Rancher +Militia vs BLM,trouble on the range.(OT)

I can see that my presence here will only turn into another target for the negativity that persists. So, with that, I say good bye and good cheers to all of you good hearted souls on this thread.

Fact is I would allow anyone of my three children and Wife to be under his care, anytime, anywhere if either ever requested to partake in any of the trips his employer offers

I just do not understand why the pro gun people are not for more stringent background checks

because they irrationally fear that if background checks are expanded then it follows that someday the guvmint will come to their house and take every one of their guns

No, it's because the gun industry is very rationally aware that universal background checks would immediately cut into that proportion of their sales that are straw purchases. The less immediate reduction in associated crime would also reduce the legitimate self-defense market, therefore the gun industry needs to create an irrational fear to maintain sales.

Musk said it costs four times more to launch ULA's Delta or Atlas rocket vs. a SpaceX Falcon rocket – an agreement he claimed is costing US taxpayers billions of dollars for no reason. "Each launch by ULA costs American taxpayers roughly $400 million per launch. They are insanely expensive. I don't know why they are so expensive." The Falcon 9 lists for about $60 Million per launch, but rises to about $100 million after the certification costs are included, Musk explained.

"So yes the certification does make our Falcon 9 rocket more expensive. But not 400% more expensive."

"Our rockets are 21st century design," said Musk to obtain the most efficiency. He said ULA's designs date back to the 90s and earlier with heritage hardware. To date the Falcon 9 has already been used three times under a $1.6 Billion contract with NASA to launch the private SpaceX Dragon resupply vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) – most recently a week ago during the April 18 blastoff of the SpaceX CRS-3 mission from Cape Canaveral. It is also being used to launch highly expensive communications satellites like SES-8 and Thaicom-6 for private companies to geostationary orbits.

"It just seems odd that if our vehicle is good enough for NASA and supporting a $100 billion space station, and it's good enough for launching NASA science satellites, for launching complex commercial geostationary satellites, then there's no reasonable basis for it not being capable of launching something quite simple like a GPS satellite," said Musk.

"Our only option is to file a protest."

"Negroes," Bundy further observed, abort their babies and put their men in prisons. Young black males were in trouble, he said, because they hadn't been taught to pick cotton.

Obviously, there's no defending Bundy's remarks. Pundits and politicians, including most notably Sean Hannity, Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, quickly distanced themselves from the Bundy comments, though not, curiously, from his objections to the government's authority over grazing lands.

Well, of course they would disavow racist remarks. But they also never should have aligned themselves with someone who not only flouts the law but also has armed himself against government agents, indicating his willingness to protest through violence.

That makes them dangerous and, in my view, deserving of any amount of vitriol they receive here.

J. Tisdale Jr.

Welcome to the taco!

Not only is Jtiss an unbiased observer, but actual proof that Chuff has a friend outside of this strange little therapy circle.