Gary Markstein for August 01, 2019

Thoughts and prayers CAN help, if you work VERY HARD at solving the problem while thinking and praying.

Gun violence victims are dead. They can’t vote anymore. So politicians can stop pretending to care about them after they get shot.

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Thoughts and prayers…that’s the gun violence version of ‘there there it’ll be all right’.

The proper reply to “Thoughts and Prayers.”

“Thanks for Nothing!”

Its just lip service, NRA money loving Republicans don’t care at all.

Thoughts and prayers are about as effective as more gun control laws.

The don’t think that much and they are praying to a false orange god in the white house. Republicans seem to enjoy the mass shootings at this point. It is good for their stock portfolios

The argument against doing anything is that whatever you mention isn’t going to be 100% effective, so why even try.

Doh: Because something even if it only prevents one death a week, say, would save more than 50 lives a year. What’s your life worth? Why isn’t “their” life worth that?

When the NRA bankrolls, and runs, the GOP, and Dems, agenda and messaging, what do you expect?

Another yesterday (at least 20 killed) and in the early hours of this morning (9+ killed).

Domestic terrorist Wayne LaPierre sleeps well, with gun lobby money stuffed in his pillow….Maybe 30 dead in a week, more than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

And the NRA pays with manufacturer money to make sure Congress says “EVERmore”!

very original…

The thoughts and prayers are for the deceased and their families, because that is all we can do for them. No action is going to reverse their loss. Mocking this is just religion bashing.