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Started 5 days, 5 hours ago (2008-11-14 05:51:00)
by tp2rla
Gun sales soar with Obama election 11/12/2008 Faster than a speeding bullet, rifles and handguns have been flying off the shelves here and across the country since Barack Obama won the presidential election. "Gun sales doubled Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last week, and we've sold out of a lot of the guns we normally have in stock," said Jim King, ...
I'm curious, do you think that the black community is served well by gerrymandering? My comment was really a reaction to a more general reaction to the comment, "Look, this guy did it, anyone can do it, let's get rid of xxx." But on the more specific question of gerrymandering, I think the only group that it serves well is the party that draws the lines and perhaps some well-heeled ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2008-11-11 00:16:00)
by TheHighForester
Quote: Originally Posted by danielpalos It is my understand that the case you cite deals only with a narrow interpretation. Some states may have redistricting in their Constitutions. However, I saw nothing in the case you cite preventing states from amending their state constitutions to permanently fix the weights and measures ...
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2008-11-08 07:34:00)
by jedthro
Democrats should be proud........ By DIONNE WALKER and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writers Sat Oct 4, 10:28 AM ET Undaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia's bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons each a potential voter who might cast the decisive ballot in this hotly contested state. Finding them isn't the hard ...
Started 2 weeks ago (2008-11-04 14:05:00)
by yossarian
Quote: Originally Posted by GriffinGunner Unless I'm mistaken there is no constitutional right to vote, as there is still a move afoot to make a new amendment for that right. What is in place are measures that suggest the right to vote c annot be denied on a basis of race, sex , etc. But there is nothing that otherwise says we ...
Started 2 weeks, 1 day ago (2008-11-04 10:22:00)
by jamese1045-12
Generally they have the right, Under Americans With Disabilities federal law, but whether they get to exercise the right is another matter. From state to state laws vary. From polling place to polling place, the citizen may have accessibility problems of many kinds--one of which would be that the workers at the site would prevent them. There are so many forms of "mental retardation" that one ...
Started 2 weeks, 1 day ago (2008-11-04 00:00:00)
by lpoql
I agree we should not discriminate ever for any reason! We should never discriminate Between green lights and red lights. Between male restrooms and female restrooms. Between Republican or Democrat. Between precription drugs and narcotics. Between invading arbitrary countries or protecting our own borders. Between moving to another state or staying. Between accepting one job or another. Between ...
Started 2 weeks, 1 day ago (2008-11-03 23:16:00)
by Omaha Steve
Advertisements [ ? ] http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/11/03/my-vote-my-right -read... / by James Parks, Nov 3, 2008 On the eve of the most important vote of a lifetime for American workers, volunteers for the AFL-CIO-led My Vote, My Right program are in place, ready to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast a ballot and that their votes are counted. ...
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2008-11-02 23:30:00)
by Ron Burgundy
The liberal "community organizing" group ACORN became a campaign issue last month after Nevada's Democratic attorney general and its Democratic secretary of state teamed up to conduct a highly visible raid of the group's Las Vegas offices. They seized files on what could be thousands of fraudulent voter registrations. After ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ...
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2008-11-02 02:36:00)
by food for thought
17 Things Every American Should Know and Understand -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Check the information below and do your own research. You will be surprised at how much your politicians have deceived you! 1) Do you live in CA or California? CA is a postal term for a state of the United States. California is a ...