Baggage Inspectors at TSA Locate "Responsible Gun Owners"

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Saturday January 23, 2016 · 9:31 AM PST

2016/01/23 · 09:31

He couldn't board either!!! Guess where the highest rate of airport gun discovery is...

The Transportation Security Administration just released it’s tally of firearms discovered at airport checkpoints in 2015. In spite of “responsible gun ownership” rhetoric the numbers prove there is an epidemic of irresponsible firearm ownership in this country and the trend is going the wrong way.

TSA noted a 20% increase in airport firearm discoveries from 2014.

The report includes a list of the top 10 airports for gun discoveries in 2015. You’d think the busiest airport in the nation (Atlanta) would top the list but it’s actually 10th in gun discoveries.

Sorting the list by guns discovered per passenger reveals some big differences in gun carrying passengers in airports. Guess where the ~~most~~ least responsible gun owners are concentrated? (Put a cowboy hat on the fellow above and find out below.)

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Where will the last gun free zone be?

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Where will the last gun free zone be?

Congress

33 votes

Your cold dead hands

2 votes

The moon

7 votes

The International Space Station

3 votes

Sidney

8 votes

As Arizona Grabs Spotlight on "Anti-Gay Bill", Georgia Advances Its Own.

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Friday February 28, 2014 · 6:19 AM PST

2014/02/28 · 06:19

Behold the "Preservation of Religious Freedom Act", Georgia's next entrant in the race to the bottom.

While Arizona's "Turn Away the Gay's Bill" is getting national attention, Georgia's state legislature is quickly pushing a similar bill. As usual, the sponsors say it has everything to do with protecting freedom and nothing to do with codifying hate.

The state's legislative session is moving fast this year and this bill has already cleared it's Senate committee. The House version had it's first hearing Monday.

More below:

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What state leads the race to the bottom?

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What state leads the race to the bottom?

Arizona

5 votes

Texas

13 votes

Kansas

7 votes

Georgia

5 votes

Tennessee

4 votes

Here's A Closer Look at the Guys Telling Us to Raise the Retirement age to 70

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Tuesday January 22, 2013 · 12:19 PM PST

2013/01/22 · 12:19

You've seen the headline, I got it AGAIN in the elevator on the way to work this morning: "CEOs push plan to raise full retirement age to 70"

I keep wondering WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE that are so aggressively advocating this prescription for our nations fiscal health. Are they actuary's, economists, former public servants, fiscal savants? So, I clicked around to find out more about this group of insightful CEO's.

What do they know that can so inform us about the merits of raising the retirement age? Peek below the orange squiggly thingy and meet two of them...

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How is YOUR retirement covered?

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How is YOUR retirement covered?

I'm independently wealthy

15 votes

I've got a good pension (at least today)

81 votes

I'm retired comfortably

47 votes

I'm relying on Social Security

241 votes

I have a 401k

27 votes

I have both a 401k and Social Security

166 votes

401k, SS, Pension

103 votes

401k, SS, Pension and Personal Savings

156 votes

I could retire today if I knew I wasn't going to live long.

145 votes

Secession - Perry All Hat, No Calculator

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Wednesday April 22, 2009 · 6:36 AM PDT

2009/04/22 · 06:36

The Rick Perry secession talk obviously touches a nerve with folks on both sides of the political canyon. Much of the "discussion" has revolved around the audacity, the legality or the patriotism of the secession smack. How about the basic economics?

When I lived in Texas anyone who talked big without backing it up was considered "ALL HAT, NO CATTLE". (The condition sometimes known as "alligator mouth with a hummingbird a$$".) Maybe a sober look at the economics of all the Federal "oppression" would help the governor reassess his hat size and quit challenging the good will of the other lower 47. So, here’s a starter post. I’m guessing those with more resources can improve it and help fill in the blanks.

TEXAS SECESSION SAVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $171.8 BILLION +

I don’t want to see the Lone Star state cut and run. However it’s quite possible a Texas secession could fund the entire stimulus package and boost the economy of the remaining United States of America – all the more reason Texans should put a gag on Rick Perry and all the other secessionist grandstanders. The math starts below the fold:

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