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[Fluffy obama ain't gonna take kindly to you Montanans trying to circumvent his highness' royal authority!! How dare you think in this modern era that the Tenth Amendment-or the Constitution as a whole-carries any weight in the Era of Fluff?!?!
Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.]
Montana Poised to Buck Federal Gun Control
By
Kahrin Deines, Associated Press
HELENA -The proposed law aims to exempt firearms, weapons components and ammunition made in Montana and kept in Montana from federal gun laws. Since the state has few gun laws of its own, the legislation would allow some gunowners and sellers in the state to skirt registration, licensing requirements and background checks entirely. "We'd like to just be able to make our own guns here in Montana and have the feds stay out of it," said Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, which helped draft the bill. The real target, though, is the U.S. Supreme Court. Marbut and others believe they can hit that mark with a simple Montana-made youth-model single-shot bolt-action .22 rifle. In particular, they plan to find a "squeaky clean" Montanan who wants to send a note to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives threatening to build and sell about 20 such rifles without federal dealership licensing. If the ATF tells them it's illegal, they will then file a lawsuit in federal court — with any luck triggering a legal battle that lands in the nation's highest court. House Bill 246 sailed through the Montana Legislature, but Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer has not yet offered a position on the measure, which awaits his action. The federal enforcement agency for gun laws has also not taken a firm stand. "ATF is not going to take a position on this because we don't make any of the laws, we just enforce the laws that Congress makes," said Carrie DiPirro, spokeswoman for the Denver field division, which oversees Montana. Through the Constitution, Congress has authority to regulate interstate commerce, which serves as the legal basis for gun regulation in the United States. Efforts to bypass that authority have been heard before by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, the court upheld federal regulation of marijuana in California, even if its use is limited to noncommercial purposes — such as medical reasons — and it is grown and used within a state's borders.However, Randy Barnett, the lawyer and constitutional scholar who represented the plaintiff in the California case, said the introduction of a "Made in Montana' stamp — and stay in Montana guideline — might give some mettle to Montana's latest pitch for sovereignty. In the Gonzalez v. Raich case argued by Barnett, the court said that because marijuana produced within and outside of California is essentially indistinguishable, the government must regulate both to enforce national drug laws. Montana, though, could potentially argue that its guns are sufficiently unique and segregated as to lie outside of overarching federal regulatory schemes, Barnett said. The Montana effort follows fears here and elsewhere that the election of Barack Obama as president would trigger more gun regulation, sparking a rush to stock up on firearms in the months following the inauguration.But supporters insist House Bill 246 has been tailored to hit a different bull's eye than gun freedoms. "Firearms are inextricably linked to the history and culture of Montana, and I'd like to support that," said bill sponsor Rep. Joel Boniek, R-Livingston, during its House debate. "But I want to point out that the issue here is not about firearms. It's about states' rights."
Cinco de Mayo
Don'cha just hate those advertising stickers the newspaper puts on it's masthead? Recently the paper in this area put one on advertising a Mexican Restaurant. To celebrate 05/05, one could two meals for one with the coupon incorporated in the sticker. The only problem I saw was: the coupon was only valid 5/12 thru 5/14/009. Must be a "KoolAid Drinker".... they're really deep thinkers!!
GOP Listening Tour?....They Need A History Lesson!
[This "listening tour" is just more political bullshit, in the same vein as the "Campaign of Fluff!!" Listening? Whatta Hell for? Didn't these smiling faces see the nearly 1,000 Tax Day TEA-Parties all across the country?
America is fed up with the continuous federal "boot on their necks" in the form of more and increased taxes, coupled with less and less freedoms!!
Their ranks have fallen off because folks like me, my family and my neighbors have been left behind in the republican attempts to remodel itself after the democRATs to corner more of the voting public. I left the party to become a DINO because I could "do more damage" to the democRAT party as one!!
If this is to truely be a "listening tour," the participants should assemble before the huddled masses and wait silently. Instead of an opening monologue elucidating their collective positions, they should patiently wait for questions; truthfully and insightly answer any and all put forth.
What they really, really need is a history lesson; a good professor for that would be Newt Gingrich, a truely objective historian.
The "tourists" decry both Ronald Reagan and the "Reagan Era;" as nostalgia and a bygone era to be forgotten. The Reagan Era was one of the greatest economic booms of the twentieth-century!! Mister Reagan knew the value-both political and economic-of tax cuts. During his two terms, the top marginal tax-rate dropped from 70% to 28%!
