Liberator (#23)
Stick... stick...
I do WHAT I want to and I do it WHEN I want to do it.
You are dismissed..
I will ping you when I have something to say to you.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 14:33:06 Reply Private Reply
#34: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#31)
And I am saying that no sovereign government in history has ever granted a right to armed rebellion.
So you are mostly bleating a truism, not making some profound point as you seem to imagine.
It's the first law, unwritten, of any government that they will enforce their laws and the recognized lawful regime with force of arms against any and all citizens who rebel (or merely refuse to obey the laws when the police/army insist). Any ruling entity who did not do that is not a sovereign government because the first business of government is always to enforce its laws and protect itself from external and internal threats via its armed forces and police.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 14:47:56 Reply Private Reply
#35: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#32)
Adams recommended it to the various pre-Revolutionary committees in the various colonies. You haven't provided any information on just how many weapons were seized during this period of rising Revolutionary sentiment.
And it was practical revolutionary policy. The rebel colonists did not want their Tory-sympathizing fellow-colonists shooting them in the back while the rebel colonists were busy shooting Redcoats in the back from cover in the local woods. You may recall how bitterly the British complained over the cowardly colonists shooting at them from concealment.
BTW, it was illegal for the Founders to rebel against their lawful monarch, nutty George III, or the authority of the English parliament. The English would have hung the lot of them if they could have laid their hands on the Founders.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 14:50:29 Reply Private Reply
#36: Liberator To: Gatlin, Deckard (#25)
Thanks for answering the bell, but no, it is NOT a "silly question" to ask given your silly assertions, which are LIGHT YEARS off the mark o the actual issue.
If individuals in the government do no uphold the US Constitution and their oath of office, then the US Constitution spells out ways they will be removed and replaced.
ALREADY happened. NOT the case. There has been NO constitutional enforcement of those who've BLATANTLY and often routinely violated their oaths while in office.
Next...
Nowhere in the Constitution can I find provisions to allow an armed insurrection by an insurgent citizenry force to rise up in armed rebellion against the government if government officials fail to carry out their duties. Can you?
No I can't. Simply because NO ONE has made anywhere NEAR your breathless hyperbolic assertion. Moreover, gubmint officials have been and are currently ACTIVELY failing to "carry out their [constitutional] duties."
CASE AND POINT: California's State gubmint and judiciary both in the past and actively are ignoring and violating feral law on the issue of preventing ICE officials from carrying out THEIR constitutional duties and oath of office in removing Illegal Invaders. Then there are countless cities and towns across America establishing what are illegal "Sanctuary Cities." President Trump's federal enforcement of the US Constitution are being ignored by Democrats all levels of state and local government over the country. WITH IMPUNITY.
Any so-called "rebellion" against this government has been openly declared by high standing members of the Democrat Party. You may have heard of it; They call themselves "The Resistance." It has been exposed to have found its way into the bowels of the Deep State and DNC via active saboteurs.
NOW WHAT TO DO, Commander Gatlin??
The discussion here is that the Second Amendment does not allow citizens to take up arms against the government.
Once again you've got it wrong and created a strawman.
The discussion here is over-lapping. But mostly about the clear intent of the Founders (as Deckard quotes from the Founders) with respect to the Rights of the citizenry to repel a rogue governance and tyranny via the Second Amendment.
The American Founders agreed on a mechanism -- guaranteed by 2A rights -- that repels tyranny facilitated by a rogue gubmint that re-secures citizenry rights as well as liberty and freedom endowed BY OUR CREATOR in a worst case scenario.
DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOUNDERS? Or do you dismiss the notion of a "rogue, tyrannical government" as even possible?
If there is ever, ever, a time when the vast majority of Americans feel it is absolutely necessary for armed rebellion to take control of the government then they are not going to give a fuck about what the Second Amendment does or does not authorize.
On this point we agree. ALTHOUGH the "vast majority of Americans" are never going to agree to an "armed rebellion" or ANY crusade, so the point is moot, thus we circle back to THE original question and issue of the intent and meaning AND rights as written in the Founders' 2A.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 14:58:57 Reply Private Reply
#37: Liberator To: Tooconservative, Gatlin (#28)
Yup. Gatlin would have been a Redcoat in 1775.
He's taken a disturbing position that ALL and any gubmint can do as they please without answering to anyone. And damn The Citizenry.
The Commander appears to be advocating Totalitarianism in the democratic Republic of the United States of America.
It's just a silly argument. I don't understand why you don't see that.
He can't see it because he doesn't want to see it. OR just plain agrees with the USA transforming in a Totalitarian gubmint. Just like all the "good Germans" in 1940 or Stalinists.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:07:33 Reply Private Reply
#38: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#35)
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 15:11:34 Reply Private Reply
#39: Liberator To: Deckard (#24)
He's a goose-stepping Totalitarian Statist. Anti-Constitution. At least it's on record.
