Castro apologist /Michael Moore declares war on Harry Reid: ‘Who the hell do you think you are?’ #tcot #tlot #2ndamendment

Michael Moore declares war on Harry Reid: ‘Who the hell do you think you are?’ | Mobile Washington Examiner

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/michael-moore-declares-war-on-harry-reid-who-the-hell-do-you-think-you-are/article/2524883?utm_source=DITTO%20TEMPLATE:%20Political%20Digest%20-%2003/20/2013&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Political%20Digest

...... “This is just going to keep going on and on and on,until people rise up,” Moore insisted. “Until people take Harry Reid by the collar and say, ‘Who the hell do you think you are, this is our country Harry Reid.’ “He should be ashamed of himself,” Morgan agreed. Moore asserted that Reid would act differently “if a man with an assault weapon killed Harry Reid’s grandchildren,” berating the Senate leader for being
a coward. ”......

RRD: Well we know what Moore is:

No I really do not think that Castro apologist M.Moore's desire to have pictures of the dead Sandy Hook children shown is due to his concern for human suffering #tcot #tlot #2ndamendment - fightingstatism

http://fightingstatism.posterous.com/no-i-really-do-not-think-that-castro-apologis

......``You are being told that your mother died trying to bring you to freedom. I am so sorry to have to tell you, that's not true. The Cuban court granted your father custody of you, and your mother decided to kidnap you. She placed your life in horrible jeopardy by putting you in a leaky, overcrowded raft that eventually sank, killing everyone except you and two others. . . . The worst that could be said is that, in Cuba, you were in jeopardy of receiving free health care whenever you needed it, an excellent education in one of the few countries that has 100% literacy, and a better chance of your baby brother being born and making it to his first birthday than if he had been born in Washington, D.C.”.... .

RRD: In his latest rant Moore went on to say that he hasn't forgotten Columbine (neither have I ,I just don't use it as a rationalization to disarm the innocent ) & added that "he's been busy" . True,he was making a film --Fahrenheit 9/11-- which warned of threats to our liberties posed by the Bush administration's anti-terror policies. Oddly Moore--unlike some other more consistent people on the left-- is not making movies about the threat posed to our civil liberties by Obama's anti-terror polices even though many of the policies that civil libertarians objected to under Bush to are still there.
But then it isn't really that odd is it? After all Moore as a apologist for Castro's dictatorship really was never concerned about civil liberties,any more than he is concerned about Sandy Hook, which serves his purpose of turning the country into a authoritarian state. Or to be precise an authoritarian state under the ”right” leadership.

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Matthew's ”reasoning” would lead to labeling the ACLU as ”9/11 truthers” #2ndamendment #tcot #tlot

Guilt By Association: Chris Matthews Links Ted Cruz in Story on 'Sandy Hook Truthers' | Media Research Center

http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/guilt-association-chris-matthews-links-ted-cruz-story-sandy-hook-truthers

RRD: What is this,a stupidity contest? By Matthew's "reasoning" the ACLU was composed of 9/11 "truthers" because they dared to challenge the legality of some of the actions that our government has undertaken in the "war on terror" & the opponents of illegal wiretapping wanted "every criminal to be free to conspire over the phone" because they were critical of the warrantless wiretapping scheme.

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Musings on predicting the future : The past is not prologue.

One can predict the result of a idea that is adopted & that is applied consistently. The ideas that you choose to follow determine your actions. But YOU determine what ideas you will hold. And you bear sole responsibility for those beliefs. Not history. Not precedent. If this were not true we would never have left the cave or had a renaissance. Free will is not loaded dice,it isn't even dice. One can make judgements about a individual today based on the available information; & you can only act on the available data,but you must not fall into a deterministic trap of forgetting that people are not machines,or electrons,or Rube-Goldberg contraptions.
They have free will. If they continue on a course it is because they choose to actively do so,if they stop or change course it is also because they choose to do so.
A person's beliefs & actions can not be conditioned by past actions or by mistaken beliefs that they held in the past. A person cannot bind their mind with their beliefs of today. A Individual himself cannot know ahead of time what he will choose to do or believe in the future,precisely because he has free will. How then can another--who lacks the capacity to know your thoughts--predict your actions,much less the actions of millions. It is for this reason that I believe that there can be no grand overarching theory of history;in the sense of inevitable cycles or theories predicting what people will do (unless they are conditional theories e.g. ”If x does y then z will take place,x is doing y,therefore unless.x stops doing y ,z will take place”) This does not preclude disaster,since people can choose to pursue a disastrous course,but it precludes fatalism or over-determinism. The day may come when the only thing that is left of America that is worth saving is t hose few individuals who still possess its spirit. That day has not come & may never come. The past is not prologue.

