...And the sound of liberty

[unixronin]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 19, 2005

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned:

In the wake of the most recent announcement by the BATF tightening restrictions on importing receivers and other components into the US, you might do well to contact your representatives and tell them to support H.R. 1703.

Comments

[bbwoof.livejournal.com]

I'd agree with you, but the natural selection thing only works if the idiots get themselves killed before they reproduce. In this day and age, we'd have to give legal alcohol and firearms to nine-year-olds to insure that.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Sad, but increasingly true ....



Of course, we could always try (gasp!) raising kids to have a sense of personal responsibility. You know, like people USED to.

[bbwoof.livejournal.com]

What a concept!

Unfortunately, a downward spiral is much harder to break than un upward one. After a generation or two of bad education, who will teach the teachers?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think there's enough competent teachers still left in the system to bootstrap it again, if all the damned political-hack administrators and religion-driven Boards of Education were off their backs. For how much longer, though, I don't know.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

ah but think of all the therapists and shrinks that would be unemployed then!