Times Picayune opinion writer, Tim Morris did his best in a column dated 2/28/18 to try and link the Lewinsky-Clinton relationship that took place 20 years ago to the MeToo movement of the present that started with the numerous accusations against Donald Trump by many women who said Trump forced himself on them and sexually harassed them. Some women said the encounter was physical with Trump pushing them up against a wall. And of course we have Trump's words on tape how a star can do what ever he wants to a woman, even grabbing them by the you know what.
The conservative strategy when republicans find themselves in trouble is to bring a democrat into the situation and try and change the subject. Morris who is a self proclaimed conservative tries to do just that with his article. He uses a commentary by Lewinsky recently published in Vanity Fair who wrote her situation takes on a new meaning in the wake of the MeToo movement and talks about her lack of support from women at the time She confirmed that her relationship with Clinton was consensual, the position she always claimed from the very beginning.
The article ends by saying:" Embracing the MeToo movement without condemning Clinton's behavior with Lewinsky has always represented a huge contradiction. Lewinsky has it right." Well no, both Lewinsky and Morris has it wrong. The only thing common between the Lewinsky-Clinton relationship and the MeToo movement against Trump lies in the fact that both served as President and Trump at the time of the accusations was a powerful business man. There was nothing consensual about the sexual harassment by Trump as alleged by the many women who made the charge and Trump's own words tell the real story Clinton's behavior was condemned at the time and the republican controlled U.S, House impeached him. President Clinton was tried by the U.S. Senate led by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and was acquitted,
President Trump has reached such a low level that conservative opinion writers are doing their best to try and cast Clinton, Obama and other democrats in the same mold as Trump.. Its good writing for the republican base but shows how low some journalists will stoop to support President Trump and his failure to lead. But the MeToo movement won't let them forget about the trumpet man's words.
Lewinsky never accused President Clinton of sexual assault or harassment and was not the one who broke the story. That distinction goes to Linda Tripp who Lewinsky confided in. Tripp became a traitor to her own friend when she went public. Unlike the women who accused Trump, Lewinsky defended her relationship with Clinton when she testified under oath before the grand jury and gave a deposition before congress
Lewinsky and Morris have it all wrong, there are no huge contradictions at all between the Lewinsky-Clinton relationship and the MeToo crowd. The reason there was no MeToo crowd to support Lewinsky was Lewinsky's admittance that the relationship was consensual. The MeToo complaint against Donald Trump is all together different and it comes from some 19 different women. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
It Appears That Gun Control Legislation Will Take Place After Parkland, Florida School Shooting.
This writer believes that the hand writing is on the wall and that Trump and the Congress will support gun control measures as follows: (1) Raise the minimum age to 21 from the current 18 to purchase firearms. (2) Strengthen the laws concerning background checks and purchases. (3) Ban the sale and use of bump stocks. Trump, the republican party, the NRA and the gun lobby will all support those changes because banning assault style weapons will not be part of their plans.
Some democrats will support those three changes also but will also push for the ban on assault weapons because that is where the real problem needs to be addressed. A 21 year old is just as capable of buying and using an assault type weapon as a 18 year old so nothing changes there. Tightening gun laws will not stop the legal purchase of assault type weapons so there is no relief there and banning bump stocks which converts a rifle or gun into an automatic weapon was not used in the Florida mass school killings so it will not stop such future shootings. Bump stocks were used by the Las Vegas shooter according to police last year in the record killing of 58 people and Trump and the republican party were silent about it until now.
The NRA and gun lobby will fake their displeasure but make no mistake help write the changes congress makes like they always do. Their main interest is protecting their warped ideology that any type firearm should be allowed to be purchased and since Trump and the republican party receive the great majority of their campaign contributions, the NRA and gun lobby will be satisfied with the changes.
The best answer to the mass killings would be to ban the assault type automatic and semi-automatic weapons from the streets of America that are killing machines. That is why they were created, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the shortest period of time. Any thing less than a ban is window dressing and the mass shootings and killings will continue.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Some democrats will support those three changes also but will also push for the ban on assault weapons because that is where the real problem needs to be addressed. A 21 year old is just as capable of buying and using an assault type weapon as a 18 year old so nothing changes there. Tightening gun laws will not stop the legal purchase of assault type weapons so there is no relief there and banning bump stocks which converts a rifle or gun into an automatic weapon was not used in the Florida mass school killings so it will not stop such future shootings. Bump stocks were used by the Las Vegas shooter according to police last year in the record killing of 58 people and Trump and the republican party were silent about it until now.
