tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7976946412900504860..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The National Conversation on GunsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60219870975095403502013-01-21T06:46:25.955-08:002013-01-21T06:46:25.955-08:00http://triblive.com/opinion/salena/3315603-74/urba...http://triblive.com/opinion/salena/3315603-74/urban-politics-america#axzz2IWgjI7OzDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77605353764112611262013-01-20T07:28:38.553-08:002013-01-20T07:28:38.553-08:00In my dream no large city like Chicago, San Franci...In my dream no large city like Chicago, San Francisco, et al, would be allowed to host the capitol. In fact it would be placed as far away from these cities as possible.<br />The "blue model" is the enemy of humanity and as it fails more and more it is at its most dangerous. It will denigrate almost anyone and anything in order to survive a little more.<br />It should not surprise anyone that it is in these "blue" areas where the Constitution is thought of as an anachronism. It is in these areas where the 2nd Amendment is most disliked because it acts as an impediment to the seeking of power by statists that have gotten used to thinking of themselves as our "betters." NOTE: I do wish people who use the term anti-federalist knew a little more about their own history. Many of the people called that name, by Federalists, were the ones who wanted a Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution.<br />If one really is interested in history they understand that technology may progress, but people are now no different in their actions than they were a 1000 years ago. The Constitution still addresses the actions of current human beings. It has ways to address any real change, but is made difficult so people cannot be driven by their emotion into giving rights enumerated in that Constitution away easily.<br />Ah the dream of having a citizenry that actually understood its own history.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64524064189426766122013-01-20T06:14:08.540-08:002013-01-20T06:14:08.540-08:00I once had this dream that the capitol of the US w...I once had this dream that the capitol of the US would change to a different state every 4 years until it had experienced the lives and ethos of each and every area of this country. Yes, it would be expensive, but no more than what it cost to have everything controlled by, as Anon states, NE DC- Boston corridor. <br />This corridor has long not represented the rest of the country. It is the prime driver of the hostility foisted upon the rest of the country. That hostility manifests itself in comments like, "fly over, country," dislike of the South, dislike of the West and dislike of anything that is not within that corridor.<br />The corridor tends be bigoted towards anyone who did not graduate from an Ivy League university. Something I have never understood given that most of the disasters we have faced have been the work of these very same Ivies.<br />It also has the result of moving power away from the media in these areas. Why does one think that the corridor and its denizens so underestimate the rest of the citizens of this country? Instead of having the corridor's ethos rubbing off on those that represent us, the ethos of each area will rub off or be inculcated into the ethos of those who now disrespect the vast majority of this country.<br />I can dream can't I??????????Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12460044150163432072013-01-19T10:45:20.936-08:002013-01-19T10:45:20.936-08:00Glad to see you acknowledge your error in claiming...Glad to see you acknowledge your error in claiming the NRA has already lost the public debate! That might be so in the NE DC-Boston Corridor, but its largely false elsewhere.<br /><br />Same with Christie as a Repub spokesman. He plays well only in his little corner of the universe and with his MSM friends. West of the Hudson River? Not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52216771602689762402013-01-19T09:07:26.077-08:002013-01-19T09:07:26.077-08:00See gun-free-zone signs refused:
http://freedomou...See gun-free-zone signs refused:<br /><br />http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/watch-journalists-politicians-squirm-at-declaring-their-homes-as-gun-free-zones/Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21457810738935565182013-01-19T06:00:49.684-08:002013-01-19T06:00:49.684-08:00Thanks for the link. It's interesting to see t...Thanks for the link. It's interesting to see the disconnect between the media elites and the rest of the nation. It's also good to see that the effort to scapegoat the NRA is failing.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10922216371892633842013-01-19T05:57:45.855-08:002013-01-19T05:57:45.855-08:00For your edification, http://www.washingtonpost.co...For your edification, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/18/how-the-nra-is-winning/?wprss=rss_politics<br />Please excuse me for writing backwards at times. Some times when I spend a lot of time conducting and fronting a big band I get used to reading upside down and backwards because I use the 'lead" Alto part as a cue for the various things that happen in a piece of music and many times I don't have a score. Rehearsal time is valuable.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47280290741437673442013-01-18T16:21:06.792-08:002013-01-18T16:21:06.792-08:00http://newsbusters.org/blogs/randy-hall/2013/01/18...http://newsbusters.org/blogs/randy-hall/2013/01/18/poll-shows-nra-more-popular-president-obama-usual-media-ignore<br /><br />The media driven meme has largely failed. The NRA has gained tremendous support from people. The fact that Obama's 23 EOs, which apply only to the feds and do not have the standing of laws, was just a reiteration of current policy with the expectation of greater cooperation between agencies, which is never going to happen, says a lot about the growing backlash that has developed. <br />Democrats lost everything the last time they tried to play fast and loose with the 2nd Amendment and I suspect that they do not wish to repeat that mistake. I do wish that these people would actually take the time to understand what an assault weapon is. Many true assault weapons already require the ATF's approval.<br />Though I have never felt the need to buy a gun I have over the years belonged to the NRA off and on because I believe the 2nd Amendment is the foundation for maintaining the other rights. Without it the other rights can quickly be negated by an oppressive government. I just renewed my membership of 3 years.<br />If I was trying to find people to blame it would be the ACLU, people who created "gun free zones," which basically says those who would want to do harm will have no one to stop them, mental health professionals who have prescribed drugs that have a reactive factor that creates violent behavior, feminism for the alienation of young boys in schools and creating large areas in this country where there are fatherless children, the government, et al. Blaming inanimate objects is a way to avoid responsibility for taking action on the real problems. People are the problem and they are the solution and we will never address them until we stop blaming things.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66813087294939402772013-01-18T15:37:43.323-08:002013-01-18T15:37:43.323-08:00I am amazed that so few can see what Obama is doin...I am amazed that so few can see what Obama is doing. He is attacking the heart of the American periment. He is a thin-skinned, theoretical demagogue from La-La Land. His policies are designed to frustrate those who want to be self-reliant, those who are willing to take risks, with he upside of a fair return. This is all so small-minded. He seeks equality and dependence, so we're all equally miserable. Then what? How man of these programs and policies work? While wanting to be seen as a Lincolnesque figure, he appeals to the worst demons of our nature. It is so frustrating listening to the rationale behind all this nonsense. For a constitutional law professor, he doesn't seem to care much for his subject... it's like he wants us all to be his subjects. Wasn't this country founded to get away from that sort of thing? I don't find his bearing or thinking to be American at all. I wonder sometimes if he really likes this country. He seems o see so many ills, and wants to "transform" America. Well, he's doing it, and our institutions seem to be standing by watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76575598335455453502013-01-18T12:00:18.288-08:002013-01-18T12:00:18.288-08:00They don't want a conversation; they want a ca...They don't want a conversation; they want a capitulation. Just like Barack's "negotiation".Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com