When the US Post Office, mandated by the US Constitution, goes out of business what will mail delivery look like?

And the Republicans want to have the country believe Obamacare is a problem. I don't think so. Doesn't even come close.

This burgeoning disaster will put the Oklahoma horse slaughter out of business when the Pony Express starts back up.

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It is interesting how Americans are programmed to think about death.

Death by disease. We can do something to stop it. We are great.

Death by bombs. We were justified. We are great.

Death by drone. We were not justified because it could literally be me in my home. We are not great.

Death by storm. Act of god. We are innocent.

Death by the Climate Crisis. It doesn't exist. We are great at any cost.

What occurred with Moore, Oklahoma in reaction to the deaths in their TOWN, is more a mental health issue than if they literally fell apart and had to be put back together. 

The USA has a long way to go to actually confront what the country is great about and at and what it is not.

The USA killed a lot of people over the past decade, most in Iraq. Innocent people, estimate in the hundreds of thousands.

Do drones kill less civilians?

When it comes to the topic of Osama bin Laden, I wonder who received the $1 million reward from the FBI Most Wanted list. Not only that, but, do they rightfully receive interest on the reward because it took a decade for the USA to get the guy.

I never got the impression the President's Speech was a rebuttal of liberal journalists. It was the opposite, I thought. He stated there had to be an end to the perpetual war. ???????????? He is going to do everything in his power to remove people from Guantanamo. He moved the drone operation to the military where it would be a part of a military operation. It removes weaponized drones to where they belong. Was I hearing in a different language because all the opposition to his speech seems strangely removed from it's context.

In order to understand what President Obama stated, one has to first accept the USA had the right to retaliate against al Qaeda for the attacks of September 11, 2001. Was there to be no military engagement after we were attacked? Iraq is an atrocity. But, Afghanistan and the 'correct' war. We had a right to do that.

Now to say there are more Americans dead compared to those that perished because of drone attacks is questionable, but, limiting a comparison to 'civilian deaths in the USA' to 'civilian deaths in a war theater' can be a legitimate measure of the ? carefulness ? of the military sent to defend the USA and allies.

One has to first accept the fact President Obama took office following a President engaged in war for nearly a decade having refused the existence of the Geneva Conventions. President Obama has been mopping up the Bush/Cheney mess for over four years now. I am confident it was not easy. So to state there is actually a clear understanding of President Obama's policies regarding terrorists is hardly accurate, except, he did what Bush/Cheney could never do and that was kill Osama bin Laden. Bush/Cheney allowed bin Laden to exist and thrive and spread his prowess knowing the 'great USA' could never kill him. It served the Bush/Cheney Doctrine of fear and hate to allow bin Laden to exist. Give me a break, Pakistan isn't that big a place.

What good what have the culture of fear drummed up by the Bush White House done if bin Laden was dead within a month after the attacks happened? It is a foregone conclusion the first words out of Bush's mouth was, "This was Iraq, parroted by Rumsfeld and the rest of the cabal. 

For eight years the USA turned against decades of diplomacy to build a safer world and a safer country in order to kill the dictator that insulted "W"s daddy. Who was the real dictator? If anyone expects President Obama to unwind that corrupt reality overnight, I dare them to try. It was oddly interesting to watch him do it.

It must have been a more than interesting meeting for President Obama to finally know the USA knew where bin Laden's headquarters were. They were right there. Next to the Pakistan military college. How convenient.

Is this not what ALEC is all about?

The citizens of this country pay a good deal of money for parliamentarians to write correct legislation. There is the Inspector General's Office to keep those elected honest. There is the Congressional Budget Office to help with challenging math questions, so what is the problem in Washington?

Corruption AGAIN.

I don't care the party, it is time to cut the umbilical cord.

by Eamon Murphy 
March 24, 2013

A dispatch from the Dodd-Frank (click here) wars in our nation's capital: Big banks seeking to roll back financial reform have returned to lawmakers' good graces -- not just Republicans, who opposed the regulatory bill in the first place, but many Democrats, too....

