Sorry, you're a day late and a dollar short. I've read The Gun Speech dozens of times, and I'm just not impressed. Hence I'm inclined to take a shortcut that says, "Why don't you try convincing someone else?"
Ah, but how would you feel about an administration that was anti-FIRST amendment? Have you got your writing license in order? Have you been properly fingerprinted and put in the database? Don't forget to apply for a permit for each individual work you plan to have published, subject to a review of your mental health and criminal a background check. Remember to have your topic approved by the government, and your manuscript checked for government-approved ideology. Don't forget that "Controversial book-free school zone" law where it's a felony to own controversial books within 1,000 feet of a school. And for the love of god, don't get caught illegally carrying a concealed copy of Origin of Species!
And how would you feel if the Second Amendment was about kumquats? Really can't get into this one anymore...
Assuming that the kumquat was instrumental in the foundation of the freedoms we enjoy today, I'm pretty sure I would.
How will it affect me personally? If Obama is elected, we'll have a liberal supermajority as described here: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_backlash_against_barack/ Healthcare. Ideally, people who should be in charge of healthcare are patients and doctors. That's it. It's bad enough that people have to deal with employers providing health insurance for most of the middle class. I damn sure don't want the government involved. Liberals want to pass the fairness doctrine, which will result in AM radio reverting back to hokey hee-haw-aw-shucks drivel instead of right-wing neocon blowhards which are far more entertaining to listen to. Since this is only how it affects me personally, I won't even mention the first amendment.
The UN? Do you write your own material? The UN taking on armed American citizens would be a Kodak moment! Ball-caps versus berets in our own backyard? Now that's entertainment!
Just because it 'matters' nothing to you, doesn't mean its not an important issue. Gay marriage is immaterial to my life. I'm not gay, so it doesn't benefit me at all if gay are allowed to get married. Therefore, gay rights shouldn't be allowed. Going by your narrow-minded viewpoint that is.
Okay, except where those local laws contradict the 2nd Amendment. To me, an outright ban violates the 2nd Amendment, so no. See above. Whose common sense? Fuck you. None of your business, Barack. Don't care. That sounds mighty racist to me. Is he saying that the people who live in inner cities can't be trusted with guns? How Jim Crow of him. Nope. Fuck you, Obama. Nope. Fuck you, Obama. Nope. Manufacturers are not liable for what people do with their products.
It's obviously very important to you, and I encourage you to exercise your First Amendment right to discuss it at any time you choose. Just grant me the same First Amendment right not to participate if I so choose.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't she try this "forced" to support the 2nd Amendment bit before?
Nobody gives a fuck whether you buy a gun or not. I just want the ability to own one myself. Obama doesn't agree with that.
Not at all. 9 artists working on 9 different illustrations on 9 drawning boards wasn't much different than 9 artists working on 9 illustrations on computers. 10 typists banging away on Selectrics at XX words per minute had exactly the same output as 10 typists banging away on Wang word processors, then on up to MS Word on PCs. The amount of work itself went away. Unfortunately, during those spurts when it comes back, there are only two artists now!
Aw, c'mon, Margaret, I'm tryin' to get you to look at things from the other guy's perspective here. Walk a mile in my shoes? I'm not trying to be flip, I'm trying to get you to think, albeit with a lame analogy. And ya give me cumquats!
You need to get your money back from whoever helped you get over your depression. I know Scientologists with a better grip on reality.
An Obama administration would be far more anti-first amendment than the Bush administration. Forget nudity and profanity, now if you say the something politically unacceptable too often, you get slapped or shut down. Obama wants an FCC-like entity to regulate the internet. Initially for net neutrality, it will spread. Websites will probably be subject to the fairness doctrine.
Oh, so that's why there are so many layers of taxes on wireless phones. It's to make up for all the radio licenses that no one buys anymore.
Okay, make a third party run then. Or, hold your nose, and climb up the Republican ranks. If Palin can be shat out of Alaska, anything's possible.