One only has to look at the IRS and Treasury Department stastics to see that every time taxes are cut--the revenues to the IRS INCREASE, there's a steady increase in economic activity and more businesses are started; those in place, flourished !!
The tourists must revisit the 1994 "Contract With America;" promote re-implementation of those items that were successful; promote implementation of those items that failed or were ignored AFTER correction.]
With the party at its lowest standing in several decades, Republicans on Saturday launched a listening tour in the heart of the Democratic suburbs, where several of the party’s leading voices steered clear of hot-button issues and instead emphasized the need to advance new policy ideas to revive the party’s prospects. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor and former Republican Govs. Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney — both frequently mentioned as potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates — spoke to about 100 attendees at a pizzeria in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Va. The event was the first held by the newly launched National Council for a New America. The common thread at the forum was that the Republican Party’s struggles are rooted in its nostalgia for a more successful past and its inability to offer a policy agenda suited for the 21st century. To make a political comeback, the GOP leaders argued, the party needs to modernize its ideas and agenda. “Our party has taken its licks over the last couple of cycles,” Cantor acknowledged. “But that’s why we’re here.” At the forum, there was little talk about the president’s recently passed budget and stimulus proposals, which were vigorously opposed by Republicans. Instead, the GOP trio talked about bread-and-butter issues that directly affect voters — the rising cost of health care, merit pay for teachers and the price of college tuition. “From the conservatives, it’s time for us to listen first, to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit and to not be nostalgic about the past,” Bush said. “You can’t beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don’t like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that.” Bush added: “We have principles and values that are shared by the majority of Americans, but we have to now take those principles and apply them to these challenges our country faces today.” The former Florida governor offered a panoply of proposals on education reform, citing a study showing the United States lags well behind other developed countries in math and science. Romney touted his work in Massachusetts to implement a universal health care system that he said incorporated the private sector, not the government, in the process. And he warned that rising spending under the Democrats threatens to stagnate long-term economic growth.“When the capital disappears, the current view of the administration is that we ought to raise taxes on capital; we ought to raise taxes on investment. The right thing to do is to lower taxes, or at least hold them down ... that’s one thing we do a little different,” said Romney. “There are ways to solve problems if we look beyond Washington.”
Romney and Bush both downplayed their own political ambitions. Bush, who earlier this year declined to run for Florida’s open Senate seat, said he was glad to be out of the political arena and is now focused on brainstorming policy ideas — and he expressed his frustration that most politics in Washington are “defined by a food fight.”“It’s time for others to embrace good ideas and to implement them,” he told POLITICO on his way out of the event.Romney similarly begged off questions about a potential 2012 White House bid after the event, but he was careful to not rule out the prospect.“I haven’t shut the door, but I haven’t walked through the door, either,” said Romney, who was taping an interview with CNN. Asked earlier if the three Republicans were the face of their party, Romney joked that he and Bush were “two has-beens already.” While the party focuses on the future, the public faces have hardly changed — a Bush, a 2008 candidate for the party’s nomination and a longtime member of the House GOP leadership — with no women or minorities on center stage. One of the expected attendees, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), couldn’t make it because her child got sick. Questions from the Republican-friendly crowd ranged from conservative softballs, like one about the economic impact of the Employee Free Choice Act, to more open-ended policy questions about what Republicans can do to improve education or health care coverage. “We’ve got to give Americans something to say yes to,” said Brian Summers, a volunteer for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, eliciting applause from the crowd. The party leaders notably avoided any discussion of issues that have motivated the GOP base — gay marriage, immigration and abortion. Indeed, several protesters from an anti-illegal-immigration group stood outside the pizzeria holding signs complaining that the party was sidestepping crucial social issues.“The reason that immigration, same-sex marriage and abortion were left off the agenda is because they feel it will turn people off to the Republican Party,” said Michael McLaughlin, a member of the American Council for Immigration Reform. “To me, you can’t discuss energy independence and health care without talking about immigration. It’s all related.”As they embark on this experiment, the assembled Republicans were reluctant to offer timelines or set specific expectations for the party’s future.“We don’t have to come up with all the answers today,” Romney told the crowd before offering that, “Certainly, by 2010 we should.”
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Fluffy.... How Dare They...?
