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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-604111</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find it fascinating that  you people believe the Govt...fascinating. Always screaming  Extremist! at anybody that challenges your BS...Thats ok. The world is still falt  keep going...forward.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it fascinating that  you people believe the Govt&#8230;fascinating. Always screaming  Extremist! at anybody that challenges your BS&#8230;Thats ok. The world is still falt  keep going&#8230;forward.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-604100</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep trying Elliot...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep trying Elliot&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Elliott Pointer</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-604097</link>
		<dc:creator>Elliott Pointer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No wonder they call you Gibberish. This canard was debunked last year. Look it up yourself. Or don&#039;t. Keep believing in the boogie man.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No wonder they call you Gibberish. This canard was debunked last year. Look it up yourself. Or don&#8217;t. Keep believing in the boogie man.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-604091</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.examiner.com/article/more-federal-agencies-buy-multithousands-of-rounds-of-ammo]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/more-federal-agencies-buy-multithousands-of-rounds-of-ammo" rel="nofollow">http://www.examiner.com/article/more-federal-agencies-buy-multithousands-of-rounds-of-ammo</a></p>
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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-604090</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gee Nothings going, to happen it&#039;s ok, all is well! So please tell me why  is the Govt  buying so many weapons and Bullets???
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/26/if-assault-weapons-are-bad-why-does-the-dhs-want-to-buy-7000-of-them-for-personal-defense/
..and before you start whining about this link, do the search yourself there are other links. but your left wing govt sponsored  CBSNBCABC won;t run this...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee Nothings going, to happen it&#8217;s ok, all is well! So please tell me why  is the Govt  buying so many weapons and Bullets???<br />
<a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/26/if-assault-weapons-are-bad-why-does-the-dhs-want-to-buy-7000-of-them-for-personal-defense/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/26/if-assault-weapons-are-bad-why-does-the-dhs-want-to-buy-7000-of-them-for-personal-defense/</a><br />
..and before you start whining about this link, do the search yourself there are other links. but your left wing govt sponsored  CBSNBCABC won;t run this&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Elliott Pointer</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603981</link>
		<dc:creator>Elliott Pointer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, he can&#039;t be specific, soft tail. Because there has been no such attack. The President has reaffirmed the right to bear arms. But the extremists see a hidden agenda. They have to. Otherwise, they would have nothing to be PO&#039;d about.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, he can&#8217;t be specific, soft tail. Because there has been no such attack. The President has reaffirmed the right to bear arms. But the extremists see a hidden agenda. They have to. Otherwise, they would have nothing to be PO&#8217;d about.</p>
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		<title>By: Softtail Sam</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603980</link>
		<dc:creator>Softtail Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please be specific. What specific attack on the 2nd amendment are you referring to?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please be specific. What specific attack on the 2nd amendment are you referring to?</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603899</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Softail, everywhere in America where we not only have &quot;reasonable&quot; gun laws but the most restrictive gun laws we also have the most violent crime. What part of that don&#039;t you understand? Everytime a leftists uses the term &quot;reasonable&quot; it is the opposite of what we get. The lefts attack on the 2nd Amendment pre-dates all of the made up demons you guys blame for all of obama&#039;s failures.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Softail, everywhere in America where we not only have &#8220;reasonable&#8221; gun laws but the most restrictive gun laws we also have the most violent crime. What part of that don&#8217;t you understand? Everytime a leftists uses the term &#8220;reasonable&#8221; it is the opposite of what we get. The lefts attack on the 2nd Amendment pre-dates all of the made up demons you guys blame for all of obama&#8217;s failures.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603845</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cllea, I found something to help you understand what you see when you look in a mirror. https://www.sites.google.com/site/paulroebling/home/why-are-liberals-called-useful-idiots]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cllea, I found something to help you understand what you see when you look in a mirror. <a href="https://www.sites.google.com/site/paulroebling/home/why-are-liberals-called-useful-idiots" rel="nofollow">https://www.sites.google.com/site/paulroebling/home/why-are-liberals-called-useful-idiots</a></p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603689</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cllea, if you believe you are in the majority then you are as clueless about the number of gun owners in this country as everything else. Just because the leftist media tells you something doesn&#039;t make it true. Besides that the 2nd amendment is not subject to your emotions. Amazing how the mental midgets believe how they feel trumps reality. If you believe the federal government can just assume powers it does not have just cause you want it to, then you literally favor tyranny. People like you astound me, the type of people the power seeking lifetime politicians use for their own personal gain while telling you how they are only looking out for you. The only majority you belong to is the double digit IQ majority.