April 12, 2013 - Pensito

Rick Warren Forgives Whoever Sold His Son the Gun He Used to Kill Himself. But Should He?

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Trish

That was quick. Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren wasted no time in forgiving the person who sold online an unregistered handgun with the serial number filed off to his son, who used it to kill himself.

On the Thursday following 27-year-old Matthew Warren’s death on Friday, his father tweeted:

Someone on the internet sold Matthew an unregistered gun.I pray he seeks God’s forgiveness. I forgive him. #MATTHEW 6:15

The passage cited reads, from the New International version of the bible, “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Warren is no doubt using the quick logic that if his son hadn’t gotten that gun he would have gotten another, because someone who is bent on suicide will find a way. But he should slow down and, painful as the truth is, examine that idea.

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More Americans Say the Sequester Is Hurting Them Personally

April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

42%

Of Americans now say that the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts referred to as the sequester are impacting them personally, a new CNN poll finds. That’s up from 35% who said the same in March.

N.C. Lawmaker Equates Islamic Prayer with Terrorism

April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

No, I do not condone terrorism.

— Response of North Carolina state Rep. Michele Presnell (R), in an email exchange with a constituent, when asked if she was comfortable with a prayer to Allah before a legislative meeting, the Raleigh News and Observer reports. Presnell is a co-sponsor of a resolution asserting that North Carolina can establish a state religion.

More Than Half of American Voters Support Gay Marriage

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

53%

Of voters support gay marriage, “up from 49% last March and 30% in 2004,” according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. For the first time, pollsters said, the survey found a majority of independent voters say gays should be allowed to enter into same-sex marriages, with Democrats continuing to support gay marriage in large numbers and Republicans opposing it.

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Ryan Defends Anti-Abortion Stance

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

Our critics say we should abandon our pro-life beliefs. But that would only demoralize our voters. It’s an odd strategy, I think: the cynical ploy followed by the thumping defeat.

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), quoted by The Hill, on the GOP moderating its position on abortion.

Here’s Another Reason Not to Live In North Dakota

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

In our part of the country, this isn’t an issue. This is a way of life. This is how people feel, and it is extraordinarily difficult to explain that, especially to grieving parents.

— Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), quoted by the New York Times, rejecting appeals to support limits on the capacity of gun magazines and universal background checks, adding, “I’m going to represent my state.”

Day: April 12, 2013

Rick Warren Forgives Whoever Sold His Son the Gun He Used to Kill Himself. But Should He?

More Americans Say the Sequester Is Hurting Them Personally

42%

Of Americans now say that the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts referred to as the sequester are impacting them personally, a new CNN poll finds. That’s up from 35% who said the same in March.

N.C. Lawmaker Equates Islamic Prayer with Terrorism

No, I do not condone terrorism.

More Than Half of American Voters Support Gay Marriage

53%

Ryan Defends Anti-Abortion Stance

Our critics say we should abandon our pro-life beliefs. But that would only demoralize our voters. It’s an odd strategy, I think: the cynical ploy followed by the thumping defeat.

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), quoted by The Hill, on the GOP moderating its position on abortion.

Here’s Another Reason Not to Live In North Dakota

In our part of the country, this isn’t an issue. This is a way of life. This is how people feel, and it is extraordinarily difficult to explain that, especially to grieving parents.

— Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), quoted by the New York Times, rejecting appeals to support limits on the capacity of gun magazines and universal background checks, adding, “I’m going to represent my state.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%