The NRA and gun lobby will fake their displeasure but make no mistake help write the changes congress makes like they always do. Their main interest is protecting their warped ideology that any type firearm should be allowed to be purchased and since Trump and the republican party receive the great majority of their campaign contributions, the NRA and gun lobby will be satisfied with the changes.
The best answer to the mass killings would be to ban the assault type automatic and semi-automatic weapons from the streets of America that are killing machines. That is why they were created, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the shortest period of time. Any thing less than a ban is window dressing and the mass shootings and killings will continue.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Cal Thomas: A Journalist Who Should Hand Up His Writing Pen
The conservative journalist in a Times Picayune opinion column titled, "Boldly going like no President before" Thomas finally admits that the Reagan administration never cut spending, quite a statement since Reagan left office over 30 years ago and the fact that Thomas' party is still proclaiming Reagan did cut spending. The article makes no sense because Thomas proposes that congress does what he says they never do.
Conservative journalists follow the line of empty commentary because they can not find any thing positive to write about when republicans control the White House and the congress. After 13 months in office the Trump White House is a good example of a lack of accomplishments so the people are exposed to Thomas latest opinion which is full of holes on reducing spending. He also blames congress for Reagan's failure to cut spending using the words " congressional intransigence.
But you might know since the article was about reducing spending Thomas could not bring himself to inform his readers that the Clinton Administration that followed a republican administration and the Obama administration that followed a republican administration did reduce spending on a percentage basis and did a better job than the republican administrations before them. (covered in a recent commentary here in PolitiDose)
The reading public really deserve all the facts regardless of their political orientation.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Conservative journalists follow the line of empty commentary because they can not find any thing positive to write about when republicans control the White House and the congress. After 13 months in office the Trump White House is a good example of a lack of accomplishments so the people are exposed to Thomas latest opinion which is full of holes on reducing spending. He also blames congress for Reagan's failure to cut spending using the words " congressional intransigence.
But you might know since the article was about reducing spending Thomas could not bring himself to inform his readers that the Clinton Administration that followed a republican administration and the Obama administration that followed a republican administration did reduce spending on a percentage basis and did a better job than the republican administrations before them. (covered in a recent commentary here in PolitiDose)
The reading public really deserve all the facts regardless of their political orientation.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Conservative Journalists: Still Playing The Ditto Head Role Of The Republican Party
Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger wrote a commentary for the Associated Press in a Times Picayune article dated 2/14/18 titled, "Trump's High-Spending Budget Reverses Longtime GOP Dogma. Crutsinger, according to information on the web site of the AP says his expertise is the economy but one would never know that from the above article. The article is about Trump's latest budget which is a $4.4 trillion piece if debt and deficit spending.
The co-authors wrote that the open embrace of red ink is a remarkable public reversal for Trump and his party and the title of the article uses the words "longtime GOP dogma. But those who follow politics know that over spending and deficits by republican administrations goes back to 1960, which was the last time a republication administration balanced the federal budget under President Eisenhower. And no republican President since that time has left office with a smaller deficit than when he took office. In other words, the longtime GOP dogma was reversed a long time ago in 1960.
Both Taylor and Crutsinger like many other conservative journalists still try to pass the republican party off as fiscal conservative, but the record proves they do not exist and is pure myth. And the greatest myth is that the Reagan, Bush 43 and Trump tax cuts would pay for themselves and of course, journalists wrote commentary about those tax cuts in support of the rhetoric.
Understanding the failed past is still the key to a better future but ditto head conservative journalists will continue to slant their commentary concerning the republican party and conservatism.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The co-authors wrote that the open embrace of red ink is a remarkable public reversal for Trump and his party and the title of the article uses the words "longtime GOP dogma. But those who follow politics know that over spending and deficits by republican administrations goes back to 1960, which was the last time a republication administration balanced the federal budget under President Eisenhower. And no republican President since that time has left office with a smaller deficit than when he took office. In other words, the longtime GOP dogma was reversed a long time ago in 1960.
Both Taylor and Crutsinger like many other conservative journalists still try to pass the republican party off as fiscal conservative, but the record proves they do not exist and is pure myth. And the greatest myth is that the Reagan, Bush 43 and Trump tax cuts would pay for themselves and of course, journalists wrote commentary about those tax cuts in support of the rhetoric.
Understanding the failed past is still the key to a better future but ditto head conservative journalists will continue to slant their commentary concerning the republican party and conservatism.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Bill Clinton: A President Who Cared About Public Safety and The People.
