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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 3, 2017 12:25:13 GMT -5
I think you're cherry picking some of the more extreme opinions to make it seem like this is an unworkable issue. I think most people are okay with citizens owning pistols, but an AK 47 or AR 15 with bump fire modifications designed to circumvent Federal law? It's a bit much imo. I have no idea why a modification like that is allowed, and it only costs 100-200 bucks. If that modification was banned it quite possibly would have saved lives Sunday night. That seems like something we can and should do at minimum... I don't disagree with you. But my point is that you're not going to get a lot of gun owners onboard with a partial ban unless there is some assurance that it's not the first step in a much bigger effort to ban all guns - which is exactly what many liberal democrats would use it as. Governing is about compromise; hence my suggestion of a compromise amendment.
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 3, 2017 10:38:05 GMT -5
The framers also intended for some human beings to be counted as three-fifths of a person. So they weren't always right. Exactly. Those same guys (and only guys) did not permit women to vote. Imagine the irony of Edith Wilson running the White House for her ailing husband for whom she never voted and never could. There is no reason--repeat no reason---for a private citizen to own an assault weapon. I think one of the biggest problems is that neither side of the gun control argument trusts the other side on this issue. A big portion of those on the gun control side think anyone who owns a gun is a gun nut, and a big portion of those on the pro-gun side think those on the gun control side want to ban all guns. Just look at the comments on this board, and the New Republic today ("Ban guns. All of them.") I'd like to see a constitutional amendment that would ban private ownership of assault weapons (assuming there's an adequate way to define that), while at the same time clearly guaranteeing an individual's right to own a non-assault weapon. I know very little about guns, so I can't comment on what those words mean, but we should be able to figure that out. All that said, we're deluding ourselves if we actually think banning all guns would stop a nut like the LV shooter from doing what he did. As I posted yesterday, "banning guns" will work about as well as banning drugs.
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 2, 2017 16:26:30 GMT -5
Do you really think the gun problem in this country is a disease or health problem and not a crime problem? I think it can be expressed statistically and I think you're arguing semantics. According to hoya9797 and his ilk, "guns have to go" and we need "complete gun control." Who needs statistics or facts when you have the solution already?
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 2, 2017 15:15:46 GMT -5
By all means let's jump right in with legislative changes before we actually what know the facts are. That makes much more sense. Studying the facts would be a great starting point, but the CDC and NIH are barred from studying the issue, and the Trump administration has removed public datasets for just about everything. Do you really think the gun problem in this country is a disease or health problem and not a crime problem?
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 2, 2017 14:42:10 GMT -5
Thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the mass shooting at concert in Vegas. Thoughts and prayers don't do anything. Time to try something else. Like complete gun control. Maybe we should make heroin and cocaine illegal as well. That will solve everything.
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 2, 2017 14:38:39 GMT -5
By all means let's jump right in with legislative changes before we actually what know the facts are. That makes much more sense.
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 9, 2017 15:07:04 GMT -5
Reggie Lewis was Dunbar's sixth man. This is why. We should have recruited Muggsy. To this day Pops regrets not having Muggsy, said they would've of probably won two national championships. Muggsy said he would've taken Michael Jackson's spot. Oh yea, I always wonder what could have been if we weren't stuck with Jackson at the point... I hope that was a sarcastic comment about Michael Jackson. He and John Duren are the best point guards in the program's history.
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 9, 2017 13:56:40 GMT -5
Washington Post article from 1979 on Barry Scott, Dunbar and Georgetown. Article
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 8, 2017 22:55:25 GMT -5
Just saw the last 20 minutes of this. Maybe this was addressed earlier in the show, but was it explained why Reggie Lewis went to Northeastern and not some bigger basketball program? Was he lightly recruited for some reason? And since we had Wingate and Williams, did we recruit Lewis as well? Not specifically, but Lewis did not start for those Dunbar teams so I would assume he was not heavily recruited. There was an interesting reference to a Barry Scott, a star on an earlier Dunbar team, who reneged on a GU LOI to enroll at Idaho State (!) in 1979. The narrator said it was due to some "under the table shady deals" and "money that changed hands," whatever that means.
