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You gotta love Chicago. The Daily mayoral machine, Skokie nazis and the Cubs! Now handgun legislation that makes sense too. Not familiar with the story? In a nutshell, there has been a law regulating handguns in Chicago for 28 years that was recently struck down by the Supremes. Chicago turned around and passed another law that said "Yeah, you can own the gun, but you can't come outside the house with it." I like that law! Wish we had it right here in Vermont. It would stop my crazy neighbor from emptying his pistola in 2.3 seconds in his own backyard. The chances of Vermont passing a law like Chicago's are exactly 0 (zero). If we outlaw criminals only handguns will have criminals. And, as always, support your right to arm bears!

I meant "Plow" in my other post. Jeez, I'm losing it!

Ahh, savor your victory! Too bad the 'snow' cup didn't make it to Barcelona, but I'm sure the party will go on...

Campionés del Mundo!!!!!!!! World Cup is over-and Spain has won! Spam alert Spam alert, just before this post of mine! ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain

is definitely still there, and much the same as ever! My club days are pretty much behind me, but it was great to be there last year for Gans's Reptile Reunion. Fortunately for me, since essentially I don't drink, the coffee selection has improved over the years, but the place has not strayed from its roots.

Oakland doesn't need out-of-town radicals to come in and behave like privileged upper middle-class idiots destroying the hard work of small Oakland merchants. I'm behind you 1000% on that. Oakland has always been one of those places that has a myriad of cultures living together more or less in harmony. It's sad to see that things remain so on edge for the black community there that this could happen. By the way, it's nice to note how passionate you are about the place you live in. I'm sure your neighborhood is a better place because you live there. I certainly hope that your sentiment that this conviction is progress is true. Somehow I fear the incident was so flagrant that the authorities saw they needed to do something, besides moving the trial to LA. I was just kidding in my last post about the Starry Plough, though it was my favorite bar on theBerkeley/Oakland line, if it's still there.

the professional troublemakers may live somewhere in the Bay Area. But they don't live in Oakland. We didn't have Rodney King riots in Oakland. This was perhaps in some measure because the looting was better in Berkeley, but it is also because Getting Along is pretty entrenched in a city where there is literally no majority ethnic or racial group. We don't appreciate these twits exploiting our local tragedies for their destructive antics, especially when the local economy has plenty of troubles already.

OK, The American people have spoken and they agree with Az. governor Jan Brewer that we must secure our borders by imposing a final solution on immigrants. Yes, immigrants pose the greatest threat to our country and must be exterminated at all costs. Plans are to start with the obvious Mexican illegals first and then work backwards until we get rid of every last immigrant since 1492 and all their blasted progeny. Brewer will then officially hand over the state in a ceremony to the Hopis and Navajo. Of course she'll have to do it by video feed because she'll have been deported to the Netherlands. Won't our country be better without all those wetback Europeans sucking up the welfare? Maybe, while we're at it, we can get rid of the Indians too because we know they didn't have documentation when they crossed the land bridge across the Berring strait 50,000 years ago. Our country would once again be safe for the real Americans, the animals like the buffalo!

...to that effect this evening. I also heard that office buildings downtown emptied out as soon as the verdict was read and the highways were mobbed getting out of O-town. I didn't know the anarchists had so many 'fellow travelers' these days that they could send whole battalions to Oakland at the drop of a hat... Are you sure these weren't your run-of-the-mill anarchists found in the Bay Area? I any case don't worry. We're having a spokes meeting at the Starry Plough tonight and I'll take care of those Reds! ~ We gonna pitch a ball down to that Union Hall Wang Dang Doodle, All night long All night long, all night long ~

most of the people arrested were white nonresidents who style themselves as anarchists and show up to wreak havoc whenever an opportunity presents itself. I'm sorry, but looting stores and writing on the walls of businesses "Tonight Oakland Is Our Playground" has nothing to do with justice for Oscar Grant. Meanwhile the people who actually live here were holding peaceful gatherings elsewhere.