tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post4675966273025380973..comments2024-03-29T03:40:00.298-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: THE INSANITY OF THE NRAShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-33834576562763626492012-12-23T00:32:51.813-05:002012-12-23T00:32:51.813-05:00"No use sticking your head in the beach sand...."No use sticking your head in the beach sand..."<br /><br />O could not agree more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-30433673142180352042012-12-22T18:40:38.164-05:002012-12-22T18:40:38.164-05:00Some democracies turn into fascist dictatorships.
...Some democracies turn into fascist dictatorships.<br /><br />Meanwhile - here in the good ole <em>US of A</em> - fear has become the greatest ally of tyranny; ignoble lies and impious deceptions dominate the marketplace of ideas; we have a determined rabble profoundly contemptuous of secular democracy; and elitists such as the Koch brothers investing in propaganda to subvert democracy and turn the masses against their own liberty. With each passing day, this country looks more and more like a <strong>late stage Weimar Republic</strong>.<br /><br />No use sticking your heads in beach sand, it's not too late to change yourself into sea creatures while you still can.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-50642193275424594212012-12-22T17:15:57.978-05:002012-12-22T17:15:57.978-05:00My mistake.
Scusi. My mistake. <br /><br />Scusi. Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-81314845060439867592012-12-22T17:11:48.264-05:002012-12-22T17:11:48.264-05:00Shaw: I agreed with Octo!
My Homeland Security c...Shaw: I agreed with Octo!<br /><br />My Homeland Security comments were in response to Bob K's post. <br /><br />We already live in an over-militarized police state, and it was set in motion way before Obama.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-49457084574072364622012-12-22T16:32:13.528-05:002012-12-22T16:32:13.528-05:00KP declared this issue settled because SF spoke th...KP declared this issue settled because SF spoke the only truthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-47419801801120859202012-12-22T15:44:11.350-05:002012-12-22T15:44:11.350-05:00(O)CT(O)'s comment is not addressing the TSA--...(O)CT(O)'s comment is not addressing the TSA--but those pat-downs were devised to save lives not destroy them. There's no equivalency here. No one, to my knowledge, has died as a result of being patted down before boarding an airplane.<br /><br />However, Newtown.<br /><br />Drones have absolutely nothing to do with the gun culture we live with in this country.<br /><br />But what the NRA cooks up with their puppet masters, the firearms industry does:<br /><br />Here is a review of the NRA-by-way-of-ALEC gun agenda:<br /><br /><b>"The retail sale of machine guns has been barred by federal law since the gangster era but, as uncovered by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), one year ago at ALEC's "policy summit" in Arizona, the NRA obtained unanimous support from the corporate and lawmaker members of ALEC's Task Force for "amending" ALEC's "Consistency in Firearms Regulation Act" to expressly bar cities from banning "machine guns."</b> Other provisions of that bill prevent cities from banning armor-piercing bullets and from banning efforts to alter guns to make them more deadly if the state does not do so. It also bars cities from suing gun manufacturers for gun deaths based on the theory of liability used by governments to sue tobacco manufacturers for smoking deaths."<br /><br />The leadership of the NRA is interestd in making money for the firearms industry, not gun safety or education. That they would even THINK of re-introducing machine guns as lawful to own is beyond reason and, IMO, pure evil.<br /><br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-20305204770270277782012-12-22T15:43:25.969-05:002012-12-22T15:43:25.969-05:00Strange times indeed. I agree with Octo's ass...Strange times indeed. I agree with Octo's assessment of our culture.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-57295187244571707592012-12-22T15:09:06.342-05:002012-12-22T15:09:06.342-05:00I also like Peggy Noonan's article
This line ...I also like <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vRyJ9rRDnsUJ:online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html+noonan&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" rel="nofollow">Peggy Noonan's article</a><br /><br />This line hit me:<br /><br /><i>"It is a terrible thing to lose the illusion of safety"</i><br /><br />And it is an illusion. There are no ironclad guarantees or 100% solutions, and I am in no way throwing up my hands and saying nothing can be done.