Each year the anti-second-amendment folks at the Brady Campaign issue “grades” to each state in the union. This year, thirty-two states received a “D” or an “F” grade measuring their state’s gun laws. The Brady Campaign assigns this grade based on a state’s “Anti-Gun Violence Laws.”
Actually, that is a misnomer; they really should be called “anti-legitimate gun ownership laws.”
California gets an A- grade while nearby Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Idaho all receive “failing” grades. The truth is that these other states know what California’s legislators seem not to know; anti-gun laws do not decrease a state’s crime rate. I suggest inverting the grades to get the real value from the Brady Campaign’s assessment; states like California and Massachusetts which get an A are really getting an F when it comes to protecting their citizens from crime.
NASA Scientists studying the relationship between the Sun’s magnetic activity and the peak number of sunspots, have discovered a six-year relationship between the two phenomena. If the trend continues as it has since 1868, we should experience a count of about 160 sunspots during the next solar cycle peak, due in 2011. 
Christmas Day 2006 – For a couple of years now we’ve decorated our tree with predominantly red, white and blue lights and ornaments to honor our country and our military men and women. As we celebrate the day at home with our families and friends, let us remember those in service to this great country on this day. Remember them with thoughts, silent prayers and especially by supporting them through your gifts to any of these charities, or any other organizations dedicated to our service members world wide.