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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of...

Company's Outstanding Performance Recognized by Beverage Marketing Corporation and Beverage World Magazine PLANO, Texas, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) has received the 2010 Company of the Year award at The Beverage Forum. The honor is awarded by the Beverage Marketing Corporation and Beverage World magazine and recognizes the company's outstanding performance, flavor leadership and innovation. DPS was honored at the annual beverage industry conference in the large company category. "We are proud of our achievements and deeply honored to accept this award," said Larry D. Young, president and chief executive officer of DPS. "As...

GONE FLAT: After 46 years, Ontario's A&W Drive-In, the only location in Southern California with carhop service, is closing April 30. Owners Larry and Sherrill Roan are retiring after devoting more than half their lives to the restaurant at 1267 W. Holt Blvd. With sales down, and corporate interest waning, the root beer specialists can no longer stay afloat. Photo Gallery: A&W Drive-In closing So much for "Happy Days.'' "We sold the property,'' Larry told me from behind the counter when I stopped by to ask about the rumored closing. "It won't be a restaurant,'' he added. "It'll probably be...

So much for "anti-gun hysterics" and predictions of "blood running in the streets," a Second Amendment group says. Nine months after the Clinton-era "assault weapons ban" expired, the FBI has released crime statistics showing a drop in homicides in 2004 -- the first such drop since 1999. The FBI report said all types of violent crime declined last year, and cities with more than a million people showed the largest drops in violent crime. When the Clinton ban on certain semiautomatic weapons expired last September, gun control groups warned that violent crime would escalate, including violence against children. But those...

NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIAhttp://NRAMembersCouncils.com/ -----------------------------------------------A 100% volunteer organization ----------------------------------------------- The new 2005 spate of CA gun bills has been posted at:http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/legs.shtml Included: - The latest verified scoop on California gun-related information - General Contact Info and Tools for the California Assembly, Senate and the 6 committees that are normally involved in gun legislation (and we'll add more committees if needed) - Specific Contact Tools, issue based, such as our well-known ONE-CLICK system which allows you to target your comments to the Assembly, Senate and the 6 committees that are normally involved in gun legislation (as hot issues dictate). -...

MIDI - GOT TO GET A MESSAGE TO YOU A loony woman's running around And she's been saying things that are very profound Our first lady she's wanting to be I'm afraid that's something I do not want to see She has got a special message for you Just shove it...just shove it You are scumbags and idiots, too Just shove it...just shove it Would she be as bad as Hillary I can't wait to hear her shout out you're an FJB! Condescension that she has is rare With her traitorous husband they make quite a pair She has...

MIDI - PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Who's the Magic Forger, huh, DNC? He frolics in your offices...that's where he's likely to be Your whole stinking party loves to pull this stuff Just when will you give it a rest...we've had about enough Oh, who's the Magic Forger...when will you tell? It blew up and TaRAYza now faces four more years of hell Who's the Magic Forger...what did Dan know With ratings in the toilet, we are so glad to see him go It is an awful re-run of your campaigns like before You would do most anything..you're rotten to...

MIDI - PEOPLE People...you pajama people Are the scariest people in the world At keyboards...online at your keyboards On the leftists you keep an eye I think that I could cry I don't like all you right wing people People...you bad pajama people Are the scariest people in the world And my spelling...you always check my spelling You people never retreat...although I am the elite You will not kiss my feet That's why I hate you pajama people Bad pajama people You're the scariest people in the world People...you pajama people Are the scariest people in the world On...

MIDI - MICKEY MOUSE - in children's section Rather is a lying scum...on that we can agree F-O-R-G-E-R-Y is what we see Always pushing his agenda...he's as biased as can be F-O-R-G-E-R-Y is what we see Forgery...forgery...no, CBS, you're not the one for me He's the guy who'll soon find out that he is the screw-ee F-O-R-G-E-R-Y is what we see ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha He'll be mocked like no one else in news biz history F-O-R-G-E-R-Y is what we see We would like to see his butt placed on a kicking tee F-O-R-G-E-R-Y is...

Here are the bills we need to push hard in the next session of congress! H.R. 153 covers most of the worst abuses of our RKBA, but some of the others certainly need our support as well. There were several other good bills introduced in this session, but ALL of them die in committee this week. I got these of the "Thomas" site, it only took a couple of minutes. Let's put the whole idea of "gun control" into the history books! ------------------------------------------------- Second Amendment Protection Act of 2003 (Introduced in House) HR 153 IH 108th CONGRESS 1st Session H....

