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Well lets see: 1. I have a Master's Degree in History and I am about to pursue my PhD in the same subject. 2. I actually want to teach in college. 3. I own more books that I can count primarily on Early American History 4. I attend church regularly 5. I am an avid football fan (go...

Thanks for the replies we own a ranch in New Mexico and saw some tracks of something (either a lion or a black bear) the tracks were very indistinct. I have a 686 and thought maybe that would be sufficient for black bear defense and to defend against mountain lions. stonewall34

Question, Is a .357 Magnum sufficient to defend against Mountain Lions and Black Bears. Stonewall34

guitarguy, Try reading for yourself Gordon S. Wood's The Creation of the American Republic and Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Both are good books that explain the whys and wherfores of the American Revolution and the background events related to it. I...

The minute that we began allowing the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to take care of things that the local population and government traditionally took care of we signed away our rights. Government by nature tends to grab as much power as the citizens allow it to have. When we constantly make the...

1. Political philosophy: I am Jeffersonian in my political beliefs, in other words I believe the least amount of government is what works best. 2. 2nd Amendment: I believe that in order to properly pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness you have to be able to defend them if...

Does the heart good to see so much quoting of the founders in this discussion (particularly Madison). That being said I believe that the original intent of the founders was for the government (particularly the national branch) to be absolutely neutral in matters of religion. The danger in...

Well if the reading I posted was neocon I would hate to read anything liberal. All of those authors are/were considered to be rather to the left wing side of things. If I am correct two of them were assignments for a graduate course I took and the other is one I read for "enjoyment". If you...

Hey Bossman, I don't feel that anyone wastes their vote as long as they vote. I get abundantly tired of people griping of how things are going and then I find out they don't vote. As for me when people ask me how I voted I generally tell them it is between me and the ballot box. However, if...

Reply to Joab and 2nd Amendment Actually the proper response to this idea that Americans exterminated certain groups of people is both yes and no. To be certain the Europeans entered North America with the idea that the land was theirs for the taking. The brutalities inflicted on the native...