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blog.robballen.com - 12/28/2008
I had greater success rates in high school
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This is a hoot . Brady background checks for 2006 - 8,209,900 Total number of convictions from felons trying to buy guns - 73 That's a whopping 0.00009% I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don't normally buy their guns from a retail store?
Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
cnn.com - 12/31/2008
Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
— cnn.com — A new poll shows that President-elect Barack Obama is viewed as a strong, confident leader.... (more) Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11

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Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
us.cnn.com - 1/1/2009
Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11
— us.cnn.com — A new poll shows that President-elect Barack Obama is viewed as a strong, confident leader.... (more) Poll: Obama leadership rates high as Bush's after 9/11

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Mortgage rates are still too high
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/27/2008
Mortgage rates are still too high
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Mortgage rates have dropped a lot in recent weeks, which is a good thing. But there's still... a huge spread between mortgage rates and rates on federal debt. Here's the spread between conventional 30-year mortgages and 10-year Treasuries (10-year ... (more) Mortgage rates are still too high
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.00009% Success Rate - Definitely a Government Program
QandO — Robb Allen trots out an interesting stat and asks an equally interesting if rhetorical question: Brady background checks for 2006 - 8,209,900 Total number of convictions from felons trying to buy guns - 73 That’s a whopping 0.00009% I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don’t normally buy their guns from a retail store?You think that’s why they call them "outlaws"?

The Brady Gun Control Law Is A Failure
Say Anything — Because the background checks ran on gun purchases have a 0.00009% success rate. Brady background checks for 2006 - 8,209,900 Total number of convictions from felons trying to buy guns - 73 That’s a whopping 0.00009% I wonder if maybe, just maybe felons don’t normally buy their guns from a retail store? Undoubtedly. And then there’s also the fact that owning a gun doesn’t make you more likely to commit crimes.  Guns don’t murder and ...

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