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The Thread/Threat of EBOLA! (dial-up warning) ---> (Original Post) napkinz Oct 2014 OP
Advice from Shakespeare: "Brevity is the soul of wit." . . . Journeyman Oct 2014 #1
then again napkinz Oct 2014 #2
This is the essence.. mahalo napkinz.. Cha Oct 2014 #3
"but 30k gun deaths" napkinz Oct 2014 #4
30,000 Yearly Gun Deaths Is a Health Epidemic napkinz Oct 2014 #8
Yeah, some how 1 death from Eboba(which is sad) is worth more action than 30, 000 deaths from Cha Oct 2014 #9
can't legislate to deal with 30,000 gun deaths, but the two cases of voter fraud! ---> napkinz Oct 2014 #10
Holy meme overload Batman! Initech Oct 2014 #5
:) napkinz Oct 2014 #6
k&r uppityperson Oct 2014 #7
updated napkinz Oct 2014 #11
kick napkinz Oct 2014 #12

Journeyman

(15,035 posts)
1. Advice from Shakespeare: "Brevity is the soul of wit." . . .
Tue Oct 21, 2014, 07:54 PM
Oct 2014

Discernment. And judicious editing. Both do wonders to keep interest.

Loved the first half dozen or so. Especially liked the "Yeah. They built that." dig. But then it all grew tedious and, as they say, "time is money," and more important, "…of the essence."

Cha

(297,275 posts)
3. This is the essence.. mahalo napkinz..
Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:41 PM
Oct 2014


LOLGOP @LOLGOP Follow

Weird. 1 Ebola death was enough for the GOP to call for a ban of fictional flights but 30k gun deaths isn't enough to close dumb loopholes.

3:21 AM - 21 Oct 2014 333 Retweets 287 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/21/a-tweet-or-two-149/

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
8. 30,000 Yearly Gun Deaths Is a Health Epidemic
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 06:02 PM
Oct 2014

10/06/2014
Mike Weisser

--snip--

Hey, wait a minute. the Ebola mortality rate is estimated at 50 percent, which means that 30 people will die each day from the virus in Sierra Leone, which is about one-third of all the cases that are being reported throughout West Africa at this time. Do the arithmetic, as Bill Clinton said, and this adds up to 30,000+ Ebola victims in West Africa over a full year. Isn't that roughly the same number of people who die from gun violence each year in the United States?

But let's not forget that the CDC isn't allowed to figure out what to do about gun violence and if it were up to the NRA, every state would follow Florida's lead in gagging doctors who want to talk to their patients about guns. If 30,000 Ebola deaths in Africa constitutes an epidemic, what do you call 30,000 gun deaths which have occurred every year in America for the past twenty years?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-weisser/guns-nra-doctors_b_5939384.html




Cha

(297,275 posts)
9. Yeah, some how 1 death from Eboba(which is sad) is worth more action than 30, 000 deaths from
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 06:32 PM
Oct 2014

GUNS to the gopropaganda machine.

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