Difference of opinions (job, homes, violent crime)

[alaskaboy]

I worked for an employer who was very liberal and an atheist. I'm more conservative and believe in God, but not to the extreme right. My boss was someone I worked very closely with on an almost daily basis. This made things very challenging for me to say the least. I chewed holes in my tongue for years, not because I was chicken, but because it was my boss and I liked my job. After about 5 years of listening to the liberal diatribe, I couldn't take it any longer. I fired a soft shot over the boss's bow from a conservative perspective. It lead into almost daily debates surrounding politics. We often came to that fine line of almost arguing. In the end, my boss respected me as did I him. We just agreed to disagree and that was it. I felt better knowing I could be myself and it actually made it a better place to work. I don't know if this always works out like this, but it did for me. In most cases, unless you prepared to find a new job, it probably is best to keep your political opinions to yourself.

[rotorhead]

Yup...when things get boring at dinner parties, just whip out your handy list of hot-button topics and start a free-for-all.

Here's the short list:

taxes
politics
religion
abortion
gun control
affirmative action
sex education
global warming
politics

Hmmm....seems I've listed politics twice. Must be twice as much fun.

[ASpilot2be]

Originally Posted by rotorhead

Yup...when things get boring at dinner parties, just whip out your handy list of hot-button topics and start a free-for-all.

Here's the short list:

taxes
politics
religion
abortion
gun control
affirmative action
sex education
global warming
politics

Hmmm....seems I've listed politics twice. Must be twice as much fun.

Politics seem to come automatically at our parties. That is the point where I tune out.

[alaskaboy]

Speaking of "gun control" did anyone here about the Marine sentenced to 3 years in the slammer for transporting a "machine gun?" This is a sickening case. This poor guy owned a semi-automatic AR-15, you know the same thing he used in the core, and for some reason it malfunctioned. It would fire two rounds in succession with one trigger pull, then FREEZE up, or jam. That was it. Two bullets then-jam. The fire arm was not motified in any way, it was simply defective. He took the gun across state lines during a move. The feds determined the gun was technically, by definition a machine gun. They prosecuted him and a jury found him guilty. A bunch of military hating liberals I might add. The judge, also a anti-gun liberal tard, sentenced him to 3 years!

The gun was defective, he did not modify it in any way. This is not the USA I grew up in people. Scary, communist type stuff going on. The guy was a Marine, not some hill billy in a compound. It was all over the news today and people were outraged by this case. Rightfully so. Even old Lou Dobbs, was yelling and I mean screaming about it. He is a moderate anchor man.

[karfar]

Thanks Met for your post-I happen to be opinionated & argumentative on certain topics so if someone pushes my buttons, man that's it, watch out! Needless to say, it can be very difficult to keep my mouth shut on things I feel passionate about, but I'm trying! It's a daily struggle BUT I'm also laid back about things as well....just so you guys don't think I'm this total hot head!

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by alaskaboy

The gun was defective, he did not modify it in any way. This is not the USA I grew up in people. Scary, communist type stuff going on. The guy was a Marine, not some hill billy in a compound. It was all over the news today and people were outraged by this case. Rightfully so. Even old Lou Dobbs, was yelling and I mean screaming about it. He is a moderate anchor man.

Its called slam firing & its a defect in a wide variety of guns. He should ask for a new trial.

[Rance]

He should ask for a new gun! Thier faulty rifle just put him in jail for 3 years. And as much as they are getting for those these days they should have the funds to bail him out and pay all his fee's.

[rotorhead]

It's a sign that the liberal benchwarmers are running scared, IMHO. The current Supreme Court case on the Washington DC handgun ban has the potential to invalidate virtually ALL current gun control laws. If the "individual right" case prevails (as logically it must) and it's interpreted in a strict originalist sense, the 1986 machine gun ban would also be history, along with many of the bedrocks statuates of the liberal gun-ban agenda.

Not only should that Marine be freed, the judge that stretched the law to cover his own activist agenda ought to be held both criminally and civilly liable.

[Classic Satch]

Originally Posted by rotorhead

It's a sign that the liberal benchwarmers are running scared, IMHO. The current Supreme Court case on the Washington DC handgun ban has the potential to invalidate virtually ALL current gun control laws. If the "individual right" case prevails (as logically it must) and it's interpreted in a strict originalist sense, the 1986 machine gun ban would also be history, along with many of the bedrocks statuates of the liberal gun-ban agenda.

Not only should that Marine be freed, the judge that stretched the law to cover his own activist agenda ought to be held both criminally and civilly liable.

I couldn't agree more. It's another reason that I moved here. California was just about to start passing a few more moronic gun laws that would effectively make gun ownership too expensive for most people. Mike Savage is right, contemporary liberalism is akin to mental illness.

[karfar]

I'm not exactly sure why gun control laws are so opposed. Whoever is not a felon can still own a gun. What exactly is everyone so worked up about?