Category: NRA

Blood On Their Hands

5/29/2022

The information coming out of Uvalde, TX, about the NRA- and GOP-empowered school shooting is sickening and horrific. The very people on the town's police force who I am sure shriek about having armed guards in schools wouldn't even enter the building to protect the children and the staff. As a result, the gunman was allowed to roam freely as he terrorized the school for over an hour.

Now the NRA ghouls and the GOP gun lobby whores have gathered in Houston where they trotted out the Ku Klux Klan's Imperial Grand Wizard, Donald Trump, to howl about the "existence of evil" brought on by broken families -- nothing but blather from a twice-divorced stooge who is currently married to a has-been porn star.

And then there is the state's laughable Governor backed by his posse of white supremacists barking at Beto O'Rourke for making their ineptitude even more visible to the public -- all while Ted "Cancun" Cruz goes on yipping and yapping all over Twitter (while the blood on his hands stains the NRA dollars he stuffs into his pockets hand over fist).

In sad tribute to those killed by this NRA- and GOP-empowered attack, we offer the following poem based on Emilly Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death."

Because they could not stop for Death –
A gunman mowed them down –
The NRA empowered him –
The GOP their Clown.

He quickly drove – in frantic haste
For he had put away
His labor and his leisure too,
For his Insanity –

He killed the Children, at the School
At Recess – in their Room –
He killed the Teachers guarding them –
He killed as Terror loomed –

Or rather – They killed Them –
The ones who sanctioned this Pain –
For only Specious Words they Speak –
Their Interest -- only Feigned –

And then the NRA convened
A Meeting near the Town –
Their Gall was widely visible –
Their Platform – out of Touch –

Since then – feels Centuries – and yet
It’s been a few short Days,
I then surmised a Horse’s Ass
Was dancing on their Stage –

Information on those killed by the 18-year-old murderer -- empowered by the NRA and GOP -- can be found HERE.

NOTE: This information will bring tears to your eyes.

Below: The handprints of Ted "Cancun" Cruz:

Below: The handprints of Texas Governor Greg Abbot:

Below: The handprints of Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump:

Below: The handprints of GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel:

Below: The handprints of NRA President Charles Cotton:

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Because They Could Not Stop For Death

5/29/2022

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Due to lax gun laws sanctioned by the NRA and GOP gun-lobby whores, an 18-year-old this past week was able to purchase assault weapons and secure an alarming amount of ammunition. He then shot his grandmother in the face and proceeded to terrorize an elementary school where he murdered 19 children and 2 adults.

Throughout this weekend, ghouls in the NRA joined with the GOP gun-lobby whores at meeting in Houston, Texas where the Ku Klux Klan's Grand Wizard Donald Trump was seen dancing on the stage like a stooge after just reading the names of those killed in the attack.

Of course, the outrage displayed throughout our country will soon diminish -- until the next school shooting. At that point we'll all dust off our go-to "thoughts and prayers' and the GOP gun-lobby whores will say it's "too soon" to talk about the gun problem -- plus, as an added bonus, they'll trot out their new propaganda about mental health issues facing our nation and the existence of evil brought on by broken families (which, oddly enough, was the argument made at the NRA convention by a so-called former "president" who is twice-divorced and now married to a former porn star).

Sadly, in honor of those killed in last week's GOP/NRA-empowered mass murder, we offer Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "New feet within our graveyard go" below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem "New feet within my garden go," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

New feet within our graveyard go –
New fingers in the sod –
A Class of children ’neath the Stone
Surveys the solitude.

New children lay beneath the green –
New Weary sleep below –
And now the “Thoughts & Prayers” return –
And now the gun sales grow!

By Emily Dickinson:

New feet within my garden go –
New fingers stir the sod –
A Troubadour upon the Elm
Betrays the solitude.

New children play upon the green –
New Weary sleep below –
And still the pensive Spring returns –
And still the punctual snow!

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Enough

3/14/2018

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From our current affairs editor Lemuel Stuart III:

In the wake of the Parkland massacre, students across the county participated in school walkouts today. #Enough, they said. #NeverAgain.

This, of course, was not the first time that students have organized a protest or walkout. One of the first came in 1853 when students across the country staged a walkout in response to the National Restaurant Association. At that time, the NRA put pressure on school cafeterias so that they would not serve nachos, the delectable and very popular treat invented by Emily Dickinson.

