Showing posts with label Orlando/Sandy Hook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orlando/Sandy Hook. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

We Noticed: 4 Killed in Benghazi...GOP outrage; 49 killed in mass shooting...nothing can be done.

It's still stunning how easily Republicans can get away with a simple moment of silence for the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history, but feign foreign policy outrage against Clinton for the deaths of 4 diplomats in Benghazi. Coincidentally, Clinton just happen to be the Democratic candidate for president.


The actual partisan Republican "report" said something completely different:


Also not buying into the politically motivated attack...


Yet the Republicans callous behavior over 49 Americans mowed down in Orlando deserves just another moment of silence and Paul Ryan's smirk directed at the Democratic Party's "publicity stunt" sit-in to pass common sense gun legislation supported by over 80% of the public:


Saturday, June 18, 2016

America goes Gun Crazy; A real Hatfield vs McCoy's mentality is trending nationwide.

The unintended consequences of the Supreme Court decision that overturned centuries of common sense 2nd Amendment decisions, has now given us this:

The liberal progressive side of the aisle is now picking up arms to fight radicalized right wingers:
NBC News: The Pink Pistols, a national gun club for gays and lesbians, wants their community to take up arms in self defense in the wake of a deadly shooting massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Spokesperson Gwendolyn Patton, who argues that the LGBT community needs to exercise their Second Amendment rights in order to defend themselves, says the group saw membership soar from about 1,500 members before the Orlando shooting on Sunday to 3,500 on Monday. 

The Pink Pistols describes itself as "an international LGBT self-defense organization" that advocates for gay people to acquire concealed carry permits. Group activities include bringing in NRA-certified instructors to help train members at shooting ranges and engaging in political activism. Pink Pistols is generally made up of gun-loving LGBT individuals, but also includes straight ally members. "The intent isn't to kill. The intent is to stop. I don't shoot to kill, I shoot to stop."
A majority of Americans in cities and communities nationwide are now losing the freedom and liberty they once had to to go gun free. Oddly, as more groups give in guns, some see this as a "uniting America" moment:
Nicki Stallard is a transgender woman and the head of the San José, California chapter of the Pink Pistols (is) noticing gun owners helping gays arm themselves against violent attacks - many conservatives are helping the people that they disagree with on social issues.

"They're setting aside their differences. An attack on this gay guy is an attack on a fellow American," Stallard said. "This evil hate, ironically, is uniting America and eliminating hate amongst everyone else."
The wheels are coming off folks.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Paul Ryan, Dumb Ron Johnson claim defeating ISIS will solve Mass Shootings, not gun regulation.

Another frozen in the headlights moment for Republicans, who are now so desperate to appease the NRA, that they've come up with this...


Ryan is another GOP "leader" running the nations problem with weekly mass shootings, by oddly blaming ISIS and terrorism. Guess no one was buying their popular "there's nothing we can do about it" excuse:
The Hill: Ryan suggested that he hasn't changed his tune following the Orlando tragedy. First the bill dubbed "No fly, no buy," could trample on Second Amendment rights. "We also want to make sure that we're not infringing upon people's legitimate constitutional rights." 

Second, Ryan suggested the system currently in place is a suitable line of defense. "We can actually blow our ongoing terrorist investigations."

Third, Ryan said the focus on guns, post-Orlando, is misplaced. Congress instead should be looking at ways to tackle mental illness and rein in homegrown terrorism: "Is going after the Second Amendment how you stop terrorism? No." 
It's terrorism, like at Sandy Hook?
"Let's not take our eye off the ball here. This is a person who was radicalized by Islamic radical terrorists, he claimed it was by ISIS," he added. "So we need to make sure that we're focusing on the real issue here, which is terrorism.
Dumb Ron Johnson's agitated and surreal word salad explanation focused exclusively on defeating terrorism and to do nothing on the terrorist watch list, frustrating the Devil's Advocates and their listeners. It's a 7 minute Dumb Ron Johnson panic attack that solves nothing while avoiding everything:



Gov. Chris Christie sounded just as convinced, casting aside any chance we're going to take the mass shooting problem seriously:



Sen. John McCain played the Trump crazy card by blaming Obama for the spread of terrorism, now in the U.S..



Here's the powerful closing statement from the leader of the Democratic filibuster, Sen. Chris Murphy: