I just got back from the San Juan Islands and Seattle in Washington state. We're doomed!.... The militant socialists up there are on the rampage with the election so near and all. Someone needs to sit them all down and cool their jets by letting them in on the fact that the "R" party is really on their side on so many of the issues! It's just an election year and so all of the Mcains are out there throwing red meat to all of the sponges in the "R" base. The Mcains will all go back to being the socialist sympathizing gutless wonders they really are after the election! J.M. is a heck of a good guy, its just that if this is what we are going to hold up as White House material this time around, just imagine how low our standards will be next time! This should come as a surprise to no one...The "R" party's love affair with big government has become increasingly worse since Bush took office.Time to join the Constitution party!.....Look into it!

We don;t realy need a President any longer. The Supreme Court has us by the balls and continue to squeze till we cry. Had it not been for them in 2000, we would not be in this mess we are today. To think that a 4-5 decision put GWB in the WH is beyond me. I sure hope who-ever wins this useless election in NOV. has the gall to select long term thinking Justices. Correct em if I am mistaken, but best I recall, NAFTA was begun under the first Bush???? however Clinton did sign the final bill, a bad mistake. But Clinton does not deserve all the blame for NAFTA. I am not the brains of you gys, but to me, if we are to allow other countries to import products to the USA, then those counties should have to export from the USA the same Dollar amount.I have never been so un-certain about the future of the USA as I am now. With the two poor choices we got to choose from, can anyone predict what either will do. Obama only says Change, (Change what and How) McCain says more of the same, we will be in Iraq for l00 yrs. The USA cannot afford to continue to spend 3 million dollars a Day in Iraq. AS for 911 Bush went after the wrong country, he should have called a spcial session of congress and then decided on whom to go after.In my book it would have been Sad/Araba. Belive l5 of those on the planes were from that country. We did what we set out to do I thought and that was to get rid of Hussein and Bin Laden. Well, we did l/2 the job and Afg. is in more turmoil today than on the onset. Bushes MIssion Accompolished banner on the Battle ship was a tad early.Yep, I',m a Dem but not for Obama,or his wife,she is a scary as he is, as she hates the USA.BAck to Tim R. We will all miss his imput thru-out this falls election and then afterwards on Sunday. I am pleased that Tom Brokaw will fill in on Meet the Press on Sunday till after Jan. 20th. This war in Iraq is breaking the USA, how much longer can we spend the amount of $$ and supplies as we are today. As for Oil, I do believe that BOOTLEggERS are buying lots of oil and storing till it gets even higher. I cannot believe we buring that much more oil than we did 2 yrs ago. As smart as the USA is, why cannot we come up with a alternate to gas for our needs. If we got the brains to ship men and equiptment to the Moon, surely somebody can find a replacement for gas. I recall in the 70's the Solar Panels were a hot #, has anyone looked into returning to those to help heat our homes and run our cars. I Live in the Country have lots of timber and have plenty of down wood, so will now begin to heat my home again with wood and a nice cozy fireplace. Sure will be glad when Hunting season begins, so can talk about my favorit subjects, GUNS AND HUNTING. As for Rocky Mtn hunts, at todays cost, I may have made my last trip West and just hunt w-tails and Coyotes here at home. AS my retirement funds continue to earn less each renewal and you sure cannot pay your bills on SS.Being disabled/handicapped, kinda hard to be a greeter at Wally-world. PS' Heard that Ford Motor Co was going to bring back the Fiesta small car. Guess what???? to be built in Mexico. Why not use the plants Ford has here in the US and let the Illegals work for the pay they earned in Mexico, then we all cold buy a litle car and save the gas and maybe our homes.

About as unbiased as a reporter can be... if he's a lifelong Democrat who has worked for Daniel Moynihan D NY, Mario Cuomo D NY, and met his wife at the 1976 Democratic convention. His son now hosts a radio show with James Carville the left wing attack dog. He was also the first to leak the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame according to Scooter Libby, and Russert never denied it... sad to think that this is as close to non-partisan as the Networks hire.

I never missed a Sunday AM ( if was athome)watching Meet the Press. I feel as if Tim was by far the better News Anchor on the air so many years. To me he was down the middle. Cannot recall in him ever taking sides with Rep or Dems. I shall miss him this Sunday and all the Sundays I have left, plus his imput in the fall election. Rest in Peace Tim.

WAM:I certainly agree that a "normal" person (you and I) wouldn't spend a lot of time at HP. I don't know why I was there! I just noted the bomb that was thrown, and waited for the MSM coverage. I was stunned by the silence! Obviously, they don't want this out in the public. As I said, the interviewer is somewhat widely known, and respected as a liberal jounalist. That's how he got the interview. BTW, I went back a couple of days after Tim Russert died. I was shocked at the responses posted there. While many were sincere expressions of condolence, many were also slams on his integrity and alleged collusion with the Bush Administration. A few were outright lies and unfounded character assassination. I was very disappointed. I would've thought that human beings would have more class.YooperJackP.S. Can you imagine the sight of Sec. Powell, in stripes and handcuffed, being arraigned? That will do wonders to unify this country!

Yoop,Oh America needs him, its just a large percentage don't realize how much. BTW, my son pre-enlisted in Marines a week ago.

FlipA prime example is the liberal porno-judge in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in CA. The SC, federal, and state judges have been and are legislating from the bench. That needs to stop!But I suppose if one is a left wing liberal, that is just fine. I will vote for the candidate that most closely reflects my values and world view. In 2008, it will not be the son of a Muslim and an atheist, who rails on his family about being racist and fails to salute the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance.I didn't spend 22 years defending this nation and those since financing that defense to pi$$ my vote away on some candidate of "change" who makes no sense with any proposed change. We all can imagine who he would nominate for the Supremes. Maybe Rev Whatshisname?

