en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/698510 Comments by 45_auto http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/18/1-47/#IDComment122107071 Hear hear! Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/18/1-47/#IDComment122107071 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/17/bill-maher-rewrites-and-ignores-history-to-pit-the-founding-fathers-against-the-tea-party/#IDComment121936597 Bill Maher has long been recognized as an individual who could be outwitted by the average salad bar. I no longer pay any attention to his joke. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:49:25 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/17/bill-maher-rewrites-and-ignores-history-to-pit-the-founding-fathers-against-the-tea-party/#IDComment121936597 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/13/paging-dr-krauthammer/#IDComment121091316 The good Doctor is invariably worth reading and always concise and eloquent. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:45:33 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/13/paging-dr-krauthammer/#IDComment121091316 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/04/what-happens-if-a-fun-new-muslim-game/#IDComment119555627 Yup, it is a religion of peace. And you challenge that assertion at your peril. Wed, 5 Jan 2011 01:51:23 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/04/what-happens-if-a-fun-new-muslim-game/#IDComment119555627 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/12/17/how-obamacare-and-its-apologists-make-a-mockery-of-the-constitution/#IDComment116494193 Excellent essay, and dead on. There is another Thomas Jefferson quote that's very much to the point: "Our peculiar security is in possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." Thomas Jefferson, 1803 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/12/17/how-obamacare-and-its-apologists-make-a-mockery-of-the-constitution/#IDComment116494193 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/12/09/sarah-palin-snuffs-out-a-moose-and-exposes-the-left-at-the-same-time/#IDComment114909872 The prior comments are all no less than excellent. I would feel sorry for Sorkin, except he puts himself in rare territory: he is beneath contempt. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:44:58 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/12/09/sarah-palin-snuffs-out-a-moose-and-exposes-the-left-at-the-same-time/#IDComment114909872 http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/lawsuit-filed-to-change-age-for-gun-buy#IDComment113410280 Alex - unfortunately, that pesky Second Amendment prevents people who despise the gun culture from seizing all the weapons in private hands. Liberal progressives find gun owners' devotion to independence, personal liberty and personal responsibility abhorrent, preferring instead the tyranny of group think and government regulation of every possible human activity. Guns in the hands of responsible citizens are no threat to anyone except miscreants of one stripe or another. Gun control efforts, by their very nature, have little or no influence on those who are inclined to misuse weapons. At 18, our sons and daughters can and do enter the military, where many of them bear arms with distinction. It is foolish to imagine they return home on leave and turn into irresponsible and dangerous parties when they don civilian clothing. I raised my children to be adults at 18, trustworthy to vote and handle guns. I can't speak to the children of others, but a blanket condemnation of people based on age is at least as ignorant as racism. . Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:24:57 +0000 http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/lawsuit-filed-to-change-age-for-gun-buy#IDComment113410280 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/107830024.html#IDComment109959197 I agree with you 98% - the 2% is in terms of carrying openly. I prefer to make my possession of a deadly weapon come as a complete surprise to whoever might confront me. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/107830024.html#IDComment109959197 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/107830024.html#IDComment109707447 . There is no gun show loophole. Licensed sellers have to check backgrounds no matter where they sell. Private parties do not. Prior to 1968, no background checks were needed for any purchaser under any circumstances. At that time, we were reasonable enough to believe that, if felons were violating the law by obtaining firearms, it was the felons we should hold responsible. We now are plagued with fools who believe the reverse is the case: that honest sellers must be responsible to prevent felons from purchasing weapons. I hate to break it to naive people reading this, but felons can generally be relied on to violate laws. Let's start throwing away the key for felons found with a firearm, whether they use to it commit a crime or merely own it. Of course, we might go the opposite direction and, since our liberal/progressive faction generally argues for restoring the voting rights of felons, just insist that felons regain their right to arms at the same time. At least it would have the virtue of consistency. But liberal/progressive types aren't big on consistency either. . Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:42:04 +0000 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/107830024.html#IDComment109707447 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/10/21/if-juan-williams-gets-fired-for-this-then-imagine-what-the-left-would-to-to-us-if-they-could/#IDComment105302802 As the left sees defeat looming in the immediate future, they react like rabid wolverines and begin to devour their own. They weren't thinking very clearly. