The Crazies

When NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre declared that the solution to tragedies like Sandy Hook Elementary school is to put armed guards in all the schools the New York Daily News declared him the “Craziest Man on Earth.”

That might be a bit strong. Granted, LaPierre is bat-shit crazy but the Craziest Man on Earth? Hell, he’s got some tough competition for even the craziest man in America. Here are some quotes from some of LaPierre’s competition courtesy of Right Wing Watch.

Representative Tim Huelskamp (R-KS)
In case you’ve missed it representatives, both Democrat and Republican, from New York and New Jersey are furious over the House not voting on a Sandy relief bill. This moron has said that he’s not convinced a relief bill is necessary because “FEMA can’t spend the money quick enough.”

This despite FEMA reporting that the flood insurance program is about to run out of money. Huelskamp appears dumbfounded that people want the aid.

Pastor Kevin Swanson on Generations Radio
On Barack Obama, “…Barack Obama and the North Korean president, they’re both committed to Marx.”

One has to wonder if Swanson has ever read Marx.

On the Egyptian election, “The Egyptians placed a Muslim into the presidency, which does not bode well for freedom in America” and “It’s a sad, sad day in Egypt.”

Am I missing something here? Somehow democracy in Egypt is a bad thing simply because you don’t like the choices that the people of Egypt are making? That’s the thing about democracy. YOU don’t get to choose the government that other people select. As for it being a Muslim that was elected, WTF were you expecting?

Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation
“If you want to pin blame on Sandy Hook, blame the Teachers Unions that have championed schools being gun free zones.”

Let me put this in perspective. I work for a military contractor. We have more than our share of ex-military types and many of us have been embedded with military units during training exercises in the past few years. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of ducking tanks at Ft. Hood and watching artillery explosions from a helicopter airfield at White Sands Missile Range.

We’re a gun free zone. You CANNOT bring a firearm into the building. So why the hell would anyone think it’s a good idea to bring one into a school?

Gordon Klingenschmitt of the Pray In Jesus Name Project
“Federal bureaucrats will enforce Obamacare to exterminate the elderly, systematically.”

Huh? Have any of these people actually READ the Health Care Law? I might point out that the same people that criticize Health Care want to scuttle Medicare but it’s the Health Care Law that’s threatening seniors.

The Health Care Law tries to make health care insurance accessible to people that wouldn’t normally be able to afford it. It also regulates what is an acceptable plan for participation in the health care exchanges to be established to help people find plans they can afford.

Does it tax or raise the cost of coverage for those that can afford health care? Yes it does. But so does my health care plan at work. Everyone gets the same coverage but the premiums are based upon your salary. For those making up to $75k, the cost of family coverage is $102 every two week pay period. For those making $200k and above, it’s $297 every two week pay period.

Pamela Geller of Freedom Defense Initiative
“How long do Jews have in Obama’s America? How long before we can’t walk down the street with a kippah or a Star of David? This is already reality for Belgium Jews, Swedish Jews and French Jews. Large portions of Norway are already Judenrein.”

What planet do you suppose Geller lives on? Large portions of Norway are “Judenrein?” WTF is she smoking? I suppose the 70% of Jews that voted for Obama are just plain stupid?

Bradlee Dean at World Net Daily
Dean suggests that the Newtown and other killing sprees are actually a government plot to drum up support for the UN Small Arms Treaty.

“The Sandy Hook shooting occurred just days after Sen. Rand Paul sent out an alert that the U.N. was set to pass the final version of the Small Arms Treaty, supported by Obama.”

It also happened “just days” after millions of other events. Simple proximity in time does not imply a relationship other than pure coincidence.

“Part of the treaty bans the trade, sale and ownership of all semi-automatic weapons … like the one Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and 6 adults.”

Maybe that’s because these type of weapons are freaking dangerous to have around? Even legal weapons too often fall into the wrong hands as at Sandy Hook. Why can’t gun nuts get this simple fact into their skulls. The simple availability of weapons is a proven danger.

“As we reflect upon massacres such as Sandy Hook, Aurora, the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, Tuscon, Ariz., and Columbine, we cannot help but see the similarities: conflicting news reports on what happened, who did the killing and the number of shooters. Eyewitnesses in all of these massacres said there were more shooters than the media maintain, indicating the shootings were coordinated and planned.”

Right, because eye witnesses are never wrong and during chaotic situations there are never conflicting or wrong reports about what happened. You are one really dumb asshole aren’t you?

I could go on and on but why bother, you get the picture. I’d like to say that we can laugh this sort of nonsense off but the problem is a lot of people accept this sort of crap at face value. The under 80 IQ Republican base eats this sort of stuff up because they’re scared of the world to begin with and this sort of paranoia feeds that fear.

Demagogues and petty tyrants maintain influence by keeping the population in a state of fear. The surest way to peace and freedom is to spit in their eye when they start mouthing this sort of nonsense.