There are violent movies and video games in Japan, Australia and Europe.
There are doors in Japan, Australia and Europe.
.
But they don’t have an epidemic of deaths from gun deaths.
Scratching my head, trying to figure out what it is that is different.
.
Oh yeah, maybe the problem really IS the doors — the doors through which the NRA domestic terrorist organizations shovels the blood-stained donations with which it bribes its House and Senate (and White House) accomplices to ignore the wishes of a huge majority of real Americans who want the carnage to stop.
Must the US continue to believe that “exceptionalism” is all about maintaining the special privileges that corporations and the wealthy have in access to congress and exemption from laws?
The only way the mass shootings with semi automatic rifles stop is with a ban on assault weapons. And the only way that happens is with an electorate who votes for no one who accepts NRA money.
GH flagged for inflammatory trolling. And lies, of course:
“The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics estimated that during the 2016 election, the NRA and its affiliates spent a record $54m to secure Republican control of the White House and Congress, including at least $30.3m to help elect Donald Trump.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/16/florida-school-shooting-focus-shifts-to-nra-gun-lobby-cash-to-lawmakers
$54 million in one election.
I’m not wasting my time digging up more links. GH seems to have it pegged down to the dollar; where’s the link for that?
The NRA can be so secretive about its Russian donors because it blocked campaign finance reform
In the 2016 election cycle, the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action — its dark money affiliate — reported spending over $35 million on election-related activities (more than any other dark money group) without the reporting the source of its funds. Curiously, the ILA leapfrogged its way to the top of that list, after spending a mere $13 million the previous cycle and $9 million the cycle before that. We can only wonder where the influx of funds is coming from.
The NRA has, meanwhile, reportedly been subject to an FBI investigation concerning its Russian donors. (A spokesman for the organization stated that they have not been contacted by the FBI.) However, the NRA has had to revise its story on the matter of its Russian donors more than once.
Federal law broadly prohibits foreigners from funding advertisements or other activities “in connection with” an election. But the NRA, and some commissioners on the FEC, have often taken an extreme view of what is election-related and what is not.
For years, the NRA aggressively pushed for donor secrecy, fighting against any rules that require additional disclosure of the sources of campaign funds. That disclosure that was intended, in the words of the Supreme Court, to allow “the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages.
May 16, 2018 – Documents suggest Moscow funneled money to Trump through the gun group, according to the judiciary committee. … The Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that the Russian government apparently used the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Feb 20, 2018 – In the past 15 years, the NRA has spent more than $132 million on political candidates and more than $11 million to support Republican Donald Trump.
George, besides direct contributions (aka bribes) to Congress, the NRA spends a lot more money on advertising denigrating the candidates they give bad grades to. They really have figured out how to get plenty of bang for their bucks.
People, it’s not just the NRA. Big Pharma, insurance companies, the fossil-fuel industry, private-school promoters (tho to be fair half of them are religious fanatics), CAFOs, frac-sand miners, developers who think of wetlands as swamps — and don’t even get me going on the military-industrial complex — they all play the big-money game. They play to win. And they do win, because their giant, expensive megaphones can outshout the voice of the common people every single time.
Face reality. The USA is no longer a democracy, it’s a plutocracy, if not a kleptocracy.
The only long-term answer to this fundamental flaw in the American political system is a Constitutional amendment declaring, in terms so crystal clear that even Anthony Kennedy can’t mistake them, that:(1) only actual human beings have human rights,(2) free spending doesn’t count as free speech, and(3) campaign financing can be reasonably regulated by state and federal laws, uniformly applied.
Will there be still separate doors when black, brown, asian, muslim, and gay folk join just to mess with the NRA and attend their conferences? Will the venues suddenly and selectively become filled to capacity?
Wow, how quickly folks forget. The statement was made shoetly after the School Shooting in TX, that it was difficult for first responders, because the school campus, was quite large, and there were many different doors to use. So, that’s what that is in referenceto, and I forget how the NRA jumped in the fray, but it was more likely a door issue than not.
Daeder almost 6 years ago
No, the problem is not enough doors. What about Russia and China? Where do they get access?
Dtroutma almost 6 years ago
Greased palms may be the real problem, or maybe greased pigs.
Alexander the Good Enough almost 6 years ago
If the many reports are correct, I mean not fake, shouldn’t it be spelled “NЯA?”
DD Wiz Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Trying to figure out what is different…
.
There is bullying in Japan, Australia and Europe.
There are violent movies and video games in Japan, Australia and Europe.
There are doors in Japan, Australia and Europe.
.
But they don’t have an epidemic of deaths from gun deaths.
Scratching my head, trying to figure out what it is that is different.
.
Oh yeah, maybe the problem really IS the doors — the doors through which the NRA domestic terrorist organizations shovels the blood-stained donations with which it bribes its House and Senate (and White House) accomplices to ignore the wishes of a huge majority of real Americans who want the carnage to stop.
braindead Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Problem?
.
Indeed, the Trump Disciples do not see the massive corruption that is the Trump administration as a problem at all.
