#un

After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#counts #neck #throat #washes #where

Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. The more public support his stimulus bill loses, the more Obama embraces fear-mongering. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#al #al gore #apart #bill #case

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#associated #balk #bin #bush #chance

I lost my virginity in the back seat of a Buick. Not because I’m a romantic, but because my grandpa and grandma were in the front seats.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cars #driving #family #funny #grandma

If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#consumer #gun #guns #make #manufacturer

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#ads #background #buy #check #checks

Should we have background checks, waiting periods? To drive a car you have to pass a test that shows you know how to drive your car safely, you should have to do the same thing with guns. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#car #checks #drive #guns #how

The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#beginning #fight #gun #just #laws

The vast majority of Americans agree with us. We're doing everything that we can. We're advertising, right now we're on television with an advertisement running in the Washington area. We've got newspaper ads. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#advertisement #advertising #agree #area #doing

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#clean #clean up #gun #guns #industry