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• The Second Amendment and the Military Industrial Complex

  OK, Maybe the coin has dropped and the concept that the Second Amendment has nothing to do with "gun rights", but is related to the prevention of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DEBATE

• The Trial of Tony Blair.

  I have to admit the premise of The Trial of Tony Blair was intriguing, but the execution was a bit of a disappointment.The fun bit is that this film was made... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DEBATE

• Second Amendment Fallacies from the Federalist Blog

  This came from an experiement I did to see if I received different results from the google search "Second Amendment standing armies" performed outside the USA. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DEBATE

• My Third Amendment Rights Have Been Violated!

  One of the dumber arguments about the Second Amendment's importance is that it is Second. Using that logic, shouldn't the Third Amendment be pretty... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DEBATE

• Wisconsin Homeowners' Right to Kill Intruders

  TMJ4 reports on the controversy over homeowner rights in the aftermath of a supposed DGU. In Okauchee, Mike Fitzsimmons claims Babe broke into his garage in... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DEBATE

• Introduction to George Monbiot

  On Trying To Be Less Wrong By George Monbiot. Published on monbiot.com, 28th June 2011 My job is to tell people what they don’t want to hear. That is not what... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Astroturf

  A while back, I had a post that I had sitting around as a draft on this topic. Then George Monbiot wrote a piece on the topic in a way that was really close to... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• JadeGold's Respone to TS from More Rules of Statutory Construction

  Here "It sounds like he has grave concerns about oppression when the power to arm the militia resides strictly with congress. Henry was speaking AGAINST congres... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Democratic Liberal Gun Owners

  Democratic Underground is a wonderful site, which on their home page appears to be exactly what the name implies. Cenk Uygur is all over the place as well as... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Rep. Gene Green's Office Shot Up

  via Local Fox Newssuggested by DKos friend TomTech Shots Fired at Congressman Gene Green’s Office: MyFoxHOUSTON.com An investigation is underway after someone... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Proper Security for Gun Shops

  The Los Angeles Times reports The blue-and-white 1984 Chevrolet van, reported stolen Saturday evening from Bellflower, was used as a battering ram for would-be... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Perpetual War

  

  Locals inspect the damaged outside a bombed house in the Libyan coatal town of Zliten, 150 kilometres (95 miles) east of Tripoli, that a government official sai... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• My Opinion

  on the Second Amendment is that its true meaning has been so lost and misunderstood due to its inapplicability to the Modern "Militia" that it is no longer... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 DEBATE

• Not My Words...

  The question is does a right that belongs to the people to arm themselves (in conjunction with congress’s power to arm the militia) yield a stronger militia tha... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• Speaking of Idiots (Jonathan Clark Sullivan Edition)

  

  The irony of it all. Jon Sullivan (aka Linoge:) It would appear as though Miss Marcia has taken the coward’s escape and shut down comments on her site rather... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• Something I Read on Another Blog Reminded Me of This...

  Monty Python's "The Idiot in Society": Someplace such as the Faculty of Idiocy at the University of East Anglia is the only place I can imagine this person... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• Governor Martinez, New Mexico

  by way of Governors Journal: Straight ShooterBy GoJo Staff on August 30, 2011 One week after selling the state’s jet for $2.5 million, New Mexico Governor Susan... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• More Rules of Statutory Construction

  Under most of the canons of Statutory Interpretation, the class of the people is limited by the term militia. For example: Construction of text as a whole The... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• Disasters and Disastrous Right Wing Revisionist History

  Cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com; I'm sure that our more extreme 2nd Amendment crowd are convinced that we just need more guns for this too. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE

• Jury Instructions

  This is a sample jury instruction telling the Jury to see if the act fits the elements of the charged crime(s): 3.10 RULES FOR DELIBERATION These are some... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE