"The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.” ~Thomas Jefferson~The "people of a nation", of course, includes its children.
I am sure that the parents of those twenty children who lost their lives in that bucolic community in Connecticut today thought that their children were safe. They were not. The truth of the matter is that you are not safe anywhere in America, anymore. There are a lot of urban high schools with metal detectors. Statistics show us that those children are certainly not safe. Rural elementary schools in upper middle class neighborhoods do not have metal detectors. And before today that was not even subject to debate. Now, after these horrific events, we find ourselves soul searching again.
This is not a gun control post. Regular readers on this blog know how I feel about the NRA, the pimps who run it, and the I saw the president crying today while he was addressing the country about this latest tragedy. Maybe he was thinking about his children. Maybe he was thinking of all the children who were slaughtered on the streets of his hometown this past summer. And, maybe, just maybe, he was overwhelmed with the weight of it all. Honestly, how many of these shootings can one nation take?
"We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years and each time I hear the news, I react not as a president but as anybody else would, as a parent. That was especially true today.
I know there is not a parent in America whodoesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do. The majority of those who died today were children. Beautiful little kids between the ages of five and 10 years old.They had their entire lives ahead of them. Birthdays, graduations, weddings. Kids of their own.
Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children and the families of those adults who were lost.
Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well. For as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early and no words will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been though this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, a shopping mall in Oregon, or a Temple in Wisconsin, a movie theater in Aurora or a street corner in Chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, these children are our children."
Yes they are, and so are our guns.
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"The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.”
~Thomas Jefferson~
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Then the people had to be protected from rebellious enslaved Africans and wild, murderous red-hyde Indians.
Thus the current gun culture, inherited from the founding mothers.
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ReplyDelete... violence is as American as cherry pie ...
Hubert Gerold (RAP) Brown
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WTF was that lady doing with an assault rifle? And why can't these fools just off themselves without taking 20 kids with em? The mother had to know this guy was a bit off kilter right? I wonder if this would have happened differently if the mother had kept her lawfully purchased firearms locked so her son couldn't get to them. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteNSangoma said...
ReplyDelete"Then the people had to be protected from rebellious enslaved Africans and wild, murderous red-hyde Indians."
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At least the Indians don't cause trouble anymore. Unfortunately, things are only getting worse with Africans.
Maybe we could wait until these poor families buried their little children before we tried to score political points.
"And why can't these fools just off themselves without taking 20 kids with em?"
ReplyDeleteI have always aksed that.
But I've learned taht they believe everyone, including children, are against them.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete"I don't need to secretly infiltrate anything; I am as White as they come, blonde hair blue eyes, well built, straight, financially secure, self made"
Do you realize how incredibly stupid and insecure you sound? What you've described is more likely what you wish you looked like than the truth.
In real life, I'm guessing you have that dark, stringy, greasy hair, you're as thin as a rail, about 5'2" tall, and are living off your parents "financial security".
The biggest proof that you're a lying piece of shit is that if you were what you described, you'd probably be married with kids. And since you didn't mention either, you're obviously just a troll in the body of a hobbit.
Dr. Queen's alter ego
OH you poor thing. Stupid and insecure? Well, we know from your previous comments if anyone would be an expert on those things it would be you. You just hate yourself so much you really can't tolerate the normalcy that is your looks and intellect and are projecting what little you understand about yourself.
My wife and family have nothing to do with the topic. But obviously you lack a man willing to marry you and I would bet are living with some other guy who is not your baby daddy, thus your craving for a non-ghetto rat life and assuming someone else would talk about this priority of yours, as if it were lacking in their life, even when it isn't relevant.
Now, tell the truth - I bet you one of your weaves and the next fake nail and eyelash treatment that you are a ghetto rat who has a kid with one man and is living with another. Right?
You sound like that type of resentful, envious jealous hateful type of she-boon.