[Fluffy obama ain't gonna take kindly to you Montanans trying to circumvent his highness' royal authority!! How dare you think in this modern era that the Tenth Amendment-or the Constitution as a whole-carries any weight in the Era of Fluff?!?!
Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.]
Montana Poised to Buck Federal Gun Control
By Kahrin Deines, Associated Press
HELENA -The proposed law aims to exempt firearms, weapons components and ammunition made in Montana and kept in Montana from federal gun laws. Since the state has few gun laws of its own, the legislation would allow some gunowners and sellers in the state to skirt registration, licensing requirements and background checks entirely. "We'd like to just be able to make our own guns here in Montana and have the feds stay out of it," said Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, which helped draft the bill. The real target, though, is the U.S. Supreme Court. Marbut and others believe they can hit that mark with a simple Montana-made youth-model single-shot bolt-action .22 rifle. In particular, they plan to find a "squeaky clean" Montanan who wants to send a note to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives threatening to build and sell about 20 such rifles without federal dealership licensing. If the ATF tells them it's illegal, they will then file a lawsuit in federal court — with any luck triggering a legal battle that lands in the nation's highest court. House Bill 246 sailed through the Montana Legislature, but Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer has not yet offered a position on the measure, which awaits his action. The federal enforcement agency for gun laws has also not taken a firm stand. "ATF is not going to take a position on this because we don't make any of the laws, we just enforce the laws that Congress makes," said Carrie DiPirro, spokeswoman for the Denver field division, which oversees Montana. Through the Constitution, Congress has authority to regulate interstate commerce, which serves as the legal basis for gun regulation in the United States. Efforts to bypass that authority have been heard before by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, the court upheld federal regulation of marijuana in California, even if its use is limited to noncommercial purposes — such as medical reasons — and it is grown and used within a state's borders.However, Randy Barnett, the lawyer and constitutional scholar who represented the plaintiff in the California case, said the introduction of a "Made in Montana' stamp — and stay in Montana guideline — might give some mettle to Montana's latest pitch for sovereignty. In the Gonzalez v. Raich case argued by Barnett, the court said that because marijuana produced within and outside of California is essentially indistinguishable, the government must regulate both to enforce national drug laws. Montana, though, could potentially argue that its guns are sufficiently unique and segregated as to lie outside of overarching federal regulatory schemes, Barnett said. The Montana effort follows fears here and elsewhere that the election of Barack Obama as president would trigger more gun regulation, sparking a rush to stock up on firearms in the months following the inauguration.But supporters insist House Bill 246 has been tailored to hit a different bull's eye than gun freedoms. "Firearms are inextricably linked to the history and culture of Montana, and I'd like to support that," said bill sponsor Rep. Joel Boniek, R-Livingston, during its House debate. "But I want to point out that the issue here is not about firearms. It's about states' rights."
Cinco de Mayo
Don'cha just hate those advertising stickers the newspaper puts on it's masthead? Recently the paper in this area put one on advertising a Mexican Restaurant. To celebrate 05/05, one could two meals for one with the coupon incorporated in the sticker. The only problem I saw was: the coupon was only valid 5/12 thru 5/14/009. Must be a "KoolAid Drinker".... they're really deep thinkers!!
GOP Listening Tour?....They Need A History Lesson!
[This "listening tour" is just more political bullshit, in the same vein as the "Campaign of Fluff!!" Listening? Whatta Hell for? Didn't these smiling faces see the nearly 1,000 Tax Day TEA-Parties all across the country?
America is fed up with the continuous federal "boot on their necks" in the form of more and increased taxes, coupled with less and less freedoms!!
Their ranks have fallen off because folks like me, my family and my neighbors have been left behind in the republican attempts to remodel itself after the democRATs to corner more of the voting public. I left the party to become a DINO because I could "do more damage" to the democRAT party as one!!
If this is to truely be a "listening tour," the participants should assemble before the huddled masses and wait silently. Instead of an opening monologue elucidating their collective positions, they should patiently wait for questions; truthfully and insightly answer any and all put forth.
What they really, really need is a history lesson; a good professor for that would be Newt Gingrich, a truely objective historian.
The "tourists" decry both Ronald Reagan and the "Reagan Era;" as nostalgia and a bygone era to be forgotten. The Reagan Era was one of the greatest economic booms of the twentieth-century!! Mister Reagan knew the value-both political and economic-of tax cuts. During his two terms, the top marginal tax-rate dropped from 70% to 28%!