P.S.:

If you are asking ”what brought this on” the answer is nothing in particular it's simply something that occurred to me.

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Mitch McConnell Declares Surrender on #Obamacare RedState #tcot #tlot

http://www.redstate.com/2013/03/18/mitch-mcconnell-declares-surrender-on-obamacare/

........” The part of his speech that McConnell hopes you ignore is him saying, “When it came to Obamacare,we gave it everything we have, everything we have, and we just lost.” He’s also signaling that the Senate Republicans will neither filibuster the continuing resolution nor shut down the government.The continuing resolution is the best vehicle to use as a fight to defund Obamacare. Republicans will not, despite their rhetoric right now, fight on the debt ceiling to undermine Obamacare. This is the fight. McConnell has a history of throwing red meat to the crowd then turning his back on them. Last February, Jim DeMint offered an amendment to defund Obamacare. McConnell refused to offer it up as a Republican amendment in the Senate because he did not want to anger Harry Reid. The backlash caused McConnell to promise a month long PR campaign about Obamacare the following
month.”......

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Mitch McConnell Declares Surrender on #Obamacare RedState #tcot #tlot

http://www.redstate.com/2013/03/18/mitch-mcconnell-declares-surrender-on-obamacare/

........” The part of his speech that McConnell hopes you ignore is him saying, “When it came to Obamacare,we gave it everything we have, everything we have, and we just lost.” He’s also signaling that the Senate Republicans will neither filibuster the continuing resolution nor shut down the government.The continuing resolution is the best vehicle to use as a fight to defund Obamacare. Republicans will not, despite their rhetoric right now, fight on the debt ceiling to undermine Obamacare. This is the fight. McConnell has a history of throwing red meat to the crowd then turning his back on them. Last February, Jim DeMint offered an amendment to defund Obamacare. McConnell refused to offer it up as a Republican amendment in the Senate because he did not want to anger Harry Reid. The backlash caused McConnell to promise a month long PR campaign about Obamacare the following
month.”......

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The Assault on the #2ndamendment rights of the non-violently mentally ill continues as #Fl legislator seeks to close non-existent ”loophole” #tcot #tlot #twisters

Florida rep files bill to bar mentally ill from buying guns | | The Gun Writer

http://thegunwriter.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10961/florida-rep-files-bill-to-bar-mentally-ill-from-buying-guns/?wpmp_switcher=desktop&tc=ar

......” Tallahassee – Since the fourth week in January, 2013,
Florida State Rep. Barbara Watson has been
consulting with subject matter experts from the
Florida Supreme Court Mental Health Task Force, the
National Rifle Association, and the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement to further enhance Florida’s
ability to keep persons with mental illnesses who are
known to be a danger to themselves or others from
purchasing firearms in Florida. “I am pleased to have
the support of experts with whom we have worked to
develop a bill that will give us further protection
against people with mental illnesses buying firearms,”
said Representative Watson.
The specific problem, identified by Rep. Watson, deals
with situations where people with mental illnesses
who are a danger to self or others agree to a
voluntary commitment for treatment to avoid an
involuntary commitment proceeding, then quickly
check themselves out of the mental health facility
and have no record in the National Instant Check
System (NICS) database to prohibit them from
purchasing a firearm.
Under HB 1355, a person could be prohibited from
purchasing a firearm if the examining physician finds
the person imminently dangerous to himself or others
and files a special certificate that if the person doesn’t
agree to voluntary commitment for treatment, an
involuntary commitment petition will be filed.
At the time the person is diagnosed as dangerous, the
person would receive written notice of the
certification and agrees to accept voluntary
commitment with a full understanding that he or she
will be prohibited from purchasing a firearm or
applying for a concealed weapons or firearms license
or retaining one.
The bill would require speedy transmission of this
information to the county court; if a judge approves
the record for submission to the instant check system,
it is sent along quickly to the FDLE for entry into NICS.
Relief from the disability would be available through
the existing statutory process.
If the person disagrees or feels strongly about not
giving up his gun rights, the person can refuse to sign
and the petition for involuntary commitment can
move ahead.Essentially, the bill language closes the gap in the
Baker Act process and allows the state to put a
prohibition on dangerous people who should be
prohibited from having a firearm.”....

