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Lesser prairie chicken listed as threatened species
The Obama administration has listed the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species but has minimized the restrictions on energy production, agriculture and other activity in Oklahoma and neighboring states where the bird's historical habitat has been.
The category of threatened is a step below endangered.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, and state officials had been trying to keep the bird off the endangered or threatened list, hoping the administration would agree to a voluntary protection plan.
In its announcement on Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the bird would be listed as threatened under a rule that "will limit regulatory impacts on landowners and businesses from this listing."
The distinction was the result of "significant and ongoing efforts of states and landowners to conserve the lesser prairie chicken" and will allow Oklahoma and four other range states to continue to manage conservation efforts and avoid further regulation.
Dan Ashe, director of the fish and wildlife service, said, "The lesser prairie chicken is in dire straits. Our determination that it warrants listing as a threatened species with a special rule acknowledges the unprecedented partnership efforts and leadership of the five range states for management of the species."
Working through the conservation plan, "the states remain in the driver's seat for managing the species _ more than has ever been done before _ and participating landowners and developers are not impacted with additional regulatory requirements."
Inhofe called the decision "purely political."
States spent $21 million to implement a range-wide plan that covered millions more acres than required under the listing demand, Inhofe said.
"My greatest concern in today's decision is that it is easier to list a species than it is to delist it," Inhofe said.
"Just look at the American Burying Beetle in eastern Oklahoma. The beetle has been listed as endangered since 1989, even though newly published population surveys show a population 10 times larger than the conservation goals outlines in the original ABB conservation plans."


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The shore front position guaranteed a fantastic view of the Tall Ships 'Parade of Sail', which took place on Sunday 16 August. The sell-out event was attended by 340 guests, including Pamela Ballantine of UTV who kindly agreed to MC and draw our raffle.
The event raised over £8,000 to support Mencap in Northern Ireland's work with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
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Thank you to all at MENCAP for organising the most fantastic Parade of Sail event last Sunday. It's was a fantastic way to spend the afternoon with friends and soak up the nautical atmosphere. Just brilliant!
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Gazillion Entertainment have opened up Advance Pack orders for Marvel Heroes, letting you pre-order pretty much all of the playable heroes and villains to be released over the next year at a steep discount.
The Standard Edition, which costs $99.99, will give you access to Dr. Strange, Juggernaut, Magneto, Moon Knight, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Silver Surfer, Star-Lord, Sue Storm, Venom, and two additional heroes that have yet to be announced. You'll also get 36 Fortune Cards (12 Mark IV, 12 Mark V, and 12 Mark VI), 12 Retcon devices, and a Hero Stash tab for every hero in the pack.
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The pricing still seems fairly steep to me, but considering how much all of this stuff would cost individually (Gazillion reckon $215 and $425, respectively) it's a fairly good discount if it's the sort of thing you're interested in. And hey, I can't really talk. I'm still eyeing up Fiery Soul of the Slayer, and that's entirely cosmetic.
Wow, can't believe their prices. Thought it would be half what it is. I guess they are doing alright financially to ask people (and apparently expect to get buyers) at the current rate. It doesn't even include double the current content – just new characters playing through same missions.
You will be able to obtain all these heroes for free if you so choose. Just takes more patience. The content (3 raids, 2 pvp modes, runewords a la D2 and a load of other stuff that I don't remember off the top of my head) comes free throughout the 12 months that these heroes are being released.
Equates to a $10-$11 a month MMO sub if you buy the pack, but you don't have to spend a penny to use any of the upcoming content, including the heroes.
they say a high worth and ask a certain price to justify it, i bet it's not even half the pack cost's worth.
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Last Friday, in the final minutes of the legislative session, state lawmakers restored a previously eliminated tax credit for the wind energy industry after industry lobbyists mounted a full-scale assault.
The credit, bundled in House Bill 3024, passed the House on a 91- 8 vote at 4:34 p.m. Friday.
Then, at 4:51 p.m., just nine minutes before the Senate was forced to adjourn for the year, the bill passed the Senate 44-3.
Written by state Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Dacoma, and state Sen. Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa, the legislation restored tax credit payments for the wind industry, historic property renovations and businesses that invest in infrastructure and add employees.
Originally part of the "revenue enhancement" component of the $6.68 billion budget bill, those tax credits had been eliminated by Senate Bill 1267, which gutted several credits, including a tax credit for zero-emission power plants such as wind farms.
The tax credit moratorium was set to generate about $25 million; of that figure, about $600,000 was used to fund the zero-emission facility tax credit. Industry officials touted the credit, passed several years ago, as responsible for bringing several large wind- energy projects to the state.
But as the session wound to a close, the enhancement package - along with the budget, itself - proved unpopular with many business and conservative groups.
In a media statement released as the budget deal was being voted on, the conservative group Oklahomans for Responsible Government complained the deal included gimmicks and didn't cut spending deep enough.
"The budget agreement reached between Governor Henry and legislative leaders relied far too much on so-called 'revenue enhancements' and not enough on budget cuts," said Brian Downs, OFRG's executive director. "While lawmakers talked about cuts as high as 10 percent, in the end the overall cut was less than 4 percent. As a result, closing the $1.2 billion budget gap used only $256 million in cuts, relying on gimmicks like a tax on health care claims and raiding the Rainy Day Fund to the point where only $100 million is left for 2012 and beyond."
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Most people who know just a bit about Washington State (in the northwest corner of the USA) are just familiar with the major highlights that can be found in the west of this so-called Evergreen State; Seattle, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens and Olympia National Park.
On our trip from the Canadian border to Yellowstone in Wyoming, we only passed the northern part of this state. However, this area also has some real gems, worth visiting. First of all, several areas here really resemble the standard postcard picture of Canada as well.
North Cascades National Park is an area with forests, rivers, lakes and mountains that could easily be mistaken for a part of the Canadian Rockies. Really great. The park consists of a North Unit and a South Unit, which are separated by State Route 20 (North Cascades Scenic Highway; partially closed from approximately mid-November to mid-April.) Especially the area around Diablo Lake is very nice.
Southeast of North Cascades NP, you will pass Winthrop. This place is really a textbook example of a wildwest town. Although it is a bit touristy, it still feels like the atmosphere is real and not created just for tourists. Ideal for a stop along the way.
Finally the northeastern part of Washington, towards the state border with Idaho) is less green. Here you can find both hot rocky landscape as well as areas with endless cornfields. Watch the funny small twisters that sometime appear in the fields.
