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James Gordon May 20, 2013 at 02:18 pm
Stephanie:
I don't recall asking for examples of licensees who made bad choices. I do recall asking…Read More if "you have an objective basis for your concerns?" You responded by identifying some anecdotal (as opposed to statistical) evidence that some licensees made bad choices. Your evidence fails to support your position. Here's a brief article discussing the number of licenses that Florida has revoked because of gun related crimes: http://politics.heraldtribune.com/2012/07/25/florida-approaching-1-million-concealed-weapons-permits/
Regarding your questions about G. Zimmerman. (1) I've already pointed out mistakes ziimmerman made, including following Martin. So, no, I would not want him to be the neighborhood watch captain. (2) I can and do avoid places where there are increased risks of violence (ATMs at night, check-cashing stores, prostitutes, drug dealers). That being said, I cannot accurately predict when/where I will need a gun. People are robbed in grocery store parking lots as well as coffee store parking lots. So, I believe the desire to have a gun in those locations is not unreasonable. More importantly though, I don't think people who are licensed to carry guns should repeatedly take their gun on and off all day long. This needlessly increases the risk of a negligent discharge. (3) The forensic evidence strongly supports virtually every element of Zimmerman's account of the incident. The significant element that is unsupported is whether Martin saw and attempted to grab Zimmerman's gun. Given that Zimmerman was already sustaining serious bodily injuries, this element isn't really necessary to believe the propriety of acting in self-defense. As to the two lies you reference, the first related to Zimmerman's finances. It was his wife who made the representations to the court. Zimmerman sat there "like a potted plant" in the words of the court. This obviously reflects poorly on him, but likely will not be presented to the jury. The second lie relates to his passport. A second passport was issued to him after he reported the prior passport had been stolen. The court itself did not believe Zimmerman was lying about the second passport, but that there were more innocent explanations. You apparently believe I think Zimmerman is innocent. I am waiting to see all the evidence before I make up my mind.
Stephanie May 20, 2013 at 02:39 am
You asked for some licensees who made bad choices with their concealed weapons and I gave them to…Read More you. Why don't you ever answer any of my questions? Knowing what you know now about George Zimmermans arrest record (before he killed Martin), would you want him in charge of your neighborhood watch? Does one need a gun to go to Starbucks? The grocery store? How can we believe anything Zimmerman says after he lied TO A JUDGE TWICE?
James Gordon May 18, 2013 at 09:51 pm
I dislike this new system. It allows for no formatting of comments. Leading to ugly "wall of…Read More text" posts.
Gem City Muse May 3, 2013 at 08:39 pm
You are the voice of reason, Stephanie. What certain people haven't learned is that the government…Read More cannot legislate morality or good habits. Certain groups believe if there's a problem the gov't can make a law and solve it. Whether plastic bags or guns, big brother can't legislate morality.
Jonathan Ortega May 3, 2013 at 02:52 pm
All I hear is a bunch of whining, this ban is for the greater good TO PROTECT OUR PLANET, stop…Read More including your ego's and feelings for a lifeless object in this conversation. If you knew anything about environmental law/politics, you would realize that money is spent on hot topics, because if they weren't hot nobody would support their movement and these already limited resources will be wasted.
Cigarette butt's, the e-cig is coming along
Cars and planes, is there an un-disruptive alternative? Get over yourselves
geoff harris May 3, 2013 at 11:20 am
@Can't Say,,,, I hope thew next thing to be banned are the BLOWERS. The worst, constant, extremely…Read More local, violent destruction of our Sonic environment. Talk about disturbing the peace.
Muffle it completely, or back to the rake, I say. (Yeah, I know it would take more time to rake, and it's concomitant adjusted cost might find some up in arms, {since it appears many are willing to argue over 10 cents}).
Ban the blower!! You'll feel so much better!!
Stuart Clark May 9, 2013 at 06:57 pm
Any time I see "single use bag" I know that the writer has an agenda to foist. Most people…Read More will reuse these bags or put them in the recycling bin that all markets are required to have. One of these bags weighs 1/7th the weight of a TJ's paper bag and this affects transportation costs as well as recycling volume. Recycling paper, the primary component in our landfillls, takes lots of water. If you miss the carry home bags, you can buy them on the internet at $20 / 1000.
geoff harris May 9, 2013 at 09:48 am
Thanks, Marty. Definitely one of The most troubling issues of our times. Monsanto wields a great…Read More power (check: farmers in India), and their intent is bordering on the diabolical, to say the least. (also check the bee decline in recent years--a decade--dropped by a third. There's a bill coming up in congress to address this similar issue.)
