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H.R.96 Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007
- AndrewJackson : This bill is just another way of the left trying to capture and seize all guns. Plus criminalize millions of now law biding citizens. So they can spread their elitist propaganda. Remember if you are a felon you can not vote, so if you get convicted for having a gun after any said gun control bill(s) pass. Who do you think will be running the country then? The ones who want you to be dependant on them for everything I personally believe in self-efficiency, self-reliance. Everybody better wake up or 10-15 years down the road America is going to be a very, very different place, and I don’t think I am going to like it very much
- Anonymous : "No Gun" is their real objective. They want everyone to be sitting ducks for all criminals. "No Gun" means that criminals will have guns, but not even need them. Criminals can rob, rape, and kill with their knives, clubs, hands, or any convenient weapon they pick up.
Other than that, the advice is good. Email your senators and spread the word about preserving gun rights and concealed carry rights.
The government cannot even stop the millions of illegal aliens running the underground economy, which supports vicious gangs. Gangs are the terrorists among us. Every illegal or gang member should get a criminal record so a criminal http://backgroundsearch.com background search will identify them as ineligible for jobs and public services. The gangs should go to jail or be deported.
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S.1237 Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007
- imbud : Alex, You might be considered a terrorist, because of your confusion, if this bill becomes law.
- Peacenick : Why shou;d an un elected official have the power to arbitrarily decide who is a terrorist?
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S.1305 Support Our Troops Act of 2007
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H.R.1427 Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007
- MRihel : I just can't seem to slog through all this. Anyone want to make this a bit clearer for me?
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H.R.275 Global Online Freedom Act of 2007
- sarahbrand : "companies limit searches all the time for all kinds of reasons"
The very portion of the bill you quoted specifically says that businesses only have to report filters that are implemented to comply with government restrictions on Internet freedoms. Reporting those filters should not be terribly difficult.
- bluethunder : I wrote a diary urging people to support the bill:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/28/185058/103/328/505131
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H.R.2900 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007
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S.215 Internet Freedom Preservation Act
- Anonymous : Okay, who here seriously believes that internet usage is a RIGHT? Why should people who did nothing to create the internet nor are in any way involved in its maintanence be guaranteed equal access? Just because it exists?
There is nothing special about the internet that it needs to be protected by this kind of law. Net Neutrality stifles innovation, by decreasing the amount of compensation internet service providers can obtain. Not only that, but I'm pretty sure that making everybody equal actually puts back the people who would have better access without it.
For a pretty decent analogy, what if we removed carpool lanes from the freeways? Would that make everybody faster? That's the kind of logic that the supporters of net neutrality would want you to think. The truth is that the internet would be more efficient if people who had similar needs joined together. In fact this is what businesses do all the time. And business is a good thing. Business is the only way an economy can exist.
Besides, the only people who really want laws like this are insufferable internet addicts. Who cares what they think?
- Anonymous : Do you approve of yourself - or do you seek the approval of others? When we lack confidence and in particular have low self esteem, we find ourselves needing the approval of others to feel good about ourselves.
Unfortunately, in this day and age of being over worked and under valued, the approval of others may be slow to happen. Saying “well done” or “thank you” doesn’t seem to common language in modern society - and how often do you say such things to others?
Being self critical is an easy habit to get into, and forms the basis of our needing approval from others. The root of our self criticism is usually being at the receiving end of criticism from others as we grow up. I like the expression that “criticism is negative feedback badly delivered”. Constantly receiveing messages like “you’re too slow/stupid/bad/ugly/…” etc leads to us believing that this is a reality.
And language like “don’t do that” “why did you….” “you shouldn’t have” “you always” “you mustn’t” “you always” doesn’t exactly help a child feel good about themselves. Every expression is a sign of disapproval, so its not surprising we grow wanting that approval from others.
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain
Comparing ourselves to others is another way we end up being critical of ourselves, as we usually find ways we don’t match up. This perpetuates our own self disapproval. If you must compare - find positive things where you are better than others. Even if you find yourself with role models you are trying to emulate, there will be aspects of their personality, perhaps particular skills or attributes that you already have but they don’t possess.
