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Rebecca Whitnall (Editor) May 21, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Agreed, Eric. He's a really nice guy - and always so helpful when I need city information.
L May 21, 2013 at 01:47 pm
And Dave Bobardt is really smart too, he probably knows all this stuff without having to look it up!
Rebecca Whitnall (Editor) May 15, 2013 at 01:52 pm
Hi Janie, it's the Hallmark Channel. Today's the last day of filming. I posted an article earlier…Read More today, "High Street Filming to End Wednesday," that lets you know more. - Becca
PS Thank you for being the first brave soul to try out the quick comments/announcement section!
Pat Lukes May 25, 2013 at 06:33 am
Gosh, I can answer a lot of those questions. Our jails are so overcrowded because we have so many…Read More damn illegals here. No brainer there folks. The inmates are running the asylums, as they say. They have cell phones, TV, games, etc. They are inmates, not house guests. This kind of stuff makes me sick to hear about prisoner's right...they should have no rights. Get rid of the illegals and you'll clean up your prison system.
Stephanie May 28, 2013 at 02:03 am
Yes it has been banned. That's why 100 scientists wrote a letter to Vice President Biden asking him…Read More "asking him to allow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to once again fund research into the public health impacts of guns." So why would they have to do that? Because the law that the CDC is following says, "“None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.” I know it's hard to believe, because who would make that kind of demand? I'll leave it at that. The Joyce Foundation is mostly interested in education. However, they were involved in a study on gun violence. They compiled and studied data from all the states. What they found was really interesting. There are so many discrepancies in the way gunshot injuries and deaths are coded and classified. Why? Is it because there are not as many experts, as I said before? I don't know. But the website James referred me to actually proves my point. The data is not accurate, and that is what we are using to shape policy. There are some gun stats on the CDC website, but those are reported stats that may or may not be correct. I know there is a margin of error, but that error seems quite large. I'm not anti-gun. But there is absolutely no moderation when it comes to gun control. It's all or nothing. No one wants to hear about faulty data. No one wonders why crime is down, but the jails are stuffed to capacity. There is a bigger picture here, and someone needs to connect the dots. I don't believe in conspiracy theories. But there is something really rotten with policy revolving around inaccurate stats and a lobbying group who can make congress do their bidding to such an extreme. So when people say, "studies say....." about gun violence, there is no way to know if those studies are telling the truth.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-nra-kills-gun-violence-research-2013-1#ixzz2UZjsRvt0
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-nra-kills-gun-violence-research-2013-1#ixzz2UZjMtWYi
Rick Carson June 5, 2013 at 01:24 pm
I agree with Buy Back Programs. Some people have firearms they don't want or have acquired over the…Read More years. The current reregistration and paper work prevent or hinter them into not selling the firearms on an open market so why not ? just drop them off at the no question asked Buy Back Program.
Mark Paxson May 9, 2013 at 11:41 pm
You imply far too much, sir. But your further response implies other things. First, that I have…Read More ever questioned your interest in defending the Constitution. I have not. Second, that somehow those who haven't served in the military would somehow have less of a desire in preserving and defending the Constitution.
It's interesting, everybody I know who has served in the military who has expressed an opinion on the issue has stated that above all, they believe in the right of others to express their opinions, that what they were defending when they served was the beauty of the divergent views and opinions that exist in this country. Sadly, most of what you've done on Patch is contrary to that concept. As you have done everything you can to squelch any legitimate conversation about these important issues.
No, sir, I have not served in the military. A fact that I am not ashamed of. And a fact that is irrelevant as to whether or not I have a strong desire to preserve and defend the Constitution. Nothing I have suggested is an attack on the Constitution.
Mark Paxson May 9, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Once again you misdirect. You made a specific statement about one California piece of legislation…Read More you claimed did very specific things and, therefore, was unconstitutional. I'm not arguing the constitutionality. I'm arguing that the factual basis, the things that legislation does, is wrong. We can't even begin to discuss the constitutionality if the facts are wrong. I have provided the evidence that your facts are wrong. You have yet to counter that evidence. And now you change the conversation to "the constitutional intricacies within hundreds of pages of proposed state & federal firearms legislation written in legalese." You made very specific factual claims about one specific piece of California legislation. I've provided the bill number as well as the analysis. And all you can do is now quibble over whether eristical is a word that I should have looked up.
I will never understand why you and the rest of the right-wingers are so incapable of understanding that if they post "facts" in the context of their arguments that are proven to be false, they believe the problem is with the person who proves them wrong. Seriously, Jeff ... if the factual basis for your claim of unconstitutional provisions is wrong, how can you keep arguing the legislation is unconstitutional? Why is it so hard for you to back up those "facts?" You're proving yourself to be no better than the rest.
Greg Coppes May 9, 2013 at 11:58 pm
In our first meeting here I told you that I believed that any discussion or argument here was not…Read More done to change the minds of those involved, rather it was to influence those who are reading them; third parties.
You have been very helpful in that regard. Anyone reading our exchanges can see you for what you are.
I tried to have a discussion with you and could not even agree on the definition of words with out hours of argument
You have an agenda and you will not allow anything to get in the way of it. That agenda includes trying to circumvent and weaken the 2nd amendment and redefine it's intent.
Pamela Smyth May 10, 2013 at 08:57 pm
We thank our teachers from elementary school through graduate school by remembering that spelling…Read More and literacy in the language of one's culture and community matters, that reading newspapers matters, that what we publish online represents their efforts to teach us how to articulate our thoughts and ideas, and how to read with care and consideration the opinions of others with that same thoughtful consideration. We thank our teachers by taking the work they do and the hours and hours of unpaid and free or volunteer work "behind the scenes" and the money they spend out of their pockets to improve the learning environment for their students seriously. Most of all, we thank them by growing up to be civil and to work hard at whatever jobs or tasks we are given in life to the best of our abilities; and if some of that work began with the encouragement and recognition given by a teacher, then that is a joyful word of thanks to all of us who were students and are indeed, today, teachers.
Jeffrey Sabatini April 24, 2013 at 06:37 pm
Advertising is an art in itself. The ad spoof movie Crazy People showed how important the right tag…Read More line can be with "Metamucil, use it or you will die!". Or like the motto of my former firearms dealership... "If our guns can't kill it, it's immortal!". Good times, good times.
Jeffrey Sabatini April 24, 2013 at 07:22 pm
In the mid 80s & 90s it was "SEX SELLS". The late 90s into 2005 brought us funny ads…Read More that centered around dumb stunts, usually ending up with some poor guy getting hit in the 'boys'. Between then and now, the "heart tug" or "real men cry" ads like the Budweiser "Clydesdale friends forever" ad. Which of course was the perfect follower to Bud's "Mascot dog trains horse Rocky style" and "Donkey gets a shot" ads. All ad hall of fame'rs in my humble opinion.
Sadly, it looks like the ad world has taken two giant steps backwards with the bevy of male & female eye candy flashed over disclaimers of side effects such as : Nausea, vomiting, uncontrollable flatulence, sudden weight gain, sudden weight loss, skin rash, welts & boils, hair loss, blindness, heart arrhythmia, swollen glands, muscle atrophy, Turrets, short term memory loss and how the product should not be used by or in proximity to pregnant women or nursing mothers.
However, I would like to say "feek'n about time" for all the "thank you and honor our military and first responder" theme ads.
But if I could change ONE THING in regard to this discussion... It would be to finally apply "Truth In Advertising Laws" to political ads!
What say you?
Paul S April 24, 2013 at 11:25 pm
always has been about sex or the promise of perfection or happiness- it's never changed- Robert…Read More Downy Jr's father - Robert D Sr did a movie in the 60's - "Putney Swope" - a good send up of the ad game- I worked as a copywriter in the late 60's and couldn't wait to get out- never disliked a business more than the ad one- yet- some ads are pure genius- many Bud ads definitely- those Honda blowfish ads are incredible - I love a good ad- they are rare
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Carl Petersen III
5 hours ago
Robert Livesay
2 minutes ago
'ou folks that voted for Liberals need…Read More some lessons in economics.'
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Is lesson one how the Conservative economic policy of the Bush administration crashed the economy?
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Robert Livesay
8 minutes ago
"Herr Carl Petrersen III I have some concerns about your…Read More postings."
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Sounds like someone is a little bit upset over getting proven wrong about his allegations about the cause of our economic crash.
Nicole Mooradian April 22, 2013 at 01:43 am
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Eric Dee May 17, 2013 at 10:47 am
This is slow time for rentals and home sales traditionally. Most people tend to make changes in…Read More their living accommodations in the summer, True.
So this would be another reason for the lowering of prices if you want to rent or sell, simple supply and demand as you mention.
Actually it is a factor of if there are fewer, next to no, real buyers/renters in the market and sellers whether there is on or one million sellers will need to decrease prices more during this market if they want to sell/rent NOW! Iin the summer when more homes come onto the market and more people are buying or changing their rental status, the groups become more aligned, and home prices would tend to go up... just a thought.
Eric Dee April 3, 2013 at 02:05 pm
I like the idea or additional alternatives, as buying an extended warranty makes no sense to me.
ATC April 4, 2013 at 06:28 pm
Once again, navigio, Facts matter; Stop making things up.…Read More
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_059.asp
http://www.edreform.com/2012/04/k-12-facts/
http://www.capenet.org/facts.html
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/private-schools-cost-less-you-may-think
navigio April 4, 2013 at 07:27 pm
You forgot the link to the declining performance.
Did you not understand my point that tuition is…Read More not the same as cost of education?
I picked an LAUSD school at random:
http://search.lausd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=sarc4&which=4507
search for 'expenditures per pupil from unrestricted sources' and see the district average. thats what actually gets to the school that is not set aside for something specific like additional intervention.
btw, out of curiosity, do you believe educational achievement would increase if we raised class sizes?
Average Joe April 18, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Fabian you are a lying democrat homosexual illegal alien hack.
Cheyenne Chasen February 24, 2013 at 01:03 am
This looks like an amazingly helpful book, and with the issues Carpenter is going thru you can see…Read More where the smarts come from. I look forward to reading more of your ideas in your bloggings.
Sarah Barrett February 24, 2013 at 04:44 am
Thanks Cheyenne! If you'd like to see all the guest blog posts I've done so far, and to buy the…Read More book, you can visit my website at www.amomsguidetoschoolfundraising.com Thanks so much! You can also find our fan page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/amomsguidetoschoolfundraising
HearyehHearyeh March 8, 2013 at 12:09 pm
We have used the trash compactor to collect recyclables that we don't take to the Recycle center in…Read More Simi Valley. A couple of trips a year to the center, with soda cans, plastic bottles etc net around $70-100 a year. It pays to recycle!
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