No further use in engaging.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:12:13 Reply Private Reply
#40: Liberator To: Gatlin (#33)
Ping me when you've become an actual American patriot.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:13:34 Reply Private Reply
#41: Gatlin To: All (#38)
I found it quite interesting that Thomas Jefferson wrote into his 1775 draft of the Virginia Constitution, No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." Then after giving it some thought, he added,within his own lands or tenements. It looks like old TJ gave some very serious consideration that there were to be some limitations on the individuals right to gun ownership.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 15:20:54 Reply Private Reply
#42: Deckard To: Gatlin (#38)
You do know that the Bill of Rights (which includes the Second Amendment) was not ratified until 1791, don't you Parsons?
Having been approved by the requisite three-fourths of the several states, there being 14 States in the Union at the time (as Vermont had been admitted into the Union on March 4, 1791),the ratification of Articles Three through Twelve was completed and they became Amendments 1 through 10 of the Constitution. President Washington informed Congress of this on December 30, 1791
Deckard posted on 2018-02-25 15:30:23 Reply Private Reply
#43: GrandIsland To: Tooconservative (#27)
That's why I amass primers, brass and projectiles. (Don't tell Ba Ba Ba Bucky)
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25 15:36:11 Reply Private Reply
#44: Tooconservative To: Liberator, Gatlin (#37)
Naw, just a Tory. Perhaps planning to relocate to that vile den of slavish monarchists, Toronto. LOL
I guess Gatlin hasn't told us yet if he would have been a rebel or a Tory during the Revolutionary War. It is a concrete example of whether man possesses an innate right to overthrow the lawful established government.
So, Gatlin, would you have been a rebel American or a royalist Tory during the American Revolution?
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 15:36:28 Reply Private Reply
#45: Tooconservative To: GrandIsland (#43)
I wonder how many people with the required gunsmithing skills and machine tools are out there. Has to be at least a half-million, perhaps more.
And modern computerized tools could produce millions of shere kits in very short order. Like in a few days. You'd only need a few guys in a high-end manufacturing facility or at one of dozens of gun/accessory manufacturers.
Not that I've ever thought about it much. I'd better stop before you feel the sudden urge to scope out your lines of sight from the rooftop. ; )
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 15:40:06 Reply Private Reply
#46: Liberator To: Gatlin (#41)
NEWSFLASH:
And all that matter is the US Constitution AND ITS CLEAR INTENT.
Thomas Jefferson was one of MANY participants and contributors of the US Constitution. But like most rabid Progs and Statists, you seem to believe Jefferson was the only Founder.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:42:54 Reply Private Reply
#47: Liberator To: Tooconservative (#44)
Heh...
But before busting that move to Canada (or back onto King Georges lap), I'd assume he might have stuck around just long enough to become a Tory informant....then bolted when he felt the heat.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:45:24 Reply Private Reply
#48: Liberator To: Deckard (#42)
Nice counter...
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:46:17 Reply Private Reply
#49: Tooconservative To: Gatlin, Liberator (#38)
I never denied that hotbeds of Tory royalists were not disarmed. No more than I would deny that the first actions of the Revolution involved the Redcoats marching by night to try to seize the weapons at rebel armories, for which they paid dearly.
But how many were disarmed in these Tory hotbeds? These accounts don't tell us. Was it a handful? Dozens? Hundreds?
It does make a difference in how much weight we should assign to this. Keep in mind that espionage is known to have exercised considerable, if not decisive, influence in the outcome of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WW I, WW II, etc.
So our intrepid rebel colonial Founders would naturally act against traitors, traitors like Benedict Arnold, the West Point commander and American traitor.
Benedict Arnold was a traitor. Should he have remained armed?
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 15:47:12 Reply Private Reply
#50: GrandIsland To: Tooconservative (#45)
Nothing would be safe tho. People on your side of the fight would rob your weapons if given the chance. I'd most likely be a rogue combatant... protecting just my own family and killing the parts of my family that endanger my agenda or are dead weight.
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25 15:50:06 Reply Private Reply
#51: Liberator To: Tooconservative, Gatlin (#49)
Well played. I anticipate an interesting answer (if at all.)
If the Commander wants to engage in Red Herrings, I'm betting on you.
;-)
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 15:56:27 Reply Private Reply
#52: Tooconservative To: GrandIsland (#50)
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 15:57:09 Reply Private Reply
#53: Liberator To: GrandIsland, Tooconservative (#50)
On which "side" would that be? Has that been defined?
