Mikeb302000

LATEST ARTICLES ( 6869 )

• "Stagecoach" Mary Fields

  

  via TYWKIWDBI "Stagecoach" Mary Fields was born in March 1832... in Hickman County Tennessee and moved to the Great Falls, Montana area. Fields was the first... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 DEBATE

• New Hampshire Senate Bill 88

  Title: (3rd New Title) relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 DEBATE

• A Wild Night in Springfield MA

  MASS Live.com reports A flurry of back-to-back shooting reports kept police busy early Monday morning, just as the city's entertainment district was shutting... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 DEBATE

• Whack-A-Murdoch

  Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has outlets all over the country. His media empire includes everything from local TV stations and cable channels to local and... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• Koch Brothers, ALEC and Their Corporate Allies Plan to Privatize Government

  

  It was only a day after I learned of the existance of ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and made the post Who is ALEC? Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays

  Brenda Spencer opened fire with a rifle at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, killing two adults and injuring nine children. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• Roe and Heller

  Very little of the criticism this page receives addresses the most valid point of criticism which is how can I be upset about DC v. Heller, but not Roe v.... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• The US Media Are as Liberal as the Corporations Which Own Them Part 2.

  I have been saying that NPR is a commercial media outlet and pretty right wing these days. The commercial accusation comes from the fact that the conservatives... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• Guns in Bars - Tennessee Style

  The Leaf Chronicle reports Shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, Clarksville Police were responding to a fight in progress at 801 Providence Boulevard when it... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• Rick Perry - Death Penalty King

  

  via Politico As Rick Perry picks up his campaign going into the fall, his home state is set to add six more executions — including a somewhat controversial one ... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 DEBATE

• I'd Like to Call the Attention of MikeB Readers to This Excellent Gun Myth...

  The website is Gun Information.org, and the page which particularly impressed me is entitled Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• Radio Free Usa!

  I’ve been saying it, others have been saying it, and Southern Beale put it really well: Sadly, we can no longer rely upon the news media to adequately inform us. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• The Liberal Media Are as Liberal as the Large Corporations That Control Them.

  

  This rant was caused by a comment made elsewhere about my So much to be pissed at post as well as a shitload of other things. ” I know of no country in which... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• Gun Shop Robbery in Wisconsin

  

  Local ABC News reports on the ease with which thieves can steal guns in WI. Officers said someone smashed a window on the front door and then broke into... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• More on the Way Gun Flow Works

  

  The Brady Campaign published a report about the numbers of guns that go missing directly from the manufacturers. From 2009 to the middle of 2011, at least 16,48... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• An Interesting Academic Study on the Correlation Between Firearms in Homes, and...

  Switzerland is dissimilar in size and any number of other criteria; however it IS similar to the U.S. in having a high number of homes with firearms in them. I... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 DEBATE

• Meet Monsieur Trebuchet

  Perfect for destroying City and Castle Walls. Of course, successful seiges ended with people giving up on the inside, not from the outside. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2011 DEBATE

• Military Suicides

  The standard explanation for years has been to blame the high suicide rate on multiple deployments. It seems that's just not the case. From the New York Times... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2011 DEBATE

• Defining Public Broadcasting

  This is an aside from Microdot’s post How to Kill a Vampire Post, which was reposted by the man with the muckrake where there was the anonymous comment: Too muc... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2011 DEBATE

• D.C. v. Heller: Was Scalia Honest with the Facts?

  I decided to see what else the Federalist Blog had to say about the Second Amendment and came up with this. I know you like to try and get me to think that I... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2011 DEBATE