ALEC (click here) is an organization where the nexus between Wall Street and State governments come together to rob the Middle Class of their dignity and impoverish good, decent, hard working people.

The hapless lawmakers don't care about the nexus, as a matter of fact those following the instructions of the Pre-Fab legislation receive political funding from those influencing the entire process. There ain't nothin' like it. The campaign donors pay for the candidates that then pass the legislation paid for by those that funded the candidates.

There is something different at the federal level? Yes or no. The legislators are on a committee they know nothing about so they accept the dictates of Wall Street Banks in order function and appear to be competent when they haven' t got a clue?

I have to admit, Senator Elizabeth Warren has a point, where are the collective prosecutions for conflict of interest. And don't stop there, ethics needs to come to bear with any member of the House or Senate that pledges allegiance to the Greenback rather than the American people. 

I sincerely don't believe the American people need any more 'hard lessons' about 'the real world of economics.' The real world where corrupt politicians are massaged by Big Money Banks, Big Oil or any other interest that seeks to pull the wool over the eyes of the electorate. 

It screams investigation. It is just a matter as to whom will conduct it.

Given the fact Morgan lost billions in venture capital regardless of what Morgan calls it, there has to be real pause to think the same people are assisting USA legislators. Is anyone sure the legislators aren't writing legislation that will allow Morgan to conduct the same stupidity with the USA Treasury? Or better yet, personal advise on the side by the unelected bank-legislator to be sure the compliant Congressmen/women completely understand how important their correctness actually can be.

I'll put it this way.

The legitimacy of the American Press is sincerely in question when there is no reliable source of information. 

On Sunday Crowley stated there were three ongoing prosecutions and today Blitzer reports there is six. 

Amazing, AG Holder has been more ambitious in three days than I could have ever imagined.

Do I believe there are three ongoing investigation? Why should I?

There is no there there. AG Holder is not council to the President.

• The latest picture being used to portray a shady White House is when AG Holder appeared with President Obama at the Police Memorial.

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• Article by: Associated Press

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 11:50 AM

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama (click here) is honoring police officers killed in the line of duty, saying members of law enforcement never let down their guard and that the public they serve should "never let slide our gratitude."

Obama was speaking Wednesday at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service, an annual ceremony to remember those officers who died the previous year.

Among those Obama singled out was Bruce St. Laurent, a 20-year veteran of the Jupiter, Fla. police department killed last September when his motorcycle was struck during an Obama motorcade.

Obama said he is always mindful of the sacrifices made by police officers assigned to protect him and his family.

We already know FOX News doesn't care about the nation, so it is no surprise with Ed Henry leading the White House pack they would find a way to get away with compromising the national security of a nation. This is just as egregious as hacking the phone of a dead person.

May 24, 2013
By Alex Pareene

Attorney General Eric Holder (click here) personally signed off on the warrant naming Fox News journalist James Rosen a “possible co-conspirator” in violation of the Espionage Act, Michael Isikoff reported yesterday. Which is sort of awkward, because Barack Obama also yesterday told the country (the whole country) that he didn’t want to criminalize reporting, and that he was going to ask his Justice Department to make sure not to do that anymore....

The Press knows what has occurred with the DOJ is legal. What they are hoping to continue to do is raise suspicion to the administration and branding it an oppressive government.

...to make sure not to do that anymore....

For real? President Obama stated he was going to tell AG Holder not to do his job when it comes to journalists. That is like screaming, "Mommy, brother is doing it again."

By David Weigel
May 23, 2013

Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. (click here) Our focus must be on those who break the law. That is why I have called on Congress to pass a media shield law to guard against government over-reach. I have raised these issues with the Attorney General, who shares my concern. So he has agreed to review existing Department of Justice guidelines governing investigations that involve reporters, and will convene a group of media organizations to hear their concerns as part of that review. And I have directed the Attorney General to report back to me by July 12th....

...Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday...

