Posts Made By: Patrick Keafer

Tony Aguire said:

Hoping that some of you guys don't overdose on antidepressants after last night...Here is something to cheer you up

http://gawker.com/5958389/heres-video-evidence-of-why-everyone-thought-diane-sawyer-was-shitfaced-tonight

As a conservative, I'm still quite optimistic for the country. The USA always endures and I don't buy all this doomsday stuff just because a Democrat got elected again. Maybe the GOP needed a new course anyway?

Rod Kaufman said:

in international airspace:
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/08/first-on-cnn-iranian-jets-fire-on-u-s-drone/?hpt=hp_t3
They couldn't hit it. I doubt if anyone tries to fire warning shots at an unmanned drone.
My idea of a US response? Quadruple the current number of drone overflights in Iran...

Sounds kind of like the run up to the Iraq invasion. Remember the no-fly zones?

Rod Kaufman said:

The White House is considering broader gun control laws, enabling tracking of gun movements and sales through a national data base. In addition, universal background checks would be required of gun buyers PLUS strengthening mental health checks( well, that alone takes out half of the astromart)!
http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-mulls-broader-gun-control-washington-post-154313906--finance.html
I can just see the gun nut paranoia going ballistic and when it does, they'll never pass the mental exams!!!

I have no problem with background checks on private transactions and enhanced mental health checks. A national database of gun owners is scary to me though. In fact I'd rather have an assault weapons ban than a national database.

Steve Hollenbach said:

I just don't like knee-jerk reactions. Before you conservatives cheer, remember how easily the Patriot act can be abused.

I too am very worried that politicians are using the emotional events of Sandy Hook to pass gun control laws. In fact I am downright scared right now after seeing Cuomo's state of the state address in New York. I'm a moderate conservative that didn't join the gun buying spree's after Obama's elections, but Cuomo's antics and speech style on stage reminded me of Hitler's. His repeated references to "common sense" gun control and his assertion that no one "needs" 10 rounds to kill a deer are the worst type of mischaracterization of the second amendment that exists. New York already has a 10 round magazine restriction and he wants to take it down to 7 rounds. 8O I don't live in New York, but when he says others may follow New York's lead I believe him. Their precedent would be a really bad one.

Laws passed in the heat of the moment are almost always the WORST laws and because of this, I've made a decision to arm up before prices get too high. If that puts me in the ranks of the "gun nuts", then so be it. But I will NEVER register or allow my guns to be taken.

Dave Snope said:

And such is the history of every country that has been taken over by the far left.

It seems to me that if you support a shutdown you really cannot complain when the results of the shutdown begin impacting the lives of everyday Americans at National Parks. I'm not defending any alleged poor behavior by National Park employees but they are in a tough situation as well. There are morons out there who know the park is closed but insist on going to take their own tour of a wild and potentially dangerous wild-life area. We are not talking about an open air pedestrian monument like that in Washington. Who do you suppose these rogue tour groups would complain about and ultimately attempt to hold accountable if they were allowed to go out and got hurt in the park? Frankly they all should have been booted out of the park right away.

Rod Kaufman said:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news/economy/deficit-2013-treasury/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Taking away another GOP talking point, as if they ever did anything about it when they were in power...

Budget sequester, which the President was against.

Rod Kaufman said:

And a Democrat takes the mayor ship for New York. Christie wins by "downplaying" his affiliation with the GOP. The Virginia governor's race was widely seen as a proxy campaign on Obamacare...

Rod,

We've had plenty of dem governors and we have two dem senators so it really isn't that unusual. If anything the GOP candidate made it closer by tying McAuliffe to Obamacare.

[QUOTE]bob sharpe said:


While it is true that in some cases some companies are withdrawing from certain markets, I would bet the vast majority of companies who have cancelled plans have offered alternative conforming plans.

[QUOTE]Dave Snope said:

You mean like these people in MA?

Just 1 percent of Bay Staters facing canceled health plans have successfully signed up - See more at: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/11/just_1_percent_of_bay_staters_facing_canceled_health_plans_have#sthash.6FSnIVlC.dpuf

Rod Kaufman said:

Interesting comparo from today's CNN:
http://economy.money.cnn.com/2013/11/14/america-healthcare/?iid=HP_LN

Great, now we'll pay more, have worse care, AND have less choice.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507489/Obamacare-plans-cost-cases-WITH-government-subsidies-Obama-administration-admits-time.html

Rod Kaufman said:

Saudi Arabia preparing to assist Israel in attacking Iran if the deal in the UN is approved:
http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Report-Mossad-working-with-Saudis-on-contingency-plans-for-potential-attack-on-Iran-331961
Of course, Saudi Arabia will subsequently join the UN in condemning Israel should it attack Iran.
Well, as one noted middle east author has said and I'm paraphrasing here: "With the Mullahs, shared destruction isn't a deterrent, it's an inspiration"...

They are simply filling the vacuum left by the foreign policy failures of the administration. The rest of the world sees Obama as weak so they have to forge their own way. Maybe a decreasing dependency on the US is a good thing, although I don't think that's in the presidents plan.