I'm pretty sure everyone here would batten down the hatches and protect their own in such a case.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-25 16:03:12 Reply Private Reply
#54: Tooconservative To: Liberator (#53)
The American side!
Isn't it kind of silly to discuss the idea of the Right engaging the Left in America with their existing home arsenals?
The Left would show up with a few million marginal guns. The Right would show up with 400 million guns and tens of millions of people who know how to use them.
The only plausible civil war scenario in America is government doing some massive gun confiscation scheme as part of a general hard-Left takeover. Like if someone like Bernie Sanders but more extreme became prez with a 60-vote Dem Senate and a House majority. But not Sanders himself. He'd know better, even though he knows very little in general.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 16:13:36 Reply Private Reply
#55: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#44)
Had I been there at the time, it would have been General Beauregard Gatlin in this painting and not old George.
BTW: The name Beauregard means "beautiful gaze".
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 16:14:23 Reply Private Reply
#56: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#55)
I always thought Washington looked like he had indigestion or an itch in that painting. So did many of those semi-creepy paintings of Napoleon back in the day. It was Thing for painters, apparently.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 16:17:14 Reply Private Reply
#57: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#49)
The Founding Fathers had the right to disarm anyone they desired to.
And they did selectively disarm people they felt would or did oppose them.
But any mention of the word disarm and the fanatics will now into convulsions.
No, I am never in favor of disarming.
I only wanted to point out a lesson in history about the Founding Fathers disarming people to the ignorant.
That of course does not include you :)
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 16:25:23 Reply Private Reply
#58: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#56)
I think it was constipation.
Eating cherries will do that so some people.
Urban legend has it .that is why he cut down that damn tree.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 16:27:47 Reply Private Reply
#59: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#56)
It has been fun.
But I am now going to exercise my right to leave you.
Take care of the small stuff from the featherweights
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 16:31:09 Reply Private Reply
#60: Tooconservative To: Gatlin (#59)
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-25 16:44:42 Reply Private Reply
#61: tpaine To: Tooconservative (#54)
I'd bet on some type of massive disaster happening, with resulting citizen unrest/killing, --- triggering a stupid govt attempt to stop the chaos by gun confiscation, instead of relief efforts.. --- At that point, a civil war would likely erupt..
It started to happen in New Orleans...
tpaine posted on 2018-02-25 16:56:37 Reply Private Reply
#62: GrandIsland To: Liberator (#53)
That was kinda my point. ALL sides will steal weapons. The government will always try to confiscate weapons of its opposition. The heartbreaker is, everyone against the government will steal from each other too.
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25 17:55:19 Reply Private Reply
#63: redleghunter To: IbJensen (#0)
Like most she fails in the comparison. It's not a matter of guns as we all know but of who has them. We used to be a God fearing society which for the most part knew killing was wrong and most held to a divine reckoning beyond this life. Not to mention a temporal punishment of execution for killing others.
The problem is we now live in a nihilistic society who has access to guns.
redleghunter posted on 2018-02-25 18:24:10 Reply Private Reply
#64: Gatlin To: Deckard (#42)
You do know that I never once mentioned the Second Amendment anywhere In my post, dont you? Of course you do and there is absolutely no reason for you to respond to me with such an irrelevant question that has noting to do with George Washington confiscating weapons. But to answer you stupid question: Yes, I knew that.
When it comes to gun control, argue whatever position you want. But you should remember to always keep the Founders out of it. It is inconsistent with their governing record to believe that they were supporters of unrestricted private firearms.
Since you injected the Second Amendment into the discussion, I will no address that.It may surprise you ro learn that the state of New Hampshire saw fit to propose an amendment to give the government full permission to take guns from citizens who are or have been in Actual Rebellion. Those early lawmakers were so concerned that they decided the right to bear arms would cease if those arms were taken up against our "we the people" government.
Remember I mentioned the Whiskey Rebellion in an earlier post where armed Americans took up guns against what they viewed and George Washingtons administration tyrannical government imposing taxes on of all things, whiskey. Well, President Washington called up 13,000 militia men into the army and Washington personally led the troops to squash the rebellion of armed citizens in Bedford, Pennsylvania.
So much for any argument that the Second Amendment is the right to have guns to overthrow the oppressive US government. Eh?
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 20:18:06 Reply Private Reply
#65: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#60)
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-25 20:19:09 Reply Private Reply
#66: tpaine To: Gatlin, Y'ALL, --- on the wrong side of a constitutional fence (#64)
-- in rebellion to the government of the USA, the gov't acting under constitutional principles, --- can have weapons confiscated certainly. And every example you quoted, they were in actual rebellion, only the whiskey tax of dubious consirutinality. As usual gatlin is on the wrong side of a constitutional fence.
tpaine posted on 2018-02-25 21:11:38 Reply Private Reply
#67: VxH To: IbJensen (#1)
"From each according to their ability to each according to their need"
Always sounds so awesome.... to the L.I.F.E.R. free loader parasites riding the gravy train being pulled by, not them.