The NRA hoped that if school cafeterias offered more unexceptional if not unpleasant menus at lunch time, then there was a greater chance that families would eat out throughout the week. Students staged a walkout on November 6, 1853 (now National Nachos Day), and the NRA buckled under the pressure. To this day, students in schools across America enjoy Nacho Thursday thanks to the efforts of school children in the 1800s.

Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) supported the walkout, and he wrote about the protest in his now-classic poem “There is strength in proving that it can be done” (below on the left). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem “There is strength in proving that it can be borne" (below on the right).

Of course today's walkouts focused on a much more important issue – stopping future school shootings through common sense gun control -- and Dickinson's poem, written in the 1800s, speaks to the power of today's students.

For details on the national walkout, click HERE. For more on school walkouts in our plog (poetry blog); click HERE.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

There is strength in proving that it can be done
Although they fear –
We have the sinews of such courage now
Expect to hear
The Trip might have its doubters but
we will fight –
To walk from schools requires daring Feet

By Emily Dickinson:

There is strength in proving that it can be borne
Although it tear –
What are the sinews of such cordage for
Except to bear
The ship might be of satin had it
not the fight –
To walk on seas requires cedar Feet

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Enough Already

2/23/2018

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From our current affairs editor Lemuel Stuart III:

A National School Walkout is planned for March 14, 2018, the one month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The organizers are asking school students around the country to stand up, push in their chairs, and walk out of school for 17 minutes in honor of the seventeen lives lost on February 14th.

Of course, many right wing and 2A nut jobs are shrieking about second amendment rights because this time around they're feeling a lot more heat since the high schoolers from Florida have led the charge to protect other schools from future massacres.

"Never Again" and "Enough" are their rallying cries.

The students are determined to shed light on the blood money many politicians accept from the NRA (which many now view as a terrorist organization). #NRABoycott is even trending on Twitter.

The NRA has, for sure, had some very strange if not fiendish practices since their inception. For example, in the late-1800s and into early 1900s, the NRA included a "patriot bone pile" on the grounds of their national headquarters. The gruesome site included bones of individuals killed as a result of gun violence.

In the mid-1900s, the NRA introduced many toys for children to entice them to become gun lovers and gun owners.

Pictured below left: The NRA's Heavy Machine Gun, one in their series of "NRA Killing Machines for Kids."

Pictured below right: The NRA's AR-15 "Marauder," a gun they promoted for loaners and anti-social children.

Pictured below left and right: The NRA's "Teacher's First Tammy-Gun" school set. This toy was marketed for girls, and the doll of the teacher included a "Tammy Gun," the NRA's feminine version of the "Tommy-Gun."

Through the years, the NRA's justification for 2A protection and gun ownership has become more and more absurd. At the current CPAC convention, Wayne Lapierre, the head of the NRA, insisted that Jesus wrote the full text of the second amendment.

Fortunately, a new brand of common sense is coming from the high school students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School n response to the massacre at their school. "Enough," they say. "Never again," they insist.

Perhaps they were inspired by a short poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) entitled "We've had enough -- enough was one" (below on the left). Dickinson's poem did inspire third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Few get enough -- enough is one" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

We’ve had enough – enough was one
Of a killer’s shooting spree
Have not each one of us the right
To life and liberty?

By Emily Dickinson:

Few get enough – enough is one
To that ethereal throng
Have not each one of us the right
To stealthily belong?

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Class Warfare

2/22/2018

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From our political correspondent Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:

Trump met yesterday with parents and students affected by school shootings, and someone had to provide him with a list of empathetic statements to fake ...er, make -- including #5: "I hear you."

Instead of any empathetic statement, though, Trump echoed the pathetic line from puppet master Wayne LaPierre of the NRA -- that we need to "harden" our schools and arm teachers.

This is not new concept, though. The NRA has pushed for weapons in schools for years as evidenced by the vintage postcards below (click the images to enlarge):

Trump has proposed that 10 to 40 percent of a faculty pack heat, and he is also promising bonuses to hose who pop a cap in the ass of any likely killer. As a matter of fact, the White House website now includes a catalog of gifts and certificates available for teachers who gun down school intruders.

