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Navigating the Second Amendment in Washington, D.C.

July 13, 2010 by Tom Purcell

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"Too bad," said my friend. "If the muggers feared we had a gun, they might be inclined to leave us alone."

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"When you get mugged, there are certain rules you must follow," my friend and his wife explained to me as we walked from a Washington, D.C., pub to their condo.

"When I get mugged?"

"Muggers are polite when you follow their instructions, but they get surly when you are rude," said his wife.

"How can you be rude to a mugger?"    Read more

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Help Needed

July 6, 2010 by Peter Funt

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Next month's news: Expressing dismay at the Senate vote rejecting Elena Kagan's bid to join the Supreme Court, President Obama today nominated Gen. David H. Petraeus as the Court's next Associate Justice. "The Supreme Court is bigger than any one Justice," the president told reporters. "I have complete confidence that Gen. Petraeus will help guide our nation in the war against bad laws."

Next week's news: Calling him "the right man at the right time," President Obama today named Gen. David H. Petraeus commander of all U.S. operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Obama acknowledged that efforts to stop the Deepwater Horizon spill are "bigger than any one person," yet expressed confidence that Petraeus could single-handedly win the war against oil in the Gulf.     Read more

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Not One of the Ten Commandments Are in the Constitution

May 26, 2010 by Tina Dupuy

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Other attempts to pass laws to abolish cursing, an interpretation of using the Lord's name in vain, have been tried.

There are no democratically elected leaders in the Christian bible. I know - it's shocking. But, if you catch the rhetoric pertaining to the US Constitution, you'd think the Ten Commandments are its bullet points. They're not. The whole idea of a representative democracy (a Greek word) comes from Ancient (think then-solvent) Greece.    Read more

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Kagan Will Move Supreme Court to the Right

May 12, 2010 by Marjorie Cohn

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Supreme Court to the Right
Conservatives decry activist judges - primarily those who act contrary to conservativ e politics.

President Barack Obama has chosen Elena Kagan to fill the vacancy left by Justice John Paul Stevens' retirement. Sadly, Kagan cannot fill Justice Stevens' mighty shoes.    Read more

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Tan and Tax

March 29, 2010 by Tom Purcell

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Tan and Tax
Botox, however, is administered by plastic surgeons. Plastic surgeons have the dough to hire expensive lobbyists.

My family and I are taking the new tax personally.    Read more

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