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1. tass | January 4, 2013 at 12:59 pm

   Please explain the significance the color of a minister’s skin has on his/her advocacy on an energy/environment issue.

   http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/318625
2. Scott M. | January 4, 2013 at 1:48 pm

   Our governor is such a dinkus! Besides signing legislation that makes it impossible for the police departments within the State to destroy guns if asked to do so, we see in today’s paper the ABC liquor stores have generated record profits, etc. for the State. And McDonnel is STILL a supporter of privatizing these things.

   The State gets “free” money the way things currently are but he’d rather give that away.
3. Scott M. | January 4, 2013 at 1:59 pm

   I also see in today’s paper a fellow avoided jail time for having an unregistered machine gun that came into his possession after a friend of his died.

   1) Assuming the machine gun had previously been legally registered, are there no provisions to check on these things occasionally to make sure they’re still in the possession of the registrant?
   2) Why didn’t the fellow that died make prior arrangements to have the gun turned in to a responsible party?
   3) Why couldn’t he have put it in his will to have the gun destroyed by the police? Oh yeah….we learned why yesterday. Because by law the police CAN’T destroy “untainted” weapons.
4. George Krutz, III | January 4, 2013 at 2:16 pm

   I wondered that myself!