Open Carry - Cowboys Want to Carry Guns in Plain View

Open carry laws allow handguns to be carried openly - provided the gun-owner owns his gun legally and subject to some restricted places. The state of the cowboys, Texas, is one of only six states that do not have such laws. The cowboys are not pleased and want to be treated like people in most other states. The cowboys want to carry guns in plain view.

A group called the Texas Citizen Defense League is backing an online petition, with over 3,500 signatories, asking for a law permitting Texans to carry handguns openly. They feel that it is part of Texas' tradition. In the old days, as we can see in the movies, no self-respecting frontiersman would want to be seen dead without a holstered six-shooter. Some gunslingers even carried two, one on each side of the hip.

What do the Injuns have to say about all this, I wonder. Scalping was also a long-held tradition, I believe.


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Bill Clinton Announces Support for Obama

Bill Clinton has announced that he will support Obama in the presidential race. This is not surprising as the time for a unified front for the Democrats cannot be delayed.

There will be a joint rally coming Friday, held by Obama and Hillary Clinton. Husband Bill will be absent as he will be on a trip to Europe.

It will be interesting to see what slot Hillary Clinton may fit into. But the bitter fight she put up for the nomination may have alienated a large number of Obama supporters. And it may be counter-productive for her to be Obama's running mate. Many other positions are of course viable.

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Obama Is Not Pathetic

Barack Obama's wife does not find him pathetic, although that is what she seems to have told Barbara Walters on the TV morning show The View. She told Walters that she did not want him to be president and found him to be "sweet and pathetic".

Spokesman for Obama said what she had actually said was that Obama was "sweet, empathetic".

We shall see, in the course of time, which epithet will best describe him. Some people feel that in his victory speech to the US-Israeli lobby group (AIPAC) in Washington he was neither sweet nor empathetic, at least not to the Palestinians.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat was unhappy with Obama. "His remarks on Jerusalem cast doubt over the chances of peace," Erakat said.

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Dead mayor beats Living rival in Romanian politics

Romanian villagers have re-elected a dead man as their mayor, to prevent his living rival winning. This is a good indicator that the rival should leave the political arena. Or that he should have bought more votes.

Equal opportunity for all, the essence of democracy. Will the dead mayor be paid while he is in office?

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Hillary Clinton Won the Battle But Losing the War

As many have predicted, the Puerto Rican support for Hillary Clinton was huge, and she had a major victory. She has indeed won that battle, but Barack Obama is winning the war, and they both know it.

Despite her declarations that she will not give up, even after the primaries are over, the clear signs are that it would be a futile exercise, wasting money and resources. Even her husband Bill said ominously in South Dakota that this might be the last day of his campaign involvement. I think Hillary should take the strong hint there.

A graceful acknowledgment of defeat and exit from the race is still achievable. The more she delays, the more pathetic she will look.

Obama is understated, but he is clearly confident of final victory for the Democratic nomination.

Tonight (Tuesday) night will be the end of the primaries. Hillary Clinton has had a doggedly full run. When it's time to go, it's time to go.

Final Days for Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is marching on relentlessly, despite clear indications that she's not going anywhere. She and Bill Clinton have for some time been looking like a two man comedy act, except nobody is laughing. She's even inspired a clergyman to make jokes about her. The Rev. Michael Pfleger, as a guest speaker in Obama's church, made cruel fun of Hillary. At one point he did a little act, pretending to be Hillary crying over "a black man stealing my show".

Her desperate move to demand that every Michigan and Florida delegate to have a full vote was literally chopped by the Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee, by allowing only a half vote for each. Those primaries were won by Hillary, but the results were invalidated because they were held earlier than allowed. The Committee's decision is really a fatal blow for Hillary.

For the time being, Hillary Clinton is spending the weekend in sunny Puerto Rico. She is trying to appear upbeat. Maybe she is. She is actually quite popular there - even Ricky Martin is a supporter - and is expected to win the primary. However, this will have little effect in the larger scheme of things.