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How are those White's holding up, Neil?

And they think they're going to be able to do healthcare...

Who's going to listen to your argument and do something with this petition? Even if by some act of God you advance past the 11 votes you've got as of now and make it to the 25,000 signatures required to advance it to a mailbox no one actually reads, who do you expect to take up your banner? Find me one politician in 2012 who's going to go on the record and say, "I'd like to sponsor a bill restoring gun rights to people convicted of domestic violence." Their opponents wouldn't even need to make commercials about their record, they'd just play the tape of their comments. I agree that there are several problems with Lautenberg. Whether you consider it a 2nd Amendment issue, a 10th Amendment issue, or simply the fact that in many cases it's been applied ex post facto - there are a lot of Constitutional problems with it. It deserves to have it's day in court, and in fact the 7th Circuit heard a case on it recently and reversed a conviction. If you want to be involved in overturning this law, there are paths to do that. Get involved. This petition, however may as well be spitting in the wind. I'm closing this thread because of the above reasons. To all of you who are reporting this thread on both sides of the issue, I'll just say that we give our moderators a fair bit of leeway in making decisions abot what's appropriate and what's not. That's part of the reason they're here.

[size=5][sub]Here's an article from American Rifleman:[/sub][/size] [size=5][sub][url="http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/southern-derringer/"]http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/southern-derringer/[/url][/sub][/size]

[size=4]That's an old [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Southern Derringer by Merrimack Arms and Brown Mfg. Co. [/font][/size] If it's a real one, it's in .41 rimfire and worth several hundred dollars in good condition. Originally made from the mid 1860s to the mid 1870s

I'm so dumbfounded by this, I can't even express it. It's like someone is sitting back and thinking, "How can we flip the biggest bird possible to our men and women in uniform, and by proxy the American public?" "What's Jane Fonda doing? Oh. She's at that wine tasing with Hillary? How about the former junior Senator from Massachuessets who by the way served in Vietnam?"

James Taranto of the WSJ opining about the Washington Post's report that John Kerry is being considered to replace Leon Panetta as SecDef. I don't know that I can actually imagine anything more insulting: [url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578117152449022528.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion"]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578117152449022528.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion[/url] [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-considers-john-kerry-for-job-of-defense-secretary/2012/11/12/8a0e973a-2d02-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-considers-john-kerry-for-job-of-defense-secretary/2012/11/12/8a0e973a-2d02-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html[/url]

The engineer in me was holding my breath the whole time thinking, "Man, this thing's got a high center of gravity!"

The interesting thing, to me is going to be when all of the rats start abandoning the sinking ship. I expect we may see more than a few trying to cut deals to save their skin.

You know, it's interesting that David Petraeus is still very well respected despite this "personal failing." I don't condone what he's done, but I think a lot of people recognize this for exactly what it is. He was forced out before he made the administration look bad. I have faith that we will hear the whole story. I hope General Petraeus gets to tell his side of things. I hope he doesn't show up dead in a few months. I think we'll hear what happened simply because the administration is trying to cover up too much, and too many people are involved. No way to suppress all of them.

All they lack is someone playing the role of deepthroat.

That's nice!

I'm wishing they would have taken the UN election observer out of my library and put him up there.

With all of the depression setting in regarding the election and the general state of the economy, I'd thought I'd post something that brought a smile to my face today. Note, that as much as I want to dismiss this magazine as Guns and Ammo crossed with an issue of Vogue with a dose of Real Simple mixed in, I've enjoyed something in every issue I've seen thus far. The following is pure unadulterated genius: [img]http://gardenandgun.com/files/111_0.jpg[/img] [url="http://gardenandgun.com/article/krispy-kreme-creme-brulee"]Krispy Krème Brûlée Recipe[/url] This may be better than the slutty brownies that got posted earlier this year. Anyone who tries this recipe either needs to invite me over or post a review immediately. Or both...

[quote name='TMF' timestamp='1352826801' post='844853'] Certainly the perception is the same here in regard to minorities. I'm from the land of trailer parks and Florida. I know just how worthless and teet sucking white people can be. [/quote] I don't think one can really understand this until you've been to white cracker Florida. It takes it to a whole different level.

Good luck!

An interesting article this morning coming out of Philadelphia concerning 59 voting districts where Romney got zero votes. That's right. Obama "carried" these districts 19,605 votes to 0. Really? I'm willing to stretch a long way, but I don't buy that you can have nearly 20,000 voters without a single contrarian vote. [url="http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-12/news/35069785_1_romney-supporters-mitt-romney-sasha-issenberg"]http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-12/news/35069785_1_romney-supporters-mitt-romney-sasha-issenberg[/url]

Note, that this trick is more difficult with bigger ties, but I felt compelled to share this with you on a Monday morning: [url="http://youtu.be/HfmOD5jImOs"]http://youtu.be/HfmOD5jImOs[/url]

That barrel can be threaded, but you would likely be able to find a threaded 0.920" barrel for the same money or less than having it threaded. There are plenty of suppressors out there that are the same diameter.

[quote name='hipower' timestamp='1352498581' post='842707'] Naw. Couldn't be. All Harris Teeter melons are home grown. [/quote] Clearly you've not been to the one in Belle Meade lately. They've been carrying the genetically modified, hothouse grown variety for some time. I'd even go so far as to say their customers prefer them over the organic versions.

[quote name='maroonandwhite' timestamp='1352498618' post='842708'] I'm sure if they try to subpoena him it will be shot down somehow. [/quote]i just hope he doesn't go the way of Ron Brown. As an intelligence operative, having an affair is a very touchy thing, as the threat of blackmail is very real. Funny thing is, that regardless of how long the administration knew or if this was a political card that was played, now that it's out, it's done. You can't hold it over his head anymore. I hope he gets his chance to tell his side of the story.

There does seem to be a lot of work in the Middle Tennessee area for good tech people. I have recruiters calling me weekly. There are a couple of LinkedIn groups that I'm a part of that seem to have daily postings. Shoot me a note if you're interested, and I'll happily provide any info I have.

[quote name='stick1' timestamp='1352392719' post='841820'] Lets hope that civil war can evolve from this election, Greece ,France ,Ireland many European nations have had violent unrest over similar things. Let hope we can do it right. [/quote]I'm not sure how I missed this, but I sincerely hope that no one here truly believes garbage like this. For those who might be so inclined, you need to get out from behind your computer and see the real world as it really is. I'd offer to buy you a ticket to any of several countries in the world that are being ravaged by civil violence right now so that you can experience that for yourself. Then, after you've spent time with someone whose wife and children were killed because they believe something different, come back here and tell us that you think "revolution" is the answer. We're bigger than that. We've proven that. That's all I'm going to say here. To the above poster, I hope you've enjoyed your time here. You're done.

M&P 15-22 is hands down the best .22LR AR off-the-shelf variant out there today. I've got a Tactical Solutions dedicated upper that I love, but built that before the M&P came out. There are some benefits to an upper on a standard lower, but the M&P is a great dedicated .22.

[quote name='NRA' timestamp='1352423756' post='842162'] On his commercials I was thinking his wife may be a he, she seems more manly than he does. [/quote] My wife thinks she has an Adam's apple.