Opinion

Purpose of Laws
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October 5, 2015

Outlaws are, by definition, outside the law. Laws don’t stop them. Passing new laws to stop criminals is foolish.

TDTESS
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September 8, 2015

Back when I was a working stiff – nine and a half months ago – I would watch movies on “pad” devices, iPad at first then Android later, during long airplane flights. Depending on the pad’s capacity, I could carry a dozen movies and a couple of seasons of “Rumpole of the Bailey”, one of my favorite British TV series. Most of these movies and TV episodes were “ripped” (copied) from DVDs we own. In many cases, the purchased media contained extras. These include trailers, behind the scenes segments and, on occasion, a version of the movie narrated by the director, cinematographer, producer and other insiders. Those are fun!

ITAR Abuse
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June 9, 2015

I know ITAR, the International Trade Agreement Regulations.

Every time I see all those little turds circling after and following the big ones down the toilet, I look forward to the next general election.

I fear that those of us who have never known war first hand will, in our ignorance of and inaction to distant evils, serve only to give them time to perpetrate those horrors again and again.

Facts:

  • In the Holocaust, six million men, women and children were exterminated.
  • If you wear a crucifix, there are people in the world who will not hesitate to shoot you, blow you up, or chop off your head, and record a video of it to show the world.

At some point, parents need to realize their obligation to children includes preparing this new person for the real world. Those wretched horrors are real, and if the kids aren’t aware of the dangers, they may walk in and be killed.

Just so there’s no doubt, patriotism means

What’s the difference? (Count the flags.)

Hillary’s private email system is not subject to the FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act).

The one-percenters are that portion of the US population that have an inordinate amount of wealth. Whether by inheritance, hard work or plain old luck perhaps by winning the lottery or hitting the “big one” at a Las Vegas slot, they have more money, a lot more money, than the rest of us.

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