MrEd wrote:
Let me tell all of you a little story. Some of you are to young to have live through this, but I did.
We once had a Republican President and Vice that was not well liked by the Democrats, so they went after them. First they got the Vice President on tax evasion for not paying his back taxes and he resigned. With him gone and needing a new Vice to take his place, one was appointed by Congress for the duration of that term. Now the President was no fool, but he was a little stupid. He was also extremely arrogant and didn't think the Democrats would ever be able to get rid of him in 10 lifetimes. Well, to make a long story short, he was caught with his hands in the tiller, so to speak, and had to resign also. Now our Vice President moves up to his place and they appoint a new Vice President. And that is how we got our first President in the history of this great country that never saw an election, he was simply appointed.
For those that have been around awhile, you know exactly who I am talking about. For those that don't know quite as much, the Vice President was Agnue and the President was Nixon. The man appointed to fill these positions was Ford. With Agnue gone and Ford taking his place, they were free to go after Nixon and they did. Now I am not saying what Nixon did was right, but they simply needed something to get rid of him. With Ford moving up to fill his place after he resigned, we had a President that was never elected, but appointed.
Some people have ask why knifes and swards and such are never gone after like guns are, since they will kill a man just as easy as a gun. Well, here is your answer. A gun may kill at a very long range. In the right hands, it is easy to kill at a mile. The longest range sniper kill that I have found is 2.47km and he did it twice. That is a little over 1.5 miles just in case you are wondering. Let me see you do that with a sword. Swords and knifes are very close range weapons and can be handled easy with a gun, but against a gun, it is a different world altogether.
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Just a minor correction, Ed. Spiro Agnew (not Agnue) was Nixon's V.P. that resigned "nolo contendere".
I also see you corrected yourself in later postings. My bad.