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After defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in five games in the A.L. East Division Playoff Series and subsequently vanquishing the Oakland A's in three straight games in the ALCS, the Yankees moved on to the World Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers advanced to the Fall Classic by edging out the Houston Astros in five games in the N.L. West Division Playoff Series, before barely squeaking past the Montreal Expos in five games in the NLCS.
The Dodgers, who finished the regular season with the National League's second-best overall record (63-47), placed fourth in the senior circuit with 450 runs scored and a .262 team batting average. Although they finished just 10th in the league with 73 stolen bases, they topped the senior circuit with 82 home runs. By contrast, the Yankees compiled an overall record of 59-48, finished 11th in the American League with only 421 runs scored, finished ninth with a team batting average of .252, placed second with 100 home runs, and finished eighth with 47 stolen bases.
Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Garvey were the Dodgers' primary power threats. Cey led Los Angeles with 13 homers, drove in 50 runs, and batted .288. Guerrero hit 12 homers, knocked in 48 runs, and batted .300. Garvey hit 10 home runs, batted .283, and led the club with 64 runs batted in and 63 runs scored. Dusty Baker added nine homers and 49 RBIs, and he led the team with a .320 batting average. Meanwhile, Dave Winfield was New York's top offensive threat, finishing the year with 13 home runs, 68 runs batted in, and a .294 batting average.
The greatest strengths of both the Dodgers and Yankees lay in their pitching staffs. New York led the American League with a team ERA of 2.90. Ron Guidry, Tommy John, and A.L. Rookie of the Year Dave Righetti gave the Yankees a formidable "Big Three" at the top of their starting rotation, and Goose Gossage and Ron Davis gave them an intimidating duo in the bullpen. Meanwhile, the Dodgers' team ERA of 3.01 placed them second only to Houston in the senior circuit, and their rotation featured three of the league's top starters. Burt Hooton finished 11-6 and placed third in the league with a 2.28 ERA. Jerry Reuss won 10 of his 14 decisions, and he finished right behind Hooton with an ERA of 2.30. The most celebrated Dodger hurler, though, was Fernando Valenzuela, who took the National League by storm in his rookie season. The 20-year-old left-hander finished 13-7, with a 2.48 ERA and a league-leading 180 strikeouts, eight shutouts, 11 complete games, and 192 innings pitched, en route to earning N.L. Rookie of the Year and Cy Young honors, and a fifth-place finish in the league MVP voting.
Heading into the World Series, the Dodgers believed that their "Big Three" compared favorably to that of the Yankees, giving them an excellent chance of turning the tables on a team that defeated them in both the 1977 and 1978 World Series.
The Dodgers appeared to be somewhat overmatched in the first two contests played in New York, even though the Yankees were forced to play without Reggie Jackson, who missed the first three games of the Series after he injured himself running the bases in Game Two of the ALCS. A first-inning, three-run homer by Bob Watson gave the Yankees an early lead in Game One that they nursed the rest of the way. New York also scored single runs in the third and fourth frames, to go up by a score of 5-0. Ron Guidry worked seven strong innings for the Yankees, allowing the Dodgers just one run on four hits. Los Angeles made the game interesting by scoring twice against Ron Davis in the top of the eighth inning, but Goose Gossage ended the suspense by throwing shutout ball over the final two innings, to give the Yankees a convincing 5-3 victory.
Burt Hooton allowed the Yankees only one run on three hits over six innings in Game Two, but New York scored twice against Dodger reliever Steve Howe in the eighth frame, en route to posting a 3-0 victory. Tommy John blanked his former team on just three hits over the first seven innings, before giving way to Goose Gossage in the eighth. Gossage shut out the Dodgers over the final two innings, allowing them just one hit and striking out three. However, the win proved to be a costly one for the Yankees, who lost the services of Graig Nettles for the next three games after he injured his thumb playing third base.
Needing a win desperately when the Series shifted to Los Angeles for Game Three, the Dodgers sent Fernando Valenzuela to the mound. The Yankees countered with fellow rookie Dave Righetti. Both starters struggled during the early stages of the contest, with Ron Cey reaching Righetti for a three-run homer in the bottom of the first, before New York countered with two runs in each of the next two frames. Righetti ended up lasting only two innings. After entering the game in the third, George Frazier surrendered two runs to the Dodgers in the bottom of the fifth. Meanwhile, Valenzuela settled down to blank New York on only three hits over the final six innings, to give Los Angeles a much-needed 5-4 victory.
The Yankees scored four early runs against Bob Welch and Dave Goltz in Game Four, to build a 4-0 lead. The Dodgers, though, countered with eight runs of their own against five Yankee pitchers, to eventually take an 8-6 lead. Making his return to the Yankee lineup, Reggie Jackson capped a three-for-three day by hitting a solo homer in the eighth inning. But it wasn't enough, as the Dodgers held on for a Series-tying 8-7 win.
Seeking to halt the Dodgers' momentum, the Yankees sent Ron Guidry to the mound for Game Five. Los Angeles countered with Jerry Reuss. Both men pitched extremely well, with a second-inning run by New York remaining the contest's only score through the first six innings. However, after shutting out the Dodgers on only two hits to that point, Guidry gave up back-to-back home runs by Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager in the top of the seventh inning that gave the Dodgers a 2-1 victory and a 3-2 Series lead. Los Angeles won the contest despite collecting only four hits. Meanwhile, Reuss went the distance, allowing New York only five safeties.
After sitting out the three previous contests, Graig Nettles returned to the Yankee lineup when the Series moved back to New York for Game Six. Nettles' presence hardly mattered, though. With momentum clearly on their side, the Dodgers pounded six Yankee pitchers for nine runs and 13 hits, en route to posting a 9-2 win that gave them a 4-2 Series victory. By sweeping the final four games after dropping the first two, Los Angeles duplicated New York's feat from three years earlier.
Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager shared Series MVP honors. Cey homered once, drove in six runs, and batted .350. Guerrero hit two homers, knocked in seven runs, and batted .333. Yeager homered twice, drove in four runs, and batted .286. Meanwhile, Yankee reliever George Frazier suffered the indignity of being charged with three of his team's four losses.By Bob_Cohen
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Artist: Greater VisionProject Title: As We SpeakLabel: DaywindProducers: Unknown When this office sees a new Greater Vision project come in the mail, things come to a standstill until we listen to it! Greater Vision has long been a favorite of mine since they first formed. They are one of the most consistent groups in the industry and I have always enjoyed their sound. Their latest project had ten songs on it that are true to the Greater Vision sound and yet are still very fresh, new, anointed and exciting. The project begins with a catchy song titled "Put Out The Fire." I am sure it surprises no one that Rodney Griffin wrote the song. I love the message of this song that God was the perfect Lamb so we can put out the fire on any other offering that was ever made! "We Can't Tell It All" is next up on this project and this Phil Cross song talks about how there is no way that we can ever tell everything about God or God's Love. The tempo picks up as Greater Vision gets down to some good old fashioned Southern Gospel Music with "Toes In The Water." The message of the song is encouraging the believers to be wading deep in the water for Christ and not just dangling our toes in the water.Greater Vision is fortunate to have two exceptional writers in their group and Chris Allman wrote the next song titled "He Does." It is a beautiful ballad reminding us that no matter how unworthy we feel, God can forgive us and He understands us no matter how bad we have been. "In The Sandals Of Daniel" is a unique song titled and I admit it had me quite curious. The song asks a great question as to if we could stand in the sandals of Daniel if we were put to the same tests that he was. The next song was written by Lari Goss, Candy Hemphill Christmas and Joel Hemphill. The title of the song is "Let The Blood Of Calvary Speak For Me" and it is an amazing song. I cannot recall ever hearing the song before but it is sure to become a favorite of mine. "Never Will I Ever Again" is one of those tongue twister songs and it is a tremendous song about how there will never be another God and it will likely become a listener favorite.
Artist: Karen Peck and New RiverProject Title: Pray NowLabel: DaywindProducers: UnknownKaren Pack and New River have been producing quality music for several years. Their latest effort is simply another project of high quality music that is sure to make all of their fans very happy!The project begins with a lively song titled "Calling." The message is a good one about Jesus calling the sinner to be saved! I love the song and really enjoy the performance from Karen Peck and New River on this one. The title song of the project is next. "Pray Now" is a fantastic song that reminds us to pray no matter what is going on in your life because there is strength in His Name. "Hallelujah For The Cross" is the next song and this upbeat song is a celebration of the Cross of Christ and the souls that have been saved by it. The next song on the project is titled "Love With All Your Heart." The song has a wonderful message of sharing the love in our heart with others."I Am Blessed" is next up on the project and this song serves to remind us that we are blessed no matter what or where God is leading us. It is a great message and a beautifully crafted song. The tempo picks up with the upbeat "I'm Not Letting Go." It proclaims that no matter what comes our way we will not let go and we will continue to hold on to Jesus! "I Choose Christ" is a song that proclaims that we will choose Christ even when things around us say to give up. It is a great message in the song.
Artist: Crabb FamilyProject Title: 20 Platinum EditionLabel: DaywindProducers: Philip Morris and Jason CrabbIf you take one of the most popular groups of recent history in Southern Gospel Music, mix in 20 of their top songs and put them all on a single project, well, you have yourself a very good project! The group is the Crabb Family and these 20 songs are some of the most popular songs to come out in Southern Gospel Music over the past 20 years or so. The project begins with "Still Holdin' On." What a great reminder that we need to keep holding on to Jesus and this proclaims that we are still holding on to Him! One of the Crabb Family classics is next as they sing "Please Forgive Me." I have never been able to hardly believe the feeling and conviction that the Crabb Family sings this song with. What a great prayer set to music and it is one that Christ will answer every single time! One of the early hit songs from the Crabb Family was "Trail Of Tears." I always loved that song and it had been a while since I heard it! "I Sure Miss You" is one of those songs that will touch you time and time again if you have lost a loved one. This song came out right around the time that my dad passed away and continued to comfort as my mom passed away several years later. I still love the song and loved hearing it again on this collection. When I think of the Crabb Family's big songs I always think of "The Lamb, The Lion and The King." A great, upbeat song with a wonderful message!Probably the best known Crabb Family song is "Through The Fire." It is one of those songs that becomes an instant classic and there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have been touched by that song. I love the song and it has encouraged me many times. "Don't You Wanna Go" is another of those fast paced songs that the Crabb Family could always burn up a stage with! The beauty of it is that these songs were also lyrically strong. Next on the project is "I've Come To Take You Home." It is a beautiful song with another incredible message, The Crabb Family has always been known for their songs of encouragement and one of the best I ever heard is "That's No Mountain." That song is next and leads us to another song of encouragement with "The Reason That I'm Standing."
Artist: Jim Brady TrioProject Title: A New ChapterLabel: DaywindProducers: Jim Brady and Tim PartonOne of the most celebrated groups to come along in Southern Gospel Music in the past several years is the Jim Brady Trio. After spending several years with the Booth Brothers, Jim Brady, along with his wife Melissa and Tim Parton stepped out as the Jim Brady Trio to a great deal of fan fair. The group has not disappointed in anyway and their debut project, titled "A New Chapter" is a great collection of music that is sure to set this group on an incredibly successful journey.The project starts out with an appropriately titled song. "God Of What's To Come" is a great testament for this group and for all of us as Christians as we step out into new chapters of our own lives. The tempo picks up with "You Can Depend On Jesus" and this song is a great reminder of Christ's faithfulness to His Children. We can depend on Jesus and we should never forget that. Next on the project is "The Greatest Of All Miracles" and I love this song! It reminds us that of all of the great miracles that Jesus Christ performed, the greatest one of all is that He saved me! "Steppin' Out In Faith" is a song about the faith we should have in God. Yes, with all of the examples in the Bible of faith it should be easy for us to step out in faith and do what God has commanded us to do. Jim and Melissa Brady has a hand in writing many of the songs on this project. "On My Way Home" is one of those songs and I love it! It reminds us that we are just passing through this earth below and we are on our way Home! Next on the project the Jim Brady Trio kicks it up a notch with "Good Lord Willing." I love the song and it talks about telling everybody about the Love of Christ every day of our lives! One of my very favorite hymns is "The Love Of God" so imagine my absolute delight to discover the song on this project! I love this arrangement of the song and the performance is nothing short of perfect! "When He Saved Me" is the next song on the project and what a powerful message in this song.
Artist: Jason RunnelsProject Title: The AnswerLabel: IndependentProducers: Jason Runnels and Mike Welch Jason Runnels is a name known in Southern Gospel Music as a former member of Tony Gore and Majesty and the Down East Boys. These days, Jason is traveling as a soloist and has recorded three projects. The latest project is titled "The Answer" and it is a collection of ten songs that you will enjoy.The project begins with a familiar song and one my all time favorite songs. The song is "Sail On" and I have loved this song since I first heard the Imperials sing it. Jason does a good job singing the song and I always love to hear that great old song again. The next song is a beautiful ballad titled "When God Unfolds The Rose." The message of the song is as beautiful as the melody is as it reminds us in a very unique way that God is always in control of every situation and God will do everything in His time. Another old song is next as Jason sings "If We Never Meet Again." I have always enjoyed that song and the message of it."Daystar" is one of those songs that nearly every Gospel Music artist has recorded at one time or another. Jason's version is a good one and, of course, this song is one of the great prayers set to music. "Smile On Your Face" is a song that I remember the Down East Boys singing. I always enjoyed the message of the song that we as Christians wear a smile on our face that is usually quite easily detectible for another Christian! "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" is, of course, a popular song from Christian Contemporary Music and Chris Tomlin. The message is a good one as it reminds us that Jesus did take away the chains of sins in our lives. Jason sings a lively version of one of the great church hymns next as he tackles "Just A Closer Walk." A great performance on a great song.
