Let us begin to resolve the stuff that makes no sense at all
With the news so broadly delivered and so focused, it’s a challenge to dig up anything new or original lately. I fear this is becoming little more than the Reader’s Digest of newsletters, sifting and condensing and summarizing instead of digging for fresh scoops.
Which means you have to read this sitting on your toilet. So please do keep the air freshener handy. The Costco sized one.
In Uvalde Texas, the massive screw-up provides predictable responses, so I’ll predict the rest to come.
1) The DOJ will investigate and single out those in charge for their errors. But those in charge already are aware of their culpability. And in such a small town, it means not only will they lose their jobs, but they’ll have to move outa Dodge. The investigation grants them some lead time to get things in order for that.
2) Did the 911 operators get the news of the calls to the field commanders? How many officers failed? With recent training under the belt of the field commander, it’s not a lack of training that’s to blame. Was he a poor student or was the training itself flawed? The DOJ will figure that out.
And the first police officers entered the school building just two minutes after the murderer entered.
3) The Second Amendment addicts will say the same old stuff, trying to ‘correct’ anyone who thinks more regulation is necessary. They will say things like ‘the AR-15 isn’t a military weapon. It’s for hunting.’
Which is wrong. Way wrong. It’s pretty difficult to read what the weapon actually does. It definitely should not be in the hands of anyone unless we want to give official sanction to blowing up the innards of human beings, which we normally reserve for war foes. I prefer to use Goodnight Moon for the kids.
4) This is one of the students pleading for the cops to come save them.
How are family members ever supposed to forgive the police who failed them there?
5) The city of Uvalde will get sued, successfully. It likely will go bankrupt before the settlements are paid.
6) Only a handful of Republican senators will support new mass murder weapon regulations. And it’s notable that restrictions on access to guns used to be stricter than they are now. And the government didn’t resort to tyranny at all.
7) I think every time a Lawmaker who’s a gun reform opponent is seen in public, people should aim EMPTY water pistols at them. Colorful plastic ones that are obviously not real guns. Just to make them pause for a moment and get them back in touch with their inner cowards.
There were 11 mass shootings with 4 or more victims involved over this holiday weekend - so far.
8) Unsurprisingly, there’s lots of other fixes needed in Uvalde. The police are not solely responsible for the breadth of this tragic outcome.
Meanwhile, back at the crazy house…
Newly re-elected Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed yesterday that the government wants to track when people eat cheeseburgers because they want you to eat Bill Gates’ fake meat that grows in a peach tree dish.
And yes, her district is rife with grade school dropouts who somehow learned to vote.
And on the cusp of the public hearings about the Trump-led insurrection effort, the losing president calls the January 6 attacks ‘a hoax’ and, still lying, claims the BLM protests ‘killed plenty’. (I believe one guy was killed after millions protested in all 50 states.)
He also decries how the active participants are being treated, which includes this Adolf-loving winner who was convicted last week after claiming he didn’t even know Congress met at the Capitol Building.
Maybe this can help soothe your frayed nerves.