Steve S.Here goes:"Why does a city like NYC, which was actually struck by terrorism, vote overwhelmingly Democratic?"Because it is filled with entitlement hungry liberals like every other major city in America."If the people who lived the attacks first hand, are sick of Bush style policies, and want change, why is it that all of the yooperjacks of the world, who are probably far from any real target, feel the need to educate us about policy?"The Yoopers of the world live a sane life ouside of the crime centers and cesspools of our society and have a clarity of perspective, I suppose. It's not all about being a target."I walk by the WTC site everyday, and I sure as heck don't want 4 more years of the same policies..."The WTC 9/11 attack was the second attempt by the Islamic terrorists to destroy a symbol of what they perceive as the satanic nation (us). the 9/11 attack occured less than 9 months after W took office. This plot had been in the making for years. Presumably these plots, along with several other attacks, were hatched during the illustrious years of the Clinton administration. The Democrats have paid little attention to the problem as well.If you are tired of the status quo, you are certainly entitled to express your opinions and vote them. However, don't blame GWB for the Islamic extremist attacks. Check your facts. There have been damn fewer attacks on U.S. interests the past 8 years than the previous 8. Remember the USS Cole, our embassy in Kenya, Khobal Towers in Saudi Arabia, .....If you are a liberal Democrat, then say something substantive about your candidate and how he is going to fix things. Stop blaming Bush as your campaign slogan. He is not running for re-election. If he were, I wouldn't vote for him either. As a Republican, he has disappointed me in many areas, too. Just call a spade a spade.

Can someone on this blog, please answer this for me...?Why does a city like NYC, which was actually struck by terrorism, vote overwhelmingly Democratic ?If the people who lived the attacks first hand, are sick of Bush style policies, and want change, why is it that all of the yooperjacks of the world, who are probably far from any real target, feel the need to educate us about policy?I walk by the WTC site everyday, and I sure as heck don't want 4 more years of the same policies...

Tim:I saw it on TV a few months ago. Could've been Fox, maybe NBC. Also, the unemployment rate thing was somewhere around the last two or three quarters of the Carter Term.Anyway, this is why we fought! So you and I would have the freedom to do this! We probably wouldn't be doing this in some parts of the world.YooperJack

timthemedicI can't believe those stats! I remember MUCH HIGHER figures on television!BTW, THANK YOU FOR YOR SERVICE!!As a veteran, you know that the price of freedom is never free! I believe that our troops have killed somewhere around 50,000 al Qaeda since we invaded Iraq. That's 50,000 who would've come here, but chose to go to Iraq, because Americans could be killed there. They would have come here!I know that John McCain voted against the new GI Bill. I'm sorry he did. However, what good is a college education if there are no jobs when you graduate? Obama is just plain arrogant when it comes to the economy. Also, if he's not scripted, he can't think and talk at the sdame time. He can only read well. I honestly believe, if not for Affirmative Action, he'd be the happy man at Walmart!YooperJack

YooperI am with you! B Hussein Obama poses terrible risks to our national security! Eloquent speeches aren't going to keep emboldened Islamic terrorists from further attacks on our own soil!McCain is a nitty gritty guy with a lot of experience, the ability to build coalitions and he'll get things done.Funny thing; the Dems have been less inclined to take pot shots at our 'failing' health care system since Teddy K had his life saved by that same system! Coincidence? I don't think so!SA

timthemedic:I didn't read anything you wrote except in this post. I do know that you are grossly mistaken with your idea tha things can't be much worse. BHO is soft on Islamic terrorism. If he's elected, Americans will die! Also, you're probably too young to remember Carter. We had unemployment around 14 per cent. Viet Nam Vets had to appologize when they applied for jobs. This is what "Osama" Obama is promising us for our future. The man is a borderline moron. He will gladly raise unemployment to implement a "fair tax" code. If that means raising the deficit, so be it. Also, apparently, he has no energy policy short of you not driving, eating, or heating your home.YooperJack

Things to nitpick about? You are right, our huge national debt, our repeated violations of our own constitution, our disgusting environmental policies and our flourishing economy are things that are really unimportant in the big scheme of things. Yes, lets "nitpik" about those.He may not be our answer, but he is something different, and we surely do not need more of the same crap that we have been enduring.I will be sitting with Obama, not another image of Bush. Don't worry about it. If you want more of the same, by all means, go get more of the same.

Though I do not like Obama's stance on gun control, it is relatively low on my priority list of what I care about this election.I care much more about Iraq, the economy, and trying to un-copulate what the "honorable" Mr. Bush has done.I believe that Obama is the one that can fix these things, not McCain. Our country cannot (reasonably) get much worse off right now, and McCain wants more of the same. I do not, and I most certainly will not be voting for him.

I saw a news story last night on T.V. about a group of sportsmen in Wyoming who have paired up with the environmentalist movement to stop the drilling for natural gas south of Grand Teton. While the thought of a bunch of drilling at the base of the pristine mountain ranges does bother me, I am even more disturbed that these sportsmen don't seem to understand just who these environmentalists are and what the ultimate result of their goals would be!In their heart of hearts, these wine and cheese socialists see these sportsmen as a bunch of hay seed hicks with "guns" in their pickups! Deep down they cannot bear the thought of these "blood thirsty moronic cowboys" defiling the mountains with their Wal-mart hunting boots. They see us as a bunch of traditional "unwashed" American idiots going about raping and destroying the land and "consuming" it's resources! The way they see it, the land is only fit for "good stewards of the environment" like themselves! If they had their way, only they would be permitted to set foot on many of these public lands armed only with a cork-screw and a cutting board in one hand and a copy of Mine Kampf in the other!My point is, while it may seem in the best interest of both these groups to stand against this drilling right now, it is only a matter of time before the environmentalists turn on the sportsmen and start to insist that, they too, should worship at the shine of big government! They may demand that the sportsmen stop hunting and fishing and may even start to demand that in certain areas, there be restrictions on the number of people allowed in those areas each day! You see, the environmentalists, the anti-hunters, and the anti- gunners are pretty much all the same bunch of Marxists!!!

