HELEN:
Margaret, when someone comes at you with a gun, respond with a gun. And when someone comes at you with a bigger gun, don’t mess around – trade up to a semi-automatic assault rifle with a hi-capcity clip. Fight violence with more violence. That’s cleary the only way to respond to the horror in Connecticut… if you’re a dipshit from the NRA.
Are they bullshitting us? Some peckerwood named Wayne LaPierre at the National Rifle Association announced that the NRA would form the National School Shield Emergency Response Program. And by that he means “armed security” at every school. I don’t know Margaret, NSSERP doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as NRA. This from the people who came up with “Trigger the Vote” as a voter registration slogan for the last election. I guess I expected better.
According to LaPierre, “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Clearly the idea of not having access to the gun in the first place escapes LaPierre, but with a name like that I imagine he became infatuated with guns at an early age. Of course, asking the NRA for a solution to gun violence is like asking Wal-Mart for a solution to big box stores. Somehow having more of them was going to be a given. I wonder if LaPierre knew that just such a security person was on duty at Columbine High School in 1999? My guess would be that fact was overlooked by Mr. LaPierre considering he spends most of his time with his head up his ass.
But really, what the hell do I know? I am just a stupid old woman whose biggest claim to fame is cooking almost anything in bacon grease. But even I can grasp the concept that guns designed to shoot 30 bullets in 10 seconds or 100 rounds without reloading have no business being sold in the first place. Holding gun owners accountable for storing their guns safely from those not legally allowed to use them doesn’t require much deep thought either. Creating a market where bullets are more expensive than a McDonald’s hamburger might be worth considering as well. This is not rocket science. However, I am sure if the NRA were totally honest, they would admit to wanting a few rocket launchers on the school lawn as well. I hear that in addition to killing bad guys they can take out a lot of deer with one launch.
If we follow the logic of LaPierre, we need armed security at elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, college campuses, movie theatres, malls, churches, office buildings, grocery stores, parades… I guess the NRA needs to create the National Everywhere Shield Emergency Response Program (NESERP). Now that has a nice ring to it. Sadly, with almost 300 million guns in America, we’re already there thanks to the lobbying efforts of the NRA.
Mr. LaPeirre also called on Congress to create “an active national database of the mentally ill”. I couldn’t agree more. The first name on that list can be his. I mean it. Really.
MARGARET:
Helen, dear, did you know you can buy a Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 designed and built as a true .22 LR semi-auto from the ground up, with all the standard operating features and accessory specifications of a modern-version centerfire M&P15 rifle in various colors including “Pink and Platinum”? It could match my outfit. I hear they’ll even throw in a few hi-capacity magazines for free. Honey, you just can’t separate a discussion on gun control from one on mental illness. They kind of go hand in hand. LaPierre is just one more asshat to add to our list of many.
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Well said, Al Burt. Thanks for saying what I was thinking.
By: Skyler on May 12, 2013
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By: uawtradesman on April 8, 2013
at 12:39 PM
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By: uawtradesman on April 8, 2013
at 12:37 PM
Happy Easter!
How many peeps will a .50 cal BMG go through?
Happy shooting!
PF
By: PFesser on April 3, 2013
at 4:19 PM
So we have negative growth in the 4th quarter of 2012. 4 years of stimulus, spending, bailouts, and debt and this is what we get? This is what we voted for 4 more years of?
By: Anonymous on April 2, 2013
at 1:17 PM
What should be the final word in gun control.
By: Anonymous on April 1, 2013
at 9:57 PM
Gato:
Sorry about that. Been coming to this site since it first appeared but almost never commented because it just stirs up the trolls so I rarely comment anymore. I once had a blog on WordPress about something else that had an auto-fill feature but somewhere along the line WordPress decided that I had to use an older ID that I had put together much earlier. However, because I removed my e-mail address the auto-fill no longer functions and I forget all the time that is doesn’t work anymore. So I’ll try to remember to add it at least in the body in the future.
Al B
By: Anonymous on April 1, 2013
at 3:29 PM
Thanks, whoever you are (Can’t you come up with some kind of a nickname or something…?)
That pipeline offers so little benefit to any “average person” in this country, and the potential of SUCH hardship and damage to same, that I can barely tolerate the thought of it. (I was going to say that I couldn’t understand why anyone would be in favor of it, but, of course, it’s pretty easy to figure out who does, and why… $$$$$$$)
Even though it’s perfectly clear that the stuff is going to be sourced from another country (and I do love the Canadians I have the privilege to know), dragged across the center of OUR country, to a place where it can be shipped to OTHER countries… A lot of people still seem to think it’s a wonderful idea. I certainly don’t.
This is disturbingly similar to what’s going on in my small community here, with our water. A large company wants to buy up OUR stuff so they can use it for whatever THEY want to do with it for their “other developments,” and we’re supposed to think that’s a wonderful idea. Again… I certainly don’t.
I must be in a nay-saying frame of mind these days… ! Dam straight.
Gato
By: gatodicima on April 1, 2013
at 2:39 PM
Gato & Lori:
And pipelines never spill, – right?
A few more arrows for the quivver.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/keystone-xl-pipeline-oil-spill-kalamazoo-mayflower-nebraska_n_2989628.html
By: Anonymous on April 1, 2013
at 2:09 PM
Jeebus Pfesser.
