"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Friday, September 20, 2013
The Scandal
I've expressed, ah, mixed feelings about Alan Grayson in the past. But his to-the-point questions here make it pretty clear that teabaggRs are beating a dead horse that never lived. Of course it was a tragedy. Of course there are always things that, in hindsight, could have been done differently in a tragic situation. Like, for example, having laws that would prevent a known insane person with a history of gun violence from legally purchasing a shotgun.
There's also this report, just released.
And yet. CongressRs persist, and their mindless followers eat it like hummus on fresh and warm pita. Our politics have gone irretrievably over the edge.
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