NRA official says Hollywood shares blame for Newtown massacre

 

By John Horn 

 

December 21, 2012, 9:58 a.m.

A National Rifle Assn. official said Friday that Hollywood and video game companies are partly responsible for celebrating violence in popular culture.

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, made his remarks as the gun lobbying organization addressed last week’s massacre of 20 school children and six educators in Newtown, Pa. Rather than call for stricter gun laws, LaPierre spent much of his speech recommending that every school in America have armed guards.

“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,”  he said.

The head lobbyist for the NRA also said Hollywood and video game companies must share the blame for gun violence.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nra-head-says-hollywood-shares-blame-for-newtown-massacre-20121221,0,4423889.story

 "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_first_said_that_the_definition_of_insanity_is_to_do_the_same_thing_over_and_over_and_expect_different_results


Let the insanity begin.  

What to do in the wake of the "Newtown Massacre"?  The NRA wants existing gun laws to remain but let's place armed guards at all school.  (Safe School and - depending if the guards are paid - jobs for law abiding citizens.) 

Personally, I don't think solving a gun crime is solved by more guns.  Would restrictions on semi-automatic weapons and large capacity bullet clips endanger law abiding citizens?  I think not.  (Now, I used the word restriction and not banned.)  There are plenty of alternatives to the use of both semi-automatic weapons and large capacity bullet clips.

As a Nation can we return to normalcy by doing nothing.  Can we simply, perform the usual National litany, shock, outrage, mourning, and keeping your 2nd Amendment Rights intact, of cleansing after another "Mass Killing".

The "Ghosts of Mass Killings Past" speak to us now

2012 - Aurora, Colorado, movie theater -12 people killed and 58 injured

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting\


2008 - DeKalb, Illinois, Northern Illinois University, university - 21 people killed and 5 injured

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University_shooting


2007 - Blacksburg, Virginia, Virgina Tech, university - 32 people killed and 17 injured

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre


1999 - Columbine, Colorado, high school - 12 students and one teacher killed and 21 students injured

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

Stop the insanity - restrict semi-automatic weapons and large capacity bullet clips.

This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History

This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History

Civil War: 150th Anniversary — History.com

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Currier & Ives

Image source - http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/programs/egov/images/fortsumter.jpg

Civil War: 150th Anniversary — History.com

History of St. Patrick's Day — History.com Video

History of St. Patrick's Day — History.com Video:

Wearing of The Green

The Wearing of The Green by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)

O Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that going round?
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground;
St. Patrick's Day no more we'll keep, his colours can't be seen,
For there's a bloody law against the wearing of the green.
I met with Napper Tandy and he took me by the hand,
And he said, "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?"
She's the most distressful counterie that ever yet was seen,
And they're hanging men and women for the wearing of the green.

Then since the colour we must wear is England's cruel red,
Sure Ireland's sons will ne'er forget the blood that they have shed.
You may take a shamrock from your hat and cast it on the sod,
It will take root and flourish there though underfoot it's trod.
When law can stop the blades of grass from growing as they grow,
And when the leaves in summer-time their verdure dare not show,
Then will I change the colour that I wear in my caubeen
But 'till that day, please God, I'll stick to wearing of the green.

But if at last our colour should be torn from Ireland's heart,
Our sons with shame and sorrow from this dear old isle will part;
I've heard a whisper of a land that lies beyond the sea
Where rich and poor stand equal in the light of freedom's day.
O Erin, must we leave you driven by a tyrant's hand?
Must we ask a mother's blessing from a strange and distant land?
Where the cruel cross of England shall nevermore be seen,
And where, please God, we'll live and die still wearing of the green!

http://www.franks.org/fr01068.htm

The Wearing of The Green

North Korea Invades South Korea

Today is the 60th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War.



Source - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRBSlNlDLE&feature=related

WWII in HD — D-Day — History.com Videos

WWII in HD — D-Day — History.com Videos

D-Day plus 66 years

(Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Normandy )

The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France during Operation Overlord in World War II. It covers from the initial landings on June 6, 1944 until the Allied breakout in mid-July.

It was the largest seaborne invasion at the time, involving over 850,000 troops crossing the English Channel from the United Kingdom to Normandy by the end of June 1944.

Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on June 6 came from Canada, Free French Forces, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the weeks following the invasion, Polish forces also participated and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Most of the above countries also provided air and naval support, as did the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Navy.

The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks, naval bombardments, an early morning amphibious landing and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed. The "D-Day" forces deployed from bases along the south coast of England, the most important of these being Portsmouth.

(Source for "Great Crusade" letter - http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/graphics/ikesmessage.jpg )

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe; and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

This is the letter the World saw. Eisenhower had an another letter, in this letter Eisenhower accepted the sole blame if the invasion had failed. Of course the Invasion didn't fail.

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was on May 8, 1945, the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On 30 April Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed up by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France, and ratified on 8 May in Berlin, Germany.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day

Cinco de Mayo

Check out this great MSN Video: History of Cinco de Mayo Often Misinterpreted

The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.

Source: http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm