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Obituaries

Ava Allison Darnell, 90, Burlington, died Saturday, December 29, 2012

Daniel “Rags” Martin Nelson, 78, Burlington, died Saturday, December 29, 2012

C. Keith Price, 90, Burlington, died, Saturday, December 29, 2012

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Gallup: NRA more popular than Media

Click Here: Fifty-four percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association.  Only 30% have a favorable opinion of the media and even worse, the media is distrusted by 60 percent of the population.

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Iowa House Democrat: ‘Iowa should Ban, Confiscate Guns’

Iowa Democrat State Rep. Dan Muhlbauer says, “We cannot have big guns out here as far as the big guns that are out here, the semi-automatics and all of them, those are not hunting weapons. We should ban those in Iowa. Even if you have them, I think we need to start taking them, because if they’re out there, they’re just going to get circulated around to the wrong people. Those guns should not be in the public’s hands. There are just too many guns. If we find them on the street, there’s going to have to be some sort of penalty for them”

Click Here: State Rep. Dan Muhlbauer, D-Manilla, says Iowa lawmakers should ban semi-automatic guns and “start taking them” from owners who refuse to surrender any illegal firearms through a buy-back program.

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Obama Care & Free Exercise of Religion

Falcon:

Well, one of the left wing Obama judges on the Supreme Court has ruled against Hobby Lobby even though the first line of the Bill of Rights Says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Obamacare prohibits the free exercise of religion by the owners of Hobby Lobby when it comes to their religion and the killing of babies through abortion.  I guess it’s too bad their not Muslim or the case may have come out much different.  The liberals in the court have allowed the mass murder of many more babies under the guise of government than has the Muslim world

Anyway, it was pointed out in a previous case that Sotomayor ruled in favor of a Muslim inmate who was denied Ramadan meals. She held that the meal was subjectively important to the inmate’s practice of Islam.  This only goes to show how liberalism bends the constitution and/or Bill of Rights to suit their own warped view of the documents and of course the liberal agenda.  So with Sotomayor what’s good for the Muslim religion is not good enough for the Christian religion.  The majority of Americans are not even represented in the Supreme Court while the religion of a major terrorist group is.

HG

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Obituaries

Gary D. Franklin, 66, Burlington, died Friday, December 28, 2012

William Clark Vance, 76, West Burlington, died Friday, December 28, 2012

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Gun Control Failure: Gun Ban Chicago Records 500th Homicide

Radical gun control fails as Chicago records 500th homicide in 2012.

Chicago Mayor calls it “Unfortunate”.

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Obama the Socialist Tax Hiker

Falcon:

Obama is so motivated to raise taxes and increase the size of government that he could care less about the fiscal cliff and would be happy if we were all dependent on government to coddle us from birth to the grave such as socialist countries do.

He actually believes we should be like Europe where everyone is dependent on government for their livelihood or well being.  This way we can all be the same regardless of the human spirit that has driven America for the past 200 plus years something which will die.

Obama’s world is one of a few government officials on the upper rung of society managing the rest of the servants lingering below which is the entire population less a few of his socialist friends.  This guy wants to destroy our economy and that’s all there is to it.  The guy in my opinion is a nut case and it was nut cases who put him back in office for another four years.  By the time they realize their mistake, twice now it will be too late to clean it up.

PL

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Obituaries

Clella C. Eastin, 88, Burlington, died Thursday, December 27, 2012

Rosella Judith Noteboom, 89, Burlington, died Thursday, December 27, 2012

Roy Dove, 78, Mediapolis, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Jack L. Wheeler, 83, Burlington, died Thursday, December 27, 2012

Marjorie Lucille Davis, 89, West Lafayette, OH, died Thursday, December 27, 2012

 

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Senate to go for Handguns; Fingerprint & Register All Gun Owners

Summary of 2013 Senate legislation

Following is a summary of the 2013 legislation:

  • Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
    • 120 specifically-named firearms;
    • Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one or more military characteristics; and
    • Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.
  • Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
    • Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test;
    • Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test; and
    • Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans.
  • Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
  • Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
    • Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment;
    • Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes; and
    • Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons.
  • Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
    • Background check of owner and any transferee;
    • Type and serial number of the firearm;
    • Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
    • Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
    • Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration.
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Hillary Hideout

Falcon:

I see where Hillary is still hiding out so as not to appear and explain why the administration failed to protect the ambassador and three others killed during the terrorist attack on the embassy in Libya.

It’s also been made public but not by the Obama run newspapers or TV news that the four employees whose dereliction of duty for not adequately protecting the embassy in Benghazi have not been fired but just moved around state to another location in order to continue to draw their salary and benefits although they are incompetent and not accountable by government standards for their mistakes as they would be in the private sector.

There just isn’t any shame in this administration or ethics when it comes to honesty.

JL