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Cleita

(75,480 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2013, 12:15 PM Oct 2013

The silver lining, the glass half full on the govt. shut down if you can call it [View all]

that.

The Republicans have given us gun control and environmental control through the back door during the duration of the shut down: 1) no gun permits will be issued. 2) no gas and oil permits will be issued.

I'm guessing Boner didn't think this through while gazing into his glass of Merlot.

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The silver lining, the glass half full on the govt. shut down if you can call it [View all] Cleita Oct 2013 OP

Haw-haw. FSogol Oct 2013 #1

Do we have verification of that? If so, I'm going out to get a bottle of Merlot SDjack Oct 2013 #2

It was a Mother Jones reporter on Democracy Now! Cleita Oct 2013 #3

You have just delivered joy to an old Liberal Texan. Thanks. nt SDjack Oct 2013 #4

That is for new gun manufacturers and dealers cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #5

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