Yikes. Too bad we weren't able to pass that initiative for food labeling.
Growing your own food is part of self empowerment, but also a wonderful miracle to observe.
Paul S April 24, 2013 at 11:25 pm
always has been about sex or the promise of perfection or happiness- it's never changed- Robert…Read More Downy Jr's father - Robert D Sr did a movie in the 60's - "Putney Swope" - a good send up of the ad game- I worked as a copywriter in the late 60's and couldn't wait to get out- never disliked a business more than the ad one- yet- some ads are pure genius- many Bud ads definitely- those Honda blowfish ads are incredible - I love a good ad- they are rare
Jeffrey Sabatini April 24, 2013 at 07:22 pm
In the mid 80s & 90s it was "SEX SELLS". The late 90s into 2005 brought us funny ads…Read More that centered around dumb stunts, usually ending up with some poor guy getting hit in the 'boys'. Between then and now, the "heart tug" or "real men cry" ads like the Budweiser "Clydesdale friends forever" ad. Which of course was the perfect follower to Bud's "Mascot dog trains horse Rocky style" and "Donkey gets a shot" ads. All ad hall of fame'rs in my humble opinion.
Sadly, it looks like the ad world has taken two giant steps backwards with the bevy of male & female eye candy flashed over disclaimers of side effects such as : Nausea, vomiting, uncontrollable flatulence, sudden weight gain, sudden weight loss, skin rash, welts & boils, hair loss, blindness, heart arrhythmia, swollen glands, muscle atrophy, Turrets, short term memory loss and how the product should not be used by or in proximity to pregnant women or nursing mothers.
However, I would like to say "feek'n about time" for all the "thank you and honor our military and first responder" theme ads.
But if I could change ONE THING in regard to this discussion... It would be to finally apply "Truth In Advertising Laws" to political ads!
What say you?
Jeffrey Sabatini April 24, 2013 at 06:37 pm
Advertising is an art in itself. The ad spoof movie Crazy People showed how important the right tag…Read More line can be with "Metamucil, use it or you will die!". Or like the motto of my former firearms dealership... "If our guns can't kill it, it's immortal!". Good times, good times.
Nicole Mooradian April 22, 2013 at 01:43 am
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Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Robert Livesay
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"Herr Carl Petrersen III I have some concerns about your…Read More postings."
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Sounds like someone is a little bit upset over getting proven wrong about his allegations about the cause of our economic crash.
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Carl Petersen III
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'ou folks that voted for Liberals need…Read More some lessons in economics.'
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Is lesson one how the Conservative economic policy of the Bush administration crashed the economy?
Andrew M Halmay May 6, 2013 at 06:53 pm
More polarizing conversation that results in nothing. I am a liberal, and do not hate guns. I hate…Read More mentally deficient and deranged people with guns. I hate laws passed upon laws that do not address the real causes and effects of gun violence. Lots of knee-jerking on the left and right, and very little thought. That's what I hate.
beaumontdave April 20, 2013 at 06:59 pm
"Steve, like all liberal mind numbed Obama-bots, you go right to insults..." Too funny!
Jeffrey Sabatini April 20, 2013 at 04:02 pm
Hi LBV and yes, the bill authors & cosigners are punishing lawful gun owners. Several took…Read More Obama's lead, but others like DeLeon have a long anti-gun history. And I was thinking of that exact blog, but it would need to get fairly deep into constitutional law, and I'm not sure how to keep it from reading like the Infield Fly Rule or 1040 instructions. But how's this; Some of the problems Toomey had:
1. No list protections. Any crook could file an FOIA and get the full database.
2. No provisions to keep only flagged backgrounds and dump the database say every 30 days to prevent it from ever being used for confiscation.
3. No provisions to license "background agents" who could travel to gun shows to perform instant checks. Or, provisions requiring gun show promoters to provide a free kiosk with internet access & power for background agents to set up.
Toomey was a great try, but it failed to address the little things that history has well shown can turn an innocent snowball into an avalanche. When you STUDY history and the Constitution, you come to understand why the first ten Amendments were placed in their order. The 1st being the whole reason for all the blood spilled, and the 2nd to protect the rest of the document & insure no tyrant foreign or domestic could compromise or negate it. I often ask anti-gun folks to tell me what rights the 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Amendments insure in daily life. They rarely can, which is why they don't understand what losing the 2nd really means.
