The USA Political Thread

GILSAN said:

Looks like he's Antifa...

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Accused Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Was a Member of White Supremacist Group

http://time.com/5160819/parkland-sh...utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter




Ryan: Don't roll Florida school shooting conversation into 'taking away citizens' rights'

93% A rating from the NRA - https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1034/rating/7165#.WoX7SudG1Pa

Trump talking about mental illness, didn't mention guns once, besides wrecking health care for many people:

Trump, Who Made It Easier for Mentally Ill People to Buy Guns, Blames Mental Health Issues for Florida Shooting
https://www.motherjones.com/politic...es-mental-health-issues-for-florida-shooting/

Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ng-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221


Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Parkland, Florida

Oh, thoughts, prayers and proclamations

Do nothing, bought and paid for by the NRA Republicans. You know in school, many kids got some money for an A or B on their report card. NRA has a report card on Republicans, those getting A's and B's get more money for campaigns. NRA pretty much sons the Republican Party, bow down for that money.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...on-honoring-victims-tragedy-parkland-florida/

Other news

Israeli police call for indictment of Netanyahu on corruption charges
https://twitter.com/search?q=Netanyahu&src=tren&data_id=tweet:963497928546508800&lang=en

Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump’s-longtime-lawyer-says-he-paid-stormy-daniels-out-of-his-own-pocket/ar-BBJ6bGh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

Trump Administration Wants To Decide What Food SNAP Recipients Will Get
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...-to-decide-what-food-snap-recipients-will-get

Appeals court rules latest Trump travel ban is unconstitutional
http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...t-latest-trump-travel-ban-is-unconstitutional

Still no taxes

Still not listening to 99% of Congress to impose sanctions on Russia

Still not releasing Democrat memo

Still a bum

Not only fire drills, school shooting drills in America nowadays.

Because we need to have our right to own weapons made for military combat.

This is what they see:

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Now back to your anti-immigrant and Obama portrait memes. None of you actually talking about real, current issues.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to donate her $199,700 salary to charities dedicated to education and special needs students.

DeVos’ will split her paycheck among Dreams Soar, which encourages girls to enter STEM, Kids Hope USA, which aids at-risk youth, Special Olympics, which assists the disabled, and Vision to Learn, which gives poor children glasses.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/15/d...lycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

So much bullshit.

JB Lions said:

Trump talking about mental illness, didn't mention guns once, besides wrecking health care for many people:

Trump, Who Made It Easier for Mentally Ill People to Buy Guns, Blames Mental Health Issues for Florida Shooting
https://www.motherjones.com/politic...es-mental-health-issues-for-florida-shooting/

Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ng-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221

Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Parkland, Florida

Oh, thoughts, prayers and proclamations

Do nothing, bought and paid for by the NRA Republicans. You know in school, many kids got some money for an A or B on their report card. NRA has a report card on Republicans, those getting A's and B's get more money for campaigns. NRA pretty much sons the Republican Party, bow down for that money.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...on-honoring-victims-tragedy-parkland-florida/

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JB Lions said:

Trump Administration Wants To Decide What Food SNAP Recipients Will Get
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...-to-decide-what-food-snap-recipients-will-get

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1) Headline is bullshit.

2) Already doing this on trail basis in Illinois. If Obama had proposed it you be reading and parroting what a revolutionary, thoughtful idea it is.

mr-x said:

So much bullsh*t.

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Typical reply. Actual facts btw. From the same guy when we were discussing some other mass shooting, said he was ok with bump stocks, something used to circumvent law.

Oh, another issue Trump never revisited. NRA would be mad at him.

Come get your grades, did you get an A? - https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/

Even better, Dept. of EDU will stop harassing schools for keeping men out of the girls bathroom / showers.

GILSAN said:

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to donate her $199,700 salary to charities dedicated to education and special needs students.

DeVos’ will split her paycheck among Dreams Soar, which encourages girls to enter STEM, Kids Hope USA, which aids at-risk youth, Special Olympics, which assists the disabled, and Vision to Learn, which gives poor children glasses.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/15/d...lycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

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JB Lions said:

Typical reply. From the same guy when we were discussing some other mass shooting, said he was ok with bump stocks, something used to circumvent law.

Oh, another issue Trump never revisited. NRA would be mad at him.

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You're as shallow and predictable as every sheep or cow I've ever met.

mr-x said:

You're as shallow and predictable as every sheep or cow I've ever met.

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NRA puppet. No spine, just like most NRA bought and paid for Republicans. Talk about sheep, when you guys go baa, baa, baa when the NRA tells you too.

No coincidence, politicians with NRA grades of A, won't ever do anything real. No action. Thoughts and prayers.

Can't even argue your "points" "So much bullsh*t." Deep thoughts from mr-x

mr-x said:

You're as shallow and predictable as every sheep or cow I've ever met.

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At least sheep and cow sh*t makes an excellent, natural fertilizer...