Pictured below: Donald Trump's "Class Warfare" bonus catalog for teachers who pack heat and/or gun down intruders:

In 1853, Emmett Lee Dickinson scoffed at an NRA proposal to arm and pay bonuses to teachers. He wrote about it in his now-classic poem "Back to the cordial Grave I'll drag thee" (below on the left). Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Back from the cordial Grave I drag thee" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Back to the cordial Grave I'll drag thee
You shall not take my Class
I'll spray outrageous arms around thee
And bonuses amass!

By Emily Dickinson:

Back from the cordial Grave I drag thee
He shall not take thy Hand
Nor put his spacious arm around thee
That none can understand

Pictured at the left: Enid Todgers, a cafeteria lady at the Lizard Lick Central High School in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, was the first gun-tottin' employee at the school.

"It's an honor to serve these kids hash every day," said Ms. Todgers, "so the least I could do for them is pack some heat."

"I'm hopin' to gun someone down," she added, "and earn me a case of them Trump-brand steaks and a set of steak knives."

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Mental Breakdown

2/16/2018

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From our political correspondent Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:

The White House has refused to release a photograph of Trump signing a bill allowing easier access for the mentally ill to obtain guns and weapons of war. However, we have BREAKING NEWS:

We have obtained access to the photo, and we have posted it at the bottom of this post.

One might wonder WHY Seantor Chuck Grassley would concoct such a ludicrous bill, WHY the GOP would support such an absurd bill, and WHY Trump would sign such a foolish bill.

The answer is quite simple.

Constraints for the mentally ill would severely limit access to guns to the largest segment of their base. Plus, the GOP is owned by the NRA (information is HERE).

Visionary and poet Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) knew just how manipulated congress is by their controllers, the NRA. He wrote about it in his poem "Congress won't act to help the cause" (below on the left). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "God made no act without a cause" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Congress won't act to help the cause,
They're paid to keep their aim,
With deference to the NRA
With nameses to blame.

By Emily Dickinson:

God made no act wihtout a cause,
Nor heart without an aim,
Our inference is premature,
Our premises to blame.

After Trump engaged in victim-blaming for the Florida massacre, he told his 2,827th lie while in office: "we are here for you, whatever you need." He did not answer a reporter's shouted question "Why does this keep happening in America? Will you do something about guns?"

Below: An ELD Museum Exclusive: We have obtained the photo of Trump signing the bill making gun purchases easier for the mentally ill.

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Under the Gun

2/15/2018

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From our political correspondent Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:

The epitome of hypocrisy? Senator Chuck Grassley appeared on the news this morning to comment on yesterday’s mass shooting in a Florida high school:

“[We] have not done a very good job of making sure that people that have mental reasons for not being able to handle a gun, getting their name into the FBI files, and we need to concentrate on that.”

That was it.

He then turned and walked away.

Remember, though, that last February, Grassley was the chief sponsor of a bill to make it easier for the mentally impaired to buy a gun.

Days later Trump signed the bill.

That’s right. Donald Trump signed a bill making it easier for people with mental illness to buy guns.

Many Republicans have remained silent on the massacre du jour, and/or they have offered hollow thoughts and prayers. They have not indicated in any way that they would support any sort of gun control.

Why?

Money talks.

Below: Amounts of money donated to politicians from the gun lobby.

How much does your representative get from the gun lobby? Check HERE to find out!

The hashtag #GunReformNow was trending on Twitter recently, but nothing will change. We will all bow our heads for a short moment of silence, and then we'll all move on until the next massacre. The GOP-run congress will ensure that. (Remember when they pretended like they'd consider banning bump stocks after the Las Vegas massacre? That faded faster than a cheap pair of jeans.)

The NRA will prevail. Money talks to congressmen, and $5,9000,000 says a lot!

Visionary and poet Emmett Lee Dickinson wrote about the NRA's grip on congress in his now-classic poem "Moments of silence led the way" (below on the left). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Great Streets of silence led away" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Moments of silence led the way
To Congressmen who Paused –
There’d be no Change though – no Dissent
No Gun Control – no laws –

For Now, this Morning, and this Night
The Bells of Vigils call –
But Logic has no basis here
The NRA prevails.

By Emily Dickinson:

Great Streets of silence led away
To Neighborhoods of Pause –
Here was no Notice – no Dissent
No Universe – no laws –

By Clocks, 'twas Morning, and for Night
The Bells at Distance called –
But Epoch had no basis here
For Period exhaled.

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