A note from my Dealer; listed below.I've been in business for 40 years, and 40 years ago gun retailers would cry,"Why cain't I get products at the same price as Sears?" Forty years later it's,"Why cain't I get products at the same price as Wal-mart? The unwanted truth is that Wal-Mart has their firearms manager at the plant in CHINA. The product goes from China to the USA Wal-mart warehouse. The warehouse is totally computerized and connected to evry cash register in evry Wal-Mart store in the USA,and the world. Wal-Mart has 24/7 real time iventory control. The computer calculates how fast the product is selling, when and how much it needs to re-order,and sends the order directly to the factory in China with a time frame. A Wal-mart product makes two stops, the last stop beig the counter in a retail store. That's a significant advantage when diesel fuel is $5.00 a gallon, and on it's way to $10.00 a gallon.Some of you guys may recall my stating some time back, that I did not think Wal-mart sold the quality firearms as your local dealer does. I had planned on a new Remington Model 770 , looked at one at Wal-mart and was a piece of junk. Then I went to my Dealer and saw the same gun. No comparison in quality,fitting of metal and wood or Syn, plus the metal at Wal-marts was a thin as Paper. Needless to say I forgot the 770 and had heard of the MArlin XL7. So after reading on the testing of the XL7 by Wayne Van Zool and a couple other writers and testers, I ask my dealer to order one for me, with the understanding if not the quality advertised I would not take, he agreed as he wanted one also. So the XL7 arrived, and I was thrilled. It is a quality built firearm as all MArlin guns have been. It is a combination of a Wincheser 70 and a Rem 700 and the Savage Accu-trigger. Stock , SYN, fits like a glove and love the trigger and how easy to adjust. Plus it's several dollars cheapr than the Rem 770. So guys, I just wanted to let you all know that my thinking that many Wal-mart guns wore a USA name, but Mfgerd in China. Better still, if we don't trade,. buy from our local dealers, Wal-mart will soon run them out of business as it has to the Mom and Pop small stors. I;m willing to allow my dealer to make a few dollars over the Wal-mart price, as if got a problem, he will handle, try that with Wal-mart. Also, this Dealer thinks handguns and home defence shotguns l8"bbls will increase in sales thru 2008 and 2009, as the younger generation feels the 2nd Amd. is going to drown prior to 3-4 Members of the Supreme court retires in next 2-3 yrs. My dealers also stats, those of us who do not reload, better buy up a supply of ammo fast, as the cost is going out of site, as China and JApan buying all the lead they can get. I noticed my Brand and caliber of Ammo has gone up over 30% since last year. Even Wal-mart's ammo is up, if you trust it to be USA made. We as sportsmen, better for our on benefit, buy from our local dealers all we can. I'm, guilty of buying junk I think will help, but in fact, a waste of $$. I will begin shopping at my local dealers and be happy. Shoot-um-straight and often. The old Gunslinger.PS: The above Info came from the American Firearms Industry,that usually is correct 99% of the time.And I trust my 70+ dealer.

RMHThanks. Get on the CO website or call DOW for info. There are over the counter elk tags in the Craig area and even several hundred deer tags available when the leftovers go on sale.Yeah, at a shade over $800, deer and elk tags are steep in CO. $643 in MT ain't cheap either! To budget, I buy the deer in the April draw purchase and elk in August leftover sale. Since we have to make motel deposits and ranch fees early, I buy the cheaper tag early and the other one later. From my experience, I am more likely to tag deer and elk the same week in NW Co than in MT. I can usually only stretch a week and a half to travel/hunt, so the 5 week MT season doesn't help me in that regard. Since I'm not retired yet, I don't have unlimited time off. I usually don't hunt my home state of WA if I go to CO. Seasons too close together.What was the name of the cafe you talked about? The TIn Cup and Bad To The Bone have the best grub in Craig that I have found. The Backwoods Cafe on W. Victory Way has a good breakfast, but their dinners weren't all that great as I recall. I have never had less than an excellent meal at Bad to the Bone (on Breeze Street just a couple of blocks north of Victory Way / U.S. 40). I want to go back to the Old West Steakhouse in Steamboat this year. Mighty fine!Shoot straight!

Some people have indicated that they are voting for Obama so their kids wont have to go to Iraq. True if you vote for Obama don't worry about the kids going to Iraq. The war will come to the U.S. Our young men and women are doing a great job over there. No one wants to go to war but freedom isn;t free.

WA Hunter: Thanks for the Info, will call DOW in C0 in the Am get some information. If bychance you pass thru Craig, C0 be sure and take a little time and look at the Western Museum they got. It realy is interesting. A little of everthing WESTERN and many firearms. I have been to see it 3 times and if go back will see it again. THere is a old fashion resturn near it that serves great food at reasonable prices. After a few days of beans and franks, its a treat to eat there. Wish was goign with you as love teh NW sections of C0 al the way to the Utah border. We hunter north of Craig on Black Mtn and Maybell in western Co.We also hunted below Steamboat springs and Hayden and Rifle.About 65 miles South of Steamboat is where I killed my first Elk. Good luck, don;t kill all the game, as I will apply again next year if living. Those maybe next year are coming to fast, at 73 not many left. About l0 yrs ago,C0 set aside X# of disable permits, but now they stopped I'm told.I never dreamed i would not draw Colorado or MT. Had been bugging the maps to see what routes I would take from Co to MT. MT's season last for 5 weeks, where in Co about 5-7 days now. The found a way to make lots of$$ by dividing up the season into 4 shorter seasons.. In MT you can hunt for the full 5 weeks every day or till kill your animal, plus fish, bird hunt, etc.Cost of Elk and Deer tags are $643.00 this year. A tad cheapr than C0. O well, if you have a good time and enjoy the hunt that's all that matters, killing a animal is a bonus. Too bad I'm to old( and very poor health) to move, or I would be living out West some place, as always wanted to be a Cowboy, ride horses, round up cattle and hunt all I had time to hunt. Life is un-predectable, just play the cards dealt and hope for the best.So, this year will hunt w-tails( did get 2 nice Bucks last yr.) here for our 5 week season and maybe a few days in SE VA. Shoot-um-straight and often.

Ahhh ... Where's Pat Paulson when we need him? Pat Paulson and Professor Irwin Corey ... there's ticket . Washington is so screwed we may as well laugh ourselves into a coma.