And yes, I was the guy that ran from you when you came on to him. I don't share space with rodents. Especially ones that have a kid with one man and live with another. How many "uncles for the night" does your baby have?
7:57 PM
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^^^^^^^^"The thing that's so funny about these dog-whistle dramas is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it’s intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you’re the dog."
Yeah.
Dr. Queen's alter ego
You would know Benji - you the one hearing things only nappy headed dogs can hear.
Adam Lanza
ReplyDeleteAnarchist/Communist
Crazy boy
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/3611_423506811050933_1150852840_n.jpg
"Maybe we could wait until these poor families buried their little children before we tried to score political points."
ReplyDeleteAt least the Indians don't cause trouble anymore. Unfortunately, things are only getting worse with Africans.
Anon, did you read your own post?
Q: What is 27 shot dead in a kindergarten massacre?
ReplyDeleteA: Not even an average day's gun mayham in America.
Q: How many shooting homicides in America a year?
A: 15K give or take.
Q: How many of them are children?
A: About 1300 a year, or about a Newtown every 5 days.
Q: What can we do about it?
A: Vet and license gun owners before they can buy guns or ammo, give families and courts more leeway in committing the mentally ill for treatment, limit the lethality of permitted weapons, make unauthorized possession a felony, track all transfers. There are lots of 2ADT compliant solutions with proven efficacy.
Q: Will THIS CASE change anything?
A: Almost certainly not.
Ditto Pilot X.
ReplyDeleteYou can't ignore this shit anymore. Fuck what the wingnuts (and NRA) say. Time for some knd of gun control. I say start with the clip.
Has anyone ever wondered why there is no news on black children killed daily in this nation?
ReplyDeleteHas anyone or any high level official or politician ever gave a speech about the shootings in the streets of black children?
Has anyone ever shed a tear for those black children who are being killed daily?
I don't think so. And, no one will. You see, it's routine to kill black children. No one bats an eye when they are shot. It doesn't even make the news.
I keep hearing these words: "Horror grips us as we watch you die...all we can do is echo your anguished cry...stare, as all human feelings die..."
ReplyDelete"We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools," Huckabee said on Fox News. "Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?"--Mike Huckabee
ReplyDeleteMr Field, I agree wholeheartedly with Mike. How much longer and how many more massacres must we endure before we realize that without God in our lives 'anything' is permissible?
“Without God all things are permitted.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Our country and our society lack morals and ethics and the will to do the right thing. Because of that respect for human life and the will to live diminish greatly, creating a hell that was unintended.
ReplyDeleteAs a nation, we are in trouble....big trouble morally and ethically. We really need to turn to religion or spirituality or something that lifts our minds and hearts to a higher plane of consciousness. Because right now we are in hell.
Here we go again is right. This is about honesty, not gun control. A woman had an insane son would not accept that fact, and therefore go without guns. 3 guns? Even I don't get that. One gun is enough for home defense per sane adult. Why weren't they locked up? Why didn't the school know about him?
ReplyDeleteIs everyone afraid of being sued if they're honest these days? Or being called a RACIST and lose their job? How did that start? Who's doing that?
Dear Mr Field, may I suggest that you start working a little harder on getting comments posted? I mean, it's the holidays for pete's sake! Show some generosity and glad tidings.
ReplyDeleteI mean, WTF? You have been slacking off and I am beginning to think that you have a tendency to procrastinate and not want to work so hard.... And... you know what the GOP has to say about Negroes not wanting to work. So, Mr Field, it's time to step up your game before it's too late.
teach your children that evil monsters are real...
ReplyDeleteshame!!!!!!!
re: that phony evil icy hobama
i do not see a single actual tear...did u???
does hobama cry for the children he kills daily via global drones???
hobama is a peace prized eternal wars prez/rabid global warlord!!!
hobama is a phony serial killer and a mf hypocrite!!!!!!!
what a gd shame!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FL2OFfSyqFMfqIPU_BexopXg&feature=plcp
"why can't these fools just off themselves without taking 20 kids with em?"
