Posts Made By: Tony Aguire

Lee Spain said:

Since she is a hispanic woman, we already know that Sotomayor is far more qualified than any possible male caucasian candidate. But, for the sake of argument, does anyone think she is a good pick? 8O

Also, as we become more and more like Lebanon and divide political power by ethnicity and culture alone, at what point do we actually get to shoot Katyusha Rockets at people in another neighborhood?

John Cassella said:

Greetings,

I have a question I hope someone has some experience with. I live on the edge of Phoenix metro where day time highs in the summer get into the 110's. So I am wondering, and I asked this on the Tak yahoo group, can I leave a Mewlon and EQ mount outside in that kind of heat without damaging them? If not, it will be a pain having to set the whole thing up every time I want to use it, which may mean I chose a different type scope.

Thoughts? Any desert dwellers dealing with this issue?

Thanks,
john

Rod Kaufman said:

The deal was, of course, done before Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/nkorea.clinton/index.html
Could you imagine if McCain was president and tried to send George W Bush instead of Clinton?
Not only would North Korea refused him entry, they probably would have threatened a nuke strike!
Anyway, those dumbarse journalists got off easily enough after the possibility of facing years at hard labor.

Jim Babcock said:

If you break a bone, have an ear ache, have a bad stomach ache or bump you head, then you see a doctor and your insurance normally would include coverage. What if a woman gets pregnant and thinks that it would be inconvenient at this time? Well with Obamacare abortions will be covered.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090805/twl-us-health-care-overhaul-abortion-ef375f8.html

The Democratic health care legislation as originally introduced in the House and Senate did not mention abortion. That rang alarm bells for abortion opponents.

Since abortion is a legal medical procedure, experts on both sides say not mentioning it would allow health care plans in the new insurance exchange to provide unrestricted coverage.

If the libs get their way, your tax dollars will be used to provide unrestricted abortion on demand. If you disagree with the way that the libs are running this place then you need to contact your representatives to make sure that they understand that their seat is in jeopardy unless they help stop the Obama madness.

David Cotterell said:

REMAIN CALM!!!!!!! (you know who you are....) I know that word riles up some people here like almost no other. Anyway, I'd just like to ask, from a purely academic/political theory standpoint, why those of you who approach politics from the right have such an abiding hatred for socialism? The word seems to be used here as an epithet of of the greatest disdain when referring to certain politicians.
----- After all, socialism is already deeply entrenched in all western democracies. For instance, around the world, various taxes collected from "the people" pay for roads, school, police, military, parks, welfare and many other types of things that can only be construed to be "the common good" and which do not have any kind of "user pay" funding.
------Some countries may include a lot more items in this free "common good" (think Sweden here) while others include fewer (like the USA). Some regimes took it to greater extremes by virtually eliminating capitalism and individual initiative (old school Communism, e.g.) I doubt very much that there is any regime in the world where there is no socialism of this kind.
------Certainly the structure of the tax rates as to who pays what and how it is tied or not tied to income varies wildly around the world as well. But I do not think any political entity can be anything but socialist in its most fundamental sense. It's just a matter of degree, isn't it?
------So why so angry, guys?
Dave in Toronto.