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Are our elected elite acting like Nazis or Communists?

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Wednesday, May 20. 2009
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(Submitted by Herman Coffey. Your op-ed submissions are always welcome at news@barnesville.com)

Rumor was enough to get you burned as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. It was enough to get you shot in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. It's enough to get your head chopped off in parts of Iraq infested with madmen claiming to carry out Allah's will.

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#1 Anonymous on 05/20/09 at 05:02 AM
And it's just going to get worse.
#2 isa on 05/20/09 at 08:13 AM
Go out and get the guns and ammmo, lets load up.
If you don't only the bad guys will have them.
#3 Andrew Odom on 05/20/09 at 08:22 AM
Are you kidding me? You are citing U.S. Rep. Peter King and his H.R. 2159 as a device to stop American citizens from acquiring a legal firearm?

I can see how many conspiracy theorists and gun control abusers (as well as over-zealous patriots) would consider this a threat against them specifically and keep them from "legal" gun ownership. But I refuse to believe this is a terrorist act disguised as sponsored legality. I don't think this is a sign of tyranny and that we should all grab our guns and defend what's ours.

If a person is a known terrorist or a suspected terrorist than politicians won't have to worry about him/her trying to get a firearm. Likely they will already be in jail or shipped out of the United States for someone else to deal with.

I see this more as a calculated move for a senate seat in 2010.
#4 History on 05/20/09 at 03:43 PM
Please try to be accurate. No witches were burned in Salem and it took less than rumor to get you killed by Stalin or Hitler's goons. If you are that wrong about the past, how can I take what you say about the present seriously.
#5 Andrew Odom on 05/20/09 at 03:48 PM
'History' is right.

I chose to let that part go in my original rant but a common misconception is that the convicted witches were burned at the stake. In Salem and elsewhere, hanging was the standard method of execution, although one victim was crushed to death under heavy stones.
#6 history on 05/20/09 at 05:48 PM
Almost right, he was crushed to death for refusing to admit to the crime.
#7 Anonymous on 05/20/09 at 07:54 PM
Are you sure one was actually crushed by heavy stones or are you just remembering a movie? Also, I'm fairly certain that rumors could get you killed in the former Soviet Union; especially during the Stalin years. Stalin was very paranoid about losing his power and took great measures to make sure no one was a threat. People would eliminate potential threats (innocent or guilty) to prove their loyalty to him because they were afraid of him.
I understand the reasoning behind the law, but I'm afraid the practical use of the law could be used to keep "average citizens" from buying legal firearms. I do not trust the government trying to take guns out of the hands of its citizens. The criminal elements and potential terrorists do need to have their access to acquiring guns taken away; however, how can you do that? In today's society guns are easy to get. I just think this has the potential to keep honest people from buying guns.

Do you think potential terrorists or criminals are going to the local pawn shop or hunting supply store to buy their guns? I'm fairly certain the guy selling RPG's out of his garage isn't going to care what the Attorney General's opinion is of his customer.
#8 Andrew Odom on 05/20/09 at 08:15 PM
I stand corrected. Thank you for correcting me on this. I picked up that tidbit when I lived in Boston and visited Salem for a Halloween weekend and took a really excellent walking tour.
#9 Anonymous on 05/21/09 at 09:00 AM
Well, mr biased, if they can obtain a right to deny someone their legal right to a firearm for not really a reason (read the details, please), and not even have to tell them why, then thats pretty absurd to me, and should be to you and everyone else also.

Just stay dumbed down and keep hoping it will get better.
#10 Sheila Tolley on 05/21/09 at 09:28 AM
Cool Andrew. I worked as a consultant in Nashua, New Hampshire some years ago. A friend took me on that tour in Salem. I enjoyed it immensely. I think that is beautiful country. At least it was then.
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#12 Anonymous on 05/21/09 at 10:35 AM
Wow - Republicans introducing gun control legislation - I guess the NRA did not donate enough to Mr King (NY) or his co-sponsors (Smith-NJ or Kirk-Va)
#13 Anonymous on 05/21/09 at 08:43 PM
Translation, "You read what we want you to see"
#14 Anonymous on 05/22/09 at 02:37 PM
I think the present administration is trying to do the right thing. This is a pleasant surprise for me to see! It is refreshing after seeing what happened the past 20 years or so, and especially the last several years before we changed president.

God bless America and the new much more honest (but still not perfect) president.
#15 Sheila Tolley on 05/22/09 at 04:15 PM
Every few years each country must make a totally ignorant decision, with the backing of the majority. obama is ours.
#16 Gonzo on 05/23/09 at 09:13 AM
So what would you suggest to get us out of this mess? Turn it back over to the bankers. If the USA reverts to the stone age it will not be Obama's fault. The monumental mess that he inherited was created by others. Every financial crisis that we've ever had came from our friends the bankers. They always find a way to suck the country dry and after this crisis is over, they will create a new way to feed their greed. Obama has been in office a very short time. To judge him at this point is premature and unfair. Personally, I like a thinking man in charge.
#17 H B on 05/23/09 at 10:58 AM
The question was, The Elected Elite acting like Nazi's or Communists. My thoughts is they are acting like both, since,
it appears they fail to appear to know the difference.
#18 Sheila Tolley on 05/23/09 at 11:39 AM
If you allowed and promoted murder, what would that be called in todays world? president barack obama. If you kissed the patoots of terrorist countries, what would that be called? president barack obama. A thinking man in charge. I would like to see one too.
#19 Sheila Tolley on 05/23/09 at 11:55 AM
Step one: Deport the THIRTY-NINE MILLION illegal immigrants in the U.S.A. I don't give a rat's a$$ what he inherited! He wanted it. If you inherit a house and do not like the condition it is in...change it. I am so sick of this sentence, "It took our country a long time to get in this condition and it will take us a long time to get out of it." Screw that opinion. If that is the case, the wrong person is in the job...the wrong person was in the job before him....and Bill Clinton was even worse. The last person with any morals was Ronald Reagan. He would not enter the Oval Office without a suit and tie. Bill Clinton would not enter the ORAL office with clothes on. How long did it take Sheriff Waller to start cleaning up B'ville? Are you here illegally or do you just have a goofy American name?
#20 Gonzo-Legal Citizen on 05/24/09 at 10:44 PM
So you don't like my name? So just call me whatever you like. Ronald Reagan was a good actor-lousy president. Have all sympathy for alzhimers patients but don't think that they should be president. Remember the Contras? And Star Wars? And, Mr. Reagan put on his best Hollywood smile and ignored the AIDS crisis. I do also admire Sheriff Waller. He's doing fine job. But, let's face it-his problems not comparable to the national problems faced by the president. Try to keep an open mind. Obama may grow on you.
#21 sandra cornelius on 05/28/09 at 08:32 AM
Sheila, We think alot alike but I don't have the silver tongue that you have.I made a comment about your Fairy Tale on another site here in sweet little Barnesville. People that voted and support Obama are living a different life than you and I. They probably didn't vote or in some cases couldn't. They are the masses that go to the flea market and buy the Obama T-shirt where upon he is portrayed as a saint.You know what role Clinton played in all of the mortgage free for alls.I can't believe his lovely wife hasn't distanced herself from him for political gain.The sum total of what that woman knows about representing us as a sec. of state would fit up a gnat's ass.I am just sick and tired of the whole fiasco. Now we really have to worry about that midget in N. Korea, I know he's a step away from a madman. Obama will probably hop on over and share a bowl of noodles and talk.
#22 Gonzo on 05/29/09 at 08:49 AM
One would think that Lamar county is surrounded by the tallest mountains on earth for the light rarely shines in.
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