Artist: Wanda OsborneProject Title: Keep On WalkingLabel: CrossLine RecordsProducers: Phil CrossA little over a month ago I was emceeing a revival and I met a woman and her husband that were just incredibly nice people. The woman was singing and preaching at the event and the friendship was instant. Wanda Osborne was her name and her latest project is titled "Just Keep Walking." The project is simply outstanding and it has then wonderful songs on it, nine of which were written by Wanda.The title song is the first one on the project and "Just Keep Walking" is a great song of encouragement. This song reminds us, as Christians, to just keep walking because we are going Home. What a great reminder and a great message. "Singing The Same Song" is the next song on the project and Wanda has crafted a song that asks a very good question and that is why can't all of God's Children just get along because after all, we are all singing the same song. The next song on this project is titled "If You Have It Today" and this song is a great reminder of the power that we have through Christ!"Blessed To Be A Soldier" is a beautiful song that reminds the listener that we are all blessed to be a Soldier of the Cross in our daily walk with the Lord. The next track on the CD is titled "I'm A Winner Either Way." The message of this song is all about how God can make us a winner no matter what we have been through or going to go through. It is a great song with a great message. "Born In Bethlehem" sounds like a Christmas song and, while I guess this song could be a Christmas song, it is also a great song any time of the year. It talks of how the Christ Child was born to make us who we are when He died on the Cross for our sins! What an awesome thought and truth! "Thank You For Loving Me" is a slow ballad that Wanda sings beautifully. I love the chorus as it is a prayer of thankfulness set to music.


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What is a caramel apple?
-Caramel apples are a delicious treat consisting of an apple that has been dipped in candy caramel and then topped with many different varieties of products. Some toppings include nuts, candies, chocolates, plain caramel, or a combination of everything.
Amounts will vary based on serving sizes.
(Makes about 12 servings)
1 - 1lb box of dark brown sugar
1 - cup of room temparature butter
1 - 14oz can of unsweetened milk
2/3 - cup of dark corn syrup
1/3 - cup pure maple syrup
1/2 - teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 - teaspoon flavored dark molasses
1/4 - teaspoon of salt
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AROUND TOWN: Valley View's Mecca chairing golf tournament
Softball is her specialty, but Valley View High School junior Brittney Mecca is delving into a new foray for her senior project.
She is chairing a golf tournament, Tee off for Our Tournament Heroes, July 1 at the Country Club at Woodloch Springs. The event, $125 per player for the captain-and-crew format, will benefit the Laura Youorski Athletic Scholarship Fund, as well as the Eastern Amputee Golf Association scholarship fund.
Youorski, a former teacher at North Pocono, avid golfer and Mecca's aunt, died in February after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. The EAGA fund helps sons and daughters of amputees with the cost of attending college.
Registration and lunch begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at noon and Woodloch's famous seafood smorgasbord dinner and awards at 6 p.m.
Program, golf cart and tee sponsorships are available. Former Nationwide and PGA Tour player Jim Estes, co-founder of the Salute Military Golf Association, will be the special guest of the event.
For information, call Mecca at 383-3836.
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Hard to believe but the 11th annual Brian Forgione Memorial Golf Tournament is upon us, slated for July 27 at Sand Springs Country Club in Drums. The event funds the Brian Forgione Memorial Scholarship, awarded to the Dunmore male and/or female students who exemplify Forgione's love for life and easy-going personality, who represent the character and class that Brian epitomized, and who lettered in at least one varsity sport.
Cost for the event is $400 for the captain-and-crew event, which begins with an 11 a.m. lunch and registration, golf at noon and concludes with an outdoor barbecue at the Forgione residence in Dunmore. No doubt, that event also recalls many fond stories of Brian, who died in his early 20s of a rare form of cancer.
Hole sponsorships are available and donations to the scholarship fund are welcomed. For info, check out the web page, brianforgione.org.
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Congratulations to former Bishop Hannan and Misericordia University star Amy (Hughes) Dyson and her husband Pete on the birth of their first child.
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The Robins led 34-0 at the break, running in six tries to build the platform for victory. Eight different players contributed scores over the course of the match, with captain Michael Dobson crossing first, while he also added six goals. The fast start gave Sandercock's side their first win of the Super League season at the third time of asking and delighted the 42-year-old.
"I was very happy with the first 40 minutes," Sandercock said. "We controlled the game and scored some very nice tries. It all goes back to possession. When you defend set after set like we did in the first two games it's awfully hard to defend. This time we had more of the ball and that gave us more energy. People saw the result of that."
Sandercock hopes the two points gained from this win will kickstart his side's season after losing their first two games to Catalan Dragons and Wakefield.
"It gives us two points," he said. "We are always confident in our ability. If you look at the first two games in great detail, we had chances to win both games. We need to back this up next week against Salford."
Widnes coach Denis Betts was disappointed his side were blown away in the first half. Betts said: "Conceding 40 points is not good enough for this team anymore. We started the season well.I thought we could come in to this game and win."
Last season's wooden spoonists added some respectability with second-half scores from Gareth Hock, Rhys Hanbury and Alex Gerrard, but they gave themselves too big a mountain to climb. Betts added: "Coming out and responding in the second half was something we wouldn't have done last season.
"The score looks like we got a flogging, but I'm disappointing with the scoreline and we have to be better. It was an arm wrestle and we broke first. They got their enthusiasm from the crowd. They scored 10 points quickly from us throwing the ball on the floor.
"We compounded errors by not sticking to the processes we spoke about in the week like working hard and getting to our kicks. We couldn't get back into the game but we made errors defensively.
"We reverted back to what we were doing at the start of last season and they got on a roll. The scoring system will do that to you and you're behind by 18 or 24 points in no time. It was hard to break that cycle. We came out in the second half and played a lot better. Whether Hull KR eased off I don't know. We won the second half 18-12 and looked a lot more like ourselves."
