Barry Red Line On Guns (Ongoing...)

Yesterday it was raining. I went out and shook my fist at the sky. Fiercely! Today it is sunny and beautiful. You're welcome, fellow New Englanders.

Our President seems to have a comparably unsettled relationship with reality. Here he is after the Colorado Springs shooting:

Obama Says ‘Enough Is Enough’ After Colorado Shooting

By JONATHAN MARTIN   NOV. 28, 2015

President Obama responded angrily on Saturday to the mass shooting that took three lives, including that of a police officer, at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs over the Thanksgiving holiday, calling the country’s recurring outbreaks of gun violence “not normal.”

“We can’t let it become normal,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “If we truly care about this — if we’re going to offer up our thoughts and prayers again, for God knows how many times, with a truly clean conscience — then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them. Period. Enough is enough.”

Enough is enough! The President is going to act! By heavens, it's time for leadership!

Well, Obama actually agrees - it is time for leadership. Just not his:

Without calling explicitly for new laws, Mr. Obama invoked the name of the slain police officer, from the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus, to plead with leaders to show the will to address such shootings.

"Plead with leaders"? Damn right - get the President on the line! Oh, wait...

Angela Merkel is tied up with the refugee debacle, so she can't help. Putin doesn't really seem like a gun control guy. I wonder who will help him here?

 

Comments

[henry]

Wouldn't want to defend ourselves against 65,000 military aged single men hand selected by the UN to divert the worst cases across an ocean from Europe. Nope. That would be what ISIS wants.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Yes Dems! Keep on riding those corpses to political oblivion.

[henry]

then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them

So he emptied the prisons onto the streets to have even more people who have no business wielding firearms (except wielding firearms is their day job when not in prison).

[Jeff Dobbs]

TM:
Yesterday it was raining. I went out and shook my fist at the sky. Fiercely! Today it is sunny and beautiful. You're welcome, fellow New Englanders.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I'm sure you guys feel as bad as I do that we let Ear Leader down again. Maybe Mooch can let him have another smoke, pole or otherwise.

[Cecil Turner]

So, as a response to whatever crisis du jour we're not going to let go to waste, he drags out the appropriate item from the lefty dream list.

Quelle surprise.

[Janet]

then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them. Period. Enough is enough.”

Do something!...Quick! Right now! Do something I say!!!

http://www.weaselzippers.us/235767-charles-c-w-cooke-destroys-mark-halperin-on-gun-control/

Which ideas?
What's your plan?

[glasater]

If one has a chance to see it I recommend watching The Spy Masters on Showtime.

Mandy Patinkin of Homeland fame is the narrator and does a pretty good job except when he makes the statement that hundreds of thousands Iraqi civilians were killed during that war from '03 on.

[Janet]

How bout a discussion on dope use & mental health problems?

[jimmyk]

How bout a discussion on dope use & mental health problems?

Yes, but haven't we discussed Obama enough?

[Janet]

How about violent video games?

How were these shooters raised?...was there a father at home? Did the family go to church?
Was there a history of drug use? Were they into depraved sexual fantasies?

THis latest guy was torturing animals...there's a big WARNING sign, right there.

[Janet]

The weapon used seems like just the last piece in a long, complicated life puzzle.

Maybe the "what wasn't in their lives" is just as important as "what was in their lives".

[buccaneer morgan]

Yes it was pretty good, I missed that part and they swelled too much on the pre 9/11 warnings.

So there is this big piece in today's Carlos slims about the caliphate growth in libya, which leaves out the fact that branch kbl was the one
That abbaoud was part of, 4/5 down the piece it points the only Libyan native wisdom bin hamid, the shield leader that Stephen's met two says before the attack on benghazi.

[glasater]

Yeah, Narciso.

The narrative sure tried to blame Bush.

[Art in Newport]

I think Obama is destroying the Democratic party brand.

He no longer needs to concern himself with re-election, and is spending his last months in office pushing every progressive idea as hard as he can, with every power not denied him. Gun control has long been recognized by the Democratic party professionals as an issue that can only harm them, yet Obama will not leave it alone. Or 'climate change', or gender issues, or racial conflicts, all the rest.

I think the majority of the electorate will experience this as Obama doing things that make their lives harder, more unpleasant or more dangerous.

That the Democrats continue to support him means that it's not just him that has to go. In their minds, these are not just acts of Obama's, they are Democrat party policies.

[Threadkiller]

then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them.

Does that "something" include invoking executive privilege when your Attorney General refuses to explain to congress how one of his guns ended up on Brian Terry's street in the hands of an illegal alien who had no business wielding it.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Looking at the Rove News Sunday transcript, it was a holiday treat to miss that bird brained hag, Jane Harman, who is Ready for Rodman!

