tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post749619750809686088..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Parkland Kids Take On Donald Trump and the Gun LobbySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28969166123439535112018-02-24T17:56:54.575-05:002018-02-24T17:56:54.575-05:00Rubio's time has pasted, not that it was ever ...Rubio's time has pasted, not that it was ever there, but he is of Hispanic descent and there are lots of Republicans who will not vote for him to be President. <br /><br />Expect Mr. Bains Capital to make another run for it, that is why I expect his is taking a run at senator. However, he isn't the smartest in his family, its his cousin.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13218080381810835172018-02-23T09:38:19.771-05:002018-02-23T09:38:19.771-05:00hi anon@5:45...yes, there is no doubt that Rubio i...hi anon@5:45...yes, there is no doubt that Rubio is positioning himself for a post-Trump world. But even if he does become the Republican presidential candidate one day, I don't think they'll be enough Republicans still standing to vote him into office...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42439492291476701972018-02-23T09:35:19.279-05:002018-02-23T09:35:19.279-05:00hi e.a.f...yes that is of course the problem. A ps...hi e.a.f...yes that is of course the problem. A psychopathic person like Trump is incapable of feeling empathy, or care about anybody but themselves. I'll also give Marco Rubio some credit for turning up, but of course none for not having the courage to disavow the NRA. But as for the kids, I think we are witnessing the beginning of a new generational rising that could with a bit of luck change the U.S. and the world we live in....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2691624300654579002018-02-23T09:30:24.251-05:002018-02-23T09:30:24.251-05:00hi lagatta...I think trump would be terrified to g...hi lagatta...I think trump would be terrified to go anywhere near Emma Gonzalez, but she got a chance to take on the NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch at the CNN Town Hall and she was brilliant...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21107663769713556622018-02-23T09:28:27.476-05:002018-02-23T09:28:27.476-05:00hi JD...yes, wasn't that both hilarious and pa...hi JD...yes, wasn't that both hilarious and pathetic. Who I wonder wrote that list, General Kelly or Ivanka? And I agree with you, he's terrified of the NRA and apart from some token gestures gun control will go nowhere until the day he is defeated. I believe hat most Americans are now in favour of it, but as you say, the Republican Congress will be an impediment, until it too is replaced... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68152537564667362172018-02-23T09:23:42.516-05:002018-02-23T09:23:42.516-05:00hi jrkrideau...I think the wrong kind of teacher w...hi jrkrideau...I think the wrong kind of teacher would volunteer to be armed, and students would have to fear them as well, the enemy within. I also read a cute message from a student who said she really loved this teacher, but she managed to light her dress on fire while trying to change a light bulb, so please don't arm her... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35058232856331043272018-02-23T09:20:14.985-05:002018-02-23T09:20:14.985-05:00hi Jackie...I would love to see the Second Amendme...hi Jackie...I would love to see the Second Amendment going up in flames, but I just can't see that happening. As jrkrideau says, some of your people seem to think it was handed down to Moses or Charlton Heston with the Ten Commandments. I also don't think the Parkland kids will make much progress with gun control. But what I do believe they can do is fire up the millennials to vote Republicans out of office all over the country, elect progressive judges, and let the decent start healing America....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77836941966058799352018-02-23T09:14:55.748-05:002018-02-23T09:14:55.748-05:00hi RT...Say that to a future generation, and not o...hi RT...Say that to a future generation, and not only will they not believe you, they'll lock you up in a mental asylum and throw away the key. And you'll be shouting, "but it's true it really happened!!!!!" And you'll be right, but it won't do you any good. Better to claim you were rendered mute, and communicate with them using very simple hand signals, or holding your head and making moaning sounds... ;) Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-80424664785018410052018-02-23T09:09:05.146-05:002018-02-23T09:09:05.146-05:00Hi Steve...Is there a hidden message if you read i...Hi Steve...Is there a hidden message if you read it backwards? Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7568529006752270132018-02-23T09:07:44.902-05:002018-02-23T09:07:44.902-05:00hi Steve...that's just what the SWAT squad nee...hi Steve...that's just what the SWAT squad needs to see when they arrive at the scene of a school shooting. An adult running around firing shots in every direction. Goodbye Mr Chips. And besides, just the thought of some of my teachers being armed is the stuff of nightmares. One used to throw a blackboard eraser at my head when I nodded off, so I can only imagine what he might have done if he was carrying. Fire three shots into the ceiling, or fire them at me... