Let's not forget that it was Ted Cruz's stupidity that allowed this to go through in the first place. He's the new hero of the Democrats. Normally, when there are whack jobs in Congress, they are in the House where any bumfuck in a rural part of a state can get votes from the other bumfucks that live there. But, you usually get more competence from a Senator. The GOP needs to purge fucks like this guy. As for Murphy....once again Obama puts in a former supporter and ally rather than someone else who may be more qualified. Exactly the kind of shit as a candidate he said he wouldn't do. But, personally, my only real concern about the guy is the lack of experience. Kinda like Obama. Lots of flash but no substance on the resume.
Which is a copout. Hey, if you can't actually defend that ridiculous assertion, then you can't. I wouldn't even say it's your fault that you can't, because -- as noted -- it's a completely absurd idea. But pointing me at a pack of mental gymnasts who think they can doesn't let you off the hook.
I seriously doubt that had he done what you say int he first sentence your response would be any different.
There's a hospital in Michigan that's been looking at youth violence through the lens of treating it as a health issue, and they've found the approach to be useful. But Thou Shalt Not Speak of Any Problem that Involves the Holy Gun, so...
The only gun discussion I ever had with a health care professional was with my dentist. We discussed steel shot and the merits of the 10 gauge vis-a-vis duck hunting.
Since when are injuries not a health issue?!? Just how much fuckin' paint thinner did you huff while you were away? I have to ask, 'cause you've obviously killed off a lot of braincells.
Doctors are trained to patch people up, not to be in charge of the in's and out's of why we do what we do. We don't put them in charge of traffic laws, even though cars kill more people than guns. We don't put them in charge of military planning, even though wars put people on surgical tables. Just because they have to clean up the mess doesn't mean they have the right to tell us what to do. If we held that they did, following such errant logic, then they still wouldn't be in charge because their mess is cleaned up by hospital janitors, so the janitors should be in charge of public policy.
Well, I wasn't asking you, and seeing as how you didn't answer said questions, why the fuck did you respond at all?
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/03/doctors-vivek-murthy-blocked More relevant information on why the NRA tried to block him, why that is a crock of shit, and how doctors view it. Not that Castle will read any of it.
Ah, I must have missed where at the same time as he nominated Murthy, Obama proposed putting the surgeon general in charge of the BATFE. Incidentally, there's been quite a bit of discussion about car accidents as a public health issue. See, for example, here, here, here and here. But nobody loses their shit over it.
Way back in the Bush administration, OSHA benignly noted that gun related homicide in the work place was a safety and health issue within its proper sphere of concern. Not a cow was to be had.
Very astute. Had he done what I said in the first sentence, why would you expect my response to be any different? What I think you meant was "had he not done" what I said in the first sentence. Want to try again? The difference is obvious. Because Obama.
So....he's vastly under qualified, not unlike a certain "community organizer" we know of. Just sayin'
Doctor: "Let's go with the GoldDot for a while and see how it goes. Now let's check that gas tube. You might feel a little pressure".
Some people don't know how to use these tools, so we must take them from everyone. It's only fair! Option B would be don't keep letting violent criminal out of prison so they can continue using guns against honest citizens. Option B isn't sexy I guess, so it's not an option.
Option B doesn't generate as much control as the control freaks want. Why keep violent criminals isolated from the public, which is some control, when they can criminalize broad swaths of the general public, which gives them more control? This is why politicians on the other side of the aisle want control over abortion. Religion is just the lever they pull to justify their agenda to the cattle -- just as safety is the lever the gun control freaks pull to justify their agenda to their cattle -- but in both cases, it's all about a presumption that they have some divine mandate to control the lives of others. Politics is magnetic to busybodies and control freaks. That's why the only politicians I trust are the dead ones.