Except for the fact that there is no ”loophole” (see below) & except for the fact that we should not treat those who have depression & who attempt suicide in the same way that we treat homicidal maniacs this would be a brilliant idea.
First I'm relieved to learn that a battered wife who attempts suicide ( and who is therefore a "danger to herself" ) will be "protected" from buying the firearm that she needs
to defend herself from her 300 pound batterer when her restraining order fails to magically restrain the brute. It is morally obscene to equate the suicidal with the homicidal. Nor would prohibiting someone who has attempted suicide prevent them from attempting suicide again by any one of a number of countless other ways . It would be trivially easy for a suicidal battered spouse to be stripped of her Second Amendment rights by a Judge who thinks that ”guns are never the answer” ,and how easy would it be & how long would it take for a abused spouse to recover her rights? Before or after her abuser hunts her down?
And how many psychiatrists would expose themselves to potential liability by writing a letter urging the Judge to restore someone's Second Amendment rights ( assuming that the psychiatrist even believed in the Second Amendment)
This is not a ”hypothetical” case ,I personally know of at least one battered spouse who would fall into this category. Battered women often suffer from depression & often blame themselves for the abuse.
And what is the basis for this claim that significant numbers of dangerous people are being Baker Acted & then cleverly exploiting this imaginary loophole to release themselves early? It is true that under the existing law (in Florida) if a person is Baker acted they can choose to be admitted on a voluntary basis & then decide to check out against Doctor's orders BUT ONLY IF THE DOCTOR DOES NOT SEEK TO SWITCH THE PERSON BACK TO INVOLUNTARY STATUS. This is plain from the statute. (fn1) There is no ”loophole” unless the Doctor fails to do his job (in which case the law is moot) The BEST CASE SCENARIO if this bill passes would be a massive increase in Court cases since someone who attempted suicide would have no choice but to go to court if they wished to retain their Second Amendment rights; this would enormously complicate the treatment of depression since patients & doctors would be forced into a adversarial relationship with temporary in-patient treatmen t rendered off-limits to those who wished to preserve their Second Amendment rights. And this does not even begin to address the problem of politically motivated individuals exploiting the system to ”protect” the mentally ill from gun ownership.

Footnotes:

fn1.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0394/Sections/0394.4625.html

See 5.

394.4625  Voluntary admissions

(2) DISCHARGE OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS.—
(a) A facility shall discharge a voluntary patient:
1.  Who has sufficiently improved so that retention
in the facility is no longer desirable. A patient may
also be discharged to the care of a community facility.
2.  Who revokes consent to admission or requests
discharge. A voluntary patient or a relative, friend, or
attorney of the patient may request discharge either
orally or in writing at any time following admission to
the facility. The patient must be discharged within 24
hours of the request, unless the request is rescinded
or the patient is transferred to involuntary status
pursuant to this section. The 24-hour time period may
be extended by a treatment facility when necessary
for adequate discharge planning, but shall not exceed
3 days exclusive of weekends and holidays. If the
patient, or another on the patient’s behalf, makes an
oral request for discharge to a staff member, such
request shall be immediately entered in the patient’s
clinical record. If the request for discharge is made by
a person other than the patient, the discharge may
be conditioned upon the express and informed
consent of the patient.
(b) A voluntary patient who has been admitted to
a facility and who refuses to consent to or revokes
consent to treatment shall be discharged within 24
hours after such refusal or revocation, unless
transferred to involuntary status pursuant to this
section or unless the refusal or revocation is freely
and voluntarily rescinded by the patient.
(3) NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DISCHARGE.—At the time
of admission and at least every 6 months thereafter,
a voluntary patient shall be notified in writing of his
or her right to apply for a discharge.
(4) TRANSFER TO VOLUNTARY STATUS.—An
involuntary patient who applies to be transferred to
voluntary status shall be transferred to voluntary
status immediately, unless the patient has been
charged with a crime, or has been involuntarily
placed for treatment by a court pursuant to s. 394.467
and continues to meet the criteria for involuntary
placement. When transfer to voluntary status occurs,
notice shall be given as provided in s. 394.4599.
(5) TRANSFER TO INVOLUNTARY STATUS.—When a
voluntary patient, or an authorized person on the
patient’s behalf, makes a request for discharge, the
request for discharge, unless freely and voluntarily
rescinded, must be communicated to a physician,
clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist as quickly as
possible, but not later than 12 hours after the
request is made. If the patient meets the criteria for
involuntary placement, the administrator of the
facility must file with the court a petition for
involuntary placement, within 2 court working days
after the request for discharge is made. If the petition
is not filed within 2 court working days, the patient
shall be discharged. Pending the filing of the petition,
the patient may be held and emergency treatment
rendered in the least restrictive manner, upon the
written order of a physician, if it is determined that
such treatment is necessary for the safety of the
patient or others.
History. —s. 8, ch. 71-131; s. 7, ch. 73-133; s. 109,
ch. 73-333; s. 8, ch. 79-298; s. 11, ch. 82-212; s. 709,
ch. 95-148; s. 17, ch. 96-169; s. 22, ch. 99-394.
Note. — Former s. 394.465.