On the contrary, they seem to admire Trump for how clever he is in how much he violated the emoluments clause of the constitution.
.
#TraitorTrump
Old_Curmudgeon almost 6 years ago
TOO MANY, INDEED – {limerick}
“Too many doors,” indeed,
thru which the NRA’s creed
is vigorously pressed
on pols obsessed
with feeding the gun-lobby’s greed.
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superposition almost 6 years ago
Must the US continue to believe that “exceptionalism” is all about maintaining the special privileges that corporations and the wealthy have in access to congress and exemption from laws?
DonnyTwoScoops almost 6 years ago
The only way the mass shootings with semi automatic rifles stop is with a ban on assault weapons. And the only way that happens is with an electorate who votes for no one who accepts NRA money.
The TM almost 6 years ago
And there needs to be a hidden door for NFL owners so that they can secretly go in and prostrate themselves before tRump while taking TWO knees.
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Any clinic taking govt money is prohibited from abortion.
Right wingers love to lie.
Cerabooge almost 6 years ago
GH flagged for inflammatory trolling. And lies, of course:
“The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics estimated that during the 2016 election, the NRA and its affiliates spent a record $54m to secure Republican control of the White House and Congress, including at least $30.3m to help elect Donald Trump.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/16/florida-school-shooting-focus-shifts-to-nra-gun-lobby-cash-to-lawmakers
$54 million in one election.
I’m not wasting my time digging up more links. GH seems to have it pegged down to the dollar; where’s the link for that?
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
The NRA can be so secretive about its Russian donors because it blocked campaign finance reform
In the 2016 election cycle, the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action — its dark money affiliate — reported spending over $35 million on election-related activities (more than any other dark money group) without the reporting the source of its funds. Curiously, the ILA leapfrogged its way to the top of that list, after spending a mere $13 million the previous cycle and $9 million the cycle before that. We can only wonder where the influx of funds is coming from.
The NRA has, meanwhile, reportedly been subject to an FBI investigation concerning its Russian donors. (A spokesman for the organization stated that they have not been contacted by the FBI.) However, the NRA has had to revise its story on the matter of its Russian donors more than once.
Federal law broadly prohibits foreigners from funding advertisements or other activities “in connection with” an election. But the NRA, and some commissioners on the FEC, have often taken an extreme view of what is election-related and what is not.
For years, the NRA aggressively pushed for donor secrecy, fighting against any rules that require additional disclosure of the sources of campaign funds. That disclosure that was intended, in the words of the Supreme Court, to allow “the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/nra-can-be-so-secretive-about-its-russian-donors-because-ncna871216
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Kremlin Used NRA to Help Trump in 2016, Senate Report Says
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-used-nra-to-help-trump-in-2016-says-senate-i…
May 16, 2018 – Documents suggest Moscow funneled money to Trump through the gun group, according to the judiciary committee. … The Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that the Russian government apparently used the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Which lawmakers got the most NRA money? – ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lawmakers-nra-money/story?id=53230001
Feb 20, 2018 – In the past 15 years, the NRA has spent more than $132 million on political candidates and more than $11 million to support Republican Donald Trump.
Nantucket Premium Member almost 6 years ago
George, besides direct contributions (aka bribes) to Congress, the NRA spends a lot more money on advertising denigrating the candidates they give bad grades to. They really have figured out how to get plenty of bang for their bucks.
montessoriteacher almost 6 years ago
Check out Randy Rainbow’s incredible take on the NRA:
https://youtu.be/9dcTw-Jk-yE
Godfreydaniel almost 6 years ago
I remember when the higher-ups in the NRA were, like most of the rank and file members, honest, patriotic, and sane. Of course it’s BEEN awhile………..
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 6 years ago
People, it’s not just the NRA. Big Pharma, insurance companies, the fossil-fuel industry, private-school promoters (tho to be fair half of them are religious fanatics), CAFOs, frac-sand miners, developers who think of wetlands as swamps — and don’t even get me going on the military-industrial complex — they all play the big-money game. They play to win. And they do win, because their giant, expensive megaphones can outshout the voice of the common people every single time.
Face reality. The USA is no longer a democracy, it’s a plutocracy, if not a kleptocracy.
The only long-term answer to this fundamental flaw in the American political system is a Constitutional amendment declaring, in terms so crystal clear that even Anthony Kennedy can’t mistake them, that:(1) only actual human beings have human rights,(2) free spending doesn’t count as free speech, and(3) campaign financing can be reasonably regulated by state and federal laws, uniformly applied.
todyoung almost 6 years ago
It’s great to see such unanimity!
robnvon Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Will there be still separate doors when black, brown, asian, muslim, and gay folk join just to mess with the NRA and attend their conferences? Will the venues suddenly and selectively become filled to capacity?
thestig747 almost 6 years ago
Wow, how quickly folks forget. The statement was made shoetly after the School Shooting in TX, that it was difficult for first responders, because the school campus, was quite large, and there were many different doors to use. So, that’s what that is in referenceto, and I forget how the NRA jumped in the fray, but it was more likely a door issue than not.