maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Obama has tapped John Kerry for Secretary of State, with Hillary Clinton resigning. He should easily be approved, meaning Massachusetts be short one senator and will have it's second special election for senator in three years. It's possible that the seat goes to a Republican, (most likely Scott Brown again) so this is a risky move by Obama. The early consensus is that Ted Kennedy Jr. will run for the Dems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 The NRA president has called for armed guards in all schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 So they are suggesting putting a gun in every school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The NRA president has called for armed guards in all schools. There was an NRA spokesman on the Beeb earlier saying good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Yep. Brilliant, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 There's some chatter about Ben Affleck running to replace Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 That NRA press conference was absurd. While I'm not full on for the ban of guns, their logic of their arguments is so nonsensical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 The statement was so completely tone deaf, it's shocking. Tone deaf and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 To be honest, after watching his speech, I wouldn't mind seeing someone unload a few clips into Wayne LaPierre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 To be honest, after watching his speech, I wouldn't mind seeing someone unload a few clips into Wayne LaPierre. There'd probably be a 'good guy' around the corner with a gun to stop you from doing so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2012 If my child had died in that school I would be very tempted to shoot the chap from the NRA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 My sister knew one of the murdered kids through a friend. She spent a day with her last summer, said she was a sweet, beautiful girl. Sad beyond words, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 all those dead children and the guy stands up and gives a speech about 'goodies and baddies' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The NRA president has called for armed guards in all schools. Shootouts with whackos in school. It'd be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The British kid that died in the disaster is the child of a colleague from where I work. They moved to the states in 2011. The comments re the NRA are disgusting and vile. The only positive out of them are that people can now see what these people are about, what their aims are and can (hopefully) stand up and fight against them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The NRA president has called for armed guards in all schools. That's quite restrained. I was expecting them to say that if only all the kids had been armed, this would never have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Just read that there were armed guards at Columbine during the shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2012 Prediction: If they put armed guards in schools, one of those armed guards will go on a rampage and kill kids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 No, no, what we need is to make sure the goodies have bigger guns than the baddies. Perhaps we could even invent some sort of half human police robot, privately funded, to protect all americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 As Mark Thomas says, "Guns don't kill people. Americans do." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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