RobertNashville

No, I meant exactly what I said. The Paulbots disenfranchised themselves by making it abundantly clear that their only goal at the convention was to be disruptive in the cause of their loser candidate.What they couldn't do in Main, for example, they were perfectly willing to do by deception...it was they who refused to follow the will of the voters who voted overwhelmingly for Romney.

No, the GOP acted to keep a handful of Paulbot cooks from disrupting the convention for the sole purpose of disrupting the convention.

Doing away with the electoral college process would hand the decision of every Presidential election to a few of our largest cities such as NYC, LA, Chicago...it isn't surprising that a left-wing loon Democrat like Mr. Tree would think that's a good idea.

Off the subject I know but since it's been brought it up...I have no problem with someone being arrested for running a red light if they actually run a read light...I do have a problem with people getting a "ticket" which isn't really a ticket at all because some camera took a picture; especially when we have evidence that the companies running these red-light cameras have decreased the duration of the yellow light precisely so that they can increase the number of drivers they "catch". I don't have a problem with someone being issued a ticket when they are driving at an unsafe speed for the the environment (road conditions, other drivers, etc.). I do have a problem with "speed traps" where tickets are issued with none of the above being taken into consideration...where speed limits are set artificially low for the purpose of generating more speeding and more tickets - people tend to drive the speed of surrounding traffic and naturally cruise at a speed their mind tells them is appropriate, even if they do so unconsciously. Some people will drive 95 in a 70 zone simply because they want to; most people will drive 80 or 85 in a 70 zone because they innately know that the speed they are driving is safe (the road is constructed to be safe at those speeds, pavement is dry, visibility is more than sufficient, etc). What I'm saying is, I'm all for traffic law enforcement that is actually based on legitimate safety concerns. However, far too much traffic law enforcement is based on how much revenue is needed for the county, city, state, etc.

Would anyone like to see some videos from credible sources that says anything close to the possibility of a successful third-party? There seems to be no end of videos from people who would benefit from a third-party; namely third-party candidates and hangers-on but nothing from anyone without a stake in a successful third-party. Why do you suppose that is? Could it be that it's because, outside of those who DO have a stake in it, no one does believe a third-party can be successful today? Could it be that even those who put out all these videos don't even believe their own rhetoric?

Your focus is certainly clear...it's almost a religious fervor; but no, a third-party can't win. A third-party can spoil and hand the election to the worst candidate but that's the only thing in modern history that a third-party has actually accomplished. More to the point, we don't need a third-party candidate this election cycle as there is nothing wrong with the choice we have to unseat the communist currently in office.

You caught yourself a good one...like most guys, it sounds like you got the best end of the marriage deal.

We need a fence that separates California from the rest of the country at least a much as we need one on the border with Mexico.

I agree that it would be nice to have a source on this. Assuming it's true, it might not be so bad...at least we'll know where all the illegals are when this country finally grows a pair and deports them back to wherever they came from.

What occasion were they supposed to rise to? One of the Tea Party favorites is on the ticket. If you mean we need the Tea Party movement to become another political party then I pray to God that never happens.

There most certainly was a controversy...a group of rabid Paulbots who were willing to flaunt their state election laws and threatened to cast their delegate votes for Ron Paul rather than the primary's winning candidate, Mitt Romney. That was the imputus for the entire affair. This rule change doesn't impact anybody except third-tier candidate supporters who want to exercise more control than the election results provide.As to losing Paubot votes; first, you are assuming Mitt was going to get them anyway. Second, how many dozens of times if not hundreds of times have Paul supporters claimed that not voting at all or writing in Ron Paul or voting for third-party wasn't going to help Obama - either their not voting for Mitt hurts Mitt and helps Obama or it doesn't so which is it? The libertarians have their own party - why do they feel they need to control the Republican party as well???

Just to show what kind of company CrossBread Holsters is; about two weeks ago I sent in a damaged SuperTuck holster for repair. I had shifted to off-body carry and left the holster inside of my SUV on one of the very, very hot days we had a few weeks ago and the kydex had actually melted and lost all its shape. I mailed to to them along with a letter explaining what had happened and in less than two weeks they sent me, not a "repaired" holster but a brand new one at no change. It's too bad more companies can't learn that kind of customer service but I will say, exceptional customer service seems to be the "norm" with many companies in the firearms industry as compared to any other segement.