President Bill Clinton accomplished what Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush never made an effort to do. That is a ban on assault type weapons. Reagan had no inclination to go up against the NRA and neither did his successor George H.W. Bush who kicked the can down the road to the Clinton administration.
But President Clinton picked up the challenge to pass the assault weapons ban that was in effect for 10 years and was a success. And for those years the ban was in effect no American was denied his right to bear arms for his own protection like the NRA and the gun lobby was promoting. Clinton stood tall in face of fierce opposition from the NRA, the gun lobby and the personal attacks from republicans and others. The President's leadership and action demonstrated his knowledge about the gun issue and awareness of his responsibility to keep our people safe.
Clinton also did his best to help America's cities stay safe when he had congress pass legislation to put 100,000 new police officers on the streets of America to help the cities who could not afford to do so. Many cities used those officers to help with community policing. The federal government paid the cost of those extra officers and Clinton still balanced the federal budget. President George W.Bush let both the assault weapons ban expire and did not renew the 100,000 police officers for the cities.
President Clinton had the courage and leadership to keep a domestic agenda for the citizens at the top of his priorities along with our national security He knew the country could accomplish both and he reduced the deficit that made way to balanced budgets. And as noted in other posts in PolitiDose, federal spending on Clinton's watch had the smallest percentage increase than any other administration in the past 50 years.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future. But, unfortunately, today America has no leader in the White House and the President's latest budget for the country contains serious cuts to domestic spending including schools. And the republican party's position on gun control is to move slowly and not rush to judgement after the school shootings in Florida. Its as if the country has not been there before. What a shame our political leaders have forgotten the past.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
But President Clinton picked up the challenge to pass the assault weapons ban that was in effect for 10 years and was a success. And for those years the ban was in effect no American was denied his right to bear arms for his own protection like the NRA and the gun lobby was promoting. Clinton stood tall in face of fierce opposition from the NRA, the gun lobby and the personal attacks from republicans and others. The President's leadership and action demonstrated his knowledge about the gun issue and awareness of his responsibility to keep our people safe.
Clinton also did his best to help America's cities stay safe when he had congress pass legislation to put 100,000 new police officers on the streets of America to help the cities who could not afford to do so. Many cities used those officers to help with community policing. The federal government paid the cost of those extra officers and Clinton still balanced the federal budget. President George W.Bush let both the assault weapons ban expire and did not renew the 100,000 police officers for the cities.
President Clinton had the courage and leadership to keep a domestic agenda for the citizens at the top of his priorities along with our national security He knew the country could accomplish both and he reduced the deficit that made way to balanced budgets. And as noted in other posts in PolitiDose, federal spending on Clinton's watch had the smallest percentage increase than any other administration in the past 50 years.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future. But, unfortunately, today America has no leader in the White House and the President's latest budget for the country contains serious cuts to domestic spending including schools. And the republican party's position on gun control is to move slowly and not rush to judgement after the school shootings in Florida. Its as if the country has not been there before. What a shame our political leaders have forgotten the past.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The Administration Of President Barack Obama Demonstrated Once Again That Democratic Administrations Are Best At Controlling Federal Spending.
The final numbers are in for President Obama's eight fiscal years which ended 9/30/17 and according to the Office of Management and Budget the percentage increase in total spending outlays were less compared to the percentage under the previous fiscal years of President George W. Bush. And that confirms the administration that had the two smallest increases in total federal spending outlays in the last 45 years were the democratic administrations of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Total spending outlays for Bush 43's eight fiscal years was $20.829 trillion It was $29.080 trillion in Obama's eight fiscal years for a 40% increase in total federal spending outlays. Total spending outlays for Clinton's eight fiscal years (preceding Bush 43) was $13.145 Trillion. So total federal spending outlays in President Bush 43 fiscal years as shown above increased 58% over Clinton's eight fiscal years.
The big spender was President Ronald Reagan when you compare his eight fiscal years to the previous eight fiscal years of President Carter and Nixon-Ford (that is Carters first and only four years and Nixon-Ford last four years. Total federal spending outlays under the eight years of Carter-Nixon-Ford was $3.614 trillion. Under Reagan's eight fiscal years it was $7.554 trillion, a whopping 109% increase in total federal spending outlays. And this is the President the republicans still say cut federal spending. Yeah right.