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 4, 2017 13:01:43 GMT -5
The master of the deal in 1984 on purchasing the Dallas Cowboys: "I feel sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy the Dallas Cowboys," Trump said. "It's a no-win situation for him, because if he wins, well, so what, they've won through the years, and if he loses, which seems likely because they're having troubles, he'll be known to the world as a loser." Jerry Jones bought the team five years later for $140 million and it's now worth $4 billion. It's actually hard to be wrong on so many things. linkHe's had practice at it. www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41135/donald-trump-usfl/Maybe the most accurate quote ever about Trump: "There isn't a goddamn difference between Don King and Don Trump. One guy's hair goes north and south, the other's goes east and west.'
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 4, 2017 12:02:47 GMT -5
The master of the deal in 1984 on purchasing the Dallas Cowboys: "I feel sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy the Dallas Cowboys," Trump said. "It's a no-win situation for him, because if he wins, well, so what, they've won through the years, and if he loses, which seems likely because they're having troubles, he'll be known to the world as a loser." Jerry Jones bought the team five years later for $140 million and it's now worth $4 billion. It's actually hard to be wrong on so many things. link
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 2, 2017 9:54:44 GMT -5
My mistake - I saw a Thursday game on the schedule against the Redskins, but it's actually the Thursday following Thanksgiving.
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 2, 2017 9:20:40 GMT -5
What message does this move send to current or potential players? That being able to be with your family and enjoy Thanksgiving at home while watching Redskins-Giants is a little bit more important then missing thanksgiving stuck in Portland playing a game nobody will be watching (competing with NFL, NBA) just to appease a couple grown men who are eating cheetos on their couch at home. Agreed, but it's Cowboys-Redskins.
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Post by DallasHoya on Jul 9, 2017 9:26:21 GMT -5
"The shooter of PO Familia used a gun stolen in West Virginia(and the person who did such a lousy job of safe guarding their weapon was free to buy another one)"
Damn that gunowner! Someone stole his property so he can't be permitted to replace it at his own expense!
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Post by DallasHoya on Jun 30, 2017 16:26:17 GMT -5
In addition to the talk about Otto and a pick to Indy for Paul George, also hearing rumors in Dallas that the Mavericks may go after Otto if they can't resign Nerlens Noel. Would offer Wesley Mathews to the Wiz for Otto in a sign and trade - Mathews would make $7M less next year than Otto, and getting him might be more amenable to the Wiz than paying Otto the big $$$ or losing him outright. Would give the Mavs three starters who were lottery picks and all less than 25 years old.
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Post by DallasHoya on Jun 27, 2017 9:24:41 GMT -5
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Post by DallasHoya on Jun 13, 2017 21:47:20 GMT -5
Abortion is a severe sin against God and there can be no reasonable argument saying otherwise. There is no god. link
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Post by DallasHoya on Jun 7, 2017 22:55:15 GMT -5
Anyone else notice LeBron using the throw dribble at least twice in these Finals? Wonder if he'll credit Brandon.
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Post by DallasHoya on Jun 2, 2017 17:50:34 GMT -5
I am agnostic on the Paris accord. That said I find a very refreshing bit of federalism and local government rule in the reactions from mayors of major American cities. Those who have stated their cities will abide the Paris accord despite the President's withdrawal are living proof that certain matters can be handled at the local and state level. Interesting civics lesson. Local governments CANNOT abide by the Paris Accord. It is illegal for states to work with and set-up agreements with foreign powers. Additionally, a key part of the Paris Accord was a 100b contribution to a fund focused on climate change which very few (if any) states can meet. Proud of my countryman for stepping up into a void left by our president but they can only do so much. On some things (especially international relations), we need a strong leader with a clear view who can represent their voters. I personally am all for small government but international relations are where the United States needs to have a central power. Wait, if local governments can't legally abide by the Paris Accord, these big city politicians wouldn't just be posturing on the issue for political reasons? This is truly a shocking development. Here's a thought. Maybe Presidents ought to submit agreements and treaties like this to the Senate for approval. Make the politicians vote on the record. Then face the voters. What a concept.
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Post by DallasHoya on May 31, 2017 10:59:49 GMT -5
Coincidentally, a move that helps Putin. Shocking. And a move that he promised those who voted for him he would do. So shocking only in the sense that a politician is keeping a promise.
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