More on RTC laws

2003-08-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy/US_factsheet.pdf Laws making it easier to carry concealed weapons have not decreased homicide rates and may have contributed to increases in homicides. Although some have argued that laws making it easier to carry concealed weapons decrease violent crime rates,

religious fanatics new target: pregnant women

2003-08-11 Thread The Fool
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/Columns/Moralists__new_target.shtml Moralists' new target: pregnant women By ROBYN E. BLUMNER, Times Perspective Columnist © St. Petersburg Times published August 10, 2003 When Regina McKnight delivered a stillborn baby in May 1999 after 81/2 months of

Re: A dead end for the Democrats

2003-08-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:19:20PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Well, first of all, Americans aren't the only one Bush was trying to persuade with his deceptive tactics. He had to convince other governments and their people as well. Are you saying that Americans could have

The Vatican's New Crusade

2003-08-11 Thread The Fool
http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8533 The Vatican's New Crusade Richard Blow is the former executive editor of George Magazine. He is author of American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., and is writing a book about Harvard University. Back in September 1960, Sen. John F.

Re: The FastesT Qheuen Alive (short story)

2003-08-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/10/2003 1:30:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Fastes Qheuen Alive Ya spend all that time with the spellchecker in the text---and fail to notice the missing T in the subject line. Poetic jurisprudence, I suppose. William aylor

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: http://www.morganquitno.com/dang02.htm Nevada 7th most dangerous Texas 14th New York 24th How does the District of Columbia stack up against the states? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-11 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: C) everyone [who wants to own a gun and who has not been convicted of a violent crime or diagnosed with a serious mental or emotional illness] should [be allowed to choose to] have a gun. Can we all agree with that? Most definitely not! Anyone who wants to own a

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Robert Seeberger wrote: But I did explore the site and found its conclusions bizarre and/or unexpected. frex? Doug terseless one line reply ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 10:42 pm, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.morganquitno.com/dang02.htm Nevada 7th most dangerous Texas 14th New York 24th This study is based on reported crimes. It might be that Nevada residents are simply more inclined to

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-11 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:47:54AM -0500, Horn, John wrote: Does anyone else see SCOTUS and reflexively substitute another word as they read...? SCOUTS? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

The Fastes Qheuen Alive (short story)

2003-08-11 Thread Medievalbk
The human's old story about the race between the tortoise and the hare was never very popular with the other sept of Jijo. In fact it was never really understood. A hare that took the time to sleep during a contest had too much personal hubris to be able to be a representative of one's race.

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:37:22 -0700 (PDT) --- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:44 am,

Re: Most Dangerous States, now 43 times

2003-08-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:42 PM Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States, now 43 times Robert Seeberger wrote: ... Evaluating the 43 times fallacy ...a study by Arthur Kellermann

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jan Coffey wrote: I wrote: No, I didn't forget, I just didn't think it had any relevance in the current discussion. If anything, since California's rate is about the same as Texas and it is listed as less dangerous than Nevada, it falsifies Jan's implication that Nevada and Texas are much

Re: Guns in the Home

2003-08-11 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy/Guns_in_Home.pdf Many people who own guns keep them primarily for hunting or recreation; many keep them for self defense. This is particularly the case among handgun owners.3 Although many gun owners keep a gun

Confessions of an Anti-Sanctions Activist [L3]

2003-08-11 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
This item is available on the Middle East Forum website, at http://www.meforum.org/article/548 Confessions of an Anti-Sanctions Activist by Charles M. Brown Middle East Quarterly Summer 2003 On May 22, 2003, the United Nations (U.N.) lifted the sanctions regime it had imposed on Iraq twelve

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-11 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:26 PM 8/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. However, this current subthread started with the following: I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down. You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? So?

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States In a message dated 8/11/2003 1:14:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That would only hold true if the

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-11 Thread David Hobby
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:57 PM 8/8/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: The United States should NOT have action figures of a sitting president. No, an _action_ figure should be portrayed as standing. -- Ronn! :) I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down. You

leave the constitution alone

2003-08-11 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1317ncid=742e=11u=/0308 07/228/4x3bg.html LEAVE THE CONSTITUTION ALONE Thu Aug 7, 7:21 PM ET By Cynthia Tucker This was as unnecessary as it was utterly predictable: Shoring up his appeal among ultraconservative constituents, President Bush ( -

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-11 Thread David Hobby
Jon Gabriel wrote: And now... an action figure. http://makeashorterlink.com/?M11532885 Jon GSV Just Can't Make This Stuff Up I kept thinking that it MUST be made up. But I still submitted the following review, which seemed to be a good line of attack: This is unprecedented,

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-11 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I read something in the past week or so in some newspaper or another (gotta be either the Austin American-Statesman or the Wall Street Journal) that it's marginally better to be fat and fit than thin and unfit. I think the list from best to

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-11 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:44 am, Jan Coffey wrote: --- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Homicides per 100,000, average per year from 1998-2000 Dallas TX - 20.42 New York NY - 8.77

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-11 Thread Jan Coffey
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/2003 12:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I think both of them are very important figures, because they are extremely influential. One is the single most cited living intellectual. The other edits the