I don't believe the warrant is controversial when it is to protect the country. So, I think in order for journalists to be taken seriously, there needs to be a legal analysis of what is involved.

Can AG Holder sign off on this document? Yes.

Can the DOJ be suspicious of a journalist seeking and obtaining information in regard to national security / defense? Yes. 

Is it plausible a journalist could be in violation of the Espionage Act? Yes.

Does anyone believe FOX News would do something dangerous to the nation seeking leverage for Republicans? Yes.

Does anyone believe FOX News is capable of all the DOJ alleges? Yes.

Does anyone believe FOX News would seek to leverage public opinion in it's favor after it caused problems for the nation? You betcha.

So basically, when it comes to these issues, reporting the facts is good, but, there needs to be more objective JOURNALISM to prevent adverse opinions of the profession and the professionals. I would think I didn't have to write that.

Richard Nixon's downfall was due to investigative journalism facilitated by an informant with intimate information about him and his paranoid personality. It was not facilitated by national security information. Get for real.

I'd be more worried about President Obama if he stayed away from the Police Memorial. Understand why? If not? Then one doesn't understand what a healthy life and asserting one's authority means. I don't believe President Obama is the man with the problem. 

It would serve the Press better if they didn't go out of their way to victimize the authority of the USA and the people that legitimately use it in the way it was intended.

If Mr. Rozen is having a problem that is his own doing.

It is not admissible in court. It was released by his attorney. It is an attempt to pollute the jury pool.

George Zimmerman, charged with killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, arrives in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., with attorney Mark O'Mara (l.) for a pretrial hearing on April 30. Mr. Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial is currently set for June, but his lawyers are seeking a delay.

Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Pool/AP/File

By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Staff writer / May 23, 2013

Ultimately, (click here) many of the photos and cellphone records of Trayvon Martin released online Thursday by George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys – indicating that the slain teenager smoked marijuana, got into fights at school, and had an interest in, and perhaps access to, guns – may be ruled inadmissible in court. But they are already making the rounds in the court of public opinion, which can influence everything from fundraising efforts to the mind-set of potential jurors in Mr. Zimmerman's murder trial....

The description of Trayvon Martin in the video that accompanies this article is horrible. It seeks to portray him as a criminal, "...he took one in the chest...". That as if he was a participant in criminal activity that included 'taking one in the chest' as a potential to the activity of walking to his Father's home.

The media is backing the NRA and pro-gun money while attempting to portray the plaintiff as a victim of the system.

7BILLIONHUMANBEING (click here)

S. Amendment 711 - legal guns - continued

Page S2603 refers to the page in the Congressional Register where these weapons are listed.

[[Page S2603]] (click here)

       ``Meacham High Wall(below)

The type of rifle action that is known as the highwall (click here) was originally invented by John Moses Browning and patented in 1879. At that time Winchester Repeating Arms Co. was very successfully selling their model 73 and 76 repeating rifles but these actions were too week to be used with the large powerful cartridges used by western hunters and the repeaters were not well liked by the publicity generating target shooters of the day. In the early 1880"s a Winchester executive heard of the Browning rifle and eventually bought the Patent and hired Mr. Browning, the beginning of very fruitful relationship.

       ``Merkel K1 Lightweight Stalking Rifle
       ``Merkel K2 Custom Stalking Rifle
       ``Model 1885 High Wall Rifle
       ``Navy Arms #2 Creedmoor Rifle
       ``Navy Arms 1873 John Bodine Rolling Black Rifle
       ``Navy Arms 1873 Springfield Cavalry Carbine
       ``Navy Arms 1874 Sharps Rifles
       ``Navy Arms 1874 1885 High Wall Rifles
       ``Navy Arms Rolling Block Buffalo Rifle
       ``Navy Arms Sharps ``Quigley'' Rifle
       ``Navy Arms Sharps Cavalry Carbine
       ``Navy Arms Sharps Plains Rifle
       ``New England Firearms Handi-Rifle
       ``New England Firearms Sportster/Versa Pack Rifle
       ``New England Firearms Survivor Rifle
       ``Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 1.5 Hunting Rifle
       ``Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 4.5 Target Rifle
       ``Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 5 Pacific
       ``Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 8 Union Hill Rifle
       ``Red Willow Armory Ballard Rifles
       ``Remington Model Rolling Block Rifles
       ``Remington Model SPR18 Blued(below - sold in a set online for $750.00 - click here)