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cllea, if you believe you are in the majority then you are as clueless about the number of gun owners in this country as everything else. Just because the leftist media tells you something doesn&#8217;t make it true. Besides that the 2nd amendment is not subject to your emotions. Amazing how the mental midgets believe how they feel trumps reality. If you believe the federal government can just assume powers it does not have just cause you want it to, then you literally favor tyranny. People like you astound me, the type of people the power seeking lifetime politicians use for their own personal gain while telling you how they are only looking out for you. The only majority you belong to is the double digit IQ majority.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan Mander</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603611</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan Mander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice talk, Martin. Don&#039;t forget to cash your Social Security check on your way to the gun show.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice talk, Martin. Don&#8217;t forget to cash your Social Security check on your way to the gun show.</p>
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		<title>By: Softtail Sam</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-2/#comment-603596</link>
		<dc:creator>Softtail Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The myth of Confiscation  is an absolute must for these nut jobs, because without it there is not much to get all worked up about. The President has not advocated nor will he advocate anything but minor, uncontroversial fixes to the gun situation. Even gun advocates will agree that criminals should not have guns, and even anti-gun advocates will acknowledge that criminals will never be completely deterred from obtaining a gun if they are determined. So, for both camps, background checks are an acceptable, if not wholly effective, measure. Since nobody has proposed any confiscatory legislation, the gun paranoiacs  must project that confiscation is &quot;the next step&quot;, in order to rationalize their hysteria. This fits in just fine with the NRA agenda, which is to advance the interests of the gun manufacturers, not gun owners.  Fortunately, the vast majority of Americans desire reasonable controls on firearms, and the infantile Beck and Limbaugh conspiracy addicts will be left to await their imaginary armaggedon.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The myth of Confiscation  is an absolute must for these nut jobs, because without it there is not much to get all worked up about. The President has not advocated nor will he advocate anything but minor, uncontroversial fixes to the gun situation. Even gun advocates will agree that criminals should not have guns, and even anti-gun advocates will acknowledge that criminals will never be completely deterred from obtaining a gun if they are determined. So, for both camps, background checks are an acceptable, if not wholly effective, measure. Since nobody has proposed any confiscatory legislation, the gun paranoiacs  must project that confiscation is &#8220;the next step&#8221;, in order to rationalize their hysteria. This fits in just fine with the NRA agenda, which is to advance the interests of the gun manufacturers, not gun owners.  Fortunately, the vast majority of Americans desire reasonable controls on firearms, and the infantile Beck and Limbaugh conspiracy addicts will be left to await their imaginary armaggedon.</p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-603476</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cllea, who&#039;s there?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cllea, who&#8217;s there?</p>
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		<title>By: cllea</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-603475</link>
		<dc:creator>cllea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Furniture, clea is my name!  Honestly, I have not heard anyone use the &quot;C&quot; word other than in the Mt.Demo commentaries that the extremists have pouted.  I hope it doesn&#039;t go that far either, but probably for different reasons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Furniture, clea is my name!  Honestly, I have not heard anyone use the &#8220;C&#8221; word other than in the Mt.Demo commentaries that the extremists have pouted.  I hope it doesn&#8217;t go that far either, but probably for different reasons.</p>
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		<title>By: Paddy O'furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-603378</link>
		<dc:creator>Paddy O'furniture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cllea (why hide behind clea?).  Sylvia, so you don&#039;t think anything needs to be done with the tens of millions of &quot;assault weapons&quot; already in circulation?  Just making sure.  Some wackos here are talking confiscation.  Glad you&#039;re not among them.  The &quot;C&quot; word has been mentioned in NY too.  Hope it doesn&#039;t go that far.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cllea (why hide behind clea?).  Sylvia, so you don&#8217;t think anything needs to be done with the tens of millions of &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; already in circulation?  Just making sure.  Some wackos here are talking confiscation.  Glad you&#8217;re not among them.  The &#8220;C&#8221; word has been mentioned in NY too.  Hope it doesn&#8217;t go that far.</p>
