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Location:: Baker City, OR

Website:: chuckfor.blogspot.com

Favorite Quote:: Don't force that, son; get a bigger hammer

About Me:: married, aged mid-50s construction contractor, left Democrat, gun owner/shooter, drag racer

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Do we really need the Second Amendment?

I am a firm believer that if you keep a firearm for self-defense you need to practice regularly. There is no replacement for competence and comfort and safety. One should also know the ballistics o... Continue

Tagged: gun, control, second, 2nd amendment, amendment

Added a reply Jun 7

Do we really need the Second Amendment?

My firearms get regular use, mostly target shooting. I practice and am therefor very competent. I am probably more competent with a variety of firearms than virtually every policeman in your city. ... Continue

Tagged: gun, control, second, 2nd amendment, amendment

Added a reply Jun 5

Do we really need the Second Amendment?

Let's at least start out somewhere reasonable before we start taking wrecking balls to the BOR. The BOR is a philosophical document, it does not create - it guarantees rights. What the government g... Continue

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Chuck Butcher commented on the article Why Politics? Aug 9

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Why Politics?

Previously posted at Chuck for... I'll admit to being a political junkie, it's bad stuff, I can't stay away from it even when there's no elections going on. I don't know if it's genetic or upbringing or just plain masochism. It matters to me. I do know that once you step outside the affection of your family and friends very little in our lives is outside the effects of politics. No matter your political orientation, this is tr… Continue

Posted on August 7th, 2008 at 7:23pm — 3 Comments (Add)

A Pictoral Tour Of Portland to Baker OR - Almost

Previously posted on Chuck for... On Saturday and Sunday 7/12-13 the Democratic Party of Oregon held meetings in Tualatin south of Portland. On Sunday afternoon the Merkley and Obama campaigns held the opening of their office at SE Division and 30th in Portland so I stopped by to pick up some campaign paraphernalia and save shipping. Since I had bailed off the Interstate and was inside Portland I dec… Continue

Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 3:58am — No Comments (Add)

McCain's Gramm "Mental Recession"

Originally posted at Chuck for... If you've wondered whose interests the Republican Party and their nominee John McCain serve the statement by his economic advisor Phil Gramm ought to clue you in.

"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," he said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity over losing jobs to India, China, illegal immigration, housing and credit problems and record oil…

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Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 6:10pm — No Comments (Add)

What Have We Done To "God" ?

First published on Chuck for... Generally speaking humankind seems to have a desire to have a Supreme Being, a Creator of the Universe. This would seem to bear some implications for His attributes, the size and scope of the creation. All the stars we can and cannot see down to the subatomic particles making up all of that creation infer a huge act of creation, something well beyond the scope of human concrete conce… Continue

Posted on June 30th, 2008 at 6:15am — 8 Comments (Add)

Scalia Activist Judge

Originally posted Chuck for... The dissent filed by Antonin Scalia in Boumediene v. Bush was scathing concerning the dangers of releasing Guantanamo detainees.

"At least 30 of those prisoners hitherto released from Guantánamo have returned to the battlefield."

It is flatly untrue. Seton Hall Univers… Continue

Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 4:27am — No Comments (Add)

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