Comments on: Puppetmasters

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:39:30 +0000

Well fair enough, but I presume they’re necessarily members. It just seems more like “insourcing” than “outsourcing” to my untrained eyes.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:31:05 +0000

Board members aren’t employees of NRA.

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:26:43 +0000

I’m unclear on how an organization having its employees do something counts as outsourcing, but whatever.

By: Retardo

Retardo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:20:05 +0000

“…a vote that really matters“?!

So the Bradys think they’ve been wasting their time all these years on stuff that doesn’t really matter? Odd.

By: countertop

countertop — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:17:28 +0000

Paul Helmke is a liar or an idiot (well, maybe not an idiot, but incompetent as far as being a DC political creature goes)

With confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor scheduled for next month, it is worth noting the gun lobby’s disingenuous — and surprisingly muted — reaction to her nomination so far.

On the eve of those hearings, the National Rifle Association still has not decided whether to score Senate votes on her confirmation.

So, are they on the eve of hearings or not?? “On the eve” usually indicates they are going to start in the immediate future, later this week perhaps. But they aren’t. They will be at least 2 weeks away. Hardly, on the eve.

And why would they make a decision to score her now, this far out. Wouldn’t that be something they want to wait until AFTER the hearings to decide??? You know, after the public has a chance to hear whether she believes in the 2nd amendment and will support Heller????

Of course they wouldn’t announce that her vote is going to be scored (I doubt it would be – they aren’t the Institute for Legal Reform which scores all judges) until Congress is ready to take a vote.