RMHMany units in NW Colorado around Craig have leftover deer licenses after the draw. I believe they go on sale August 12th after the second draw for those who applied and did not get one of their first application choices. I'm not sure exactly how that second draw works, as I have always drawn in the first draw. We drew deer licenses this year (results just posted).If you look at the online regs and info, you will see that the deer tags were cut in many areas, including the one we hunt in. They were reduced to about the number of those applied for in previos years. I think the Gunnison Basin was hit particularly hard this winter, but there are other areas not hit so hard. Can't have been too bad in NW CO or the tags would have been cut more.Get online and be ready to look at the Leftover List when they go on sale. That list is updated at least hourly online after they go online. I buy my elk tags that way usually, since I don't fork out the cash for both licenses in April. I usually apply for the deer in the draw, but the elk is available over the counter for the areas we hunt. Also, Idaho and Washington have over the counter deer tags, although Washington is not a good bet for success for an out of stater unless he has the inside scoop on good hunting spots. I could share some good public land hunting info if you decide to hunt in NE Washington. I have not hunted Idaho, but I do pretty well on deer in NE Washington when I hunt there.

I hope this dialog soon ends and we get back to our favorit subject: Guns and Hunting. That is 2 subjects we all appear to agree on to some extent. We can Bitch and Moan till Nov. and little will it help. The Dye has been cast, and we got 2 choices, litle and none. So best we all begin to let sleeping dogs lie till Nov. Thank godness, Deer season opens prior to then in some areas, and if able I plan to forget politics till Nov. We all learned ( I did) something when we were talking guns.ammo. hunting, etc. Now we all just bull-shitting something we can not change. Tell me a state out West that has Mule Deer tags over the counter, if there are any? Any you guys heard of a shotgun by name of Imperial in 12 ga, single BBL. I was just given my Grandfathers and it needs lots of work if worth anything. Don;t mind spending a little to make it shootable if the value is there.Any help appreciated. You guys looking for a new rifle, best you check out the MArlin XL7 it is a jewel and price is afforable to most any hunter.Shoot-un-straight and often.

Steve S.I agree with your observation that we should be electing leaders. Obama does not quite fit that bill for me. Don't rail on about Bush. He is not running for reelection. He has disappointed me also. But I certainly don't regret voting for him over Gore and Kerry.I don't want an African-American, an Italian American, an Anglo American, or whatever to lead this country, I WANT AN AMERICAN to lead! Obama is a left-wing elitist manufactured by the DNC (led by wacko Howard Dean) who lacks the experience and fundamental values this country was founded upon.That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

"You know what really gets me? Democrats didn't even win this thing, the Republicans lost it. They ran away from George Bush. "Hey, the ship's in trouble, quick, let's drown the captain!" We were this close to Jesus coming back. And you Republicans that turned your back on the president are going to wander in the desert for the next two years. Literally, someone's going to have to replace those troops in Iraq!"

Dr. Ralph, thanks for under standing my position on names. When I grew up we had seperate schools and the Blacks did also.And they were called the N word. Don;t know or ever cared where Africian American came from. As all the real Africians have long been dead. This new generations of B's were born here in the USA, so get off the kick of Africian American, and call a Spade a Spade. AS to some above. I too worked l00 hrs a week for l8 years, decided that jobs were availabele at 40 hrs a week. So I changed jobs. Had to retire in 90 due to years service age and health problems from the Banking Industry. Invested all my retirement in CD's around 8% in 92 and it made up the difference in SS and and my dividends from my retirement. Now for the past 7 years the rate gone from 8 % to a tad over 3%. Yes I blame W for part of it, as his interest has been only for the wealthy. All his lies about the Iraq war, were just that, LIES. Then in 2004, he scared the religious people into re-electing him as he instilled in their mind that if he was not re-elected the war would be here and not in Iraq. Do agree that Al Gore and Terry were loosers from the onset. The Dem. party could have chosen anyone and bet those two idiots. Now, we gonna be hung with one of the 2 running and it scares me to even think one of them will be pres. I'm too old and not enough knowledge or $$$ to help establish a 3rd party, but this county needs to do so ASAP. But, long time till Nov. anything can /may happen to change whom we vote for.So many Idiots on the loose, a planned elimation could change this Nov.elections. Recall Kennedy and King????+ Lincoln. Hope soon we get back to what this blog is for, sure not on guns and hunting anymore.

Steve, I haven't seen many leaders on the ballot lately... seems like big money rules and the country suffers accordingly.If you think Obama is a leader explain to me where we are being led. I can assure you it will not be the direction I would like to see this country go.

Steve S.I suppose the rantings of his spiritual mentor were taken out of context, too? I think not.Let me put it this way: If a person goes to a church and doesn't heartily agree with what comes out of the pulpit, how long does he remain in attendance? Not long. Having years of experience in that subject, I contend that folks change churches, split churches, quit going, change religions, or something other than stick around for status quo if they don't LIKE what they hear. Much less be married by some dude you don't agree with and let him baptise your kids? Gimme a break.I agree. FOX is just as guilty as the rest of the drive-by media in using sound bites to play any story to their satisfaction.

GmanMerriam-Webster defines: scoundrel - a disreputable personYour response might be applicable to some scoundrels, but rest assured that if one is not patriotic to this great nation who has provided great measures of liberty through the sacrifice of many, he is indeed a scoundrel in my book.A person is as disreputable as the scoundrels he hangs out with. Ask your Mama about that!

Steve S:Have you read the books?If so, enlighten us.If not, say so.Obama is not the nominee of half the registered voters. He is not quite the possessor of half the Democrat party primary popular votes, so I fail to see how that is half of anything.As far as fear goes, it will take more than a pip squeak like Obama to bring down this country. I personally would like to avoid the mess to clean up later.Gman, maybe you smoked a little too much in your younger days. It dulls the senses and motivation....permanently.I don't mind if Obama doesn't wear the flag on his lapel. I don't, myself. But I have not seen a satisfactory explanation as to why he fails to properly salute (as a civilian) the flag during the national anthem. So perhaps one of you Obama supporters could explain why it is ok to have an un-patriotic ingrate for President.

What makes so many of you so scared like old women?Can you not face the problems of contemporary society without turning the presidential nominee of half the enrolled voters in this nation into a Brooks Brothers-dressed jihadi?I gave up marijuana 20 years ago, but would like to know what you guys are on, because it seems to provide a great escape.

