By now, you have all probably heard that four firefighters were shot (two of them fatally) while responding to a fire in upstate New York. There is only one solution for this (obviously) and that is to station armed guards at every raging fire, in addition to the armed guards we will have in the following locations:
I wasn't slandering the volunteers, sheesh. As it happens, the town they live in is desperately poor, and yes, the firefighters there are volunteer because the tax base is too low to pay them.
I'm proud of the volunteer spirit--it's what sends me out to canvass for elections, after all. But I can't imagine why it would be a disaster for a town to pay its firefighters. Lots of towns do, and it's generally thought to be a useful concept.
As a professional editor, I too believe that words have meaning. Can't say that I've ever come across an authoritative definition of the word based purely on financial compensation. Maybe you've been consulting the Humpty Dumpty Dictionary of Republican Alternative Definitions? That's the one that defines "racism" as "what liberals are when they accuse white people of being racist for shooting black teens for wearing hoodies" and "debt crisis" as "when Democrats spend federal revenues."
I'm a professional who frequently volunteers my editorial services to worthy causes, so I guess that means I zigzag between professional and amateur status depending on who my client is, rather than on the quality of my work. Gosh, someone better tell the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association that they're gonna have to redefine "pro bono."
I like Rachel Maddow&#039;s <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/12\/22\/maddow-lapierre-press-conference-was-epic-rick-rolling-of-the-country\/" target="_blank">description</a>.
Strange days indeed when you find yourself sort of agreeing with <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/12\/24\/ron-paul-blasts-nra-plan-for-orwellian-surveillance-state\/" target="_blank">Ron Paul</a>, although the notion that protection from violence is the real violence is... jarring.
Gun <i>safety</i> - it&#039;s going to be harder to mock.
Not that your safety trumps the innate right for everyone else in public to be armed to the same level the &quot;bad guys&quot; are presumed to be...
I wasn&#039;t slandering the volunteers, sheesh. As it happens, the town they live in is desperately poor, and yes, the firefighters there are volunteer because the tax base is too low to pay them.
I&#039;m proud of the volunteer spirit--it&#039;s what sends me out to canvass for elections, after all. But I can&#039;t imagine why it would be a disaster for a town to pay its firefighters. Lots of towns do, and it&#039;s generally thought to be a useful concept.
Unpossible!
The commies did it wrong. Bunch of nancy-boys.
and the knives should shoot bees.
Nuke them from space...it&#039;s the only way to be sure.
As a professional editor, I too believe that words have meaning. Can&#039;t say that I&#039;ve ever come across an authoritative definition of the word based purely on financial compensation. Maybe you&#039;ve been consulting the Humpty Dumpty Dictionary of Republican Alternative Definitions? That&#039;s the one that defines &quot;racism&quot; as &quot;what liberals are when they accuse white people of being racist for shooting black teens for wearing hoodies&quot; and &quot;debt crisis&quot; as &quot;when Democrats spend federal revenues.&quot;
I&#039;m a professional who frequently volunteers my editorial services to worthy causes, so I guess that means I zigzag between professional and amateur status depending on who my client is, rather than on the quality of my work. Gosh, someone better tell the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association that they&#039;re gonna have to redefine &quot;pro bono.&quot;
We don&#039;t need no stinkin&#039; gun ranges, we got those unlicensed ones in our backyards. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/nyregion/in-new...">http://www.nytimes.com/2012...
I like Rachel Maddow&#039;s <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/12\/22\/maddow-lapierre-press-conference-was-epic-rick-rolling-of-the-country\/" target="_blank">description</a>.
Strange days indeed when you find yourself sort of agreeing with <a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/12\/24\/ron-paul-blasts-nra-plan-for-orwellian-surveillance-state\/" target="_blank">Ron Paul</a>, although the notion that protection from violence is the real violence is... jarring.
Even Japan has a murder rate of 0.3 per 100,000, therefore we must do nothing to reduce our murder rate from 4.2 per 100,000. Logick, RWGN stylee.
And there is no fighting in the War Room.
We were all American men, with one shared set of values and one clear international enemy: schoolchildren and do-goody firefighters.
And friends of Dick Cheney.
Gun <i>safety</i> - it&#039;s going to be harder to mock.
Not that your safety trumps the innate right for everyone else in public to be armed to the same level the &quot;bad guys&quot; are presumed to be...
There is no legislation, existing or proposed, that can make us the least little bit safer from angry people obtaining or using semiautomatic weapons.
They send one of your kindergartners to the hospital, you send one of their murderers to the morgue.
B-b-but think of the gun and ammo manufacturer&#039;s profit statements for the next few quarters!