400 years of slavery?

If we generiously count 1775 as the beginning of the US, slave importation was banned in 1807, Slavery was finaly banned in the Union slave holding states by 1866 (the last states where it was legal) How in the hell does this equal 200 or the oft quoted 400 years of slavery in the US? Prior to that the British, French, Dutch or Spanish govts were responsible for it.

It's still confiscation

Once again our friends from the other side of the aisle are showing their complete and udder contempt for our intelligence by try to pull a fast one in the gun control 'debate'. So let's get this clear, RETROACTIVE BANNING LEGALLY OWNED FIREARMS! MAGAZINES AND AMMUNITION IS CONFISCATION!!! Telling someone who bought a legal product in good faith, often from the very government that is now trying to outlaw it, they have to get rid of it or turn it over to the state is de facto confiscation. You don't own a banned weapon so this does not effect you? How far are we from retroactive taxes? Retroactive criminalization has already happened under the lautberg amendment- people woke up and found they lost their second amendment RIGHTS for a minor infraction that happened over 50 years earlier with no notice or right to appeal. Are you ready to become a 'prohibited person' that is a criminal because of some purchase or minor action from your past with no rIght of appeal nor as in many cases totally unaware of your change in status? This is America that can't happen here! Wake up it already has and will again unless we we rise up and tell our 'public servants' to stop it.

Do the math

Rev Jesse went on an Anti-American tear during St hugo chavez 's funeral celebration so I would lke to set the recrd straight.

North Texas Weather

Shorts to firewood to shorts again -tomorrow shorts off fiewood back.