Recent content by Rak on Tur'

I consider myself pretty conservative, and I think today's version of republicans are nothing short of a bunch of brainwashed fools. Democrats aren't free of blame either, but I have yet to see either party try to create policy that could help the average working person. Be it fair trade...

It is a shame we missed our chance for single payer, would of been one of the better things we had done as a nation. Republicans offer no improved version, they just shout freedom, and freedom based like that is a viable option in the real world.

Race has no relation to crime, it never has. The single biggest factor, besides human emotion, is environment. You can take any race of people and put them in the same environment, and the behavior between the groups will be pretty much the same. When it comes to punishment a persons social...

As some one who was trooper for most of my life I can't believe the behavior of police, and how people of our country allow this. Law enforcement on all levels has become out of control. A man selling cigarettes shouldn't even have the cops attention, write a ticket at most. All those cops...

I'm not a fan of the added government and taxes of prop 2. It was poorly thought out, and adopting a model that frankly won't be all that great in our state. I will still vote for it, though I only half hartedly support it. The only real benefit I see from it is it will eliminate the "smell"...

America doesn't have the national pride of some better off countries, we are to focused on our individual differences rather than our similarities. As a result everyone suffers. Meanwhile while we argue over total nonsense like what a basketball team owner said, or trying to act like we have...

Sadly you are correct, the majority seem to think that way. When I investigated and pushed for the death penalty of two local men here I had to prove with overwhelming evidence on why the death penalty was justified for the nature of the crime. We were given the go ahead after many reports given...

I would of gave the guy my thanks, that would be a case where the death penalty would be a good thing. My main problem with capital punishment is how it can be used as a bargening chip by the prosecution.

It is a tough one, frankly I would like to see gun safety taught in schools. But in this era I don't see that happening. Up until just recently my grand kids where able to have guns on school property. They had to remain in their vehicle, out of sight, with doors locked. A concerned mother made...

You don't have to look very hard to see cases where background checks could of stopped the sale of a gun to individuals who were mentally unstable. If they where slightly more stringent. I know that the vast majority of gun owners are responsible, and I'm not for some silly gun laws such as...

I think the first place to stat would be by only allowing federal use of the death penalty. States who use the death penalty do not have all the safeguards of the federal system. In the federal system the individual's life can't be used as some sort of bargaining chip. That isn't the case with...

The police chief is right when he said the police can't protect people, that is true nation wide. I do not agree with concieled weapons permits, a person should have those rights without needing the governments blessing. I do think we need to enforce background checks better than what is...

At the end of the day, does it really matter? The Koch brothers, Soros, Buffet, ect can care less about you and your freedoms. I tend to be a pretty conservative guy and have always had the live and let live mindset. There are some real boneheads that are conservative, but I've noticed that you...

The guy is clueless, can't say I am surprised he is in his own little bubble on pot laws. Hannity is a idiot, just like the majority of the people in the media these days. But that sad part is that people actually focus on what these dinks say. Meanwhile our government passes bad "law" after...

I have had my home broken into twice over the years, it's mostly kids with heroin addiction in my area. I own guns, and frankly wouldn't shoot someone for stealing my property. If they take off running when you show yourself with a gun they have no intention to harm, and it would be wrong to use...