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Are you telling me when I am going through a turn, I literally have to hold the 'accelerator' pedal down, pedal to metal the entire way, to avoid some stupid stunt crap going on? I am not swiping for a stunt. I am literally taking my foot off the d--mn pedal, to control speed more precisely through a turn. Where are the physics in this? VECTOR UNIT - I'm sure you've perfected gyro-play for everyone else, but fix this all-touch button control issue. That is just nonsense. The same crap is happening when landing from a jump--my racer is randomly jumping off the jet for some stupid stunt-landing nonsense.
On numerous occasions, I've expressed this issue. You said you'll look into it. At this point it makes more sense to assume either you haven't looked into it, or you already know this is erroneously occurring with the touch-control precision, and don't think it's important to fix.
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Seismic scattering of low-grazing-angle acoustic waves incident on the seafloor
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Citable URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/1912/5593
LocationMid-Atlantic Ridge
KeywordSeismic waves; Underwater acoustics
The goal of this thesis is to develop a methodology to interpret sound scattered from the seafloor in terms of seafloor structure and subseafloor geological properties. Specifically, this work has been directed towards the interpretation of matched-filtered, beamformed monostatic acoustic reverberation data acquired on the west flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge when the seafloor is insonified by a band-limited, low-grazing-angle acoustic pulse. This research is based on the hypothesis that observed backscatter signals are produced by a combination of seafloor (interface) scattering and subseafloor (volume) scattering from structure having variations at scale lengths similar to the wavelength of the insonifying acoustic field. Analysis of monostatic reverberation data acquired during the Site A experiment (Run 1) of the Acoustic Reverberation Special Research Program 1993 Acoustics Cruise suggests that the scattered signals cannot be accounted for quantitatively in terms of large-scale slope, even though a strong correspondence between high intensity backscatter and seafloor ridges is observed. In order to investigate and quantify the actual sources of seafloor scattering, a numerical modeling study of seafloor models is undertaken using a finite-difference solution to the elastic wave equation. Geological data available at Site A and published reports describing geological properties of similar deep ocean crustal regions are used to develop a realistic seafloor model for the study area with realistic constraints on elastic parameters. Wavelength-scale heterogeneity in each model, in the form of seafloor roughness and subseafloor volume heterogeneity is defined using stochastic distributions with Gaussian autocorrelations. These distributions are quantified by their correlation lengths and standard deviation in amplitude. In order to incorporate all seafloor structure in a single parameterization of seafloor scattering, large-scale slope and wavelength-scale seafloor spatial parameters (rms height and correlation length), are included, along with the acoustic beam grazing-angle relative to a horizontal seafloor, in the definition of an 'effective grazing angle'. The Rayleigh roughness parameter, which depends on grazing angle of the insonification, is then redefined using the effective grazing angle and calculated for a variety of seafloor models. Scattering strengths are shown to vary systematically but nonlinearly with the 'effective Rayleigh roughness parameters' of horizontal rough seafloor models. This leads to an approximate interpretation scheme for backscatter intensity. In general, variation in backscattering is found to be dominated by the scattering from rough seafloor. If the seafloor is smooth or very low velocity (e.g., sediment), then scattering from volume heterogeneity becomes an important factor in the backscattered field. Both wavelength-scale seafloor roughness and volume heterogeneity are shown to be capable of producing the levels of variation in intensity observed in monostatic reverberation experiments. Variations in large-scale seafloor slope and subseafloor average velocity are shown to influence the backscatter response of seafloor models.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution June 1998
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Frenzied buyers swarm to U.S. gun stores fearing a sudden weapons ban after Sandy Hook elementary school massacre
- The prospect of a possible weapons ban has sent gun enthusiasts into a panic and sparked a frenzy of buying at stores and gun dealers nationwide
- Assault rifles are sold out across the country
- Rounds of .223 bullets, like those used in the AR-15 type Bushmaster rifle used in Newtown, are scarce
- Stores are struggling to restock their shelves
The phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing.
Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho gun shop had firearms in stock.
Others clamored to find out if their orders had been shipped.
Overwhelmed, gun store manager Ryan Horsley had to do what no employee would ever think of doing just days before Christmas: He disconnected the phone lines for three whole days.
'We had to shut everything off,' says Horsley, whose family has owned Red's Trading Post, the state's oldest gun shop, since 1936. 'We were swamped in the store and online.'
Eager to buy: After the Sandy Hook massacre, sales of the specific weapon used, an AR-15 assault rifle (pictured) rocketed
The phones at gun shops across the country are ringing off the hook. Demand for firearms, ammunition and bulletproof gear has surged since the December 14 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that took the lives of 20 schoolchildren and six teachers and administrators.
The shooting sparked calls for tighter gun control measures, especially for military-style assault weapons like the ones used in Newtown and in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting earlier this year.
The prospect of a possible weapons ban has sent gun enthusiasts into a panic and sparked a frenzy of buying at stores and gun dealers nationwide.
Assault rifles are sold out across the country. Rounds of .223 bullets, like those used in the AR-15 type Bushmaster rifle used in Newtown, are scarce. Stores are struggling to restock their shelves.
Gun and ammunition makers are telling retailers they will have to wait months to get more.
Store owners who have been in the business for years say they have never seen demand like this before.
When asked how much sales have increased in the past few weeks, Horsley just laughed.
Gun frenzy: People crowd the RK Gun Show in the Smokies in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, December 28, 2012. Sales of high-capacity bullet magazines have also risen
'We haven't even had a chance to look at it,' he says. Horsley spends his days calling manufacturers around the country trying to buy more items for the store. Mainly, they tell him he has to wait.
Franklin Armory, a firearm maker in Morgan Hill, California, is telling dealers that it will take six months to fulfill their orders.
The company plans to hire more workers and buy more machines to catch up, says Franklin Armory's President Jay Jacobson.
The shortage is leaving many would-be gun owners empty handed.
William Kotis went to a gun show in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, last weekend hoping to buy a rifle for target shooting. Almost everything was sold out.
'Assault rifles were selling like crazy,' says Kotis, who is president and CEO of Kotis Holdings, a real estate development company based in Greensboro. 'People are stockpiling.'
He left without buying anything.
Luke Orlando's parents were able to get him the 12-gauge shotgun he wanted for Christmas to bird hunt, but his uncle wasn't as lucky.
'At Christmas dinner, my uncle expressed outrage that after waiting six months to use his Christmas bonus to purchase an AR-15, they are sold out and back ordered over a year,' says Orlando, 18, a student at the University of Texas.
No organization publicly releases gun sales data. The only way to measure demand is by the number of background checks that are conducted when someone wants to buy a firearm.
