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Friday, January 24, 2014
SO, you don't want the US to be like other civilised nations?
Here you go!
Most countries where people carry guns about are either in a state of war or third world nations. But, you are contributing to your nation being an economic colony.
So, enjoy!
Most countries where people carry guns about are either in a state of war or third world nations. But, you are contributing to your nation being an economic colony.
So, enjoy!
Quote of the Day from Malala Yousafzai
In case you don't know who Malala Yousafzai is, she is the young woman who was shot by the Taliban for protesting a ban on female education. She lives in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. That is a place that has a similar attitude toward the "right to bear arms" that the gun loons profess.
She made this comment at Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards.
Nothing like living under the gun.
If that's your idea of freedom--I'll take the alternative.
She made this comment at Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards.
Nothing like living under the gun.
If that's your idea of freedom--I'll take the alternative.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
More on Andrew Boldt
Andrew Boldt, the victim of the Perdue University shooting is profiled here. The author points out:
I should also add that most people in the US know at least one person who has been a victim of this plague. It shouldn't take too much longer before people start getting upset and actually doing something about this problem.
I cannot imagine what his family is going through tonight. The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Cody Cousins, has been arrested, but his motives are not yet clear. Whatever the motives, this 21-year-old young man did not deserve to die today. He probably went in to work like you or I not suspecting a thing.I know a lot of you feel that you could put an end to any active shooter incident, but do you really have the bottle to handle it in real life?
I should also add that most people in the US know at least one person who has been a victim of this plague. It shouldn't take too much longer before people start getting upset and actually doing something about this problem.
Dumbing down of the US.
The US has long had a strong anti-intellectual tendency, perhaps it is due to populism. Lately, there has been a dislike of the "educated elite" and their "expertise", which somehow translates into unquestioning acceptance of things which are plain off bullshit.
In this case: creationism.
The United States ranks 33rd in the world in acceptance in the scientific notion of evolution. Yes, 33rd! Just ahead of the Turks but behind Cyprus and Latvia. In a 2005 survey adults were asked to respond to the statement: “Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.” Only 40% of U.S. citizens responded, true.
In 2013 another survey asked, “Humans and other living things have evolved over time.” Only 43% of those who identified as Republicans agreed. This was down from 54% in 2009. An 11% decline in 4 years.
Among Democrats 67% answered true while 65% of Independents agreed. Pew’s researchers said party differences remained when other factors — such as the racial and ethnic composition of the political groups, and religious and educational background — were taken into account.
That's pretty bad, but it might explain why other silly beliefs have taken hold in US society.
See also:
Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
In this case: creationism.
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| Source: National Geographic |
In 2013 another survey asked, “Humans and other living things have evolved over time.” Only 43% of those who identified as Republicans agreed. This was down from 54% in 2009. An 11% decline in 4 years.
Among Democrats 67% answered true while 65% of Independents agreed. Pew’s researchers said party differences remained when other factors — such as the racial and ethnic composition of the political groups, and religious and educational background — were taken into account.
That's pretty bad, but it might explain why other silly beliefs have taken hold in US society.
See also:
Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
The Scramble for America by Gun Imperialists
Another video from Tom Diaz, who says this about it:
Tom's comment is an interesting observation if we consider that the original Boston Tea Party was a protest against a monopoly (The British East India Company) receiving preferred treatment in the colonial system and the War for American Independence was a fight against colonialisation. In this case, colonialisation doesn't need to be political, it can be economic as well. After all, a colony is a place where its resources and wealth are stripped to enrich the colonial power.
So, instead of being a "patriot", you lot are far more supporters of the colonial system. That may be unwitting supporters, but supporters nonetheless. It also adds the irony that the AK-47 is no longer the gun of "freedom", but one which is serving to oppress your nation.
Like it or not, living under the gun usually does not mean "freedom" in most political lexicons. Instead, it denotes repression. But, the US debate around this issue is nonsensical as far as the gun rights movement is concerned. The gun rights movement twists the facts and turns them into something out of a weird dystopian novel.
The gun rights movement is not offering freedom, it is placing US society under the gun.
America has become the last great colony of the gun imperialists. Like the colonies of history, we suffer the loss while they reap the profits. And like all imperialists, the gun imperialists prefer to rule us indirectly, through a system of stooges, like the NRA. NSSF, and the US Congress.
Tom's comment is an interesting observation if we consider that the original Boston Tea Party was a protest against a monopoly (The British East India Company) receiving preferred treatment in the colonial system and the War for American Independence was a fight against colonialisation. In this case, colonialisation doesn't need to be political, it can be economic as well. After all, a colony is a place where its resources and wealth are stripped to enrich the colonial power.
So, instead of being a "patriot", you lot are far more supporters of the colonial system. That may be unwitting supporters, but supporters nonetheless. It also adds the irony that the AK-47 is no longer the gun of "freedom", but one which is serving to oppress your nation.
Like it or not, living under the gun usually does not mean "freedom" in most political lexicons. Instead, it denotes repression. But, the US debate around this issue is nonsensical as far as the gun rights movement is concerned. The gun rights movement twists the facts and turns them into something out of a weird dystopian novel.
The gun rights movement is not offering freedom, it is placing US society under the gun.
Fact of the day
From the same group that one proposed gun control laws and had a president who said “I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons...I do not believe in the
general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply
restricted and only under licenses.”In 1975, the NRA published a Fact Book on Firearms Control that endorsed “reasonable regulation” such as a “waiting period between purchase and delivery,” recordkeeping requirements for “manufacturers, importers, dealers and pawnbrokers,” laws that “control all machine guns and destructive devices,” and the enforcement of “reasonable conditions” for those “wishing to carry a concealed firearm.”See Also:
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