Here is, perhaps, a related question. For semi auto weapons (I'm mostly thinking about pistols including 1911s, Glocks, etc but applies to semi-auto rifles too)...do people recommend keeping the slide or bolt open (and therefore, spring compressed) when in your safe or do you guys think it best to keep the action/slide closed? I've gone back and forth on this myself and would appreciate your input.

Absolutely correct and what a shame that more people don't realize it.

There are plenty of substantial differences between the parties; one only has to look at the two platforms to see that. Of course, those who don't want to see the difference won't see them. The problem is that there are too many Republicans who are politicians and power-grabbers and RINOs who hold and want to hold onto power...they are being replaced by men and women of principle who truly want to move the country back to its roots. But I guess some thing that everything works on a microwave schedule so when they don't get their way immediately they decide all is lost. We have an excellent choice to replace Obama; Romney and Ryan is, I believe, exactly what the country needs right now because unless the Federal government gets its spending and taxes and debt under control all those other "rights" and liberties and freedoms that people hold dear and argue about here will be absolutely meaningless; buried under massive unemployment, worthless currency and civil unrest. Obama will send this country into financial oblivion...Ron Paul or Gary Johnson or any other meaningless write-in/third party candidate will not and cannot win. P.S. Making fun of someone's religion with the "magic underwear" comment is distasteful, insulting and pathetic.

The salient point is that candidates like Ran Paul and many others like him who support "Tea Party" values such as small government; low taxes, fair taxes and government limited by the Constitution ARE running and ARE getting elected in spite of the wishes of (and sometimes in spite of outright opposition from) the Republican establishment. That's how you make a difference...that's how you get things changed...we don't need to reinvent the wheel by establishing a new, tiny, ineffective party.

Now that's an interesting idea - a ban on political topics from the "Politics and Legislation" forum which is a sub-forum of the "Legal and Political" topic group on TGO. That sort of defeats the purpose of the section doesn't it?

I don't know that he is driving this particular effort; he's mentioned in the article and I suspect he is in favor of it (of course, he would likely rather that all weapons be confiscated except the one's his security forces carry. )

Yeah...I'm just stunned; aren't you?This guy has also appeared on Alex Jones...that alone makes anything he has to say suspect. But maybe he's right; after all, we all know how successful new political parties have been don't we???

I would assume that any bad guy smart enough to know or care about the microstamping could overcome it simply by replacing the firing pin (since that is what gets "stamped" if I understand the process correctly). I would love one of these idiot gun-haters to try and explain why a crook who almost certainly stole the weapon or bought it illegally after it was stolen by someone else is going to care about microstamping that may lead police back to the original, legal owner.

There is nothing wrong with the Republican party that good candidates won't fix.

While I hate to punish current employees; if Bloomingidiot and his ilk are stupid enough to move forward with this stuff than it would serve NY right to lose these companies (and their tax revenues). http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/28/microstamping-legislation-may-lead-remington-colt-to-relocate/?intcmp=obnetwork

Amen and +1

There is another "historical precedent" at play here that cannot be ignored except at risk of the destruction of the country and that is a complete and utter financial collapse which, without huge and major changes in direction, will overtake us. We don't have time for a third party to get a foothold...I don't even know if we have time to avoid it at all because any one card falling in the house of cards we've built will be all it takes...if interest rates were just at their average rates right now even servicing the existing debt would be unmanageable let alone the $Trillion annual deficits projected going forward as far as anyone has looked. What I do know is that voting for anyone other than Romney/Ryan will do nothing to unseat Obama and an Obama second term will seal our financial fate because Obama is so totally out of his depth and so totally focused on his socialists principles that he will never see the cliff until he is at the bottom of it along with what was once a great country.

GOP Commits Suicide By Nominating Romney and Ignoring Ron Paul? Really??? Ridiculous. Committing suicide would have been cow-towing to Ron Paul, a man who after a very unsuccessful bid for President as the Libertarian and two utter unsuccessful bids to win the Republican nomination is still trying to play his own game instead of accept defeat the way a true leader does. Although, Ron Paul is much more of a class act that many of the Paulbots. Ron Paul has been seen by the public for many years and he has been rejected, soundly rejected at that. He is no friend of the Republican party (and I believe he used the Republican only as a tool to advance his personal goals) and ignoring him is the only reasonable thing for the Republican party to do.