This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Gun control - do they not see the hypocrisy in what they say?
The Today Show did a story on this very incident this morning. They repeatedly stressed how the mother was a responsible gun owner - she did everything right - she even had a special "bag" [????] she carried the gun in. Oh, how could this happen?
YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES! SHE HAD A GUN IN A BAG THAT SHE LEFT IN A SHOPPING CART WITH A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WHO SHOT AND KILLED HER. SHE WAS NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE AND SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT. KIDS AND GUNS DON'T BELONG TOGETHER.
Now that kid has to grow up knowing he/she killed his/her mother. And there were two or three or related children who witnessed the murder.
GET RID OF THE FUCKING GUNS!!!!!
YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES! SHE HAD A GUN IN A BAG THAT SHE LEFT IN A SHOPPING CART WITH A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WHO SHOT AND KILLED HER. SHE WAS NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE AND SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT. KIDS AND GUNS DON'T BELONG TOGETHER.
Now that kid has to grow up knowing he/she killed his/her mother. And there were two or three or related children who witnessed the murder.
GET RID OF THE FUCKING GUNS!!!!!
Help the cops - get the guns off the streets.
One of the biggest reasons for the crazy-ass shootings by police, along with the militarization of police forces around the nation, is the unrelenting pressure from the NRA that everyone should have guns. With so many stinking guns out there, the police have to believe that their lives are in danger about 75% of the time they walk into a situation. Just recently an officer in our area was shot and killed while responding to a call over a domestic disturbance.
Want to help the police? GET THE FUCKING GUNS OFF THE STREET!
Want to help the police? GET THE FUCKING GUNS OFF THE STREET!
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Blame N.Y. Officers Deaths On Convicted Criminal With A Gun, Not Obama
By: Rmuse
Tuesday, December, 23rd, 2014, 11:10 am
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There is a tendency among certain groups in America to assail anyone who fails to praise injustices against other Americans. Fundamentalist Christians claim they are persecuted and criticize American opposition to religious Republicans forcing religion on the people, and now various law enforcement groups are condemning and blaming public officials and citizens for demanding justice for murdered and unarmed African Americans. It is telling that in America, when a criminal kills a law-abiding citizen, or a criminal kills a police officer they are held accountable and punished in the criminal justice system. However, as Americans have witnessed more and more, when police kill citizens, especially unarmed African American citizens, no one is held accountable and failure to praise the killings is an outrage.
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Sadly, just protesting or commenting on that simple truth makes one blameworthy for the tragic death of two New York City police officers. Apparently, if President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, and protestors around the country had celebrated and praised police for killing unarmed African Americans, Republicans and law enforcement would have placed the blame where it belongs; the man with a long criminal history and a gun who murdered two police officers. It is telling that law enforcement failed to blame Obama, Holder, de Blasio, and protestors for the criminal shooting his girlfriend in Baltimore before going to New York, but she was likely African American.
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First, Americans are not anti-law enforcement, they simply want accountability when police violate the public trust. However, in the same way religious fanatics claim they are under attack when they face criticism for pushing their pseudo-biblical beliefs on all Americans, law enforcement claims they are under attack when the people demand they are held accountable for killing unarmed African Americans. This idea that there is a concerted anti-law enforcement crusade guided by the President, Eric Holder, or in New York's case, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is beyond absurd.
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Tuesday, December, 23rd, 2014, 11:10 am
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There is a tendency among certain groups in America to assail anyone who fails to praise injustices against other Americans. Fundamentalist Christians claim they are persecuted and criticize American opposition to religious Republicans forcing religion on the people, and now various law enforcement groups are condemning and blaming public officials and citizens for demanding justice for murdered and unarmed African Americans. It is telling that in America, when a criminal kills a law-abiding citizen, or a criminal kills a police officer they are held accountable and punished in the criminal justice system. However, as Americans have witnessed more and more, when police kill citizens, especially unarmed African American citizens, no one is held accountable and failure to praise the killings is an outrage.
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Sadly, just protesting or commenting on that simple truth makes one blameworthy for the tragic death of two New York City police officers. Apparently, if President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, and protestors around the country had celebrated and praised police for killing unarmed African Americans, Republicans and law enforcement would have placed the blame where it belongs; the man with a long criminal history and a gun who murdered two police officers. It is telling that law enforcement failed to blame Obama, Holder, de Blasio, and protestors for the criminal shooting his girlfriend in Baltimore before going to New York, but she was likely African American.
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First, Americans are not anti-law enforcement, they simply want accountability when police violate the public trust. However, in the same way religious fanatics claim they are under attack when they face criticism for pushing their pseudo-biblical beliefs on all Americans, law enforcement claims they are under attack when the people demand they are held accountable for killing unarmed African Americans. This idea that there is a concerted anti-law enforcement crusade guided by the President, Eric Holder, or in New York's case, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is beyond absurd.
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Report: New Congress Dumping CBO Chief To Clear Way For Special GOP Budget Math
Daniel Strauss
Monday, December 22, 2014, 6:09 pm
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The incoming leaders of the new Republican-controlled Congress have opted against reappointing Doug Elmendorf as head of the Congressional Budget Office, Bloomberg News reported Monday citing an "aide briefed on the decision." The move helps clear the way for so-called "dynamic scoring" -- a Holy Grail of conservative GOP budget wonks who don't like the way the costs of tax cuts are currently calculated.
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Source
Monday, December 22, 2014, 6:09 pm
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The incoming leaders of the new Republican-controlled Congress have opted against reappointing Doug Elmendorf as head of the Congressional Budget Office, Bloomberg News reported Monday citing an "aide briefed on the decision." The move helps clear the way for so-called "dynamic scoring" -- a Holy Grail of conservative GOP budget wonks who don't like the way the costs of tax cuts are currently calculated.
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