Darkhorse

The “Darkhorse” 3rd Battalion 5th Marines have been fighting it out in Afganistan. In the last 4 days, they have lost 9 marines in combat. Please take a moment of silence in their honor. Justin Allen 23 Brett Linley 29 Matthew Weikert 29 Justus Bartett 27 Dave Santos 21 Chase Stanley 21 Jesse Reed 26…

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Dawn of Day

Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day. Thomas Jefferson Letter to Dupont de Nemours April 24, 1816

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White House to Push Gun Control

At the beginning of his State of the Union address, President Obama tipped his hat to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who’s now recuperating in a Houston medical facility. But throughout the hourlong speech, he never addressed the issue at the core of the Giffords tragedy—gun control—and what lawmakers would, or should, do to reform American firearm-access…

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Inherent

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people. Fisher Ames Letter to F.R. Minoe, June 12, 1789

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Will Obama mention gun control in his State of the Union?

Now that Dick Cheney has opened the door to tighter gun restrictions, will President Barack Obama do the same? That politically dicey question is playing out behind the scenes in the run-up to next week’s State of the Union. In the aftermath of the Tucson shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and federal Judge John Roll,…

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