One only has to look at the IRS and Treasury Department stastics to see that every time taxes are cut--the revenues to the IRS INCREASE, there's a steady increase in economic activity and more businesses are started; those in place, flourished !!
The tourists must revisit the 1994 "Contract With America;" promote re-implementation of those items that were successful; promote implementation of those items that failed or were ignored AFTER correction.]
With the party at its lowest standing in several decades, Republicans on Saturday launched a listening tour in the heart of the Democratic suburbs, where several of the party’s leading voices steered clear of hot-button issues and instead emphasized the need to advance new policy ideas to revive the party’s prospects. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor and former Republican Govs. Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney — both frequently mentioned as potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates — spoke to about 100 attendees at a pizzeria in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Va. The event was the first held by the newly launched National Council for a New America. The common thread at the forum was that the Republican Party’s struggles are rooted in its nostalgia for a more successful past and its inability to offer a policy agenda suited for the 21st century. To make a political comeback, the GOP leaders argued, the party needs to modernize its ideas and agenda. “Our party has taken its licks over the last couple of cycles,” Cantor acknowledged. “But that’s why we’re here.” At the forum, there was little talk about the president’s recently passed budget and stimulus proposals, which were vigorously opposed by Republicans. Instead, the GOP trio talked about bread-and-butter issues that directly affect voters — the rising cost of health care, merit pay for teachers and the price of college tuition. “From the conservatives, it’s time for us to listen first, to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit and to not be nostalgic about the past,” Bush said. “You can’t beat something with nothing, and the other side has something. I don’t like it, but they have it, and we have to be respectful and mindful of that.” Bush added: “We have principles and values that are shared by the majority of Americans, but we have to now take those principles and apply them to these challenges our country faces today.” The former Florida governor offered a panoply of proposals on education reform, citing a study showing the United States lags well behind other developed countries in math and science. Romney touted his work in Massachusetts to implement a universal health care system that he said incorporated the private sector, not the government, in the process. And he warned that rising spending under the Democrats threatens to stagnate long-term economic growth.“When the capital disappears, the current view of the administration is that we ought to raise taxes on capital; we ought to raise taxes on investment. The right thing to do is to lower taxes, or at least hold them down ... that’s one thing we do a little different,” said Romney. “There are ways to solve problems if we look beyond Washington.”
Romney and Bush both downplayed their own political ambitions. Bush, who earlier this year declined to run for Florida’s open Senate seat, said he was glad to be out of the political arena and is now focused on brainstorming policy ideas — and he expressed his frustration that most politics in Washington are “defined by a food fight.”“It’s time for others to embrace good ideas and to implement them,” he told POLITICO on his way out of the event.Romney similarly begged off questions about a potential 2012 White House bid after the event, but he was careful to not rule out the prospect.“I haven’t shut the door, but I haven’t walked through the door, either,” said Romney, who was taping an interview with CNN. Asked earlier if the three Republicans were the face of their party, Romney joked that he and Bush were “two has-beens already.” While the party focuses on the future, the public faces have hardly changed — a Bush, a 2008 candidate for the party’s nomination and a longtime member of the House GOP leadership — with no women or minorities on center stage. One of the expected attendees, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), couldn’t make it because her child got sick. Questions from the Republican-friendly crowd ranged from conservative softballs, like one about the economic impact of the Employee Free Choice Act, to more open-ended policy questions about what Republicans can do to improve education or health care coverage. “We’ve got to give Americans something to say yes to,” said Brian Summers, a volunteer for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, eliciting applause from the crowd. The party leaders notably avoided any discussion of issues that have motivated the GOP base — gay marriage, immigration and abortion. Indeed, several protesters from an anti-illegal-immigration group stood outside the pizzeria holding signs complaining that the party was sidestepping crucial social issues.“The reason that immigration, same-sex marriage and abortion were left off the agenda is because they feel it will turn people off to the Republican Party,” said Michael McLaughlin, a member of the American Council for Immigration Reform. “To me, you can’t discuss energy independence and health care without talking about immigration. It’s all related.”As they embark on this experiment, the assembled Republicans were reluctant to offer timelines or set specific expectations for the party’s future.“We don’t have to come up with all the answers today,” Romney told the crowd before offering that, “Certainly, by 2010 we should.”
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