tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post1649495657956646104..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: Yet another mass shooting. This time in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-22888943999940313422015-11-02T14:01:43.875-09:002015-11-02T14:01:43.875-09:0020+ 6 year olds being mowed down in school did it ...20+ 6 year olds being mowed down in school did it for me. If that didn't change things nothing will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-67475580393479439102015-11-02T12:19:47.472-09:002015-11-02T12:19:47.472-09:00As someone who already had to deal with loosing a ...As someone who already had to deal with loosing a friend in the theatre shooting, allow me a moment to voice once again just how freaking pissed off I am that nothing has been done. Greatest country on Earth my ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-534916974195720402015-11-02T10:33:17.012-09:002015-11-02T10:33:17.012-09:00Not to worry.... Jeb Bush just announced his new s...Not to worry.... Jeb Bush just announced his new slogan, "Jeb Will Fix It". I guess if we all vote for Jeb he will take care of this problem....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-72625383120749188792015-11-01T15:49:53.734-09:002015-11-01T15:49:53.734-09:00I used my cellphone in a similar fashion and was c...I used my cellphone in a similar fashion and was called a "Snitch", a title I'd proudly wear again and again, but no one can get me to go out of my house during an active shooter situation. <br /><br />If you see something, say something. It's going on with so much frequency, the shock factor seems to have diminished. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-8547857812202365632015-11-01T14:57:40.013-09:002015-11-01T14:57:40.013-09:00I grew up there & still live very close. Let&...I grew up there & still live very close. Let's not mince words here they're fucking ignorant, buybull thumping, racist, intolerant rubes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25428038829177814952015-11-01T14:55:07.773-09:002015-11-01T14:55:07.773-09:00And Army. It's a military town & wages are...And Army. It's a military town & wages are kept low because many retire young from the military and with their retirement income can work for a lower wage. Thus it's very hard for young people to find jobs that pay a living wage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-4057325448058104752015-11-01T14:29:16.738-09:002015-11-01T14:29:16.738-09:00I've visited Colorado Springs and friends. Th...I've visited Colorado Springs and friends. They are very, very religious and extreme right! Interesting to observe that is for sure! All I can say is thank god I live on the west coast! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-69163295002536548972015-11-01T12:51:04.741-09:002015-11-01T12:51:04.741-09:00Another member "of a well-regulated militia&q...Another member "of a well-regulated militia" gone rogue. The gun nutters will say, "Now if the cell phone guy had had a gun, two lives would have been saved." Yes, they always want to believe that it's an aberration and not the Amerigun norm whenever there's a mass shooting.Crystal Sagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2013812340056059112015-11-01T11:23:30.715-09:002015-11-01T11:23:30.715-09:00This is type stuff is becoming so commonplace that...This is type stuff is becoming so commonplace that it gets little reaction anymore. Sad, but true! <br /><br />America is a screwed up mess! Any of us can now watch someone else be killed and know what the exact routine will be. Little is done except for the fact the shooter is killed! <br /><br />Guns - oh yea - we should all own one and learn how to use it because who knows what the Hell you'll run into on the streets of America! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-43328646381608871082015-11-01T11:08:36.849-09:002015-11-01T11:08:36.849-09:00Wow, she's a piece of work. Shilling for the N...Wow, she's a piece of work. Shilling for the NRA, even giving out the phone number and membership price. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-64267409804601445952015-11-01T10:58:36.004-09:002015-11-01T10:58:36.004-09:00Go where the GUNS are.
http://www.salon.com/2015/1...Go where the GUNS are.<br />http://www.salon.com/2015/11/01/when_texas_fell_to_the_wingnuts_the_secret_history_of_the_southern_strategy_modern_conservatism_and_the_lone_star_state/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-75044201491457283182015-11-01T10:58:19.123-09:002015-11-01T10:58:19.123-09:00Another shining example of 'Murikan Exceptiona...Another shining example of 'Murikan Exceptionalism.AKinPAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-49101149042245172602015-11-01T10:57:21.021-09:002015-11-01T10:57:21.021-09:00Colorado Springs is home to many retired US Air Fo...Colorado Springs is home to many retired US Air Force. There is a strong military presence in the town. What happened to a good guy with a gun theory? Our retired Air Force friend who lives there is armed to the teeth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-86968765520884764292015-11-01T10:39:34.049-09:002015-11-01T10:39:34.049-09:00"Man with a cell phone, stops man with a gun...."Man with a cell phone, stops man with a gun."<br /><br />Now see THAT should have been my headline. Gryphenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-3043792217303445962015-11-01T10:12:08.954-09:002015-11-01T10:12:08.954-09:00Only local media site allowing comments. CS is cho...Only local media site allowing comments. CS is chock full of gun nuts. Just look at the comments. Especially "SallY', our very own Alicia.<br />http://www.krdo.com/news/breaking-shooting-in-colorado-springs/36176308Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-68213988198572017052015-11-01T10:09:15.778-09:002015-11-01T10:09:15.778-09:00While it is true and unbelievably tragic the three...While it is true and unbelievably tragic the three innocent people died, it's also true that a good guy with a cell phone prevented a bad guy with an AR-15 from killing more people.<br /><br />The guy with the cell phone -- Abshire -- followed the shooter, at great risk to himself, giving the cops updates on where the guy was. Otherwise, the cops would have been chasing him all over hell and back while he killed more people.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-55594225615149628262015-11-01T10:00:52.145-09:002015-11-01T10:00:52.145-09:00I've lived in Denver for 40 years. Colorado Sp...I've lived in Denver for 40 years. Colorado Springs is somewhat famous, or infamous, in Colorado. It is not only home to the Air Force Academy, but it is also uber, uber-conservative on politics and social issues (Focus on the Family is headquartered there, for example.) <br />Reddest of the red GOP, for the most part.<br /><br />It has to be one of the most Second-Amendment worshipping, blanketly armed cities in the U.S. Chock full of good guys with guns, and yet?<br /><br />Maybe it's time for a SWAT team on every corner. (Privately owned and operated, of course. A whole new revenue stream for the NRA.)<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-55657331509630989302015-11-01T09:49:21.307-09:002015-11-01T09:49:21.307-09:00And the more 2nd Amendment screamers scream, the m...And the more 2nd Amendment screamers scream, the more stupid they look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-64049022332609706182015-11-01T09:34:40.978-09:002015-11-01T09:34:40.978-09:00Uh, not the "greatest nation on earth", ...Uh, not the "greatest nation on earth", Gryph. The United States of America is exceptional, don't you know? The Republicans keep telling us so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-15096281669088000022015-11-01T09:12:17.559-09:002015-11-01T09:12:17.559-09:00Was real America saved from tyranny with these mur...Was real America saved from tyranny with these murders? Begoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714725948465287311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-1673443309494752992015-11-01T09:03:42.410-09:002015-11-01T09:03:42.410-09:00The "greatest nation on earth" is on an ...The "greatest nation on earth" is on an increasing streak of crazy IMHO.What caused it or what to do about it, well, I don't have an answer. Apparently no one else does either.Balzafiarnoreply@blogger.com