Nutjob Huckabee
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Re: Nutjob Huckabee
I'm not sure he knows what it means either, and he probably doesn't care. It's all grandstanding and gesture politics - he can talk as much he likes about banning abortion, teaching heterosexuality in schools, or censoring Hollywood, because there's not the slightest chance that it will ever happen. He knows that the constitutional, legal and political barriers to those policies ever being pushed through are insurmountable, and that if he were ever elected, there would be other things to do. All he's doing is waving a big flag to the Christian fundamentalist right and saying, "helloooooooo, I'm one of you!!!!!!!!!!!"
yup, you are probably right, and as for not knowing what biblical law is neither would his voters who agree with him. Thank goodness for the constitution!
#92
Re: Nutjob Huckabee
don't be a fool huckabee doesnt in the slightest way support the fair tax he pulled that out of his cornhole when he was slipping in the polls . dont get me wrong i love the idea of a Fairtax althrough i think it should be modifyed .... just think that if we want to get rid of useless taxes getting rid of the most regressive tax in the US the Property tax should also be in the bill . but any how it looks like he is out of the race for the most part so looks like Mcain and Obama . probby go with Mcain but i could live with barrack also
#93
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don't be a fool huckabee doesnt in the slightest way support the fair tax he pulled that out of his cornhole when he was slipping in the polls
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Re: Nutjob Huckabee
don't be a fool huckabee doesnt in the slightest way support the fair tax he pulled that out of his cornhole when he was slipping in the polls . dont get me wrong i love the idea of a Fairtax althrough i think it should be modifyed .... just think that if we want to get rid of useless taxes getting rid of the most regressive tax in the US the Property tax should also be in the bill . but any how it looks like he is out of the race for the most part so looks like Mcain and Obama . probby go with Mcain but i could live with barrack also
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Re: Nutjob Huckabee
I don't personally want an assault weapon, so I suppose I won't have a complete fit - although I would be against the ban on principle I think.
Better than "Billary" anyway.
#99
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* should your neighbour be allowed to arm himself with a nuclear bomb? Nerve gas? Anthrax toxins?
If not, then you support a limit on the right to keep arms.
#101
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this is what I don't get about the pro-gun argument: the attitude is often that since no single measure or combination of measures can ever eliminate gun crime 100% we shouldn't bother to do anything. It's like saying that since wearing a seat belt won't save your life in every conceivable type of car accident, you shouldn't bother to wear one at all.
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this is what I don't get about the pro-gun argument: the attitude is often that since no single measure or combination of measures can ever eliminate gun crime 100% we shouldn't bother to do anything. It's like saying that since wearing a seat belt won't save your life in every conceivable type of car accident, you shouldn't bother to wear one at all.
You can cause practically as much rouble with a can of deodarant and a box of matches as you could an assault weapon (as far as destruction goes). Or weedkiller and sugar. Or.....
If people want to cause destruction, they will find a way. It's the person's motivation that matters, not the object they use to do it imo.
And while I'm not a big gun enthusiast, I do think it's a right we have here.
#103
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I haven't heard of a lot of crimes committed by assault weapons - seems it's generally normal 'ol guns anyone could have. Unless you can get rid of all guns (which would be impossible here imo), I don't think you can get rid of gun crime.
You can cause practically as much rouble with a can of deodarant and a box of matches as you could an assault weapon (as far as destruction goes). Or weedkiller and sugar. Or.....
If people want to cause destruction, they will find a way. It's the person's motivation that matters, not the object they use to do it imo.
And while I'm not a big gun enthusiast, I do think it's a right we have here.
You can cause practically as much rouble with a can of deodarant and a box of matches as you could an assault weapon (as far as destruction goes). Or weedkiller and sugar. Or.....
If people want to cause destruction, they will find a way. It's the person's motivation that matters, not the object they use to do it imo.
And while I'm not a big gun enthusiast, I do think it's a right we have here.
But there are already controls on arms. Despite the fact you could happily "bear" a stinger missile, government wouldn't be happy if you kept one under the bed. The questions is already how far you should control them, not whether they should be controlled or not.
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Re: Nutjob Huckabee
You can cause practically as much rouble with a can of deodarant and a box of matches as you could an assault weapon (as far as destruction goes). If people want to cause destruction, they will find a way. It's the person's motivation that matters, not the object they use to do it imo.
WHether that's something that outweighs the benefits of legally owning weapons is a different discussion.
#105
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Re: Nutjob Huckabee
it takes 1 bullet to kill someone, what the point of banning a 15 round magazine and keeping a 10 round one?