When we compare federal spending in President Clinton's eight fiscal years to the previous eight fiscal years of President George H. W. Bush 41 and Ronald Reagan (four years under George H.W. Bush 41 and the last four years of Reagan) the answer is. Under the eight fiscal years of the Bush 41-Reagan administrations total federal spending outlays totaled $9.570 trillion. Under the eight fiscal years of President Clinton federal spending outlays totaled $13.145 trillion for an increase of 37%.
It should also be noted that under the Obama administration, year to year total spending outlays were less than the previous year three times for fiscal years ending 9/30/2010, 9/30/2012 and 9/30/2013. The first time that has happened since 1955 according to the Office of Management and Budget. As this writer commented many times in past PolitiDose articles, the republicans claim of being the fiscal conservative party is pure myth and the numbers prove it.
The Reagan administration was the first to break the trillion dollar spending mark in fiscal year ending 9/30/1987. It took 14 years to reach the 2 trillion spending mark by the Bush 43 administration in fiscal year ending 9/30/2002 and it took Bush 43 only 7 years to reach the 3 trillion dollar spending mark in fiscal year ending 9/30/2009. And we know that Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year ending 9/30/19 is projected to reach the 4.4 trillion dollar mark. This writer believes the federal government will actually reach the 4 trillion dollar spending mark at the end of Trump's first fiscal year which ends 9/30/2018.
The people were sold a fairy tale concerning republican conservatism and being best at handling the federal government's fiscal house and finances and the news media ran with the rhetoric, but the readers of PolitiDose know the true story. Conservative republican Presidents? They have not existed since President Dwight Eisenhower who was the last republican President to balance the federal budget in 1960.
Stay tuned for the fiscal disaster that will take pace on President Trump's watch. And when it happens, you will have read it here first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Total spending outlays for Bush 43's eight fiscal years was $20.829 trillion It was $29.080 trillion in Obama's eight fiscal years for a 40% increase in total federal spending outlays. Total spending outlays for Clinton's eight fiscal years (preceding Bush 43) was $13.145 Trillion. So total federal spending outlays in President Bush 43 fiscal years as shown above increased 58% over Clinton's eight fiscal years.
The big spender was President Ronald Reagan when you compare his eight fiscal years to the previous eight fiscal years of President Carter and Nixon-Ford (that is Carters first and only four years and Nixon-Ford last four years. Total federal spending outlays under the eight years of Carter-Nixon-Ford was $3.614 trillion. Under Reagan's eight fiscal years it was $7.554 trillion, a whopping 109% increase in total federal spending outlays. And this is the President the republicans still say cut federal spending. Yeah right.
When we compare federal spending in President Clinton's eight fiscal years to the previous eight fiscal years of President George H. W. Bush 41 and Ronald Reagan (four years under George H.W. Bush 41 and the last four years of Reagan) the answer is. Under the eight fiscal years of the Bush 41-Reagan administrations total federal spending outlays totaled $9.570 trillion. Under the eight fiscal years of President Clinton federal spending outlays totaled $13.145 trillion for an increase of 37%.
It should also be noted that under the Obama administration, year to year total spending outlays were less than the previous year three times for fiscal years ending 9/30/2010, 9/30/2012 and 9/30/2013. The first time that has happened since 1955 according to the Office of Management and Budget. As this writer commented many times in past PolitiDose articles, the republicans claim of being the fiscal conservative party is pure myth and the numbers prove it.
The Reagan administration was the first to break the trillion dollar spending mark in fiscal year ending 9/30/1987. It took 14 years to reach the 2 trillion spending mark by the Bush 43 administration in fiscal year ending 9/30/2002 and it took Bush 43 only 7 years to reach the 3 trillion dollar spending mark in fiscal year ending 9/30/2009. And we know that Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year ending 9/30/19 is projected to reach the 4.4 trillion dollar mark. This writer believes the federal government will actually reach the 4 trillion dollar spending mark at the end of Trump's first fiscal year which ends 9/30/2018.
The people were sold a fairy tale concerning republican conservatism and being best at handling the federal government's fiscal house and finances and the news media ran with the rhetoric, but the readers of PolitiDose know the true story. Conservative republican Presidents? They have not existed since President Dwight Eisenhower who was the last republican President to balance the federal budget in 1960.
Stay tuned for the fiscal disaster that will take pace on President Trump's watch. And when it happens, you will have read it here first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Monday, February 26, 2018
Has Trump's Supporters Given Up On The Social Media and He ?