RMHI hear you, man. you make excellent points. I don't necessarily agree with everything you said about the economics of the past 10 years, but if you have been impacted negatively your perspective is real.I felt the same way the last several Presidential elections. John Kerry or Al Gore or Bush? Clinton or Dole? Obama or McCain?What choices! To me, Obama is clearly the most radical, liberal, Marxist candidate to sh!t between shoe leather. Apparently there are enough idiots in this country who are charmed by his B.S. to get him nominated. I think your restraint in not using the N word is admirable.Dr Ralph:Everytime I hear that SOB Wright utter his damnation upon America, I hope someone ignites about 59 grains of IMR 4350 and sends him a little something. The only person I have more disdain for is the murderous Osama bin Laden!

The Way I see it, if GMan wants to work a 20 hour week he is entitled to do so. His success or failure depends on him alone. Not the Federal Gov and certainly not the State or Local Gov. As far as I know he could be a brain surgeon and charge $10,000 per hour to operate. I don't know, and I really do not care how he supports him self. Actually I do care. I do not want to see him homeless and out on the street begging for food and money. But I suspect that is not the case and that GMan has his financial situation well under control. Hell I would love to work a 20 hour week my self. But I know that I can't do that because I have obligations to my family to provide for them.Tom the Troll

I made more $$ and did more hunting, buying guns(which this Blog is suppose to be about) during the 92-2000 period. My retirement fund was earning 8%. Under Little Britches Bushie it is now earning 3.85% I don;t know where you worked, but most of the lost jobs occured in the past 7 yrs. Being disabled, I am unable to work a second job at Arbby's or Wendy's or Wal-mart as a GREETER. Regardless of what takes place in NOV. we will never get out of this hole Bush left us in. And yes, I said "Coon" Huh, could have used the N word but thats against the law. But it's ok to be called "WHITTE". Neither party choose the qualified person to be on the Ticket. in Nov. so we hung with 2 guys that know nothing of business and working class people. Now to all you who blasted me a few weeks ago when I mentioned Politics, why are you now so interested in what I tried to state. Best we get back to GUNS?HUNTIN, we begging to sound like Chris MAtthews. If you want to blame anyone,blame those of you who voted for the 2 in psition to take over the WH Come Jan.20.Most chose the wrong person in both parties. Better yet, with the popular vote and the delegates( who in the H--- is the Super Delegates?) not counting, just let the Supreme Court elect the next pres as they did in 2000. Hopefully the next VP with have guts to lead this country, as for sure the 2 running for Prs. have no guts period. Enough about MCCain/Obama, both loosers. Best we forget them now and later. A long time till Nov. anything can happen.Remember the Dewey/Truman election? if not read up on it, The New York Times ate a lot of paper the folling day. Rather than us BITCH, should start a 3rd party. Good hunting,if can afford the gas and related expenses. Will see many Western Hunters hunt their home state or at least one near by.

Yooper Jack,You are so right about the media defending BO. When he spoke of 58 states, one outlet immediately pointed out that there are 58 Muslim states (or countries) so that was where his mind must have been.That sounds like the worst excuse of all!

Well GA you can't be that stupid.Show me where the Constitution recognizes your right to drive a car and the part of the Second Amendment that refers to "sporting guns" and you may have a point.Does your post pass for logic where you comes from?

I have never seen so many bitter people clinging to their guns. Nobody is going to be taxed 85%! Nobody is after sporting guns. Remember you have to be registered to own a car, why not to own a gun? I am a member of the NRA too!

Mike Reeder:We have a SCOTUS decision coming up very soon in the Heller case. I'm fairly confident that this ruling will be favorable. Had Hillary appointed the last two SCOTUS Justices, I wouldn't be so confident. I think you feel sorry for her because she cried!YooperJack

HRC, or Obama, are two terrible choices for president, but all the candidates are running a campaign based on health care, stop the Irag war, and stop the "business as usual" in Washington DC. Let's see how long it takes for any of them to get these issues taken care of first before taking on the gun rights fight!

Gman:I probably would've been offended also, had he been talking about any other black person. This one, however, is running on that issue, and that issue, alone. He was asked "do you intend to campaign in every state"? His response "I've been in 57 of them and have got one more to go". No one in MSM picked up on it!I guess my point is that this man is, at best, a mental midget, at worst, a moron.It kind of reminds me of a story, a long time ago, where a tailor wovea magic suit for the emperor. It was invisible to people who were unwise. It took a little boy to point out that the emperor had no clothes.YooperJack

I love it Gman!Boast about your twenty hour work week at the same time you've advocated governemnt subsidized (or provided) health care. Nice.Other than accurate observations that Obama is an empty suit with dangerous ideas completely antithetical to the principles that made this country what it is, I don't see that He is generating much "thinking". In fact it is comical how the majority of Obama's supporters are NOT relying on cognition to explain their devotion.Vapid concepts like hope and change instead of intellectual examination of policy proposals are driving this candidacy.

Does anybody think experience counts for anything? Here we have a guy who hasn't finished his second term in office, running for pres and he's seriously considering Claire McCaskill D Mo., who hasn't finished her first term in office for VP.Hell you may as well just write in some fruit cake from hollywood for pres. Maybe Tom Cruise and Whoopy Goldberg. They talk like they know it all too. Motto: Never been there never done that.

Gman,My apologies. I forgot that most Democrats don't really have a big problem with being identified as socialists anymore, which is fine with me, since I'm always in favor of truth in advertising. I like the idea of a 20-hour work week and a minimum guaranteed salary, too, but why stop there? Why not make it a one-hour work week? I also think I'll take a million bucks minimum. Why not? It's not like people really earn their money through hard work, inventiveness or the production of useful products and services. As we all know, the guy who gets ahead only does it by exploiting those less willing or able to work hard, and there's no way a free market can possibly allocate resources as efficiently or fairly as bureaucrats and Harvard-educated politicians.As for the chaff produced by the RNC, I can tell you that we were subject to legal fact checkers who did not let a word leave our press shop if it were not 100-percent, verifiably true, which put us at something of a disadvantage against the Clinton administration, some of whose members openly gloated to the Washington press corp that they had studied and borrowed from Hitler's big-lie propaganda techniques -- and no, I'm not making that one up either. They were actually proud of themselves. I can also say that I never worked in a press room in a regular media setting which went to as much trouble to verify its facts as we did in the communications dept. of the RNC. Certainly, I think our information was more trustworthy than say, Chris Mathews at MSNBC, who admits to feeling a "tingle up his leg" every time Obama speaks. Anyone who wants to know the facts about Obama better look them up themselves, because the mainstream media is head over heels in love and is going to do nothing but lay down rose petals for the annointed one from this moment on.

