Here. I'd say crow's on the menu today for some NB residents, from the interview.
JMR

Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.

I think the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutional right of Americans to own a firearm.  I would be stunned if this right were taken away.  I really don't think this will even be a close vote, perhaps Ginsberg will call for an act of Congress to amend the constitution, but I think even she would know she doesn't have the power to change the constitution.

Robert Samuelson has a must-read article on the political impact of the credit crunch. He makes an interesting claim: Iraq aside, Democrats and Republicans are dead even. How Iraq breaks will swing the election. But, argues Samuelson, the credit situation will also be a huge factor. The current securitization model for how we "finance" finance is part of the normal credit cycle, but if it breaks badly during the election, people won't see it as part of any cycle. They'll just feel the pinch, and vote that way.

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I do not see this doom and gloom economy that the MSM keeps talking about. Yesterday I was in the grocery store. All the check outs were open. (First time I ever saw that.) There were people in each line. Drive on highway 43 north towards Greenville, NC and you see houses being built everywhere. Travel from here down US 17 south to US 70 east and there are houses going up all along the way to Havelock. The past few times I have been in Greenville, the stores have been crowded. Maybe these reporters need to off their duffs and look around.

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Seems that Hillary is mocking O’Bama about his foreign policy experience. I would like someone to tell me where she gets her experience. Sitting in on cabinet meetings? That is the same as Cole Trickle in Days of Thunder saying he learned to drive watching Dale Earnhardt on ESPN. Please Leon tell me where she is so qualified to be POTUS. From what I have seen she would not qualify for dog catcher because she has never worked a real job like the rest of us.

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Humped Back lie of the week: "From the beginning, Mr. Vick has accepted responsibility for his actions, and his self-surrender further demonstrates that acceptance,” Billy Martin, Vick’s attorney. Right, only after his homeboys turned on him did he accept any responsibility.

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I think that I am going to take a break from politics for the next few days. My daughter, husband and their 3 kids are here. My oldest son and his 2 are coming and my other son, his fiancée and her son will be here tomorrow. My daughter in Pensacola can’t come because her doctor won’t let her travel. She is going to fix dinner for about 10 Marines that are in her husband’s class at Corry Station that couldn’t go home. I thought that that was nice of her.

 I’ll be back on Friday to give my opinions on this week’s rivalry games. Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. No sense telling you not to eat too much. I don’t listen so why should y’all. By the way turkey causes some to have gas. Please try to hold it we don’t want to be seen as contributing to global warming.

Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

I don't think it's the right to bear arms that they're taking up.  Its the right of the individual to bear arms. 

Until the Bush administration, the others, including The Gipper if I'm not mistaken, indicated that that right belonged to the state, not the individual.  The Bush administration changed that to indicate that the individual bears that right.

This makes sense because all of the other rights enumerated in the amendments are for the individual.  So why would nine of the ammendments guarantee an individual right but one of them would guarantee a group right?

Unfortunately SCOTUS will most likely look at what was defined before in some sort of Stare Decis (spelling) thing instead of looking at original intent.

Since government is coercion, politics is largely the exercise of deception regarding the intended use of coercion - George Orwell

The 2nd Amendment is our last great hope that we will be able to preserve the other 9... or at least what remains of them.  By last count, much of the 1st, 5th and the 10th are gone.

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The Open thread pic looks like a Springfield XD 60. Not Sure if it's  .44 or .45 ACP.

I fired one of those SWEET pistols whilst on my Honeymoon in the Poconos this year.  Sunset Hill it was called.  It was a surprise from her.   While there, we shot and M1 Garand, AR15, and a  Colt revolver.  I forget the name of the revolver.  Place was awesome.  All you pay for is ammunition.  I dropped some dough for that!