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Posts Made By: Mike Strieber

January 13, 2011 05:33 PM Forum: Politics

Obama's speech

Posted By Mike Strieber
Jim Brown said:

I thought Obama did a good job yesterday. He focused on honoring and remembering the Arizona victims and healing. I don't recall any partisan finger pointing. This was a refreshingly good and useful speech.

Jim

I thought he was excellent. I wasn't real pleased with the crowd, a little circus like to me but that's what you get with a college kid crowd. It didn't detract from what Obama said though. Nice job.

January 14, 2011 08:51 PM Forum: Politics

A Palin Free Day?

Posted By Mike Strieber
Rod Kaufman said:

Can we have, for once, a Palin free day, across all forums?
I mean I have never in my life seen an ex-vice presidential candidate with CONSTANT media attention. Most ex-presidential candidates of a failed ticket are forgotten. But here's one that loses, resigns her governorship, and yet remains some sort of hero to her base. CNN has a daily spattering of something to the effect of "Palin statement raises eyebrows" or "Palin scares GOP" or Palin infuriates Democrats, etc. I mean it's every single day. Do they want to put a spot light on her so they can eventually be governed by her?
So, I'd like to declare Saturday January 15 a Palin free day on all AM forums, across the board.
Is that too much to ask?...

I'd like to have a Palin free week or two...maybe a year or two? She certainly isn't worthy of the attention the media gives her.

January 16, 2011 10:34 PM Forum: Politics

Don't like guns, don't buy one!

Posted By Mike Strieber
Floyd Blue said:

If you don't like guns, don't buy one. But just because you do not like them, do not try to violate others rights to own one, just because you are uncomfortable.


Don't like drunk drivers? Stay off the road. With all due respect Floyd, your logic is not a good defense of your right to own a weapon.

January 17, 2011 04:24 AM Forum: Politics

Don't buy a gun...

Posted By Mike Strieber
Lee Spain said:

...you won't need it. I'm just sitting here at your local fishing spot. Maybe your Grandkid will notice me? Maybe he won't? Maybe I'll snack on him, you, and your little dog too. wink

I have a better idea, don't expose your grandkid to the risk of being eaten by a giant alligator...in the event your weapon jams, or you don't notice him being eaten, or it takes 31 rounds to kill the alligator.

# of children killed by firearms in Florida in 2005- 149
# of children killed by alligators in Florida in 2005- 0

All I'm saying is let's be sensible and safe regardless of how we chose to live our lives.

January 20, 2011 04:48 PM Forum: Politics

Knife Control

Posted By Mike Strieber
James C Chandler Jr said:

Knives don't kill people, Flatulence does!


It's odd you bring this up today James as I was thinking last night about how much flatulence I heard emanating from this forum over the last couple days. Sounded like gunfire. And I'm sure to some it smelled like....victory. smile

January 26, 2011 03:25 AM Forum: Politics

SOU: Guess what?

Posted By Mike Strieber
The overall tone was dull but the salmon joke was good. Boehner looked dazed and confused behind him, not sure when to applaud, smile, cry...

January 26, 2011 04:31 AM Forum: Politics

"A Gross Abuse of the Public Trust"

Posted By Mike Strieber
Rod Kaufman said:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/25/bush-political-office-overstepped-limits-investigators-say/
Now why didn't that make its way into Bush's memoirs, entitled, "Decision Points"?

You mean to tell me political activities took place in a political office? Interesting.

January 28, 2011 06:57 PM Forum: Politics

AZ/14th Amendment

Posted By Mike Strieber
Rod Kaufman said:

Well, it appears Arizona lawmakers interpret the 14th amendment from an "originalist" point of view. To wit: ..."it's irresponsible and foolish to bestow citizenship based upon one's GPS location at birth." Well, what do you base it upon? It appears the AZ lawmakers interpret the 14th amendment to mean those people born in the US and "subject to the jurisdiction" of this country which, they claim, doesn't include illegal immigrants. Interesting take on it but it'll be thrown out of court.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arizona-citizenship-20110128,0,4804903.story

Wow, Republicans sure are good at alienating voters. By 2012 there should be a cross-section of at least .5% of the voters pulling the "R" lever.

I'm confused, I thought everything was about jobs, jobs, jobs. Not abortion, birth certificates, and anchor babies. Since taking the House, Republicans have taken the path that led Dems to defeat, the one that doesn't concentrate on jobs and the economy. They were voted in to address fiscal issues but are taking advantage of it by taking care of long-sought social issues instead.

And god bless Utah, they found time to officially designate, through law, the M-1911 pistol as the "state gun". Congrats Utah for being the first state where elementary school kids will have to learn what the state gun is along with the state bird. That is so cool. :S

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_24c2f830-297b-11e0-91e3-001cc4c03286.html

February 4, 2011 09:01 PM Forum: Politics

Chinese to build our military planes??!!

Posted By Mike Strieber
Doug Matulis said:

I am sure liberals will be jumping all over support for this, liberalism is a mental disorder, but I think we have to draw the line somewhere. This just seems insane.

Not to mention all the lost US jobs, AGAIN!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/04/china-launches-bids-defense-contracts/?test=latestnews

Let them bid, competition in the defense acquisition process is a good thing. Lowers cost dramatically.

February 6, 2011 04:57 PM Forum: Politics

Chinese to build our military planes??!!

Posted By Mike Strieber
Doug Matulis said:

I am sure liberals will be jumping all over support for this, liberalism is a mental disorder, but I think we have to draw the line somewhere. This just seems insane.

Not to mention all the lost US jobs, AGAIN!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/04/china-launches-bids-defense-contracts/?test=latestnews

Look at the bright side. If the Chinese build our defense hardware we can buy it in Walmart and it will be a lot cheaper.

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