[jimmyk]

Apparently Fournier was pushing the insane notion that Trump's lies are more outrageous than Hillary's. So a private citizen exaggerating or misconstruing a news report from 14 years ago is much worse than a Secretary of State deliberately constructing a false narrative about a terrorist attack that killed 4 Americans. Not to mention all her other lies, too numerous to list.

[Rick Ballard]

Art in Newport,

I'm not sure the continuing flatulent emissions by President Petulant Poopyhead are doing much additional damage to the Fascist brand. He used to be able to increase gun sales every time he appeared but the effect has diminished as his manifest incompetence continues to be displayed on a daily basis.

Further damage to the Fascists will be caused by the continuing failure of BOzocare and a very weak economy.

[Miss Marple 2]

jimmyk,

I caught part of that this morning. Fournier is such an annoyance, but I follow him because he shows up on Fox once in a while and I want to let him know he isn't fooling me with his "impartial" act.

[James D.]

On a different topic, the Giants-Redskins game is very upsetting. Every break and bounce sodas is going the 'Skins way. I feel that the football gods are against the Giants this week, and frankly after the Pats game I figured we were owed some really good luck instead.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I thought of you when the Pat's 54 yard fg attempt went wide against Buffalo, JamesD. :(

[Jim Eagle]

Hail to the Redskins,
Hail Victory.

Only the first two verses since it was only a FG. Skins 3- Gmen 0.

[Jim Eagle]

Hail to the Redskins,
Hail Victory,
Braves on the Warpath
Fight for old DC.

Cousins to Desean Jackson.

[James D.]

Unbelievable. TD to criminal punk Deshaun Jackson, right after our best DB goes out with an injury. And after refs don't call a potential late hit that should have extended the Giants drive. And we lost another o-lineman, too. Giants are just cursed today. F**k this game.

[Miss Marple 2]

Oh, look! That guy who dragged his daughter out of school by the hair and beat her up for not wearing a Hijab.....

Well, he's an associate professor at....

MIZZOU!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3338058/University-Missouri-Assistant-Professor-charged-violently-grabbing-14-year-old-relative-hair-dragging-school-not-wearing-hijab.html

Suddenly, a lot of things are explained.

[buccaneer morgan]

That long piece is in part by David 'abbott' kirkpatrick, who is shockingly less informed about syria then I am.

[Jane]

Dakota Meyer has an answer for Obama. Actually it was for Isis but it is hard to know the difference.

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/isis-threatens-medal-of-dakota-meyer/

[buccaneer morgan]

Sorry libya, he does know to hate on team bad her though.

[James D.]

MM, I'd be curious if he's involved with the protests.

I'm sure the MSM will be all over that, right?

[buccaneer morgan]

Hafter, the local strongman who is supported by Egypt and Abu dhabi.

[Miss Marple 2]

James D.,

There was a reason that assistant professor didn't want anyone taking pictures anc called for some "muscle."

Isn't it fascinating that somehow the Daily Mail seems to get actual information? Why, they even thought to look the guy's name up on Linked In! I guess our reporters here are too stupid and lazy to do that.

Pffft.

[James D.]

Oh, our injured o-lineman had a fractured leg. Joy.

And again we missed pinning the skins on their 1 yard line by about two inches. Are they ever going to catch a good break today?

[Art in Newport]

Rick - Fair enough. Much damage has already been done, as demonstrated by the election of 2016.

I do think there is more harm Obama can yet cause the dems. The chance exists for segments of the electorate, historically Democrat, to be permanently alienated. We will see.

[Jim Eagle]

JaemesD,

I feel your pain. I was a lifelong Giant's fan from the Robestli, Huff, Tunnell and Tittle days. Then when I got out of the service and moved to my first civie job in Southarn Maryland I became a Skins fan since all the crafts I was working with were either Skins or Colts guys.

So, why not just go with your current envirornment. Can't be any worse. They are both undeserving of being anywhere near a playoff position:)

Will save the rest of the comment for a rendition of HTTR since they are in scoring position.

I guess it can wait.

[Miss Marple 2]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/616937/GLOBAL-COOLING-Decade-long-ice-age-predicted-as-sun-hibernates

[Jim Eagle]

....Robestelli....

[Jim Eagle]

Hail to the Redskins,
Hail Vicotry
Braves on the Warpath
Fight for old DC.

3 yd. pass to Crowder. Skins up 17-0 on the Gmen.

Off to buy some bread for Frederick's lunch tomorrow.

Could be wrong since they are reviewing but looks good to me.

