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Blog: Rush Limbaugh Literally Explodes on Air! (Kidding) 3 Killed from Blast While Hunting in Nearby Woods!

IS THIS HEADLINE REAL?

"Fox and Friends at FOXNEWS slaughtered by one lone gunman dressed all in bright red."

"Governor Huckabee found tortured and killed hanging over favorite tree branch with an incosolable Ted Nugent weeping at the trunk!"

"Bill O’Reilly’s car is still burning with a fierce heat after two weeks following fatal bombing. Bill O'Reilly still sits in car. Authorities and scientists remain puzzled!"

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"Matt Drudge found dead but no one can confirm where."

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Jon Stewart found drunk lying amongst filth next to curb in lower Manhattan. A cleaned up Stewart was caught later screaming, “I got nothing to report!! What kind of cruel almighty f*ucking God would do this to me?” Similar stories have been reported most notably Lewis Black dancing like a deranged ballerina in apink tutu and tights in and around Times Square singing “Where the Boys Are”.

Preposterous? Yes. In bad taste considering what has just happened in Connecticut? Yes again. But would any of this above ever happen? No probably not. So it begs the question for me. Why not?

It would make sense!!! Fox and Friends have participated in the last five years in particular in a constant of stream of lies oF ommission and comission, decieving their unknowing public and in the case of Governor Huckabee himself in his reaction to the shootings at Sandy Hook, a man of dishonor possessing a mental acumen that would be exceeded by the extinct Neanderthals. Bill O'Reilly is a delusional massacre with PowerPoint. Rush well I think he blew up.

These innervating personalities will continue to broadcast their news even though it has no basis in actual fact. WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN CHALLENGED ABOUT THAT LAST FACT about FACT??!!! When pushed with their back to the wall they call themselves ENTERTAINERS and we must look at them as satarists. I look at them as failed journalists who are hiding behind still another lie - themselves.

Now Stewart and Black are actual entertainers and work with great compassion and integrity at their professions. I thank them for bringing the nation the truth through their fake news and commentaries. The irony is startling and completely ignored by these bozos of the right extreme.

REALTIY CHECK

OF COURSE those headlines will fortunately never be seen. The places where these folks do their fraudulent business are foritified and security is tight. They all maintain some kind of personal secuity as well. Therefore the chances of such headlines are extreme. These people do not live in the real world. They live in a world of hard protection and extreme non-reality.

THE REAL TRAGEDIES

The real tragedies, in the always too recent past, all had one thing in common. They happened at public facilities. Vulnerable areas that we all feel are inviolate. Places not guarded with heavy security. Open and inclusive areas where we congregate to live and enjoy our lives. The people gathering at these highly accesssable places become easy targets for the few of that have crossed a line. A line where they are no longer are joined with us. Even in the case of the of Fort Hood in Texas the spot where that horror happened was a public shared space within the base and was perpetrated by an officer/psychiatrist. The shootings on our sacred shared soil are all sickening but this last one was not only horrendous but also an unspeakable act and yet I fear we will do nothing but condemn it and never act. I ask myself what will bring about REAL and SUBSTANTIVE change? It was our CHILDREN!!! Isn’t that a red line enough for everyone? Aurora wasn’t. House Member Gabby Gifford’s open forum wasn’t. All the others weren’t either. When do we not just talk but seek a way to end this now?  

So I ask this of Wayne LaPierre of the NRA and our illustrious Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner. Is it the language? Children being slaughtered isn't enough for you to change so what is?  Is it the words? If you don’t like gun control how about gun safety? Is that PC enough for you or do you still remain fearful of still losing your guns even now as you hide behind them?

I have heard that American gun owners writ large reached a point of saturation long ago and want action taken that will bring us more safety. Please tell me gentlemen and your leadership teams if I am not showing you enough respect? Should I treat you with more dignity? HOW ABOUT THE RESPECT THAT WAS NOT SHOWN TO TWENTY DEAD CHILDREN AND FOUR MORE ADULTS AT SHADY HOOK??!! Where is their dignity now? Gone along with and their futures and the countless dreams that were held by their parents.

BUT we must now not be fearful and hide behind our guns and religion and the false sense of accomplishment by praying and weeping for the dead. Yes we must do the latter and we have but our resolve to alter this current course must now never quaver again. We must take responsibility as though all these children ARE members of OUR immediate family and work together to stop it from ever happening again. If we do that and hold each one of these children from Newtown and the children of Columbine, Aroura and all of those most vulnerable places in our hearts as our own as we go forward we WILL make the changes that we need.

FALSE SECURITY IS JUST THAT

Fortifying all our structures and particularly our open spaces with technology and guns is not the answer. It gives us a false sense of security but cannot prevent these terrifying crimes. It can help solve them sure but NOT prevent. Some of our most bright have suggested that outcomes would change by arming say, I don't know, teachers! Arming our teachers and/or school officials? How about the ticket takers at the movie theaters?  Shouldn't we arm them as well?  Let's not forget Mall Security. Is that a real option?  You know if you really think about it, a sidearm would be best. Would we then all be safer? Really? NO WE WOULD NOT BE SAFER!!! WE WOULD BE IN EVEN MORE DANGER!!!

Remember MORE guns don’t kill people. MORE people with guns do.

Every time you lose heart think of those teachers in Connecticut who stood in their classroom alone after securing the children to a safe place and awaited their fate. Or think of the teachers who took the actual bullets as they covered our children with such selfless acts of bravery that I am humbled by the tought of their immeasurable courage. Courage that will not leave us if we remember that these are our children that we're lost.  

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