VxH posted on 2018-02-25 22:55:58 Reply Private Reply
#68: IbJensen To: Gatlin (#10)
Au contraire, mon ami.
(A bit of French lingo there to demonstrate my fondness for little froggies.)
The original intent of the second amendment was to offer citizens the opportunity to avoid the type of tyrannical rule that they came to America to escape. This modern government has become so huge and onerous it's fast becoming a threat to all citizens, We hope that a president Trump can stick a sword in the dirigible and deflate it.
Political and social unrest can cause governmental response and unforeseen consequences that impugn the rights of individuals. So, your thinking aobut the purpose and use of the Second Amendment is somewhat skewed.
To protect themselves from a government that, however inadvertently, no longer protects them or, even worse, attempts to persecute them, citizens must be able to maintain their own arms.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-26 07:13:06 Reply Private Reply
#69: IbJensen To: misterwhite (#8)
The elite pansies (and lesbians, in this case)that we allow to rule and ruin our lives and country have their own interpretations.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-26 07:16:50 Reply Private Reply
#70: IbJensen To: GrandIsland (#3)
Like Hillary, we assume Condo has one of these. Who knows she may have sprouted a penis.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-26 07:18:49 Reply Private Reply
#71: A K A Stone To: Gatlin (#14)
A K A Stone posted on 2018-02-26 07:45:37 Reply Private Reply
#72: sneakypete To: IbJensen (#0)
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-26 08:55:19 Reply Private Reply
#73: Deckard To: Gatlin (#64)
You do realize that the 2nd Amendment is the topic of conversation, don't you Parsons?
Deckard posted on 2018-02-26 09:34:23 Reply Private Reply
#74: Gatlin To: IbJensen (#68)
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest tribunal in this great Nation for all cases and controversies that arise about the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the final arbiter of the Constitution and thereby functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. You get to have an opinion, but that is all you get to have .and this is not an opinion. Its a stated fact, a fact well worth you understanding and remembering.
Thanks for your post and for taking time to state your personal opinion.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 09:59:00 Reply Private Reply
#75: Gatlin To: A K A Stone (#71)
While I totally agree with the sentiments expressed by Alexander Hamilton here, Alexander Hamilton however did not write this statement into the Second Amendment with the intent that the Second Amendment would be as an instrument of insurrection against the our government. In fact, Alexander Hamilton did not even write the Second Amendment. James Madison drafted it, but it was hardly his idea.
Whose idea was it?
I read where some have the opinion that the Second Amendment was written to give the right to take up arms against our government .but we must all come to realize, if we already dont already, that opinions are like assholes .everybody has one.While opinions can be freely expressed, it needs to be remembered that the Supreme Court of the United States is the highest tribunal in this great Nation for all cases and controversies that arise about the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the final arbiter of the Constitution and thereby functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. You get to have an opinion, but that is all you get to have .and this is not an opinion.
So saying the Second Amendment was written for the Americans to take up arms against our government is purely opinionated bullshit. George Washington himself proved this to be true when armed Americans took up guns against what they viewed and George Washingtons administration tyrannical government imposing taxes on of all things, whiskey. Well, President Washington called up 13,000 militia men into the army and Washington personally led the troops to squash the rebellion of armed citizens in Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Thank you for your post.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 10:34:26 Reply Private Reply
#76: Gatlin To: Deckard (#73)
No I dont and you need to realize the topic of my conversation was limited to the Founders confiscating guns.
You do realize that you pointed out his was prior to the Second Amendment, dont you?
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 10:41:57 Reply Private Reply
#77: A K A Stone To: Gatlin (#75)
If you disagree with me you are a dumb ass.
The whiskey rebelllion wasn't about the right to bear arms.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-02-26 10:48:47 Reply Private Reply
#78: IbJensen To: Gatlin (#74)
You are a snide one, Gatlin! (That's snide....not wise!)
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-26 10:58:47 Reply Private Reply
#79: Deckard To: A K A Stone, Gatlin, Ib Jensen, sneakypete, Liberator (#77)
No use trying to reason with that arrogant clown - he's happy being a slave and when the gooberment says you MUST turn in your guns, he will do so with a smile because by golly - the government is god.
Assault Weapons Not Protected by Second Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Rules
He should move to Maryland.
Deckard posted on 2018-02-26 11:08:55 Reply Private Reply
#80: VxH To: Deckard, hondo68 (#79)
Who'da thunk in 1989, before the Berlin Wall came down, that less than 30 years later we'd have the son-in-law of a card carrying Soviet communist staining the sheets of the White Hut... building walls and pondering thoughts of castrating both the 2nd amendment and the 1st amendment which the 2nd protects.
