Thank you Heather. Will there ever come a day when lives take a priority over guns in the mind of a Republican? No. Spoiler alert, thoughts and prayers are a waste of time. Be safe. Be well.
... thoughts and prayers are an insensitive comment after you just gave permission to kill someone's child. thoughts and prayers - give me a break. DO SOMETHING! How many must die before something is done? A national health crisis and they want more guns. INSANE.
The more thoughts and prayers we offer, the more death and destruction we get. Especially since 1980.
I would, looking at the correlated data, recommend we punt off the "thoughts and prayers" approach to managing this increasing violence and do something else, like ban assault weapons, automatic hand guns, most handguns actually since they are only meant to kill people.
But, for some reason, people seem unaware that "thoughts and prayers" may actually be causing the death and destruction by military weapons.
At the very least, based on the data, a shout out to "thoughts and prayers" seems guaranteed to mean more death and destruction.
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Mike, I completely agree. Thoughts and prayers is the parallel comment to death and destruction. They have tagged one another for decades.
I hate hearing the thoughts and prayers from the complicit Republicans because we all know that means, where will the next one be. I nolonger think in terms of will there be a next time? It's when.
I was at my Syracuse house on Saturday morning. I heard the distinct pop, pop, pop. I knew what it was but my mind went into self defense and justified it as someone using a nail gun. Within minutes police cars came from every direction . Someone was shot in their front yard one block from me.
I'm so glad I will be gone from this house in a couple of weeks for good.
I will be moving full time about an hour from Syracuse to the house we bought a couple of years ago. I have been staying in the house I grew up in for convenience sake for where I work. Crime has gotten so bad here in Syracuse that even a few days a week is just too unnerving.
I might miss a few days here during the move, but I won't be gone for long.
Words that are worse than a waste of time. They are embarrassing. They are code for "owning my own WMDs is more important to me than the lives of children".
I wish Jon Stewart would run for high office. Someone needs to make the weapons issue a central campaign story. I really believe that a large majority of Americans would support a ban on weapons of mass destruction and the ammo that shreds human flesh.
I think they perversely believe that guns protect lives, despite the obvious contrary evidence that they conveniently ignore; hence the notion that more guns will give us more safety. It's wacko logic, but it makes sense to them.
Thank you Heather.
Will there ever come a day when lives take a priority over guns in the mind of a Republican?
No.
Spoiler alert, thoughts and prayers are a waste of time.
Be safe. Be well.
... thoughts and prayers are an insensitive comment after you just gave permission to kill someone's child. thoughts and prayers - give me a break. DO SOMETHING! How many must die before something is done? A national health crisis and they want more guns. INSANE.
Linda, agree.
Seems to me that there is a positive correlation between "thoughts and prayers" and death and destruction.
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The more thoughts and prayers we offer, the more death and destruction we get. Especially since 1980.
I would, looking at the correlated data, recommend we punt off the "thoughts and prayers" approach to managing this increasing violence and do something else, like ban assault weapons, automatic hand guns, most handguns actually since they are only meant to kill people.
But, for some reason, people seem unaware that "thoughts and prayers" may actually be causing the death and destruction by military weapons.
At the very least, based on the data, a shout out to "thoughts and prayers" seems guaranteed to mean more death and destruction.
Mike, it occurs to me that Republicans havenтАЩt yet figured out that uttering тАЬthoughts and prayersтАЭ makes them appear both тАЬincapable of thoughtтАЭ and тАЬignorant of the meaning of prayerтАЭ
It defines the entirety of their transparency
Republicans havenтАЩt figured out they make a parody of those words by uttering them
Mike, I completely agree. Thoughts and prayers is the parallel comment to death and destruction. They have tagged one another for decades.
I hate hearing the thoughts and prayers from the complicit Republicans because we all know that means, where will the next one be. I nolonger think in terms of will there be a next time? It's when.
I was at my Syracuse house on Saturday morning. I heard the distinct pop, pop, pop. I knew what it was but my mind went into self defense and justified it as someone using a nail gun. Within minutes police cars came from every direction . Someone was shot in their front yard one block from me.
I'm so glad I will be gone from this house in a couple of weeks for good.
Guess what, it wasn't a nail gun.
Thoughts and prayers = dumb and dumber.
It is a placebo for having nothing to say which may have meaning to those around them. It is an excuse for doing nothing.
Wait till they lose someone close to them. See if "thoughts and prayers" placates them for something senseless.
Wow. Linda. I am sorry you were so close. I hope all is well. Or will be.
Good luck with your move and best wishes. Hopefully we will still see your posts here.
Thanks Mike.
I will be moving full time about an hour from Syracuse to the house we bought a couple of years ago. I have been staying in the house I grew up in for convenience sake for where I work. Crime has gotten so bad here in Syracuse that even a few days a week is just too unnerving.
I might miss a few days here during the move, but I won't be gone for long.
"Thoughts and Prayers".
Words that are worse than a waste of time. They are embarrassing. They are code for "owning my own WMDs is more important to me than the lives of children".
TP. Think about it.
Certainly if your prayers are for more guns.
Touche'. Horrible, but you got it.
During tragedies like this, it is the only time that magas have any thoughts and most gop politicians alleged to say prayers!
Last Sunday, a graphic of CBS Sunday Morning stated that there were 122 multiple gun deaths to date, more than 1 per day!
I wish Jon Stewart would run for high office. Someone needs to make the weapons issue a central campaign story. I really believe that a large majority of Americans would support a ban on weapons of mass destruction and the ammo that shreds human flesh.
Imagine Congress with Jon Stewart and Al Franken!
You mean a Congress with compassion, intelligence and wit? Please!
StewartтАЩs been asked often to run for officeтАФnot his thing.
Beto did in Texas, the cheating trio smashed any effort at a real election. They have stacked the deck at the state level. National not far behindтАж
I think they perversely believe that guns protect lives, despite the obvious contrary evidence that they conveniently ignore; hence the notion that more guns will give us more safety. It's wacko logic, but it makes sense to them.
Hitler used the science of eugenics to justify exterminating those inferior others. That made sense to them also.