tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post3728570647731607126..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Some Victims Are More Equal Than OthersKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-14844743405409685682015-10-05T23:16:05.742-04:002015-10-05T23:16:05.742-04:00Thank you, Karen, for your usual well thought out ...Thank you, Karen, for your usual well thought out and beautifully expressed description of Barack Obama's personality and manner of governing. I haven't seen any one comment on another comment he made about guns and gun control. In his press conference last week, he said that he was going to "politicize" this - the matter of gun control. He encouraged voters to become "single-issue voters." <br /><br />From Politico: "Here's what you need to do: You have to make sure that anybody that you are voting for is on the right side of this issue . . . . even if they're great on other stuff, you've got to vote against them." <br /><br />A call for a vote against Bernie Sanders? Get our minds off the Doctors Without Borders hospital? Forget about the TPP? The drones? His continual petty picking at Putin? Just forget about everything and vote for whomever is in favor of gun control. I heard him say this on NPR the next morning. If it had been any one other than President Obama, I would have had difficulty believing what I was hearing.<br /><br />The issue of mass shootings goes way beyond gun control. It is a reflection of how our government addresses its "problems:" With force, violence, guns, and bombs. This is a "trickle-down" process that actually works and has a profound, unspeakable effect on our country's citizens. <br /><br />Thank you, too, Karen for bringing the suicide epidemic to our attention. <br /><br />http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/barack-obama-gun-control-laws-single-issue-voting-214392#ixzz3nkiurKGVAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934537052832784344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-41908570085861747882015-10-05T18:17:05.792-04:002015-10-05T18:17:05.792-04:00re Sanders, Clinton and guns:
Sadly, the last thi...re Sanders, Clinton and guns:<br /><br />Sadly, the last thing Bernie Sanders needed was a huge bloodbath gun massacre in the 2016 campaign. But since they occur here with such regularity, there was bound to be more than one during this endless campaign, so tragically. Now the crazies out there that may be fantasizing about public massacres may be even more motivated—this is one of the hottest political issues. His heinous act may be cited by candidate for president!<br /><br />See NPR....The Last Thing Bernie Sanders Needs Right Now Is A Conversation About Guns.<br />Sanders may be to the left of Clinton on most things, but is to her right on guns. <br /><br /><br />He says “ I think that urban America has got to respect what rural America is about, where 99 percent of the people in my state who hunt are law-abiding people.”<br /><br />So like the NRA says in effect, why should millions of law abiding gun owners sacrifice their rights just b/c of these evil mentally ill nuts running around? Thus...why should lawful rural people sacrifice for urban gun nuts? Same thing. <br /><br />Somehow citizens in dozens of countries don’t regard gun bans as sacrifice. What IS the matter with these foreigners? Follow the money paying for our elections and molding public opinion, for years. But it may be changing. <br /><br />NPR says, after the SC church massacre Sanders tone was more muted than the other Dems. <br /><br />Now, I'm thinking that this one issue just may be what catapults Hillary to the presidency. The repub nut line up all oppose gun control. The Oct Dem debates will sharpen this issue to a razor’s edge. <br /><br />Otoh, Sanders on guns may play well in the general election. <br />Otoh, polls show most gun owners do want more gun control, including many NRA members.<br />Otoh, Sanders did vote for background checks and assault gun ban, BUT against a waiting period in Vermont. Complicated? Yes.<br /><br />Er, btw, how many of the poor city kids wounded by gunshots have health insurance for their hospitalization? Truly universal h/c would be so apt for a gun crazy country, yet it is the 1 modern country still is without it. Is that too complicated for America? Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-5392279412317589652015-10-05T18:12:32.721-04:002015-10-05T18:12:32.721-04:00This may be off topic but it is a top topic in the...This may be off topic but it is a top topic in the news. Here in Canada with the national election two weeks away and early voting sooner, the TPP issue is a hot issue in the election: Harper for the Conservatives is an Obama clone, Trudeau for the Liberals is waiting to get details and the NDP has been totally against this agreement. Voters will have more to ponder with the closest vote in Canadian history. Shades of the future in the U.S. Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-39897928872155328952015-10-05T17:29:56.802-04:002015-10-05T17:29:56.802-04:00Looks like the U.S. military is reading from the I...Looks like the U.S. military is reading from the Israeli playbook:<br /><br />"We haven’t heard reports of deaths, will check into it."<br /><br />"The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb."<br /><br />"Ok we killed them, but they were terrorists."<br /><br />"Ok they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields."<br /><br />"Ok there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose."<br /><br />"Ok we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are."<br /><br />"Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of anti-Semite?"<br /><br />When Syrian military forces commit war crimes, Bashir al Assad is called a war criminal, but when the U.S. Military or IDF commits war crimes, President Peace Prize and Bibi the Butcher are golden. We're un-American to even question it. <br /><br />Is a deliberate attack on a hospital 'giving aid and comfort to the enemy' any more unthinkable than killing children every couple years in Gaza using the term "mowing the lawn" to keep future terrorists from growing up? (The Mafia also kills cherished family members first when they don't get their way.) Give 'Em Hell Harry ordered hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians incinerated by a couple of atomic bombs 'to save American lives'. Those civilians were considered to be future soldiers and givers of aid and comfort to the enemy. When it comes to our side, any excuse will do. That pesky MSF hospital and their treasonous staff are now completely gone. <br /><br />So when is the USA going to become a member of the International Criminal Court? When Hell freezes over, no doubt.annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-86523972513734841812015-10-05T12:10:47.463-04:002015-10-05T12:10:47.463-04:00Text of Obama’s Statement on Trans-Pacific Partner...Text of Obama’s Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership http://on.wsj.com/1OSMNEg via @WSJPolitics <br /><br />Karen: Am awaiting your clarification on this latest news regarding the TPP agreement. Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-13852489952710206482015-10-04T23:44:57.974-04:002015-10-04T23:44:57.974-04:00Meredith: Please see an answer I left at the end ...Meredith: Please see an answer I left at the end of the Bernie Rising column in reply to your question about his reaction to the gun control question.Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-52165607734425711792015-10-04T20:30:29.748-04:002015-10-04T20:30:29.748-04:00Obama has gotten everything he has actually fought...Obama has gotten everything he has actually fought for. What is interesting and telling are the things he actually fights for.Ol' Dirty Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405865084759682448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-81382533528625377442015-10-04T19:45:30.722-04:002015-10-04T19:45:30.722-04:00Here's something new to me.
