Monday Morning Reads — March 26
Happy Monday, everyone! I watched Tomb Raider on Sunday…save your money.
News by the Numbers
200-year-old fight – Georgia’s northern border sits at the 35th parallel. That’s a fact. Tennessee, though, has their alternative facts. Georgia is fixin to set the record straight.
60 minutes – Curious about Trump’s sex life? Well, you share that oddity with millions of Americans! Now you can read the details of Trump’s spankings. Congrats!
201 percent – Georgia’s death toll from Alzheimer’s disease has increased dramatically since 2000. Currently, an estimated 140,000 Georgians are living with the disease, and that number is expected to rise to 190,000 by 2025.
19 percent increase – Wisconsinites are demanding increased spending in public education from a Republican governor elected on the promise to do more with less. It’s a demand Republican governors all across the nation are facing.
23 seats – Republicans need to hold 23 seats to stay in power, and Democrats seem to be doing everything in their power to help Speaker Ryan.
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Will Kremer
Will is an active member of the Georgia Republican grassroots. He previously served as Chairman of the Georgia Association of College Republicans, 2nd Vice Chairman of the 7th District Republican Party, and Treasurer of the Forsyth County Republican Party. Promise Land = Forsyth County.
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28 people were killed by police in the United States last week. https://chamblee54.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/killed-by-police-march-25/
The new GOP normal is a sitting POTUS having a difficult time lining up lawyers to defend him from charges of obstructing justice and collaborating with foreign espionage efforts. But not unexpected, given the fact that the client is a reality TV sometimes incoherent serial liar.
Today’s movie quote:
Guy: So what’s it going to be; brains or brawn?
Girl: I’m not particular but I deserve at least one or the other.
Here’s a numbered list from Gin and Tacos, too leftist for most that comment. A recent post there (http://www.ginandtacos.com/2018/03/19/the-healthy-economy/) identified the largest 25 US companies by sales:
1 Walmart
2 Berkshire Hathaway
3 Apple
4 Exxon Mobil
5 McKesson
6 UnitedHealth Group
7 CVS Health
8 General Motors
9 AT&T
10 Ford Motor
11 AmerisourceBergen
12 Amazon.com
13 General Electric
14 Verizon Communications
15 Cardinal Health
16 Costco
17 Walgreens Boots Alliance
18 Kroger
19 Chevron
20 Fannie Mae
21 J.P. Morgan Chase
22 Express Scripts Holdings
23 Home Depot
24 Boeing
25 Wells Fargo
And made this point:
“Does anyone think it’s a little weird that 1/3 of this list is companies delivering pills from manufacturers to customers? McKesson, Express Scripts, CVS, Walgreens, and AmerisourceBergen do nothing but. Walmart and Kroger both derive a large part of their revenue from pharmacy (see Target’s recent alliance with CVS). Two more of the remaining companies (UnitedHealth and Cardinal Health) are big hospital-pharmacy conglomerates.”
Here’s another number: 42,000 opioid deaths in 2017. Sessions and the GOP certainly have their priorities straight in cracking down on marijuana. And death to drug dealers too, so long as they aren’t big businesses or their executives.
Lastly, but most importantly, today for me is a day of remembrance of someone with an interest in politics that I respected that passed away too soon.
Good Guy With A Gun…
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arkansas/articles/2018-03-24/arkansas-homeowner-fatally-shoots-suspected-intruder
All the evidence I need for Constitutional Carry. Beginning at 18. Not 21. Today. Thank you Wal Mart employees and off duty cop. Yall are heroes this am.
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-tried-to-kidnap-children-at-walmart
That WalMart story was definitely an weird one. But it doesn’t say a thing about guns, except perhaps that it’s easier to take down a guy with a machete than a guy with a gun. They didn’t even need a gun to take the guy down. And also WalMart should find a way to prevent people who are openly carrying a machete from entering the store. I would also be OK with mom carrying, btw- there’s just nothing in the story that is an argument for anything about carrying, or age limits. But again- details…
With respect, there’s plenty in this story that is an argument for carrying. Trying to kidnap babies? Anyone with a gun could have, should have shot that piece of sh*t right where he stood. Barring that, the Walmart folks took care of him the best way they could . Thank God for them.
