Sanders realized he didn't come across very well in that interview, apparently:
"Mueller's indictment provides further evidence that the Russian government interfered in 2016. It also shows that they tried to turn my supporters against Hillary Clinton in the primary and general election. I unequivocally condemn such interference."
Except Russia and trump literally started using Bernie’s own talking points-her ambition, rigged dnc. I hope he goes down
My FIL/SMIL are retired elementary school teachers, he was an army ranger & she was a police officer before teaching (my DH is named after FIL's favorite gun). Both of them are lifelong republicans. Both have said that the minute they would have been required to carry on the job as a teacher would be the day they resigned.
I told DH tonight that the day my school or the kids’ schools allow guns is the day I quit and start homeschooling. I’ll start a charter school in my living room before my kids go to a weaponized school.
I am sorry that teachers are being put in this position to address the absurdity of being armed at all.
The idea of teachers being armed seriously kept me awake last night. No fucking way does that make any of our children or the teachers themselves safer. What a fucking world we live in.
Idiots like Scarborough and others keep harping on the idea that 'gun free zones' are easy targets and to be honest, framing it that way never even occurred to me. You know why its good that they are gun free? so when a person comes in with bad intentions and a firearm, that law enforcement know that person is violating the law! we had an open carry nut do a little exercise at one of our schools last year and it caused so much chaos. I just don't get this.
I sometimes thinkknow you guys are just as prone to mass hysteria as the right-wingers are but this is embarassing. Yes, there are TALKS about wantings to arm teachers but the reality is that it would be just as hard as it would be to ban guns altogether.
Our president said this in public, in front of men,women, and children after the mass shooting of 17 people in a school.
This is a president who is unhinged and deranged thinks this is a good idea.
A president who happily takes money from A GUN fucking lobby. Nope, sorry, not sorry.
I sometimes thinkknow you guys are just as prone to mass hysteria as the right-wingers are but this is embarassing. Yes, there are TALKS about wantings to arm teachers but the reality is that it would be just as hard as it would be to ban guns altogether.
They are literally arming teachers in my state already (and have been for years).
This is the first story I found on Google but I'm sure there are better sources. I know someone who teaches at this school:
I sometimes thinkknow you guys are just as prone to mass hysteria as the right-wingers are but this is embarassing. Yes, there are TALKS about wantings to arm teachers but the reality is that it would be just as hard as it would be to ban guns altogether.
If there weren't already school boards in my state that have approved teachers being armed at school, I might be apt to agree with you. However, there are. And it's not a big leap for this fucking Congress to do something so stupid just for the appearance of doing.
This might be my tinfoil hat talking, but I am convinced Kush needs the access because he’s being blackmailed into turning over state secrets.
ETA: or what aurora said. Probably both, actually.
This is what I keep coming back to, but like you said is that my tinfoil hat talking?
there is a reason he cant get a security clearance. Even with all the amendments, he still doesn't have one. My dad and I were talking last night (my dad has had a pretty high level clearance for most of his career, even though he's an electrical engineer, lol, so he's been through the process numerous times) and my dad was like "he cant get a clearance. This isn't about lying or amending or whatever. There is something there that is preventing him getting a clearance, and its probably significant. This isn't about smoking pot in college or something."
So I wonder if that "something" is resulting in him needing access because of blackmail. Like debt to foreign governments is preventing him from a clearance, but that debt will be wiped away (or not pursued) if he can provide information.
That's kind of a terrifying thought though.
If Kushner truly is deeply in debt, then that alone would be enough to prevent him from obtaining a clearance, I believe.
Having a large amount of debt is something that will raise flags on an application for a clearance, because it makes you appear vulnerable to accepting money from foreign entities.
Post by suburbanzookeeper on Feb 22, 2018 11:53:40 GMT -5
What about armed posses outside of the school? My HOA/neighborhood has a public K-8 school right in the middle of our community. There was a 110+ response thread on our neighborhood watch group last night about having an off-duty and retired LEO group patrolling outside of our school or finding a way to be on school grounds to provide safety. Most are for it and those of us who voiced our concerns were pretty much told we don't love our kids enough to provide them security.