So let me get this straight. Our gun loving Repubs wanted to pass a law allowing the government the right to confiscated guns in the event of an emergency such as hurricane Katrina and Obama voted against it.To tell the truth I'm not so much worried about someone asking me to register a firearm with my local police chief. Who by the way is a great guy. But when the stuff hits the fan it's my 12 gage I want close at hand, not confiscated by some government."'The gun vote matters,' says Ray Schoenke, founding president of the American Hunters and Shooters Association. And in Pennsylvania, he says, gun owners who follow key Washington legislation aimed at limiting ownership are moving in Obama's direction because of his support of past legislation to prohibit the use of federal money to confiscate weapons during a disaster like Hurricane Katrina. It's the only major difference on gun positions between Obama and Clinton, according to gun advocates, but it's enough for groups like Schoenke's to give the Illinois senator a passing grade."

Call it what-ever you like, but a Spade is a Spade. Color does have it's effect on our lives. Wait till after JAn.20 and you will find out for yourself. I can;t understand either party this round, neither voted for the guys who could have made a difference in our lives. Now you can bet your last $ that you will look back and as WHY. Like him or hate him, but most of us made more $$$$ from 92-2000 than any other time in our lives. What we gained in those years has been lost in the past 7+ yrs. The mexicans are growing like rabbits, and already passed the blacks in the US. Soon the white race will be lost to the two above. Blame ourselves. When did Super Delegats get priority over plain old state Delagets? No point in a popular vote anymore, just let the heads of state choose whom-ever. Or the Supreme will overide them. Like is a mixture now, and afraid no improvements in store for most of us. I pray my Grandkids can cope with the mess.

Mike Reeder, my point is that it is not a crime to be avowedly socialist. I have no trouble with the resolution of the dialectic.I, too, was born in the 50s, and spent 10 years at dailies before chucking it for some fairly complex policy journalism. All straight journo; I don't have it in me to turn spin doctor. So don't lecture me about fact-checking if you spent any time releasing chaff from the RNC.I'm all for a shorter work week. I work 20 hrs a week and make 2X what I did working 50-60 for the rags. What's wrong with that?

Mike Reeder,Hillary is not done camplaining yet. She still have a $20,000,000.00 debt to pay off. Apparently camplaining is more expensive then she thought and is too dumb to bail out of a sinking ship when it is still afloat. She says that she is now supporting BHO but I don't belive it. I think she will find some way to publicly embarrass BHO and will steal the nomination from him. I think she still has a few tricks up her sleeves that have not see the light of day yet. She probably figured that she could not get enough delegates to win outright so she will try to bump him off and out of the ticket.But that is just my personal opinion and I have no facts to back them up.Tom the Toll

So much for the better angels of our nature. Abject apologies, Mr. Lincoln.Between Mr. Reeder's amusing retreat to 50's-style propagandizing (I love the phrase "avowed socialists") to Rocky Mtn Hunter's essay that would have made pre-63 George Wallace tear up with pride, I can't say that I've ever seen such out-and-out horse poop in a public forum that wasn't sponsored by fringe elements.I thought the US was the great experiment, the free market place of ideas; at least, that's what Chuck Colson told me. And Chuck should know. If avowed socialists get the majority of people to agree with them on an issue and it passes the ballot, so be it.But adopting such an attitude would empty the coffers of the Right's Machine, which needs fear in large amounts to survive. Make out that check today, gentlemen! The Negroes and Commies are at the gate! They want your guns and your daughters! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Maine! Remember Pearl Harbor!Been there. Seen it. It's all horsepoop.

He said it, but others of you were thinking it! (or worse)Now weren't you?

James T., I just had a .416 Hoffman built for a trip to Tanzania next year, yeah you're probably right, I don't know much about guns. Do you know what Writ of Habeus Corpus means? Look it up, and look up suspension of same my friend.

Silvertip, your government is the biggest bureaucracy the world has ever known. Watch the Frontline special, read "Cobra II", "Fiasco", or "Hubris". The terrorist boogie man will end your 2nd amendment rights quicker than you can blink.