Well, besides commies like Bill and Hillary Clinton, I mean.
VxH posted on 2018-02-26 12:33:41 Reply Private Reply
#81: sneakypete To: Gatlin (#75)
All that proves is that Washington was a hypocrite.
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-26 14:29:16 Reply Private Reply
#82: sneakypete To: A K A Stone (#77)
The Second Amendment RECOGNIZES our pre-existing rights to own and possess arms.
By saying it "protects" it implies the 2nd Amendment can by repealed at convenience.
Yeah,I know. It's semantics and there is only a hairs width of difference between the two words,but I think "recognizes" is a more powerful statement by implying the right existed prior to the formation of our government,and is a natural right.
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-26 14:33:15 Reply Private Reply
#83: Gatlin To: A K A Stone (#77)
And if as you say, should it become necessary, then the gloriously wonderful Oath Keepers will already be on top of the situation and openly combating the government. This non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders have declared that they will not obey unconstitutional orders, such as orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to detain Americans as enemy combatants in violation of their ancient right to jury trial. See the Oath Keepers Declaration of Orders We Will Not Obey for details.
Our motto is Not on our watch!
You can stand at ease.
If our armed forces cannot handle it, then: Yes. I will always respect your right to express your opinion. I can see that you will not respect my opinion and therefore in your eyes, I am a dumb ass.Good Bless the First Amendment .and those who respect and honor it.
But the Second Amendment was in effect when an armed insurrection was made against the federal government while George Washington was president. The resisters were war veterans who believed that they were fighting for the principles of the American Revolution. The Second Amendment didnt do shit to protect the Whiskey Rebellion insurrectionists or in any way enable them to have a successful armed protest against the government under President George Washington.Washington with the Army heading to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
The loud-mouth coward asshole rebels all armed and ready for battle wisely decided to turn tail and ran for home before the arrival of the army. So there was no confrontation and their Second Amendment right proved what? As a result of their misguided efforts about 20 men were arrested. In the next six years, over 175 distillers from Kentucky were convicted of violating the tax law.
Doncha think that these rebels against government and all the other loud-mouth cowards who to this day continually puff and espouse bravado in a horrifically bold manner in their effort to show their machismo that is intended only to pump their ego as they try to show boldness to impress or intimidate .are really dumbasses?
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 15:10:49 Reply Private Reply
#84: Gatlin To: sneakypete (#81)
It would be very tough to find an argument against that ....with respect to the Whiskey Rebellion.Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 15:13:23 Reply Private Reply
#85: Gatlin To: Deckard, A K A Stone, Gatlin, Ib Jensen, sneakypete, Liberator (#79)
You are inferring that I believe that assault weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment.
It is my opinion that those weapons maliciously labeled assault weapons to incite negative reactions are indeed protected by the Second Amendment.
If you have any questions as to my positions on anything...it would be beneficial for you to just ask me.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 15:27:56 Reply Private Reply
#86: Gatlin To: IbJensen (#78)
Yes, I know that has been said before and I take no offense in hearing it again.
I fully realize that I have the innate capacity for saying things in an unkind and indirect way when criticizing somebody and pointing out the error of their way or exposing their unpleasant traits.
But dont be frighten off by that .put on your big boy facade and try to dispute my facts when you can.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 15:45:18 Reply Private Reply
#87: Hondo68 To: VxH, taters coven, Condi Republicans (#80)
"Not a Witch!"
Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-26 16:07:57 Reply Private Reply
#88: tpaine To: Y'ALL -- Gatlin can't debate his opinions (#76)
Gatlins opinion claiming that: --- "saying the Second Amendment was written for the Americans to take up arms against our government is purely opinionated bullshit". --- is purely semantic word-play bullshit itself, --- seeing that everyone here is writing that the first explanatory line of the 2nd explains why the right shall not be infringed.
The milita, the people, --- when no longer living in a free state, --- have a right to take up arms against their oppressive government if it cannot be changed peacefully.
That is the clear intent of the 2nd, and gatlins silly attempt to claim the whiskey rebellion proves otherwise is flawed by the fact that it was about booze taxes, and Washington had no constitutional power to raise an army and confiscate arms.. He acted unconstitutionally, and nothing was done about his act.
Gatlin: Put on your big boy facade and try to dispute my facts when you can.
tpaine posted on 2018-02-26 16:11:24 Reply Private Reply
#89: VxH To: hondo68 (#87)
VxH posted on 2018-02-26 16:38:02 Reply Private Reply
#90: Hondo68 To: tpaine, gatltin, hates liberty, and God given rights (#88)
Gatlin's facts about the Whiskey Rebellion are wrong anyway. President Washington did NOT lead the Army against the rebels, but gave the job to one of his Revolutionary War Generals.
