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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:28 AM Original message |
CNN: Violent crime rate takes first big jump since '93 |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Higher rates of hopelessness, desperation, joblessness |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I would agree. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. The tone is set at the top!! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Unquestionably. The is an oft confirmed cause and effect link |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Naw, it is all demographics |
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cspanlovr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of course it has, |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Direct result of rising poverty levels.... |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. The violent crime rate will continue to rise if things continue |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Ding Dong: While the deaf, dumb & blind Marie-Antoinettes rule... |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Violence! |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. We are as violent a society as any that has ever existed |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's the economy, stupid |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. In my neck of the woods things do seem different. |
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beltanefauve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. Mom and Dad |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. My ideas on why this is happening |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. Music to the ears of the private prison industry? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. " Lock up the Darkies" cried the Chimpanzee |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Prison fodder |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. Let's see...what happened in 93? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Poverty causes crime |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wealth causes even bigger crimes, crimes against humanity for example |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. God damn it, we KNOW what's going on. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Freakonomics--the Abortion Factor? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. I predicted this about 6 months ago... |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Violent crime down in "liberal" places like NYC, L.A., Detroit... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Are Philadelphia, PA and Hartford, CT considered "liberal" places? |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Got me... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Not so in Boston... |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Well laying off a lot of the police force may have had something to... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. No surprise people turn to violence when the president gloats over death |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Makes sense. 13 years ago, Clinton was inagurated. |
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PeaceProgProsp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because Republicans are so good at fighting crime? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. We're saddled with the most gun crazy administration in history.... |
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Tannim (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Need to be careful here |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No we don't.... |
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Tannim (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. if you want nothing to change, you don't |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. All rifles combined account for less than 3% of homicides... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. The general population already wants assault weapons banned |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. The general population is largely ignorant of the subject |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. They sure as shit know more than the gun nut crowd |
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Tannim (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. old data point |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. "put assault weapons back in stores" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. I bought an AR-15 in 1999, and another one in 2000 |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Yes, Ben, we know you want to pimp for assault weapons.... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. We gun owners fought the ban because it was an attempt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Nobody ever presented a compelling reason to renew the ban |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. WP: Violent Crime Rises In U.S. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Interesting |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Get your unexpurgated version here ... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Time to build even more privatized prisons. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I suspect there |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Hm. Hasn't it been about 25 years since the Midwest went anti-abortion |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Yet again, a return to the Reagan years |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. there they go, bad mouthing bush and cheney again : -) nt |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
69. Frist's solution: Flag Burning Amendment! Anti-Gay Marraige Amendment! |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
35. Another Clinton legacy betrayed. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. Another failure notch in the belt for George W's Presidency |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. He'll just say he inherited rising crime from Clinton |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That could be a tough one. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Clinton brought peace at home. Bush brings death & violence EVERYWHERE! |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. This jumps out at me... |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. moral values in government leads to violent crime ??? |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. While the rich are trying to get rid of the middle class, crime will go up |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I bet gun sales went up in correlation with the crime |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Pre-CISE-ly... |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Well duh!....When you got a government full of violence and corruption |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-14-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Bush has sent lots of negative energy |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. Bullshit, it's the economy stupid! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. That slogan could be making a comeback these days! (n/t) |
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