While House Chief of Staff John Podesta appeared on one of the sunday a.m. news shows, talking of Clinton iniatives for the rest of his term.
Naturally, he mentioned gun control, which he described as "common sense gun control" that would be pushed both in and out of the Congress. Interestingly, while Clintons ideas might well be "common", they seem quite far from "sensible".
Another theme Podesta mentioned was that old saw about "do it for the children". Re that, I seem to recall that Mark Twain observed that "patriotism was the last resort of scoundrels". I believe that the relationship between the two is obvious.
Heard this a.m., on a radio newscast, that Clinton wants to spend $10,000,000 on the development of "smart gun" technology. Strikes me that there is nothing much wrong with guns, as they are these days made. There are however, problems with dumb people. These problems will NOT be solved by pissing away taxpayer funds on Buck Rogers type foolishness. The fools have always been with us, and liklely they always will be.
In all this, one sees absolutely no justification for abridgment of the rights of the law abiding, who are the same folks who devote the requisite attention to their firearms.
It does appear that this concept is beyond the grasp of Clinton and Co. Perhaps, in their remaining time, a showing of public angst might prove sufficient to impress them, or more importantly, to impress The Congress.
Naturally, he mentioned gun control, which he described as "common sense gun control" that would be pushed both in and out of the Congress. Interestingly, while Clintons ideas might well be "common", they seem quite far from "sensible".
Another theme Podesta mentioned was that old saw about "do it for the children". Re that, I seem to recall that Mark Twain observed that "patriotism was the last resort of scoundrels". I believe that the relationship between the two is obvious.
Heard this a.m., on a radio newscast, that Clinton wants to spend $10,000,000 on the development of "smart gun" technology. Strikes me that there is nothing much wrong with guns, as they are these days made. There are however, problems with dumb people. These problems will NOT be solved by pissing away taxpayer funds on Buck Rogers type foolishness. The fools have always been with us, and liklely they always will be.
In all this, one sees absolutely no justification for abridgment of the rights of the law abiding, who are the same folks who devote the requisite attention to their firearms.
It does appear that this concept is beyond the grasp of Clinton and Co. Perhaps, in their remaining time, a showing of public angst might prove sufficient to impress them, or more importantly, to impress The Congress.