Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Food for Thought: Photos, Guns, and Elections

Tues. Jan. 29, 2013:

Faithful Readers, today you get rewarded with 2 photographs that should get an award,
plus 2 articles about what happens about guns after the funerals & TV trucks are over,
and 2 articles about improving elections to Give Bipartisanship A Chance.

1.  The classic photographs:


                           An adoring crowd with the Obamas at the Youth Ball, Jan. 20, 2009




Hillary Clinton Spars With Senators [Like Rand Paul!] Over Benghazi



2.  What happens about guns, long after the funerals & TV trucks are gone?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/opinion/auroras-suffering-beyond-the-spotlight.html?_r=0
Untold suffering for the rest of their damaged lives, which the media does not cover.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/keeping-guns-away-from-children/
The astounding number of Americans who keep loaded guns unlocked in their homes!



3.  Bipartisanship & Election Systems are a Joke in the Good Old U.S.A.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2853243601.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+2012&author=&pub=Boston+Globe&edition=&startpage=K.9&desc=Bipartisan+bright+spots%2C+met+with+derision
Virtually no incentive for bipartisanship in Congress, because of our divisive representative system!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/opinion/how-to-fix-a-broken-election-system.html
At least 3 steps that Obama & Congress can take, to make voting easier and reduce the role of big money.



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