Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Monday, April 28, 2014

The Gun Supremacists


N.R.A.'s Wayne LaPierre:


"Freedom has never needed our defense more than now. Almost everywhere you look, something has gone wrong."

Yeah.  I think you're right there.  Something has gone wrong when Americans don't feel safe in malls, movie theaters, schools, community centers, churches, military bases, and their own homes.



 LaPierre:  "You feel it in your heart, you know it in your gut. Something has gone wrong. "

Yeah.  Horribly wrong.



LaPierre:  "The core values we believe in, the things we care about most, are changing. Eroding. Our right to speak."


Hey Wayne!  You're speaking and no one is stopping you or holding a, erm, GUN to your head for doing so.

LaPierre:  "Our right to gather."

Said LaPierre to a gathering of fellow paranoids.



 LaPierre:  "The freedom to work, and practice our religion, and raise and protect our families the way we see fit."

As they say on the intertubes, "WTF?"  Who's stopping you from doing your dirty work of promoting fear and paranoia?  Has any government agent stopped you from worshipping your god?  Which government agency has stepped into your home and told you how to raise your family?  And has Obama come into your home to take away your guns?  Tell us, Wayne.  Give us the evidence.


 LaPierre:  "Those aren't old values. They aren't new values. They are core freedoms, the core values that have always defined us as a nation. And we feel them -- we feel them -- slipping away."


The only thing you may feel "slipping away" is your mental acuity.   You, Wayne LaPierre, are full of bullpucky.  Your values haven't been taken from you or your paranoid friends.  That fear mongering you feed to your audience is all about getting gullible people to buy more guns.

An armed America is a safe America.  Right, Wayne?

Georgia parents shut down a children’s baseball game on Tuesday when an armed man began pacing the park saying, “Look, I got a gun and there's nothing you can do about it." 

Even though 22 people called 911, authorities could not arrest the man or ask him to leave the park because he had a permit. One 6-year-old asked his mother, "Mommy, did that man want to kill me?" 

E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post

 The creativity of the National Rifle Association and other organizations devoted to establishing conditions in which every man, woman and child in our nation will have to be armed is awe-inspiring. Where imagination is concerned, the best absurdist artists and writers have nothing on the NRA. 

Georgia thinks you should be able to take guns into government buildings that don’t have screening devices or security guards. Second Amendment enthusiasts tend not to like tax increases, but as the Associated Press reported, the city of Vienna, Ga., (pop. 3,841) would have to shell out about $60,000 a year to increase security at city buildings. “Do we raise taxes to provide the police protection or do we take the risk of potential injury to our public?” asked Mayor Pro Tem Beth English, who also is president of the Georgia Municipal Association. 

Too bad if this gun lobby subsidy comes out of the school budget. Oh yes, and while conservatives claim to hate the centralization of power, this law wipes out a series of local gun regulations. The gun supremacists just don’t trust those pesky local elected officials.

24 comments:

Howard Brazee said...

I am a white male who is tired of being insulted by other white males by claiming that we are picked on and need more protection from the big bad world.

okjimm said...

LaPierre is just another goddam shill. then more he yaps, the more sensible, reasonable moderates will abandon his extreme views.

//Georgia parents shut down a children’s baseball game on Tuesday// yessirre Bob...it will be continued news like and similar to that which will lead to sensible gun regualtion. Scrw this 2nd amendment 'barkin' point. NO ONE wants to confiscate all guns, weapons...this is a CENTRIST issue....rules and regs are needed and it will take ALL sensible folks to come up with a sensible and comprehensive solution.

ohoh, by the by...I think donuts should be regulated. I need them on a regular basis. Shit, I even conceal them in my coat when needed. when donuts are outlawed...damn..I will be an outlaw. just sayin, is all.

okjimm said...