I thought this was a gun, hunting Blog. Some weeks back I mentioned Politics as was raked over the coals by many on this BLOG. What hapened to change your minds.Same people voicing their complaints now. As for Clinton, I will take her any day over Obama. Yes, he's a smooth Coon, not as smooth as he will be come Nov. HIs wife is a pure breed A.American. Were all the A. Americans born in the US from day one? NO. they were shipped here by the tribal chiefs in Africa who wanted to trade the misfits for Europene mdse. AS for Obama's wife, she hates the USA. The way Obama got in all the better Colleges was due to his color and colleges must have X# of Blacks to get Federal funds.He makes a good speech, because he says what people want to hear. He does not have the knowledge to be President of anything, other than maybe way down on the totum pole in Chicago. Say what you want about Hillary,she would be far better in the WH than the choices we got. Recall the past 7+ ys to the prevous 8 yrs, then ask your self, am I better off now than in l992? Only one answer a big NO I'm worse off, at least I am. All Politicians are about the same,say, do anything to get elected, as most are rich and the only thing left is POWER. Don;t worry about Hillary get the VP, as he will pick the Gov. of Alabama, whom he can control. He cannot control Hillary . I blame the Demo party for Obama getting the nod. The age groupe from l8 to 39 has been spoiled to death by their hard working parents or some social program and work and play with the blacks daily. So you better get use to saying Yessur Boss, whatever you say I will do what you tell me. Sue, Hillary will run in 2012, I hope to be here to see that, at 73,doubtful. McCain, blame the Reps for that, Huckabee should ahve gotten the job, not McCain.I appreciate the hardships McCAin went thru, but he is not Pres. material. Bush has left the USA in a Pile of S--- and I pity whom ever takes his place. You got 3 choices come Nov. McCain, Obama, or don;t vote, I will take the latter other than our local crap we got running. What has become of out Statesmen,whom we at one time look up to and respected.As for guns, I don;t think we got to worry about them, as too many other problems to occupy the elected Officials minds.I don;t understand why so many White Women voted for Obama. He did the same as John Edwards, E. Dole ( has she died) and Va.Fox and Burr did , courted N.C. got to Washington and begun running for Pres immediately. At one time I, l/2 way respected the Kennedys based on Pres.Kennedy,but after Ted and Carolina endorsed Obama, that respect went out the window. We best begin to look for a person to run for both parties in 2012, and start now and prepare that person for the WH. OK, enough about this royal mess, lets all get back to hunting and guns. At least we all know a Remington from a Winchester,Hopefully, and which end of the gun the bullet comes out of. Other than actual hunting with my guns, I enjoy reading hunting trips of other hunters. Just hope prices drop or at east stableize, especially gasoline and plane fares, so I can make another trip to the Rockies.I yet want a nice Mulie and a bigger Elk if one steps out. I always buy tags for both, just in case one of the other does step out for a good shot.Read lst night in a NAtional hunting Magazine,that we better find out wher our last Winchester ( model 70 and 94) werer made.If made in NH, better trade fast s they sorry piece of junk, as teh empolyees used ind=ferior material to clean house, as they knew the plant was clsing. Try to find out from the S# where your latest Winchester was Mfgered. The Blue Book of Gun Values may help.Ok, time to move out. Shoot straight and often. Forget what we can;t change,such as will take place in Nov.The old Gunslinger, who remembers the end of the deprssion years and the WW11 and now the last 7 yrs.Bring on the Horse and Buggy again, as gas continues to rise beyond reason. Maybe we all need to plant corn and make Ethonal or corn whiskey to buy gas.O, that sweet taste of Mash grain.

Anyone who has listened to what B. HUSSEIN Obama really says cannot vote for him for intellectual reasons, but just cuz he makes you FEEL GOOD.He is for complete removal of your guns. He has said on many occasions he believes in the second amendment, for those that the GOVERNMENT approves to have guns. Guess what folks, that ain't us.Just look at his long time friends, Ayer, Wright, & Rezko, who BTW he now decides after 20 plus years of friendship they are not the people he knew and cared for.William Ayers admitted he built bombs for domestic terrorism, Do a search. B Hussein was following his lead when he got into politics. They were tight. Ayers is nothing but an urban terrorist who stated in his book, they didn't do enough with the bombings they did pull off.Then there was Tony Rezko. B Hussein "didn't know him that well" (When jack Abramoff was indicted the media tried to portray any Republican who ever talked to him as corrupt but they don't say a word about Rezko after B Hussein's one denial)And lest we forget Rev Jeremiah Wright that BHO could not separate himself from anymore than his grandmother. At least that was his story until he threw them both under the bus. BHO Quotes him in his book. If you read it it has no substance of what we wnt for America.The media kinda forgot these things. BHO is the media's Messiah. If he doesn't wanna talk about they roll over and accept it. They wouldn't do that if he was a republican.The only message BHO has is change. He will bring change all right. He has all the makings of being the last elected American president.What will he do when Imadamnnutjob from the theocratic people's republic of Hell, I mean Iran, begins to do what he(Nut Job) has promised to do. He( Nut Job) wants to wipe all of our infidel butts off the map, The US and Israel both. BHO does not have the stones to stand up to FOX, how is he going to to say NO to a crazy tyrant, Talk with him? Worked real well for Neville Chamberlain.No, if you want to vote for BHO, go ahead, just be aware America will never be the same againI'm not voting for McCain, I'm voting against Obama.

I'm voting for the guy who has the stones to tell Israel to fight its own wars. After giving them 15 billion a year for decades, nuculer tech, the very best and latest planes, tanks and other arms, huge tax right-offs @ The World Bank and finally a truck load of neo-cons maskerading as American Patriots ----- enough is enough, I say, save us trillions and bury your own dead. ( this wont happen, but it should)

And Scott;A vote for Barr is a vote for Obama. By all means, vote for Barr, Scott; this is America and you have that right. But if Obama wins this by a million votes, and he does it bcause Barr pulled two million away from McCain, I only hope the thought that you voted RIGHT is enough to make you happy by the time B.O. Hussein is finished with this country.

I will be voting for McCain in November not because I am crazy about any one thing he says, but because he is infinitely better than Obama.Simple test. Who would the antigunners want us to vote for, if they could persuade us?Who would Al-quaeda and Hamas prefer to have in office?Whose box would Ahmenidjad have us ckeckmark this November?Can you imagine Kim Jong II asking us to vote for McCain?How about radical leftists of any stripe? Who would they like to see taking the Presidential oath this January?When in doubt, look who you're standing in line with.

t. whelenby being an obama supporter you are giving up both. if you want to push obama, fine. just don't try to dump your blind ignorant crap on the rest of us who have realistic worries about liberty and security. obama likes to look down on others and wants to make everyone a subject instead of an individual. he wants you to serve him and his U.S. hating wife. vote for him if you want. you probably don't even have a firearm.

I remember reading years ago the following: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got"Do you trust any of these people who want to be president?Silvertip

The surest way to put Obama in the White House is to cast your vote for the third party candidate.Remember what happened when H.Ross Perrot boosted Clinton there.If you really want to vote for Obama or McCain,then go to the polls and vote,but Don't waste your vote on someone who has no chance of ever winning a majority.I would have preferred Ron Paul.Maybe next time.I'll go with McCain this time,because the alternative scares me to death

I think a few thoughts should be kept in mind from now until November. Obama grew up in the worst political climate in the US: the Chicago political machine. He is in no way to be trusted with any of our freedoms. Terrorism is not going to go away, nor is the hateful feelings most of the so called Islamic religious leaders have towards Americans. McCain served this country in the military and would be a better leader in times of danger to our overall freedoms. Obama is of the new breed of politician: interpret (change) the Constitution and Bill of Rights as you please. To A. Murphy and T. Whelan: peace and freedom is sometimes found only on the other side of war. The radical terrorists who hate the US and everything it stands for are at war with us whether you want it or not.

