Well, yes and no. Some of these figures amount to 10 to 20% of the annual salary for a Congressman. The handout is more than the average American makes in a year, in many cases, and it’s only influential because the people receiving the money have so much unwarranted power over policy.

The most impressive part of this story is how low the numbers are. The most expensive wouldn’t even cover a high end Chevy Suburban.

It’s a way for people to cop out of difficult conversations. Very common in Facebook: “stop politicizing a tragedy" etc.

It is precisely the government job to discuss what to do to prevent this in the future. Society can mourn but we pay those I tips with our hard earned tax dollars to do something about it. It’s their damn fucking job.

When are we going to pass a federal anti-corruption act and get lobbyists’ money out of politics?

Seriously, this dicks sure love to recommend that we all pray.

In a blog post, he blamed the attack on ISIS. “Of course there has been a knee-jerk call for more gun control. (The New York Daily News’ headline the day after the shooting was “THANKS, NRA”). Some gay-rights activists are blaming the “Christian Right.” Planned Parenthood blames “toxic masculinity” (whatever that…

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why shouldn’t we be talking about gun control when something like this happens? Is it somehow outlandish for a government to look at a tragedy and think “how can I stop this from happening in the future?”

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