rich ruminations

• Two great movies this weekend - Get Smar, and Wall-E. And Juei is listed in the Wall-E credits!!!! #

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Awesome.

Chicago’s gun ban is now the most restrictive in the country.

How effective has it been? Local advocates of gun control are complaining of gun violence. Funny though, the violence is despite the gun ban.

Hmm…

But all the talk about greater freedoms for gun owners doesn’t begin to explain what the ruling means in Chicago, which has seen a recent spate of gun violence.

Nine people were killed in 36 shootings during one weekend this spring. The next week, five people were found shot to death inside a South Side home.

Chicago Public Schools officials say 27 students have been killed by gunfire since September.

Pamela Bosley lost her 18-year-old son two years ago, when a bullet struck him as he helped a fellow student unload instruments outside a South Side Church.

“If you didn’t have the guns, we’d still have our children,” she said.

Annette Nance-Holt, whose 16-year-old son was killed on a city bus last spring when someone sprayed bullets inside it, was livid with the court’s decision.

“I’m still trying to figure out who we are more in love with, our children or our guns,” she said. “It’s crazy. I’m safer being a deer knowing people are hunting you.”

Maybe they can pass a new law and make guns even more illegal!

• Supreme Court has affirmed the Heller decision - Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm. Yes! #

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• Quote of the day: “Did Senator Obama really kill a seal that was less than a week old?” #
• Cool web site… load, wait a few seconds. http://producten.hema.nl/ #

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• @akardell RE: 10.5.3, I’m having to restart every day or two, otherwise problems, lockups, disappearing RAM #

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• Great interview w/ Paul Carnine @ Vara Software - http://tinyurl.com/69wrgz #
• George Carlin, RIP. #
• @akardell congratulations! #

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• What is good tequila? http://tinyurl.com/3vrw3c #
• Wow… ice found on Mars. Very, very awesome. #
• FISA Amendment passes. Iraq war funding passes. It’s a great day indeed. #
• Amazing pics of Mars - http://tinyurl.com/5fqogm #
• @tdibble “… spying on us…” — I’ve never had any overseas conversations with suspected terrorists, that I can recall. #
• Even Pelosi supported it! #
• Even the Messiah (B. Obama) announced support for the FISA bill… wondering if Lee’s head has exploded yet. #
• @akardell so, if supporting FISA is pandering, then… you’re saying that a majority of voters support it? #
• @akardell and… isn’t B.O. a new kind of leader, not doing the pandering thing? I’d hate to learn otherwise. #
• @tdibble wanna make a bet as to whether that happens… and how he ends up voting? (assuming he shows up for the vote) #
• @john_steele in the off-chance that I have, I’m ok with the government listing in on it. And I don’t feel like it would be illegal. #

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• @gmaghera um… Safari is cross-platform also. #
• @gmaghera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_mind #

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• Yes, I’ll have another cup then! http://tinyurl.com/4euhdu #

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• @gmaghera I put a tank of gas in the motorcycle this morning, about $13. #
• @leehinde RE: “alp_SetHeaders” — ah… memories… #

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• @leehinde nope, no more 1st gen iPhones #
• @charlesa michele will sell you hers!! She wants the new one. #

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• @leehinde good times #
• Right on: $4 Gasbags http://tinyurl.com/6cq3mf #
• Dril! Drill! Drill! http://tinyurl.com/5xgl64 #
• @walberty Wow, great news for Paul! Most excellent! #
• Mobile Twitterific is way cool: http://tinyurl.com/3tzpoh #
• Regarding the Apple Design Award twittered earlier… the “Paul” is “Paul Carnine”. #

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• Wow… the Safari 4 dev preview really does seem to be much snappier… #

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• Hoping I can play… we’ll be camping Monday morning… http://tinyurl.com/6mj4rm #
• @d3rox why are you using IE? #

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