Smooth--I don't know why you call it a bridge to nowhere. I love the new bridge and the access roads now open that feed into it. It shortens my drive to Colbert County by 10-15 minutes easily. I don't know why you seem to think the delay in getting the bridge was Cramer's fault. If anything, he bailed out our local guy's(Denton and the late Starkey) who screwed up by not submitting appropriations to the budget committee.
quote:Originally posted by meanasasnake:quote:Originally posted by skymaster:
Better hold on with both hands. obuma is gonna make jimmie carter look like a great President.
Actually, bush made Jimmy Carter look like a good President due to the fact that Carter only had one term to screw up the nation. bush had two. As for Obama, you are predicting.
The nation is screwed up because of the democrats. The Republicans gave the warning of the imminent danger our financial institutions were facing but the dems ignored the warnings. Plenty of evidence on youtube. I don’t see how barney frank and dodd can show their face in America.
As for obuma, I know socialism doesn’t work. Never has and never will.
Ah, yes--ALAS! We had three chances to elect Wayne Parker and we blew it--THANK HEAVEN! That hapless dweeb would have been a total loss to this area's interests. He campaigned against Cramer one time by assaulting the incumbent as "Gun Ban Bud" on the basis of Cramer's very sensible position on regulating assault weapons, and he nearly prevailed that time, since there are so many gullible redneck gun nuts who sucked up on that balderdash.
Cramer did okay as far as I am concerned. His "blue dog" position on most issues is pretty much in line with the moderate posture that generally has made sense over the last 20 years or so.
I am back to edit my original post, not having earlier read the above numerous comments on the gun issue that Parker tried in vain to ride into office. Seems others of you on here remember that sorry attempt by Parker and others on here were among the redeck gun extremists who would have it so just about anyone could become a one-person killing machine. Parker is no anti-second amendment extremist but he has enough sense to know the folly of making fully automatic assault weapons readily available to all comers.
Cramer did okay as far as I am concerned. His "blue dog" position on most issues is pretty much in line with the moderate posture that generally has made sense over the last 20 years or so.
I am back to edit my original post, not having earlier read the above numerous comments on the gun issue that Parker tried in vain to ride into office. Seems others of you on here remember that sorry attempt by Parker and others on here were among the redeck gun extremists who would have it so just about anyone could become a one-person killing machine. Parker is no anti-second amendment extremist but he has enough sense to know the folly of making fully automatic assault weapons readily available to all comers.
quote:Parker is no anti-second amendment extremist but he has enough sense to know the folly of making fully automatic assault weapons readily available to all comers.
Dang, You're Right.It is so much safer for us law abiding citizens when only criminals and terrorist have them.
quote:Originally posted by beternU:
...but he has enough sense to know the folly of making fully automatic assault weapons readily available to all comers.
Anyone with the sense of a turnip knows that "fully automatic assault weapons", while legal to own in Alabama, are covered by very stringent Federal requirements. Google "Title III firearms". As I posted before, the "assault weapon" ban dealt with semi-automatic (or self-loading) rifles,which are functionally different from fully automatic weapons. The ONLY reason they were a target is they are scary looking (with pistol grips!) and are a convenient rallying point for those groups trying to crack the second amendment.
There is no functional difference between an AR-15 (semi-automatic) and a Browning self-loading hunting rifle. But you ban one, and the other is endangered. And there is no way in the world I'd trust loonies like Handgun Control, The Brady Bunch, or any of those other gun control groups to not be lying when it came to their overall objectives.
quote:Originally posted by Sleepyshoals:
Smooth--I don't know why you call it a bridge to nowhere. I love the new bridge and the access roads now open that feed into it. It shortens my drive to Colbert County by 10-15 minutes easily. I don't know why you seem to think the delay in getting the bridge was Cramer's fault. If anything, he bailed out our local guy's(Denton and the late Starkey) who screwed up by not submitting appropriations to the budget committee.
I call it the bridge to nowhere because it feeds into a 2 lane road that was already over used creating an extremely dangerous situation. Actually gun ban Bud had little to do with the bridge, so I really can't blame him for the boondoggle. Bud Cramer spent almost his entire career taking care of Madison County. While Madison county was getting $30-40/hr jobs brought in by the Fed Govt. and recruiting of private industry, we got $10-14/hr jobs (International lighting, and the rail car plant), a bridge to nowhere, and an attack on the 2nd amendment. You better believe I'm glad he's gone. He has stifled this area long enough.
quote:Originally posted by zippadeedoodah:quote:Originally posted by beternU:
...but he has enough sense to know the folly of making fully automatic assault weapons readily available to all comers.
