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Cha

(296,853 posts)
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:09 PM Apr 2013

"Shame On Us If We've Forgotten"



Obama needs backup on guns

Dana Milbank, like so many of my other fellow pundits, is placing blame on President Obama for the “congressional inertia” that has stymied advancement of proposals to stem gun violence. What more Obama could do than he’s already done is beyond me. One look at the House of Representatives and you know that anything he wants to do or is in favor of doing is dead on arrival over there.

Still, nothing gets the attention of Congress like the voice of the people. That’s why the president’s speech Thursday was directed as much at the American people as it was at Congress.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/04/01/obama-needs-backup-on-guns/?hpid=z2

http://theobamadiary.com/

YES WE CAN!

BOG
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"Shame On Us If We've Forgotten" (Original Post) Cha Apr 2013 OP
This should be so simple, Shame on us. sheshe2 Apr 2013 #1
It's Not "Radical" at all.. It's Sensible! Do we have Cha Apr 2013 #3
Keep on tweeting, emailing and calling. Join the OFA actions. It's not over! freshwest Apr 2013 #2
Thanks for the link, freshwest.. Cha Apr 2013 #4
k&R! bigtree Apr 2013 #5
Thank You! Cha Apr 2013 #6
K&R n/t Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #7

sheshe2

(83,654 posts)
1. This should be so simple, Shame on us.
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:27 PM
Apr 2013
Tears aren’t enough. Expressions of sympathy aren’t enough. Speeches aren’t enough. We’ve cried enough. We’ve known enough heartbreak. What we’re proposing is not radical, it’s not taking away anybody’s gun rights. It’s something that if we are serious, we will do….


Thank you, Cha.

We Can, because We Must!

Cha

(296,853 posts)
3. It's Not "Radical" at all.. It's Sensible! Do we have
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:44 PM
Apr 2013

Sense as a Country?

Time Will Tell.

Thanks She

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
2. Keep on tweeting, emailing and calling. Join the OFA actions. It's not over!
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:27 PM
Apr 2013

Thanks for this post and please cross post this for more coverage, Cha.

Gun Control Reform Activism (Group)

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