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Wishing you a gun-free Christmas

Gail Collins

Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 | 2 a.m.

Well, the Mayans were sort of right. The world didn’t implode when their calendar stopped on Dec. 21. But the National Rifle Association did call for putting guns in every American school in a press conference that had a sort of civilization-hits-a-dead-end feel to it. And we learned that negotiations on averting a major economic crisis had come to a screeching halt because House Speaker John Boehner lost the support of the far-right contingent of his already-pretty-damned-conservative caucus. We have seen the future, and everything involves negotiating with loony people. Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the NRA, has major sway ...

Gail Collins is a columnist for The New York Times.

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By staralioflundnv (Star Ali Mistriel-Kogan)

Dec. 25, 2012

6:59 a.m.

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Political posturing, gridlock, stalement, inaction, is the only thing that continues and goes on in Washington, D.C.!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

In the meantime, live with
Blessings and Peace,
Star
By Warrior

Dec. 25, 2012

8:19 a.m.

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Gail, I know this is probably an oversight on your part, but you failed to mention that Democrats under President Obama have failed to pass a budget in almost four years but have managed to allow six million(6,000,000) babies executed through abortion in just the last 60 months.
By nez212 (Clyde Perkins)

Dec. 25, 2012

3:11 p.m.

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I bought semi-auto rifles for my 4 grandchildren.