[Miss Marple 2]

http://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/rapper-50-cent-mansion-wont-sell/

[James D.]

That was not a TD on the sneak.

[James D.]

BS. F**king refs. That was absolutely not a touchdown.

All the Giants need now is for Eli to get hurt to make this just a perfect fiasco. I bet he does.

[Jim Eagle]

Hey. We even get the 2nd half KO.

[Man Tran]

Oops, reposted from the dead thread:

I got my .410 "rifle" when I was six and used it until I inherited my dad's Auto 5 12ga. You old timers probably remember when Stevens brought out their camp gun, the .22/.410 over/under. It had rifle sights, so I shot it like a rifle. Not only that, but my dad gave me one box of shells per season, so I was Mr Careful choosing my shots. Closer to deer hunting than bird hunting.

When I started shooting skeet, I broke in with the Auto 5 with a new Jap bbl with screw-in chokes. That was too easy, so moved to 20ga. That seems just right, but don't get much practice on our rock out here.

Tuning: tracked down an old timer on Flathead Lake who tuned up a lot of world champs. (Guns to shooter.) My Guerini took the slightest cant tweak, but Mrs MT's Baretta took a new chunk of burled walnut carved from scratch. That's essentially mandatory for ladies for overall body size and shoulder drop.

[Jim Eagle]

Just don't go McCartney on us Harry:)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/12023297/Prince-Harry-in-awe-of-US-marine-who-had-leg-amputated-after-charity-trek.html

[Jim Eagle]

Another INT by 'Skins. This time in the end zone.

Sorry, JamesD. Do you vodka?

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

The weather forecast had lots of HAIL today.

[James D.]

Nope. I just turned it off to preserve sanity.

I am a very bad loser and a major over-reactor. If I were owner of the Giants, there would be a housecleaning tonight, before they boarded the train back up to NY. Which is why it's probably good that I'm not.

[Jim Eagle]

Already controversial in Europe, especially Germany: Time to Come Home

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20151129_01995533

Watch the video.

For those who can't read Dutch or German, here is the story.

Year after year, the grandpa, father, patriarch has to eat alone at Christmas because the kids, all professional and busy send regrets. Again, this year, sorry can't make it. He sends out a death notice and they all come home.

When he sees them he says, "It was only way to get you to come home".

Sort of burning right through a lot of German families right now. BTW, that is a German supermarket firm who sponsors the TV ad.

[Beasts of England]

I pass my football lunatic cap over to James D. :)

[Jim Eagle]

Eli just threw 3 passes and two of them should have been interceptions. I don't think I have seen a Redskins secondary play this well since Sean Taylor was murdered in his own home.

[Beasts of England]

That's a beautiful Christmas tree in your icon (and on FB), JiB. Looks like a triregnum...

[Jim Eagle]

Beasts,

Been in Agawam park since I was a kid. Never pay much attention to it unless its Christmas. Now I will ask our village arborist. Yeah, we have one, but he is a volunteer.

[Rick Ballard]

AiN,

I do think Obama has the potential to utilize his Merde Touch again next summer by whipping the Free Shit Army to new depths, alienating more whites and making it much easier for Hispanics to indulge in their inclination to vote for the first Hispanic candidate. I just believe the Obamacare stumble out and crash will have a greater impact upon those gullible and credulous enough to believe they were voting themselves a free lunch. It will also continue to have an impact upon the 20 million potential new voters who will be eligible to vote against a Democrat for the first time in '16 (about 5 million will actually vote).

[Jim Eagle]

Hail to the Redskins
Hail victory

Only a FG. 20-0 REDSKINS, like in potatoes.

[Threadkiller]

Look at what Obama's effect has been on the Louisiana Governorship...

[James D.]

If I were Tom Coughlin, I would make Eli and the rest of his disgraceful, pathetic teammates walk home from DC after this game.

The ones I didn't cut, anyway.

[buccaneer morgan]

And the dolphins need a ritual with entrails preferably.

[Buckeye]

Mrs. Buckeye is putting up and decorating two trees this year. I have been dragging totes out of the attic and down the stairs all weekend. Bet you can guess who gets to schlepp all of the totes back to the attic.

[Jane]

I just put lights on my palm tree.

How things change....

[Buckeye]

Beasts

If 'Bama finds itself behind at some point next Saturday I will go retrieve your lunatic cap.

Won't be doing anything but twiddling my thumbs.

[Jim Eagle]

Florida has asked the NCAA if Tebow doesn't have an extra year of eligibility since he was home schooled. Now that is desperation.

Gmen trying to make a comeback down by 13. Turn it back on JamesD.

