Living On the Diagonal

Monday, March 26,2018 AFTER FIFTY YEARS PARKLAND STUDENTS PUT CHILDREN'S LIVES AHEAD OF OUR WEAPONS CULTURE SATURDAY'S "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES" SHOULD BE THE WATERSHED MOMENT IN CHANGING HISTORY AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN By now there is no in America and across the globe that were left untouched by the children and teenagers who marched in protest in 800 cities. Of course the largest march of an estimated 800,000 caught the NRA and many in Congress off guard.  Andrew Young, former Ambassador to the United Nations and leader of the Civil Rights movement said tears came to his eyes as he listened to those children spoke with resolve and eloquently calling out Congress to ban assault weapons from our streets. Young described his reaction as "tears of joy" because this generation demonstrated their First Amendment rights in their march for what is true democracy. The question now is whether this "bottom up" movement will gather force or ...

AMERICA HAS HAD ENOUGH OF PAUL RYAN & GOP CONGRESS IN REFUSAL TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan      Prior to the mass murder of policemen in Dallas last night, polls taken after the Orlando horrific hate crime, 87% of Americans agree it is time for Congress to act now on effective gun control. That overwhelming number will no doubt rise after last night. Two separate events in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis fueled the violent murders on the streets of Dallas. The sniper attacks upon police are without doubt an act perpetrated by a few angry black minority with a "twisted" view of the law but based on the "racist" and "uncontrollable white police force" across this nation. No city is safe from the "few mentally unstable" policemen who are there to protect lives, not murder innocent citizens. The Washington Post routinely now tallies and records not only the number of mass murders but also the ...

MORE QUESTIONS RE ORLANDO THAN REQUIRE ANSWERS MSNBC INADVERTANTLY RAISED ISSUES AND HAVE NOW IGNORED THEM WITH NO FOLLOW-UP  Outside Pulse Did Police Make Timely Decisions to Act? June 18, 2016  MSNBC's Tamara Hall interviewed Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) shortly after the predicted "moment of silence" called by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). Remember that some in the House had stated that they grew tired of "pausing in a moment of silence" and then returning to work as usual (obstruction). At the end of Ryan's moment of silence, Rep. Clyburn standing near the Speaker's chair began to raise the issue of gun control and to revisit legislation previously rejected by Republicans. Speaker Ryan became noticeably rattled by Clyburn's request for recognition by the Speaker to begin his argument for immediate debate regarding assault weapon and other gun control issues. Speaker Ryan proceeded to chastise Clyburn for "interrupting the mome...

ORLANDO: THE DAY AFTER  IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AND CANNOT BE DISPUTED. THE MASSIVE CARNAGE CARRIED OUT IN ORLANDO DEMANDS MORE THAN OUR LEADERS' WORDS. IT IS TIME TO ACT NOW! THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD SPEAK AS ONE VOICE RIGHT NOW AND TELL CONGRESS TO PASS ASSAULT WEAPON LEGISLATION. THIS IS THE PROBLEM: IT IS CLEAR THESE WEAPONS HAVE NO PLACE ON OUR STREETS. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE CAN DEMAND AT THE VERY LEAST IS TO TEST THEIR OWN PRINCIPLES. CONGRESS MUST TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW!  CONGRESS MUST DRAFT LEGISLATION TO PLACE A BAN, A MORATORIUM ON THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS IMMEDIATELY! REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET OFF THEIR DUFFS AND SUPPORT AT LEAST A TIME LIMITED BILL TO BAN THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND THERE IS NO PROTOCOL OR RULE THAT CONGRESS CANNOT ACT! WE MUST TAKE CONTROL, TELL CONGRESS TO SHUT UP AND DO THEIR DUTY! The time for action is now. Talk is cheap and words alo...