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...Snip So the question remains: Where does this movement go from here? There is already talk about another national event on Independence Day, and perhaps yet another in September. But without a greater focus and purpose, this will remain a nice way to vent on an annual-to-quarterly basis, but not much more. I think the answer lies in what this spontaneous protest represents – the anger at the total lack of opposition in what is supposed to be the opposition party, and the resulting fear that the entire federal bureaucracy is unleashed upon the people, whom they openly hold in...

The debate’s raging in the comments at LiveLeak: are they French or French Canadian? Because this is a lot more or less funny depending on what the answer is.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to provide more oversight of Special Forces used for espionage, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized the program immediately after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Gates, a former CIA director, has criticized expanding the role of military intelligence. Many officials, such as Marine Maj. Gen. Michael Ennis, who is with the CIA and in charge of coordinating its human intelligence operations with military ones, want the program to continue. But some officials also told the Times that the military operations have also duplicated or...

My questions for the Iraq war bashing liberals: Has the Iraq war been perfect, No, but when has it ever been done better? When has a brutal dictator with access to great wealth on a global scale been defeated faster? When have fewer of our troops been casualties in the course of defeating a country with the world’s 4th or 5th largest army? When have there been fewer innocent casualties in the course of defeating said army and dictator? When has there been less destruction of non-combatants homes and property? When has there been less destruction of infrastructure? When has...

A Henrico County resident brought more than complaints about rising real estate taxes to a recent budget public hearing. To the surprise of some in the audience, the speaker was also carrying a gun. "I was beyond appall by the presentation of an armed citizen," Bob Atack, a local developer who attended the April 12 hearing, wrote in a letter to County Manager Virgil R. Hazelett. "As I observed his behavior from the podium, almost within arm's reach [of] the most important elected officials and senior management of our county, it caused me to tremble." Snip…

My dear Aunt Sandy in Texas has brain cancer. Surgeons have removed as much of the tumor as possible, but were unable to remove it completely. The Doctors say folks in the same situation live an average of 9 months after surgery. Sandy is currently working in therapy to overcome the effects of surgery. Her left side has been affected as well as some minor brain functions. Please join me in prayer for Sandy. Please Lord, watch over Sandy, guide her and protect her. Make the medical staff wise and sure in their treatment. Grant her strength to drive this...

The best and fastest way to reinstate the National Do Not Call List, or an equal substitute, is to call your US Representative and two US Senators and tell them you want action right now! Stress the fact that 50,000,000 people signed up for the National Do Not Call List and as a politician having 50,000,000 people happy with you is a lot better than having 50,000,000 against them. Stress to them that action is needed right now! They can find a way to stop tele-marketers with 50,000,000 voters behind them.

My solution to the Middle East crisis Israel should invade France. Think about it, Israel would capture France in about a week, they could then give the old Israel to Yassar Arafat and the Palestinians. All the problems in the Middle East disappear in a few short weeks. We know that France wouldn’t fight. The Germans won’t attack Jewish Israelis in this lifetime. After Iraq, the US won’t fight for France. That pretty much leaves Canada and Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe to fight for France, no trouble so far for Israel. It’s a win, win, win, Arafat gets his country,...

I hope I don’t run afoul of the mediators, but Freeper “Excuse My Bellicosity” posted a link to The Navy Newsstand website on a different subject. I followed it and got to poking around, and it’s a great site. I wanted to let Freepers know about it, I hope it deserves it’s own thread. I found homecoming pictures of our troops and of President Bush from the USS Lincoln yesterday. They're all great pictures and come in small, larger, and huge "download" size. There are several different galleries, I found the Homecoming and Presidential pictures at: http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp The Presidential pictures...

What Price Betrayal? We are beginning to learn the price of France’s betrayal of America and the world. America has been France’s most generous ally in times of trouble. America has never shirked in helping France, be it in blood, money or forgiveness. Yet, France now turns its back to America. France has turned its back to its European and United Kingdom countrymen. France now turns its back to its obligation to support its allies in NATO. France is purposely splitting the United Nations into seemingly permanent inaction. Instead of supporting the world in removing Saddam Hussain, France has decided...