Bluing is used to protect the metal used to make guns. Some handgun owners prefer stainless steel because it does not rust. Guns worn close to the body in concealed carry absorb body heat in their holsters. That means they heat up when carried and cool down when not carried. That change in temperature creates condensation of water. Water causes rusting. Refinishing guns using a bluing process can remove rust and provide a nice finish to the gun. Guns that are blued are often less expense to purchase. I think he needs better ventilation, but, one would have to know what the rest of his new shop looks like.

       ``Remington Model SPR18 Nickel

There are different 'finishes' to guns and obviously bluing and nickel are options. Handgun owners sometimes prefers 

       ``Remington Model SPR18 Single Shot Rifle
       ``Remington-Style Rolling Block Carbine
       ``Rossi Match Pairs Rifles
       ``Rossi Single Shot Rifles
       ``Rossi Wizard
       ``Ruger No. 1 RSI International
       ``Ruger No. 1 Stainless Sporter
       ``Ruger No. 1 Stainless Standard
       ``Ruger No. 1A Light Sporter
       ``Ruger No. 1B Single Shot
       ``Ruger No. 1H Tropical Rifle
       ``Ruger No. 1S Medium Sporter
       ``Ruger No. 1V Special Varminter
       ``Sharps 1874 Old Reliable
       ``Shiloh 1875 Rifles
       ``Shiloh Sharps 1874 Business Rifle(below)



There are other aspects to gun collecting. There are many aspects to ownership and operation. One is an age old practice called lubrication.



Far and away (click here) the most common problem I see when instructing is lack of proper lubrication. This goes for civilians, LE, and military. Of the groups I train on a regular basis military Spec Ops definitely understands the importance of lube the most but it is still common to find weapons not lubricated properly. And what I mean by properly is having lube in/on the working parts of the weapon.

Many weapon systems will not tolerate lack of lubrication and continue to function for any length of time. The US military M16/M4 family and M9 pistol are prime examples of two weapons that do not work well or for long without lubricant. Another example is tightly fitted custom or semi custom 1911 pistols. Simply put these weapons and others REQUIRE lubricant to function reliably – no way around it....
       ``Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range Express
       ``Shiloh Sharps 1874 Military Carbine
       ``Shiloh Sharps 1874 Military Rifle
       ``Shiloh Sharps 1874 Montana Roughrider
       ``Shiloh Sharps Creedmoor Target
       ``Thompson/Center Contender Carbine
       ``Thompson/Center Contender Carbine Survival System
       ``Thompson/Center Contender Carbine Youth Model
       ``Thompson/Center Encore
       ``Thompson/Center Stainless Contender Carbine
       ``Thompson/Center TCR '87 Single Shot Rifle
       ``Thompson/Encore Rifles
       ``Traditions 1874 Sharps Deluxe Rifle(below)


``Traditions 1874 Sharps Standard Rifle
       ``Traditions Rolling Block Sporting Rifle
       ``Uberti (Stoeger Industries) Sharps Rifles
       ``Uberti 1871 Rolling Block Rifle/Carbine
       ``Uberti 1874 Sharps Sporting Rifle
       ``Uberti 1885 High Wall Rifles
       ``Uberti Rolling Block Baby Carbine
       ``Uberti Springfield Trapdoor Carbine/Rifle
              ``Drillings, Combination Guns, Double Rifles

I'll start here next time. Thank you for your interest.

To assume there is nothing, absolutely nothing, "W"rong with the tax structure victimizes all of us.

Lois Learner is a prime example of why public employees need unions to slow down any process.