When I take my first flying lesson can I borrow your Zodiac-601?
By: Anonymous on March 31, 2013
at 10:03 PM
Happy Easter, Helen & Margaret and your families! And happy Easter to all the lovely ladies of the porch. I hope that you all are, like me, exhausted and happy this evening after a day filled with family, food and fun.
By: delurkergurl on March 31, 2013
at 8:50 PM
Because gun control is the answer. Let us look how one of the strictest cities, Chicago, is doing. Would anyone move their family here?
http://usofarn.com/hundreds-of-chicago-teens-involved-in-flash-mob-violence/
By: Anonymous on March 31, 2013
at 6:21 PM
Of course we look for articles that reinforce what we already believe, but here is David Stockman’s take on the phony-money printing that is elevating the current stock market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/sundown-in-america.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. – Milton Friedman
Save your Confederate money, boys. No, the South is not going to rise again, but it might be worth more than your dollars.
By: PFesser on March 31, 2013
at 12:11 PM
Just in case anyone thinks the Cyprus-styled deposit confiscation theme is a one-off plan, they are eying YOUR bank accounts as well:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-Can-Happen-Here-The-Co-by-Ellen-Brown-130329-684.html
And, by the way, the usual protection for depositors under $250,000 by FDIC deposit insurance won’t apply. It will completely wipe out small depositors.
What will you get in return? Why, you will become part owner of the failed bank, just what everybody dreams of buying with their life’s savings!
Anon – how are the flying lessons getting along? Learn about pre-flights yet?
By: PFesser on March 31, 2013
at 8:05 AM
Congratulations on your grandson’s acceptance at a bastion of higher education Auntie Jean! Berkeley, how great! You must be very proud of him indeed! Great news!
By: Easier on March 30, 2013
at 11:52 PM
and then we have SFB who has his nose so deep speculating in other people’s business than he can tell exactly how much fiber PF had this morning.
By: Anonymous on March 30, 2013
at 6:33 PM
Yayyy Auntie Jean’s g-son! Great school fantastic accomplishment! Im sooooo happy for all yinzs.
Re pipeline. I agree it is much Muchhhh more probs than its worth. Just ask the Kalamazoo residents that are still dealing with this type of “oil ” accident. Whatttt a nightmare.
There is a letter to Obama floating around our there asking him to just say nooo. Google it and sign it!
By: lori on March 29, 2013
at 11:08 AM
Waialeale on March 28, 2013 at 10:13 PM.
Auntie Jean. Great news re your Grandson’s acceptance at Cal Berkeley. Berkeley is just about the finest State University in the country. My wife and I were there for a summer back in the 1960’s (following the Free Speech Movement days). We enjoyed it so much that we’ve been back several times since for visits.
By: jsri on March 29, 2013
at 9:29 AM
A man kills 20 children in Connecticut and ‘to much Liberty’ is blamed for the massacre. A president kills 176 children in Pakistan with drone attacks and he is Time magazine’s ‘person of the year.’
By: Anonymous on March 29, 2013
at 4:13 AM
The “defend marriage” meme seems bogus to me. I don’t see how someone else’s getting married affects MY marriage in any way.
Just to show one how crazy this all is, I have a gay employee who is planning to marry his best girlfriend. They are both in their forties; she has an adult son. Both have given up on the idea of finding a partner and have decided to marry so they can take care of each other as they age and be able to make medical decisions, as well as have access to each other’s finances and retirement. We have a nice ten-acre property with a lake; we hope to host their wedding later this summer. I’ll post pix hopefully.
BTW, like your new avatar, lori – it’s much better than the Che-Guevara -freedom-fighter lookalike.
By: PFesser on March 29, 2013
at 3:31 AM
Hey, Auntie Jean – Wonderful blessings on you and yours! How lucky that kid is to have you as a Granny… We’ve got a terrific porchful of wise crones here, and I’m proud to think I may be one of them… Wise women weave the web that supports us all, and always have… And always will.
And namaste to you, too!
And – hey – I’ll say it… Love from my heart to you.
Gato
By: gatodicima on March 28, 2013
at 10:35 PM
Hi Congenial Gang,
Oops! Put up this comment on the wrong post. Outta practice.
I have to break my vow of commenting silence to tell some of my dear old friends here at M & H’s the great news. This is a red letter day in CA and HI!!! 18 year-old grandson #1 was just accepted at UC Berkeley. He’s on his way! We have always been ever so proud of him from the day he was born, but this is the icing on the cake. Just had to share. I am one mighty proud grandma!!! His mom was crying so hard on the phone she could barely talk!
Aloha!
Namaste. Shalom. Saalam. Peace.
Auntie Jean
And P.S. Peas, you are up to your old priceless tricks! Your links have always been right on top of the news of the day. You are a gem!!!
By: waialeale on March 28, 2013
at 10:13 PM
‘Unnatural Sexuality???’
PEACE ~ Δ
By: Whirled Peas Δ on March 28, 2013
at 5:19 PM
Oh, Whirled, you are a wicked girl…! Thank heavens (and I mean that quite literally) I don’t think the Creator (whatever He or She might be) gets one bit offended by this kind of thing – and He or She must hope that we don’t, either. Laughter is our greatest gift from the Universe, don’t you think?
Thanks for posting this; I loved it.
Gato
By: gatodicima on March 28, 2013
at 5:01 PM