I heard the whole issue summed up in one sentance from a news clip today by an African American protestor making a speech...

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have not been given to us yet..."

There is no doubt in my mind that blacks are at a social disadvantage over whites in large swaths of America, but I believe its is because of that belief rooted in their community as stated above.

They were not "given" to me either as a caucasian in America, rather made available to me if I so choose to stand up for the values that the Constitution affords and the society we have built.

I'm convinced Putin is secretly loving this. Finally a worthy opponent.

I head an interesting theory that Putin was pulling all the strings even back to the chemical attack which allowed the US to make an impressive yet relatively inconsequential attack in Syria to help appease both the war mongers who dominate both governmental leaderships as well as squash the Russian ties critics all while bolstering Trump's position in the world standing.

Hmmmmmm....

Trump campaigned on a pledge of full repeal.

Not true at all. He did campaign on "repeal and replace" but he is on record during a debate as saying there are parts of it that might stay.

Means nothing...someone in the campaign though it would be a good idea so they went through the procedures to see if it would even be a possibility then Senior Staff ultimately decides against it. Happens every day in campaign world and is not an indication of bigger panics.

I have been at winning election nights with confetti cannons paid for, locked and loaded and the decision was made at the last second by senior staff not to fire off.

I love how people think that the actions of a third party contractor represent the moral views of an entire organization. These bus companies drive for everyone and are just hired guns. The dumb arse contracted XYZ bus company dumped it, not the DNC or a DNC employee. Stupid, yes...but equally stupid to imply the DNC knowingly dumped it.

I worked a campaign a while back and anti-campaign wrapped bus full of protestors shows up at our event. Bus pulls into the parking lot and they all get off and start their chant. I block the buss with a vehicle to keep it from going further in essentially pinning him in. Bus driver comes up to me and says..."look, all these dumb asses are off my bus and I am just a hired gun, can I get my bus outta here?"..."Yup, we are both in the same boat...as long as you pull it off the property so I can get back to work as well" and off he went.

Alcohol was not deigned as a weapon.

Dumb argument.

Heard a great talking head point...while it was the right decision to shoot to kill, it did not need to happen. It is a systemic cultural shift that safety and responsibility is now somehow the job of industry and government rather than both personal and COMMUNITY responsibility. If another adult had grabbed that kid, we live in a society where mom would have screamed bloody murder...NOT at the kid, but the person stepping in, so why get involved? We can not protect everyone from every conceivable incident..and if so to what end...line the streets with barriers so that kids do not run out and get hit by cars?