Tuesday, January 11, 2011

True Enough

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11 comments:

  1. Bag Blog11 January, 2011 09:24

    I haven’t said a whole lot about the recent shootings, but it seems to me that the man was just plain crazy. Maybe you could blame political correctness that no one said, “Hey buddy, you’re crazy and need help” earlier. I do find it amazing that a school board meeting in Florida would have a security guard, but not a Representative out in public. I haven’t heard the media ask why there was no one else with a gun present other than the shooter.

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  2. Towanda11 January, 2011 09:34

    Oh that cartoon is SO TRUE!!!

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  3. virgil xenophon11 January, 2011 10:24

    GREAT Cartoon!!! LOL.

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  4. MissBirdlegs in AL11 January, 2011 10:54

    Perfect!

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  5. Suldog11 January, 2011 11:04

    Just wrote something, in response to another blog today, that I'll re-post here. I think it may resonate somewhat.

    Here 'tis:

    The problem with this entire situation, aside from the obvious one of people dying, is that every a-hole in the country will use it for his or her own purposes.

    Whatever the dolt who shot folks may or may not have believed, or whom he may have listened to, or what sum of events and places and other input brought him to his idiotic decision, it is now open season (if you'll excuse such a gun-related phrase) on every right we have as United States citizens. Those who want to limit (fill in your freedom) will use it as an excuse to craft legislation to that end.

    What is most important, in my extremely humble opinion, is for those of us who regard freedom itself as sacrosanct to band together and not let this country be bullied into accepting anything less than freedom (no matter how odious we may find someone else's use of that freedom). Just as following 9/11, there are "Patriot Acts" on the horizon. My fervent hope is that we remain sane and enact NONE.

    Mileages may vary. I'll still like you, in all probability :-)

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  6. Buck11 January, 2011 11:12

    I see nothing to disagree with in what you wrote, Jim. I've been watching, too, and the half-baked ideas I've heard about increased gun control, limits on what we can and cannot say, and the general tone of the discourse scares the Bejeezus out o' me.

    Lou: Some of the worst stuff I've heard out of Tucson are the incidents involving the perp and the numerous complaints and fears about his threatening behavior at the community college he attended. It's not like people were TOTALLY unaware this guy was unbalanced.

    Sharon, Virgil & Katy: Yep!

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  7. Kris, in New England11 January, 2011 11:30

    The politicization of what is a crime committed by someone who clearly has more than a mental illness - is grotesque at best.

    It's not about politics, that's quite obvious now. And shame on those in the MSM (talk about throwing a dart here) who jumped to all the very wrong conclusions from the outset.

    If it had been a congressperson with an "R" after their name, one does wonder what the initial reaction would have been like.

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  8. Bec11 January, 2011 13:45

    This is a GREAT cartoon.

    I saw a Republican congressman, Tim Murphy from Pennsylvania, on Fox a minute ago who should be praised for his legislation that might have prevented something like this.
    Murphy Legislation "breaks down the legal barriers preventing colleges from communicating with the parents of students in need of help."

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  9. Dave (aka Buckskins Rule)11 January, 2011 20:49

    50 years ago, this nutcase would have been committed. But now, we're worried about how everyone "feels", and think that these people can be left to function in a normal society.

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  10. Buck12 January, 2011 01:48

    Kris: There wouldn't have been ANY political sots of comment from the MSM if the victim had been a Republican. You could bet a lot o' money on that.

    Bec: Good on Rep, Murphy. Now let's see if academe actually DOES something once the rules are relaxed.

    BR: Yup.

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  11. Moogie P13 January, 2011 15:56

    Wow! Talk about the proverbial nutshell!

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