tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post289781366700436324..comments2023-06-13T04:53:25.935-05:00Comments on On the left in Victoria: Charm Offensive?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-4248987057635441162013-03-14T13:18:16.417-05:002013-03-14T13:18:16.417-05:00Yes,I watched it. I thought that it was it was abo...Yes,I watched it. I thought that it was it was about study that proved that minorities suffered from voter suppression more than white voters. Duh!<br /><br />Don't know about the ammo shortage but I remember when Alton tried to blame Obama for it in a blog. I remember looking it up and found this out in 2007:<br /><br /> "Troops training for and fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are firing more than 1 billion bullets a year, contributing to ammunition shortages hitting police departments nationwide and preventing some officers from training with the weapons they carry on patrol.<br /><br />An Associated Press review of dozens of police and sheriff's departments found that many are struggling with delays of as long as a year for both handgun and rifle ammunition. And the shortages are resulting in prices as much as double what departments were paying just a year ago.<br /><br />http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2007-08-17-937196750_x.htm<br /><br />A hard thing to prove without the purchase orders and invoices.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-44844730966339737522013-03-14T12:48:10.457-05:002013-03-14T12:48:10.457-05:00Did you watch Rachel Maddow last night? She was t...Did you watch Rachel Maddow last night? She was talking about how the election issues are surfacing again. I was dozing off, but remember what I heard was good.<br /><br />Interesting article about the NRA and the gun folks. I have $10.00 that says that at least 51% of the ammo shortage is because the manufacturers were told to slow production...just a thought.Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-22884310250465806102013-03-14T11:36:29.181-05:002013-03-14T11:36:29.181-05:00This a bit off subject but it goes to a broader po...This a bit off subject but it goes to a broader point of “things are not always as they appear to be.”<br /><br />I’ve always thought that the manufactures controlled the strings of the NRA but it’s the other way around according to this article from Bloomberg..<br />I found this interesting:<br /><br />“According to a new BloombergBusinessweek article, the relationship between the country’s most visible gun rights advocacy organization and the industry itself is more complex than commonly understood. In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, for instance, executives from major U.S gun makers contacted the NRA, looking for help handling the public-relations crisis. <br /><br />“[T]he NRA reassured nervous gun company reps that they could stand down, according to people familiar with the situation,” reporter Paul Barrett wrote in the article published on Thursday. “[NRA chief Wayne] LaPierre would handle it.”<br />Gun companies have given millions of dollars to the NRA over the years, but according to Barrett, the NRA maintains quite a bit of power over its donors:<br />Gun companies defer to the NRA for two main reasons: First, there’s intimidation. The lobby group has incited potentially ruinous consumer boycotts against firearm makers that fail to follow the NRA line with sufficient zeal. Second, regardless of some executives’ concerns about civil discourse, gun companies benefit financially from the NRA’s hype. Alarms about imminent gun confiscation—an NRA staple, despite its implausibility—reliably send firearm owners back to retail counters.<br /><br />http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/101880-why-gun-makers-fear-the-nra<br /><br /><br />The NRA started the gun confiscation scare and the sheep followed.<br /><br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.com