ReplyDeleteI've asked myself that too many times, now.
"Is everyone afraid of being sued if they're honest these days? Or being called a RACIST and lose their job? How did that start? Who's doing that?"
ReplyDeleteOK, that was a dumb statement. Racism made this whacko take his mother's guns and kill innocent children?
" Mr Field, I agree wholeheartedly with Mike. How much longer and how many more massacres must we endure before we realize that without God in our lives 'anything' is permissible?"
No, it's not a lack of "God"; it's too much NRA.
As far as we know now the guns were legally purchased by the parent. I have seen one report that the brother was possibly aware of the killer's mental problems.
ReplyDeleteDo we want to start locking people up ahead of time because of what we think they might do?
Do we need armed guards at every school?
I don't know the answers.
Part of me is disgusted with the rash of cowards who shoot gatherings of innocent people.
ReplyDeleteAnother part of me is offended by the extensive news coverage and the President's tears over this particular incident.
Was any tears shed, when "urban" kids were shot in school. Was there extensive new coverage.
Can we acknowledge the incident, give condolences and move on?
Does anyone feel an onset of Newtown fatigue?
Hey assnon Cracka', I teach a section on genotype/phenotype for my genetics course. So why don't you hook a sista' up with some photos of your family, so I can show my students the phenotypic result when a hobbit/Smaug like you breeds with a pigmy midget, lol!!
ReplyDeleteHey, ya' gotta' love those lessons in inheritance patterns, ROTFLMAO!!!!
Dr. Queen's alter ego
Who is dr queen? My God, she is so ignorant and offensive. She must be straight out of the hood....very sick.
ReplyDeleteMs. Queen's true self said...
ReplyDelete"Hey assnon Cracka', I teach a section on genotype/phenotype for my genetics course"
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Being trotted out as an example of an archaic genotype/phenotype is not exactly "teaching".
You are not a teacher, you are an exhibit.
And you will never be a doctor.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteHey assnon Cracka', I teach a section on genotype/phenotype for my genetics course. So why don't you hook a sista' up with some photos of your family, so I can show my students the phenotypic result when a hobbit/Smaug like you breeds with a pigmy midget, lol!!
Hey, ya' gotta' love those lessons in inheritance patterns, ROTFLMAO!!!!
Dr. Queen's alter ego
Oh We see, now you are not only going to be a Doctor someday four years later if you ever start school, now you are supposed be a teacher. Uhhuh.
An ignorant hoochie mama with the eloquence of a 11 year old hood rat (average) and literate level of one even younger, brains of an ant and logic of a roach is supposed to be teaching children?
So now we are supposed to believe you have a working knowledge (at best with your literacy level) of genetics and you understand genotypes providing the critical instructions for physical manifestations of Phenotypes?
YOU understand this? YOU know this and understand the production of tissues, organs, reflexes and BEHAVIORS? YOU understand this and yet still say the ridiculous things you do and think the ridiculous things you do? You understand Genetics, yet do not understand yourself and the genetics that make you even one bit, physically and Behaviorally?
Hogwash - even with today's decadent standards, there is no way they would let a hoodrat hoochie mama wannabe witch doctor like you near our children, aren't they disadvantaged enough?
Anyway, looks like you aren't going to take that bet on Marriage, so I was dead right there. Funny how you project your innermost feelings of failure and then shrivel when you find that it is you and the world knows it.
As for showing your "students' (thanks for the most outrageous claim you have made yet, you a teacher of genetics no less..LOL) a
"hobbit/Smaug like you breeds with a pigmy midget, lol!!"
If you know anything about genetics who do you think is more likely to have "pygmy not pigmy you illiterate hoochie mama) genes in them? A short fat ugly hateful hoochie mama like you? Or someone else?
Instructing children in genetics...what's next you are going to tell us you will be a Doctor some day? LOL.
field negro said...
