Family hardship
Life is hard for people these days. Our family has endured a hardship, one that should never have happened. As I write this, my husband and I are planning to return to Canada.
The first time we left was October 2012. We had a wonderful time visiting our daughter, son-in-law and our two beautiful granddaughters over Christmas and New Years. The thing is, we shouldn’t have to leave our home here in Winston-Salem again, leave behind our family for several months before we can come back to celebrate our granddaughter’s 6 th birthday. We shouldn’t have to miss out on sleepovers, reading, playing games, taking them to dance lessons, going to the park on warm days or looking after them when Mom and Dad need to do other things.
But we have no choice; I’m a Canadian citizen in a legal same-sex marriage to a United States citizen of the state of North Carolina.
Since I am unable to stay, I have sponsored my husband to Canada and he is now a permanent legal resident, something that was as easy for us to do in Canada as for any heterosexual. This is not the case in the United States and because of that, our granddaughters ask/beg us not to leave and cry every time we have to say goodbye.
We all cry then. The pain on their little faces – they do not understand and frankly, we adults don’t understand it, either. It’s heart-wrenching, it hurts. It shouldn’t be this way.
KELVIN WANNAMAKER
Winston-Salem
Preventing deaths
Rasmussen reports that only 74 percent of American adults believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to own a gun. Do they feel the same about the First Amendment?
The freedom to practice our religion is already under assault by this administration. Do these people think these rights are government-granted rather than God-given? What a sad testimony to the teaching of American history and the Constitution in our schools today when people have no knowledge of where our rights and freedom come from.
There are those who feel that only police should be armed, who will then protect unarmed citizens. How many of these recent mass murders have been stopped by the police? Were they on time to stop the shooting on Jan. 8, 2011, when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot during a public meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Ariz.? Did they arrive in time to stop James Holmes in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater on July 20 before he killed 12 people and injured 70? Was one life saved in Newtown, Conn., by police?
Police are called after the fact, and death and carnage are ongoing in the interim. Those who advocate stricter gun controls need to look at the facts. The cities with the strictest gun controls have the most murders – Chicago had 513 gunshot homicides in 2012, a 15 percent increase over 448 homicides in 2011. The police didn’t arrive in time to prevent those 513 deaths, either.
WALTER EMERY
Clemmons
Raise the money
What a terrible commentary on our form of government when anti-gun groups are hoping to raise more money than the NRA for Congress to effect some changes in our gun laws.
CAROL M. MULCOX
Winston-Salem
Transforming America
There are people in this country who want to fundamentally transform America. They do not want a free America; they want a society where the government controls the people, rather than the other way around. To the people who want that, I respect their right to come out and say it. I do not respect anyone’s right to lie. Public safety is neither the goal nor the result of gun control. Even the phrase “gun control” is a lie. It should be called “people control.”
Using the extreme emotions generated by the heinous crime in Connecticut, people who want to ban and confiscate firearms immediately seized the opportunity to push their agenda. The problem is they are ignoring the facts. Connecticut already has an assault-weapons ban. It’s a state law. So if we extend Connecticut’s assault-weapons ban to the rest of the country, all of our children will be just as safe as the children were at Sandy Hook.
The gun-control agenda has always been a lie. Some people are aware of the deception they are trying to accomplish while others push the agenda because they are victims of the deception themselves. They actually believe the lie they are pushing. When they realize their mistake it may be too late.
First the government bans assault weapons, then another class of weapons. Then it bans private property. Then it bans churches.
I do not want to fundamentally change America. I rather like it the way it is.
KENNY SEBASTIAN
Boomer
Transforming America. The route to a "secular utopia" takes many forms and we are in the midst of the transformation now. When we reach this "utopia", all will be well until we realize there is no such thing as "utopia". Sometimes some people with some ideas have to be allowed to reach their end. Then, what is left of America can be rebuilt into a better America and the "utopians" can be thrown on the scrap pile of history. There is a spot already reserved for them.
ReplyDeleteI've said before: Liberals don't believe in heaven, but yet they are trying to create it (theirs, not everybody's) here on earth. Does that make any sense? No. And a lot of the other stuff they do doesn't either.
DeleteRaise the money. Get the money out of politics? Right. When some people use this phrase, they mean get their opposition's money out of politics.