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		<title>By: cllea</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-603345</link>
		<dc:creator>cllea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DB Smith and Cookie65 (why hide behind Cookie65?) You always have the right answers and every one else, which is the majority of this country are all wrong.  &quot;Mental midgets&quot;, &quot;the true criminal and threat to America are people like you.&quot; Really?  Well, that is good to know.  Fortunately, the Feds think otherwise.  Anarchy is a national threat.  Knock, knock, knock.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DB Smith and Cookie65 (why hide behind Cookie65?) You always have the right answers and every one else, which is the majority of this country are all wrong.  &#8220;Mental midgets&#8221;, &#8220;the true criminal and threat to America are people like you.&#8221; Really?  Well, that is good to know.  Fortunately, the Feds think otherwise.  Anarchy is a national threat.  Knock, knock, knock.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-602779</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DB, you read my mind. If it weren&#039;t for the leftist take over of our ever declining country we wouldn&#039;t have all the problems that enlightenment give birth to. They aren&#039;t the answer, they are the problem. Leaving defenseless children protected by a pretty sign &quot;gun-free zone&quot; is just another example of the mental midgets on the left and all their limited thinking only to turn around and blame the law abiding citizens who have always told them how utterly idiotic they are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DB, you read my mind. If it weren&#8217;t for the leftist take over of our ever declining country we wouldn&#8217;t have all the problems that enlightenment give birth to. They aren&#8217;t the answer, they are the problem. Leaving defenseless children protected by a pretty sign &#8220;gun-free zone&#8221; is just another example of the mental midgets on the left and all their limited thinking only to turn around and blame the law abiding citizens who have always told them how utterly idiotic they are.</p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-602749</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, you want the law abiding tax paying citizen to continue jumping through hoops by adding more regulations while your kind allow illegal immigrates to drive without drivers licenses, break laws including weapon charges while strutting around freely in sanctuary cities and vote without identification.  The true criminal and threat to America are people like you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia, you want the law abiding tax paying citizen to continue jumping through hoops by adding more regulations while your kind allow illegal immigrates to drive without drivers licenses, break laws including weapon charges while strutting around freely in sanctuary cities and vote without identification.  The true criminal and threat to America are people like you.</p>
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		<title>By: Foamie Mouth®</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-602705</link>
		<dc:creator>Foamie Mouth®</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nut job paranoics ........  feels good, hey Sil.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nut job paranoics &#8230;&#8230;..  feels good, hey Sil.</p>
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		<title>By: Sylvia Medley</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-602697</link>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Medley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paddy: I don&#039;t give a hoot how many or what kinds of weapons you have. I&#039;m waiting for new laws to pass restricting assault weapons and requiring stiffer background checks, and enforcement of same. When that happens, I would hope you&#039;ll continue on your law-abiding course. Since you&#039;re the expert on assault weapons, as I am not, you&#039;ll know exactly which one you can&#039;t buy anymore! It would be nice if background checks included a mental health test to identify gun-obsessed nut job paranoics. But, oh well, first things first.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paddy: I don&#8217;t give a hoot how many or what kinds of weapons you have. I&#8217;m waiting for new laws to pass restricting assault weapons and requiring stiffer background checks, and enforcement of same. When that happens, I would hope you&#8217;ll continue on your law-abiding course. Since you&#8217;re the expert on assault weapons, as I am not, you&#8217;ll know exactly which one you can&#8217;t buy anymore! It would be nice if background checks included a mental health test to identify gun-obsessed nut job paranoics. But, oh well, first things first.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601899</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin, correct you are. The only difference between the welfare obama voters and the public sector obama voters is the public sector obama voters get stuck in traffic and pay union dues.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martin, correct you are. The only difference between the welfare obama voters and the public sector obama voters is the public sector obama voters get stuck in traffic and pay union dues.</p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601818</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paddy, hope to see you there as well brother!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paddy, hope to see you there as well brother!</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601814</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie and the rest of the right, the left are dependent people that thrive on welfare and would not know what to do if their world was downsized.  The ones that don’t receive help  have all the money and a good government job,  they can set out any monetary failure to the system, they don’t care whether or not self starters and freedom lovers have any freedom; they are secure in their little bubble.  