From the Washington Post of 15 Feb 2013:

I had several friends who work in the government, and it's not a yawn for them. They are concerned about their own personal finances and also about how to do their jobs. They can't plan because of the uncertainty. Do you prepare for the annual presentation you do at the national convention in your field, or do you blow it off because you might not attend?

Vatican emails hacked... VP Biden to become Ambassador to Vatican
 

An unidentified group has released several hundred emails hacked
between the Vatican Council and Archbishop Dolan of NY.

Secret negotiations have reached agreement that Vice President Biden will resign at the beginning
of April, and Obama will immediately appoint him as the US Ambassador to the Vatican.

Obama will then appoint Hillary Clinton to replace Biden as Vice President,
laying to rest the 3-month speculation about Clinton's plans to run for the Presidency in2016.

Leading Democrats are divided in response. Republicans are in turmoil.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has already announced he will filibuster both appointments.
Senator McCain was privy to the negotiations, and so refused to comment.

More here

Nice try. I didn't click the link but I'm guessing RickRoll...

Just noticed this, Lamp. Nice! :)

And not a rich roll, rick.

What the Democrats refuse to believe, and everyone with common sense does?

You protect the things that are valuable to you, your community, and your country, with firearms.

Not with "Gun Free Zone" decals stuck on windows and signs.

In an interesting experiment in Texas, a man tested whether his shotgun or "military assualt" rifle, were in fact deadly.

He placed both guns on a chair, near the front door, right next to the ammunition they fired.

During the day, several family members went in and out of the front door, undisturbed.

At bedtime, he checked the guns, and ammo -- Surprise! - neither gun had loaded itself, shot at anyone or anything, or even pointed itself, at anyone!

Neither gun was "dangerous" or needed "controlling" by any government official, in order to be made safe.

It's a shame that common sense runs away from our politicians in Washington, faster than shit runs out of a goose, isn't it? :greenface

Unfortunately, you are 3 days late with this post.

Actually, me and my country seem to mostly disagree about what's important. I maintain a low profile and hit the deck when a drone flies over.

I have lots of disagreements with my community, as well. We've made a truce though. They leave me alone, and I won't show up at city counsel meetings.

For personal protection, I recommend a set of Boyce knitting needles. Works like a charm.

Three Stoogers did the same experiment. All ended up in heaven ... without virgins.

ha!

He got the handgun waiting period and the posting waiting period mixed up.:rolleyes:

Sad legacy of bad fiscal policies, by Bush and Obama:

Attachment 43570

From the BBC, Week in Pictures.

Looks like they're having fun! :jig:

When America worked, those low income kids would also become millionaires who innovated - who invented America's world class products. Or who became world class champions. Today, the party of hate says one must be born with a silver spoon in the mouth and an extremist politician, bought and paid for, in the pocket.

Wacko extremists routinely disparage what has always been the source of American wealth and innovation. Immigrants, Irish, gays, Italians, lesbians, Jews, atheists, blacks, Hispanics, women who practice family planning, and veterans. Hate them all. Which party left Iraqi veterans lying in a bed of their own urine in Walter Reed? Power comes from inventing bogeymen to hate.

A Republican party autopsy said: That report comes from Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus.

Instead, the report inspired internal feuding. The report's recommendations even describes reasons for their problems - ie Tea party rhetoric. The report cites what is found in Adak's attitudes and posts.

The Economist said on 23 March 2013, Go back to hate even of the French because French accurately described Mission Accomplished before that unilateral attack. And so Adak is again posting hate rhetoric. As party extremists encourage him to do.

This time hate of basketball players. He forgets that plywood exists due to George Jr's intelligence and extremist lies generated by his administration and Project for a New American Century.

Extremists also said we want America to fail. Extremists will not even apologize for that.

Let's stick to the facts, instead of your fantasy. There is no "party of hate", except the one in your dreams.

Neither one. Walter Reed Hospital was administered by the military, not by either political party. It's a military hospital, not a political party hospital.

Both political parties have misguided members, with the wrong idea on some topic or other.

We don't hate the French. They are our allies in NATO, and fought with us in the campaign against Ghaddafi, in both WWI and WWII, and the Revolutionary war. Perhaps you remember Lafeyette, who helped train our militia into becoming soldiers, or the French Navy, who bottled up Cornwallis so he couldn't escape by sea via the British Navy?

Did you not read the caption to the photo? Level of Poverty in the US is at it's highest since the 1960's. I'll risk the wild idea here, that very few poor kids, growing up in a near-ghetto environment, will become millionaire inventors.

Obama's policies are the most extreme policies in any American presidency, since Roosevelt (Franklin). Bush's policies also lead us in the wrong direction. We know they will lead to a monetary crisis, if it continues like this.

You don't know what a failure is until you've seen a real monetary crisis.

We shouldn't be helping the poor with hand outs. We need to help the poor with better opportunities and a hand UP. Hand outs without jobs, leads to more poor people, relying on the gov't for the necessities of life. More jobs and a more limited federal gov't that isn't saddling our kids with an ever increasing debt, is what we need.

It isn't a battle between political parties, as much as it is a battle between liberal hands on your throat, or conservative hands from the gov't. The liberals want to control every aspect of your life. The conservatives want YOU to control more aspects of your life.

That's called freedom, and we could certainly use a bit more of it.