President Washington later showed up to beat down that general for abusing his powers and arresting and imprisoning people under cruel conditions without reasonable suspicion that they were involved in any way.
Eventually 2 people were tried and given light sentences for the Whiskey Rebellion. George Washington respected the right of armed rebellion against government, so the "perps" were only given a slap on the wrist.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-26 16:51:12 Reply Private Reply
#91: tpaine To: hondo68, Gatlin, Put on your big boy facade and try to dispute the facts.. (#90)
Maybe he'll answer you..
Gatlin is too much of a coward to debate me.. He did in the past, but stopped when he lost a lot, poor little fella.
tpaine posted on 2018-02-26 17:11:01 Reply Private Reply
#92: GrandIsland To: Tooconservative (#52)
Never fear the truth...
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-26 18:16:00 Reply Private Reply
#93: tpaine To: GrandIsland, Y'all (#92)
Unless the ATF, or the FBI gets on your ass....
tpaine posted on 2018-02-26 18:21:08 Reply Private Reply
#94: Jameson To: All (#0)
Several thoughts...
1. I'm very much NOT a fan of Ms. Rice
2. Ms. Rice is exponentially smarter than pretty much all of you malcontents in this chat-room
3. Her ideas in this regard are valid and should be considered by any rational intelligent individual.
Jameson posted on 2018-02-26 18:28:21 Reply Private Reply
#95: GrandIsland To: tpaine (#93)
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-26 18:41:37 Reply Private Reply
#96: IbJensen To: Gatlin (#86)
Unpleasant?
I daresay it is you who are exceedingly unpleasant. I will in the future ignore any response you make to my posted articles or comments considering the loutish source.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-26 18:48:12 Reply Private Reply
#97: tpaine To: GrandIsland, boasts about, --- killing the parts of my family that endanger my agenda --- (#95)
You should worry that some agency would question your mental health about the following statement you made : ----
I'd most likely be a rogue combatant... protecting just my own family and killing the parts of my family that endanger my agenda or are dead weight. ---- GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-25
tpaine posted on 2018-02-26 18:52:21 Reply Private Reply
#98: Gatlin To: IbJensen (#96)
Thank you.
I will continue to post for everyone else to see.
You just sit there and silently take your severe whippings.
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-26 18:55:26 Reply Private Reply
#99: tpaine To: IbJensen (#96)
Please, don't bozo the oaf. Gatlin needs all the disdain we can give him..
Cowards need to be told the truth. Even they can't ignore it forever...
tpaine posted on 2018-02-26 18:58:04 Reply Private Reply
#100: VxH To: GrandIsland (#50)
================================================
Same Ol'
VxH posted on 2018-02-26 18:59:22 Reply Private Reply
#101: GrandIsland To: tpaine (#97)
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-26 19:33:15 Reply Private Reply
#102: Hondo68 To: VxH (#100)
Open for business.
God bless America, land of the free, and home of the brave. Offer void where prohibited.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-26 19:37:22 Reply Private Reply
#103: VxH To: hondo68 (#102)
Yep.
Denver Lutheran High School went bankrupt and is now named after "The Poet Laureat of Aztlan".
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lalo+Delgado+Campus/@39.69548 54,-105.0278325,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x17b73d028e35f4cd!8m2!3d39.6954854! 4d-105.0278325
But - don't forget to vote for the train! (so Governor Chickenlooper's Jesuit MarxBankster cronies can keep their caboo$e on track to the White Hut).
VxH posted on 2018-02-26 19:49:46 Reply Private Reply
#104: Deckard To: Gatlin, Liberator, tpaine (#83)
There goes Parsons again - showing his disdain for those military, law enforcement and first responders who have taken an oath to the Constitution and refuse to obey unconstitutional edicts. Thank God for Patriots like the Oathkeepers who are willing to put their lives on the line and stand against tyranny.
Oathkeepers: Orders we will not obey:
1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people.
That must be why Parson loathes them.
...all the other loud-mouth cowards
The only loud mouthed coward here is you Parsons, submissively grovelling before the almighty State, happy to live on your knees as others are willing to fight back against a tyrannical rogue government.
Deckard posted on 2018-02-27 05:53:54 Reply Private Reply
#105: IbJensen To: Gatlin (#98)
A sadist as well.
IbJensen posted on 2018-02-27 08:49:56 Reply Private Reply
#106: Stoner To: Liberator, Deckard (#39)
That has been quite clear to anyone paying attention !!
And has been for quite some time !!
Most here know how Tater / Parsons is, and what kind of person he is !!