What about armed posses outside of the school? My HOA/neighborhood has a public K-8 school right in the middle of our community. There was a 110+ response thread on our neighborhood watch group last night about having an off-duty and retired LEO group patrolling outside of our school or finding a way to be on school grounds to provide safety. Most are for it and those of us who voiced our concerns were pretty much told we don't love our kids enough to provide them security.
Are you on my list serve? We had the same thing. Apparently armed veterans are the answer.
What about armed posses outside of the school? My HOA/neighborhood has a public K-8 school right in the middle of our community. There was a 110+ response thread on our neighborhood watch group last night about having an off-duty and retired LEO group patrolling outside of our school or finding a way to be on school grounds to provide safety. Most are for it and those of us who voiced our concerns were pretty much told we don't love our kids enough to provide them security.
Are you on my list serve? We had the same thing. Apparently armed veterans are the answer.
My question is always 1) Who is going to pay to background check all those armed veterans, and 2) who is going to pay their salary?
My question is always 1) Who is going to pay to background check all those armed veterans, and 2) who is going to pay their salary?
Oh per my coworker they can sleep in the school in lieu of being paid. Also solves the homeless veteran problem.
So we have armed veterans who are homeless (probably for untreated PTSD or other mental health issues that our fine government refuses to treat), living in schools. Oh, ok, sounds reasonable.
Thanks for this article because I honestly didn't know people were currently volunteering and allowed to do this.
I still maintain my point that the hyperbole is unnecessary when upthread it was mentioned multiple times if they FORCED teachers to carry, they'd quit. It's such a privileged and embarrassing statement as I akin it to an "I'll move to Canada if so-and-so happens."
All I'm asking is for a little reality and to not jump to plan Z.
Look, I know I'm stepping on some toes here, but I'd wager that a large portion of the white women* currently teaching don't need to be in the classroom anyway. Now everyone come in here with, "not all teachers", and "I'm woke as hell so this doesn't apply to me." I don't agree at all with the proposal to arm teachers of course, but y'all are already damaging our kids anyway, so bye.
*also applies to the men, but this is a board of women, and white women comprise the majority of teachers
Thanks for this article because I honestly didn't know people were currently volunteering and allowed to do this.
I still maintain my point that the hyperbole is unnecessary when upthread it was mentioned multiple times if they FORCED teachers to carry, they'd quit. It's such a privileged and embarrassing statement as I akin it to an "I'll move to Canada if so-and-so happens."
All I'm asking is for a little reality and to not jump to plan Z.
Look, I know I'm stepping on some toes here, but I'd wager that a large portion of the white women* currently teaching don't need to be in the classroom anyway. Now everyone come in here with, "not all teachers", and "I'm woke as hell so this doesn't apply to me." I don't agree at all with the proposal to arm teachers of course, but y'all are already damaging our kids anyway, so bye.
*also applies to the men, but this is a board of women, and white women comprise the majority of teachers
What if some white teacher thought a kid was a threat because they are wearing a hoodie inside? Can they pull their gun on them?
Look, I know I'm stepping on some toes here, but I'd wager that a large portion of the white women* currently teaching don't need to be in the classroom anyway. Now everyone come in here with, "not all teachers", and "I'm woke as hell so this doesn't apply to me." I don't agree at all with the proposal to arm teachers of course, but y'all are already damaging our kids anyway, so bye.
*also applies to the men, but this is a board of women, and white women comprise the majority of teachers
What if some white teacher thought a kid was a threat because they are wearing a hoodie inside? Can they pull their gun on them?
What if some white teacher thought a kid was a threat because they are wearing a hoodie inside? Can they pull their gun on them?
WTF are you even talking about?
If there are guns in a school where students are all POC, what’s to prevent racist, asshole teachers from pulling their guns because they felt threatened by some kid just being a teenager?
Clearly, I didn’t explain myself well, and I was agreeing with you, and I’m likely part of the problem.