Public employees, especially those in leadership positions, become scapegoats for politics. The scapegoating by Republicans of an iconic figure is a strategy, not problem solving. 

I think we need to realize these people invest a great deal of their lives and aspirations into public service. They need to be valued and not a toy for politics. In many instances the people are lucky to have them and that should never be under appreciated, hence, unions to provide a grievance process to actually find a path through the weeds. It happens in private industry as well when a boss decides he isn't the problem so much as his employee(s). But, that is not the case here.

I think there is a lot to this 'so called' scandal. The depth of the issue is beyond the scandal. The scandal characterizes Republicans as a victim. That is a convenient lie. There is a lot of money involved with these groups and it is very odd to think such wealthy organizations actually need the non-profit status yet alone be considered a charity.

Yes, I am stating these organization never deserved the tax designation in the first place. If the Supreme Court is hapless our tax structure should not be.

This method of applying non-profit to political entities allows corporations to benefit. The organizations for the sizable treasuries they hold don't really need the status so much as the money. So these political organizations provide a great benefit to Wall Street tax returns, not their operational status. That is more the issue than any other here.

There is no real measure of their success in being a charitable organization under 501(c)4. When one looks at other large foundations that carry this designation it is completely obvious the benefit society receives for their charitable tax status.

In the case of political organizations can we actually say that is true? There is no measure of the QUALITY of their work in relation to the benefit society receives. The messages these organization frequently purport to be important are lies and misdirected truths taken out of context. They seek to victimize candidates by societal discrimination based in social bias rather than sincere issues people face, ie: The Willy Horton problem. The Willy Horton advertisement did a terrible thing, it provided a greater fear of African Americans instilled in the American psyche that still carries scars on our people today.

How is the USA suppose to justify placing any burden on the IRS if the definition of benevolence is not directed to the 501(c)4 designation. Those designations are suppose to be benevolent and not victimizing. It is time the Congress address the status of the entire designation and how to better craft the clarity of it without stating, "...shame, shame..." on those at the IRS. Scapegoating might make the Republicans feel better and get that 'feel good feeling' but it doesn't resolve the underlying problem.

I thank Ms. Learner, regardless of the ugly outcome, for all she has strived to do at the IRS. Absolutely no one from the government writing the darn regulations has made it easy. I would like to entertain Ms. Learner be part of a commission to reform IRS laws and return function to our tax structure. I have a great deal of confidence in her loyalty to the USA and how best to bring about meaningful change.

Perhaps the US Treasury Secretary should be worrying more about IRS regulations than currently seems to be his focus.

I think we need a new tradition at American bachelor parities.

The last version of the Little Black Book includes a phone number. The burgeoning married man needs to give up the old phone number as well as his bride and take on new ones to bring about a refreshed relationship before they tie the knot.

Don't stop now Anthony. The House not been the same. That, sir, is leadership.

Representative Rangel should endorse former Representative Weiner for Mayor of New York City. Then again, maybe an endorsement from an admonished Congressman isn't really a good idea. 

Mr. Weiner consider your critics. 

The sad truth about Democrats in New York is they are magnificently qualified to lead, but, as in the case of the Sheriff of Wall Street, any wedge to destroy their careers serves Wall Street and not the people of the USA or New York or New York City. Turn this around, Anthony. Please.

Inclusion of children is the best the BSA can do?

The Boy Scouts of America (click here) has decided to allow openly gay Scouts to join the organization but not gay Scout leaders. Sixty-one percent of the National Council who cast ballots supported the controversial proposal.

I suppose it is a church thing. There is still hope for the young gay, but, forbid adult gays as a role model. Or is it the BSA actually believes all adult gays lust after young gay boys? I mean which is it? I find the new BSA policy ludicrous.

If I had a gay son I would never trust BSA one day with his mind or heart. See, as a young scout he is acceptable and even sought after, but, as an adult he really sucks.

Why start the ball rolling and then cast him to the street in front of the church?

The Boy Scouts of America failed AGAIN.

Gitmo is the Republican Problem. It is not about populism. It is about Human Rights.