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47721000406985786962018-02-23T09:03:16.983-05:002018-02-23T09:03:16.983-05:00hi anon@2:03...If it's right, and it is, and i...hi anon@2:03...If it's right, and it is, and it rhymes, and it does, let's do it !!!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-39335833480784458702018-02-23T09:01:41.491-05:002018-02-23T09:01:41.491-05:00hi Jackie...good one. It's such a parade of ma...hi Jackie...good one. It's such a parade of madness, that after reading your comment I had to hold me head with both hands lest it explode. Lordy, future generations will never believe us when we tell them what happened. I'm going to have to try to convince them that I was in a coma during the Trump years, or plead insanity... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77134612251555297372018-02-23T08:58:04.320-05:002018-02-23T08:58:04.320-05:00Hi Jim...exactly, but you know Trump. Now he's...Hi Jim...exactly, but you know Trump. Now he's claiming the Russian hacking scandal was all Obama's fault. And next week he'll be claiming that the Parkland massacre was all Obama's fault as well...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-58185468260368355342018-02-23T08:55:53.863-05:002018-02-23T08:55:53.863-05:00hi anon@8:27...Obama actually cared about those de...hi anon@8:27...Obama actually cared about those dead kids and felt their loss, while Donald Trump had to carry notes to remind him what empathy meant. Which meant that Obama did his best to implement gun control, while Trump is a bum boy for the NRA...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1478580898338895612018-02-23T06:07:29.074-05:002018-02-23T06:07:29.074-05:00there is nothing "divine"
Are you sure?...<i>there is nothing "divine"</i> <br />Are you sure? I, often, get the impression that Americans confuse this with the Bible. Both are sacred documents.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-3129300655445298562018-02-23T06:01:01.914-05:002018-02-23T06:01:01.914-05:00US teachers are so badly treated and poorly paid t...US teachers are so badly treated and poorly paid that if the state armed them they would be better off holding up Walmark stores than shooting people in schools. <br /><br />Most teachers I know did not take a tactical shooting course as part of their educational training. Still, in the US, who knows?jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1682891054421837002018-02-23T05:52:00.580-05:002018-02-23T05:52:00.580-05:00Jackie
Absolutely brilliant. Jackie<br />Absolutely brilliant. jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7084923961705238952018-02-23T05:45:26.610-05:002018-02-23T05:45:26.610-05:00The reason Rubio showed up is because he still wan...The reason Rubio showed up is because he still wants to be president some day! <br /><br />Did you notice when host Jake Tapper asked Rubio and the other two Democrats to each take a minute and make an opening statement, that’s what each of the Democrats did, but Rubio kept speaking for several minutes? He loves the sound of his own voice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-76515329705987730022018-02-23T05:39:33.583-05:002018-02-23T05:39:33.583-05:00Er, is this supposed to be a free verse poem? If s...Er, is this supposed to be a free verse poem? If so, I think it would have been better just to compose an essay, with capital letters and periods! <br /><br />Just sayin’Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-45150359140788061072018-02-22T22:55:23.898-05:002018-02-22T22:55:23.898-05:00you are quite correct, that whole sale changes are...you are quite correct, that whole sale changes are required in Congress. They could start by electing some of those kids. They'd make a nice change from those currently occupying those jobs. They're too young to run for president, but I'm sure some of them would do a much, much better job than Trump. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-87522097859611085152018-02-22T22:52:40.137-05:002018-02-22T22:52:40.137-05:00of course they had to give Trump notes to remind h...of course they had to give Trump notes to remind him how to behave. he just doesn't get it. He doesn't care. If it doesn't benefit him some how, he just doesn't care. its that simple. who cares why he is that way, he just is. Now people can clearly see how out of touch he is with everyone and everything which isn't a benefit to him and his pocket book<br /><br />the song at the end was amazing. don't be surprised if they pick it up and turn it into a broadway musical.<br /><br />I didn't agree with a lot of marco Rubio had to say, but I do give him credit for actually showing up, with is more than the governor and a lot of others were willing to do. <br /><br />those kids and others like them may wind up changing America. About 20 million of them get to vote in the next election.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-54504959335872135982018-02-22T22:13:57.856-05:002018-02-22T22:13:57.856-05:00I don't see Ms Gonzalez. Guess he thinks her p...I don't see Ms Gonzalez. Guess he thinks her parents come from some shithole country. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-90738156131033901172018-02-22T19:34:38.844-05:002018-02-22T19:34:38.844-05:00No "thoughts and prayers" on his cheat s...No "thoughts and prayers" on his cheat sheet? Then again, by now even Trump has that one memorized. Nice try Donald. Even his proposal to ban bump stocks and keep the mentally ill from obtaining firearms may at first seem sincere until you realize the GOP congress would never pass it. Nope. Bought and paid for by their proud sponsor and epitome of paranoia and delusion, the NRA.<br />Change will require wholesale changes to congress, the senate and last but not least, the potus. It will take time and these kids need to keep the momentum going and keep engaging people but it can be done.<br />JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-20852528043610596222018-02-22T18:11:37.495-05:002018-02-22T18:11:37.495-05:00Don't forget their well-financed propaganda fe...Don't forget their well-financed propaganda fear-mongers: Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Drudge Report, and Trump's favorite "alternative facts" outlet, Alex Jones at Infowars. Feeding meat to the base 24/7 and convincing them that the scary black Islamo-Marxist from a faraway shithole in Nambia was going to disarm Real American Patriots™ like the Jews in Nazi Germany, and send them all to Wal-Mart FEMA camps to be forcibly married off to gay illegal immigrants who were going to burn their Bibles, indoctrinate their children into the cult of Canadian healthcare by giving them autism vaccines and dirty un-Christian sex education, and make their women get abortions that Hillary Clinton eats on her spirit-cooking pizza during satanic sharia rituals at the Obama family mosque. Want to stop this nightmare in its tracks? <i>Hoard moar gunz!</i><br /><br />The staggering level of incoherent insanity that far too many people in the conservative base accept as gospel makes "War of the Worlds" look like a Rickroll by comparison. Orson Welles would be aghast at the reality distortion field that Roger Ailes (piss be upon him) has been able to build.Jackie Bluenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53435748755687521892018-02-22T17:56:16.387-05:002018-02-22T17:56:16.387-05:00It took a youth movement in the 1970s to amend the...It took a youth movement in the 1970s to amend the Constitution, so that teenagers would have the right to vote <i>against</i> someone who was likely to pack them off to fight for rich men's resource wars. I hope this youth movement has the same effect, except this time to amend the Constitution so as to eradicate the blood-soaked ink stain that is the Amendment sharing a number with a colloquial term for <i>merde.</i> It's not quite as poignant as the aforementioned "Hey! Hey! NRA! how many kids did you kill today?" chant, but as far as I'm concerned, <i>Amendment Number Two is a disgusting smear of poo.</i> And "good guy with a gun" theory is just M.A.D. on the domestic front. Enough already of "bringing the war home."<br /><br />In all seriousness, however: as for the "what about tyranny" argument, there is a new book out by scholar and activist <a href="http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100460830" rel="nofollow">Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz</a> that reveals the true history of what those malicious militias were originally intended for: suppressing slave rebellions and clearing out pesky Indians who got in the way of "manifest destiny." So the sacrosanct 2A has always been about institutional white male supremacy and striking terror into the hearts of "lessers" right from the get-go. It's meant to <i>maintain</i> tyranny, not defend against it. It's not about "hunting." It's about <i>the most dangerous game,</i> being played against people who the ruling class doesn't even consider human.<br /><br />And we see this "creeping tyranny" already happening, with calls to turn in mentally ill people before they've committed a crime (4A, 5A), calls to outright shoot people for speaking out against the gun lobby (1A), calls to nullify states' rights to have their own gun laws with this "reciprocal carry" BS (9A, 10A), and calls by the NRA's propaganda hate network to "shoot liberals" for the crime of voting their conscience (13A, 19A, 26A), that this obsession with keeping the 2A is actually <i>obliterating</i> the rest of our constitutional freedoms. Why not just zero in on the common denominator? Treat it like bad code in an obsolete abandonware operating system in dire need of an upgrade, and delete the rootkit!<br /><br />#TimesUp. Fix it already. The document is almost 250 years old, and there is nothing "divine" that says it can't be upgraded to the modern age, that it has to be treated like Moses Heston's fabled ten commandments. He's got a lot of blood on his cold, dead hands. The U.S. will be dragged into the 21st century to join civilization kicking and screaming if necessary, and these kids plus millions more "people power" in their corner might just be the ones to do it. The only thing stopping bad guys with bullets is good guys with ballots.Jackie Bluenoreply@blogger.com