Using A Tragedy

Rahm Emanuel is known for his intemperate statement that we should “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Which means that, as politicians, you should always USE a tragedy like the one in New Zealand, where a gunman mowed down a bunch of praying Muslims in a mosque with an automatic weapon. New Zealand instantly BANNED all automatic weapons. As if such a ban would actually DO something to stop future such atrocities. It will not. Emanuel is an example of a politician who uses such tragedies to his own benefit, and to the benefit of his friends. Politicians in this country will use this tragedy to make more and tighter useless gun laws that do NOTHING to stop, or even slow down “gun violence.” The have to know they don’t work. If they don’t, they’re stupid. And I don’t think they’re stupid. So they have to have an ulterior motive, such as knowing politicians will one day send their armed thugs to take private property on one pretext or another and they want to meet as few guns in the hands of their intended victims as possible. That’s the only thing I can think of. If you can think of something better, let me know. Emanuel is a hack politician who found his way to the top of his party’s pile of excrement, as Obama’s chief of staff before going back to corrupt Chicago to run their “machine” for a while—until one of their cruddy cops murdered a teen who presented no threat to the cops on the scene. (Brainy Quote)