Those numbers are released by the Federal Reserve Bureau every month. Data for December is not out yet. But the Federal Bureau of Investigation says that it did 16.8 million firearm background checks as of the end of November, up more than 2 per cent from a year ago.
Eager shoppers: People line up to enter the RK Gun Show last year after Obama's speech
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which handles background checks for the state, can't keep up with the number of requests it is getting. The bureau has pulled staff from other units and increased its hours, says spokesperson Susan Medina.
Many firearm dealers and manufacturers say that Obama's comments since the Newtown school shooting are driving demand.
James Zimmerman of SelwayArmory.com, a website that sells guns, ammunition and knives, says that sales really took off on December 19 after President Barack Obama held a White House press conference announcing that Vice President Joe Biden would lead a team tasked with coming up with 'concrete proposals' to curb gun violence.
That day, one customer ordered 32,000 rounds of ammunition from SelwayArmory.com, worth close to $18,000. The order had to be shipped from the company's Lolo, Montana, office to Kentucky on a freight truck.
'I've done more sales in the week after the 19th than I have the whole year,' says Zimmerman, who launched SelwayArmory.com in 2009.
At Lady Liberty Gunsmithing LLC in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a customer called last week asking if a pistol he wanted was available.
When he was told there was only one left, he drove more than two hours from Newark, New Jersey, to buy it that same day.
'People want guns now even more than ever,' says Guy Petinga II, whose father opened the store above his home in 1996.
Others saw demand immediately after the shooting.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson walks down the aisles of a gun show Saturday in Charleston, the game he's hunting won't be hard to spot.
The former senator and actor is looking to differentiate himself from rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney - and use his appeal as a "country boy from Tennessee" who knows NASCAR and hunting to portray the city slickers as out of step with this early voting state's residents.
There is little doubt gun rights are a tough issue for the front of the GOP pack.
Former New York Mayor Giuliani has supported federal handgun owner registration and advocated that handgun buyers "demonstrate good moral character and a reason to have the gun." It's a contrast to his more recent call for state-by-state gun controls.
As Massachusetts' governor, Romney signed one of the nation's toughest laws against assault-style weapons. And one of his earliest campaign stumbles came when he was described as a lifelong hunter. It turned out he never held a hunting license. Romney later said he had hunted small game numerous times.
A spokesman for Thompson said the former Tennessee senator should be the choice for people who think gun rights are important.
"Gun owners would know they're with one of their own in the White House if he gets elected," said spokesman Jeff Sadosky, who said he did not know how frequently Thompson handled guns either hunting or otherwise.
But not all gun supporters are totally enamored by Thompson. The Gun Owners of America criticizes him for missing the mark while in the Senate.
In the 33 votes it counts, the group said Thompson was on the wrong side of gun rights, including supporting laws allowing minor offenses to cost people the right to own a gun and supporting campaign finance law changes that crimped the group's ability to get involved in elections.
"Fred Thompson has been there about two-thirds of the time. When you put that in a letter-grade form, that comes out to around a 'D' - and that's not very impressive," Gun Owners of America spokesman Erich Pratt said.
The group does give Thompson credit for protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits and supporting legislation affecting private gun sales at gun shows, Pratt said.
Thompson isn't the only presidential candidate seeking out South Carolina sportsmen and sports fans. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is visiting the state fresh off a poll that has him among the front-runners in Iowa. Polls in South Carolina have Huckabee well off the pace, but also show a number of undecided voters.
Huckabee will tailgate Saturday with World Wrestling Entertainment star Ric Flair before the Clemson plays South Carolina in the biggest football game of the year in the state. The Arkansas governor will then make a number of stops Sunday, ending at a skeet shoot in Spartanburg.
Both the NRA and Gun Owners of America expect gun rights to become an even bigger issue in the 2008 elections after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a case that could determine whether a gun ban in Washington, D.C., is legal.
NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox warns candidates they can't try to fool gun owners, recalling Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry donning hunting gear as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 when his voting record wasn't as staunchly pro-gun as some wanted.
"Thirty minutes in a goose pit 16 days before an election wasn't going to make up for 20 years of stabbing gun owners in the back," Cox said. "Some of us wear camouflage not to be seen and other wear camouflage to be seen."
I think there is a good chance of the NRA backing Fred.
>>>>> ... Gun Owners of America spokesman Erich Pratt
IIRC, Pratt is that spokesman who can't debate his way out of a paperbag. The GOA should back Fred too, but the Huckster seems to be more to their liking.
What, are they nanny-state, big government, open borders socialists, too?! LOL
Clearly Fred Thompson is the choice of 2nd amendment advocates, McCain wanted to end Gunshows, Jooles is a out and out gun grabber and Mitt is a mixed bag.
He did sign the extension of the so called "Assault Weapons" ban in MA, but existing firearms owners had their CCW's term expanded, and MA became a "Must Issue" state as well.
No such baggage with Fred, the GOA is speaking about the Clnton Dole anti terrorism act, and the restriction was nonsensical "A young teen must have an adult around if they are using a firearm (I think it was only Assault Weapons and pistols).
The Domestic Violence Act was much worse, and IMO UnConstitutional depravation of Civil Rights via ANY domestic violence related conviction even retroactively..
The Second Amendment serves as the anchor by which all other rights are ultimately guaranteed. Neither Romney nor Giuliani ever understood that fact. The Democrats, meanwhile, understand it only too well - which is why they're absolutely set on eliminating Second Amendment rights.
I hope so
"Wasn't as staunchly pro-gun"? Didn't Kerry make a special trip back to Washington to join Shumer, Feinstein, Kennedy, and others to vote against gun rights? I can't remember the specific issue; was it an attempt to re-new the so-called "assault weapons" ban?
The author of this article reveals his bias, causing me to dismiss his assessment of Thompson altogether.
Also, can somebody summarize who Pratt supports for this upcoming election. Thompson's stand on the Second seems pretty strong to me.
Huckabee's illegal immigration stance will kill any chance he had.
Another excellent move by Thompson - SC is his if he plays it right.
Endorsing a candidate in a general election has the foreseeable result of aiding the preferred candidate at the expense of the other.
I can see that endorsing one candidate in a primary might have the effect of shifting votes from some other pro-gun candidate with the possible result of having a third, anti-gun candidate barely out-poll all of the pro-gun candidates.
For example, if FDT, hypothetically has broader appeal with the whole electorate than, say, Hunter, then it might make sense to promote FDT. But if Hunter has the broader appeal, then he might be the best candidate to support.
The point is that the best candidate based on just gun rights might not result in the best outcome for gun rights.
