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MotherPetrie

(3,145 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:28 AM Dec 2012

To quote Eliza Doolittle to Freddie Eynsford-Hill in "My Fair Lady" [View all]

Words, words, words I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through,
First from him, now from you,
Is that all you blighters can do?!

To say the least, I was NOT impressed with President Obama's speech which I did not have the chance to watch, so just read instead.

I read it twice to make sure what I thought I must have missed the first time, I had NOT missed.

And no, I had not missed it. It was not in there. That is, tere was not a single mention of guns.

Not. A. Single. Mention.

Unbelievable.

President Obama:

Show me - NOW!

(I won't be holding my breath.)

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To quote Eliza Doolittle to Freddie Eynsford-Hill in "My Fair Lady" [View all] MotherPetrie Dec 2012 OP

but, according to current wisdom, now is not the time to be talking of guns, or gun control, or niyad Dec 2012 #1

You need to learn to read in-between the lines. reformist2 Dec 2012 #2

To mention guns in that auditorium filled with people who were totally aware shraby Dec 2012 #3

You're begging for him to play politics in a time of healing. rDigital Dec 2012 #4

It was there in every syllable Hekate Dec 2012 #5

The speech is well worth viewing. Downwinder Dec 2012 #6

It was a speech at a memorial for the community and the families. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #7

Actually... ailsagirl Dec 2012 #8

Just Shavs vs Shaks intaglio Dec 2012 #9

GBS always maintained he was a better writer than WS ailsagirl Dec 2012 #10

GBS on Shakespeare: REP Dec 2012 #11

WS continues to amaze me ailsagirl Dec 2012 #12