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 08:50:37 Reply Private Reply
#107: Liberator To: tpaine, Deckard, Stoner, Gilligan aka TROLL (#88)
100% BS. That it is. Always was. Always will be.
Gilligan a Troll.
You can't debate a Troll, a forum Vampire. They don't engage with honest or sincere intent.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 10:57:05 Reply Private Reply
#108: Liberator To: Stoner, Deckard (#106)
He's just hit the BOZO-TROLL List. The ONLY one. Yes, he's that stupid, useless, and mentally unfit.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 10:59:00 Reply Private Reply
#109: Stoner To: Liberator, Deckard, A K A Stone (#18)
Look to fairly recent history for example.
Look up " Battle of Athens Tennessee 1946 "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tUQxsrQGw
Quite interesting bit of history
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 11:03:59 Reply Private Reply
#110: Stoner To: Sneakypete, All (#109)
Pete, I had intended to ping you. Sorry for the oversight !
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 11:07:00 Reply Private Reply
#111: Liberator To: Deckard, tpaine (#104)
OUCH.
+100
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 11:49:53 Reply Private Reply
#112: Tooconservative To: Stoner (#109)
A beloved story. But can you cite any other similar events.
That's the problem with the argument, however much we all agree on the principles.
It's far too easy to dismiss as a lone outlier in some corrupt inbred hillbilly town. And there are a lot of people who love this story who would nevertheless get upset if something like that happened in their own town.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-27 11:50:16 Reply Private Reply
#113: Liberator To: Stoner, Deckard, A K A Stone (#109)
Making THE case for the 2A -- Battle of Athens Tennessee 1946
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 12:02:00 Reply Private Reply
#114: Liberator To: Tooconservative, Stoner (#112)
Uh, no.
Your demand for subsequent examples of the 2A doing what it's supposed to is the problem with pro-Statists. Do you believe 'The Patriot Act' and it's UNREAD LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT was justified or even had the consent of the governed?
"A Beloved Story."
NOT quite feeling the "love" from you.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 12:06:55 Reply Private Reply
#115: Stoner To: Tooconservative (#112)
No. I think one is enough.
" there are a lot of people who love this story who would nevertheless get upset if something like that happened in their own town. "
So, you think they should be happy if some thug took over a town ?? Bizare !!!
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 12:11:21 Reply Private Reply
#116: Stoner To: Liberator (#114)
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 12:14:59 Reply Private Reply
#117: Liberator To: Stoner, Tooconservative (#116)
At times he likes to play Devil's Advocate just to stir things up.
But at times he does straddle The Fence.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 12:19:57 Reply Private Reply
#118: sneakypete To: Stoner (#110)
No problem. It looks like you have the situation in hand by mentioning the battle of Athens,Tn.
BTW,there was a movie made about that. A pretty good one,too.
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-27 14:18:47 Reply Private Reply
#119: sneakypete To: Tooconservative (#112)
When you mention inbred and corrupt you should be talking about the big-city stench of places like NYC and LA"
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-27 14:21:54 Reply Private Reply
#120: Stoner To: sneakypete (#118)
Yeah, I posted the link at # 110
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 14:25:08 Reply Private Reply
#121: Tooconservative To: sneakypete (#118)
Some based-on-a-real-story flick, set in Texas.
Not accurate.
I would enjoy seeing an accurate movie or documentary about it but they've never made one.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-27 14:42:08 Reply Private Reply
#122: tpaine To: GrandIsland, Laughing out loud about killing parts of his family. (#101)
You should worry that some agency would question your mental health about your statements above..
Laughing out loud about killing parts of your family is "spot on" proof of your insanity...
tpaine posted on 2018-02-27 15:10:50 Reply Private Reply
#123: Liberator To: tpaine (#122)
Please consider deleting.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 15:16:19 Reply Private Reply
#124: Liberator To: sneakypete, Stoner (#118)
Stoner provided the link to the key part of the flick.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 15:17:48 Reply Private Reply
#125: Liberator To: Stoner, sneakypete, Tooconservative (#109)
Interesting account from the poster of the YT video.
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 15:23:05 Reply Private Reply
#126: Tooconservative To: Liberator (#125)
That is pretty funny. Probably less so for the corrupt deputies in the jail.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-27 15:25:23 Reply Private Reply
#127: Liberator To: Tooconservative (#126)
Liberator posted on 2018-02-27 15:27:27 Reply Private Reply
#128: Hondo68 To: Liberator, tpaine, Fire Island psycho (#123)
The original sin by GI still exists in post #50.... libertysflame.com/cgi-bin...?ArtNum=54845&Disp=50#C50
tpaine can't edit the creep's comment.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-27 15:30:27 Reply Private Reply
#129: tpaine To: Liberator, Y'ALL, grandisland (#123)
Post that to the idiot that put it up originally, and thinks it spot on..
tpaine posted on 2018-02-27 19:06:32 Reply Private Reply
#130: Stoner To: Tooconservative, Liberator, Deckard, sneakyPete, IbJensen, (#112)
I guess you have never heard of Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Yorktown, Philadelphia, Boston, Battle of Blue Licks, etc, etc, etc Not exactly similar, but they did oppose King George ! Should count !