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No I really do not think that Castro apologist M.Moore's desire to have pictures of the dead Sandy Hook children shown is due to his concern for human suffering #tcot #tlot #2ndamendment

Some Pictures for Michael Moore

http://www.cato.org/blog/some-pictures-michael-moore?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Cato-at-liberty+%28Cato+at+Liberty%29

Moore Sandy Hook:

......”I believe someone in Newtown, Connecticut—a grieving parent, an upset law enforcement officer, a citizen who has seen enough of this carnage in our country—somebody, someday soon, is going to leak the crime scene photos of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. And when the American people see what bullets from an assault rifle fired at close range do to a little child’s body, that’s the day the jig will be up for the NRA. It will be the day the debate on gun control will come to an end. There will be nothing left to argue over. It will just be over. And every sane American will demand action. ”......

( Photos are of Sgt. Lisa Castellano & Jeanne Assam both of whom stopped massacres.)

.....” The first picture is of Sgt. Lisa Castellano. Two days after the Newtown tragedy, Sgt. Castellano was off-duty and working security at a movie theater. A gunman walked in and began firing. She stopped the gunman after he had shot one man.

The second picture is of Jeanne Assam. In 2007, Assam stopped what could easily have been the largest mass shooting in U.S. history at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. A severely deranged man, who had already killed two people at a youth mission in northern Denver the night before, entered the church with the same armament as Newtown killer Adam Lanza and began shooting. At the time, approximately 7,000 people were in the church. Assam stopped him after he had killed two and wounded three.

These are the people we should be remembering, not the Adam Lanzas of the world, whose name we should all try hard to forget. But, as the saying goes, reporters don’t cover buildings that don’t burn down. After these incidents there were no Piers Morgan specials, “national conversations,” or Michael Moore blog posts. And these incidents are just two of the many times mass shooters have been stopped by responsible gun carriers, in addition to the many times responsible gun users stop more typical criminal activity. (Check out Cato’s study on defensive gun use, Tough Targets, as well as our ongoing interactive map of defensive gun use.)

In his post, Michael Moore reminds us that “2,600 Americans have been killed by guns since Newtown.” I’d like to remind him that, using the lowest estimates of the number of defensive gun uses per year, guns have averted between 27,000 and 207,500 crimes in the three months since Newtown.”.......

This work by Cato Institute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution -NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Moore on Cuba :

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186283/posts

Excerpts from an open letter Moore sent to Elián González on March 31, 2000, available at www.michaelmoore.com:

.......``You are being told that your mother died trying to bring you to freedom. I am so sorry to have to tell you, that's not true. The Cuban court granted your father custody of you, and your mother decided to kidnap you. She placed your life in horrible jeopardy by putting you in a leaky, overcrowded raft that eventually sank, killing everyone except you and two others. . . . The worst that could be said is that, in Cuba, you were in jeopardy of receiving free health care whenever you needed it, an excellent education in one of the few countries that has 100% literacy, and a better chance of your baby brother being born and making it to his first birthday than if he had been born in Washington, D.C.”.... .

Amnesty International on Cuba

http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/cuba/report-2007

” At the end of the year, 69 prisoners of conscience continued to be held for their non -violent political views or activities. Twelve others continued to serve their sentences outside prison because of health concerns. No releases of prisoners of conscience were reported during the year.

• Orlando Zapata Tamayo was sentenced to three years in 2003 on charges of showing "contempt to the figure of Fidel Castro", "public disorder" and "resistance". In November 2005 he was reportedly sentenced to an additional 15 years for "contempt" and "resistance" in prison. In May 2006, he was again tried on the same charges and sentenced to an additional seven-year term. He was serving a prison sentence of 25 years and six months. ”

Before Night Falls (2000) - Movie Trailer - YouTube

Dissident’s Death Ignites Protest Actions in Cuba - NYTimes.com 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/world/americas/27cuba.html?_r=0

RRD: Some may think that Moore is a hypocrite,after all "he does not care about the abuses of Castro,doesn't that make him hypocritical?"