If it wasn’t for the welfare program no democrat would ever get elected to office, they thrive and depend on those that receive instead of the ones that give.  Only a true freedom loving American would want to have little government as the founders of this great nation wished.   Big government is the reason that we are in the fix that we are in now; so all of you grantees stick your head in the sand and kiss your freedom bye because by the time the next election comes around America will be bankrupt.  Then and then only we may be able to put together a nation that is self sustaining and not dependent on our government for growth,   the system will be the incentive for growth.   Now I will put on my bullet proof clothing and await tribute from my dear left.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie and the rest of the right, the left are dependent people that thrive on welfare and would not know what to do if their world was downsized.  The ones that don’t receive help  have all the money and a good government job,  they can set out any monetary failure to the system, they don’t care whether or not self starters and freedom lovers have any freedom; they are secure in their little bubble.  If it wasn’t for the welfare program no democrat would ever get elected to office, they thrive and depend on those that receive instead of the ones that give.  Only a true freedom loving American would want to have little government as the founders of this great nation wished.   Big government is the reason that we are in the fix that we are in now; so all of you grantees stick your head in the sand and kiss your freedom bye because by the time the next election comes around America will be bankrupt.  Then and then only we may be able to put together a nation that is self sustaining and not dependent on our government for growth,   the system will be the incentive for growth.   Now I will put on my bullet proof clothing and await tribute from my dear left.</p>
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		<title>By: Paddy O'furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601794</link>
		<dc:creator>Paddy O'furniture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well said DB.  See ya at the show.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said DB.  See ya at the show.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601791</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red, offering jobs and opportunity in America no longer competes with a candidate who will spend a trillion dollars on entitlements. If you call that progess then you don&#039;t understand what a house of cards becomes in a slight breeze. Here is the latest from obama&#039;s school of politics. http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Red, offering jobs and opportunity in America no longer competes with a candidate who will spend a trillion dollars on entitlements. If you call that progess then you don&#8217;t understand what a house of cards becomes in a slight breeze. Here is the latest from obama&#8217;s school of politics. <a href="http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation/" rel="nofollow">http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation/</a></p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601785</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to break it to you Red but we&#039;ll end up bailing your 6&#039;s out just like always.  You guys really think you&#039;ve won but in real time reality we&#039;ve all lost.  Enjoy what you think you have and quit being such a piss poor sore winner.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to break it to you Red but we&#8217;ll end up bailing your 6&#8242;s out just like always.  You guys really think you&#8217;ve won but in real time reality we&#8217;ve all lost.  Enjoy what you think you have and quit being such a piss poor sore winner.</p>
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		<title>By: Paddy O'furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601774</link>
		<dc:creator>Paddy O'furniture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, are you avoiding me?  I asked you some questions above in this thread.  I&#039;ve asked a lot of direct questions on here of other lefties who were uncomfortable with them and ran and hid.  Shall we lump you in with them?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia, are you avoiding me?  I asked you some questions above in this thread.  I&#8217;ve asked a lot of direct questions on here of other lefties who were uncomfortable with them and ran and hid.  Shall we lump you in with them?</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601773</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news, the state can now cancel the fire fee. http://www.kcra.com/news/Report-Fire-agency-hid-3-6M-from-state/-/11797728/18292752/-/dcmo73z/-/index.html]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good news, the state can now cancel the fire fee. <a href="http://www.kcra.com/news/Report-Fire-agency-hid-3-6M-from-state/-/11797728/18292752/-/dcmo73z/-/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kcra.com/news/Report-Fire-agency-hid-3-6M-from-state/-/11797728/18292752/-/dcmo73z/-/index.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Red Birkens</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601750</link>