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So I just watched Governor Rick Scott on CNN and they pointed out the killer tried to purchase a handgun but was turned down, not old enough. But was old enough to buy an AR-15.

If you want to buy a beer, you need to be 21.
If you want to buy a handgun, you need to be 21.
If you want to buy an AR-15, you need to be 18.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/ar15-mass-shootings-guns.html

JB Lions said:

None of you actually talking about real, current issues.

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Yep. We want to debate gun control within minutes of an awful shooting. Predictable. And CNN’s Wolf Blunder and Don Peachy. Another thing to add to the Trump hater list.

Just like Vegas, Columbine, Sandy Hook and way back to San Ysidro. Gotta blame something. Gambling, Marilyn Manson, Or Bullying, or Facebook and Instagram. The world is full of disgusting, hateful and derranged people. Not enough Prozac to go around, nor padded rooms, haldol and strait jackets will entirely keep the world safe.

Drugs are illegal, so as we all know the Govt has done a super great job on DARE and the war on drugs, sure it has made the world safer with more police hasn’t it? Prohibition worked out well didn’t it? Well, For Joe Kennedy Senior it sure did. Lol.

So lets remove Guns from everyone but the police.

While we are at it, lets lock up Wes Craven, Martin Scorsese, Francis Copolla and Quentin Tartintino who glamorize violence as an artform.

Stihl chainsaws and Machetes should be next.

Ban on Payaso’s too.

offthehandle said:

Yep. We want to debate gun control within minutes of an awful shooting. Predictable. And CNN’s Wolf Blunder and Don Peachy. Another thing to add to the Trump hater list.

Just like Vegas, Columbine, Sandy Hook and way back to San Ysidro. Gotta blame something. Gambling, Marilyn Manson, Or Bullying, or Facebook and Instagram. The world is full of disgusting, hateful and derranged people. Not enough Prozac to go around, nor padded rooms, haldol and strait jackets will entirely keep the world safe.

Drugs are illegal, so as we all know the Govt has done a super great job on DARE and the war on drugs, sure it has made the world safer with more police hasn’t it? Prohibition worked out well didn’t it? Well, For Joe Kennedy Senior it sure did. Lol.

So lets remove Guns from everyone but the police.

While we are at it, lets lock up Wes Craven, Martin Scorsese, Francis Copolla and Quentin Tartintino who glamorize violence as an artform.

Stihl chainsaws and Machetes should be next.

Ban on Payaso’s too.

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We could debate it months, years after any other shooting. Mental illness, yes. But mental illness is everywhere, not just the U.S. What's the difference? Guns. And Gun Control doesn't mean Gun Ban.

Stuff like:
"President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun"

Does that help?

"And just this week, Trump's 2019 budget proposal to Congress proposed a 16% cut in federal grants to help states boost their reporting of criminal records and protection orders to the national database used for background checks on gun purchasers."

Does that?

Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting since 1996. Here's what it did
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...shooting-since-1996-heres-what-did/340345002/

I agree the stupidity of 21 to drink versus buying a gun. But the derranged kid was unloved. Thats the bottom line. He was adopted and had a mother who died, not excuses but the cards some people are dealt they can’t accept and they watch what others do to lash out and blame society. Then the news all over for years and all the news and entertainment media perpetuates this violence. The “Thug life” in videos in parts of society glamorizes this too. Like NWA that you somehow dismiss, but its all a system that is rotten to the core. The shrinkage of the middle class futher is going to make it worse.

I hate hearing and reading these things just like you.

There should be some sort of testing for owning a gun, or a chainsaw or a truck or really a mental capacity test to even give birth. Less unloved children would help society.

JB Lions said:

mental illness is everywhere, not just the U.S. What's the difference? Guns. And Gun Control doesn't mean Gun Ban.

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Machetes are common instruments in poorer countries. Want some stats? Poorer countries are family oriented, they are not bombarded with Big screen TV commercials or iPhones or BMW commercials every 3 minutes. Plenty of violence on TV though. Most originates from Hollywood Trash producers.

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Why don't you just shove your other thumb where the sun don't shine and then sit on it. You might just get an orgasm and forget about Pence...

JB Lions said:

"President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun"

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Ok. You dig up the exact bill number and lets dissect it. Ok? I will surmiss before you do, like so much political bills it was part of a pork barrel with building some bridge or unrelated deal, not as simple as that sound bite reporters write. Give me the facts. I will read the thing.

Hero’s Welcome...

JB Lions said:

So I just watched Governor Rick Scott on CNN and they pointed out the killer tried to purchase a handgun but was turned down, not old enough. But was old enough to buy an AR-15.

If you want to buy a beer, you need to be 21.
If you want to buy a handgun, you need to be 21.
If you want to buy an AR-15, you need to be 18.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/ar15-mass-shootings-guns.html

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Good point. A law that actually could have stopped this.