ReplyDelete" Mr Field, I agree wholeheartedly with Mike. How much longer and how many more massacres must we endure before we realize that without God in our lives 'anything' is permissible?"
No, it's not a lack of "God"; it's too much NRA.
Oh, NRA that must be it. Well we know Chicago has the most Draconian gun laws and it is in the state with the strictest firearms regulations in the country.
Hows that working out that you want more of it?
"10 shot, including 4 teens, Friday afternoon and night
Shootings across the city Friday afternoon and night wounded at least ten people, according to Chicago police, including four teens in three separate South and West side attacks."
That is just one night, nothing in the statistical drop in the bucket.
Whats the real question that you will not hear from the Communist Left?
How many dead, crippled and imprisoned inner-city youths has "Great Society" left in its wake? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?
How many have died thanks to "the War on Drugs", "the War on Guns", and "the War on Poverty"? And how many more must die before we reverse course on the Democrats' failed welfare state policies and their catastrophic impact on the two-parent family?
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/12/meanwhile-in-nations-safest-city.html?m=1
Or if you are serious about really understanding cause and effect and really looking for a solution instead of a kneejerk liberal response that never sees the candy coated rat poison it's policies really are, look at the rest of the world, especially those countries you think have less violent crimes and murders because of gun bans. Do they really?
What are the worlds most violent countries? Setting aside the usual hellholes like North Korea, China, Zimbabwe where the socialist governments commit more crimes against people than can be counted. The top ten violent most violent countries are:
the U.K, Austria, South Africa, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France are the top ten.
When severe gun restrictions were introduced in the UK, violent crime AND crimes with guns exploded. As the author says in the article linked below, it's funny how with gun control the U.K violent crimes for knives, broken bottles, headstomps (a favorite of packs of U.S. urbanites) drowning, choking, poisoning etc dramatically increased.
Evil and criminals will find a way, the real questions are who is making so many criminals and evil people - What about our society and cultures have changed so dramatically to create these people? What is noticeably different? What is missing? Why would we want more of that?
http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/12/14/factual-weaponry-for-the-stalwart-foot-soldiers-fighting-on-behalf-of-the-2nd-amendment-in-the-cause-of-common-sense/
I love that photo of ur President because I can imagine that he's giving the finger to the NRA. Muzzle-loading blunderbusses for everyone!
ReplyDeleteJust read that Adam Lanza's mom was a gun enthusiast and took her kids to the shooting range. Including Adam, we surmise. A dysfunctional kid with mental issues? Really?
ReplyDeleteYes, as Costas said, it's the whole "gun culture," not just individual laws or mental health care. The culture that would make it quite normal and acceptable for a mother to collect multiple guns and take even her troubled child with her to shoot for fun.
—anotherbozo
"Was any tears shed, when "urban" kids were shot in school. Was there extensive new coverage."
ReplyDeleteUntil this country cares EQUALLY about the violent deaths of ALL children, NO child will EVER truly be safe from violence. White men will CONTINUE to feel entitled to "pick off" white children whenever they please.
And this "entitlement" issue in America is the reason over 99.9% of serial killers are NOT Black folks.
Now can anyone tell me the number of Black men that have successfully used the stand your ground law or self-defense as an excuse for killing someone? And yet some will wonder how/why white men feel entitled to kill others?
They're clearly "permitted to" in Amerikka!!
Dr. Queen's alter ego
Field, I think every TV news producer and news edictor in the world should be forced at gunpoint to invest 2 minutes and 48 seconds watching this brief clip from Charlie Brooker.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4&feature=player_embedded
If they did, the world would be a better place, I guarantee it.
"Just read that Adam Lanza's mom was a gun enthusiast and took her kids to the shooting range. Including Adam, we surmise. A dysfunctional kid with mental issues? Really?"
ReplyDeleteShhh, you don't want to piss off the NRA lemmings.
Woul a man with a grown mans size penis EVER have a username like Erectus?
