http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/12/30/joe-biden-goes-after-assault-rifles-again Comments On: Joe Biden goes after assault rifles again by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Al Bacardi]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:20:44 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Mark to You]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:50:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sellercreek]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:49:59 -0600 Arkansas Times
I actually thought I had read a sane column of his lately but I guess two in a row is imporssible.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:26:26 -0600 Arkansas Times
I guess then, that since stealth aircraft, battle tanks, ballistic missiles, hand grenades, and atomic weapons are just tools, they should be available to anyone.
Posted by Perplexed]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:22:56 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:52:50 -0600 Arkansas Times
Students of history remember that Russian children picked up bolt action rifles and defended their country. where these children scared? you betcha! but they overcame fear and faced it.

Tyranny can only be allowed to go on for so long.
Posted by clay pigeon]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:50:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
Oh, and you didn't introduce me to the saying, Razer. I've been around many crude people during my lifetime.
Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:25:15 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Perplexed]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:56:52 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Razorblade]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:44:01 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:33:18 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:15:12 -0600 Arkansas Times
Earl Long was committed to a mental hospital briefly by his wife when she found out that he was running around on her with the stripper, Blaze Starr. After the psychiatrists found him mentally fit and released him, he used the episode in his campaign for re-election, claiming that he was the only candidate in the race that had "papers to prove he wasn't crazy."

Such was Louisiana politics. Max could tell us all about it, but Earl Long was probably the first moderate on racial issues to run for and hold office in Louisiana, taking a 180-degree turn from his older brother, Huey P. Long. A.J. Leibling, the New Yorker magazine journalist, wrote a real fine book about him called, appropriately enough, "The Earl of Louisiana."
Posted by plainjim]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:49:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
By the way, remind us again where, "sympathy", would be found in the dictionary.
Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:22:13 -0600 Arkansas Times
Define assault weapons.
Posted by Gylippus]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:20:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Citizen 1--did you mean Conway County and Sheriff Hawkins? He was long retired when I met him, but the Democratic women all loved him, and half our club in Faulkner County was non-white. My 2-year-old grand daughter sat on his lap for over an hour. As for voter fraud, in Faulkner County, at his "roast", Jake Sims said, "...(a candidate)... came to the courthouse and asked how the vote was going, and I asked him, how many do you need?" It was good fun, but it did leave me wondering. Now the honorable "Justice Jim", he lied to my face and I called him on it. His lackey jumped in and pushed me aside.
As for Biden, he puts these new Arkansas legislators to shame. The man actually understands simple math.
And Asa? I read his speech for the NRA twice. When I was making fruitcake this morning his face kept popping up.
Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:56:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Razorblade]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:42:43 -0600 Arkansas Times
What would constitute a "well-regulated" militia?

Those who claim to protecting 2nd Amendment rights would define that as "no" regulations at all. It seems to me that the exact wording of the 2nd Amendment assumes that firearms will indeed be regulated. The debate shouldn't be about WHETHER firearms are regulated or not, but exactly HOW they will be regulated.

Why not require similar requirements to motor vehicles? Why would anyone have a problem with that? Training, testing, screening, licensing, registration, insurance. Wendell Griffin's not the first one to think of that parallel.

If you think that you need a firearm for personal protection, why would this be a problem?

If you want a firearm for hunting or other sporting use, why would this be a problem?

If you think you need a firearm to protect you from the government, you're simply being foolish. Even a Bushmaster AR-15's not going to be a protection from the military.

And I'm a gun owner.
Posted by Perplexed]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:28:28 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:20:28 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:16:02 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:06:30 -0600 Arkansas Times
1929 the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915-1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, and others, who were unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million "educated" people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

That places total victims who lost their lives because of gun control at approximately 56 million in the last century. Since we should learn from the mistakes of history, the next time someone talks in favor of gun control, find out which group of citizens they wish to have exterminated. -Paul Harvey-
Posted by icom319]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:44:47 -0600 Arkansas Times by Bob Fitrakis
July 20, 2011

A new filing in the King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell case includes a copy of the Ohio Secretary of State election production system configuration that was in use in Ohio's 2004 presidential election when there was a sudden and unexpected shift in votes for George W. Bush.

The filing also includes the revealing deposition of the late Michael Connell. Connell served as the IT guru for the Bush family and Karl Rove.

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Even Hollywood can't get E-voting to work:

National | Oscar’s E-Voting Problems Worse Than Feared | Hollywood Reporter
Dec 28 2012
It looks like online Oscar voting is hitting a few snags, which some Academy members worry might depress voting participation to its lowest level in years. \ Voting to determine the next set of Oscar nominees began Dec. 17 and will extend through Jan. 3. On Dec. 26, I reached out to a wide cross-section of the Academy to see if they tried to vote online (an Academy spokesperson tells me that “a great majority” of members have registered to do so) and, if so, to characterize their experience. Roughly half of the members reached said they experienced problems navigating the site; more than one described it as a “disaster.” They also worried that hackers could compromise the Oscar vote. On Dec. 26, I also spoke with an Academy spokesperson who told me most complaints about e-voting have stemmed from members “forgetting or misusing passwords.”
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Posted by eLwood]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:36:49 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Razorblade]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:12:02 -0600 Arkansas Times Sky Pilot, to use a phrase from Max, I call BS to your claim of programming a VOTING computer. You cannot program an iVotronic with a "if-then" command. You could probably program an Election Commission computer that contains the ERM Program with it IF you had access to it. However, once again there is the L&A vs ERM test and the after-the-fact audit of the iVo results tape to the printed ERM report (if the county election commission is doing their job). Sorry to say not all 75 election commissions do and many defer to their county clerk to conduct elections for them.
The primary cause of election fraud in Arkansas is through absentee ballots, followed by those permitted to assist up to six voters per election, followed by a few who vote early on the last day, then vote on Election Day because the printed poll book has already been printed and dispatched to the polling place. Technically these people should be caught during the review but frequently are not. And, if they are, county prosecutors have bigger cases to pursue and nothing happens.
I am still waiting for someone to explain to me how having to show ID is going to discourage qualified voters. Are you suggesting those inclinced to vote for Dumbocrats are shy, unedumicated, have something to hide or otherwise have a reason for not voting if they have to show ID. Seriously, please help me understand how requiring ID will discourage voting. I have had to show an ID card since age 17 to shop, obtain medical treatment, board an aircraft, sometimes buy a drink, cash a check for sure, and lately pass through TSA (i.e., thousands standing around), ride the ship island ferry and get a library card. What is the big flippin deal?
Posted by Razorblade]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:48:13 -0600 Arkansas Times