Thank You Russ Feingold

Bartholomew,

What is that Kennedy Ammo Ban you mentioned? I've never heard of it, and a search didn't turn up much.
 
During the 2004 debate for S.1805 (An earlier attempt at Lawsuit Protection that was bogged down with antigun amendments and killed), Sen. Kennedy offered an amendment to the bill that had the practical affect of banning any centerfire ammunition capable of piercing soft body armor (i.e. most rifle ammo).

While offering this amendment, Sen. Kennedy gave a speech stating:

Sen. Kennedy said:
SEN. KENNEDY: Another rifle caliber, the 30.30 caliber, was responsible for penetrating three officers' armor and killing them in 1993, 1996, and 2002. This ammunition is also capable of puncturing light-armored vehicles, ballistic or armored glass, armored limousines, even a 600-pound safe with 600 pounds of safe armor plating.

It is outrageous and unconscionable that such ammunition continues to be sold in the United States of America. Armor-piercing ammunition for rifles and assault weapons is virtually unregulated in the United States. A Federal license is not required to sell such ammunition unless firearms are sold as well. Anyone over the age of 18 may purchase this ammunition without a background check. There is no Federal minimum age of possession. Purchases may be made over the counter, by mail order, by fax, by Internet, and there is no Federal requirement that dealers retain sales records.
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Source: Page: S1635 of the Senate Congressional Record for February 26, 2004
http://thomas.loc.gov/r108/r108.html

Sen. Feingold was one of 34 Senators who voted YES in support of the Kennedy amendment.
 
And you weren't aware of all the no-bid contracts that Haliburton and others have gotten making this administration millions?
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Its kind of pointless to solicit bids, and waste time, when there is NO other company even remotely capable of doing the things needed.

Halliburton is not the devil. They are good, solid, American company that does many htings, and they do them well. Halliburton, and Kellog, Brown, and Root, have a longstanding tradition of government work. They have been the areas contracted long before the War on Terrorism, and have been doing a fine job, on both civil and government contracts.
 
No bid contracts

Yeah, "...Brown and Root" (now a Halliburton subsidiary) has a long history. It was LBJ's favorite contractor during the Vietnam War. The battlegrounds change, the Presidents change, but the "military-industrial complex" keeps grinding out the profits. We should have listened to Eisenhower.
 
orig post by woodbridge Yeah, "...Brown and Root" (now a Halliburton subsidiary) has a long history. It was LBJ's favorite contractor during the Vietnam War. The battlegrounds change, the Presidents change, but the "military-industrial complex" keeps grinding out the profits. We should have listened to Eisenhower.
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He did fear the machine and tried to warn us!
Someone I think it was Chris Mathews said "He (IKE) would have been the ideal wise old uncle who "W" so desperately needs right now.


Just a bit of trivia I found earlier today: Russ Feingold was the only Senator to vote against the original PATRIOT Act.
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Well, God Bless him for that at least!

Rimrock
 
Feingold is the second half of McCain-Feingold, a baldfaced attack on political free speech, the specific kind of speech in mind of the founding fathers when they wrote the first amendment. While Feingold's record on guns may be questioned his stance on the first amendment free speech is quite clear. In spite of his nay vote on Patriot I Feingold is no friend of liberty and limited goverment. :mad:
 
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Feingold is something of an enigma. He seems to like upsetting the applecart as often as possible: most people I know think the vote against USAPATRIOT was just because everyone else had voted for it...

Don't get me wrong, I don't like the guy. However, it IS entertaining to watch one Senator flip his fellow 'critters the (metaphorical) bird
 
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