Let me define the word "bummer."
"Bummer" is having
Ted Kennedy for one senator;
John Kerry for the other senator; and
James McGovern for your congressman.
That's the situation I am in.
To be fair, all three are pretty good at constituant service; i.e. someone's hand from the IRS or VA is found caught in your shorts while you're wearing them. You call them and they do get involved.
On the other hand, their anti-gun hatred is astonishing in its intensity, ignorance, and obdurance. They are, on this issue, literally brain damaged -- unable to even consider another side of the argument.
I have written to each repeatedly on the right to self-defense with a firearm. They are incapable of hearing such arguments. They honestly believe that guns contain evil spirits which leap out and turn the gun owner into a murdering psychopath (I guess they are all animists, as the anthroplogists call them). Perhaps a psychiatrist on this discussion group can provide further insight.
I have never received anything other than a form letter from any of them in return for my letters on this subject. The replies from Kennedy usually are on an entirely different subject (??).
The only way this situation will change is a change in whom we send to Congress. At the national level, The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts is a lost cause for the foreseeable future. That's why those of you in other states have an even more important vote this November. At the local level, there should be some surprises here in the PRM this fall.
"Bummer" is having
Ted Kennedy for one senator;
John Kerry for the other senator; and
James McGovern for your congressman.
That's the situation I am in.
To be fair, all three are pretty good at constituant service; i.e. someone's hand from the IRS or VA is found caught in your shorts while you're wearing them. You call them and they do get involved.
On the other hand, their anti-gun hatred is astonishing in its intensity, ignorance, and obdurance. They are, on this issue, literally brain damaged -- unable to even consider another side of the argument.
I have written to each repeatedly on the right to self-defense with a firearm. They are incapable of hearing such arguments. They honestly believe that guns contain evil spirits which leap out and turn the gun owner into a murdering psychopath (I guess they are all animists, as the anthroplogists call them). Perhaps a psychiatrist on this discussion group can provide further insight.
I have never received anything other than a form letter from any of them in return for my letters on this subject. The replies from Kennedy usually are on an entirely different subject (??).
The only way this situation will change is a change in whom we send to Congress. At the national level, The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts is a lost cause for the foreseeable future. That's why those of you in other states have an even more important vote this November. At the local level, there should be some surprises here in the PRM this fall.