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Smilo

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22. BARLETTA: You believe guns are more important than dealing with mental health

Reply to swag (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 09:30 PM

Feb 2013

a. where were you when people were crying out for insurance companies to better cover mental health

b. spoons - that's all you can come up with - spoons? No wonder Jindal and others are calling the GOPT the stupid party.

Barletta the teaparty stooge who would cut healthcare and medicare, but don't touch those corporations.

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Rep. Lou Barletta (R - PA) compares guns to spoons [View all] swag Feb 2013 OP

It's part of the repig/reich-wing gun fetish bongbong Feb 2013 #1

I had to Google 'pool noodles' (flotation devices) Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #2

Well, he didn't compare guns to spoons Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #3

That bothers me too, especially when they don't want to do anything to help the mentally ill Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #7

Well Spoken And Photogenic Talking Heads - All Part Of The Right Wing Spin Machine cantbeserious Feb 2013 #4

Well its highly unlikely you want to put a gun in your mouth... Historic NY Feb 2013 #5

Poor Paul Krugman! He has to sit there and endure lunatics like Barletta...I hope they CTyankee Feb 2013 #9

"BARLETTA: Would banning spoons stop obesity?" Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #10

Hah! CTyankee Feb 2013 #16

What was perfect was Paul Krugman's statemnt sasha031 Feb 2013 #6

The police today have and use AR15's, times have changed oldbanjo Feb 2013 #8

"Home of the Brave" my ass. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #11

The reason being to first protect themselves...... Historic NY Feb 2013 #21

Notice it is either/or. Guns are the root of the problem - no they are the tool in the problem underpants Feb 2013 #12

I for one would love to see him eat a bowl of cereal with a loaded pistol. nt valerief Feb 2013 #13

Or see him try thucythucy Feb 2013 #14

I'm sure there was a guy in China who tried to attack people with a spoon. tclambert Feb 2013 #18

Ouch! thucythucy Feb 2013 #24

this continuous right wing fetish with mental illness..... dembotoz Feb 2013 #15

But the right wingers were the ones who closed the state mental hospitals. tclambert Feb 2013 #17

That was Ronald Reagan did that. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #25

Essentially Paul Krugman speaks for me. jonthebru Feb 2013 #19

One of the stupidest comparisons I've ever heard in my life pauldemmd195j Feb 2013 #20

BARLETTA: You believe guns are more important than dealing with mental health Smilo Feb 2013 #22

If we had to choose banning guns vs. doing something in mental health the asshole Republican MNBrewer Feb 2013 #23

I can't remember the last spoon massacre.... zebonaut Feb 2013 #26

The "sick culture" is the gun culture zebonaut Feb 2013 #27