<br /><br />She quotes from an interview with Eugene Kennedy, professor emeritus at Loyola University of Chicago"<br /><br /><i>Newtown, like 9/11, reminds us of "the mystery of being alone in the world as it is and as we are." The world is imperfect, broken, "with cracks running through it." <br /><br />A central fact of our lives, said Mr. Kennedy, is that "We are all vulnerable. Anything can happen to anybody at any time." We have to understand and recognize our vulnerability "as humans on the earth." We see and experience it every day, "from small disappointments . . . to blows of the heart." And Newtown is a blow of the heart."</i><br /><br />So, lets search for solutions, but lets do it humbly, and with a clear-eyed view of human nature and humanity.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-64859792097164927372012-12-22T14:53:29.781-05:002012-12-22T14:53:29.781-05:00"...that we should raise our children in a mi...<i>"...that we should raise our children in a military-type environment of fear with armed guards all around them in the most-free country in the world, then the NRA is un-American."</i><br /><br />So where do you stand on the whole TSA thing, and the federal government buying drones for every podunk local government, that, btw, the federal government has decked out with tanks, paramilitary equipment and the cool spec ops black uniforms?<br /><br />I'm purposely keeping this non-partisan, because both parties are to blame.<br /> Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-48676097613758694492012-12-22T14:50:19.633-05:002012-12-22T14:50:19.633-05:00Notwithstanding the reductio ad absurdum arguments...Notwithstanding the <i>reductio ad absurdum</i> arguments of Wayne LaPierre, it seems to me the center of our culture no longer holds.<br /><br />What do we write about in our respective forums? We write about corporate corruption, greed and abuse, inequality and social injustice, dirty tricks in the conduct of our elections, lies and deceptions by persons who aspire to positions of power and authority over us, and more! Birthers, character assassins, town hall hooligans, authoritarian demagogues, and a public held hostage – how often do we feel outrage! How often have we felt violated buy verbal thugs and assassins?<br /><br />Our culture has turned itself into a free-for-all; our people have become fractious and fragmented; and there is nothing – not even the ideals and promise of a secular democracy – to bind us together.<br /><br />Now the “fight fire with fire” crowd is arguing for even more guns. I reject this idea that we must live in a society turning itself into an armed camp … with every citizen armed to the teeth and a self-appointed vigilante in every school and self-appointed militias on every street corner. We are creating not an imaginary dystopia but a real one – like a bad Mad Max movie – taking over our lives. UNACCEPTABLE!<br /><br />LaPierre, RN and others would be well advised to take note:<br /><br /><i><b>Octopus ink is mightier than the sword!</b></i><br /><br />BTW: Thank you, BobK.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-85808111670259569772012-12-22T14:41:37.763-05:002012-12-22T14:41:37.763-05:00Suggested reading"
mike302000.blogspot.com
Fi...Suggested reading"<br />mike302000.blogspot.com<br />Find out the truth about gun deathsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-90701064531739502032012-12-22T11:25:21.257-05:002012-12-22T11:25:21.257-05:00I am sure I am not shadow boxing any demons tao, t...I am sure I am not shadow boxing any demons tao, that remains a figment of your imagination.<br /><br />I have however learned many things since visiting progressive sites. I shall leave precisely what unmentioned here.<br /><br />Suffice to say if the mistake was indeed mine it was an honest one. You can rest assured tso I will NOT make that mistake again, if you catch my drift.<br /><br />In fact as I part ways with progressives I do so with a renewed understanding as to why I could never be one. <br /><br />Have a Joyous Holiday Season.<br /><br />Les Carpenter<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-12860977469714214142012-12-22T11:18:08.469-05:002012-12-22T11:18:08.469-05:00I've been on-the-fence on gun control, but the...I've been on-the-fence on gun control, but the NRA's position has made up my mind as a life-long conservative Republican: if they represent gun owners' beliefs that we should raise our children in a military-type environment of fear with armed guards all around them in the most-free country in the world, then the NRA is un-American. <br /><br />I'm proud that my grandchildren, and most of the kids in this country, can play and go to school without armed "soldiers" standing over them like a Middle East country. My grandkids have never seen a real gun because they're too young to have to deal with their deadly potential. <br /><br />There simply is no valid reason for private possession of assault weapons; handguns, rifles, and shotguns OK. I guess I'm gonna have to learn how to be an activist to try to show the NRA leadership up for its cowardice, hiding behind military weapons designed to kill large numbers of people in war. <br /><br />Yesterday was the NRA's greatest day of shame. BobKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-4169073910564548362012-12-22T11:10:14.532-05:002012-12-22T11:10:14.532-05:00skudrunner,
