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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm so glad to hear this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Now I can modify a grenade launcher so that I can fire mini
nuclear warheads at those pesky starlings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lockshop@pull.twcbc.com href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">the
lockshop</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A> ; <A
title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe
Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Leonard Pitts
Jr: The Triumph of Igorance</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Also, the founders were refering to the finest military weapons
of their <BR>day. By current standards these would be full auto battle rifles
(M16, M4, <BR>AK47 & 74, L1A1, L85, FAMAS, etc.) as well as heavier
weapons such as M2's <BR>and yes indeedy do, tanks, APC's, fighters and
bombers which are, to be <BR>sure, legal to own with some restrictions. Non
military semi auto weapons <BR>would, of course, be considered lawful with in
the framework of the <BR>Constitution as upheld by the majority of our supreme
court. (God love 'em!)<BR><BR>g<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From:
"lfalen" <<A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>><BR>To: "Joe
Campbell" <<A
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A>><BR>Cc:
"Vision 2020" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:03 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Leonard
Pitts Jr: The Triumph of Igorance<BR><BR><BR>> Joe<BR>> 2nd
Amendment<BR>> "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free <BR>> State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall
not be <BR>> infringed."<BR>> That is what the Constitution says, which
I support.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: Joe
Campbell <A
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A><BR>>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:47:53 -0700<BR>> To: lfalen <A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Leonard Pitts Jr: The Triumph of
Igorance<BR>><BR>>> No where in the constitution does it say that
individuals have a right to <BR>>> bear semi-automatic
rifles.<BR>>><BR>>> So you must be for gun control,
Roger!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On Oct 25, 2010, at 11:56 AM,
lfalen <<A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> > The First Amendment<BR>>> >
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,or
<BR>>> > prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the
freedom of <BR>>> > speech,or of the press,or the right of people
peaceably to assemble, <BR>>> > and or to petition the Government for
a redress of grievances."<BR>>> > No where is there any thing said
about the separation of church and <BR>>> > state. What it says is
that no state religion is to be established and <BR>>> > that
every one has the right to express their religious beliefs or lack
<BR>>> > there of. The "separation of church and state" comes from an
article <BR>>> > written by Thomas Jefferson in which he said "There
should be a wall of <BR>>> > separation between church and state"
,but it no where in the <BR>>> > Constitution.<BR>>> >
Roger<BR>>> ><BR>>> > -----Original message-----<BR>>>
> From: "Art Deco" <A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR>>> > Date: Mon,
25 Oct 2010 10:24:30 -0700<BR>>> > To: "Vision 2020" <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>> >
Subject: [Vision2020] Leonard Pitts Jr: The Triumph of
Igorance<BR>>> ><BR>>> >><BR>>>
>><BR>>> >> LEONARD PITTS JR.<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>>
>><BR>>> >><BR>>> >> We don't deserve
this<BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >> "Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, <BR>>>
>> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >> - from the First Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States <BR>>> >> That's for Christine
O'Donnell.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> "Where in the
Constitution is separation of church and state?" she <BR>>> >>
asked last week, drawing gasps and astonished laughter from an <BR>>>
>> audience of law school students.<BR>>> >><BR>>>
>> Chris Coons, her Democratic opponent for a Delaware Senate seat,
<BR>>> >> replied that in asking the question, O'Donnell shows
"fundamental <BR>>> >> misunderstanding of what our Constitution
is. ... The First Amendment <BR>>> >> establishes the separation
..."<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> O'Donnell wasn't buying
it.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> "The First Amendment does?
...<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> So you're telling me that the
separation of church and state, the <BR>>> >> phrase 'separation
of church and state,' is found in the First <BR>>> >>
Amendment?"<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> It was a bizarre
exchange that permits but two conclusions. One, <BR>>> >>
O'Donnell is frighteningly ignorant, particularly for a woman who <BR>>>
>> claims constitutional expertise and aspires to the Senate. Or, two,
<BR>>> >> assuming you buy her after-the-fact explanation (she was
merely <BR>>> >> observing that the phrase "separation of church
and state" is not in <BR>>> >> the First Amendment), she is
terribly disingenuous.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> After all,
the framers' intention to isolate church from state and <BR>>> >>
vice versa is evident in the amendment's wording and is a matter of
<BR>>> >> long-settled law, besides. The phrase "freedom of
expression" doesn't <BR>>> >> appear in the First Amendment,
either.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Would O'Donnell question
that right, too?<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Maybe I shouldn't
ask.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> While one is appalled by
O'Donnell's ignorance and/or <BR>>> >> disingenuousness, one is
not surprised. The capacity to be surprised <BR>>> >> by her died
long ago, victim of revelations that she once "dabbled" in <BR>>>
>> witchcraft.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> And was the
subject of an IRS lien. And said people with AIDS brought <BR>>>
>> the disease upon themselves. And was sued for nonpayment by her
<BR>>> >> college and mortgage company. And was cited eight times
by the Federal <BR>>> >> Elections Commission And thinks
scientists have created mice with <BR>>> >> human
brains.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> That this woman is a major
party candidate for national office, that <BR>>> >> she is among
the brightest stars of a constellation of like-minded <BR>>> >>
cranks - some of them already in office - tells you all you need to
<BR>>> >> know about this moment in our political life. Welcome to
the United <BR>>> >> States of Amnesia.<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >> Somehow we have forgotten the lesson we spent
most of the last decade <BR>>> >> learning at ruinous cost: that
faith-based governance, foreign policy <BR>>> >> by gut instinct,
choosing leaders on the basis of which one we'd most <BR>>> >>
like to watch television with, simply does not work.<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >> Some say this is a conservative revolution, but
this is no <BR>>> >> conservatism Ronald Reagan or Barry Goldwater
would have recognized. <BR>>> >> At least their ideology adhered
to an interior logic. This ideology <BR>>> >> adheres to a
perverse "illogic" that posits that the less you know, <BR>>> >>
the more authentic you are. So what triumphs here is not conservatism,
<BR>>> >> but rather, mediocrity. The Know Nothings and Flat
Earthers are <BR>>> >> ascendant. But intellect
matters.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Knowledge is good. And
what's it tell you that that point even needs <BR>>> >> to be
made?<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> In a recent debate, O'Donnell
was asked to name a modern Supreme Court <BR>>> >> decision to
which she objects. "Oh, gosh," she said. "Give me a <BR>>> >>
specific one, I'm sorry. ... Right off the top of my head, I know that
<BR>>> >> there are a lot, but I'll put it up on my website, I
promise you."<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Some of us are
reminded of how candidate George W. Bush kept calling <BR>>> >>
Greeks "Grecians."<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Some of us
remember how the electorate shrugged off that evidence of <BR>>>
>> looming gaps in his basic knowledge because he had a folksy way and
<BR>>> >> twinkling eyes. Some of us remember how that came
out.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Others apparently
don't.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Others are ready to travel
that road again. It brings to mind an old <BR>>> >> saying: we get
the leaders we deserve.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> You and I
better hope that's not true.<BR>>> >><BR>>> >> Leonard
Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald.<BR>>>
>><BR>>> >><BR>>> ><BR>>> >
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