RobertNashville

I would agree that there are plenty of places where one can discuss politics but I can't think of any forum I would rather do it that here. I suppose that's because firearms are (even though they shouldn't be) a political issue and because people who come to a firearms forum and spend time on the site tend to have some strongly held opinions about such things as freedom, liberty, and our country..."political" sights seem to be nothing more than a place for people to yell at each other whereas here, I think most of us can part as "friends" when the yelling is over even if we totally disagree with each other at the start and the end of a thread.

That is one of the primary benefits of debit cards...the government has complete control over how much "money" is available and yes, can "cut it off" at any time and pretty much instantly; just like a debit or credit card from your bank.   I find it unlikely in the extreme that the Food Stamp President would ever simply cut off EBT cards whether the government is closed or not.   Maybe I'm missing something or just not understanding, as I'm not expect on the EBT/Food Stamp program but; the article notwithstanding, after reading the letter I don't see anything in it that indicates to me that there is any plan to to cut off EBT cards anyway.

Frankly, I wouldn't worry about it; at least not yet.  There really isn't that much Chattanooga, on its own, to put in "gun control" measures so it's probably nothing more than a wast of people's money and who knows...maybe they'll actually come up with something that does help reduce crime/violence a little bit...I'm sure Chattanooga (like most cities) could use a little help. :)

That's probably the best picture I've seen to describe them exactly (about the only thing more appropriate would be if the could somehow show the elephant's head in the sand AND kissing Obama's butt at that same time.

I really hate thieves...I know it's just "stuff" and and stuff; unlike loved ones, can be replaced but it's still such a violation.   I actually remember when I was growing up that we didn't lock our side or back door...it just wasn't necessary...it's not that crime didn't exist but I guess it was uncommon enough where I lived that it wasn't anything we had to worry about. Now; I've got a safe for guns as well as other valuables that has an alarm inside just for the safe itself and it sits inside my office that has multiple alarm sensors and that's on top of the overall alarm sensors I have inside the house otherwise and i still worry about someone breaking in!   I know you probably won't get your stuff back but I'll hope you will anyway!

The voting age was lowered to 18 the year I turned 18 and I voted in that year's presidential election. I can tell you that at least one of the reasons the age was lowered is because of Vietnam...we had 18, 19, 20 year old kids sent to fight in a war that most of the country thought was unjust and stupid yet, while old enough to die for their country they weren't old enough to vote for the politicians that decided to send them to the jungle to die.   No, none of those voter reforms will ever happen...hell, we can't even ask people to identify who they are before they vote without having Obama's goons file lawsuits against stats who are so reckless as to try and do so.

Frankly, our nation's last best chance and hope to avoid where we are right now was crushed last November when Obama was reelected and Democrats retained control of the Senate.  Anything that can be done now to stop or slow down Obama's agenda will be a godsend because ultimately, the numbers simply aren't there for conservatives to stop it.   Once a few more million become totally dependent on the federal government (through Obamacare), that 46-48% who currently pay now federal income tax at all will balloon and we'll truly have fewer people pulling the wagon than are in it. Those people vote and those people will NEVER allow their silver spoon be taken from their mouths.   With Obamacare as well as all the other of control spending, the debt will keep spiraling out of control and now with 75-85% of the country's economy is controlled, directly or indirectly by the federal government. With full-on national health care we ARE, at best, a socialist democracy. Obama will get to nominate one or two (hopefully not more than that) Supreme Court Justices and of course, the Senate will confirm which means you can pretty much wipe away anything good that has come out of the Supreme Court that past 10-15 years including the gains made in moving to restore 2A rights.   The Federal Reserve will continue to pump trillions of worthless dollars into the economy, either directly or by buying its own securities and sooner or later (and I think sooner), the U.S. dollar will cease to hold any value at all because the only thing that gives it value, people's belief in it, will evaporate. At that point, we'll see hyper-inflation and likely a world-wide depression beyond anything most of us can even imagine.   The only hope I can see at all is in individual states refusing to comply but that hope is VERY small because in most cases, the worthless politicians who sit in Washington D.C. are just bigger versions than the worthless politicians who sit in State legislatures.

Sorry if I irritated you or if you thought I was being unresponsive to your question; I just, personally, try not to draw conclusions on a subject based on individual persons experiences as such very often lead to incorrect conclusions; I shouldn't have tried to push that viewpoint onto you.   So...to try and answer your original question; in my nearly 60 years on this planet I've known many, many people who died of or at least had cancer including many family members (father, mother, paternal grandfather, uncles, etc). These are family and friends who are scattered all over the country from Arizona to Maryland to Ohio to Pennsylvania and in between. However, I haven't noted any "increase" in cancer occurrences/more people getting cancer now than in any other given period of time.

I like your rambling and thanks for the info...I haven't decided what I'll do eventually about another hound but I'll definitely keep Freedom Farms in mind! :)

She would have warmed up to you like she does with everyone (it just takes longer with some folks). ;)

I'm so very thankful for all the great comments...thank you.

