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Monday, July 15, 2013 "The media weren't able to convince people that this Trayvon Martin death really was an event governed by the institutional racism and bigotry and near slavery of this country.  And, as such, they're just having a temper tantrum on the left." -Rush   Transcripts, Rush 24/7 Audio Now at RushLimbaugh.com Left Throws a Temper Tantrum Over the Zimmerman Verdict Frisco TV Station Punked on Asiana Pilot Names The Zimmerman-Martin Case: More About Economy Than Race "Hey, there's a protest. I see it. I'm looking at it.

Morning Jolt . . . with Jim Geraghty July 16, 2013 Save the Earth — Recycle the Opposition's Old Arguments on the Filibuster Ah, filibuster debates. So predictable. Every Republican who wants to keep the filibuster and the current rules in place, just cite the arguments of this guy : What [the American people] don't expect is for one party — be it Republican or Democrat — to change the rules in the middle of the game so that they can make all the decisions while the other party is told to sit down and keep quiet. The American people want less partisanship in this town, but everyone in this chamber knows that the majority chooses to end the filibuster. If they choose to change the rules and put an end to Democ

 BREITBART.COM 16 Hours Ago Gun Owners Of America: Gun Control to Pass if Reid Changes Filibuster Rule by  AWR Hawkins  15 Jul 2013, 12:40 PM PDT  post a comment But  the question raised by Gun Owners of America (GOA) is : how long will it be until gun control is heaved upon the American people if the filibuster is done away with? It was a filibuster that put the Manchin/Toomey background check bill into the light long enough for Senators on both sides of the aisle to realize what was in it and reject it. The bill was defeated on April 17 because it fell six votes shy of 60. But if Reid is successful in changing the rules, then Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) gun control bill could "soon be brought up again and passed." GOA contends that if Reid successfully drops the Senate threshold to end a filibuster from 60 votes to a simple majority of 51, then it might not be long until the bans pushed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) see the light of day as we

 OREGONLIVE.COM 15 Hours Ago Five residents of Gresham, Troutdale, Fairview sue Multnomah County claiming gun-control law doesn't apply by  Aimee Green Five residents of cities in east Multnomah County filed suit Friday against the county, claiming county commissioners overstepped their bounds in April by  passing a gun-control law banning loaded firearms  not only in unincorporated areas, but city limits, too.The residents argue that county commissioners only had the power to limit guns in unincorporated areas — which amount to about 2 percent of the county's roughly 750,000 residents. The lawsuit contends that the commissioners' powers do not apply to more conservative-minded residents within the city limits of Fairview, Gresham, Maywood Park, Troutdale or Wood Village — even though the gun-control ordinance states: "This ordinance will apply countywide unless a city within Multnomah County enacts separate legislation on this same subject matter." The ordinance,