AT least he hasn't taken our guns.......but the cost to shoot them is going thru the roof.

I find it hard to believe that people here, that elected "W", then re-elected him, would so readily offer advice on who NOT to elect! How could some be so arrogant?!

Sorry, but the references don't go thru. Guess that's why I don't usually see any here! Too bad! Check out the first on Black Bear Blog and the second on Reuters.com

If only the founding fathers could see the monster their creation has become. They're spinning in their graves already.

Combine the current economic situation with Bush's low approval rating and it will be difficult for McCain to win. Hopefully Obama will piss enough people off in the swing states between now and November to give McCain the job. I wonder if people relise how far off the founding fathers beliefs Obama is.

Amen gman!

I believe we're screwed no matter who gets into the oval office. I know it's kind of a crappy outlook, but I just don't know how else to see it.

Not only do most of you worry too much, you musta been sniffing the solvent again.If anybody got where they got because he was a "legacy," it's the current President. I'm sure Sen. McCain's family ties helped with Annapolis, too.Don't forget, Barack's Mom was a Caucasian lady from Kansas. You guys write about him like he's from Mars. And the way you rag on his tax proposals. Sweet creeping hominy! Have you ever thought about what happens when the Feds cut your tax bill? The state and local guys raise it because they ain't getting the Fed money anymore.If you were Pinkos, I'd offer to help y'all pack for Canada if he's elected.I mean it. I'm voting for Barack and going into the woods not long after, completely confident he'll do a fine job. Good golly, after what GWB has done to the Bill of Rights, you'd think you guys would give a man who ain't even elected yet the benefit of the doubt.

Anybody named Bubba or Islam can kiss my grits!

Someone asked if anyone remembered what what day it is today. Other than Rush, I haven't heard a word out of the media about what happened 64 years ago. But that's not surprising. Those guys really were of "The Greatest Generation". We owe them a debt of gratitude we can never, ever repay.As far as this upcoming election is concerned, while I'm not real happy with McCain, I'll probably vote for him for one reason and one reason only. Supreme Court nominees. One of the few good things I can say about Junior is his pics for the USSC. Even his old man managed to screw that up. If you want to have trouble sleeping tonight, just think about what you're gonna get if BO is elected.

Martin Luther King was a man of the Lord first and a civil rights activist and leader second. He inspired many to act based on faith and a renewed sense of right and wrong.Obama is a reflection of what is wrong in this great nation - - letting the few lead the rest of us around by the noses just because they are somehow an elevated "victim" class. He won't fix anything the Chicago machine doesn't tell him to do. He is just a cheap suit in front of screaming liberals in the DNC led by the likes of Howard Dean.He would be wise to not pick Hillary as a VP. She has already remebered and referenced the Kennedy assassination.....I'm glad Audie Murphy and T. Whelen (See Above) are for Obama. He will need all the dead people the Dems can round up to vote for him since many of us can smell the difference.

Mike Diehl,Clay CooperWell said boys.

It’s going to be very interesting on how many more Obama freaks will come out of the word work as time goes nearer to Election Day! Obama either stepped in it or needs to change his shorts and man is the stench getting really rank! If I was Obama, I’d watch my back; Hillary isn’t done yet and never will be!

I tried to keep up with the one hangun a month proposal, but found I was going broke after a few months.

Dave Writes:And from Barack Obama:"…I believe that the Constitution confers an individual right to bear arms. But just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right…" 4/16/08When I want to piss of some of my liberal friends who are pro gun control, I reply to them:"I believe that the Constitution confers an individual right to freedom of religion. But just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."Kind of shocks them when you target one of the constitutional rights they happent to value and put it in the same sort of jeopordy that they would impose on the 2nd Amendment. They usually begin to "get it" that the right for citizens to own firearms is a Civil Right that is as important as the right to vote, the right to security from unreasonable search and seizure, the right to an attorney in a criminal proceeding, etc etc etc.

I'm voting for Obama!

Barack Hussein Obama is an Affirmative Action candidate. Would you go to a doctor, or dentist, if the only qualification was the person's skin color? I doubt it. Yet, many people will vote for this man, solely on his ethnic background. This is insanity. He has only the minimum qualifications. He's arrogant. He can't give a speech without a teleprompter. Besides that, he thinks there are fifty-eight states.YooperJack

Obama would never be my first choice but you're all missing the point. Hillary is out of the picture as President forever!!!! That's the best news I've ever heard. She is evil incarnate, period. Just having to look at her ugly mug for 4 years is scary enough. Obama, knows how to play politics. If people want guns he'll be pro-guns. We need to get the word out that we want guns. i.e. Join or renew your NRA memberships, today! Write your congressmen, senators etc. Make your opinions known. The firearms industry is one of the last successful, profitable US industries. As things get worst economically with the devalued dollar, the global economy etc. we need all the healthy US industries we can get. Other than Automobiles and firearms (and software) what do me make here?? Not much comes to mind.

Yes, I remember well how we got 8 yr of Bubba 'cause we were PO'd at Bush. Let's not repeat that poor decision and support McCain. O'bama scares the heck out of me for too many reasons to list.

Obama is for sure a Marxist, when hezbollah PR people say they like the guy one has to wonder. His associations sure don't seem like his "Community Activism" was sponsoring bake sales and church bazaars so that a soup kitchen could be funded. As an accountant, reviewing his taxation policies make me wonder if he even went to schools like Princeton/Harvard because they make no sense. Tell me when anyone who has studies law on the left and held office has actually tried to defend the rights and liberties that we have now as opposed to establishing new "liberty limiting regulations". Is it no small coincidence that gun ownership is not viewed with such sacredness on the left as the rights of free press are to pedophiles?

Oh, Obama will be no worse than the current occupant of the WH on 2A.You guys worry too much.

Just what part of Constituional Law did Osama study at Harvard?Since when can State or local ordinances overide Federal law? Certainly states have exercised the ability to regulate use of firearms, but not overruling the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. The DC handgun ban resolution should clear that up, for a while anyway.Dittos. Be careful what you wish for!

I think the folks on this blog need to be careful what they wish for. Barack Obama is far more liberal and more anti gun than Hillary Clinton.