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Rock On

7.2.08 @ 12:01AM

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Now we have John McCain. Also chosen by the Democrats and their friends the "leadership" of the Republican Party. A man with no morals (Keating 5? Dumping of first wife? Beer distributorship? Indian Casino?), no plan, no brains, no energy, no enthusiasm, he is another zero much like Ford. Come election time he no doubt will do even worse than Ford.
-- Burton J. Hollabaugh
Marion, Indiana

With apologies to Gerry Goffin and Carole King:

We need the oil so badly
Democrats will ban drilling, sadly
Today you say that drilling is okay
But will you say so tomorrow?

Is this your final position?
Or are you still in transition?
Don't take away the things you said today
Will you still say them tomorrow?

Unless the oil is flowing
Down from the land of the midnight sun
Gallons of gas will be going
Very soon for $10.01

I found your words so thrilling
When you said "Go start drilling"
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still say so tomorrow?
-- Byron Keith

LOCK AND LOAD
Re: Robert VerBruggen's Uneven Stevens:

The nexus between private firearms ownership and military service was established in the early 1960s. The army commissioned the Arthur D. Little, Co. to survey American soldiers. The main difference was that one group had firearms experience prior to entering the army, and the second group had no prior firearms experience. The group with firearms experience tended to do better in all forms of training, including subjects that did not involve weapons or woodcraft. It was also discovered that the group with prior firearms training were more likely to be enlistees, rather than draftees, were more likely to sign up for the combat arms branches, like infantry, armor, & artillery, were more likely to volunteer for combat assignments, and were more likely to re-enlist or select the army for a career. Thus, it was discovered that private ownership weapons is connected with the quality of our armed forces. This should not be surprising, in that during the Civil War, it was discovered that when urban soldiers entered the army, they did not even know how to load firearms, resulting in a sudden need for recruits to receive firearms training. The second amendment is not restricted to the right to be in the army or militia, because private ownership of firearms results in superior soldiers.
-- James Patterson

CLEAR AND PRESENT STUPIDITY
Re: Derek Eddy's letter (under "Delahunt in Disgrace") in Reader Mail's Al Qaeda's Spotter:

Okay, so I'm a day behind in my reading (Wedding anniversary Sunday; late night, much rich food), but I need to point out to Mr. Eddy that on September 11 al Qaeda walked through Logan Airport (there's video of it) on their way to slaughtering the 3,000 people Mr. Eddy dismisses so blithely. Evidently, al Qaeda walking the hallways of East Boston doesn't rise to Mr. Eddy's standard of national defense.
-- Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut

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