The President or the Democratic Party does not own this problem. It should be made evident to the electorate in any election in 2014. 5 April 2013 Desperate Act (click here) "The continuing indefinite incarceration of many of the detainees amounts to arbitrary detention and is in clear breach of international law," Ms Pillay said in a statement on Friday.

"It severely undermines the United States' stance that it is an upholder of human rights.

"When other countries breach these standards, the US - quite rightly - strongly criticises them for it," she added.

Ms Pillay also said a continuing hunger strike among the inmates was a "desperate act" - but it was "scarcely surprising".

Human rights groups and lawyers representing the prisoners say the strike reflects growing frustration at the US military's failure to decide their future.

Many of those who have been cleared for transfer remain at the facility at the US naval base in Cuba because of Congressional restrictions and also concerns of possible mistreatment if they are sent back to their home countries....

Rep. Moran might wonder as some protesters do as well as to why President Obama hasn't carried out Executive power before now.

I believe it was his first inauguration when he stated he was the President of all the nation, not just a part of the nation. For his first four years President Obama has tried beyond any reasonable tolerance to work with the entire country. He tried in every way he knew to bring the people together.

As President he did not find Executive Branch power his obsession. He knew his job. He knew his responsibility. He also knew his nation and the path it was on and how terrible things could happen within the USA if he carried out his powers too soon and in strong and irreverent methods.

President Obama worked with Congress, not against Congress. His first two years were incredible and gave us some of the most sweeping health care reformation this country has ever witnessed. His most pressing problem was an American economy imploding and taking the global Western economy with it. There was much to be done and much was done. The US House Speaker Pelosi lead record number legislation and the Senate found enough cooperation to make the House matter.

If President Obama did not run for office again after the disastrous elections of 2010 no one would blame him, but, he persisted and the much needed change in path for the nation would be his focus until his re-election.

Since his re-election he has learned he is a man alone in the Executive Branch as the Senate can't even find the focus to confirm his nominees. Barak Obama had to come to his own conclusion about the respect his Presidency would receive and when he would depart from Congressional abuse of him and the nation and take the path he was entrusted with. 

Now, the Affordable Care Act is finally becoming reality and Democratic House Representatives remain under siege and can't find cooperation to move the country in the direction it demands. Today, President Obama made a speech to confirm the path forward. He finally came to terms with sincere hatred by the opposition party that could not care less about the people of this country, so much as their allegiance to their cronies. He found out the rhetoric about Right Wing Nuts is not rhetoric but the truth, now validated.

President Obama can lead this country forward and he will. The remnants of what he can't resolve because of Congress unable to function under political Right Wing dogma will be the shame of the nation. When the country moves forward in a way that save those areas within it's borders from gerrymandering and prejudiced values then the USA will finally have it's complete dignity back. 

I look forward to the next four years. The USA will begin to rebuild it's dignity and maybe when the country finds that dignity is important again it will matter in elections as well.

Katherine Guthrie, @kguth1130

8:10 PM on 05/10/2013

...The hunger strike has renewed (click here) focus on the detention facility, with President Obama calling for its closure in April. At Friday’s hearing, Rep. James Moran of Virginia, military personnel, and attorneys representing Guantanamo Bay prisoners all called for the transfer of the 86 cleared men as well as the closure of the facility.  “It should never have come into existence,” said Moran in his opening remarks.

Moran, a Democrat, called on President Obama to use his executive authority to begin the process of closing the detention center. He also admitted Congress’ role in derailing the president’s earlier efforts: “Now, yes, Congress has constrained the president’s options for closing this detention facility, but President Obama still retains the authority to do so should he wish to choose to fully exercise his existing power and authority.  He does have the authority to do so.”...

The War is Over.

President Obama accepts the reality majority of Americans have stated for a long time now. He accepts the fact that war begets war and the lands we occupied are not ours to do so.