Identify situations where you find yourself seeking the approval of others. Is it with particular people - boss, parent - or in particular environments - workplace, home, social? Is there any reason you can identify why this should be, why you’re leaving yourself vulnerable to their moods and frustrations?
Whether or not you can find reasons for your seeking approval, start getting in the habit of getting approval solely from yourself. As you find yourself automatically deferring to others opinion of you, catch that thinking and challenge it. If you have deep seated fears of rejection or abandonment you may need to seek professional help (such as a psychologist or counselor) if you have difficulty challenging these thoughts yourself.
One easy way to challenge such thinking, is to remind yourself that most people are quite self centered. In the same way you spend most of your time full of self talk, worrying about you, other people are not as concerned about you as you think. They’re mostly concerned about themselves.
The bottom line, whilst you’re blogging aimlessly and worried about others opinions or the approval the unemployment extension, you, they probably haven’t given you any thought at all. Like you, when they’re thinking about other people, it’s mainly in relation to themselves. None of you know what anyone else is thinking. Whether or not they’ve even noticed you or what you have done, you may never know. So why beat yourself up about it?
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain
Another technique, which I have written about recently in self esteem building, is to get in the habit of approving of yourself. Keep reminding yourself what you’ve done well, what you are pleased about that you have done.
The “portfolio” technique is something many people now have to do for courses and professional competence. Keep a file or folder with reminders of what you have done and achieved. Its easy to forget the things that we’re good at, perhaps things we do automatically without a second thought. You may find it helpful to ask a friend to help you at this.
Another technique is to use positive affirmations. I have previously written that I use affirmations to reinforce character traits - such as confidence - rather than to gain material possessions (as fans of the Jack Handy Law of Attraction suggest). Use affirmations to reinforce your approval of yourself - what you like about you.
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H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
- Anonymous : This is just a waste. There is no possible way to prevent terrorism on our soil no matter what precautions we take. If you really want to stop home grown terrorism than you have to leave the civil liberties of the people intact, and leave it to the people to guard against it. Remember people the D.C. snipers appeared to be uncatchable by the authorites. The only reason why they were caught was because the authorities gave the PEOPLE information on what they were looking for, and it was a repairman that spotted the vehicel that the snipers were using to get around in. The authorities only reacted on the information and arrested them. We the people have to be the ones to prevent terrorism not the government. By allowing them to pass this it only opens the door to our civil liberties to be infringed. It will start off as a study then turn into legislation that bases it off of what they find. National wire taps, e-mail screening that ques to certian phrases, and ( yes this is going to sound like a back woods hillbilly ) stricter backround checks on firearm purchases ( maybe restrictions on what calibers, lengths, and types). This bill is absolutely a waste of our time and money to pass.
- dax702 : I oppose this bill, vehemently! And I will be contacting my senators to vote no on it.
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H.R.73 Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2007
- AndrewJackson : I would like to first commend Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6] for sponsoring a bill that makes sense. This bill runs right along with take back our rights as law biding citizens back from the criminals and straighten the laws back out to serve and protect the common person (law-biding citizens). I wish I had him as our Rep. for N.C. for taking the stand and I also hope he gets the support of Sen. Dole and Sen. Burr from N.C.
- Chetpetit : Only a hnadful of states now grant the latitude to defend your home and family without the threat of prosecution. In almost all cases a breaking and entering or assaulting you outside the home is committing a felony, therefore is a felon, and would be fair game. Unbised statistics have shown that legal possession of firearms is a deterrent to crime. I, for one, would not like to see someone shot by anyone making a "citizen's arrest" for a misdemeanor.
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H.R.5353 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008
- mwilkinson : This bill is a step in the right direction to protect Net Neutrality. I will be against any legislation that threatens Net Neutrality and I will support any legislation that protects it. So it's sort of worthless to argue over how much effect this bill will have. What we have to do is support Net Neutrality so that the ISPs cannot burn it to the ground.
- davidmoore : Interesting ...
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