1776. Reborn.
And guess what? We all get to see our property taxes spike because you voted it in! Thanks!
LATimes.com: Along with $4 gas, many luxaries going down the tank (file under effects of high gasoline prices).
ALSO:
Current Price Of Oil (Per Barrell)
What That Will Mean At The Pump (See chart, from their site, per gallon):
WaPo: This Recession, It’s Just Beginning
Is it time to start hoarding gold and building food reserves? Geez, this is getting really bad… oh wow…
Growing up you never think the economy can be shaken this bad. Oh how naive we were…
And then, on top of all this, Idaho Power wants a 10% rate hike this year….
Lovely.
OPEC President- $170 a barrel oil coming this summer
I already feel people getting “used to” these gas prices. And that scares me. These prices on gasoline are unsustainable for most household budgets. I am scared that nothing will be done about this.
Why isn’t congress taking action? Why isn’t this a Presidential Election issue? Why do we have to wait until November 4th for something to be done? We need something done NOW.
Gas prices are already at their “breaking point” for me. We have already downsized to a car. Public transportation is not an option for us based on our job hours and location. If $7 a gallon gas hits, it will spell economic destruction for my family, and most of my friends’ families as well.
Please, please. Make it stop. If I have to keep begging, I will.
Quite simply, I am shocked. I have very little faith left in any politician, judge or elected official to follow the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And I certainly don’t expect any politician to believe the words of the Founding Fathers or the Declaration of Independence anymore. So in a way, its a win. A very small one.
However, let me be perfectly clear: the Supreme Court did not stop the ever present and continual onslaught of gun regulations and legislation. Rather, this ruling reaffirms that while they can’t take away your right to own a gun they can regulate it. And we all know that the slippery slope of fascism has had no problem with going the bureaucratic route.
“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home”
On the surface, those words are a huge win for run-rights hawks. Never before has any court ruled so decisively on the subject.
However, the ruling quickly becomes foggy:
“The court’s opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and governments buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the sale of arms”
In other words: they can’t outright ban you from having a gun. But they can regulate the time, place and manner of firearm possession. We all know the “boiled frog” approach to bureaucracy.
Essentially what the Supreme Court held today was that gun rights can be regulated out of existence over time, just not with an outright ban. Because after all, isn’t every place with two or more persons in/near it a “sensitive area” to law enforcement?
More proof that the, “line in the sand” was crossed for most conservatives with the nomination of John McCain and his amnesty plans.
KTVB.com: Man who molested two dozen children released, living in Boise area
I love this:
His release June 2 comes despite a recommendation from a hearing officer that he’s still a risk and should remain behind bars.
Wow. Just wow. But hey, no need to address jail overcrowding or anything. We will just let the prisons fill up with minor crimes and misdemeanors and let serious and hardened criminals walk.
Given that Mr. Stowell has a Boy Scout leader, RenewAmerica.us has another interesting take:
As a side note, this tragic incident confirms that the Boy Scouts are absolutely right to “discriminate” against homosexuals who want to serve as Scout leaders. The rate of pedophilia among homosexuals is up to sixteen times as high as among heterosexuals (homosexuals comprise just 3% of the population but are responsible for between 34% and 40% of all instances of child sexual abuse), and the BSA has a right and responsibility to protect the young boys under its care from predatory adults.
I couldn’t agree more.
“The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,” Justice Anthony M. Kennady wrote.
Apparently, in Idaho, serving your complete prision sentence isn’t either.
Landmark ruling expected this week by the Supreme Court. A straight up or down vote on whether or not the second amendment confers gun ownership rights on the individual. This ruling could be a constitutional disaster, but let’s hope for an affirmation.
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