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credit cards and loaded guns |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Mind boggling bed partners... credit cards and loaded guns in the same legislative package ready to hit the President's desk this Memorial Day. The credit card reform bill now has a loaded hitch hiker, to allow unlocked loaded weapons in National Parks. Take your kids hiking this summer if you don't mind staring down a fully loaded weapon on the nature trail. I'm sure there will be some folks who will find this a great idea. Yippee, it's our right to carry weapons! You have the right to speak your mind(lessness). Just don't expect any sympathy from me if you get shot while hiking Yosemite, Yellowstone, Big Sur, the Grand Canyon, or Alaska's Denali, where we supposedly nurture nature with respect for Mother Earth and fellow human beings. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you for speaking out, dear Kacy. This really sounds absurd to my ears! Where there are guns there is also the wish to use them ... and that is so scary, when we imagine (or remember!) the possible consequences. Love, Margherita |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Kacy, This is a cool poem. It sounds like the right and the left have been making deals. I believe the line item veto is still alive and well. Love Bobby |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Yes Kacy, I am glad you mention the carry of gun in your country, there are so much acccidents, this is quite terrible....Thanks for the thoughtful and exquisite poem. yann |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
oh Kacy...a sore subject for me..those little hitch hikers... Like we are all idiots...and we pretty much prove the point b/c most don't read the fine print... I lost 2 months of sick leave and a few thousand dollars because of a "hitch hiker" that got passed.. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks to each of you for your replies. I was incensed when I heard this on the news. Is Disneyland next on the list for gun toting? No such legislation should be allowed to become a 'rider' and yet this game playing happens all too frequently. Susan, that's terrible! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I work for local government... but every couple of years we spend countless hours reading and analyzing proposed state legislation, trying to make sure no little hitchhikers slip through unnoticed. It's hard because politicians are a determined lot and some of the most wretched "riders" are slipped into some of the most needed bills. So... this is a touchy subject for me, even without this particular travesty. Well written, my friend! *S* |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You always get your message across loud and clear, and ever so poetically correct.  Good on ya, Kacy~ |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Hmm. -P Everyone deserves to be loved, even you. |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Kacy- I am a hunter, a weapon owner and activist for owner rights (although, I do not belong to "that" organization), and I think that allowing loaded weapons un a national park is one of the most absurd pieces of legislation that could have ever been sent forward. Hunting on national park lands is one of the most dangerous things I can think of. I think it was added by friends of the bank lobby in the attempt to kill the credit card bill. BTW... the write itself was pretty great also. But this one goes to eleven... |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. Some event, some killing, must have happened to push a Democratically controlled congress to pass this. What was it and who died? . |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks Ringo for your comments, they are greatly appreciated. John, I've had other issues 'burning' my time these past two days, and haven't followed up on this yet. Viking, hmmm? suthern and bluesy  thanks, ladies |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
I agree. It is indeed dangerous. |
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