		<dc:creator>Red Birkens</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie- you sure have your work cut out for you, considering how you and your buddies got your tails handed to you in the last election. Have fun in your bunker.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie- you sure have your work cut out for you, considering how you and your buddies got your tails handed to you in the last election. Have fun in your bunker.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601725</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DB, besides the pink prius you identify an obama voter in a crowd by looking for anyone who looks like they just ate a lemon. And Sylvia, my &quot;breed&quot; is what keeps you from waking up under tyranny. Even if you lack the understanding of ALL of human history to realize it. All of human history is earmarked by individuals, groups or governments whose claim to fame is the conquering, extermination or enslaving of other peoples. How it is that leftists believe that those types of people no longer exist and it can no longer happen is beyond me. Enlightenment requires no actual knowledge or understanding just a bunch of happy thoughts.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DB, besides the pink prius you identify an obama voter in a crowd by looking for anyone who looks like they just ate a lemon. And Sylvia, my &#8220;breed&#8221; is what keeps you from waking up under tyranny. Even if you lack the understanding of ALL of human history to realize it. All of human history is earmarked by individuals, groups or governments whose claim to fame is the conquering, extermination or enslaving of other peoples. How it is that leftists believe that those types of people no longer exist and it can no longer happen is beyond me. Enlightenment requires no actual knowledge or understanding just a bunch of happy thoughts.</p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601624</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to remind the radical left that there will be a California Gun Show event on February 1 and 2 at the Placerville Fair Grounds.  I hope to see that little fink Jeff (the one with the FBI buddy) standing out front with his protest sign.  I don&#039;t really know what he looks like but I think I&#039;ll be able to spot him.  He&#039;ll be the one getting out of the pink Prius with the pony tail and 
Birkenstocks.  I hope I don&#039;t accidentally step on one of his curled up yellow toe nails with my cowboy boots.  See you there Jeff, you little braggart fink.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to remind the radical left that there will be a California Gun Show event on February 1 and 2 at the Placerville Fair Grounds.  I hope to see that little fink Jeff (the one with the FBI buddy) standing out front with his protest sign.  I don&#8217;t really know what he looks like but I think I&#8217;ll be able to spot him.  He&#8217;ll be the one getting out of the pink Prius with the pony tail and<br />
Birkenstocks.  I hope I don&#8217;t accidentally step on one of his curled up yellow toe nails with my cowboy boots.  See you there Jeff, you little braggart fink.</p>
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		<title>By: Sylvia Medley</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601612</link>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Medley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie65: Oh, boy, do I know what media you watch! I got that! Wipe the froth off your face while I say it 1 more time. If you have to believe that any form of gun restriction is a slippery slope that will lead to blah blah blah, go ahead! If you like living in your dark paranoid tyrannical government fantasies, go ahead! Your breed has had its way long enough. A little sanity is long overdue.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie65: Oh, boy, do I know what media you watch! I got that! Wipe the froth off your face while I say it 1 more time. If you have to believe that any form of gun restriction is a slippery slope that will lead to blah blah blah, go ahead! If you like living in your dark paranoid tyrannical government fantasies, go ahead! Your breed has had its way long enough. A little sanity is long overdue.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601596</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not disappointed either. I have found over the years that once a lockstep, mindnumb, groupthink, school of fish, copy of a copy of a copy leftist runs out of talking points they have been trained to repeat and have exhausted all of their typical accusations of bigotry and hatred they usually take their ball and run home without answering a single question that requires any independent thought.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not disappointed either. I have found over the years that once a lockstep, mindnumb, groupthink, school of fish, copy of a copy of a copy leftist runs out of talking points they have been trained to repeat and have exhausted all of their typical accusations of bigotry and hatred they usually take their ball and run home without answering a single question that requires any independent thought.</p>
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		<title>By: Foamie Mouth®</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601546</link>
		<dc:creator>Foamie Mouth®</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cllea never disappoints with her entertainment-loaded  opinions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cllea never disappoints with her entertainment-loaded  opinions.</p>
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		<title>By: cllea</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601528</link>
		<dc:creator>cllea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not disappointed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not disappointed.</p>
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		<title>By: DB Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601525</link>