ReplyDeleteExactly, as the left very self-righteously clamors about corporate money while ignoring money from their own cash cow.
DeleteIt's funny how groups dedicated to getting money out of politics are funded by boat loads of money?
DeletePreventing deaths. In the current shouting match over "gun control", the secularists have been using the "gun" as a substitute for the devil(evil). The devil made him do it.
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DeleteI agree. The 'logic' used by the left is truly sick when you think about it.
DeleteThere have been millions and millions of dollars worth of guns, magazines, and ammunition sold over the last several weeks. Many of those people didn't want those guns and related equipment, they bought them out of fear from their own government taking away their rights.
It's really pretty scary when you think about it. This is the first time in my life that I've seen people hoard stuff to such a magnitude out of fear from their own government. Thanks Obama.
The Land of the Free? Please. Socialism is creeping upon us like a cancer, and we'll eventually crash.
The president's kids get armed guards, but yours don't. Why?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/01/16/obama-national-rifle-association-guns-newtown/1838715/
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The hypocrisy of the Obama Administration's philosophy on gun rights and self-protection is flying in the face of America through a new NRA video.
If you ever wanted evidence that socialistic liberals have a plan to take away all guns through the slow proressive taking away of gun rights, here's a good example. New Yorkers went from unlimited magazine capacity several years ago, to 10 round magazines two days ago, to now 7. Thus, slowly chipping away at their gun rights and their ability to protect themselves, little by little.
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New York’s new laws will expand the state's ban on assault weapons and include new measures to keep guns away from mentally disturbed individuals. Under the new law, ammunition magazines would also be restricted to seven bullets, from the current 10 -- owners caught with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/15/ny-lawmakers-approve-gun-control-package/#ixzz2I9Iwvlkq
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DeleteSheriff says he won't enforce Obama's laws because they're unconstitutional.
Deletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57564214/oregon-sheriff-i-wont-enforce-new-gun-laws-i-deem-unconstitutional
Looks like the good sheriff took a play out Obama's playbook.
DeleteA lawyer on TV complained that it's not the job of a sheriff to decide what's Constitutional. I had to chuckle. Neither is it Obama's, but that doesn't stop our dictator like president from doing it, does it?
DeleteNot to carry President Obama's water for him, but Presidents swear an oath to defend the Constitution. I assume that requires understanding.
DeleteI have never encountered anyone more eager to display their ignorance in public than the Tiny one.
DeleteAll sheriffs, law enforcement officers, federal officers, judges, district attorneys and military personnel take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the US.
Since, thanks to tax whiners, there is never enough money to vigorously pursue all lawbreakers, every President has chosen what and what not to pursue.
For instance, Nixon decided to ignore the throngs of draft dodgers and military deserters...Ford offered a clemency program for them...Carter pardoned most of them.
Ignorance is surely bliss.
Probably not much firearms legislation, if any, will get thru Congress. President Obama will issue Executive Orders, which will be taken to court. Some states will pass restrictive legislation that will be taken to court. Criminals will abide by none of the orders or legislation. The murder rate will be unaffected.
ReplyDeleteI'm done with firearms for the day. More important topics:
1. AGW
2. Dysfunctional Federal legislative process
3. Unemployment
4. Infrastructure restoration
5. Turmoil (Mideast, Maghrib, Mali, etc.)
6. Domestic human rights violations, as noted in LTE1
That'll do for the time being, not an all-inclusive list. Note that items 2 and 6 should be a lot more tractable than pols adn their constituents are letting them be. The other matters are orders of magnitude more difficult. So, for 2 and 6, shame on us. Note that I didn't include debt/deficit. Solve item 2 and the debt/deficit problem will be addressed.
I'm not so sure why you're so interested in protecting bad end abusers Stab? We should not be in the business of promoting or supporting perverted sexuality or a perverted lifestyles. Both of which will lead to further disruption of our 'civilized' society.
DeleteWhen I was college, the USSC noted a right to privacy in the Constitution. I think that right applies to people who wish to enter into marital contracts. If your house of worship does not wish to sanctify that contract, so be it. Others will.
DeleteBasically, personal relationships, other than my own, are none of my business, and with whom my friends find happiness is certainly none of my business, though I am glad for them.
This will be my last commentary on this today. This is, like firearms, a thoroughly discussed subject in this forum, as far as I'm concerned.