I haven't been able to connect with SETI for a couple days now. I know they were having bandwidth problems. Has anyone heard what the current problem is?

I am writing this because I feel every Firearms owner should know this story. I placed an order for a Dell notebook computer on February 13 on line with Dell. I was given a tentative delivery date of February 21st. I was watching the order through the Dell on line tracking system; I also opted for the automatic email notification of when the machine was to be shipped. Well the 21st came and went, I am a Pistolsmith I know things can happen. I made a phone call on the 25th, did a voice mail message for my salesman to ...

As recommended by others here at FR, I have been using the Internet firewall ZoneAlarm, and highly recommend it also, it's amazing the number of hits I get where someone or some computer is trying to gain entrance to my computer. My question: Is it possible to go back to the computer that is trying to gain entrance to my computer using the information from the ZoneAlarm search? For example, it seems every time I go to the NRA site I get hit with a search, the last one from "IP Address 216.106.166.220 (UDP Port 20730)". Is there a way ...

A Maryland gun-rights activist organization has blamed the state's number-one nationwide ranking for armed robberies on restrictive gun laws that "promote victim disarmament." According to the Maryland Citizens Defense League, "the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report [for 1999] shows Maryland with the highest robbery rate for the fifth year in a row." The group said its study of the Uniform Crime Report, which was released by the FBI in October, "shows Maryland No. 4 in violent crime," up from "No. 5 last year." Also, the state "remains No. 4 in murder(s), and keeps America's top robbery rate, held since ...

Happy New Year-Smith & Wesson Is Sinking Happy New Year, as 2001 begins there are no great space stations, no colony on Mars, & no dangerious super computer know as Hal (from the movie 2001). However, the year brings us no rest from anti-gun attack, no peace for the Second Amendment, & no peace for Smith & Wesson, as gun owners continue to boycott S&W products. The company is in dire straights, as Thomkins PLC (the parent company), has put S&W on the action block for all takers. No one is bidding on the company after being for sale for ...

I am wondering about the separation of powers in Florida. Does the Florida Supreme Court really have the power to stop an elected official of the Executive branch from doing their duty? I can be very contrary, if I were the Florida Secretary of State, I would be sorely tempted to state that I don’t believe the Judicial branch can use prior restraint to stop the Executive branch from doing it’s duty, then go ahead and certify the election results. This to me, is especially true, if what I read earlier today is correct, that the Florida Supreme Court stopped ...

Texas Doctor Acquitted of gun charges involving his ex-wife. Judge rules that Dr. Timothy Emerson’s Second Amendment rights were violated. Wayne LaPierre on ABC’s This Week Sunday.

October 2000 Smith & Wesson Names New President George C. Colclough has been named president of Smith & Wesson replacing Ed Shultz. Shultz also serves as president of Murray Inc., a company that has now been sold by Tomkins PLC. He will remain president and part of the management team for Murray's new owners. Colclough is a 25-year employee of Smith & Wesson, most recently serving as vice-president of Administration. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY and received a law degree from Western New England College of Law, Springfield, MA. Colclough served with the 1st Cavalry ...

When U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney published the accusation on her congressional Web page that Vice President Al Gore's "Negro tolerance level has never been too high," it was a story that the national news media barely noticed. The four-term Democratic congresswoman from Georgia has since tried to spin her way out of the published claim, saying that the comment was "never intended for public distribution." She has not explained how the comments wound up on her Web site, nor has she denied making the accusation in the first place. But perhaps an incident that occurred in 1988 involving Al Gore ...

Recently, the media, including medical journalists in organized medicine (i.e., American Medical Association and affiliates) have focused their attention on the associations of violence in television, music, video games and movies to violent behavior in children and adolescents. To this end, a consensus statement of experts released July 26 and sponsored by the AMA and other medical groups proclaimed, "At this time, well over 1,000 studies - including reports from the surgeon general's office, the National Institute of Mental Health and numerous studies conducted by leading figures within our medical and public health organizations - point overwhelmingly to a causal ...