		<dc:creator>DB Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Civilian National Security Force&quot; Obomba speech in Boulder, Colorado July 2, 2008.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Civilian National Security Force&#8221; Obomba speech in Boulder, Colorado July 2, 2008.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601505</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know why John Hancock signed his name so big on the Declaration of Independence? King George was nearly blind and he wanted to make sure he could see it. He was taunting him. IN HIS FACE. John Hancock, Paul Revere and Samual Adams were all on King George&#039;s most wanted list facing capital punishment by the redcoats. These guys were devoting their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to win your liberty. What so many of you don&#039;t understand, have never learned or couldn&#039;t be bothered with regarding the founding of this country would fill the Encyclopedia Britannica. Lt. Col. William Barret Travis the Texas Commander at the Alamo who lead 166 men against Santa Ana&#039;s 6,000 troops wrote &quot;I shall never surrender or retreat.. Victory or Death. The Alamo is the birthplace of Texas freedom. Everyone in America owes a debt of gratitude to these and countless others in American history. What a shame that so many would trade what so many paid for in exchange for a handout.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you know why John Hancock signed his name so big on the Declaration of Independence? King George was nearly blind and he wanted to make sure he could see it. He was taunting him. IN HIS FACE. John Hancock, Paul Revere and Samual Adams were all on King George&#8217;s most wanted list facing capital punishment by the redcoats. These guys were devoting their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to win your liberty. What so many of you don&#8217;t understand, have never learned or couldn&#8217;t be bothered with regarding the founding of this country would fill the Encyclopedia Britannica. Lt. Col. William Barret Travis the Texas Commander at the Alamo who lead 166 men against Santa Ana&#8217;s 6,000 troops wrote &#8220;I shall never surrender or retreat.. Victory or Death. The Alamo is the birthplace of Texas freedom. Everyone in America owes a debt of gratitude to these and countless others in American history. What a shame that so many would trade what so many paid for in exchange for a handout.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601481</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Tom but I don&#039;t think I am done yet. Cllea, if you consider me to be anti-government, actually your issue with me is I am anti-leftist, anti-socialism, anti-collectivism, you should read the entire text of the Declaration of Independence. Those guys were anti-government and because of their view on centralized government you live in a country were you wake up everyday with the exact same freedoms I have. When you read it imagine that these subjects of the British Empire not only were slapping the Monarch, King George, the ruler of the most powerful empire on the planet at that time, in the face with a glove but the glove had a shovel in it. Wake up to the reality that the freest place in the history of civilizations came about because of people who were ANTI-GOVERNMENT. I realize for people like you government is your security blanket and standing on your own two feet is thought to be unfair and puts you at a disadvantage because of people who have marketable skills and a work ethic but they owe you nothing. Answer this question: is wealth spread by creating more of it, or is wealth spread by confiscating more of it? If you don&#039;t know the answer to that question it is because you don&#039;t want to.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Tom but I don&#8217;t think I am done yet. Cllea, if you consider me to be anti-government, actually your issue with me is I am anti-leftist, anti-socialism, anti-collectivism, you should read the entire text of the Declaration of Independence. Those guys were anti-government and because of their view on centralized government you live in a country were you wake up everyday with the exact same freedoms I have. When you read it imagine that these subjects of the British Empire not only were slapping the Monarch, King George, the ruler of the most powerful empire on the planet at that time, in the face with a glove but the glove had a shovel in it. Wake up to the reality that the freest place in the history of civilizations came about because of people who were ANTI-GOVERNMENT. I realize for people like you government is your security blanket and standing on your own two feet is thought to be unfair and puts you at a disadvantage because of people who have marketable skills and a work ethic but they owe you nothing. Answer this question: is wealth spread by creating more of it, or is wealth spread by confiscating more of it? If you don&#8217;t know the answer to that question it is because you don&#8217;t want to.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601467</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie, I was gonna say something  about cllea...but I think you got that covered touche&#039;!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie, I was gonna say something  about cllea&#8230;but I think you got that covered touche&#8217;!</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601298</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cllea, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” 
― Benjamin Franklin]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cllea, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”<br />
― Benjamin Franklin</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601277</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One more thing. The very same people who wrote the Constitution were more anti-government than I am. Have you not ever read anything they had to say? I guess that is why someone of your limitations assigns &quot;hate&quot; to everything you have no understanding of. Can you hear the sound of your brain smacking against the inside of your forehead when ever you come to stop to quickly? Everytime I wonder &#039;how did the world turn upside down&#039; I come across someone like you to answer it for me. If your brains were gas you wouldn&#039;t have enough to drive a sugar ants go-cart around the inside of a cheerio.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more thing. The very same people who wrote the Constitution were more anti-government than I am. Have you not ever read anything they had to say? I guess that is why someone of your limitations assigns &#8220;hate&#8221; to everything you have no understanding of. Can you hear the sound of your brain smacking against the inside of your forehead when ever you come to stop to quickly? Everytime I wonder &#8216;how did the world turn upside down&#8217; I come across someone like you to answer it for me. If your brains were gas you wouldn&#8217;t have enough to drive a sugar ants go-cart around the inside of a cheerio.