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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
16. AGREED: "Because my owners haven't told me what to say yet." But about this:
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:47 PM
Jun 2014
Why do we let them get away with this?

Ain't no 'we' about it, if by that you mean Democrats and Reid.


The ones who are letting them 'get away with' all this vote to keep them in office. Media owners support Boehner and Bundy and the Teaterrorists. They want the country to break into small Koch fiefdoms.

The kind of opinion we have here about the philosophy and the money being exchanged, has no mainstream voice. The public has been trained to accept the 'lone gunman' so they can 'file and forget' this and it makes little impact.

We have to get these guys out of office, and defend civil society from the 'rootin' tootin' wild west these guys represent. And finally take the bandage off the gangerous wound they represent.

Did you see this story here?

LTC Bateman tired of NRA and senseless shootings

That's It. I Am Coming Home.
The NRA has made mass killings normal in this country. I'm coming home from years of serving my country overseas to help stop it.


This is too much. We have Tea Party political activists shooting cops from behind, in the head, then covering their dead bodies with the Tea Party “Gadsden” flag and shouting, “The Revolution begins now!”

No. I am coming home. I need to be there and be part of the solution. Moms Demand Action is getting some traction, but they can use the lean-in of a few U.S. Army Airborne Infantry Rangers. I am only sorry that I did not stand up to this threat to our nation before. I am sorry. I was busy.

I have been overseas in Afghanistan and in NATO nations for half a decade while the insanity of the National Rifle Association expanded and exploded, and the NRA became, essentially, the tool of death in the United States. They made mass killings normal...


A whole lot more at the link that is even stronger and well worth reading, IMO:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/i-am-coming-home#comments

to Liberal Loner:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1262&pid=6738

'We,' meaning those who are busy working hard everyday for peaceful solutions in real life that get no attention, won't let them 'get away' with this anymore. Hope his words will resonate for many Americans.

Good questions, BI.

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Yep, you go get them Harry! Iliyah Jun 2014 #1
Well, when these guys were pointing guns at federal agents, they let them all go and did nothing... InfoWingerWatch Jun 2014 #2
Here, Johnny, see if it walks and talks like a duck: Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #5
"I'm not sure how to describe it. BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #3
AGREED: "Because my owners haven't told me what to say yet." But about this: freshwest Jun 2014 #16
I meant more the country lets them get away with it BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #18
They are fighting back by doing the daily work of helping millions, which you don't seem to see here freshwest Jun 2014 #19
Did Reid call it an act of terrorism or terrorism, because the difference is HUGE. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #4
Doh! SoapBox Jun 2014 #6
I've Posted This Before Leith Jun 2014 #7
Yep. you can't really get around that but the corporatemediawhores will try or just ignore it Cha Jun 2014 #8
Yeah, they are working overtime to create the next big lie. Paying overtime, no doubt. freshwest Jun 2014 #17
Four Americans died at Benghazi and Republicans flipped out because they don't Bandit Jun 2014 #9
Damn good point. reflection Jun 2014 #15
To the RW, "terrorism" is by definition not something done by other RWers. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #10
time to start heaven05 Jun 2014 #11
from a friend of mine per huff post piece heaven05 Jun 2014 #12
This. nt redqueen Jun 2014 #13
I do like your tag line heaven05 Jun 2014 #14
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