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I heard about this accident on the radio earlier.  I didn't realize it hit close to home here.  Prayers sent out for Brandon, his family and all affected.

I've always wondered why they don't put a time limit on old bills when new designs are issued.  All a counterfeiter has to do is keep making the old ones.  With multimedia so prevalent today, getting the word out that old bills should be exchanged at banks within six months or so is not difficult, nor is compliance.

A&E is running a DD marathon beginning Christmas afternoon.  Is leftover duck any good?

Merry Christmas to all......and have happy new gear.

May you have one of those Christmas miracles, just like on TV. 

  I think they're working to excuse murder, too.  Remember Benghazi and Fast & Furious?

Should Cracker Barrel shed its southern white trash label and rename itself the "In A Pickle Barrel?"

And speaking of term limits, how about limiting the tenure of congressional leadership?  What if the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority/Minority leaders could only serve one term?  A lot of the crap in Congress is because of their own rules not cited in the Constitution.

They had to beg Washington to take a second term.  After being a general and president, he felt it prudent to go back to Mt. Vernon and watch his crops grow.  He was not a politician, but a remarkable pragmatist who saw the country's greatest need and unselfishly acted to fill it.  Today's self-centered opportunists ignore the need and grab what's best for them.

I had to take the test about four times, slightly amending my answers to some questions.  It finally deduced that I came from southern stock but placed me in the deep South, rather than the Texas/Oklahoma area where I was raised.  But try telling know-it-all yankees that.  :shrug: 

Based on how y'all talk, that is. The yankees who thought this quiz up think they can tell where y'all come from by what y'all call things. Where I come from they call that meddlin'. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=212224504004000j0j8001000140000k0800018080000b0008&_r=0 And if y'all can't guess, I'm a New England Midwesterner.

You may know that Phil Robertson used to be the #1 quarterback at Louisiana Tech when Terry Bradshaw was second banana. Here's Bradshaw's take on Phil as the real deal.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGUBNq9MMTE

For the hard-to-buy-for redneck on your Christmas shopping list:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqCaN42L64

Welcome to the best little city in Tennessee, authenticroger.....you've earned it!  And welcome to TGO.

We bought an Oreck upright about seven years ago and it's still cleaning up.  We have laminate flooring and an area rug, but the Oreck doesn't miss a beat.

Anything relevant from the Henry store.    http://www.henryrepeating.com/st-store.cfm

I would have said Heaven, but that's not a place where the general population can go.

TGO David, would you consider running for office?....Like next year?  :clap:

After reading the story about a man getting gunned down in a New Jersey mall carjacking, I thought I'd check to see how topnotch their security is. I found this quote on their website. It turns out none of the methods of getting help was quick enough in this case.     http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/12/short_hills_mall_shooting.html   New Jersey is a "may issue" state that requires a damn good reason for a carry permit. I wonder if this man's wife may now move to the head of the line.

I agree with what radio host Don Imus said:  "Nelson Mandela is a leader Barack Obama should try to emulate...He could start by spending 27 years in prison."

If the truth were known:   Mag,  $22 Extra profit for putting item in box with packing peanuts, $5 Time it takes to sweep up spilled peanuts, $1 Post office or FedEx storage charge, $4 Actual cost of shipping, $2

  He's certainly freed up to run.  I'm doubling your vote.

I'll talk a bit out of school here.  New Bern does have a good assortment of firearms with reasonable enough prices, but make certain before you walk out it's what you wanted.  My buddy asked for the .40 cal Hi-Point carbine which was marked on display.  They did the paperwork and the money changed hands.  When he got home he found out it was a .45 ACP.  He returned it unfired to the store and they wouldn't give him full credit.  They ordered a .40 for him, which came in a couple of weeks.  So the owner made three profits--one on the original sale, one on the re-order and another when the first gun was re-sold.  I've heard of "Let the buyer beware," but the store should be just as careful on a gun sale.  JMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lGUtmzeMo

Well, it's a relief to read everyone's comments following my last.  I get a little tired of "seeing through a glass darkly" and clarification certainly helps illuminate meaningful rhetoric.  It's a mistake to confuse conservatism with strict constitutional constructionism.  Our cultures and opinions of "the way things ought to be" are much too diverse.  As a Christian, I firmly believe that this world is only temporary and I'm just passing through.  If I read my Bible right, everything physical will be on fire someday and the only thing we have that is permanent is our own soul.  It's that belief in my eternal destiny that helps me to keep my sanity in this daily flash mob of madness.  But I'm not so heavenly minded that I can't be of earthly use.  It is our vital duty to protect the blessings of liberty which we have, but as it's been said, liberty must have common limits, ie. "Your rights end where my nose begins."   When the Constitution was written, the founders knew nothing of worldwide terrorism, nuclear bombs or low flush toilets.  So they furnished us legal precepts and guidelines, not overly specific, to conduct our affairs as free individuals who appoint representatives of our interests.  They wrote phrases such as "provide for the common defense," and "promote the general welfare,"  with the understanding that there would be times when each and every citizen would be called to contribute or sacrifice for our mutual survival.  But the founders, even as we, were powerless to strictly regulate personal perspectives of how a person should live, except when that liberty trespasses upon the physical, spiritual and financial domain of another.  In those kingdoms we must be our own keepers.