Howard said, //I am a white male//

whoa...so am I!!!! WELL GOLLY life's coincidence!!! and, here I am being serious...there are a lot of us, who are not racist,sexist, and are pretty nice fathers, brothers and stuff. And there Are Black males like us, and,gosh, sisters too! And Asian and Hispanic and even Canadian Brothers an Sisters, and sheesh, all I think a lot of us want is a decent better world.

Howard, I got your drift...and the real deal is...it ain't such a big bad world. We can make it better, is all, and we best hold hands and get it done. Good for you, Howard. seriously.
peace and stuff....heavy on the stuff.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Famous quotes that founding fathers never said h/t Leslie P.:

1. "The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late."

FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO: Thomas Jefferson.

TRUTH: This is a "spurious" quotation, according to Jefferson scholars at his ancestral home of Monticello; it reportedly first appeared in a 2007 revolutionary screed by a libertarian author who also managed to misspell "Capitol" in his book's title.



2. "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO: Thomas Jefferson, or Thomas Paine, or Samuel Adams.

TRUTH:The earliest version of this didn't appear until 1914, when an obscure anti-marxist crusader used it in a published debate on the correctness of socialism. It was first attributed to Jefferson in a 1994 pamphlet by a "mind control" conspiracy theorist who also recently asked readers: "ARE U.S. PRESIDENTS CLONED? (WHAT HAVE THOSE SECRET NAZI BEEN UP TO ALL THESE YEARS?!)"

Shaw Kenawe said...

(cont.)

3. "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow, the prairie wagon and the citizen's firearms are indelibly related."


FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO: George Washington.

TRUTH: "Prairie wagon"? Washington? Stop smoking crack. Misattributed to the original Dubya in 2011 by two hunters who write for a gun-fondling mag called Sporting Classics. Also printed in Playboy in 1995, and subsequently retracted by Playboy in 1996.


4. "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO: Jefferson, again.

TRUTH: If by Jefferson you mean "a conservative syndicated columnist and gun-loving Confederate sympathizer writing in the Orlando Sentinel in 1989 just before he endorsed a book titled Was Jefferson Davis Right?" then sure, it's Jefferson.

Shaw Kenawe said...

More HERE.

Ray Cranston said...

O.T. but interesting:

The headline has since been changed to "Racist Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Has Only Contributed to Democrats," with an update reading, "his official party affiliation is not known." Still, the Donald-Sterling-Is-a-Democrat meme already took hold within right-wing media:

"Report: Clippers Owner Caught In Racist Rant Is A Democratic Donor" — Fox Nation.

"NBA Sterling is a Democrat..." — Matt Drudge.

"Race Hate Spewing Clippers Owner Is Democratic Donor" — the Daily Caller.

"Media Ignoring Dem Donations of LA Clippers' Owner, Allegedly Caught on Tape in Race-Based Rant" — NewsBusters.

"LA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling is a Racist Democrat" — the Tea Party News Network.

Politico piggy-backed on this flood of Sterling-triggered liberal-shaming with a softer headline: "Donald Sterling made donations to Dems."

Not that Sterling broader political views or party affiliation have much to do with the controversy over his insanely racist comments, but here's a news flash for those conservatives eager to bring up the topic: He's a Republican.

On Sunday, Michael Hiltzik, a Los Angeles Times columnist, tweeted that local voter records show Sterling to be a registered Republican "since 1998." We followed up on that, and a search of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's website for Sterling's name, date of birth, and address confirmed that he's registered as a Republican.

Anonymous said...

Sterling supports Democratic candidates: $5,000 to Gray Davis' gubernatorial campaign in 2002, and $1,000 in support of a group pushing for Proposition 2 in 2008, which sought to give farm animals larger living quarters. He gave another $1,000 to Davis in 1991, a year when he also gave $1,000 to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. In 1989, he gave $2,000 to former basketball player and Democratic senator from New Jersey Bill Bradley. He attended the wedding of Jeff Greene in 2007, who ran in the 2010 Democratic Senate primaries in Florida. Yeah, Sterling is a republican in the same way that Barack Obama is white.

