Six injured in shooting at Louisiana move theater; shooter kills self

Think of how much is saved on food stamps.

 

How the fuck did Latka get a taxi medallion?

 

Don't speak for me, Goober. I am neither for abortion nor against it.
I am definitely against board whores spewing political diatribes 14 hours a day, though.

 

Wasn't he a mechanic?

Either way, the guys on Taxi didn't own the medallions, they rented the car from the medallion owner.

Some drivers do own their own medallion, but it's no many. For the most part, they rent the cab for a 12 hour shift, so they start in a hole, and can actually lose money on a poor shift, or make only a few dollars.

It's the kind of work situation someone like Baron should be horrified by.

 

Bold stand. How about "choice"? Are you pro-choice?

That must be hard for you.

 

"Stop talking about issues I have no opinion of!"

 

Well, YF asked for my opinion.
I was against the threadjack as a red herring.

 

It's not a threadjack.

People rail against the NEA, and pretend they do so not on ideological grounds. They pretend it's purely their inflexibility that so upsets them.

That's just not true, and none of the people who constantly make these claims can back it up with further examples of groups they feel the same way about.

Let's take you for example. You're not or abortion, or against it. Perfect. You'll make a wonderful subject for our experiment.

Does the NRA's inflexibility offend you? Does their "ownership" of politicians, and said politicians refusal to cross them offend you?

Does the abortion industry, and their advocates inflexibility offend you? How about their "ownership" of politicians, the politicians refusal to cross them? Does that offend you?

 

We all have issues we are fairly inflexible about, with flexibility on others.

It's not an either/or doctrine. Do you require it to be?

 

It's not about our flexibility. Of course we are all more flexible on some issues vs. others.

It's about the so-called inflexibility of the NRA.

If folks would just say they hate the NRA, and everything they stand for, that would be fine.

Say you hate them for the stand they take on the issue, for how successful they are.

But, folks want to act like they are not political. They don't oppose the NRA on pure ideological grounds. Oh, heavens no!

Their stated problem with the NRA is that this group, a single issue advocacy group, dedicated to fighting to guaranty this one right, won't act in a way that is contrary to their mission.

This group with one purpose won't bend to political will, or public opinion. That's supposedly what upsets people.

But, abortion groups act the exact same way. They fight for things like partial birth abortion, which Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a pro-choicer, called infanticide, and which is overwhelmingly opposed by the public. Yet, they don't back down, and work with the folks who oppose abortion to seek common ground, and "common sense" reform.

And, who would expect them to?

But, based on the objections to the NRA, you would expect them to come under fire from the same critics who oppose the NRA's inflexibility.

So, why don't they? Maybe it's because they are more political than they are willing to admit -- even to themselves.

This, "I'm ideologically pure," line is bullshit, and deserves to be pointed out.

 

You're twisting words. Having no stated opinion does not mean that I claim to be "ideologically pure."

I don't like abortion, but I won't choose a side. I'm conflicted by arguments from both camps.

Maybe I feel the same about the NRA and gun rights, but right now I'm distracted by all the wackos running around shooting at strangers, and the open-carry freaks bringing assault-rifles into Chipotle, and the cops turning into military forces ... you know, stuff like that.

 

Speaking of abortion, how can someone be pro-life and favor the death penalty?