In searching the Internet, I found this quote from Killian in 1987. But he die earlier than that? ====================================================== "This is television, that's all it is. It has nothing to do with people, it's to do with ratings! For fifty years, we've told them what to eat, what to drink, what to wear... for Christ's sake, Ben, don't you understand? Americans love television. They wean their kids on it. Listen. They love game shows, they love wrestling, they love sports and violence. So what do we do? We give 'em *what they want*! We're number one, Ben, that's all that...

“The Senators and Representatives shall … in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.” – US Constitution, Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1. It’s Okay to Lie In Congress The preceding excerpt from the Constitution is our origin of what is called legislative immunity. It means that if Dianne Feinstein prefers to lie while carrying out...

The Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44) was the world's first truly effective assault rifle. It was introduced by the German army late in WWII, and if the war had continued another year, the StG44 would have replaced every other rifle, light machine gun, and submachine gun in the Wehrmacht, including the antique Karabiner 98k and MP38. After the war the legacy of the StG44 resulted in the outright replacement of almost every infantry gun in the western world, serving as the direct inspiration for the Russian AK47, the most prolific gun in the world, and the indirect inspiration for practically everything else....

It amazes me how many supposedly intelligent folks continue to parrot the ignorance deliberately being spread by the leftist anti-gun media concerning an accurate and truthful definition of so-called “assault weapons.” The only legitimate and authorized “assault weapons” are those used by military and police in America. They have several firing options, the least deadly of which is semi-automatic single trigger pull firing. This is defined as a shot being fired every time the trigger is pulled, and this type of firing option has been available on American firearms since the late 1800s. Military assault rifles, also used by a...

In the decade since the Long Island Rail Road shooting and the nine years since Congress enacted a law to ban assault-style semiautomatic weapons, the world has changed, according to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola). And not for the better. That's why she and other gun-law advocates are pressing to extend the assault weapons ban enacted in 1994, a year after the LIRR shootings that killed six and wounded 19. The ban will expire in September unless Congress and the president act. McCarthy, whose husband, Dennis, was killed and son, Kevin, gravely wounded in the shootings, and other backers of the...

<p>A Great Meadows farmer was convicted of possession of an assault weapon Monday following a brief trial in state Superior Court.</p> <p>The charge against sod farmer Dennis Pryslak surfaced last year as state police were investigating an incident in Pryslak's farm store, authorities said.</p>

George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers have decided that their best strategy for the 2004 campaign is to focus on the "doctrine of preemption." The obvious goal is to portray the president as a hero in the war on terror, conveying the notion that he is the one who is able to keep America safe. Unfortunately for Bush, his position on the assault weapons ban may cause his reelection plans to unravel. Many conservatives currently feel comfortable backing Bush for a second term. For one thing, he cut taxes, and the economy is on the rebound. He has shown...

The “Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003” is scheduled to be introduced tomorrow – Halloween, appropriately – by Sens. JohnMcCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.). And, according to an email sent yesterday to certain Senators by Jim Kessler of “Americans for Gun Safety,” the pair will offer the bill as an amendment to S. 659, the gun industry liability protection bill, which could be on the Senate floor as early as next week. About a week ago Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and the Republican leadership agreed that S. 659would be one of a few pieces of legislation...

An Angels Camp man charged with possessing several illegal firearms said he will prove that federal law gives him the right to have them. What's more, said Richard Wilmshurst, he plans to sue California agents who searched his house. He claims they violated his civil rights and took some of his property, including a gold bar, during the search. Wilmshurst, owner of 49er Subaru in Angels Camp, was arraigned, cited and released in June on three counts of possessing an assault weapon and eight counts of unlawful assault weapon activity. His preliminary hearing in Calaveras County Superior Court was continued...

Two gunmakers who challenged Congress' authority to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday. The court, without comment, rejected an appeal that said Congress exceeded its power to regulate interstate commerce when it outlawed such weapons in 1994. The 1994 law, an amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, defines semiautomatic assault weapons to include a list of specified firearms and ``copies or duplicates of the firearms in any caliber.'' Navegar Inc. and Penn Arms Inc. challenged the federal ban in 1995. Florida-based Navegar, doing business as Intratec, manufactures two...

