Well, I didn't vote for him. He's my representative through gerrymandering. They chopped up Salt Lake City so as to ensure no Democrat stands a chance to get elected. Jason needs to hear that his antics aren't appreciated by his more rational constituents. He spouts red meat crap, but comes off poorly. The expression on his face when he was called on his phony slide was priceless. We'll have a new slogan during our next election, "ABC, Anybody But Chaffetz".
Mr paddler, or should I now address you as Dr. paddler?
You seem to have really stepped in it and it is only getting deeper. Perhaps you might need taller boots? Or perhaps a pair of waders, Simms top of the line, at a minumum, for a gentleman such as yourself.
First a thought on the above....
Everyone's, I repeat everyone's, representative is a "representative through gerrymandering" It is the way our system is set up. Those in power get to draw the boundaries. They do not have to follow "logical" geographic boundaries, roads that divide populated areas, or anything that might make sense to those "represented". If my mind has not completely forgotten the details, or decided to change them to fit my desires, I believe the courts have spoken on this issue many times. Sometimes (a rather vague, nebulous word) the court will overturn some boundary or the other for a specific reason, many (vague again) times they will leave it as set by the ones in power. If and when your party comes back into power, they will gerrymander things to their benefit. If you don't like your present situation.... MOVE... you certainly have let us all know you probably have the wherewithall to accomplish that feat. (Perhaps you could join that TX professor? I hear there's bird shooting on the large island/small continent
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Next topic, the posted links to the reviews:
Wow, these guys here are being really tough on you. After all, on the first link, one reviewer gave you 5 stars! Yippeee. Oh, wait that's right, the others (all of them I think, I repeat all of them) gave you 1 star. OOPs, not so good Doc. And they should at least respect you for working for an outfit that hires courteous staff, I saw a 4 star rating there. But as much as that counts, I don't want to be seen or advised by a "one star doctor"
A bit off the present subject, but maybe relevant to your "personality?" Well, no, now that I looked back up at the title of the thread, this might very well be pertinent.
Having read numerous posts by you, I get the impression that your belief system might lie "slightly " to the left of center. I might hazard a guess that you are somewhat concerned with "the environment", basing that guess on photos of a human powered watercraft, the fact that you approve of walking to take grouse as opposed to riding around the countryside on an ATV. If you are an "environmentalist" or conservationist answer me this:
How do you justify FIVE friggin' fireplaces?
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That fireplace will never have wood burned in it. Smoke wouldn't be good for all the high end gear, and since there are no windows I don't think it would meet code. It will have a gas log, my wife will be buying it. Besides, the house has
four other fireplaces, so it's no big deal."
If you aren't an "environmentalist" and don't care about our resources, I DO. Each and every one of those fireplaces has an environmental cost. Construction materials must be mined, quarried, "harvested from a forest". Energy must be provided for those operations, energy dug from the ground, taken from the wind, sucked from a wellhead, or extracted from the power of dammed up water. All of the above requires alteration in some way, shape, or form of the "environment" some of us folks enjoy "recreating" on ( granted, sometimes in our non-sporting ways
). Closing of hunting areas due to mineral extraction, loss of native fish habitat due to dams, closing of previous hunting areas due to "wind farming" (AZ antelope hunting in a unit down there). Shall I list more? All so you can have FIVE friggin' fireplaces. One of which will never see a log? Dude, you remind me of some of the yahoos I know of that have huge 4WD truck with multiple shocks per giant wheel,
off road tires, spare tire racks in the back, $2000 paint jobs and their truck will NEVER see a trail, much less even a graded gravel road. It's all for show (kinda like you?). Did I foget to mention it all comes at a cost to us peons? No, a smart person has figured that out already.
I wasn't going to bring up your "reasonable" proposal for eliminating events such as just occured in Oregon. But I'm about done so I might as well point out a view from my end.
You came to your present location from California. So did I (sorry guys, it happens to the best of us, at least dad got us out of NYC in '63!) so I know just little about that state. And I still have relatives there so I keep my eyes and ears open to the scene there. And I think I'm even still a member of the CA Rifle and Pistol Assoc, even tho I haven't even lived there since 1999. (just to help the poor folks there)
DO you honestly think that what you're proposing as reasonable will work? How are these working in CA?