ReplyDeleteWould a man who gets regular sex from his "wife" ever be so obsessed with sex and sex organs?
Pretending to be blonde and blue eyed is the least of your problems, psycho. Fcukers like YOU and that look like YOU, are usually the ones who end up being serial killers. And being that you're a cowardly lot, you'd probably choose a bunch of 5 year olds too.
Dr. Queens alter ego
Why do single, childless, unattractive, unsuccessful, lifeless racists hobbits, believe that consistently casting aspersions on my highly successful life could make it all disappear one day?
ReplyDeleteCLEARLY, you envy my happy, successful personal life and professional success otherwise you wouldn't have spent the better part of the last 4 years lying to yourself about its existence.
So, Is it the fact that my husband's income is in the top 5% of income earners in the US that bothers you? Or the SEVEN college degress we have between just us? Maybe it's the wealthy neighborhood we live in or the expensive German cars we drive. Perhaps it's our children's success and their recruitment due to thier academic performance in school to the top colleges and universities in the US. Unfortunately, stupis ass stalking racist like you will never understand that MANY Blacks live lives similar to mine.
At the emd of the day, it's YOUR OWN FAULT your pasty white skin didn't garner you the life you felt entitled to, the life I live DAILY. And I continue to live this highly favored and blessed life despite the best efforts of racist scum like YOU!!!
Fcuker!!!
Wow, so much hate. I find it hard to believe a person as cultured, wealthy, educated and successful as you claim you are, could seem so hateful and small minded. I hope you are and have everything you claim, if you do I salute you, and wish I could have it so good. But you make it so hard to believe. I pity you. "THE WHITE DEVIL"
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ReplyDelete"Now can anyone tell me the number of Black men that have successfully used the stand your ground law or self-defense as an excuse for killing someone? And yet some will wonder how/why white men feel entitled to kill others?"
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Black men are usually the criminal in the scenario. Anyone, including white men, is entitled to kill someone in self defense.
You will never be a doctor.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete"Was any tears shed, when "urban" kids were shot in school. Was there extensive new coverage."
Until this country cares EQUALLY about the violent deaths of ALL children, NO child will EVER truly be safe from violence. White men will CONTINUE to feel entitled to "pick off" white children whenever they please.
And this "entitlement" issue in America is the reason over 99.9% of serial killers are NOT Black folks.
Now can anyone tell me the number of Black men that have successfully used the stand your ground law or self-defense as an excuse for killing someone? And yet some will wonder how/why white men feel entitled to kill others?
They're clearly "permitted to" in Amerikka!!
Dr. Queen's alter ego
Four degrees, a lifetime of grants and the only question raised is how can you pack so much stupid in one person?
First off the freak was a mass murderer not a serial killer. Look up what a serial killer is and no it's not trying to whack captain crunch.
There are more and have been for decades Black serial killers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjUiiYyiH4
Stand your ground is when you are defending yourself against an attacker, you know like when some druggy on lean decides he want's to get his respect and breaks your nose and then tries to kill you by slamming your head into the concrete repeatedly. You cannot claim stand your ground when you kill someone you are trying to rob or rape or jumping them with 5 of your friends - understand now?
Ms.Nǚwáng said...
ReplyDeleteSo, Is it the fact that my husband's income is in the top 5% of income earners in the US that bothers you? Or the SEVEN college degress we have between just us? Maybe it's the wealthy neighborhood we live in or the expensive German cars we drive. Perhaps it's our children's success and their recruitment due to thier academic performance in school to the top colleges and universities in the US. Unfortunately, stupis ass stalking racist like you will never understand that MANY Blacks live lives similar to mine.
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I understand that MANY blacks live lives of undeserved material gain, inflated credentials, and are given jobs for which they are not qualified, and also that their children are handed admittance to the best colleges merely because of their race.
This explains how an ignorant and illiterate person such as yourself could entertain fantasies of attending medical school.
