To lighten things up a bit, I share with you this, straight off the front pages. I don’t know how much Fleischer gets paid, but it can’t be nearly enough to say such stupid things with a straight face. I guess there still is still such a position as the “court fool”:
“President Bush does not support the recent days’ push for firearms fingerprinting’ that has grown from the Washington-area sniper shootings, a spokesman said Tuesday, saying Bush is unconvinced of the technology’s accuracy and is concerned about gun owners’ privacy.”
“Besides, added White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, when it comes to new gun controls generally, ‘how many laws can we really have to stop crime, if people are determined in their heart to violate them no matter how many there are or what they say?’”
Did he really say that????
Just as a reminder, this same Bush who is so deeply concerned about gun owner’s privacy, and who doesn’t want to pass more laws, pushed very heavily to get the USA Patriot act passed after 9/11. Apparently the privacy of the average citizen isn’t as important as that of gun owners.
And to close this out, here is a bit of self-deprecating humor as my favorite cartoonist makes fun of bloggers like me!