William Lashbrook April 15, 2013 at 03:38 pm
Hey, Trash Cowboys, never knew I was looking for you 'til just recently. Got to make up for lost…Read More time now! Here's to a terrific resurgence of all the trashy things your music stands for. See you at the Viper. Daddy Goodtimes
nonoise March 30, 2013 at 02:41 pm
Any medicare or health insurance premium increase or decrease all has to be approved by the…Read More Department of Insurance. And, it is a really tough job to put the paperworkk (red tape) together to ask the insurance commissioner for a rate increase or decrease. That is why may insurance companies do not ask for a rate decrease when they would like too. It is too much red tape.
nonoise March 30, 2013 at 02:37 pm
There will be some winners and losers. Lowering costs for some will cost jobs. There is always…Read More good and bad. Some good health care providers will be lost and some bad ones (with inexperience) and otherwise, will come in.
And, many insurance companies are no longer selling Long Term Care insurance. That means when people no longer pay for that insurance the taxpayers will end up paying more money for people to be in nursing homes. This is a HUGE expensive. In trying to save money and making things more difficult for insurance company and agents through too much red tape, the taxpayers will be picking up more of the bill instead of individuals willing to pay for insurance.
Ask your favorite insurance agent or company. They will tell you what a mess ObamaCare is going to cause. Just wait one more year. Those "freebies" people think they are getting is going to be a rude awaking when people find out there really are no freebies. People will be forced to pay whether they want to or not or be taxed.
Low income people will not be affected because they will continue to get free medi-cal. The rich people are not affected because they can buy whatever health insurance they want. It is the middle class that will suffer.
Just wait the lower income middle class will figure out a way to wiggle out of ObamaCare because they simply can not afford it. They will either quit their jobs and go on medi-cal or fraud will come into play. It always happens.
Bruce March 28, 2013 at 02:17 am
Mr Sayen sounds like he works for CMS Medicare. His comments are straight out of the same old…Read More talking points that have been spewed over and over since this competitive bidding program started. Its gonna be a mess with the disabled and seniors as the major losers. Not to mention the countless jobs that will be lost from all the good dealers going out of business. I guess Mr Sayen doesn't think unemployment cost the taxpayers extra money.
Gayle M. Montgomery April 5, 2013 at 06:39 pm
The cost of college is being put well beyond the reach of many students. Tuition as spiked rapid…Read More fire. If we don't push some job skills down to the high school level, to kids who are probably better prepared to receive them and to put them to use, we're going to be hurting as a society. There are not enough grants and scholarships to go around, not all kids know to settle down in high school cause they're getting over being kids and have that disease called teenager, which can be very frustrating for them and aggravate those around them, and we've got to find innovative ways to prepare them for fruitful lives.
Gayle M. Montgomery April 5, 2013 at 06:37 pm
With respect to the question about why teach technology? Because our old school ways are not working…Read More and doing nothing to help our economy. Getting young people prepared for jobs now, where they may not go to college anyway, would be better for them and for the rest of us. Back when the dinosaurs roamed, and I was in school, girls took Home Ec (oh, yuck), and boys took woodshop and/or auto mechanics. To this day, I am annoyed at my mom because she would not let me take an auto mechanics course. She said that is for boys. Well I could have saved myself some money on a few things and not felt like such a victim until I found a great mechanic.
Gayle M. Montgomery April 5, 2013 at 06:33 pm
Bob, my use of the F bomb has knocked a few on their keisters, too. LOL
JESS Kalinowsky Registered Voter February 1, 2013 at 03:01 pm
NOT to be RUDE! BUT having your picture with one of the MOST REPUGNANT persons in Congress is a…Read More giant NEGATIVE. Your picture alone would be much more acceptable. I am a staunch supporter that automatic weapons of any kind that holds 10+ rounds be taken off the streets by FEDERAL LAW. The 2nd Amendment was written 212 years ago when no such automatic weapons existed! I will be watching you very closely on this and many other "social" issues! Registered Voter
Shripathi Kamath January 16, 2013 at 06:40 pm
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Sylvia Jones January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
I am responding to Shlripathi Kamath's post of January 15 which takes exception to a teacher who…Read More receives a 78% pension for 12 years of teaching based on a salary in her/his last year in the classroom of $78,912. The writer cites no source for the information, and as a retired teacher I am concerned that readers will take this claim as fact.
Please consider the following: teacher retirement in the State of California is administered by the state, not by school districts. It is based on teacher age at retirement, number of years taught, and birthdate.
Here is an estimate of what a California teacher might receive based on the profile the writer uses. It is based on the formula as I came to understand it in going through my own retirement process.
