Cal Thomas's editorial published in the Times Picayune of 8/27/14 titled, "How Would President Obama Respond To An Attack On Homeland" makes a good case that he himself is desperate to wound the President he hates. What chaps Thomas and the conservatives is the fact that the President has kept the country and its people safe and has kept our men and women in uniform out of unnecessary wars unlike the previous administration.
President Obama's record as to what he would do if our homeland was attacked has already been established and is public knowledge. The homeland was attacked on 9/11/01on Bush's watch. When Obama took office he made it his top priority for the CIA to bring Bin Laden to justice and he did just that so he has a record. Our drone strikes against top AlQueda leaders have brought many of them to justice also on Obama"s watch.
When our homeland was attacked on 9/11 Bush spent our resources on invading Iraq who had nothing to do with the tragic events of 9/11. To make matters worse a few years later Bush said publically he did not know where Bin Laden was hiding and did not think much about him at all. Paul O'Niell, Bush's Secretary of the Treasury said in his book, The Price of Loyalty that 10 days inn and it was all about getting Iraq.
Thomas talks in the article that the public and vigilantes could rise up and take matters into their own hands if government fails to act. That is his unAmerican way of trying to plant the seed of division that the President would not discharge his responsibilities.
Thomas has a big problem as a human beign. Something must have gone wrong in his life and as a result has a hard time coping. Wanting to see the President and the country fail must some how make him feel redeemed. To make matters worse he says and I quote, "What will the current President do when the next attack comes? Will the public take matters into their own hands and fight back?
That is a very disturbing statement for an American journalist to make concerning the President of the United States, expecially when it comes from a journalist with hatred in his heart. The President safety record speaks for itself on defending the homeland. Thomas, like the conservatives in congress failed in their attempt to make Obama a one term President so they are doing what ever it takes to discredit his two terms in office. They have nothing positive they can point to concerning the Bush 43 administration so they have to take it out on the President. Cal Thomas lacks the courage to be a serious journalist. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by John Lucia
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Another Preventable Gun Death
This time it was a gun range instructor in Arizona who was shot and killed by a 9 year old girl he was giving instructions to for operating a UZI, a military weapon that does not belong in the hands of civilians. The young girl was taking lessons how to fire the UZI.
How could adult parents allow a daughter so young to handle such a weapon even on a gun range under supervision? And how could a gun range operator allow such a young girl to handle such a weapon? What is going on here? Are we becoming a Macho society that thinks guns identify who we are. Does the second ammendant rights triumph over people's responsibility to society?
The NRA is on record as saying, guns don't kill people, people kill people. I wonder if they now believe their favorite statement is valid. Because of the reckless behavior of the parents, the range operator and the NRA's attitude toward guns, I wonder how this incident will affect this 9 year old girl's future.
I wrote a previous commentary that some one will one day challenge the second ammendment in court. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. Reasonable people could make a difference concerning this issue and minor children's safety should be the first rule of raising them.
Perhaps this sad preventable accident will change the Macho culture that has taken an awful toll on innocent people's lives. Do parents and the gun lobby really believe a pre teen ager must learn how to use a UZI to protect herself when she grows up to be a young lady? If so, that is reason to believe that the manufacturer's of such weapons should only be sold to the military. Just think, a pre teen ager is not allowed to go into a bar and order an alcoholic drink, but can use a killing weapon on a gun range.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future and when it comes to guns in the wrong hands we have yet to learn from the past.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
How could adult parents allow a daughter so young to handle such a weapon even on a gun range under supervision? And how could a gun range operator allow such a young girl to handle such a weapon? What is going on here? Are we becoming a Macho society that thinks guns identify who we are. Does the second ammendant rights triumph over people's responsibility to society?
The NRA is on record as saying, guns don't kill people, people kill people. I wonder if they now believe their favorite statement is valid. Because of the reckless behavior of the parents, the range operator and the NRA's attitude toward guns, I wonder how this incident will affect this 9 year old girl's future.
I wrote a previous commentary that some one will one day challenge the second ammendment in court. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. Reasonable people could make a difference concerning this issue and minor children's safety should be the first rule of raising them.
Perhaps this sad preventable accident will change the Macho culture that has taken an awful toll on innocent people's lives. Do parents and the gun lobby really believe a pre teen ager must learn how to use a UZI to protect herself when she grows up to be a young lady? If so, that is reason to believe that the manufacturer's of such weapons should only be sold to the military. Just think, a pre teen ager is not allowed to go into a bar and order an alcoholic drink, but can use a killing weapon on a gun range.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future and when it comes to guns in the wrong hands we have yet to learn from the past.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
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