The Other McCain pulls out a great quote from Chris Rock
“What, you can’t be crazy no more? Did we eliminate ‘crazy’ from the dictionary? . . . When l was a kid, they used to separate the crazy kids from everybody. When l was a kid, the crazy kids went to school in a little-a– bus. They had a class at the end of the school . . . Just in case they went crazy, they would only hurt other crazy kids. And we was all safe.â€
And then there’s Mayor Bloomberg
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s highest-profile supporters of gun control, said Friday that “soothing words are nice †but demanded that the presidential candidates “stand up and tell us what they’re going to do about†preventing mass shootings.
Asked about the shootings at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater showing “The Dark Knight Rises†that killed at least 12 people, Bloomberg said President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney need to offer specific policy proposals, in addition to prayers and sympathy.
“Soothing words are nice,†Bloomberg said during a regularly scheduled appearance on WOR 710 AM in New York. “But maybe it’s time the two people who want to be president of the United States stand up and tell us what they’re going to do about it, because this is obviously a problem across the country. And everybody always says, ‘Isn’t it tragic?’â€
OK, tell you what, Mike: you should disarm all your personal security and the cities police officers. Because of guns are the problem, then it is very bad to have so many people armed. There are over 36,000 sworn officers, most of who carry guns. And some carry scary guns known as “assault rifles”. What kinds of guns does your security detail carry, Mike?
It’s a damned shame that so many have to go for the political when a tragedy occurs. John Leguizamo has a problem with guns, except when they make him money through their use in movies. The Lonely Conservative points to how this tragedy is already being politicized. You have the left blaming Rush. You have commenters at The Booman Tribute trying to say this was racism (not BooMan’s fault). Melissa McEwan tries to pull the “this is all our collective fault” mule fritters.
And I’m not buying that shooter, James Holmes, was part of Occupy Black Bloc till I see proof. Also, the Occupiers have tried to distance themselves from OBB many, many times. They do not want these violent crazies around. So, even if Holmes is part of OBB, don’t blame the Occupy movement in general.
BTW, Obama gave a pretty good speech on the tragedy earlier, IMO. It’s too bad the audience was full of fools. Had the one kid in the white and blue striped shirt chuckling and refusing to bow his head during the moment of silence. People chanting 4 more years. Then the applause and smiles at the end like this was a campaign event rather than a solemn occasion.
