[bill.aam]

That headline is just a wee bit intellectually dishonest, but again they got it out to their targeted audience...

What is so bad about allowing licensed gun owners to transport their firearms when traveling on Amtrak? It’s not like you’re going to be able to wear it strapped to your hip or something, it’s just like the airlines, it has to be declared while checking bags, proper paper work filled out and it has to be locked inside a hard case that then goes into the cargo compartment in the belly of the airplane.

[DotHQ]

Originally Posted by bill.aam

That headline is just a wee bit intellectually dishonest, but again they got it out to their targeted audience...

What is so bad about allowing licensed gun owners to transport their firearms when traveling on Amtrak? It’s not like you’re going to be able to wear it strapped to your hip or something, it’s just like the airlines, it has to be declared while checking bags, proper paper work filled out and it has to be locked inside a hard case that then goes into the cargo compartment in the belly of the airplane.

Well said Bill. I agree 110%

More and more are being allowed to open carry also. Police have been told they cannot harass a person just because he is carrying a gun in the open.
Police are there to clean up the mess after the fact. With a gun you might be able to protect yourself if the situation arises. Hopefully it never will, but if it does wouldn't you rather be prepared?

[bill.aam]

Originally Posted by DotHQ

Well said Bill. I agree 110%

More and more are being allowed to open carry also. Police have been told they cannot harass a person just because he is carrying a gun in the open.
Police are there to clean up the mess after the fact. With a gun you might be able to protect yourself if the situation arises. Hopefully it never will, but if it does wouldn't you rather be prepared?

Did you see my signature?

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Here

You think that plan would be economically feasible for 390 million US citizens?

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by Wino

No, they were for themselves, just like the typical republican, dictator or Dr. Frankenstein.

Leave poor 'ol Al Franken out of this.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Leave poor 'ol Al Franken out of this.

Hahahahaha...Big belly laugh, thanks LAN...

[ekim68]

Citing Risks, U.S. Seeks New Rules for Niche Banks

SALT LAKE CITY — Generations ago, industrialists and financiers extracted fortunes from the copper and gold mines dug into the canyons near here. Now, their modern-day counterparts are resisting a government proposal that could shut down what has become another gold mine of sorts.

Utah is the nation’s unlikely capital of industrial banks — niche institutions that primarily make loans to businesses. Corporations like Goldman Sachs, Target and General Electric have been attracted to the state to set up such institutions. While they have brought billions of dollars in deposits, thousands of jobs and millions in charitable donations to Salt Lake City, the banks have also drawn fire from Washington.

The Obama administration argues that the banks pose a threat to the economy because their parent companies can engage in risky practices but are often exempt from routine scrutiny by the Federal Reserve. Treasury officials want to require the corporate owners of the nation’s 41 industrial banks to accept more rigorous regulation or be forced to sell or shut them down.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/bu...er=rss&emc=rss

[poochee]

House passes amendment to cut government funding for ACORN
updated 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
CNN's Deirdre Walsh and Terry Frieden contributed to this story.
CNN

Story Highlights
•Senate passed similar measure earlier in the week
•Community organization group under fire after release of videos
•Workers on tapes appeared to be condoning illegal activity
•CEO says group will be able to continue work even if funding is cut

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives approved an amendment Thursday that calls for halting government funding to the community organizing group ACORN.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/...iref=polticker

[wacor]

They should eliminate any funding to Acorn

What a joke

[ekim68]

And, they should have campaign finance reform and do away with legal bribery; what a joke on us...

[ekim68]

Net Neutrality Gets Boost From Key Congressman

Efforts to prevent network operators from blocking or slowing Internet traffic got a boost Thursday morning from Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who said he would co-sign a bill that would codify net neutrality.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/pos...?hpid=sec-tech

[wacor]

Originally Posted by ekim68

And, they should have campaign finance reform and do away with legal bribery; what a joke on us...

yup

public financing of elections

[Sarge]

Anyone seen whats going on in California and how the water was turned off to save some fish meanwhile farmers are going hungry?

[Littlefield]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Anyone seen whats going on in California and how the water was turned off to save some fish meanwhile farmers are going hungry?

Yep, crazy they should let the little damn fish die . You cannot eat the fish and they are worthless compared to the farmers .

[Wino]

Don't panic, guys. Just because Faux News makes a big deal out of it to blame the Dems doesn't mean it's that dire a situation. Why not blame Mother Nature for the drought? I'll post a link that gives some details other than a Hannity rant - doesn't seem any worse than what is going on in my area of the country to save the snail darter.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/drou...lifornia_N.htm