Cspan schedule Tod...Here's something new to me.<br />Cspan schedule Today:October 4, 2015<br />Red Mass Departures<br /><br />“Footage of Supreme Court justices departing from the annual Red Mass was shown. The annual Red Mass is held to mark the start of the U.S. Supreme Court term. The event brings together some of the court’s members and other public officials involved with the law for blessings and guidance in the administration of justice.”<br /><br />What? Has anybody ever heard of the Supreme Court attending a Mass every year to ask for blessings...etc? I never did. I just saw it listed on cspan. It comes from medieval times---as so much of our culture does, it seems.<br />I don’t get this church state separation thing then. This is way over my head. It isn’t possible the court might be biased then in favor of the church in any cases, is it? Surely not.<br /><br />Wiki says:<br />.... attended by some Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, the diplomatic corps, the Cabinet and other government departments and sometimes the President of the United States.<br />(they wear red robes)<br /><br />Let them pray to the almighty for a bit of respite from repeated shooting massacres. It’s all in god’s hands. <br /><br />Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-62889653645495221402015-10-04T17:42:45.094-04:002015-10-04T17:42:45.094-04:00I like this recent tweet from comedian @jennyjaffe...I like this recent tweet from comedian @jennyjaffe. Kinda sums it up nicely for me:<br /><br />"GUNS ARENT THE PROBLEM MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE ARE"<br /><br />"OK, then federally funded, easily accessible mental healthcare, please!"<br /><br />"NO!"Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-42800109546749439942015-10-04T16:25:48.305-04:002015-10-04T16:25:48.305-04:00From Los Angeles Times:
Doctors Without Borders ...From Los Angeles Times:<br /><br /> Doctors Without Borders closes Afghan hospital, says U.S. may have committed war crime http://fw.to/IatmslLPearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-82854823152218066942015-10-04T15:11:03.307-04:002015-10-04T15:11:03.307-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929471051591824542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-1976096162143938702015-10-04T14:54:40.623-04:002015-10-04T14:54:40.623-04:00By the end of President Obama's first term, it...By the end of President Obama's first term, it was evident that he has no more moral sense or empathy than his predecessor. Obama has a much flashier smile, which helps distract those who don't want to see the truth. <br /><br />Once again I'm reminded of George Carlin's routine in which he repeats for the audience, "They just don't care about you." The "you' in the case of Obama is everyone who is not a zillionaire or basketball buddy, domestic or foreign.voice-in-wildernessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-34773206140682639502015-10-04T14:29:38.740-04:002015-10-04T14:29:38.740-04:00What will they do next? :Obama and his cohorts are...What will they do next? :Obama and his cohorts are running out of explanations which make less and less sense to everyone.<br /><br />I almost feel sorry for him since his anger is the result of frustration knowing the roof is falling on him, but can't figure out why.<br /><br />How is his library coming? What will they fill it with? Copies of his speeches?Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-90688491546806898152015-10-04T14:02:57.882-04:002015-10-04T14:02:57.882-04:00
Obama is a victim of the gop dominance, setting t...<br />Obama is a victim of the gop dominance, setting the parameters of the political discussion due to big money driving elections. He’s hamstrung, and frustrated. I think he’s sincere and hard hitting in his last speech, but our political norms have been reset, and this president can only fight it so far. <br /><br />This is not excusing Obama’s faults. But this is the type of president our current system can nominate and then elect. Especially the 1st black president. How ironic if that actually set us back instead of moving us forward! Obama is not abnormal in our present system. <br /><br />THOM HARTMANN ON CSPAN IN DEPTH 3 HOURS<br /><br />For a good overview of the liberal thought, see Cspan In Depth program, Sunday, Oct 4. Thom Hartmann, radio/tv host/author–3 hour interview with call in. Repeated at 12am. Glad cspan gave him a platform. <br /><br />Says, US only developed country that doesn’t protect it’s workers. <br /><br />The gop is the only party in the world that denies climate change...see times editorial also. <br /><br />Conservatives abroad are mostly anti immigrant...but they support universal h/c, low tuition subsidies, and are pro green energy. <br /><br />And of course, all parties abroad support strict gun laws. This is easier since their elections are paid for with public funds, with strict limits on private donors. No NRAs pushing politicians around in those exotic foreign lands. <br /><br />In the US even liberals are reluctant to strongly propose what EU takes for granted, lest they lose influence as too left wing. Thus our liberals are hampered in performing their function of defending the working middle class against economic predators transferring the national wealth upward. Now they can hardly advocate protecting our safety against guns for all, since that means challenging our big money system as well. Don’t go too far out. Just stick within guidelines and proclaim outrage.<br /><br />The goal of the gop is to manipulate voters to vote against their own interests. To some extent, even when they lose elections, they win in many ways, since candidates of both parties are dependent on big money. This pulls even dems rightward compared to position of previous generations. <br /><br />Now gun control that’s normal in most modern nations, is hopelessly left wing radical interference by big govt in America, land of the Free. <br /><br />Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.com