No,it makes him dishonest.
"Dishonest ?"
I do not believe that Moore is "indifferent" to the torture of political dissidents in Cuba;I think he sees Cuba as a role model for the type of totalitarian dictatorship he wishes to establish in the United States. If I am correct it would explain his fervent desire to disarm innocent people. As to Sandy Hook no I don't think that he is grief-stricken over it. A apologist for a regime that tortures political dissidents would see Sandy Hook as a godsend;and he might even get a vicarious thrill from seeing photos of murdered children. I wonder what his response would be to pictures of the Tsar's children being butchered? Envy at not being able to do it himself? Yearning? If you think that I am being "too harsh" then you still don't grasp what we are dealing with ,this man is evil & he is not alone;see below.

"I had not the slightest emotional reaction [to watching the World Trade Center Towers collapse]. I thought: "This is a really strange art project." … It was a most amazing sight in terms of sheer elegance. It fell like water. It just slid, like a turtleneck going over someone's head … It was just beautiful. You can't tell people this. I'm talking to you because you're Canadian … I just felt, like, everyone was overreacting. People were going on about it. That part really annoyed me." - Elizabeth Wurtzal, author of a book called Bitch.

Disturbing_ Supporters, admirers leap to alleged murderer Christopher Dorner’s defense _ Twitchy

http://twitchy.com/2013/02/07/disturbing-supporters-admirers-leap-to-alleged-murderer-christopher-dorners-defense/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter

‘Die painfully’_ 50 soulless degenerates who can’t wait for George H.W. Bush to die _ Twitchy

http://twitchy.com/2012/12/27/die-slowly-50-soulless-degenerates-who-cant-wait-for-george-h-w-bush-to-die/

Yes,they want us dead #tcot #twisters #tlot - fightingstatism

http://fightingstatism.posterous.com/yesthey-want-us-dead-tcot-twisters-tlot-delay

My Response To Those Who Seek To Exploit The Giffords Tragedy #tcot #p2 #tlot #tpot #nomore | Glory to man in the highest

http://gloryofman.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/my-response-to-those-who-seek-to-exploit-the-giffords-tragedy-tcot-p2-tlot-tpot-nomore/

No not all liberals are like this,but I am not directing my attack at all liberals. Some final thoughts: yes I do know exactly what even a 223 rem / 5:56 x 45 round will do to a child at close range.

"Even a 223 rem / 5:56 x 45 round Robert?”

Yes,you see contra Moore & Feinstein the "assault rifle" rounds (e.g. 223 rem / 5:56 x 45 & 7.62 x 39) are what are known in military parlance as "intermediate level" rounds,more powerful than a pistol round but less powerful than most rifle rounds; such as standard hunting rounds like the 308 & 30-06 . In fact the only rifle rounds that are LESS powerful are the 30 carbine,the 22 hornet & 22wmr & 22lr & perhaps the 30-30. Rounds like the 5.56 were designed to have low recoil so that the soldier would be able to control the rifle in full auto mode. ( A feature missing from semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15). None of this would be of any comfort to the dead or to their loved ones who would not care what weapon was used to murder their children,but my point is that Moore & Feinstein make these "assault rifle" rounds out to be mysteriously powerful & somehow exotic & unusual ,as opposed to the "good" "normal" hunting rounds which are even more powerful & which they claim ( today) that they do not want to outlaw. In fact it is ILLEGAL to hunt even whitetail deer with the 223rem, not because it is too powerful but because it is regarded as being not powerful enough to kill the animal humanely. The military itself advises our soldiers to shoot their enemies two times in the chest & once or twice in the head with follow up shots as necessary. There have been anecdotal reports of enemy combatants continuing to fight after being shot FOUR times in the head.

And one more thing: the effect of a 5.56x45 is the same when the bullet is fired by someone who serves in the military as when it is fired by someone WHO DOES NOT. Indeed I would estimate that the number of children killed in Iraq,by American Soldiers ( though unintentionally) dwarfs the number of those killed in school shootings. For that matter the number of disarmed civilians butchered by their own governments dwarfs the number of those killed in school shootings.
A weapon is neither good nor evil,the person using it is.
Those who profess concern for human suffering cannot evade the fact that the greatest atrocities in human history have been carried out by those with a legal monopoly on the use of force in general & guns in particular;far from being archaic,the view that a disarmed citizenry is in danger from its own government has been horrifyingly bourne out by the ”Totalitarian Century”.

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