Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Stupid is, as stupid does

Here’s a local story in today’s news:

WESTBOROUGH — Police seized a rifle and two handguns from a home on Fisher Street Monday night after they said the owner accidentally fired his AK-47 assault rifle and hit a window at Armstrong Elementary School.

He accidentally fired his AK-47, thinking it wasn’t loaded? How about he negligently fired his AK-47. I don’t own a gun, and I never want to own a gun, but I know that you always — always! — check for ammo when handling a firearm. Either he intentionally fired the assault rifle in his house, or he did it unintentionally, due to carelessness. Either way, this idiot shouldn’t be allowed to own guns.

Related: I assume there’s an Internet site that keeps track of “accidental” shootings like this one.

He’s really most sincerely dead

I think Obama is doing the right thing:

To: Doug Pratt
From: CNN Breaking News
Subject: CNN Breaking News
Date: Wed 1:36p May 4, 2011
Sent: Wed, 04 May 2011 13:36:03 -0400

The president has decided not to release death photos of Osama bin Laden, an administration official briefed by the White House tells CNN.

One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 © & ® 2011 Cable News Network

Releasing the photos would serve no useful purpose. Domestically, the anti-Obama extremists won’t believe the photos are genuine anyway, just as they demanded to see his birth certificate then refused to accept its authenticity when he released it. Internationally, showing the corpse would only incite further anti-American sentiment. If bin Laden’s alive, I’m sure he’ll let us know.

Two views vis bin Laden going bye-bye

There’s this…

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

… and there’s this.

Follow-up: That MLK quote is a fake! Or at least partially fake.