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:26:14 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/10/21/if-juan-williams-gets-fired-for-this-then-imagine-what-the-left-would-to-to-us-if-they-could/#IDComment105302802 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/20/defamation-bill-maher-and-real-time-panel-drop-race-card-in-lieu-of-argument/#IDComment99979260 Roger Moore. . .words fail me. . .Bill Maher. . .again, I am at a loss. I concur with E.C. Everett: it's high school clique time all over again. It was annoying then, it could be dangerous now if the audience were significant. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:34:23 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/20/defamation-bill-maher-and-real-time-panel-drop-race-card-in-lieu-of-argument/#IDComment99979260 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/20/tea-party-wake-up-call/#IDComment99976813 Artistically, this is well composed and skillfully drawn. I love the gradient of the blue background. But there needs to be a donkey in there, too. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:25:38 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/20/tea-party-wake-up-call/#IDComment99976813 https://webin.csmonitor.com/content/view/full/323065#IDComment96307492 C'mon - you're citing Horowitz? Now that's bound to seriously damage the CSM's reputation for objective reportage. Next time just admit you're doing a hatchet job; it's too obvious in any case to get away with offering this as some kind of actual report. Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:05:49 +0000 https://webin.csmonitor.com/content/view/full/323065#IDComment96307492 https://webin.csmonitor.com/content/view/full/323065#IDComment96203900 Interesting. The CSM has long enjoyed a reputation for objective coverage of events. This piece of slash and burn will go far toward ruining that asset. Citing Horowitz so extensively is especially revealing of the writer's motives. Omitting to offer a link to the site under discussion is merely childish. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:07:21 +0000 https://webin.csmonitor.com/content/view/full/323065#IDComment96203900 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/08/03/obamacare-flushes-the-constitution/#IDComment90579514 The logic is unassailable. Unfortunately, Obama nor his lawyers have any respect for logic, and in most cases, no grasp of it. Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:39:13 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/08/03/obamacare-flushes-the-constitution/#IDComment90579514 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/08/out-female-genital-mutilation-in-female-genital-nicking-says-american-academy-of-pediatrics/#IDComment74358810 Muslims demand virgin brides, according to Trevanian, ". . .because they fear comparison; and not without good reason." I'm confident the practice of female genital mutilation is likewise founded in an entirely justified terror of inadequate performance. Sun, 9 May 2010 23:42:18 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/08/out-female-genital-mutilation-in-female-genital-nicking-says-american-academy-of-pediatrics/#IDComment74358810 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/21/stalinism-from-americas-hat-ann-coulter-threatened-with-arrest-by-college-administrator-for-upcoming-speech-in-canada/#IDComment63408438 I am very sorry for Canadian folks. I lived there for a while, in interior B.C., and knew many fine people. But I left when I realized how stultifying the nanny state was getting to be. I see I was not a moment too soon going across the border. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:56:12 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/21/stalinism-from-americas-hat-ann-coulter-threatened-with-arrest-by-college-administrator-for-upcoming-speech-in-canada/#IDComment63408438 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41251241 Nigel, my friend - I own a number of weapons in a variety of calibers. I'm well aware that the ammo has to fit the gun. Actually, ammo prices have skyrocketed since Obama's election, primarily because nobody believes he won't eventually try to ban guns. I won't need more than a handful of rounds if I ever have to defend myself. I'll need more than 1000 of each caliber each year in order to remain proficient, and just for the joy of shooting. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41251241 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41245896 Actually, criminals usually steal whatever they want. The tax would be ineffective, except to disarm those who pose no threat to the law abiding. Also, most criminals are probably not much given to thoughtful analysis - they're more into impulsive, immediate gratification. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:15:47 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41245896 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41245620 Of course assaults, robberies and rapes are rare in parks, but not completely unexampled. Think of it this way: I've never had an accident, but I carry insurance. I've never had a brush with an assaultive felon, but I carry a gun. I've carried a gun all over Seattle, for years. No one has ever been aware of it, except me and my companions. Again, posting a sign is approximately as effective as the war on drugs. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:11:41 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/67002177.html#IDComment41245620