Chucktshoes

Christie!

Anyone who equates Trayvon Martin with Emmitt Till shows themself to be completely unserious and not worth paying attention to at all.

To add a little bit of backing to what I said about how this played out in Memphis, here is a 2008 article from The Atlantic that explains what happened here very clearly. Tip of the hat to crimsonaudio for posting the link to this story elsewhere. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/american-murder-mystery/306872/

I had a nice long reply typed out, but decided to delete it as I am sure it crossed lines that the moderation staff here would be unable to ignore within regards to advocating violence against government officials. I'm out of this one. Enjoy continuing to fool yourself into believing that there is truly a functional difference between the Republicans and Democrats.

If I considered myself part of the right that might bother me, but I'm not and it doesn't. I posted an image here before that sums up my view that the left/right paradigm most of the population buys into is a suckers game no matter which side you end up on. Both sides are full of authoritarian statists who think it's perfectly acceptable to use the government's guns to steal money from the people and force them to live their lives in a manner of which they approve. You will find me standing outside that cage calling both parties out for being the agents of collectivism that they are.

There's the rub. As long as folks believe the garbage about "wasting your vote" and "it's a defacto vote for x" they won't quit voting for the total and complete bags of shit that the R and D parties put up. No matter how likely or unlikely the candidate who receives your vote is to win, the only time you waste a vote is when you vote for someone you don't really support or believe in because "as bad as he is, at least he isn't the other guy." The last time I held my nose and voted for the lesser of two evils it was for John McCain because he wasn't Obama. I was left with a bad taste in my mouth and still got Obama. Never again will I vote against someone. Even if I can't avoid having a shitty president hell bent on destroying this country (either intentionally like Obama or unintentionally like I believe McCain and Romney would have done because they just wouldn't have been able to help themselves) I can at least have a clear conscience as the Democrats AND Republicans finish the job knowing that I didn't help either party in their work.

If you have a SWAT team, you need to justify its existence by using it.

I haven't seen too much glamorization of drug use or production in BB. In fact unless you consider the depiction of the lucrative nature of the distribution business as glamorous, the show is decidedly unglamorous in its storyline. The show has depicted the fall of, if not a good man, at least a decent man into a monster.

Nancy Mace, the first female grad of The Citidel, has declared as a primary challenger for the seat held by Sen. Lindsay Graham. I love it when Cavuto referred to Graham as a RINO. :lol: http://video.foxnews.com/v/2586947693001/first-female-citadel-grad-challenging-sen-grahams-seat/

I recognize this debate! It's the one where Republican apologists stake out the position of voting against the Democrats for fear of the harm they cause and libertarians attempt to explain that there is no functional difference between the parties and that they are both controlled by progressives that think it is perfectly ok to use the government to legislate control of how other people live their lives and spend their money. The libertarians eventually lose patience and get snarky, the Republican apologists get offended and there are tears and recriminations for weeks on end. Cue the butthurt in 3...2...1...

I get fewer funny looks than I used to when I say things like "public education isn't designed to give knowledge" and "if you want to educate your kids, do it yourself". http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/. <- Read this book.

You read it right. In fact, you can even imbibe as long as you aren't in a bar or the bar area and you don't get drunk.

Yes.

He only got a warning? Still no #justice4Trayvon!

Accepting what you said at face value, the case/rifle were secured enough that the officers were unable to open the chamber.

You looking to get cut? I'm Irish and Mexican, so you keep saying shit like that and I will. Just let me finish my beer first.

Good Lord, I hope I didn't just give him any ideas. :lol:

That could certainly lead to some interesting bedfellows. :lol:

Robert, for the most part I like Rand. I have become uneasy with some of his positions as of late, but I am generally favorably inclined towards him. That being said, I don't think you should vote for him if you don't want to. I still maintain that no matter how unlikely your choice is to win, the only vote wasted is the vote cast not from conscience but fear. We should all be voting FOR someone, not AGAINST someone.

Just as a question of curiosity, how would the TN Firearms Firearms Act affect the enforcement of a the federal law by state agents such as MNPD? I know he is an FFL/SOT and that the suppressor was legally owned under those rules, but what if the officers had opened up the case and the suppressor had "Made in TN" stamped on it? Would the officers be correct for effecting an arrest for a federal statute that is in conflict with the state statutes that they are commissioned to enforce? While most agree that the TFFA is unenforceable against federal agents, would it not have an impact on state commissioned LEO?

I do agree on his intent, I think I already mentioned that. People were alarmed, they called police and then they intervened. Two different groups of folks with different ROE. Even though he intentionally dressed in a manner to elicit concern and draw a police intervention, if he did not break any laws, he has to be allowed to continue on his way. I would have been ok with him getting cuffed and stuffed for whatever the charge is for inciting a panic. Let the courts work out whether or not that one would stick, but I think the officers would have been covered for making that arrest. They didn't make that arrest, maybe they know something we don't on that front, but I think that would have been a reasonable course of action to everyone. I know I wouldn't have to find myself appearing to defend the assnugget.

The bad part is that he doesn't have to do battle with the entire city at once, he only has to keep probing until he finds the wrong officer on the wrong day and then, cha-ching! The taxpayers lose.

See, I might see the same thing and think he is a mall ninja doing exercise. What's his demeanor? Gonna take that into account as well. Too many variables to list, gonna trust my gut. Of course all of that is moot with regard to the police actions, they knew who they were dealing with.

And in states where the carrying of a loaded long arm is not a crime, places like Wyoming, or Virginia.