I know I don't really know most of you but I also know that there are probably some of you who only tollerate me because my picture of Millie as my avatar for most of my time here made you think I wasn't all bad. :)  Anyway...I though I would share this as I had to let her go late yesterday afternoon...   -------------------- Over a period of about three weeks, my little girl, “Millie” the basset hound went from a full of life and beautiful girl and love of my life to being a very ill little girl. I noticed her appetite starting to wane the last week of September. I didn’t think a lot of it at the time because it wasn’t all that unusual for something to upset her stomach and for her to forgo a meal or two or even three before returning to gobbling up her breakfast and dinner. Into the second week I was getting concerned; changed her dog food to see if she would eat more and that seemed to work for few days. I boarded here at my vet’s facility (her usual place) the first weekend of October (Friday through Sunday afternoon October 4-6, 2013) because I was out of town and noted my concerns to the staff – when I picked her up on Sunday afternoon they said she hadn’t eaten much on Thursday but seemed to eat normally Saturday. I took her home and she did seem to eat okay then stopped eating again by Monday…I started supplementing her food with canned and for a couple of days, that worked but she was obviously getting worse. I took her into my vet’s office on Thursday the 10th and had many different tests run; all of which seemed to indicate a problem with her liver. We started her on medication in hopes that it was an infection that could be treated. Initially, Millie took the medicine and she ate well for about a day or so but by Saturday, she was throwing up a lot and finally, by Sunday, refused to eat anything at all. I took her into Dr. Barker on Monday morning and x-rays showed a large mass near her liver. On my vet’s recommendation I took her to another facility so that we could have an ultrasound done - it took only a few minutes for the ultrasound to confirm both the mass and many tumors throughout her liver and spleen. There was no choice; no right choice anyway except to let her go and ease her pain but nothing is ever going to ease the pain or fill the huge empty hole in my heart. I can’t even begin to describe how much I loved that long-eared, droopy-eyed bundle of unconditional love…she was my pal…she was my best friend…she was my little girl…my “Sweet P” and I’ll always love, miss and remember her. Rest in peace my sweet little girl - I lost you far too soon and I'll always love you. ------------------------------    

Well, it comes down to credibility doesn't it?  Do you believe organizations like the NCI or whatever sources these new stories are using?   Personally, I find stories about...well about much of anything when it involves science pretty unreliable...often sensationalized for the sake of the story.  In any case, my point was that personal, anecdotal experience is a poor source for drawing conclusions; even though people tend to do just that. ;)

Nailed it!

Respectfully to the OP...you really can't look at anecdotal evidence and base conclusions on it and there is no reason to do so when we have actual statistics to know the exact incidence rates of the various kinds of cancer per capita.  I'm not saying that anecdotal evidence is unimportant or that any single person's experience should be ignored; just that it's not the best way to know.   For what it's worth...   "According to the National Cancer Institute, the status of cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to decline in the United States among both men and women, among all major racial and ethnic groups, and for all of the most common cancer sites, including lung, colon and rectum, female breast, and prostate. However, the report also shows that death rates continued to increase during the latest time period (2000 through 2009) for melanoma of the skin (among men only) and for cancers of the liver, pancreas, and uterus."

He's halfway there to being able to pull his own buggy....after all, he is a horses' ass.

As far as I can tell, all they plan to do is screw up Washington D.C. traffic simply by "being there" in significant numbers (as many times as I've been to D.C. that won't be hard to do but may not be noticed!!!).   I say; MORE POWER TO THEM!!!   As long as they don't do anything patently illegal I don't see how this will be a problem (except for politicians and bureaucrats who may have trouble getting to/from their offices).

I watch cops...love that show.   I do have to limit how much I watch though as it's easy to get depressed when I see just how incredibly stupid people can be; it would make me fear for our country's future it I wasn't already afraid for our country's future!

No...I don't.  I'm trying to stay optimistic but I find it harder to do with every day that passes.   I know we all sort of go "yeah...right" when we hear "most important election ever" type labels when they are applied to an election cycle but 2012 may well have actually been the most important in that it may have been our last chance to avoid what I think is coming.  I'm going to try and keep hoping for the best while doing my best to be prepared for the worst.

I think I'll keep what I've got at the moment...those 22 rounds may well become valuable currency in a short time! ;)

Is Obama trying to force armed rebellion???  Trying to piss of enough patriots with his garbage that they start to get violent which will be a perfect excuse to declare Marshall Law and install himself as "President for Life"???   As far fetched and unbelievable as the above sounds; I can't help but wonder?  I'm so pissed right now at both Obama and his "make this shutdown as painful as possible" strategy as well as at "Republicans" who think patriots and groups like the Tea Party are the enemy and traitors that I know my BP is through the roof right now. I may have to go out and buy the new Grand Theft Auto game just to blow off some steam.

What pisses me off are people who get pissed off about TV shows not being like real life...I mean...come on...if we wanted real life we would turn off the stupid TV and do something real, right???   ;)

I'll ask the rhetorical question again; why the hell does anyone still have their kids in public schools?  Here, there or anywhere?   The people who do have kids in public schools are going to have to take it upon themselves to politely bur firmly say to this crap, not just no but HELL NO.   If this panty-wetting crap of suspending kinds and/or charging them with serious crimes over drawing a picture of a gun or using your fingers as a pretend gun and fishing gear or playing with an play gun in the kid's own damn yard is beaten back there will be no stopping the inundation of this stuff that will overtake your kinds and this country.

If you mean did he make every single decision personally, probably not but yes, the president is in control of what is and isn't funded during this so-called shutdown (about 85% of the government is still running) so yes, the NIH being closed, national parks, even state parks that get federal funding, etc...those decisions came from him/his office at his direction.   I'm going to Gettysburg this month...I found out last week that they "closed" the battlefields there...I'm going by way of Shanksville PA to see the Flight 93 memorial but that's now "closed" as well...I'm sure they won't even let cars drive by given that they won't let people even stop on the side of the road to see Mount Rushmore.

Of coursed it's down.   This SOB Tin-Plated-Dictator-Want-A-Be with delusions of Godhood wants to prove that HE is in control and everything our wonderful, bloated, beneficent government can give you it can take away.   Any President that will close down open-air monuments like the WW2 memorial (that was built entirely with private contributions IIRC) is capable of doing ANYTHING to get his way because he is nothing but spoiled little brat who has never grown up and he has to get his way.