If I though Julie-Annie would support my gun rights, especially by selecting pro-gun Supreme Court justices, I would be for him despite his other nonsense. But he is so obviously a hypocrite on this important issue that I could never vote for him. I'll stay home that day cleaning guns and watching the Republican party elect Hillary.
That is true but in this election if they wait gun owners may very well be faced with only rabid gun grabbers to choose from in the general election.
Of the top three only Thompson is pro gun. Rooty and Mutt are no better than any of the RATS.
One of those three will be the nominee and for the NRA to wait and see is stupid and makes them worthless politically.
They waited in 92 and 96 and wound up with nobody they could endorse. Republicans lost both times as you know.
They are going to have to pull their head out of their a$$ and make a choice in the primaries this time or just lose more membership and gun rights.
If tomorrow, the SC, the Congress and the President addimitted the truth that the 2nd is for citizens to have military weapons, to attack and defeat government tyrants....then Pratt would be out a job.
So, the NRA, GOAL and others get their bread buttered by dragging out the obvious.
Just a bump to realize that job preserving bureaucracy is everywhere.
And, guns are not about hunting Bambi.
I just thought you all should see this if you havent. Fred Thompson posted these comments just after the Supreme Court made the decision to hear the DC Gun Law case.
A Citizens Right
Posted on November 20th, 2007
By Fred Thompson: http://fredfile.fred08.com/blog/category/second-amendment/
Heres another reason why its important that we appoint judges who use the Constitution as more than a set of suggestions. Today, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.
Six plaintiffs from Washington, D.C. challenged the provisions of the D.C. Code that prohibited them from owning or carrying a handgun. They argued that the rules were an unconstitutional abridgment of their Second Amendment rights. The Second Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, provides, A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The District argued, as many gun-control advocates do, that these words only guarantee a collective right to bear arms while serving the government. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected this approach and instead adopted an individual rights view of the Second Amendment. The D.C. Circuit is far from alone. The Fifth Circuit and many leading legal scholars, including the self-acknowledged liberal Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, have also come to adopt such an individual rights view.
Ive always understood the Second Amendment to mean what it says it guarantees a citizen the right to keep and bear firearms, and thats why Ive been supportive of the National Rifle Associations efforts to have the DC law overturned.
In general, lawful gun ownership is a pretty simple matter. The Founders established gun-owner rights so that citizens would possess and be able to exercise the universal right of self-defense. Guns enable their owners to protect themselves from robbery and assault more successfully and more safely than they otherwise would be able to. The danger of laws like the D.C. handgun ban is that they limit the availability of legal guns to people who want to use them for legitimate reasons, such as self-defense (let alone hunting, sport shooting, collecting), while doing nothing to prevent criminals from acquiring guns.
The D.C. handgun ban, like all handgun bans is necessarily ineffectual. It takes the guns that would be used for self protection out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, while doing practically nothing to prevent criminals from obtaining guns to use to commit crimes. Even the federal judges in the D.C. case knew about the flourishing black market for guns in our nations capital that leaves the criminals armed and the law-abiding defenseless. This is unacceptable.
The Second Amendment does more than guarantee to all Americans an unalienable right to defend ones self. William Blackstone, the 18th century English legal commentator whose works were well-read and relied on by the Framers of our Constitution, observed that the right to keep and bear firearms arises from the natural right of resistance and self-preservation. This view, reflected in the Second Amendment, promotes both self-defense and liberty. It is not surprising then that the generation that had thrown off the yoke of British tyranny less than a decade earlier included the Second Amendment in the Constitution and meant for it to enable the people to protect themselves and their liberties.
You cant always predict what the Supreme Court will do, but in the case of Heller and Washington, DCs gun ban, officials in the District of Columbia would have been better off expending their efforts and resources in pursuit of those who commit crimes against innocent people rather than in seeking to keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens who would use them only to protect themselves and their families. And that is why appointing judges who apply the text of the Constitution and not their own policy preferences is so important.
Agreed, but...
You probably meant to say...
watch the liberal-RINO-wing-of-the-republican(with a small "r")-party elect hillary.
Is it the case that the group we're talking about consists of Thompson, Hunter, Paul, and Huckabee?
Of all the pro-gun candidates, how would you rank their standings (as a percent of primary vote total)? For clarity, include the anti-gunners.
I would expect the MSM to support Rudy because he is a RINO whose policies would be indistinguishable from Hillary Clinton or Arnold Schwarzenegger. That makes it difficult to assess how the campaign is really going.
Those who complain that Thompson "lacks the fire in the belly" or isn't campainging "hard enough" seem to miss the fact that Thompson has pretty clearly stated his policies in various statements. You don't have to guess about his pro-gun stance since he has stated it very clearly.
"In the 33 votes it counts, the group said Thompson was on the wrong side of gun rights, including supporting laws allowing minor offenses to cost people the right to own a gun and..."
Is this true? Minor offenses, like a speeding ticket, will remove your right to own a gun?
Wish somebody wouldvaskvRudy—Hillary—Obama about the Supremesvupcoming DCvcase
Not that I am aware of. But I have read of the low assessment of Thompson. I'll believe it when specifics are supplied.
On the topic of having the NRA endorse a candidate, I think that it is premature.
The whole idea of how primaries are organized is to allow a small sample of US voters to indicate who they support. It denies the media any room to spin who is leading and denies them the influence of their biased polls.
An early primary in New Hampshire and Iowa puts those voters on record, but other voters can then assess how sensible those decisions are.
It would be early for the NRA to take sides, because they might pick a candidate who doesn't show well. Trailing candidates often take themselves out of the running if they get a disappointing showing.
That would be bad enough for the NRA to have to pick another candidate, one who they ignored, after their own drops out. Even worse, however, would be the prospect of a candidate showing badly but NOT dropping out.
If, for example, the NRA supports Huckabee, and then Thompson leaves Huck in the dust in the first few primaries, what then? If Huck is still running, does the NRA pick again, even though their first pick considers himself still in the race?
The NRA probably COULD do what I described, put it isn't very practical.
Maybe what the NRA should do is a negative "endorsement"? Maybe they could just put the hex sign on Rudy and Romney, hoping that the gun owners in the primary states will then choose from the others.
No. The top three I was talking about, and the only ones with a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination.
Fred, Rooty, and Romney. Only Fred is pro gun and always has been.
Of all those running on the Republican side that I would say are firmly and dependably pro gun....
Hunter, Fred, Huck, Tanc.
Even Paul has some Really oddball gun votes that were real anti gun votes, not BS from the GOA.
McCain can't be trusted and Rooty and Mutt are barking moonbat rabid anti gun.
Of the pro gun candidates only one is electable and has a good shot at the nomination.