Caliber: 5.56x45 mm NATO Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt Overall length: no data Barrel length: no data Weight: 2.67 kg empty Rate of fire: no data Magazine capacity: 30 rounds (STANAG) The development of the XM8 Lightweight Assault Rifle was initiated by US Army in the 2002, when contract was issued to the Alliant Techsystems Co of USA to study possibilities of development of kinetic energy part of the XM29 OICW weapon into separate lightweight assault rifle, which could, in the case of success, replace the aging M16A2 rifles and M4A1 carbines in US military service. According to the present...

Ensuring the Bans DIE! Need help listing ALL the rational reasons the bans are unconstitutional or illegal. I would think that one of the professional RKBA lobby groups would have already done this, but if they have I have not seen the list. Just a couple I have not seen discussed are; 1. Fails the "reasonable man" test. Even L.E. has a hard time understanding all the details of these bans. Civilians, particularly those who were too young to catch the details when they were enacted, have little chance of complete understanding without a comprehensive course of study. I often...

With the 04 elections right around the corner, I'm sure many of us are receiving donation letters from the Republican National Committee, asking us for our hard-earned money in order to stave off the Democrat onslaught. This is all fine & good, except for one thing... with Pres. Bush's stance on the AW ban, and without any real assurances from Republican lawmakers that the ban will be allowed to wither away & die, I'm not really in the giving mood! Thus, when I received a letter in today's mail from the RNC's Treasurer Mike Retzer, I decided to enclose a...

Ellett Brothers, one of the largest firearm distribution companies in the U.S., has suddenly instituted a new policy for all firearms dealers who do business in any state which borders Kalifiornia! They are calling all licensed dealers who have accounts with them and DEMANDING that the dealers send them pics of the inside and out side of their stores. They are allowing dealers thirty days to provide them with the pics. There is NO federal law requireing anything like this, I do not know if they came up with this on their own, or in response to some effort of...

Well, here we go again. Power-hungry cowards in Congress are once again seeking to ram gun control down our throats, and this time, our president – the man who was painted as a friend to the some 80 million-gun owners in this country by the National Republican Apologists (NRA) – says he will sign it if it reaches his desk. But my goal today is not to take aim at the NRA for its obsequious and quite obvious silence on the G.W. Bush promise to sign the odious legislation to expand and make permanent the Clinton “Assault” weapons ban of...

"The most critical improvement" to the federal "assault weapon" ban, according to the Violence Policy Center, "is to ensure that the term 'assault weapon' includes all guns that are, in fact, assault weapons." Don't think about that assertion too much; it might cause your head to explode. The gun banners at the VPC are unfazed by the fact that "assault weapon" is not an objective category: They know one when they see it. Legally, however, "assault weapon" means whatever Congress says it means. The 1994 ban, which is scheduled to expire next year but would be renewed by legislation recently...

So, now that the post-election dust has settled, how are things looking for us in the House, Senate, and White House? Let's start with the President. WHITE HOUSE Though President Bush did voice support for the "current ban" during his campaign, he appears to be backing away from this stance now. During recent Senate testimony, Attorney General John Ashcroft would not give a firm answer to the relentless ban renewal questioning from Sens. Feinstein (D-CA) and Schumer (D-NY), instead saying the White House intended to study the issue further (in Washington, "study" generally means "it's dead"). Feinstein was flabbergasted, but...

As the House of Representatives considers a bill by Rep. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, that would outlaw certain semi-automatic firearms, three numbers are at the center of the prohibitionists' argument: 19, 100, and 20. As in, "The bill only outlaws 19 guns, 100 percent of law enforcement supports the ban, and assault weapons are 20 times more likely to be used in a crime than are ordinary guns." Such numbers have apparently convinced President Clinton that "assault weapon" prohibition is a "no-brainer." But if lawmakers cared to engage their brains before turning millions of American gun owners into felons,...

It could have been a scene from an action movie: The morning quiet of a neighborhood is torn by a throbbing, chunka-chunka wall of sound. A small helicopter appears over the houses and lands in a vacant lot. A man darts out from behind a tree to hop in as the helicopter lifts off the ground. Then comes the crack of an assault rifle. A man stands in the front door of his home shooting at what he thinks is a terrorist rendezvous. That was the picture that emerged in the days after a helicopter landed unexpectedly in Williamsburg's Fort...