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Dusty Hunter
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posted July 15, 2009 03:46 PM
Now is the time to contact your legislators. The provided link will open a contact area with a pre written letter.
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/home/
The U.S. Senate must vote NO on Judge Sonia Sotomayor!
In defending her decision that the states could enact any form of gun control they wished -- with absolutely no regard to the Second Amendment -- Judge Sonya Sotomayor has developed a new love for Nineteenth Century court opinions.
Demonstrating that she was programmed in her responses, Sotomayor defended one of her earlier legal opinions by citing "footnote 23" of Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion in the DC v. Heller case last year.
But, when pressed by questioner Orrin Hatch yesterday, Sotomayor could not recite the contents of that footnote or the holdings of the cases which it cited. As it turns out, the footnote on which Sotomayor claims to rely, cited -- without approval -- two Nineteenth Century cases which rejected the notion that the Second Amendment was 'incorporated' to apply to the states.
But those were also the days when the Supreme Court held that the rights protected in the First Amendment did not apply to the states. Apparently, Sotomayor wants to base her anti-gun philosophy on antiquated decisions from an era when the U.S. Supreme Court was spitting out racist decisions.
Her answers got even worse today when Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma asked her, point blank, "Is there a constitutional right to self-defense?" Sotomayor said that was an "abstract question" and that she couldn't think of a Supreme Court case that addressed that issue.
Coburn said he didn't want a legal treatise on what Supreme Court holdings have said, rather, he wanted her own personal opinion. Sotomayor would not answer the question, although when pressed, she equated self-defense with vigilantism!
Folks, do you see how important it is to stop this nomination? GOA mailed its members postcards opposing Sotomayor not too long ago. Please make sure you have mailed those in. We need a multi-pronged offensive right now where our Senators are receiving snail mail, email and phone calls.
And, we need ALL PRO-GUN ORGANIZATIONS to take a stance AGAINST this nominee.
Organizational spokesmen can talk a good game and say they have serious "concerns" about Sotomayor. That's all well and good. But unless those organizations (big and small) rate each Senator's vote on Sotomayor -- when she's clearly anti-gun -- then those supposed "concerns" are just meaningless.
Senators have to hear from ALL the pro-gun organizations -- big and small -- that they are going to rate this vote during the 2010 election. Otherwise, those organizations are just Paper Tigers.
We can't let this anti-gun judge infiltrate U.S. Supreme Court! She is dangerous on so many levels -- but, especially, on Second Amendment rights.
GOA considers her nomination to be of the most important gun votes in the HISTORY of the US Senate. We can't think of any other nominee in recent history who has taken such a horrid stand on the basic right of self-defense.
She says that she will follow the precedent in the DC v. Heller (2008) case. But even if she does, that only means that she will vote to apply the Second Amendment in Washington, DC. She has already ruled this year in Maloney v. Cuomo that the amendment doesn't apply to where you live.
-- Tim Macy, Vice-Chairman of Gun Owners of America
ACTION: We need to "pull out the stops" to defeat this nominee. Please contact your two U.S. Senators today and urge them to VOTE NO on Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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Az-Hunter
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posted July 15, 2009 04:35 PM
I understand being pro-active, but the reality is, this "wise latina woman" is a slam dunk. I don't even know why they are having the dog and pony show, she's a shoo-in. Barring any "rhetorical flourishes that fall flat" (bulllshitting in laymans terms) or having a nervous break down from questioning by the hateful rightwing fanatics, she will indeed be confirmed.
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Dusty Hunter
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posted July 15, 2009 06:08 PM
Maybe so , However, in our representative government, we stand Guilty if we do nothing. Fred
[ July 15, 2009, 06:21 PM: Message edited by: Dusty Hunter ]
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Az-Hunter
Hi, I'm Vic WELCOME TO THE U.S. Free baloney sandwiches here
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posted July 15, 2009 06:41 PM
It's a wash anyway, she is replacing Souter, another liberal judge....tit for tat?
I think our side would have looked far more noble and inclusive to the hispanic voting block than we will now, with virtually the same results given the current dog and pony show.
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Leonard
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posted July 15, 2009 06:54 PM
Try and understand the waste of time for me to contact my senators, Finestein and Boxer. (Fred, you understand the futility, right?)
It's a slam dunk and that's why those ignorant assholes that voted for Obama deserve my scorn. I get a Chris Mathews tingle just thinking about it.
Good hunting. LB
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Dusty Hunter
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posted July 15, 2009 07:10 PM
Leonard, I understand your situation, I lived in that forsaken state. I will add that my place of residence was near the Oregon border. I do hope I never find need to go into that void again. I feel your pain and I'm still looking for that big earthquake, you know the one that will happen near Finestein and Boxer. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted July 15, 2009 08:08 PM
This evolution of an oligarchy before our very eyes is, in and of itself, a total wash. Does anyone honestly think any of us have any control over any of this anymore? These idiots have a-until the swearing in after the '10 elections to do as much damage as they can, and they apparently are hellbent on doing just that.
Barry O has appointed Czars in every key area of politics today to willfully and deliberately circumvent the Constitution. If I were to request that a specific bill be drafted and run through the system, it would be a bill to outlaw Czars of any kind, furture and current, and put the rule of this country back under its people.
I still say that we need to sign California over to Israel. Solves many, many problems all at one time - theirs and ours.
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Locohead
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posted July 17, 2009 12:37 AM
Have you finally read that book Fred???
Thank you for your generosity!
Please email your address to me.
Thanks Fred. Yeah, What a great book, it makes you proud to be an American of Old and yet it really ticks you off to see how far we've gone down the pot too!
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Dusty Hunter
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posted July 17, 2009 09:39 PM
Hey Danny, I've been sweating down in Phoenix for a couple days. It has been 108-110. I like it though, when I get back home to 95 - 100 it feels cool again. LOL I finished the book and and it makes a person want to share it with others. The problem is I believe most are to lazy to read a book. LOL. I will send an E-Mail soon. Fred
edited to add a couple words.
[ July 17, 2009, 09:50 PM: Message edited by: Dusty Hunter ]
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted July 18, 2009 02:53 PM
Haven't read the 5k year leap yet, but Beck's new Common Sense will really chap your ass.
I 'spect there's gonna be some "CHANGE" a-comin' 'fore too long, and it ain't gonna be whats Obama was lookin' for. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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longhair
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posted July 18, 2009 07:34 PM
Hey guys, where did you find glenn becks "common sense" ? I can't find it anywhere. If anyone would like to lend it to me I'll pay the shipping both ways. Thanks.
Never mind. My other half reminded me that I'm a dumbass again today. "It's at wally world, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh". Thanks anyway.
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