Recent content by DesertEagle613

Whoa! I wish I'd known about this thing a week ago :banghead: Thanks, Mongoose. Now to poke around... However, my main issue is still finding something that looks like: "New Jersey passed the I Hate Guns Act in 1993, the Guns Are Scary Act in 1995, the Make the Bad Man Go Away Act in...

Thanks, Creature. I'll start poking around…

I have an idea for a research paper on the conditions that encourage the passage of gun laws, either those that restrict gun rights or those that enable them (like CCW), on the state level. What I need is a list of gun laws (good ones and bad ones) and the years they were passed for each...

I think this is mostly a trait of the more liberal branches of Judaism, i.e. Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist. Whereas I still remember the Orthodox synagogue in New Jersey that my cousins go to, where the synagogue president got up near the end of prayers and reminded the congregation...

Don't waste too much thought on our "unfunded liabilities." When was the last time that a government kept a promise that was not in its interest to keep? Should things get bad enough, our social insurance schemes will be dramatically rolled back.

Wouldn't the point be made more clearly if the adults in the photo were armed?

DNS, Granted that training is always better than no training, and that you should prepare yourself beforehand to fight back. However, guns are called an equalizer for a reason. Not all people are capable of fighting hand-to-hand, even with a weapon, even with training. I have been studying...

The best round in the world doesn't do jack if it doesn't hit something vital. The key is accuracy. Remember, the Mossad traditionally gave its agents the .22LR Beretta pistol, and it did the job. Admittedly, it would be foolish to use a bad round if you can use something better… but don't...

I do not care for the United Nations, as you say, because for my entire life the UN has lent its support to murderous tyrants. The blood of millions is on its hands. Srebrenica. Rwanda. Cambodia. Oil-for-"Food." Darfur. That the UN subsumed several smaller organizations that actually do...

The United Nations is an insurance policy for tyrants, a call-girl service for pedophiles, a free-money bank for embezzlers, and a blight on the surface of the earth. It cannot be otherwise; if tyrannies are placed on the same level as free societies, the former will overwhelm the latter.

Is it possible to sue the ex? I'll bet you could argue all kinds of monetary damages, emotional distress, etc.

I love a happy ending :D

Alternative: If the United States simply dropped trade barriers with the entire world, then there would be no a priori assumption that MexiCanada has "closer" economic relations with us and "deserves" integration. Besides, more trade with the rest of the world, less trade with Mexico...

FTF, Way to throw in a non sequitor. Not that it matters for the thread, but imagine what would have happened had Bush NOT declared "Mission Accomplished" until the insurgency was defeated, i.e. sometime in the near future, roughly 4 years after the invasion. People like you would be accusing...

What do you mean, "unless you own your own business"? Politics is everywhere. Even if you're a sole proprietor, you still have to deal with vendors, landlords, government flacks, etc.