The USA has acted to provide Third World countries where international criminals such as Osama bin Laden have taken refuge with the ability to secure their own borders. Whether that will result is not for us to carry out any longer. It can be stated it was never our place to do so, but, with so many Americans dead and causalities innumerable in so many ways, that point is mute.

Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda dreamscape was not the product of Afghanistan, yet the people of that nation was burdened with his criminal intent and content as their own. The Taliban was a creation in the region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it has no ethnic basis, it is a power base, hence al Qaeda, The Base. The Taliban was not the creation of the USA or NATO, but it is there just the same. The prevalence of the influence of the Taliban is so wide ranging they have literally infiltrated these countries with their own form of subversive governing authority. So long as the USA and NATO are an enemy the Taliban has a reason to exist and carry out oppression of these peoples.

The longer we provide wars as an answer to the attacks of international criminals the more there will be wars. The USA cannot morally conduct such atrocities or afford to do so while depriving an entire generation of Americans their generational promise.

Today is a great day.

The Forever War is No More. 

Europe has a different relationship with their Muslim communities.

Europe seeks to actively remove oppression from women. They openly reject Sharia Law and demand headscarves and burkas to be removed, especially with children in schools. It could be viewed as a security issue in that children could be used to carry weapons under their clothing into school. 

Sharia Law is the most conservative Muslim culture and frequently the choice of extremists. There are other cultures within the Muslim faith that blends better in The West where many faiths live together in peace. 

Europe will have somewhat more angry people in Muslim conservative communities while banning aspects of the extreme conservative religious practices. I am sorry this is yet another time when Europe suffers an attack on good and decent people. Sincerest sympathies to the victim's family and friends. The geography of Great Britain is far smaller than the USA and these tragedies are more widely felt by the people of that country.

The Democrats that are going to be replacing these corrupt politicians need to be among the people today with their own non-profits to bring sincere purpose and dedication to the people they seek to serve. The DNC needs to appreciate the importance of the people now considered disposable by Republicans and push those able to win to start the campaigns now.

The USA Acting Director of the EPA needs to provide regulation for greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane. There are now more deaths of precious Americans to justify the use of The Clean Air Act. There is testimony that can be found on a website for "Earth Rescue" (click here)  made to The New Source Review in verbal testimony in April and written testimony in May of 2003 and eight and a half years of entries on this blog to support such regulations. There are many Americans concerned about the large emissions of these gases to the troposphere and I am only one as a representative sample.

There is additional scientific research to support such regulation. It will be posted here eventually. Congress is intractably deadlocked in political obstruction, but, there is nothing preventing effective regulation. 

I demand it in the names of those dead in Moore, Oklahoma, the other death in Texas in the four days of tornadoes, the dead in France due to a historic heat wave, those dead in Russia due to fires, those dead in Australia due to wildfires and those dead in Africa due to intractable drought.

The USA is responsible for initiating huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions which started the biotic degradation of Earth and those emissions continue still today.

Senator Coburn cherry picks his statistics and makes Senator Whitehouse' point.

Senators Inhofe, Coburn and McConnell are the problem and not the solution. 

If Senator Coburn thinks he can stand in contempt of those that know differently about four consecutive days of EF3 or higher tornadoes by taking the country hostage and stating to the nation, "It is my way or the highway." Then there is the highway. Coburn is welcome to lead his own restoration of Oklahoma and build his own 501(c)4 to assist.

The fact of the matter is there is proof and research to back up what Senator Whitehouse is stating from a scientific background. I'll be posting it here eventually.

Senators Inhofe and Coburn are bought and paid for by the petroleum industry like the former Romney Energy Advisor Howard Hamm. It is amazing to watch Senators Inhofe and Coburn selectively lie to constituents and Americans alike. Corrupt to the bone.

Ten children dead, two infants, one toddler and these Senators don't give a damn! Not one damn about the lives of those people! They throw the truth away like an old shoe. They are corrupt and disdain the people that die and defy their memory to change their political power wagon.

They are all despicable men and don't ask me what they are doing in the USA Senate. Criminals all.