In total agreement with your take on the future of gun legislation. I would include Item #3 for solving the debt issue. That the fed govt had a surplus budget in the late '90's at a time when the US enjoyed record low unemployment was not a coincidence.
DeleteLet's take a quick look at #2. I will never forget the first time my friends and I went to DC without our parents.
DeleteWe were very savvy re politics, took the grand tour of the capitol, watched a Senate session from the gallery, then went to the Senate Dining Room for lunch (the famous bean soup) and were stunned to find all these guys who were arch enemies in the newspapers sitting at the same table having lunch and telling jokes and sharing laughter. That was the beginning of our real education in politics.
The blame for today's dysfunction can be squarely placed on two people, Newt Gingrich, who led the way to bipartisan dysfunction, and Grover Norquist, who, unless some people wise up, will unltimately destroy the republican Party.
You're out of your, no correct that, you have no mind. You're absolutely psychotic when it comes to logically analyzing politics Rush.
DeleteJust one quick comment on Stab's statment. Homosexuals don't leave their sexuality at their home's doorstep when they leave.
DeleteAs the days and weeks go forward, we'll see the many problems that will come with the promotion of homosexual marriage and the homosexual lifestyle. Those problems will be in our workplace, in our homes, in our legal system, in our schools, in our churches, and in our bathrooms. Trust me.
....especially in our bathrooms....bang bang.....what the hel......plop...two naked jaybirds in the middle of the bathroom floor!
DeleteLovely!
Dotnet replied that #3 relates to the debt/deficit. Yes, indeed. The items I cited above are not in silos. Action on one will affect others.
Delete"Homosexuals don't leave their sexuality at their home's doorstep when they leave."
DeleteI'm glad that Tiny brought this up, because I am really sick of the millions of people who do leave their sexuality laying around at the doorstep all day.
I mean, for one, it looks tacky as hell and drives down property values. For another, you've got to feel sorry for all that lonely sexuality out there freezing in winter and baking in the summer while getting pelted by rain, sleet and snow.
And its kind of depressing to see how small most of them are. Just the other day I was walking down a street and I noticed that one doorstep seemed empty. I thought "well, at least that person had the decency not to leave their sexuality at their doorstep."
But upon closer examination, there was sexuality there, but it was so shriveled up it looked like a tiny pea and I realized that I was standing there looking at Tiny's tiny pea. It was all I could do to avoid barfing right there.
Pretty lame Rush. Usually you sling a whole bucket of shxt on the wall.
DeleteWhat was that? A half of bucket. It sure stunk though. I'll give you that one.
DeleteYou know, a lot of folks don't leave their sexuality at their doorstep. Check out a few meat market bars. IIRC, Arthur mentioned cougars in stiletto heels displaying mounds of cleavage at Tate's. I believe those dear ladies must have carried their sexuality with them, God bless 'em.
DeleteThose of us who do carry our sexuality around with us are aware that that is just as dangerous as carrying a concealed weapon.
DeleteThank goodness they didn't leave those mounds of cleavage on the doorsteps.
It is fairly safe to go to Tate's early on, but be sure and get out before say 8 PM.
You really have to work with a few bucks and BDs to fully appreciate the twisted and distorted view of life they have.
DeleteI'm just sayin.......
I don't think all of that cleavage was carbon-based, if you catch my meaning.
DeleteRe: cleavage. No doubt, but carbon-based or later remodelings, I'll avoid Tate's. I agree with the Constitution: I wish to promote domestic tranquility. I'll stick with RBL.
DeleteGood afternoon folks!
ReplyDeleteLTE 1: No, Mr. Wannamaker should not have to leave his home in W-S in order to enjoy all of the priviledges of marriage. Canada has shown itself to be a more civilized land than the US in many aspects...plus, they survived the financial collapse in much better shape as well.
LTE 2,4: Getting tired of guns myself. "The freedom to practice our religion is already under assault by this administration." - do what?? "First the government bans assault weapons, then another class of weapons. Then it bans private property. Then it bans churches."- again, do what?? (Sigh) The arguments are starting to become absolutely ridiculous. I'm of the opinion that many who insist on carrying a gun whenever they take a step outside their home would be better served by meeting with a psychiatrist to deal with their paranoia than with a gun.