</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601275</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is it, why would you accuse me of the lefts favorite word? Are you a complete moron and that exemplifies the depth of your understanding? Are you so intellectually obtuse that you cannot possibly conceive of any limitations on the federal government. Here is a little history lesson for you. The framers of the Constitution debated at length whether or not to even esablish a federal government because of the exact reasons we are witnessing today. The fact that at some time in the future it would assume powers never granted or intended for it. There were a whole bunch of essays written on the subject known as the Federalist Papers. The only thing I HATE is the leftist desire to assign everyone to a group. I am an individual. NOT a group. Politically I am an ANTI-leftist. Intellectually you are a lemming.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which is it, why would you accuse me of the lefts favorite word? Are you a complete moron and that exemplifies the depth of your understanding? Are you so intellectually obtuse that you cannot possibly conceive of any limitations on the federal government. Here is a little history lesson for you. The framers of the Constitution debated at length whether or not to even esablish a federal government because of the exact reasons we are witnessing today. The fact that at some time in the future it would assume powers never granted or intended for it. There were a whole bunch of essays written on the subject known as the Federalist Papers. The only thing I HATE is the leftist desire to assign everyone to a group. I am an individual. NOT a group. Politically I am an ANTI-leftist. Intellectually you are a lemming.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Gibney</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-601035</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Gibney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, there seems to be no shortage of apparatchiks voicing their party line here does there? Isn&#039;t it interesting that there are so many letters here on gun control , like in many papers across the country? What I find fascinating is that people like Sylvia and these no name contributers (Cowards to not use their own name)Seem so self rightous and  offended by people who actually own guns and contribute to this country. God forbid they  have the gall to want to keep their country from being hijacked by mindless idiot politicians. I would be curious how many of you  who are so offended by guns would  rethink your position if you lived say ...on E 14th street in Hayward or farther down in Oakland?  How would you do in the eastside or south of Chicago?  Hmm? ( I have resided in these places)
No, that would scare the crap out of you wouldn&#039;t it? It&#039;s easy to pontificate when your safe and snug in suburbia...Thats not even the half of it really.
This Government, these creatons some of you elected have an agenda. It&#039;s to control you. If your good with that then you fit the title of &#039;apparatchiks&#039;. THAT is not what this country was founded on. Those of us that  fight and rail against this idiocy that passes for a president and his administration, we see farther down the road than your near sighted 
&#039;take my freedom and privacy so I can feel safe&#039; mentality. So  please, feel free  to whine, rage, and act like petulant liberals. You can thank us later  for covering your ass.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, there seems to be no shortage of apparatchiks voicing their party line here does there? Isn&#8217;t it interesting that there are so many letters here on gun control , like in many papers across the country? What I find fascinating is that people like Sylvia and these no name contributers (Cowards to not use their own name)Seem so self rightous and  offended by people who actually own guns and contribute to this country. God forbid they  have the gall to want to keep their country from being hijacked by mindless idiot politicians. I would be curious how many of you  who are so offended by guns would  rethink your position if you lived say &#8230;on E 14th street in Hayward or farther down in Oakland?  How would you do in the eastside or south of Chicago?  Hmm? ( I have resided in these places)<br />
No, that would scare the crap out of you wouldn&#8217;t it? It&#8217;s easy to pontificate when your safe and snug in suburbia&#8230;Thats not even the half of it really.<br />
This Government, these creatons some of you elected have an agenda. It&#8217;s to control you. If your good with that then you fit the title of &#8216;apparatchiks&#8217;. THAT is not what this country was founded on. Those of us that  fight and rail against this idiocy that passes for a president and his administration, we see farther down the road than your near sighted<br />
&#8216;take my freedom and privacy so I can feel safe&#8217; mentality. So  please, feel free  to whine, rage, and act like petulant liberals. You can thank us later  for covering your ass.</p>
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		<title>By: cllea</title>