[Beasts of England]

Thanks, Buckeye! I have no idea what to expect next Saturday. I just hope Derrick Henry gets plenty of rest this week.

[Buckeye]

Henry has a good shot at the Heisman. I think Zeke decided he would rather have a few million bucks.

[Art in Newport]

Rick, good point about the new voters. Don't think I've seen anything about their likely voting preferences...?

[Beasts of England]

I think so, too, Buckeye. Not sure who else is putting up those kind of numbers or delivering such an impact, but the regional voting by the electors is always interesting.

[Threadkiller]

Don't think I've seen anything about their likely voting preferences...?

You won't until Karl Rove either credits them or blames them post election.

[buccaneer morgan]

Yikes Huckabee and ben Carson jumped the shark today!!!

[Jeff Dobbs]

James:
I am a very bad loser and a major over-reactor.

We're here for you, James. JOM is a safe-space.

The best news of the day is that I am 100% guaranteed that the Cowboys won't lose today. Yay!

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

On topic: Have Calypso Louie's bow tied clad goon squad, the Fruitcakes of Is-slum, been disarmed? NFW they're not packing.

[jimmyk]

Yikes Huckabee and ben Carson jumped the shark today!!!

I presume you're referring to their comments on the Colorado shooter. Why can't these candidates resist taking the MFM's bait? How hard is it simply to say, "My prayers for the victims and their families. At this point we don't know anything about the motivation or mindset of the shooter, so it would be inappropriate to do as the President, Democrats, and Planned Parenthood officials have done, and exploit this tragedy for political purposes, or even to comment on any political implications."

[glasater]

It was all over twitter yesterday that The Bern & Hill had decried the PP shooting but no R candidate had done the same.

[Miss Marple 2]

Glasater,

Ted Cruz did. I saw his post on Twitter. However, since none of the lefties follow him they probably didn't know, since it doesn't get reported by the media.

Huckafat is a jerk and there are times when I think he's a democrat mole.

[Rick Ballard]

AiN,

16 million are recently indoctrinated and 4 million are newly naturalized citizens. The tilt will be Dem but I expect the taste of the Moochmeals rammed down their throats and the experience of BOzo's mixture of lies and incompetence should encourage them to refrain from voting at all. Certainly, the opportunity to vote for an old and notorious liar is not as attractive as voting for an unproven buffoon.

[Miss Marple 2]

Rick,

You could make a darn good ad out of those school lunches.

Cue spooky music...
Voiceover: Hey you guys, remember these?

(Shots of 5 or 6 of the Twitter photos of school lunches that are especially horrible)

Voiceover: And remember THIS?

(Shots of screen caps of the Obamacare web site melt down)

Music comes up as images come faster.

Voiceover says: And this? And this? and this?

(Shots of headlines about unemployment, food prices immigrants, terror attacks, etc.)

Voiceover: Do you really want another 4 years of this?

Voiceover: Vote Republican. Your future depends on it.

[Threadkiller]

Certainly, the opportunity to vote for an old and notorious liar is not as attractive as voting for an unproven buffoon.

2012 all over again.

[narciso]

of most the statements made today, the one most on point,

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/11/donald-trump-nows-the-time-for-christians-to-get-out-the-vote-to-save-christianity/

[narciso]

well this account suggests carson only lightly grazed the shark, but Trump is more on point,

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/chuck-todd-was-heavily-pushing.html

[Jeff Dobbs]

Miss Marple:
Ted Cruz did. I saw his post on Twitter. However, since none of the lefties follow him they probably didn't know, since it doesn't get reported by the media.

I saw that Amanda Carpenter was quoted in some article whining that other candidates didn't "speak out" about the shooting.

Oh, here it is...

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-shooting-at-planned-parenthood-put-gop-2016-203438711.html

Carpenter is a righty blogger who worked for Cruz for awhile. I like her a lot. I really have always like her a lot.

But it's whining here and I think the idea that R candidates need "to speak out" on this is ludicrous. I mean, if they "need" to it's only because the left/MSM is going to relentlessly call for it . . . and those on the right don't need to feed that narrative.

[narciso]

this story, still doesn't make sense,

http://www.weaselzippers.us/242512-chase-banking-parking-lot-across-the-dirt-field-from-planned-parenthood-in-colorado-springs-still-closed-king-soopers-near-planned-parenthood-open/

[Neo]

The Planned Parenthood shooting does have one upside.

This exercise does give us the advantage of letting us know exact who would be out there defending the "Soylent Green" plants from Detective Thorn.

For those born after 1968 ...

Det. Thorn: it's people. *Soylent Green is made out of people.* They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food.