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eridani

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 09:49 PM Oct 2015

Esquire's Charlie Pierce on Oregon massacre: 'One of our political parties is completely insane'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/02/1426969/-Esquire-s-Charlie-Pierce-on-Oregon-massacre-One-of-our-political-parties-is-completely-insane

"I've been doing the politics blog only since the fall of 2011," Charlie Pierce said. "This I think is the fourth one of these I had to write about. I was struck by the last bit by the president, where he talked about other things where you react to. The fact remains we only allow ourselves two political parties in this country. And one of our political parties is completely insane. [emphasis added] It's the party that when we have mine disasters, blocks mine regulations. It's the party that says when we want to fix our roads, you can't have an infrastructure bill. You can't raise the gas tax. It's the party that when some people have floods, like New Jersey, marks Chris Christie lousy because he accepted help from the federal government. And we have the same party who has somewhere between three and 600 people running for president, none of whom will do anything about the problem of mass shootings in America."

In an irony of ironies, the sheriff of the county where the massacre occurred, Douglas County, wrote a defiant letter to Vice President Biden after the Sandy Hook school massacre stating he would obey no gun control laws he deemed unconstitutional.
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Esquire's Charlie Pierce on Oregon massacre: 'One of our political parties is completely insane' (Original Post) eridani Oct 2015 OP
Not insane, just plain down to the bone evil. kairos12 Oct 2015 #1
I saw that same sheriff on Nightline tonight. murielm99 Oct 2015 #2
Also ironic is that county's state rep's, who ran for governor in 2014, reaction to Sandy Hook too.. cascadiance Oct 2015 #3

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
2. I saw that same sheriff on Nightline tonight.
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 01:37 AM
Oct 2015

He said that now was not the time to discuss gun control laws. You could see him tense up and seethe when Obama's speech was mentioned by the reporter interviewing him.

It would be nice if they made some changes in law enforcement there.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
3. Also ironic is that county's state rep's, who ran for governor in 2014, reaction to Sandy Hook too..
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 12:49 PM
Oct 2015

Dennis Richardson spoke heavily right after the Sandy Hook shooting, which was also right after the Clackamas massacre here in Portland, that we should be arming teachers as a way to stop school shootings.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/17/1171052/-Oregon-State-Rep-Dennis-Richardson-Our-Would-Be-Savior#

From: "Rep Richardson"
Subject: RE: Preventable Tragedy in Connecticut
Date: December 14, 2012 2:53:06 PM PST
To: [redacted]
[redacted]:

The Sandy Hook shootings are another heart breaking failure of school personnel to ensure the protection of innocent children and adults. Sadly, most of the deaths could have been prevented.

If I had been a teacher or the principal at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and if the school district did not preclude me from having access to a firearm, either by concealed carry or locked in my desk, most of the murdered children would still be alive, and the gunman would still be dead, and not by suicide.

When will our school officials open their eyes to the reality that law enforcement officers, in such instances as these, can respond only after the unfettered killings have occurred, and that our children's safety depends on having a number of well-trained school employees on every campus who are prepared to defend our children and save their lives?

Dennis Richardson


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