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Moostache

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25. That picture should be burned into the mind of ALL politicians...

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:18 PM

Oct 2015

Politics is supposed to be about finding solutions to problems, but it has de-volved into nothing more than picking a "team" and rooting for them no matter what.

That father's despair is most heart-wrenching image I can imagine. When I think about the emptiness of losing the most important thing in life, it is THAT image that my mind conjures up, that emptiness and despondency that I feel in the pit of my stomach.

My own children have (so far, and hopefully forever) remained untouched by school violence; but when Sandy Hook happened I was shaken to my core (as I had a daughter the same age as all of those victims and I KNOW the innocence and vivacity of those poor children and I FELT the terror that they experienced in the last moments of their all too short lives because I know the emotional states of children that exact age all too well.

I have never felt the same since. More than 9/11. More than any other tragedy. Sandy Hook gutted me in a way that other shootings before did not. The plethora of shootings since are like constant aftershocks of the earthquake. EVERY day my kids go off to school, they get a hug and kiss from dad before they leave and EVERY day a deep corner of my mind whispers "what is THAT was the last time?" The endless nagging feeling of one day being in that picture above tears me up constantly.

87,000+ dead since then...87,000!

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH US?!?!?!?

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Daily News Cover - Says it all [View all] kpete Oct 2015 OP

We're all potentially collateral damage. NRA and GOP (and complicit DEMs) don't... Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #1

The situation seems hopeless. olegramps Oct 2015 #12

That is a mind-boggling number alarimer Oct 2015 #2

No because republicans YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #6

And 3rd Way DLC corporate conservadems. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #20

Goes with out saying YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #21

Bernie sure seems to vote on the side of guns when he gets the chance... kjones Oct 2015 #28

let's set the record straight.... Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #30

Again, is this really the spot to hash that out? kjones Oct 2015 #33

Does it "speak for itself" or is it open for us "to make of it what we will"? Beartracks Oct 2015 #36

Yeah, guess if you think about it, that can seem contridictory kjones Oct 2015 #42

No, it is not the spot. SusanaMontana41 Oct 2015 #37

You brought it up, not me. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #46

Team Hillary reminding us of death and destruction she voted for in Iraq... including 4500 whereisjustice Oct 2015 #35

And victims and bystanders also get treated like criminals.... blackspade Oct 2015 #3

Stunning numbers. Old Crow Oct 2015 #4

And our Founding Fathers would also be stunned to see . . . DrBulldog Oct 2015 #7

And, the guns of today were not the guns they were referring to to begin with. Frustratedlady Oct 2015 #11

and long may RR rot Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #27

+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #40

And let's put it another bluntly honest way . . . DrBulldog Oct 2015 #5

THIS^^^^^ ++++1,000,000 loudsue Oct 2015 #17

It took 3,000 deaths on 9-11 to dump the Bill of Rights. Octafish Oct 2015 #24

no shit. K&R... spanone Oct 2015 #8

where is the 87,423 number coming from? Who is keeping track? nt antigop Oct 2015 #9

America won't get Universal Health Care or stricter gun control. HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #10

nothing changes Botany Oct 2015 #13

That picture should be burned into the mind of ALL politicians... Moostache Oct 2015 #25

I had family in Roseburg, OR Botany Oct 2015 #32

I know how you feel. Sandy Hook was a turning point for me. I thought 'surely Francis Booth Oct 2015 #41

How do you limit possession of ammo? uppityperson Oct 2015 #44

Oh I disagree. Plenty has changed.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #14

This is the mentality that is the problem -none Oct 2015 #15

Spock said it best NoMoreRepugs Oct 2015 #16

Horrible Duval Oct 2015 #18

It's time to put the NRA out of business. Loki Oct 2015 #19

YES kpete Oct 2015 #22

Put the NRA out of action? GGJohn Oct 2015 #43

This thread should have a 1,000 recs at least d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #23

As long as there's a USA, it will be awash in guns and gun deaths Dems to Win Oct 2015 #26

And Clackamas shootings here in Oregon were only a few days before Sandy Hook... cascadiance Oct 2015 #29

damn our do-nothing leaders and the ammosexual gun nuts and all their freaking apologists to hell. niyad Oct 2015 #31

Where are the Chaffetz chartz? icarusxat Oct 2015 #34

Nation Mgazine 2015 Special Issue--------The Roberts Court...........paraphrased............. turbinetree Oct 2015 #38

Agreed--Nothing has changed :( Rafale Oct 2015 #39

kick GreatGazoo Oct 2015 #45