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		<dc:creator>cllea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, your questions, ideas and concerns are honest and legitimate.  They do represent the majority in America at this time.  Also, understand that if you have any pro-government questions, ideas or concerns you will be going against the paranoid, anti-government breed that are arming themselves to fight their dreams of war with the government. It gives them purpose and they will verbally attack if you do not defend their bubble. As you have gotten a taste, for one, Cookie65 is an anti-government member.  Really, do not feed the beast, pay her no mind.  And, Evelyn....really?  I think you may be kinda possessed/taken over to the stupid side, sadly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia, your questions, ideas and concerns are honest and legitimate.  They do represent the majority in America at this time.  Also, understand that if you have any pro-government questions, ideas or concerns you will be going against the paranoid, anti-government breed that are arming themselves to fight their dreams of war with the government. It gives them purpose and they will verbally attack if you do not defend their bubble. As you have gotten a taste, for one, Cookie65 is an anti-government member.  Really, do not feed the beast, pay her no mind.  And, Evelyn&#8230;.really?  I think you may be kinda possessed/taken over to the stupid side, sadly.</p>
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		<title>By: Evelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600994</link>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIDEO (21 Min)- &quot;Is Obama purging the Military of Soldiers who are unwilling to fire on American Citizens?&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/kzT6X3_Bg9o&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VIDEO (21 Min)- &#8220;Is Obama purging the Military of Soldiers who are unwilling to fire on American Citizens?&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/kzT6X3_Bg9o&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600992</link>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Shock claim: Obama only wants military leaders who &#039;will fire on U.S. citizens&#039;&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/article/shock-claim-obama-only-wants-military-leaders-who-will-fire-on-u-s-citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Shock claim: Obama only wants military leaders who &#8216;will fire on U.S. citizens&#8217;&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/shock-claim-obama-only-wants-military-leaders-who-will-fire-on-u-s-citizens" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: Which is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600991</link>
		<dc:creator>Which is it?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie, extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into 2 groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. I would guess from your comments you belong to both groups # 1 and # 2, what say you?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie, extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into 2 groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. I would guess from your comments you belong to both groups # 1 and # 2, what say you?</p>
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		<title>By: Paddy O'furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600985</link>
		<dc:creator>Paddy O'furniture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, tell me what I can do to make to a happy girl.  I own a Ruger Mini 14 Rancher and a Springfield Armory M1A, amongst other cool stuff.  I bought them legally, shoot them legally and store them in a safe.  What can I do that will make you and Dink and Ashley and the other ladies happy? What do you want me,  as a gun owner, to do that will lower the crime rate, make America safer, and set your minds at ease?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia, tell me what I can do to make to a happy girl.  I own a Ruger Mini 14 Rancher and a Springfield Armory M1A, amongst other cool stuff.  I bought them legally, shoot them legally and store them in a safe.  What can I do that will make you and Dink and Ashley and the other ladies happy? What do you want me,  as a gun owner, to do that will lower the crime rate, make America safer, and set your minds at ease?</p>
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		<title>By: cookie65</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600979</link>
		<dc:creator>cookie65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, do tell, what is an assault weapon? Is it a beebee gun, a slingshot, a dull knife, a baseball bat, nunchucks, concrete shoes, a drunk driver behind the wheel of a 4,000 lbs. automobile. You&#039;ll have to be more specific cause I don&#039;t watch leftist media so I am not hip to the dirty names they give to things because they have a scary appearance.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia, do tell, what is an assault weapon? Is it a beebee gun, a slingshot, a dull knife, a baseball bat, nunchucks, concrete shoes, a drunk driver behind the wheel of a 4,000 lbs. automobile. You&#8217;ll have to be more specific cause I don&#8217;t watch leftist media so I am not hip to the dirty names they give to things because they have a scary appearance.</p>
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		<title>By: Sylvia Medley</title>
		<link>http://www.mtdemocrat.com/letters/its-about-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-600976</link>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Medley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookie65: assault weapons are designed specifically for killing people. Currently, people need transportation more than they need guns. We&#039;re in 2013 here. I have no problem whatsoever with my driving rights being restricted. Your right to own guns may be restricted. Just like your 1st Amendment rights are restricted. And I&#039;m not sure what I&#039;m supposed to &quot;get over.&quot; My issue with assault weapons puts me with the majority in this country.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cookie65: assault weapons are designed specifically for killing people. Currently, people need transportation more than they need guns. We&#8217;re in 2013 here. I have no problem whatsoever with my driving rights being restricted. Your right to own guns may be restricted. Just like your 1st Amendment rights are restricted. And I&#8217;m not sure what I&#8217;m supposed to &#8220;get over.&#8221; My issue with assault weapons puts me with the majority in this country.</p>
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