The reinstatement of the assault weapon ban would restrict the sale, manufacture and importation of 19 types of guns and magazines that carry more than 10 bullets.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think the constitution mentions anywhere that citizens should be equipped with rapid-fire assault weapons! Where does that one restriction infringe on the “right to bear arms”?

Does the NRA suggest that everyone should have the opportunity and right to purchase RPGs, SAMs, mobile artillery, and the like. I’d quite like an Apache gunship or two (RC controlled, of course).

Not. Going. to. Happen!

Do those restrictions impinge upon my 2nd amendment rights? I don’t think so! A ban on assault weapons is no different.

The NRA Bullshit (as quoted in the article) is simply another right-wing talking point:

“They realize this administration does pose a risk to their Second Amendment freedoms,” said Alexa Fritts, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association.

They do like their talking points to be as fact-free as possible, don’t they.

Unfettered by the regulations. the financial conglomerates were pressured to seek the highest short term ains without any long term plans. They bet their investors’ money on the high risk items and lost.

Keynesian economics (also called Keynesianism (pronounced /ˈkeɪnziən/) and Keynesian Theory), is a macroeconomic theory based on the ideas of 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynesian economics argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes, and therefore advocates active policy responses by the public sector, including monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government, to stabilize output over the business cycle.

Even worse, Obama is doubling and tripling down on other Bush policies such as massively increasing the size and scope of the federal government, something I always had a problem with Bush doing. Some people don’t know what to think about this guy (Obama); there are so many contradictions and so much double speak, but I can see through it. I don’t understand why so many people are being so gullible. It’s downright scary if you ask me.

Seriously though, Obama’s plan has requirements on how the money is to be used. I think the initial money approved by Bush before he left office was the financial equal of a “scorched earth” policy and it is completely consistent with the ploitical leaning of Dick Cheney.

As for your history lesson, no, the New Deal only made things worse on top of worse, it’s just basic knowledge to anybody who has honestly studied the period. What Roosevelt did was talk up America to the American people and kept us clinging on, something Obama has yet to do. In the end, “Lend Lease” pulled us out of the depression, not Roosevelts policies.

One last thing to consider. Look at all of Bush’s spending programs….you, like Obama, said his policies didn’t work? Then why is Obama doubling and trippling down on all the same garbage Bush waisted money on?

As for electing GWB to two terms, Well no one really knows. The 2000 and 2004 elections were both plagued with massive and unprecedented election fraud. In both elections and in 2008, election officials in key states manipulated election laws to disenfranchise large block voters who traditionally vote against the Republican party, extending the gerrymandering concept to a new low. In spite of these efforts, the 2000 election was so close that pivoted on the election results of one state, Florida, where a close recount was stopped by a judge when the count favored Bush. So in effect, Bush was appointed by a Florida judge.

By the 2004 election, a large number of the outdated mechanical election system had been replaced electronic voting machine that were not certified for use in elections. Most of the electronic voting machines were proven to be insecure, lacked any type of audit trail, and made the idea of a recount impossible. as could be expected, the 2004 election had a considerable number of voting machine “malfunctions” that favored the Republican party.