Dr. Seuss

Paula said...

Half Term Sarah proudly stated at the NRA hate-fest that torture is baptism, dragging a Christian sacrament into the sewer along with the crowd that cheered this national embarrassment

"Not only is this woman, putatively a Christian, praising torture, but she is comparing it to a holy sacrament of the Christian faith. It’s disgusting — but even more disgusting, those NRA members, many of whom are no doubt Christians, cheered wildly for her … What does it say about the character of a person that they could make that joking comparison, and that so many people would cheer for it."

I think we know what it says. It says this country has lost its constitutional bearings when an clueless woman like Palin can attract admirers and have them cheer her on to shit on the Constitution with her contemptuous ignorance.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Sorry Anon. You obviously don't understand how huge corporations and very wealthy people spread their influence around to both Democrats and Republicans.

Stirling has been a registered Republican since 1998. That's a fact. That means that even as he spreads his influence around to both political parties, the party he identifies with is the GOP.

GOP apologists don't care for reality, do they. It's been interesting to read so many on the conservative blogs making excuses for the other racist who made news, Cliven Bundy, calling what he said harmless and misunderstood.

When a jerk says African Americans were better off being slaves, there's no mistaking that sort of racism and what people like Bundy mean.

You can't handle the truth.

The Screaming Beagle said...

And speaking of Slavery......why don't the Dimwits scream about the prostitution rings and illegal donuts coming across our borders from Mexico TODAY.....? While Lefty Extremities Do-Good Missionary freaks run to Me to Preach their Bull-Shoes? .... How about trying to solve our acne problems Frist?

Paula said...

are you being spammed again by the crazies?

Ducky's here said...

A frightened six year old is a polite six year old.

Infidel753 said...

In Texas, at least, it's LaPierre's pals who are using intimidation to shut people up.

Dave Miller said...

Shaw... when it was assumed that Sterling was a Dem, he cast a pall across the entire party as conservatives could not wait to tar an entire party as racist pigs...

I wonder if they still believe in guilt by association now that he has been shown to be a registered Republican.

Dave Miller said...

Can anyone define an illegal donut? Clearly some folks missed out on a few classes back in elementary school...

Ducky's here said...

I'm partial to the Boston Kreme at Kane's in Saugus, Dave.

They should be illegal.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Dave, the whole business of trying to find out the political affiliation of unsavory characters so that people can point and say "Aha!" See?! is pointless. There will always be bad people associated with both parties: See US Rep. Grimm (R-Staten Island) and Anthony Weiner (D-NY9). Some conservatives were a little too eager to give ownership to the Dems, and now they look foolish because we found out Stirling is a registered Republican.

I think the "Screaming Beagle" may have been a victim of auto correct via a smart phone. Or he/she is a comedian. Funny stuff.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Infidel753, that link sickened me. Those people have some sort of thug problem or a manhood deficit.

George C., do people still pay attention to Palin? I thought her 15 minutes were over in 2008.

Ducky, don't those open carry dudes feel proud of intimidating moms, dads, and kids playing ball.

Howard and okjimm, the gun yahoos are invested in making you think you need guns to feel secure.

Ducky's here said...

Well Shaw, let's face it. All these gun loons need to do is sign up for some of that Obamacare to get a policy that will pay for a Cialis prescription and they'd be so thrilled they wouldn't have a need to run around intimidating people.

They wouldn't even care about the memory chip implant.

Sometimes I feel blessed living in New England. We haven't lost our common sense.

Lefty Extremities said...

We know it's really about BENGHAZI!

Les Carpenter said...

You're a sick puppy LE.

Anonymous said...

Town With Mandatory Gun Ownership Has Mass Shooting, Several Dead

(O)CT(O)PUS said...

An "illegal donut" is a typo. I believe what the correspondent meant to write is "illegal do not" as in "do not dunk your doohickey unless you have grounds for coffee."