That’s exactly the argument I expected you had. Except it doesn’t really work. Could she have shot him? Sure. But under the same policy and hypothetical, the bad dude could have also had a gun. Which could have allowed him to be successful. Instead, where neither had a gun, the situation was still resolved with full justice, and without any injury. So, the argument is like saying, the Mom got a 99 on the math test, but if she had been able to study for an extra day, she would have also gotten a 99. On the other hand, that extra day could have also allowed the one who cheated on the test to instead steal the test. So…not any actual good argument in there. I know it’s detailed. But I suspect that you simply like the idea of being able to shoot bad guys. I just prefer kung fu.
No worries, balance. You know where I’m coming from on almost every issue we can discuss, especially this one. I just want you, me and even Pope to be able to protect ourselves and those we love. That’s all.
Long story short is that we should all want a policy that best prevents any of the above scenarios, along with the complementary policy to address the problems that fall through the cracks. Guns everywhere raises every conceivable risk, but doesn’t actually address all the risks, especially on the front end, so we can clearly do more on the prevention front.
Simple logic applies. More guns on the street will lead to even more gun deaths. Period. Canada has a similar population to the US with higher restrictions on hand guns and even higher on “assault weapons”. Their gun to human ratio is 1/3 of that of the US per 100,000 population and their gun deaths are 1/4 of the US again by a per 100,000 populations comparison. I don’t think there are any stats on how many of those are justifiable but it would stretch credibility to think that the much higher ratio of gun deaths in the US can be attributed to “good guys with guns”.
Maybe this reply will get to where it’s supposed to, which is below Will’s.
The point I wanted to raise in reply to that is that while there is logic, it doesn’t necessarily identify solutions. For one, any restrictions have to comport with the Constitution, so we need to get specific about the standards. Second, the cat’s kind of already out of the bag on the # of guns on the street. There are probably enough weapons out there that, even if no more guns were sold, there could be thriving illegal markets for generations. So, there needs to be a prevention piece, but there also needs to be a responsive piece.
Response to Andrew’s 10:28am post
This scenario has happened. His name was John Crawford. He was looking at a BB gun in Walmart. Someone reported him as brandishing a gun. Police came in, and WITHOUT warning, shot him on sight.
I’ll leave it to your imagination what complexion his skin was.
A sociologist’s view on:
Why so many American men want to be the “good guy with a gun”
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/3/23/17156084/carry-gun-laws-parkland-culture-good-guy-gun-male-identity
Remington hasn’t been keeping up with the times by mostly sticking to manufacturing sporting weapons. They aren’t really known for their handguns and other than a couple of “tactical” modifications to their hunting rifles and shotguns they just haven’t been in on the trend of making exclusive human killing guns.
I’ve had to pull mine. Once. Overseas. Thank God for a fanny pack while wearing a suit. Bad guy soiled himself and got the hell out of there. And I got to go back to my apartment instead of in a trunk of a car. So, all this works for me. I can’t speak for the rest of you guys.
A little perspective, though. Buddy of mine was protecting Haitian prez. This guy was ex-SF guy. Trained in every way you imagine he was. The palace was under attack with mortars. He jumped under the desk. Not the desired result he was being paid to exhibit. So, you never know…
Lol! Semi valid point. But, in fact, Coming from the opera, I was wearing said suit with a bulkey fanny pack that housed a Glock. And the intimidation resulted when said Glock was unsheathed and pointed at a cab that blocked the entire road in front of my cab. He moved. You’re not the only one who’s ever wanted to harm ol’ Noway!
That scenario doesn’t exactly sound like self-defense….
Otoh, I was robbed on the train in Madrid, and was able to use just some fisticuffs (what exactly they are, idk) to recover my stolen goods. If guns were as prevalent there, my act of self-defense may have made me dead.
I was under kidnap theeat and bounty my entire there. Trust me self defense against kidnapping. That’s why I mentioned the car trunk before. Five embassy colleagues were taken in 03 and released five years later. That was not gonna be me.
Snark to the end, Snivler! Lol!
Russian embassy?
Interesting trivia: The earliest known version of the “all publicity is good publicity” meme appeared in the Atlanta Constitution in 1915. The quote then was “All publicity is good if it is intelligent”. (The similar “Succès de scandale (French for “success from scandal”)” may have appeared a little earlier in France.)
Most associate this phrase with PT Barnum but there is no evidence that he coined it.
If you ask PT Mussolini in the WH I imagine he would claim inventing it.
This clown is running for congress…
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37809716/so-there-is-a-clown-running-for-congress-in-south-carolina
Under ‘rules to prevent “local control” to make the timber industry happy…’
http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180325/bill-could-limit-hurricane-protections-in-savannah-building-codes