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 19:45:03 Reply Private Reply
#131: Tooconservative To: Stoner (#130)
Yeah, yeah.
If you think people in this country want to have armed mobs shooting it out with each other, beating people, stealing ballot boxes, etc., well, you're nuts.
Nobody wants that.
This incident was more Hatfields vs. McCoys than anything resembling the political philosophy of the Founders.
And the G.I. movement in that region collapsed, rather badly and in short order. Their biggest problem once elected: other G.I.'s that decided they didn't have to obey the laws.
It was not a glorious triumph of the principles of the Republic.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-27 20:11:43 Reply Private Reply
#132: Stoner To: Tooconservative (#131)
Yes, we all know you are FOS ! Your opinion on this topic is worth a sack of shit !!
Go up stairs and tell your mother she wants you.
Stoner posted on 2018-02-27 21:19:04 Reply Private Reply
#133: Tooconservative To: Stoner (#132)
Of all the tens of thousands of county elections in the history of this country, you can cite only this lone example that is so outrageous.
Call me names all you want or throw some other tantrum. It's still stupid.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-27 21:25:27 Reply Private Reply
#134: Gatlin To: Tooconservative (#133)
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
― George Carlin
Gatlin posted on 2018-02-27 21:38:05 Reply Private Reply
#135: GrandIsland To: tpaine (#129)
You paranoid silly fuckers make me laugh, often.
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-27 21:38:31 Reply Private Reply
#136: tpaine To: Tooconservative (#112)
Actually, that reminds me of an incident that happened in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, back in 1956/57,_while I was in the army. It's vague in my memory, but goes something like this: ---
Our town 'tough guys' met on main street, downtown, with their motorcycles and hot rods, far too many summer nights. The town cops decided to get tough too, and started to give the boys (many were men of my age, 20/21) tickets, etc. --- harassment, to get them to move..
So they moved one night, when there was a dance? -- at the NG Armory, which was a only a couple blocks away. All the streets around the armory immediately were clogged, and the boys were in the armory, when the cops came to roust them. The 'boy's refused, and spent the night and next day barricaded in the armory (I guess they knew better than to raid the arms room).. The sheriff was called, and it was finally settled with an amnesty and the town cops guarantee to lighten up.
Might even be archived in the St.Paul Press, or the Minneapolis rag...
That's what I remember from letters I got in Munich..
tpaine posted on 2018-02-27 22:02:07 Reply Private Reply
#137: tpaine To: GrandIsland (#135)
It's mutual, you sick clown. ;-)
I'd bet that most here don't believe you're a cop. -- To warped..
tpaine posted on 2018-02-27 22:11:30 Reply Private Reply
#138: GrandIsland To: tpaine (#137)
Believe what you want
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-28 07:31:33 Reply Private Reply
#139: tpaine To: GrandIsland (#138)
I doubt you really act/live that way, -- having observed how to act on this site...
tpaine posted on 2018-02-28 07:45:36 Reply Private Reply
#140: Stoner To: tpaine (#136)
Stoner posted on 2018-02-28 09:34:23 Reply Private Reply
#141: tpaine To: Stoner (#140)
My home town back in the 40's, 50's was a pretty rough place, for a Minnesota suburb.. Only about 10,000 people in the area, but there were 7 liquor bars and another 4/5 beer joints in a few mile radius.
We had another incident right after the war, when the town vets straightened out the town cops, who had started to get overly officious about closing the bar's on time, and the rowdy parties..
My father bartended and managed one of the nicer bars in town and came home with stories about the cops vs the vets, young guys who were fed up with taking 'orders'...
tpaine posted on 2018-02-28 12:35:31 Reply Private Reply
#142: sneakypete To: GrandIsland (#138)
Don't tell me,let me guess. You now live in Miami Beach or San Francisco,and wear your badge on your speedos?
Do NOT post any photos.
sneakypete posted on 2018-02-28 14:51:20 Reply Private Reply
#143: GrandIsland To: sneakypete (#142)
GrandIsland posted on 2018-02-28 17:59:43 Reply Private Reply
#144: paraclete To: IbJensen (#6)
You can't throw due process out, so capital punishment but prove the case
paraclete posted on 2018-03-01 00:58:52 Reply Private Reply