Anyone with the sense of a turnip knows that "fully automatic assault weapons", while legal to own in Alabama, are covered by very stringent Federal requirements. Google "Title III firearms". As I posted before, the "assault weapon" ban dealt with semi-automatic (or self-loading) rifles,which are functionally different from fully automatic weapons. The ONLY reason they were a target is they are scary looking (with pistol grips!) and are a convenient rallying point for those groups trying to crack the second amendment.
There is no functional difference between an AR-15 (semi-automatic) and a Browning self-loading hunting rifle. But you ban one, and the other is endangered. And there is no way in the world I'd trust loonies like Handgun Control, The Brady Bunch, or any of those other gun control groups to not be lying when it came to their overall objectives.
Amen Zip. Most people don't know that fully automatic assault weapons require a full FBI background check, fingerprinting, and a $700 transfer tax. According to the FBI, there has never been one used to commit a crime in the United States since the 40's
The American citizens who legally own those fully automatic weapons also own a FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE, renewed annually for a large fee. There is a background check of considerable depth involved before they are issued the Federal Firearms License.
GOD forbid, there may come a day in the not too distant future that some of the anti-gun, left wing liberals would love and cherish the sight of a fully automatic weapon in the hands of someone who is qualified to use it and willing to protect your cowardly butt. This country has been attacked by a faction that will not quit. They will attack us again and again, on our soil. I think you are going to need people who will stand up to this, nor roll over and play dead.
GOD forbid, there may come a day in the not too distant future that some of the anti-gun, left wing liberals would love and cherish the sight of a fully automatic weapon in the hands of someone who is qualified to use it and willing to protect your cowardly butt. This country has been attacked by a faction that will not quit. They will attack us again and again, on our soil. I think you are going to need people who will stand up to this, nor roll over and play dead.
Oh, I almost forgot, on the Bud Cramer thing...I know who the right wing conservatives are and I know who the left wing liberals are, but Bud Cramer seemed to belong the "vague and ambiguous" branch of some non-existant party for the most part...it was like he was a NASA/Huntsville lobbyist with a reserved seat in the House of Representatives.
I actually had no problem with Gun Ban Bud lobbying on the behalf of NASA/Huntsville, that was a good thing. What I did have a problem with, is that he hung the Shoals area out to dry. I don't think the Shoals is going to be any better off with his replacement however, but I don't think he's going to vote against the 2nd amendment.
quote:Originally posted by Smooth operator:quote:Originally posted by Sleepyshoals:
Smooth--I don't know why you call it a bridge to nowhere. I love the new bridge and the access roads now open that feed into it. It shortens my drive to Colbert County by 10-15 minutes easily. I don't know why you seem to think the delay in getting the bridge was Cramer's fault. If anything, he bailed out our local guy's(Denton and the late Starkey) who screwed up by not submitting appropriations to the budget committee.
I call it the bridge to nowhere because it feeds into a 2 lane road that was already over used creating an extremely dangerous situation. Actually gun ban Bud had little to do with the bridge, so I really can't blame him for the boondoggle. Bud Cramer spent almost his entire career taking care of Madison County. While Madison county was getting $30-40/hr jobs brought in by the Fed Govt. and recruiting of private industry, we got $10-14/hr jobs (International lighting, and the rail car plant), a bridge to nowhere, and an attack on the 2nd amendment. You better believe I'm glad he's gone. He has stifled this area long enough.
You forgot that he championed the giving away (for free )billions of dollars worth of prime river-front property that you and I own and now enjoy for free, to a private (company) to develop a Golf Course. Worse yet, he wouldn't correspond with his constituents about it.
I'll always remember him as "Gun Ban Bud". Anytime I think of north Alabama politicians it makes me think of the windy city....corrupt and looking out for their buddies, to heck with everyone else. From senator Howell 'Foghorn Leghorn' Heflin to 'Gun-Ban' Bud, and wasn't it Tom Coburn whom the Little League park in Sheffield is named after that had to resign because of his dealings with organized crime in north Alabama? And what about the district court judge in Winston county, Richardson I think, got caught trading beer for votes had to leave office but never served a day in jail?
The only thing worse than a politician is a child molestor.....they all seem to be so crooked that when they die you can just screw them into the ground like a cork screw.
The only thing worse than a politician is a child molestor.....they all seem to be so crooked that when they die you can just screw them into the ground like a cork screw.
The last time I checked, politicians rated lower than used car salesmen on the esteem scale. "Would you buy a used car from this man..?"