[benghazi was] "the worst tragedy since 9/11". wow, what color is the sky in rand paul's world?
does he get the newspaper at his house? or own a television, or computer? i guess no one ever told him about the wars that've been killing americans for 12 years, newtown, connecticut, or the hostages killed in algeria this week.
i've never quite been able to wrap my mind around this benghazi "scandal". our embassy was attacked. four american diplomats died. yes, it was a terrible tragedy. but it happened in the most dangerous part of the world...to people who accepted that as a possible outcome when they signed up for a post in _libya_.
there's a special kind of someone who wants so desperately to see the world become a better place, he's willing to put his life on the line to help birth a new democracy. someone who wanted to build a democracy in a region that's been ravaged throughout history, and conditioned to fear and even hate a country he loves. that was christopher stevens. he didn't want to die. he didn't want his comprades to die either. no one did. and no one meant for this to happen. it is a terrible tragedy, and a loss to all americans. and yes, mistakes were made, security was sparse, and the negligence cost four americans their lives, but this witch-hunt by senate republicans is incomprehensible.
this is the same fucking party that bullshit its way into a war with iraq...a war, incidentally, that has cost 4488 american lives. and now they demand that heads must roll because the declassified talking points provided to the morning-show-stooge (i'm sorry madame ambassador--i don't actually think you a stooge. it's mere wordery) were "misleading". the effrontery exceeds my comprehension.
like, i don't even know what else to say...
~k
23 January 2013
21 January 2013
guns and rules
i don't get the whole guns thing. at all.
i don't care if you have guns. have all the guns you want. shoot every deer and pheasant between here and mt. rushmore for all i care. have two guns. five. ten even. i. do. not. care. but tell me why it is that a background check bears any resemblance to an infringement of your constitutional rights. tell me why a ban on high capacity magazines and the amount of ammunition you can buy is akin to being packed naked into an overcrowded box car and shipped to a camp that will kill you. and then tell me why--and i want a really good reason--why any civilian has any need whatsoever for military weapons (cuz i know you're not hunting with them).
from where i sit, the only thing i can come up with is paranoia.
maybe it's paranoia that the neighbor (or the neighbor's kid) is going to rob you and set your house on fire. or maybe it's fear that the government is going to come throw you out of their own home. or both. either way, what the fuck kind of fear is defining your life?
stop. think about this. could the government become so oppressive that it storms into your home and makes a slave of you and your family? fuck. no. it. couldn't. this country is too big, has waaaaaaay too many people, and waaaaay too strong of a standing armed forces. and even if something powerful enough to overtake our government and army (not a even a real live socialist kenyan muslim president could pull that off) does exist, the arsenal in the basement isn't going to do shit for you. and more likely than the government takeover, is the possibility that your arsenal could be used (accidentally or otherwise) to cause you and others great devastation. think about that for a minute.
and then let's talk about your constitutional rights.
if you still want guns, have your guns. but get the same kind of licensing i am required to own and operate a _car_ (this is such a "duh" for me). i mean...will people without a license be able to get a gun? i'm sure. but we have to start somewhere. keeping gun ownership from the people who have proven themselves to be bad or mentally unstable (and let experts in the fields of criminals and insanity define who that it) is the smart thing to do. making sure that people with guns are educated about them is the smart thing to do. limiting the number of rounds in a magazine could save a life, five lives, maybe even 10 or 20. how is that not worth the minor inconvenience to you to having to reload before blowing the guts out of the next deer that happens into the slaughter?
guns are really dangerous. they need rules. and, frankly, anyone objecting to reasonable gun safety rules seems pretty irrational. and those of you vociferously objecting to gun safety rules...well, you look like a fucking whack job.
~k
i don't care if you have guns. have all the guns you want. shoot every deer and pheasant between here and mt. rushmore for all i care. have two guns. five. ten even. i. do. not. care. but tell me why it is that a background check bears any resemblance to an infringement of your constitutional rights. tell me why a ban on high capacity magazines and the amount of ammunition you can buy is akin to being packed naked into an overcrowded box car and shipped to a camp that will kill you. and then tell me why--and i want a really good reason--why any civilian has any need whatsoever for military weapons (cuz i know you're not hunting with them).
from where i sit, the only thing i can come up with is paranoia.
maybe it's paranoia that the neighbor (or the neighbor's kid) is going to rob you and set your house on fire. or maybe it's fear that the government is going to come throw you out of their own home. or both. either way, what the fuck kind of fear is defining your life?
stop. think about this. could the government become so oppressive that it storms into your home and makes a slave of you and your family? fuck. no. it. couldn't. this country is too big, has waaaaaaay too many people, and waaaaay too strong of a standing armed forces. and even if something powerful enough to overtake our government and army (not a even a real live socialist kenyan muslim president could pull that off) does exist, the arsenal in the basement isn't going to do shit for you. and more likely than the government takeover, is the possibility that your arsenal could be used (accidentally or otherwise) to cause you and others great devastation. think about that for a minute.
and then let's talk about your constitutional rights.
if you still want guns, have your guns. but get the same kind of licensing i am required to own and operate a _car_ (this is such a "duh" for me). i mean...will people without a license be able to get a gun? i'm sure. but we have to start somewhere. keeping gun ownership from the people who have proven themselves to be bad or mentally unstable (and let experts in the fields of criminals and insanity define who that it) is the smart thing to do. making sure that people with guns are educated about them is the smart thing to do. limiting the number of rounds in a magazine could save a life, five lives, maybe even 10 or 20. how is that not worth the minor inconvenience to you to having to reload before blowing the guts out of the next deer that happens into the slaughter?
guns are really dangerous. they need rules. and, frankly, anyone objecting to reasonable gun safety rules seems pretty irrational. and those of you vociferously objecting to gun safety rules...well, you look like a fucking whack job.
~k
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