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How long?

On By daevadIn In the news, Musings, Washington Whirlwind

How long will you permit the NRA to own the Congress?

How long will you allow the NRA to own the President?  (Well, share the President with Russia)

How long will you allow the NRA to hold your safety and the safety of your loved ones hostage?

How long will the needless carnage continue?

Any and every elected official who has accepted money from the NRA is complicit in the slaughter.

How will you vote later this year?  Do you even vote?  Do you care enough to participate?  Will you wait until the event you or you family members are attending is shot to pieces before you care?

Fire Congressmen, not guns.  Fire Senators, not guns.  Fire the President, not guns.

Thoughts and prayers?  Thoughts and prayers?  Shut up you damned hypocrites!

End the madness.

What follows is a simultaneously humorous and serious look at the U.S. gun violence problem done by a TV show in The Netherlands.  Originally posted in October, 2017, it is no less relevant today.

Members of the House and Senators alike lack the courage to face down the NRA fearing that they will lose their seats.  They wory more about remaining in power than doing right by the people they are supposed to represent.  We as voters need to show them that losing their seats will be a direct consequence of failing to take real action on gun violence.

And I will keep posting this because of its brief burst of brilliance and insight.

 

 

WTF? Sean Hannity edition

On By daevadIn #WTF?, In the news

So a headline over at HuffPost this morning reads:

“Incensed Sean Hannity Says Talking Gun Control After Las Vegas Is ‘Shameful’”

Actually, Hannity’s comment is itself entirely shameful.  Yes, I believe in the First Amendment, and he has the right to say what he thinks, and those ass hats at Fox give him a platform on which to say it; but that doesn’t mean he is right or even sane.  He needs his mouth washed out with soap and he should be sent to his room until, I dunno, maybe forever.

And yes, I know he isn’t the only one saying what he said.  But all of those political hacks, media blowhards, and self-appointed experts are wrong.  In fact, they are counting on it never being a good time to talk about gun control.  Instead, the NRA tools have a bill before Congress right now meant to ease restrictions on gun silencers.  Gee, I wonder if it is a good time to discuss that?