This is us

[1-Old-Man]

You have to wonder how a nation that had, in a single event, two dozen of its youngest of schoolchildren mowed down in a spray of bullets and did nothing could possibly care about any amount of carnage taking place in the civil war of a country that half of our citizens could not find on a map.

[Fawke Em]

1. Shoot. I thought this was a One Direction thread.

(Sorry. Took my daughter to see this yesterday. It was on my mind. )

Your point is valid, however.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. I was going with Emmylou and Mark Knopfler. (n/t)

[AtheistCrusader]

13. Backstreet boys, one direction. I hope the next road sign name they use is 'stop'.

[Supersedeas]

2. Makes you wonder what is so special about that part of the world to a people like us

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Oil.

Next question.

[kentuck]

3. Excellent point!

Thanks for making it!

[mick063]

5. We are collectively, greedy, selfish bastards.

How else can you explain that the citizens of our nation would allow this to happen?


We will get our due. Even those that don't agree with it. We are all in the same barrel, headed toward the falls, with no way to get off.

It is all so very surreal for the "black helicopter" left. Like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Too much inertia to stop it. All we can do is watch.

Everything about this nation is going to shit. Public works, safety net, education, environmental safety, wages/benefits, concealed guns, military adventurism, you name it.

It is all going to shit.

[JaneyVee]

7. The President seems to care about both events.

[zeemike]

8. Did he order a strike on the NRA?

To take that guy out?...you know...what's his name.

[RC]

9. Half of our citizens? You are being too kind.

To most people, the Middle East is a fuzzy area, full of sand, camels and people wearing robes, somewhere on the other side of the Mediterranean.

[pacalo]

10. I'm still working on the logic of bombing countries because their citizens are being abused.

[CakeGrrl]

11. I can be concerned/outraged by BOTH at the same time. Ask Congress why they can't.

[aikoaiko]

12. Adam Lanza killed himself afterward. I'm sure we wouldn't bomb if al-Asaad did the same.

Hope that helps clear things up for you.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Both are about guns. One says, "no" and the other says, "yes".

[alittlelark]

15. You made me tear up again......

....hate that!!!

[denbot]

16. We have one half of our government blocking us from doing anything about Sandy Hook.

It is the GOP's moral failure, not the country's.