LTE 3: A terrible commentary perhaps, but money is king in the US. I'm beginning to think SCOTUS might have been correct in ruling money as speech since it definitely "talks" louder than any other form of communication.
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ReplyDelete"...but yet..." = redundant = Le néant = {rein}
ReplyDeleteI see that Tiny Chicken Little is on a record setting pace for hysteria and misinformation.
Go, Tiny, go!!!
When it comes to shrill, paranoid hysteria, no one can beat Deb. She's really, really afraid of people like me.
DeleteWhich is funny, because the idea of people like Deb, Bucky, Wes, and even Whitewall (who just wants to wipe people like me the fuck out)running around armed and dangerous scares the ever-lovin' hell out of me.
You are overselling WW. I suspect other of our forum friends will concur.
DeleteThen, what is left of America can be rebuilt into a better America and the "utopians" can be thrown on the scrap pile of history. There is a spot already reserved for them.
DeleteNew NRA ad slams Obama over his unwillingness to put armed guards in public schools.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8crdWLgfDk
I'm just glad Obama didn't try to slip one (a major gun initiative) in on us today.
DeleteHe's a little bit like Rush. He'll try anything if the thinks he can get away with it.
DeleteRe Newtie and Norquist: Gingrich and Willard worked well after a time, after Willard's dirt miners discovered that Newtie is cut from the same cloth. He is out of power, now, thus of no real consequence, except to his creditors.
DeleteNorquist's influence will wane, as R's find that he is an albatross. Unfortunately, he isn't the only albatross on that side of the aisle. Similar birds roost on the other side of the aisle as well.
Something else for your list, Stab. If we're going to have government agencies, they need to be able to do their jobs:
ReplyDelete'WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun "bubbling" like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: An oil company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas.
At first, the Environmental Protection Agency believed the situation was so serious that it issued a rare emergency order in late 2010 that said at least two homeowners were in immediate danger from a well saturated with flammable methane. More than a year later, the agency rescinded its mandate and refused to explain why.
Now a confidential report obtained by The Associated Press and interviews with company representatives show that the EPA had scientific evidence against the driller, Range Resources, but changed course after the company threatened not to cooperate with a national study into a common form of drilling called hydraulic fracturing. Regulators set aside an analysis that concluded the drilling could have been to blame for the contamination.
For Steve Lipsky, the EPA decision seemed to ignore the dangers in his well, which he says contains so much methane that the gas in water pouring out of a garden hose can be ignited.
"I just can't believe that an agency that knows the truth about something like that, or has evidence like this, wouldn't use it," said Lipsky, who fears he will have to abandon his dream home in an upscale neighborhood of Weatherford.
The case isn't the first in which the EPA initially linked a hydraulic fracturing operation to water contamination and then softened its position after the industry protested.
A similar dispute unfolded in west-central Wyoming in late 2011, when the EPA released an initial report that showed hydraulic fracturing could have contaminated groundwater. After industry and GOP leaders went on the attack, the agency said it had decided to do more testing. It has yet to announce a final conclusion.'
Perhaps in his second term, the president can just say to the agencies "Go ahead and do your jobs...ignore the crooks and their Congressional puppets."
Yes, the agencies should be able to do their proper jobs (and confine themselves to their proper job, unlike an agency that I will refrain from naming). Not following up on the bubbly water is dereliction. Note that this particular incident did not occur during the Bush/Cheney regime. That notwithstanding, the EPA needs to follow-up on this, as does the homeowner's attorney.
DeletePerhaps the homeowner in question might be able to connect his garden hose to his furnace, make the best of a bad situation.
Just kidding.
The bottom line is we need 'fracking'. That's our only hope to 'dig' our way out of the enormous amount of debit that good 'ol Obama has left us with. Duh!
DeleteI'm not sure that homeowner would agree with you.
DeleteIlliteracy alert: "Debit" is a term used in accounting and has nothing to do with either the deficit or the national debt.
DeleteDeficit 2009-2019
typo ...Rush....debt
DeleteI hope you worry as much about your little 'moledom' as much as you do about my spelling.
Do you build bathroom stalls for a living?
DeleteI see that Dennis Kucinich, formerly D-OH, and very lefty, is going to be a contributor on FNC, adding a bit of balance. Plus, he's pretty genial.
ReplyDeleteJoke or real?
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