Presidential Task Force on Mass Shootings

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Saturday December 15, 2012 · 10:12 AM PST

2012/12/15 · 10:12

I am really amped by all of the discussion online about what happened at Sandy Hook and what could possibly be done about it. There is no ONE solution, but we can't let that stop us from doing something. We cannot be paralyzed. If the President appointed a special task force to study the issue over 6 months and come up with concrete recommendations, spanning gun policy, mental health funding and policy, that would be a solid start. Like the nation did after 9/11 -- establish a commission, publish a report, and get going on action. There's a lot of misinformation out there about gun violence -- a task force and report would cut through the bull and make it clear what contributes to mass shootings and what can reduce them.

You with me? How can we make this happen?

United States of Vigilantes

LiberalLady

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Saturday December 15, 2012 · 1:16 AM PST

2012/12/15 · 01:16

I've been watching the various news stations and we've already got the gun nuts out there saying that more people should be armed to stop mass shooters. Never mind that law enforcement were responsible for shooting victims at the Empire State Building instead of the shooter himself. Never mind that a bystander of the shooting of Gabriel Giffords almost mistook another bystander as the shooter. Let's all just arm up and be ready to shoot.

How f###ing ridiculous. So school teachers are supposed to not only teach children, but have a pistol at the ready just in case?

If anything comes out of this tragedy, we've to have experts knock down this notion that more guns in the hands of more people will solve the problem.

Let's make guns as unpopular as cigarettes

LiberalLady

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Friday December 14, 2012 · 10:28 PM PST

2012/12/14 · 22:28

These mass shootings have amounted to a public health crisis. The gun industry reminds me of the tobacco industry -- selling a lethal product but washing their hands of the consequences. Well, the tobacco industry eventually had to admit their lies. They have had to put warning labels on their products. They've seen their sales shrink. And tobacco has been taxed and banned in many places. People still smoke, but we are no longer duped into believing that cigarettes are safe or just an individual choice.

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LiberalLady

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Tuesday December 11, 2012 · 7:18 PM PST

2012/12/11 · 19:18

I don't get it. I mean I understand that for some anti-choice activists, abortion is against their religious belief. But I have never believed that most conservatives really want more babies in the world just to save them. So what is the real motivation and drive behind the anti-abortion movement?

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To control women's bodies

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To save fetuses

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To return to traditional family structures

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To change demographics

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Religious belief

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None of the above

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All the above

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LiberalLady

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Tuesday November 13, 2012 · 9:30 AM PST

2012/11/13 · 09:30

I've been thinking a lot lately about this wake-up call that conservative whites have received in this election -- i.e. the fact that they are no longer able to win elections with the white-male vote alone. It reminds of times I've read about whites complaining about people of color speaking other languages in their presence, and feeling, oh, like they're in the minority. Like they're outnumbered.

I say, welcome to my world. ;-)

More after the fleur de Kos...

LiberalLady

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 12:00 AM PST

2012/11/10 · 00:00

The idea of a post-racial America in the wake of Obama's first election has been derided and discredited. But in light of the 2012 election, I see the seeds of true post-racialness being planted.

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LiberalLady

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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 10:48 PM PST

2012/11/06 · 22:48

Did he call it, or did he CALL IT?

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LiberalLady

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Saturday November 03, 2012 · 6:05 PM PDT

2012/11/03 · 18:05

I was having a pleasant evening watching cute cat videos with my kids and then a disturbing and racist ad came on (I'm in California).

If you have not seen it, it's on Youtube, under "Chinese Professor". I will attempt to link to it here: video

And embed ">here.

LiberalLady

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Monday October 29, 2012 · 6:38 PM PDT

2012/10/29 · 18:38

Every once in a while, a smart pundit cuts through the partisan chatter and says something, well, sensible.

David Frum did just that on cnn.com today in his must-read column titled, "Let's get real about abortions."

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LiberalLady

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Wednesday October 24, 2012 · 7:08 PM PDT

2012/10/24 · 19:08

I had an epiphany that I think other Kossacks will share.

Romney won't win -- though it will be close -- because the Republican brand has lost its edge on the issues that they used to own: the economy and foreign policy/defense.

More below the orange squiggle of love....

LiberalLady

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Tuesday October 16, 2012 · 10:16 PM PDT

2012/10/16 · 22:16

Conservatives wasted no time blaming Candy Crowley for interfering with the debate by correctly asserting that Obama had referred to the Benghazi attack as an "act of terror".

But, as Jonathan Bernstein at WaPo writes, they can't blame Crowley or Obama for their own alternative-universe delusions.

More below the squiggly.

LiberalLady

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Friday October 12, 2012 · 11:22 AM PDT

2012/10/12 · 11:22

So am I the only one who is getting tired of GOP criticism of Obama's relationship with Netanyahu?

Does anyone remember that Bibi tried to inject himself in the presidential contest -- until it started to look like Romney might lose?

This is what bugs me: GOPers complain that Obama did not meet with Bibi during his visit to the U.N., as if any American President is supposed to treat an Israeli PM with the utmost respect even if that PM does not return the respect.

When will someone ask, How dare Bibi try to influence an American presidential election? Why doesn't Bibi show Obama more r-e-s-p-e-c-t?

Why do GOPers subordinate American foreign policy to Israel's?

Please explain. Just sayin!

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