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Guns and the barometer of discontent
Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 20 April, 2009 | Paul Valone

Posted on 04/22/2009 6:12:55 AM PDT by marktwain

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Interesting.
1 posted on 04/22/2009 6:12:55 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Very well written. Thanks for posting it!


2 posted on 04/22/2009 6:24:31 AM PDT by GBA
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To: marktwain
They’re fed up

Correct statement, but do you want to see what will be the trigger event, it is already happening. And it will not be the Right pulling the trigger.

Look at this map of job loss/gain 2007-2009)

http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/

3 posted on 04/22/2009 6:28:44 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: marktwain; flat; unkus; SkyPilot; Free ThinkerNY; romanesq; freekitty; oswegodeee; ZULU; ...

Send a copy of this to each member of Congress and the pathetic usurpers in the Administration. Their quest for power coupled with their arrogance has rendered them clueless. They’ve become corrupt and blinded by their Elitism. Their disregard for American history and their failure to live up to the oath they took to protect and defend our Constitution has compromised the American people and left us vulnerable to our foreign enemies. God knows, we have enough domestic enemies at every level of government in this country.


4 posted on 04/22/2009 6:29:04 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Piquaboy

PING


5 posted on 04/22/2009 6:29:44 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Texas Fossil

Sorry, link error.

This should work.

http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/


6 posted on 04/22/2009 6:30:00 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

ALSO, send a check to Simcox in Arizona who is running against John McCain in the Republican Primary, and a check to Toomey, who is running against Arlen Spector in PA.

MAKE A COPY of the check and mail it to the RNC, McCain and Spector.


7 posted on 04/22/2009 6:34:47 AM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: marktwain
"that he regards his own people with greater distrust than Islamists Moslems" Fixed it for ya.
8 posted on 04/22/2009 6:41:43 AM PDT by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: Texas Fossil

I take it you’re a resident of the Republic of Texas?

It looks like Texas is the only consistent job GROWTH state on that map.


9 posted on 04/22/2009 6:43:19 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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To: MrB

You are right on both counts.

I plead guilty to being a native Texan (some of my relatives were here during the Republic of Texas, but most of them came here during Reconstruction after the last Civil War.)

And yes, Gov. “Rick” stated this week at a Tea Party that 70% of the job growth in the last 12 months in the U.S. was here in Texas.

That said, in the U.S. in the last 12 months, the job growth to loss swing was 8,000,000 jobs. Very frightening data.


10 posted on 04/22/2009 6:48:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: marktwain

It doesn’t matter if every American has a gun and box of ammo if they don’t have the will to use them.


11 posted on 04/22/2009 7:03:23 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Defending RINOs is the same as defending Liberals.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Map is a nice find. Good data!!


12 posted on 04/22/2009 7:04:57 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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To: Eagle Eye
"It doesn’t matter if every American has a gun and box of ammo if they don’t have the will to use them."

Your point cannot be emphasized enough, if and/or when the rubber ever meets the proverbial road.

13 posted on 04/22/2009 7:08:26 AM PDT by Landru (Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
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To: Eagle Eye
As long as there is sports, beer and boobs nothing will happen. The economy will turn around and guns will be cheap. Sure there will be a few minor outbreaks of discontent but nothing a few cops and the national Guard can't handle. Makes me sick.
14 posted on 04/22/2009 7:11:22 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: Eagle Eye

EXACTLY RIGHT!


15 posted on 04/22/2009 7:12:51 AM PDT by Concho (01-20-2009--The beginning of an ERROR)
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To: Eagle Eye

Our founders gave all to bring about this country. I don’t think many would stand up like that now.


16 posted on 04/22/2009 7:18:50 AM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
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To: Jack Black

CWII ping.


17 posted on 04/22/2009 7:21:34 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Eagle Eye

Maybe a lot will find the will one day.


18 posted on 04/22/2009 7:26:47 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
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To: marktwain

Disenfranchised and disrespected. From my feeble mind, here is what I see going on. The new govt is spending way too much money that our grandkids will be burdend with. And it’s all make work junk. Won’t stimilate anything except our tax burden. Our president is getting in our face with “We won”. The message to us is sit down and shut up. Deal with it. They are looking to disarm American citizens at a time when crime is going up due to a downturn in the economy. There is a good chance that Mexico is going to spiral out of control, and the govt is labeling US as potential terrorists. Obama is sucking up to Chavez who is sucking up to Iran. We see all these things going on and we wonder, what country am I living in. It appears that the Constitution is endangered by people we elected to run the country. Our elected govt is pushing our economy to a state run institution and there are a lot of us that know they can’t run anything effectivly. Freddie and Fannie are great examples. This new govt is targeting American citizens who do not agree with them. Never before can I remember a political party in charge target the people who make the country work. We do our jobs, pay our taxes, stay out of trouble and try to make this country better off for our kids futures. But now, we have a govt that is working to destroy everything that makes this country great and replace it with policies and practices that have failed every time they have been tried. We are tired of being targeted and insulted. The tea parties were an initial steam release. I do not expect this govt to back off.


19 posted on 04/22/2009 7:26:50 AM PDT by Texas resident (Older but smarter)
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To: Eagle Eye
It doesn’t matter if every American has a gun and box of ammo if they don’t have the will to use them.

By the same token, it won't do them much good to have the will if they don't have the gun, and a case of ammunition. But we'll not really know about that will until and if the time ever comes.

20 posted on 04/22/2009 7:44:47 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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