tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post2032886411025338945..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: A shameful day in WashingtonRobin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-8200292567941178702013-04-22T20:34:20.480+00:002013-04-22T20:34:20.480+00:00Makes you wonder why bother voting If the elected ...Makes you wonder why bother voting If the elected politicians' concerns are with those with money rather than those who elected them. This tragedy will go on till we have state funding of political parties IMO. <br /><br />dceilarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127942605993438464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-81260484052921240012013-04-21T16:25:21.094+00:002013-04-21T16:25:21.094+00:00Mr. Lustig
Sorry --my attempt at having lively a...Mr. Lustig<br /><br /> Sorry --my attempt at having lively and controversial discussions on your blog --has obviously failed miserably.quietoaktreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-21395982241023361752013-04-21T11:32:32.454+00:002013-04-21T11:32:32.454+00:00One thing about guns: You can shoot "suspects...One thing about guns: You can shoot "suspects". They die, and with them dies the truth.<br />e.g. 19 year old held in custody is still only ‘a suspect’. After the largest hunt in N.E. history - est.9,000 local & federal police, hundreds of bomb squad workers & SWAT marksman, anti-terror specialists & visible contingent of heavy military vehicles - house-to-house searches - a 19 year old HS wrestling champion & University of Massachusetts student, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was suspiciously located just blocks from the original shoot-out. He's been transferred to a hospital, serious condition due to gun shot wounds, including a very convenient throat injury. Alledgedly, the boy was discovered, bleeding to death under a tarp covering a boat in someone’s Sommerville driveway. For this result we have: accolades to 'bravery' of Boston’s 9,000 finest!<br />MSNBC "expert" Engel - Dzhokhar, who is now in hospital care, “was probably being debriefed”. Odd phrase for an an alleged terrorist fugitive with throat injury, don't you think?<br /><br />Faced with any threat, after pumping up with corporate media and THIS NEW AMERICAN POLICE STATE, people, not only radiate to guns, but they seem to clamour for Martial Law. Was this the real objective?Even the Commander ‘n Chief felts that America owes this new over-the-top Police State a “debt of gratitude”.<br /><br />Who benefits?<br />Do the people of Boston - the American people? How about gun lobbies? After Boston, TSA & DHS will almost certainly be given new jurisdiction over all major professional & sporting events. In light of the recent budget sequester debate in Washington DC, you can also expect that their operating budgets WILL EXPAND, which means many more billions will be awarded in federal contracts from these departments. The surveillance industry will also benefit. Oh so pathetically, US drifts into a military state, a police state, and the Govt has Americans begging for this "protection", brained-washed with patriotism & clamouring for guns.<br />Boston events have serious “national security implications”. Now Americans can expect new powers, passed by law or by executive order, that will give the state increased power to spy upon their private lives and to seize their property or assets under the ever-expanding banner of national security…and of course you can forget those background checks re fire-arms - no time, no need. <br /><br />There are question not being asked!<br />1. Why was a Saudi national let go early on, flown to Saudi Arabia by federal authorities.<br />2.Why were the two brothers suddenly labelled as the prime suspects, replacing the previous two names being pursued by Boston police?<br />3. Why were security ‘contractors’ standing next to bombs at the finish line, only to be seen quickly leaving before the bombs detonated? Why was situation identified as a "drill"?<br />5. Why did the FBI FAKE the surveillance video they released two days ago of the Tsarnaev brothers? Did older brother Tamerlan have a FBI handler before this event? <br />The dead suspect mother claimed that her son was already being watched by the FBI for five years.<br />During an exclusive interview with RT yesterday the Tsarnaev boys’ mother explained, “He was controlled by the FBI, for three, five years”. She added, “They knew what my son was doing, they knew what actions and what sites on the internet he was going. They used to come and talk to me, telling me that he was really a serious leader and they were afraid of him.”<br />Obviously, Americans - up to the highest levels - have their fingers on the trigger, but their brains are malfunctioning. This "terrorist" attack does not bear-up through scrutiny.Gaye Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881763124748309634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-41306722975171633672013-04-19T12:46:42.013+00:002013-04-19T12:46:42.013+00:00Adopted at the end of 1791, the second amendment o...Adopted at the end of 1791, the second amendment of the US constitution reads:<br />"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".<br /><br />It seems to me that a variety of reasons led to this constitutional amendment, adopted when only 14 states comprised the United States but, in my opinion, the lack of a coherent United States army – or National Guard – was probably the most relevant.<br /><br />The "lower 48" states were not finalised until the admission of Arizona in 1912 with Alaska and Hawaii completing today's United States in 1959.<br /><br />The National Guard – the national militia – was officially formed in 1903. However the United States army may be described, it appears that the National Guard fulfils, in every respect, the definition of "a well regulated Militia".<br /><br />This raises the question, why does every citizen of the United States have the right to "bear arms"?<br /><br />It remains a mystery to me why the US Supreme Court has failed to interpret "a well regulated Militia" (singular) as being the National Guard and, therefore, ruled that the right of <i>the people</i>, in general, to bear arms is nullified.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007548112627280556noreply@blogger.com