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"Starting today, gun owners with a permit can carry a concealed weapon into city buses, state parks and restaurants that serve alcohol.
One gun-owner advocacy group hails the new law as the most important shift toward bringing Georgia's gun law in line with the majority of states. But gun-control groups warn that more firearm-related deaths could result." From the Augusta Chronicle 7/1/08.
I don't carry a gun. I hope that this will make places safer for those of us that aren't "packing" but I wonder. Of course people that are up to no good will carry guns anywhere they please regardless of what the law says...
Fletcher gives Leafs finger.
For those who don't follow hockey, Cliff Fletcher is the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, an embarrassing team of epic proportions. They charge a fortune for tickets, have a pathetically loyal fan base who could look for another team to cheer for but prefer to be in a relationship that is all give on the fans' part and all take on the Leafs' part. Yesterday was the official start of free agency and for reasons known only to Fletcher, he chose to sign a defenceman named Jeff Finger. He is almost 29 years old, has played under 100 games in the league (they play 82 per season), was benched for part of the playoffs because of poor play, and is considered to be a 5th or 6th defenceman on any given team...keep in mind teams usually only dress 6 defencemen per game. The contract they gave him is for 4 years, 14 million dollars! The hockey boards have been going crazy because the guy is supposed to be in his prime but is obviously not going to amount to much, yet they've paid him more than a large number of far superior players.
As of 7/1, sales taxes in Chicago and in Cook County went up 1%. Chicagoans - myself included - now have to pay a grand total of 10.25% in sales taxes (except for groceries).
A different shooting has occurred almost everyday in Chicago - the new OK Corral. Three people were found shot and killed over this past weekend. A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning by a woman who grabbed his gun while the cop tried to break up a disturbance. This is all in the midst of the U.S. Supreme Courts recently ruling against D.C. gun control law and Mayor Daley fears Chicago's gun control law is next on the US Supreme Court chopping block.
Here's a smattering.........
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Great topic, GailJ!
The state's hands-free cell phone law went into effect today. It's the most ridiculous thing because there is nothing in the law about TEXT MESSAGING! So text away while you're behind the wheel, but if there's a phone up to your ear, you'll get slapped with a fat fine!
California's Death Penalty system has been deemed "dysfunctional." DUH! Rarely is someone put to death and the tax dollars spent for the automatic appeals are astronomical. We could save billions by abolilshing the death penalty and sentencing everyone on death row to life without parole. Chances are that's what they'd end up with anyway. Most of them die before the death sentence is carried out!
There are so many fires burning in Northern California that firefighters are having to pick and choose which ones to fight and which to ignore. SCARY!
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One of the men was there to work his second job and the other was a husband and father of 2 and 3 year old children. This could have been any of our families.
The absolute only positive side of this is that they were only caught because their aunt turned them in. Not even for a reward, but because it was the right thing to do. What a brave woman. They had been bragging to the family that they had "hit a lick" which I guess means killed someone. Only one family member came forward. Apparently, doing the right thing is not always first nature in their community.
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This happened about 2 weeks ago, but I think it's the most important thing. A story of a famiy in trouble and what happens. Frankfort is about 30 miles from our town.
FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) - Dozens of people are calling every day, offering to adopt a 2-year-old boy who was abandoned by his mother at a Wal-Mart in Frankfort. Nearly a week after employees found him wandering alone in the store, police are still trying to locate his family. Authorities believe the family is from Guatemala. They are using a blurry surveillance video and a note written in Spanish identifying the boy only as Martin. The note includes his birth date and birthplace. In the note, the boy's mother says the father had left her. Hispanic Community Services director Zenaida Loveless says the boy is staying with a local foster family while authorities are looking for his family. The local organization supports the migrants that make up about 40% of Frankfort's population of 16,000.
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