1 Time Line of California Firearms Laws 1.1 Dealer's Record of Sale (DROS), 1924
1.2 Concealed weapons illegal without permit, 1924 and later
1.3 Loaded guns in public banned - Mulford Act, 1967
1.4 State pre-emption of the field of licensing and registration for guns, 1969
1.5 Firearms purchase waiting periods
1.6 First round of 'Assault Weapons' laws (by name): Roberti-Roos, 1990
1.7 Required Sales Through Dealers, 1991
1.8 Intra-family transfers, 1992?
1.9 Basic Firearms Safety Certificate, 1994
1.10 California Gun Free School Zones, 1994
1.11 License not required to own, 1996
1.12 Armor piercing handgun ammunition banned, 1996
1.13 Personal Handgun Importer 1998
1.14 Second round of 'Assault Weapons' laws (by feature): SB23, 2000
1.15 1 Handgun in 30 days 2000
1.16 Roster of Handguns (Safe Gun list), 2001
1.17 Handgun Safety Certificate, 2003
1.18 Open Carry of Unloaded Handguns Banned, 2011
1.19 Long Gun Registration, effective 2014
1.20 Open Carry of Unloaded Long Guns Banned, effective 2013
1.21 Firearms Safety Certificate, effective 2015
Notice 1.6 & 1.14 especially. They contain some items you suggest. How are they working in the state you used to reside in?
Here's a little list showing how well they are and these are just at "schools"
April 2, 2012: Oakland, Oikos University. Seven were killed and three injured by 43-year-old One Goh, a former student at the largely Korean Christian campus.
Oct. 8, 2010: Carlsbad, Kelly Elementary School. Two girls were wounded when Brendan Liam O’Rourke, 43, opened fire on a playground.
March 22, 2001: El Cajon, Granite Hills High School. Student Jason Hoffman, 18, opened fire at an administrative office, wounding five.
March 5, 2001: Santee, Santana High School. Student Charles "Andy" Williams, 15, came out of a boys bathroom and began firing a revolver, killing two fellow students and wounding 13 others.
Jan. 17, 1989: Stockton, Cleveland Elementary School. Patrick Purdy, 26, repeatedly fired onto school grounds during recess, killing five children and wounding 29 more and one teacher. He then killed himself.
Aug. 15, 1996: San Diego, San Diego State University. Graduate student Frederick Martin Davidson, 36, shot three of his professors dead during his thesis defense.
May 1, 1992: Olivehurst, Lindhurst High School. A former student at the school, Eric Houston, 20, walked into a school building and shot one teacher and three students, killing them. He wounded 10 others during an hours-long standoff with police.
Jan. 29, 1979: San Carlos, Grover Cleveland Elementary School. Sixteen-year-old Brenda Spencer opened fired on campus, from her home across the street, killing two adults and wounding eight children.
July 12, 1976: Fullerton, California State University, Fullerton. School janitor Edward Allaway opened fire with a rifle in the library, killing seven and wounding two.
Get the point? Probably not.
I have tried to remain polite as possible in my replies to your posts. I have attempted to give you the benefit of the doubt as to you probably being an OK guy. My best approach now is to no longer reply. The other guys and wyogal (?) have made it clear, as have the reviews of your practice, what type of person you at least "appear" to be (walks like a duck?). I won't what type you really are as we haven't met or had personal dealings.
If I ever happen to run into you in the field, I will recognize you by the wonderful firearm you are no doubt carrying and I will say hello to your dog. I will try to ignore you most likely. The dog probably had no say so as to who he was "blessed" to live with so I have no reason not to say hello. I'm sure he gets the best of food though. You, however, have a choice as to how to act towards other.
Good day to you. One of our other members had a suggestion that might be fitting for you now,
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Geno
PS, sorry about the rant folks, he's kinda like some other guy that revently got my goat. I will continue to read this thread as it's getting hilarious as to how much abuse the good "doctor" (not for me) is willing to take.