During the Presidential campaign of 2016 and most of 2017 supporters of Donald Trump made comments over my Facebook page almost endlessly bragging how much he would accomplish as President and reporting all the fake news sponsored by Trump, the Clinton haters and Russian operatives who were willing to spread all the lies to damage her Trump was a moral man according to so many comments.
But now after a full year of the trumpet man in office, Trump's supporters have gone silent with very little to say Its like they don't even exist anymore. In fact, for some reason PJ's coffee seems to get all the social comments which is a real departure from the past. I'm not please with that since I do not like or drink flavored coffee. I'll take good old café de monde any day.
I can understand the lack of commentary from Trump's supporters over the social networks since he has so few accomplishments, low approval rating and a federal investigation at his door step. And of course the management skills he bragged about are non existent in the political world he lives in now. The real problem with social media can be traced to those who continue to try and pass off opinions and fake news as facts, and talk radio is the worse of them all and in New Orleans WWL talk radio is just a big joke with a few exceptions.
It is nice once again to open Facebook and hear down to earth comments void of political content. As for this writer, I have never started a political comment on Facebook, but I have replied to political comment that comes across my Facebook page. My political thoughts and comments are recorded here in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
But now after a full year of the trumpet man in office, Trump's supporters have gone silent with very little to say Its like they don't even exist anymore. In fact, for some reason PJ's coffee seems to get all the social comments which is a real departure from the past. I'm not please with that since I do not like or drink flavored coffee. I'll take good old café de monde any day.
I can understand the lack of commentary from Trump's supporters over the social networks since he has so few accomplishments, low approval rating and a federal investigation at his door step. And of course the management skills he bragged about are non existent in the political world he lives in now. The real problem with social media can be traced to those who continue to try and pass off opinions and fake news as facts, and talk radio is the worse of them all and in New Orleans WWL talk radio is just a big joke with a few exceptions.
It is nice once again to open Facebook and hear down to earth comments void of political content. As for this writer, I have never started a political comment on Facebook, but I have replied to political comment that comes across my Facebook page. My political thoughts and comments are recorded here in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Saturday, February 24, 2018
America: Already Feeling The Effects Of The EPA's Lack Of Enforcement
Bloomberg news reports that the non-partisan Environmental Integrity Project found that the EPA has collected roughly half as much in civil penalties from polluters during President Trump's first year in office than it did under the three past Presidents in the same time frame according to their research.
Head of the "Project" is Eric Schaeffer who was a former director of the EPA's Office of Civil Enforcement, said the decline sends the wrong signal to would be polluters, and that coupled with cuts to the EPA may reduce their ability to pursue violators. Also President Trumps dismantling of the EPA means violators are less likely to be caught.
The "Project" also found that Trump's EPA settled roughly 44 percent fewer civil cases involving violations of environmental laws. Penalties collected totaled 49% of the average of the three previous Presidents first year in office. And this is what has taken place in Trumps first year in office What about the next 3 years if Trump is still around? The situation will just compound and become worse reversing all the good that has been accomplished before the arrival of the trumpet man.
And for those who may not be following politics, Trump is getting ready to do the same to the banking industry by removing the safe guards put in place by the Dodd-Frank legislation, ignoring other bank regulations and approving the wholesale merger of the banks. This action will lead to another great recession that will have its roots in Trump's actions.
There are two ways to deregulation. Change the regulations or simply stop enforcement of them. Both Reagan and Bush 43 did that and now Trump is the third ditto head to do so. As for the American people and the country, the warning of what to come could not be any clearer.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Head of the "Project" is Eric Schaeffer who was a former director of the EPA's Office of Civil Enforcement, said the decline sends the wrong signal to would be polluters, and that coupled with cuts to the EPA may reduce their ability to pursue violators. Also President Trumps dismantling of the EPA means violators are less likely to be caught.
The "Project" also found that Trump's EPA settled roughly 44 percent fewer civil cases involving violations of environmental laws. Penalties collected totaled 49% of the average of the three previous Presidents first year in office. And this is what has taken place in Trumps first year in office What about the next 3 years if Trump is still around? The situation will just compound and become worse reversing all the good that has been accomplished before the arrival of the trumpet man.
And for those who may not be following politics, Trump is getting ready to do the same to the banking industry by removing the safe guards put in place by the Dodd-Frank legislation, ignoring other bank regulations and approving the wholesale merger of the banks. This action will lead to another great recession that will have its roots in Trump's actions.
