Archive for the ‘Party of Life’ Category
CALLING ALL CANDIDATES: Solving the Gun Crisis (part 3). Repeat: TAX GUNPOWDER.
The Constitution confers the right to a gun, but NOT an uninterrupted supply of cheap ammunition. The solution? TAX GUNPOWDER.
August 12, 2019
Posted in: Crime, Election, Guns & Violence, Party of Life, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me, Taxes, Unconstitutional
Listening to Gun-Rights Advocates Reveals Why They Oppose Denying Guns from the Mentally Ill
There is something seriously wrong when we allow paranoid “gun nuts” who think The Government is out to get them and believe starting a firefight in a classroom is a good idea, to set the nation’s Gun Policy.
February 26, 2018
Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, Party of Life, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me
“Now Is Not the Time to Talk About Guns.” Yes. Yes it is.
After every mass shooting, the Republicans say ‘Now is not the time to talk about guns’, a shamefully effective means of shutting down the debate. Weeks pass, nothing gets done, the urgency wanes, then the next mass shooting. Rinse/Repeat.
February 19, 2018
Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, National Security, Party of Life, Right-Wing Insanity
If You Don’t Believe Roy Moore’s Accusers, then believe Roy Moore
Roy Moore’s supporters believe him when he says he’s being targeted by his opponents and all nine accusers are lying, But Moore’s own words suggest otherwise.
December 11, 2017
Posted in: Election, mystery, myth busting, Partisanship, Party of Life, Politics, Religion, Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Discussion we’re having on sexual assault is the discussion we should of had about guns
“Why does this keep happening and what are we going to do about it?” Another mass shooting? No. Another man in power accused of sexual misconduct.
November 20, 2017
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Bill Cosby, guns, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, rape, Roy Moore, sexual assaul · Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, mystery, Partisanship, Party of Life, Politics, Rants, Religion, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Scandals
Yet another mass shooting. 27 dead in a Texas Church. Conservatives send prayers, oblivious to irony
Time to get serious about gun control. If “thoughts & prayers” were enough of a response to every mass shooting, a church would be the safest place to be.
November 6, 2017
Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, Party of Life, Rants, Religion, Right-Wing Insanity
Can’t ban guns? Try taxing gunpowder.
Any attempt to ban guns is an exercise in futility. Time to think more creatively.
October 9, 2017
Tags: assault weapons, ban, banned, bump stock, guns, Las Vegas, Newtown, shooter, shooting, slide fire · Posted in: Crime, Guns & Violence, Partisanship, Party of Life, rewriting history, Right-wing Facism, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me, Taxes, Terrorism, Unconstitutional
Republicans Can’t Devise a Health Care Plan because they DON’T WANT a plan
Republicans are using “Reconciliation” to revise the existing healthcare law. But when Republicans are split between those who was to fix it and those who want to kill it, how do you “reconcile” those extremes?
July 10, 2017
Posted in: Healthcare, Money, myth busting, Partisanship, Party of Life, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me
GOP Healthcare Plan Would Be Largest Shift in Income From Poor to Rich in History
The GOP’s proposed elimination of the Medicaid Expansion in ObamaCare to justify a massive tax cut for people making over $300 Million dollars a year is not just obscene. It’s historic.
May 8, 2017
Posted in: Healthcare, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Party of Life, Right-wing Facism, Taxes
GOP Leads in ‘Unprecedented’ Behavior re: SCOTUS Nomination
Republican say a SCOTUS filibuster would be ‘unprecedented’, but so would repeal of the rule they’d have to repeal to prevent it.
April 3, 2017
Posted in: Civil Rights, myth busting, Party of Life, Politics, rewriting history, Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Predictions for 2017: It’s the end of the world as we know it.
My annual look back at the laughably failed predictions of the so-called psychics, my scorecard for last years predictions, and my predictions for the coming year.
December 31, 2016
Posted in: Abortion rights, Civil Rights, Economy, Environment, General, Global Warming, Greed, Healthcare, Immigration Reform, Infrastructure, Jobs, Middle East, Money, National Security, Partisanship, Party of Life, Politics, Predictions, Right-wing Facism, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Right-Wing Insanity, Taxes, Terrorism, Unconstitutional, War
Thanksgiving With My Conservative Family Explains A Lot
When you’re the only Liberal in a family of Conservatives living in the South, getting together for the holidays can be a tricky thing. But mostly, it has taught me a lot about the Conservative Mind and particularly why they believe what they believe. First, you start with a foundation of bigotry. It may not be very deep, but […]
November 30, 2015
Posted in: General, Healthcare, Partisanship, Party of Life, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me