DC Tom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The US Government really needs to do a better job at taking care of it's own citizens and stop worrying about everyone else. !@#$ that. I can take care of myself. The US spends Trillions of dollars every year on wars and foreign aid. Check your math, dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Yet another shooting outside Texas A&M. CNN reporting several people including officers shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There was also another car accident on I-90 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There was also another car accident on I-90 today. That's the same as early reports that multiple people were shot including cops with automatic weapons outside a university? No need to marginalize every incident of gun violence by comparing it to car accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Yet another shooting outside Texas A&M. CNN reporting several people including officers shot. Just saw that- not far from here. I reserve any opinion until details come out, better to not have a knee jerk reaction, particularly when there is a tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) Just saw that- not far from here. I reserve any opinion until details come out, better to not have a knee jerk reaction, particularly when there is a tragedy. It's not a knee jerk reaction to just post what I did. Just saying another shooting. Reportedly near a school with police and others shot with automatic weapons. Details fuzzy, that's early reporting...we'll see in the end what weapons used and how many shot and for what reason. That said, breaking news is breaking news. Every time any gun story comes up it's no a knee jerk reaction to do anything except compare it to a car accident. Edited August 13, 2012 by TheNewBills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's not a knee jerk reaction to just post what I did. Just saying another shooting. Reportedly near a school with police and others shot with automatic weapons. Details fuzzy, that's early reporting...we'll see in the end what weapons used and how many shot and for what reason. That said, breaking news is breaking news. Every time any gun story comes up it's no a knee jerk reaction to do anything except compare it to a car accident. I agree with you on the car accident thing- that is not a viable thing to compare it to. I was saying that I wasn't going to have a knee jerk reaction- I wasn't relating that statement to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's not a knee jerk reaction to just post what I did. Just saying another shooting. Reportedly near a school with police and others shot with automatic weapons. Details fuzzy, that's early reporting...we'll see in the end what weapons used and how many shot and for what reason. That said, breaking news is breaking news. Every time any gun story comes up it's no a knee jerk reaction to do anything except compare it to a car accident. You don't post well with a hangover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 You don't post well with a hangover. Maybe but I'm pretty stellar most of the time I have to admit I'm great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's not a knee jerk reaction to just post what I did. Just saying another shooting. Reportedly near a school with police and others shot with automatic weapons. Details fuzzy, that's early reporting...we'll see in the end what weapons used and how many shot and for what reason. That said, breaking news is breaking news. Every time any gun story comes up it's no a knee jerk reaction to do anything except compare it to a car accident. It's good to know that the law prohibiting people from killing police officers was respected by the criminal types who typically kill police officers and that tragedy was prevented because criminals follow laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Maybe but I'm pretty stellar most of the time I have to admit I'm great. Go back and read over your converstion with OC this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Go back and read over your converstion with OC this morning. Haha, ... no. Having a conversation w/ OC is bad enough no need to read it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Haha, ... no. Having a conversation w/ OC is bad enough no need to read it later. I'm not talking about what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Miner Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's good to know that the law prohibiting people from killing police officers was respected by the criminal types who typically kill police officers and that tragedy was prevented because criminals follow laws. If in fact automatic weapons were used, I would guess that the perpetrator/s all had the proper licenses to own automatic weapons. Because for us regular Joes without that class of license, those weapons are illegal. Guns need to be placed on double secret probation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 So an armed nutjob walks into a conservative family/anti-abortion policy firm in DC the day after it announces that Paul Ryan will be giving a talk there, and with a Chick-Fil-A bag in tow, opens fire on a security guard, who wrestles him to the ground. On the upside, the target was one of those hateful conservative groups, so reporting should be all over before the evening news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooter walked into the lobby of the building at about 10:45 and was confronted by the security guard as if the guard was asking him where he was going. The man then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard, Lanier said. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground, disarmed him and waited for police, she said. The guard was then taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, the chief said. The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said. “The security guard here is a hero, as far as I’m concerned,” Lanier said. ”He did his job. The person never made it past the front.” Media related: ‘Disagreed’ Jonah Goldberg August 15, 2012 4:39 P.M. I’m nearing the end of a vacation, so I’ve stayed out of the Corner for the most part. But tonight after we came back from dinner, my wife said “look at this.” On her iPad was the Washington Post’s homepage. One of the headlines reads: Police: Suspect disagreed with Family Research Council “Disagreed”? The suspect shot someone. “Disagreed”!? Why so bombastic? Why not say that the would-be killer “had a different perspective’? Now, I can’t really complain when authorities or newspapers (not the same thing) err on the side of caution. Nonetheless, I can’t help but be angry when the press exercises caution so selectively. I find it very hard to believe that a similar suspect entering the offices of a more politically correct organization would earn such restraint. Media criticism is never the most important part of the story. The crime and the victims are the real story. Still, I thought it worth mentioning. http://www.nationalr...-jonah-goldberg Edited August 15, 2012 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 So an armed nutjob walks into a conservative family/anti-abortion policy firm in DC the day after it announces that Paul Ryan will be giving a talk there, and with a Chick-Fil-A bag in tow, opens fire on a security guard, who wrestles him to the ground. On the upside, the target was one of those hateful conservative groups, so reporting should be all over before the evening news. But Romney's "unhinged". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 But Romney's "unhinged". Are you kidding me? Romney's a !@#$ing maniac. I've got insiders and from what I hear this campaign is coming apart at the seams. Piles of blow, hookers, all night benders in high-dollar no-tell rooms. The guy's losing his mind; he thinks he's a Goddamn rock star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Are you kidding me? Romney's a !@#$ing maniac. I've got insiders and from what I hear this campaign is coming apart at the seams. Piles of blow, hookers, all night benders in high-dollar no-tell rooms. The guy's losing his mind; he thinks he's a Goddamn rock star. He does remind me of Mick Jagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Re: Today's shooting at the Family Research Council: it is instructive that after his attack failed and he was subdued, today’s shooter, Floyd Corkins, reportedly begged not be shot, saying that his assault was nothing personal, he just had a problem with the FRC’s politics. Apparently, Corkins thought he was entitled to mercy because his politics were pure. Let me be clear: Corkins alone is to blame for his attack; no culpability of any kind attaches to critics, no matter how vehement, of the FRC. But the notion that violent attacks become more (see hate cirmes) or less culpable by virtue of the political or social opinions behind them is widespread, and implicit in the double standard employed by the media in covering incidents like today’s. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/08/the-shooting-at-the-frc-and-double-standards.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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