Using the writer's data, here is what a California teacher might receive If she/he
retires this June with 12 years of experience, a birthdate of 1946 and an age at retirement of 64 years and seven moths, her/his retirement stipend would be approximately $1,869.89 per month or $22,438.68 per annum. That equates to 28% of final compensation, not the 78% that the writer decries.
Tom January 16, 2013 at 04:26 pm
Good teachers of course matter and I think most of them are quite good. I have kids at SRVHS and…Read More CWMS and for the most part am pleased with how professional they are. Sometimes though we do run into a bad one. When that happens my kids are strong enough to work through it and be fine but the weakers ones suffer.
In our school system it is MUCH easier for the teachers because you have VERY involved parents. We are a team and work with eachother. I hate the teachers union but respect the teachers. I also think there are many things we could do to improve things for students and teachers but we lack the backbone to do it.
Chris Kiely November 7, 2012 at 05:38 am
32 & 38 both going down in flames. What will those wacky Munger kids spend their $$$ on now?
Diana Brueggemann November 9, 2012 at 11:46 am
Hello, Erin. I am Barbara Brueggemann's daughter-in-law (Jim's wife). Pat and Barbara have told me…Read More about the positive impact you have on so many others even as you fight cancer yourself. I intend to follow your blog. Our family faced this battle as my mom was diagnosed in 1965 and my sister had ovarian cancer for 6 years. Your work to support and educate as many people as you can is such an important gift to those who are in the midst of the battle as this crappy disease leaves no family untouched. Thank you for all you do for others. I look forward to following your journey.
SPB November 8, 2012 at 08:27 pm
Fight the good fight Erin! I hope the blogging helps you get some of that frustration out and maybe…Read More get a few people to check on their own health in the process. Also, have you looking to getting a prop 215 card? It was a lifesaver for me when I was undergoing chemo for stage 4 Hodgkin's. I'd go from puking to hungry in 10 minutes.
Erin Vidovich October 28, 2012 at 12:50 pm
According to the American Cancer Society a mammogram is roughly equal to the amount of radiation one…Read More is exposed to on a commercial jet flying from New York to California and that it does not significantly increase the risk for breast cancer. Mammograms today are said to be much lower radiation than they were years ago. I'm not familiar with thermograms -- Shelley, could you tell us more?
Katheryn October 1, 2012 at 09:54 am
Why isn't Governor Brown and Attorney General Harris looking into the polluters in Lake Elsinore?…Read More Do they also cater to Big Money?
Please click onto the link provided below it's for the Temecula Patch and be sure to watch the You Tube Video. If this makes you as angry please add it to your Facebook so the world can see what happens when big business seems to be running the show.
http://temecula.patch.com/articles/citizen-reader-shares-mining-sounds
Tim Sole September 13, 2012 at 05:04 pm
@Jennifer, the people who where against "Mandatory Testing", stated this would happen and…Read More it has. Pretty simple to me, no two people will ever learn the same, not everyone should be required to go to college (try and get any living wage job without a degree). I guess the only question we should ask, does a teacher, teach a child how to think or does a teacher, teach a child what to think. The first prepares a child for a lifetime, the second one leads to all kinds of scary stuff.
Jennifer N September 13, 2012 at 04:21 pm
Unfortunately History, Civics, and many other classes have fallen victim to the law of unintended…Read More consequences that resulst from high stakes testing in our schools. By measuring teachers, schools and districts primarily in Math and English scores guess where the focus, money and manpower go at the expense of everything else. This is specifically what Chicago teachers are striking over.
I whole heartedly agree with the writer, responsibility towards ones community is taught primarily at home.
Cino October 3, 2012 at 10:33 am
This man is responsible for NAFTA ...which single-highhandedly has shipped over 10 million USA…Read More manufacturing jobs out of the country. Helped create this invasion of tens of millions of illegal aliens...along with Reagan.
Bill Clinton is NOTHING to brag about!
jimmy September 8, 2010 at 12:43 am
The biggest concentration of dogs in the area seems to be on Ozeta Terrace, off Clark Street, a…Read More block above the Whisky A Gogo. It's like a dog park up there. Too bad some inconsiderate people don't "pick up" after their dog. And I've seen some large "deposits" up there, if you know what I'm talking about. Some are so recent, you can see steam coming off them.
Cheryl Ortega September 3, 2012 at 12:29 pm
You forgot Norma Rae, the greatest pro-labor, union organizing movie, ever.
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