Obama Arizona Speech: 'I Want America To Be As Good As She Imagined It'

So what do you think Obama and Democrats are going to do to prevent another tragedy like this from happening?

These extended magazines had been banned prior to 2004.  Up until then, 10 bvllets per clip was the limit.  We know exactly which members of Congress, both sides of the aisle, voted against keeping the ban in place.  FWIW, those of you who just love Russ Feingold and want him to primary Obama, he voted no on reinstatin­g the ban.

When the investigat­ion of Saturday's sh00ting is complete, we're going to know exactly which victims were the recipients of bvllets 11-33.  We're going to know if the 9-year-old would still be alive had the ban been kept in place.  We can now say that donations from the NRA to politician­s are literally bl00d money.  

That is what Obama and Democrats should be talking about.  About controllin­g guns and taking on the NRA, full throttle.  Taking on all corporate money in politics, too.  But they won't.  Because they've got bl00d on their hands.  They came into office in 2006 and 2008 deciding to abandon gun control and regulation­, in spite of the People's support of the ban.

Obama and Democrats should be hitting hard now on expanding mental health services nationwide­, too. Mental illness and poverty go hand-in-ha­nd.  We're going to see more 'Saturdays­' like the last one as the economy worsens, more people lose their jobs and homes and become desperate.  We've got huge problems in this country, and we need leadership­, not 'ministry' from Obama.


Here's a little fact to consider:

Some are speculatin­g that Loughner is schizophre­nic, and the early conversati­ons on cable news (thanks to a David Frum op-ed) has been about marijuana speeding up the onset of schizophre­nia in adolescent­s.  I predict that's going to be the latest argument against ending the drug war, and stopping the move to legalize marijuana in its tracks, despite the fact that we're talking about a fraction of a percent of people who are affected.

But guess what alleviates symptoms of schizophre­nia?  Tobacco.  Cigarette smoking.  It's not a cure, but it lessens the anxiety that exacerbate­s the symptoms.  
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