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The way the cycle is stacked this time I don't see much chance of a low tier candidate moving up as there isn't time for money to influx his campaign much less the time needed to set up state organizations and buy ads. So it may well be a three person race as predicted in the national polls but not a guarantee.
You are correct. It will be over, for all practical purposes, on Feb 6 the nominee will likely have a lock.
I doubt there will be many campaign ads during the SB but they could run some before the game.
Still, I am hopeful for an NRA endorsement for Fred and, if they are going to do it, it can't come too soon.
Whatever happened to the talk that Senator Graham would have a serious intraparty rival in 2008. Sounds like it must have been cheap talk after all
Yea, once somebody gets 400 delegats or so, he cannot usually be stopped as the sheeple merely ratify what has already transpired.
Do NRA people even know who the group has endorsed? Most of them are hunting at this time of the year.
It may be that Huckeabee is not a socialist except within AR. He thinks Arkansans have the right to tax themselves till it hurts to pay for popular "social programs". As president, he would not necessarily be
proposing such programs for the nation as a whole. He could say, "Leave it to the states, as we did in AR." His open borders position though is one of the worst of any GOP contenders this time. It's pretty much the standard GWB line.
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And you'll be helping them do it by staying home.
What would you have me do? If the Republicans reject all of the pro-gun candidates, then they have decided that my vote is unneeded. If they are not the pro-gun party, then they are not my party.
Perhaps if there is a third party candidate who is pro-gun, I will vote. But it shouldn't be necessary.
What will be accomplished for my gun rights by voting for Julie-Annie? His claim to understand and support the Second Amendment is absolutely unbelievable. Do you believe him?
Arnold is the REPUBLICAN governor of Kalifornia. He recently signed legislation to further infringe the right to keep and bear arms by mandating technology which most manufacturers will probably not comply with, thereby eliminating many handguns from sale in Kalifornia.
In addition, Arnold is supporting practically every stupid liberal proposal to come out of the legislature. He was recently out of the country, I think, touting his tremendous progress on leading the world in limiting greenhouse gases.
Fortunately, I didn't vote for Arnold, even when other Republicans were so concerned that "he can win". We won nothing. We have lost any meaning for being a Republican governor in Kalifornia.
Electing July-Annie or any other gun-grabber to the Presidency will just do the same thing. In four years, you won't be able to tell the difference from our having elected a Demoncrat.
If YOU support anti-gun Republicans, then what do you expect will happen to you? The same is true of supporting Republicans who don't recognize the proper Constitutional limits to the power of the federal government.
If YOU continue voting for such people, then YOU will get the expected result. It's not my doing.
Bush met the standard when he did nothing to advance a renewal of the federal Assault Weapons Ban. He has since appointed Roberts and Alito, which makes me optimistic that there has been progress. His Attorney General put it on record that the Second Amendment is an individual right.
I see no hope that Julie-Annie will do anything near that.
Well, 8 years of that horn dog and his harridan wife brought us nothing but grief including with the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993, the debacle in Mogadishu, the bombing of the Khobar Towers and then the bombing of the Cole in Yemen. He was a feckless, spineless, individual who put this country in danger. It was during his Presidency, after Mogadishu, that Osama bin Laden made the calculation that he could attack us with impunity. It was unfortunate for al Queda that George W. Bush was sitting in the White House when the attack finally came.
The situation is different in a major way this time. We ARE in a war, and one that is not supported in any way by the harridan. I shudder to think what would happen if SHE were in charge of foreign policy in general and our military in particular. Though Giuliani is NOT my favorite, I actually support Fred Thompson, Giuliani will do a LOT less harm than that woman in every way. I am pro-life and he is pro-abortion, but she is even MORE pro-abortion, and with Rudy, we'd have at least some chance of getting some more strict constructionist judges on the Supremes with Rudy. If that woman is in charge of the next two or three appointments, we WILL lose all the gains we've made in the last few years.
Now some are wedded to the idea that they could NEVER vote for anyone who is NOT pro-life, but I look at it in the Hippocrates manner; first, do no harm. If there is a pro-life candidate running, I WILL vote for that person, but if the choice is between two candidates who are BOTH pro-abortion, I look at the party behind them. I know that the majority of the Republicans are pro-life, and that the Democrats are rabidly pro-abortion. I'll take a pro-abortion Republican over a pro-abortion Democrat ANY day, if those are the only choices I'm given.
Staying home in a snit is NOT a option for me, because, by doing so, I'd only be allowing the pro-abortion party to have the full sweep of power in the government, and that doesn't help babies at all.
I won't be screwed again. Giuliani hasn't had a change of heart -or- an intellectual realization that changed his views on various issues. Reagan had an intellectual realization.
I support the 2nd amendment. I don't own right now because to enjoy what I want means driving way north of Antelope Valley close to Mohave. And a few miles away from the 14 FWY. I like very long range shooting. What I want costs >$16K with a rangefinder, wind gauge and a laptop with the program that tells you how far off the target to aim. It works for somebody I knew. 2 people are needed.
I'll buy you a Happy Meal if either one of them are nominated:) 2 if they both are:):)
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The Supreme Court has a historic opportunity to affirm the individual right to keep and bear arms.
"....This comports with my own personal experience. In almost 14 years as prosecutor and as head of the Homicide Unit of the Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecutor's Office, I never saw anyone charged with murder who had a license to legally carry a concealed weapon. Most people who want to possess guns are law-abiding and present no threat to others. Rather than the availability of weapons, my experience is that gun violence is driven by culture, police presence (or lack of same), and failures in the supervision of parolees and probationers...."
The "minor offenses" mentioned, were domestic-violence related.. you know.. wife-beating? Not all states regard this as a felony like we do here in CA, where you lose your gun rights anyway.
I agree. I think that electing Arnold has destroyed any chance of Republicans accomplishing anything in Kalifornia. The "best" solution is still the one which existed before Gray Davis was recalled; bankruptcy.
The RINOs got very lucky when the economy boomed and made it appear that suddenly life was different. In fact, state spending has continued unchecked and the debt will soon rival New Jersey's $38 billion. It's going to get VERY much worse than it would have been before it starts getting better.
Clean-up on Aisle 18!!
(Would you clarify Fred's gun voting record as distorted by GOA, please?)
CA taxes would have doubled if it were not for Arnold. Thankfully we are set until 2010.
As for guns, it doesn't matter who gets the nomination. Hillary is going to confiscate all of them in 2009.
Hillary / RINO-rudy is going to TRY TO confiscate all of them in 2009.
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Comes in assorted sizes, shapes and colors. NOT Self-adhesive.
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