this post is about the NRA and its ir...skudrunner,<br /><br />this post is about the NRA and its irresponsible propaganda, not fiscal problems. thx.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-68818542870471231362012-12-22T10:14:51.375-05:002012-12-22T10:14:51.375-05:00"It is unfortunate the current leadership lac... "It is unfortunate the current leadership lacks the vision required to solve the current issue."<br /><br />I guess leadership is missing in several positions and not just the NRA. Fiscal curb comes to mind.skudrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610092853412481236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-490591965012699742012-12-22T07:04:48.522-05:002012-12-22T07:04:48.522-05:00My wife is mad at the marlboro also. My wife is mad at the marlboro also. Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-36128504947114626012012-12-22T06:36:33.478-05:002012-12-22T06:36:33.478-05:00I hate to disappoint Truth but RN and I are not ha...I hate to disappoint Truth but RN and I are not having any sort of disagreement.<br /><br />You see, as I have told RN numerous times, I do not post as Tao or Anon, but rather only post as Tao Speaks which will link to my blog.<br /><br />But RN continues to want to shadow box some demons he has....<br /><br />I am sure he will issue me an apology shortly.<br /><br />taospeakshttp://taospeaks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-10524541213085871532012-12-22T00:23:09.974-05:002012-12-22T00:23:09.974-05:00Shaw, not angry, just disgusted. But in reality it...Shaw, not angry, just disgusted. But in reality it just doesn't matter any longer. It is what it is. Enjoy the banana republic that is being created right before our eyes. <br /><br />I hear the oligarchs laughing and laughing and laughing.<br /><br />Toddles...Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-31762503688416681112012-12-22T00:18:16.933-05:002012-12-22T00:18:16.933-05:00Consider entertainment ceased Joe.Consider entertainment ceased Joe.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-79875063205750315352012-12-21T23:57:22.239-05:002012-12-21T23:57:22.239-05:00Truth,
Good to see you here. I don't know wh...Truth,<br /><br />Good to see you here. I don't know why RN gets so angry. I'm glad you're having a glass of wine, but wish you weren't smoking a Marlboro.<br /><br />But that's just the nanny-state liberal in me--the one who wishes to keep her friends healthy and around her for a long time.<br /><br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-65650437191938551412012-12-21T21:35:51.555-05:002012-12-21T21:35:51.555-05:00I hate moderation but that is eased since comments... I hate moderation but that is eased since comments still come to my inbox whether they're moderated or not. The back and forth between TAO and Les is entertaining.<br /><br /> I'm drinking a glass of wine and smoking a Marlboro in their honor.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-86848503308899799112012-12-21T21:31:49.435-05:002012-12-21T21:31:49.435-05:00What Wayne was saying is that if you get shot, it&...What Wayne was saying is that if you get shot, it's your own fault because you didn't have a gun on you, or had one but were not adequately trained to anticipate that some other armed moran might shoot you. <br /><br />So in Wayne's World we'll all live with loaded weapons on our hips, in our glove compartments, in the nightstand, with full magazines and a round in the chamber, safety off. That might mean the end of organized society, but it would be a highly desirable outcome for the weapons industry.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-79171337101039942782012-12-21T21:16:14.370-05:002012-12-21T21:16:14.370-05:00As for the left being "deranged," I sugg...As for the left being "deranged," I suggest you look at who are the biggest supporters of the NRA.<br /><br />IMO, they serve no purpose except to advance the profits of the firearms industry.<br /><br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-34746709762522315752012-12-21T21:14:39.601-05:002012-12-21T21:14:39.601-05:00Les, the NRA is not the same organization that it ...Les, the NRA is not the same organization that it was when it first emerged.<br /><br />The NRA is nothing more than a lobby to promote business for the firearms industry.<br /><br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-36363263644576576292012-12-21T21:10:57.848-05:002012-12-21T21:10:57.848-05:00Maybe Wayne will demand higher taxes next because ... Maybe Wayne will demand higher taxes next because there aren't enough taxes. <br /><br /> Then he'll demand more teachers because there aren't enough teachers. Or policemen. Or sensible bloggers like Shaw. <br /><br /> Nah. The guy's an idiot and sheep for the gun industry. Ignorance and paranoia are their friends.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.com