You should be grateful for the favoritism that has offered you a life which you could never have achieved on merit. Instead, you continuously screech racist insults at the people whose sacrifice funds your pampered exisitence.
Unfortunately for you, even the gross inequities of contemporary America are not suffciently distorted to the point you would ever be entrusted with any medical authority.
You will never be a doctor.
"Wow, so much hate. I find it hard to believe a person as cultured, wealthy, educated and successful. But you make it so hard to believe. I pity you. "THE WHITE DEVIL""
ReplyDeleteYet, racist Assnon's stalking of me for the past almost 5 years is acceptable and a clear demonstration of love and kindness? Like many entitled white racists, you despise a Black person not taking any shit off folks like you, especially a woman.
So, Save your feigned pity for someone who measures their happiness on what anonymous racist white folks think, because frankly white devil, I don't give a damn. My success is ONLY questionable to you because I'm Black. If I were white, you' d consider it normal. Well wake up, this is a new America we're living in, and successful minorities are here to stay!
Or do us ALL a favor and stay/move to Texas to help that state secede.
Ms.Nǚwáng said...
ReplyDeleteMy success is ONLY questionable to you because I'm Black. If I were white, you' d consider it normal.
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No, if you were white, I'd know it wasn't handed to you because of your race.
Affirmative action means all black accomplishment is questionable. This may be unfair to those blacks who could have earned it on their own, however it is the price to be paid for blanket favoritism.
In your case, however, there is no doubt.
You will never be a doctor.
My pity for you is not feigned, I pity you for having so much and yet being so miserable. Does that make me racist? I would question no ones success because they were black. America is full of black success stories and has been. Successful women and successful black women are out there. There are black scientists, doctors, poets, artists ,etc. I am the white devil because you can't see past my skin color, and that is how you see me. I would only doubt your success because of your racism and the ignorance you spew. To you everyone white is a racist , a cracker, trailer trash etc. Well wake up , this is a new America and we are not all out to get you. "THE WHITE DEVIL"
ReplyDelete" To you everyone white is a racist , a cracker, trailer trash etc. Well wake up , this is a new America and we are not all out to get you. "THE WHITE DEVIL""
ReplyDeleteThere you white repubs go again, you think if you say something enough times, everyone will believe you and it will somehow come true one day. That didn't work for Romney and it aint gonna eork for you!!!!
What I want to know is what kinda batshit fool goes back and forth between being jealous of my future as a medical student/physician and feeling pity for me? Because if that doesn't make you a candidate for killing folks "en masse" I don't know what does.
But it all good because from what I understand, you're already on the radar of "big brother", lol!!!
Ms.Nǚwáng said...
ReplyDeleteBut it all good because from what I understand, you're already on the radar of "big brother", lol!!!
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Racist, fascist, totalitarian, and murderously genocidal.
You're quite a treat.
Throw in ignorant, illiterate, materialistic, and psychotically jealous, and you have quite a mess.
You are Example #1 of how affirmative action perks and cultural delusions can create a monster.
I don't pity you. I pity the society foolish enough to create people like you.
You will never be a doctor.
If this young man had an Arabic name I'm wondering if the pundits would be addressing the mental health issue?
ReplyDeleteKilling unarmed civilians in public places like theaters, schools, other countries.... That's is real Terrorism..as the saying goes the ‘chickens have come home to roost'
I guess HSBC get's a pass on News Coverage also. This seems to be happening a-lot lately...Tragedy Spin...Hmmm..
The lives of some children are worth more than the lives of others. Only the lives of American children are precious. The Obama administration has been involved in the murder of hundreds of children in the past 4 years, but seems like most Americans didn't care..because they were from Pakistan, Libya and Iraq and their murders didn't matter. Americans have a strange attitude when it comes to the deaths of children in other countries. Remember our wonderful SOS under the Clinton administration who declared that the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children was worth it?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4PgpbQfxgo&feature=player_embedded