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24th April 2007

Hands Off, Sheryl Crow

Singer Sheryl Crow was irritated when Karl Rove told her to keep her hands off him. But apparently, Rove has access to up-to-the minute intelligence. From Crow's blog:

I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.  Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit,  except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.

I wouldn't want her touching me, either. Eww.

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24th April 2007

The Easy Availability of Firearms

Tamara gets it right again:

I've said it before and I'm going to say it again: Never in the history of our republic have guns been more difficult to purchase. Prior to 1968 they could be purchased through the mail. Between 1968 and 1993, all you needed to do was sign a form, in pink crayon if you felt like it, saying you weren't a junkie, commie spy, or crazy, and you took your gun home with no questions asked. The background check didn't appear until the passage of the Brady Law in 1993.

Name a mass shooting that occurred before 1968. How many between 1969 and 1993? How about 1994 and beyond? Folks, whatever the causative variable is here, it is not the ease of purchasing a firearm.

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