OTHER VOICES : GUN REGULATION.Re ``Lawmaker will push gun sign-up measure'' (Dec. 2): It is interesting to see someone who demands his rights in one article in the Bill of Rights so quickly trash another article in that same precious document. Assemblyman Jack Scott wishes to register all handguns, just like automobiles. This is as unconstitutional as having to register every document you publish. What liberals ignore is that the Second Amendment is an individual right. There is a case wending its way through the courts that will destroy the liberal fantasy that the Second Amendment applies only to state-sponsored military. Second, his comment that, ``when police can't trace a gun back to its owner, it is often impossible to convict criminals for murders, robberies and other crimes'' is an attack on every law-abiding American. What is implied is that if you know who was the last registered owner Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). of a gun, you have the criminal. If you would bother to look up the definition of ``criminal,'' you would find out that a criminal is someone who does not obey the law. What makes you think that a criminal who wants to rob a liquor store will register his black market gun? - David Stovall Mount Juliet, TN We've been robbed Re ``Get a job'' (Public Forum, Nov. 14): The writer states that the ``retirees, who are members of the greatest generation, the heroes of World War II, the self-sufficient survivors of the Great Depression and hard-working parents of millions of baby boomers See generation X. , have been reduced to whining about their measly measly said of beef, pork and mutton because infected meat has a speckled appearance thought to resemble measles (1) in humans. See also cysticercus. Social Security checks.'' The government has robbed us of 7.65 percent of our income, plus another 7.65 percent in employee benefits from our employers, and you say, ``Get a job '' With 15.3 percent of our income set away under the mattress, we'd have enough to live the rest of our lives in luxury, but the government squanders it for its national welfare program. You want to save the Federal Insurance Contributions Act - FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act - FICA A law in the U.S. requiring a deduction from paychecks and income that goes toward the Social Security program and Medicare. Both employees and employers are responsible for sharing the FICA payments. or Social Security. Pass a law that requires recipients to meet minimum age requirements: at least 50, for instance. Instead the government gives our retirement money to everyone from crippled children to dope addicts not capable of caring for themselves. Why do retirees have to pay these bills instead of the government? Why can't those in the younger generation accept a little responsibility for taking care of themselves? - Rich Martin Grand Prairie, Texas This article is about the city in Texas. For the city in Alberta, Canada, see Grande Prairie, Alberta. Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County (USA), with a significant overlap into Tarrant County, and a minor overlap into Ellis County. View from Ireland Great paper. Really enjoy the read from over here. - Anthony Friar Northern Ireland Road rage rules Instead of constantly complaining about road rage, we should be educating all drivers, especially new drivers and drivers from foreign countries, about the unwritten rules of the road. It is obvious that many drivers don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that you should not be in the left lane unless you are passing the cars in the middle or right lane. It doesn't matter if you are going 100 mph. If you are not passing someone, then keep to the right. As soon as you have passed, you should return to the right lane. If you notice that people are flashing their lights behind you or tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. , it is because you are cruising in the left lane and not passing. That is why you get dirty looks as cars pass you on the right. This also causes faster drivers to start weaving to get around you. Let's start a campaign to educate all drivers about the subtle rules, and I guarantee there will be less rage on the road. - Robert DePaolo New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Swedish boycott It is a fact that we, the people of Sweden, buy much wine from California. We enjoy it very much. But now the Swedish people are going to boycott your fantastic wine. A campaign in Sweden has been started by an organization of women who want to point out a simple fact that it is inhuman to keep a woman from Sweden incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. because of her admission to being morally responsible for her boyfriend's crime of murder 18 years ago in California. It was her admission that nearly cost her life by California law. Her only request now, after 19 years in the prison at Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. , is that she will be moved to a Swedish prison. Gov. Gray Davis recently refused to do anything when the Swedish ambassador visited him to talk about the case. You must know that the case is on a government level here in Sweden and has engaged people and the press and, of course, television above all. I think that it could be of public concern to Californians when the export of wine is decreased due to our boycott. - Lennart Samuelsson Sweden Belmont not toxic Fact: Natural crude oil has been present from the La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. It is the site of “pitch springs” oozing crude oil, formerly used by local Indians for waterproofing, and was explored by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in to the downtown oil fields for thousands of years. There have been thousands of buildings built throughout this area that includes Wilshire Boulevard, Fairfax, MacArthur Park and those all the way to Dodger Stadium. Venting systems, product recovery systems, collection pits and other methods of dealing with crude and gas problems have worked well for the last 100 years. Even the Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. processing center, across the street from the Belmont project, has dealt with this problem. The term ``toxic'' is used over and over, and natural crude oil is not on the state of California's hazardous materials list. You have to dig 20 feet deep to measure H2S H2S Hydrogen Sulfide H2S How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Also abbreviated H2$) H2S Heart to Soul (song) . Real experts agree a passive venting system is adequate for this school site, where the intrusion of methane is light. Check out the venting system under the Angelina Street project. This is a high-density housing project only blocks from the Belmont Center. Further, Belmont is not on top of an oil field. That's why no oil wells were ever drilled under the footprint of the Belmont structure. If oil was there, they would have drilled it. The two losers in this deal are the children of Los Angeles and the taxpayer. It's time for the school board to stand up against idiots like Tom Hayden and his followers and do what's right for the community and children of the city. - Thomas Kinley Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Pal·os Ver·des A city of southern California on a channel of the Pacific Ocean west of Long Beach. Population: 42,100. Peace in Ireland The implementation of the Good Friday agreement of 1998, which finally took place Nov. 29, represents a victory for Irish republicanism and the cause of human and civil rights. But for the guerrilla campaign waged by the Provisional Irish Republican Army Noun 1. Provisional Irish Republican Army - a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland during the past three decades, the Orange bigots and their murder gangs, ruling British-occupied Ireland, never would have come to the bargaining table to create this new venture in shared government between the nationalist and the loyalist communities. There was no IRA Ira, in the Bible Ira (ī`rə), in the Bible. 1 Chief officer of David. 2, 3 Two of David's guard. IRA, abbreviation IRA. in 1968. Catholics struggling for civil rights were met with mobs and the iron fist of the state. After 30 years of guerrilla warfare the IRA can be said to have forced the Brits and their toadies This article is about the rock band. For the Nintendo characters, see Toady (Nintendo character). Toadies were a post-grunge band from Fort Worth, Texas. The band's final lineup consisted of Todd Lewis, Mark Reznicek, Lisa Umbarger, and Clark Vogeler. to come to the bargaining table. Sinn Fein and the Provos have not abandoned the goal of Irish Republicanism. The tactics of years of warfare produced the result which took place Nov. 29. A peaceful strategy is now in place. It remains to be seen if this strategy will succeed in winning a united and truly democratic Ireland or if Orange bigotry will play its usual obstructionist ob·struc·tion·ist n. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster. role and again bring bloodshed to the people of Ireland. - William Gartland Rio, WI |
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