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[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125778" timestamp="1395065908"]He won't be in his father's arms. He will enter and judgment should take about 3 seconds then he will be where he belongs. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2[/quote] Takes a lot of certainty to be able to declare that judgement on another. That's a level of hubris I just can't rise to.

Derek Webb (singer, former member of Cademon's Call) who once wrote a song called "Freddie Please" about Phelps, summed it up perfectly for me.       I won't take any joy or satisfaction in this news. I only pray that he can find the peace in the Father's arms that he apparently wasn't able to find in life.

[quote name="NashvilleStage" post="1124583" timestamp="1394819795"]Ever walked up to one of those trough-style urinals, with a big group of guys around? *That* will test your manhood...[/quote] "Don't cross the streams… It would be bad… Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."

Had the same thing happen to me last year. Six months later the fix gave out and broke again. At that point I just removed the switch and spliced the wires together. Other than having to remember that it won't stop spinning if I open the lid, problem solved permanently.

Since the F-Troop violated a restraining order, do you think we could get them declared "prohibited persons" under the Lautenberg amendment? :lol:

Found it! http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html

[quote name="Mark@Sea" post="1125136" timestamp="1394927554"] I have yet to meet anyone with a kind word for that organization. This is possibly because I select for intelligent people as friends. They have a long and documented history of abuses, disregard of the courts, incompetence, perjury - if the House had a set (so to speak), they'd be un-funded, disbanded, and hounded into anonymity.[/quote] As much as I despise them, I still want them around for as long as the government insist on regulating what it has no right to. The reason being their culture of incompetence. If they went away tomorrow all of their functions would likely fall to the FBI. That thought completely terrifies me. Remember, when the F-Troop screws the pooch they call in the Fibbies to fix it. We all know where that leads. I'll take dealing with abusive, murderous and incompetent over abusive, murderous and competent any day. At least the first option gives you a chance of making it out alive.

[quote name="Mark@Sea" post="1125124" timestamp="1394926159"]This has become an issue with atf because they will get away with it under this administration.[/quote] They'll continue getting away with it as long as the public remains under the mistaken belief that they are a legitimate law enforcement organization.

Norris is on the CBS series "Under the Dome". The "they" he is referring to would be CBS.

[quote name="Monkeyman2500" post="1124406" timestamp="1394772269"]I feel so left out. I dont have a shotgun. :([/quote] I got rid of mine. It only collected dust. I use my AR as my primary home defense weapon.

No, they didn't Mr. Mencken.

I agree. If a few beers makes you unsafe to be around a gun, you were already unsafe to be around a gun before you drank the first one.

While being armed and under the influence is illegal and consuming in a public, alcohol serving establishment is illegal, the law is actually silent as to whether consuming while armed is illegal. It says nothing as to whether it is illegal for me to go over a buddy's place and have a beer or two while armed. As far as being under the influence goes, that is a nice gray area up to the discretion of the officer one may interact with.

[quote name="semiautots" post="1121954" timestamp="1394306232"]I guess they could invade New York City, Boston, and Washington DC.[/quote] There is a very strong case to be made that the Commies already have.

This. This place would be a lot more boring for me without you (and Dave).  :rofl:

https://www.swatmag.com/articles/view/when-does-compromise-become-betrayal I believe this article is appropriate to the conversation.

[quote name="RobertNashville" post="1121055" timestamp="1394148685"]The true originators (the legislators) will likely come out looking like the rational folks. The police trying to enforce the law who may get shot/killed if people resist with violence will likely be looked on as heroes. The gun owners who resisted...well, they will likely be dead and their arms confiscated (and the lives of their families ruined if they are still alive)...those of us of the same mindset as them (like us) may consider them the heroes but most people and the press will paint them as violent radicals in the vein of Timothy McVeigh who got exactly what they deserved - exactly the kind of people who the law was passed to protect "reasonable" people from. I'm not saying don't resist but I think everyone needs to be realistic about the likely outcome.[/quote] If it comes to that point it is far beyond too late. That's the beginning of the death spiral due to escalating responses from both sides. Like I said before, the only hope is for the state of CT to pull back now. Once the shooting starts, it will spread and if it spreads ,then the odds of returning to normal are around zero. At that point it is all over for the founders' experiment.

I've made that very point in support of the option you don't recognize as a valid one. I would say that it is actually one of the strongest reasons to exercise that option and to make the originators of the violence face its consequences.

Just because submission is your choice, doesn't make it any less of a choice or any less yours. 

No, one shouldn't, but the reality is that one's economic standing can and does have a great effect on the decision making process. My decisions as a married father of modest means are going to be different than if I were a single & childless. My lines in the sand of what I find acceptable are different. To be honest, I am willing to take more crap from the government because I have certain responsibilities to my wife and child. And because my means are modest, my options are more limited. It isn't something to aspire to, but it is a reality to be taken into account. 

Saw that. Who knew?  :rofl:

[quote name="Dolomite_supafly" post="1120747" timestamp="1394070104"]Since when is Medicare, Medicaid, SS an entitlement? It is not an entitlement because we all paid into it. Welfare, on the other hand, is an entitlement because those who receive it did not pay for it. Pretty sure we all paid into it so we could have a retirement check later. I would have much rather had that money to invest towards retirement than give it to the government. Social Security IS our retirement that WE paid for so it is not an entitlement.[/quote] Your definitions are backwards.

The amount of mortgage debt and student loan debt that folks are encouraged to take on isn't accidental. Nobody has time to rock the boat when they are worried about making the next payment.

I think not.