There are two ways to deregulation. Change the regulations or simply stop enforcement of them. Both Reagan and Bush 43 did that and now Trump is the third ditto head to do so. As for the American people and the country, the warning of what to come could not be any clearer.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, February 23, 2018
President Donald Trump: Incapable Of Being a Statesman Even When Tragedy Strikes
At a time of tragedy, America needs a President to be a statesman, a calming voice, someone to lean on, some one who understands sorrow, some one who has understanding, some one who has feeling, some one who can speak from the heart and most of all some one to lead. The recent tragedy at a Parkland, Florida high school and Trump's reaction, especially his so called "meeting of listening" with students, family members and others, Trump demonstrated he had none of the above qualities and is truly corrupted to the core.
The President had to depend on a hand written notes to talk about the tragedy and exhibited no natural responses that come from the heart. The President's notion that school teachers should be armed to protect their students showed how little Trump knows about the gun problem in the country. More guns in school are a prescription for more violence and would make our institutions of learning a combat zone on a regular basis. School teachers jobs are to teach, not be policemen or guards It is another example of Trump's disrespect for our institutions.
And to top it off, the ignorance of this President's obligations, he has yet to talk seriously about banning assault style weapons like the one used in the Florida killings. His statement about raising the age to 21 to be able to buy an assault weapon was designed to let the NRA and the gun lobby know he will support their position of no banning of assault weapons What a cowardly position for a President. For them, the next time we have a mass killing by someone 21 or older with an assault weapon, they will just turn their backs and come up with more excuses.
The President's inability to lead America in time of tragedy is a pitiful reminder the U.S does not have a President in the White House. It has a individual trying to corrupt the country.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The President had to depend on a hand written notes to talk about the tragedy and exhibited no natural responses that come from the heart. The President's notion that school teachers should be armed to protect their students showed how little Trump knows about the gun problem in the country. More guns in school are a prescription for more violence and would make our institutions of learning a combat zone on a regular basis. School teachers jobs are to teach, not be policemen or guards It is another example of Trump's disrespect for our institutions.
And to top it off, the ignorance of this President's obligations, he has yet to talk seriously about banning assault style weapons like the one used in the Florida killings. His statement about raising the age to 21 to be able to buy an assault weapon was designed to let the NRA and the gun lobby know he will support their position of no banning of assault weapons What a cowardly position for a President. For them, the next time we have a mass killing by someone 21 or older with an assault weapon, they will just turn their backs and come up with more excuses.
The President's inability to lead America in time of tragedy is a pitiful reminder the U.S does not have a President in the White House. It has a individual trying to corrupt the country.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court Makes A Common Sense Decision and The NRA and The Gun Lobby Are Angry.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up a appeal to a U.S. Court of Appeals that ruled California's mandatory 10 day waiting period for new gun purchases was constitutional. The NRA and Gun Lobby took the Appeals Court decision to the Supreme Court saying it violated the second amendments right to bear arms. The Supreme Court refusal to hear the case is a victory for the states and a common sense decision.
Any fare minded person can see through the smoke screen of the NRA and gun lobby appeal that the California law prevented the purchase of a firearm, it only applied to a reasonable waiting period so law enforcement could check out the purchaser's fitness to own a gun. Any one who follows the NRA and gun lobby know they would do anything and say anything to put a large umbrella over the second amendment whether it applies or not. It should also be a wake up call how conservatives hold such a liberal view of the second amendment which actually deals with the militia.
Hopefully, more states will enact gun laws that make sense and give the actions time to work. Trump and the republicans reply to the recent Florida school shooting are all about dancing around the issue. The most important issue now is to ban the sale of assault rifles that was in effect during the Clinton administration. Bump stocks and other actions being talked about by Trump is just a side show to the real problem. The Florida shooter did not need a bump stock nor does any assault style military rifle.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Any fare minded person can see through the smoke screen of the NRA and gun lobby appeal that the California law prevented the purchase of a firearm, it only applied to a reasonable waiting period so law enforcement could check out the purchaser's fitness to own a gun. Any one who follows the NRA and gun lobby know they would do anything and say anything to put a large umbrella over the second amendment whether it applies or not. It should also be a wake up call how conservatives hold such a liberal view of the second amendment which actually deals with the militia.
Hopefully, more states will enact gun laws that make sense and give the actions time to work. Trump and the republicans reply to the recent Florida school shooting are all about dancing around the issue. The most important issue now is to ban the sale of assault rifles that was in effect during the Clinton administration. Bump stocks and other actions being talked about by Trump is just a side show to the real problem. The Florida shooter did not need a bump stock nor does any assault style military rifle.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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