I just joined 2AF. For $15 (the price of a cheeseburger) I figure I cant go wrong!
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
January 14, 2024, 12:53 PM
229DAK
"The National Rifle Association’s longtime chief financial officer (Woody Phillips, CFO from 1992 to 2018) told a New York jury he was paid $30,000 a month after his retirement for consulting services to the gun-rights group, which the state alleges had squandered millions of dollars in donated cash."
Article behind paywall; I only copied what I could see.
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
February 16, 2024, 10:16 AM
darthfuster
Guilty or not, I won’t donate money to an organization that wastes it like Ive seen the NRA do.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
February 16, 2024, 01:10 PM
Ironworker
I always see people who do not want to give to the NRA for one reason or another. The anti gunners love this. So I think if you do not want to give to the NRA, that is fine. But I do think you should be supporting some other pro gun organization. I like the Second Amendment Foundation. But any other state or local outfit is fine.
February 16, 2024, 03:27 PM
nhtagmember
Been looking around to see if they’ve rendered a verdict yet - it’s a Friday afternoon with a holiday Monday
February 16, 2024, 03:42 PM
flesheatingvirus
Besides the verdict, I'm curious what the judge will decide to do with other items. Will he break up the entire board? Set a new member limit? Sooo many choices...
________________________________________
-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --
February 16, 2024, 04:35 PM
229DAK
quote:
Originally posted by flesheatingvirus: Besides the verdict, I'm curious what the judge will decide to do with other items. Will he break up the entire board? Set a new member limit? Sooo many choices...
Assign a court-appointed overseer to look into finances. And breaking up the BOD would be a good first start - get rid of all the WLP sycophants.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 229DAK, February 16, 2024 06:09 PM
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
February 22, 2024, 09:46 AM
229DAK
quote:
Some excellent candidates for the NRA Board of Directors elections coming up
I’m often asked by other fellow NRA members which Board of Directors are good to vote for.
VCDL as an organization takes no formal position. But answering for myself, I know two candidates personally and trust them both to keep a watchful eye out:
Jeff Knox and Dennis Fusaro. Both Jeff and Dennis are running with two people they trust: Phil Journey and Rocky Marshall.
If you vote for all of them or just a few of them, I suggest not voting for anyone else. That concentrates your votes.
If you are an NRA member and you are getting one of the four magazines, you probably received your 2024 board of directors ballot. You are instructed to vote for no more than 25 names; 26 of the 34 names are incumbents, i.e.., Wayne's people. Maybe some will change now that he's gone and maybe some will continue his ways. The quote above is from the president of Virginia Citizens Defense League and while NOT an endorsement, here is some new blood for the BOD if you are interested. Don't vote for 25 names; it dilutes your vote (see the link).
The four names in the quote above are numbers 11, 12, 17 and 29 on my ballot; they may be numbered differently on your ballot(s).
Bullet VotingThis message has been edited. Last edited by: 229DAK, February 24, 2024 09:22 AM
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
February 23, 2024, 05:33 PM
Ogie
LaPierre found liable to the tune of about 4.35 million dollars.
February 23, 2024, 05:36 PM
229DAK
Not enough.
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
February 23, 2024, 05:48 PM
808
Has everyone already received their March issue to vote?
Haven’t seen my issue yet.
_______________ NRA Life Member
February 23, 2024, 05:50 PM
nhtagmember
Haven’t seen mine either
February 23, 2024, 05:51 PM
armored
Mine came Thursday.
February 23, 2024, 06:03 PM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by Ogie: LaPierre found liable to the tune of about 4.35 million dollars.
Good!
I'm a NRA Patron life member so it might surprise people to learn that I think the outcome of this trial is a good thing. WWayne is a corrupt piece of shit and it's good that he now has to repay the NRA $4.3 million in damages. The NRA board of directors (BOD) should have fired Wayne in 2019 when its own president, Col Oliver North, raised these same accusations against Wayne.
Speaking of NRA BOD, they need to trim their egregiously large 76 member BOD to 9 or less directors as a 76 member BOD rarely comes to alignment to give direction to the NRA executives. Numerous studies have shown that BOD totaling 10 and above are ineffective.
I want the NRA to be the 800 lb gorilla of gun rights not some DC beltway swamp for corrupt executives.
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer.
February 23, 2024, 08:57 PM
chellim1
tatortodd, I agree.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
February 23, 2024, 09:02 PM
Bassamatic
Yeah, I received the March issue three days ago.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
February 23, 2024, 09:26 PM
TexasScrub
All I've got in the mail from the NRA recently is the advert for the Dallas convention in May. I'll take any advice on who to vote for.
___________________________ He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.
February 23, 2024, 09:49 PM
nhtagmember
Mine arrived in todays mail. And it still has the ballot
February 23, 2024, 10:06 PM
Appliance Brad
Got both of ours yesterday
__________________________ Writing the next chapter that I've been looking forward to.