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Posts Made By: George Blahun

October 1, 2012 03:35 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

It Can't be True!

Posted By George Blahun
Robert, interesting article. More bad news for the planet. This warming is going to have a serious impact on aquatic and arctic species. Of course we'll be screwed too.

George

October 5, 2012 04:04 PM Forum: Politics

NRA (finally) endorses Romney

Posted By George Blahun
Jim, my comments are a bit off topic, but Since I first joined the NRA ( I am no longer a member) in 1956 (as a junior member, age 7) the group has changed radically. At that time my dad, a chief in the Coast Guard, would drop me off at the USCGA rifle range and I would fire 20 rounds of small bore ammo at 4 targets over the next hour or so and be educated on proper technique and handling of weapons. The focus then was on safety and training, not campaigning for no limits to clip capacity. I'll bet the current leaders of the NRA had to bite the bullet to come out in support of Romney, but as they alluded in their statement, there really wasn't a choice. If the old leadership were around today they probably wouldn't have been involved in the campaign as a group. The first grumbling I heard from the NRA, and it wasn't universally held, was when the prohibition on mail order weapons went into effect in the 1960s.

George

October 8, 2012 03:23 PM Forum: Politics

Should the US fund PBS/CPB?

Posted By George Blahun
I am skeptical of the claims against funding PBS as being all about the money. PBS has always been an annoyance to many conservatives for the perceived liberal bias of the network.
However, one of my favorite PBS programs was Bill Buckley's, Firing Line, hardly a liberal bias there. At about $1.39 per American for PBS support, the help that PBS gives young poor children in this country is a benefit far more important than any concern over money. If we lived in a world where Fox news was PBS, the right wing would be proclaiming how much we needed the truth to get out to everyone. This is but another issue steeped in philosophy, no one on either side is likely to change their position. The past cuts to PBS are as far as I'm willing to go along with.

George

October 18, 2012 09:05 PM Forum: Religion

Pastors to challenge IRS

Posted By George Blahun
That slick political ad, which must have cost a bundle to produce, should be titled "The Catholic Church, 1,900 years of guilt-tripping people into submissiveness".

George

October 24, 2012 06:18 PM Forum: Politics

Trump Just Offered $5M For Obama's Transcripts

Posted By George Blahun
If Trump releases his transcripts, I'll give $25 to a charity of his choosing.

George

November 6, 2012 10:26 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Delos vs. Pentax XL/XW

Posted By George Blahun
I've owned several Pentax XW and Delos eyepieces. Candidly, I found little difference between them optically.

George

November 7, 2012 02:52 AM Forum: Politics

Calling this race for Obama...

Posted By George Blahun
I think you're right Tony, and yet the Astromart Poll is still open. Geez, if Romney can't win Astromart he's toast.

George

November 9, 2012 11:19 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Green Laser recomendations

Posted By George Blahun
John, with a little ingenuity you can repackage the laser heard into a tube (flashlight or other) which accepts C batteries.

George


November 17, 2012 03:54 PM Forum: After Dark

Focus on Jupiter

Posted By George Blahun
Steve, you'll need to get an extension tube, either 1.25 or 2 inch depending on your format for the DSLR adapter. The extensions are available from a number of sources, like Televue, GSO, Meade Celestron etc.
I see you live in Crestview, I spent 1977 through 1982 on Pensacola Beach and in the city. I wonder if the beach area still has those amazing dark skies in the winter?

George

November 21, 2012 03:02 PM Forum: Politics

With government as it's god

Posted By George Blahun
I wonder how many of you would complain if it had been a trip to a mosque to see "Charlie Brown celebrates Ramadan"?

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