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Sitting Down To Stand Up

6/23/2016

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     At long last some backbone!
     At long last some cojones!
     Yesterday just before noon a group of Democratic congressmen and women led by Georgia Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis cried "enough already!"  and began a 1960's-style sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a House vote on banning persons on the "no fly" list from buying guns.

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      Defying  Speaker Paul Ryan, over 170 Democrats from the House and the Senate have since joined the sit-in, and though their protest has brought all legislative business to a halt they've declared that they will not move until a gun-control bill is brought to the floor.
      21 hours later as I write this they continue to sit in protest.

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  “I am prepared to stay here until hell freezes over,’’ said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. 
   And I'm  so excited I'm ready to jump out of my fleece!
   Because after so many years of believing that the primary concern of every member of Congress was the advancement their own career,  I'm suddenly enkindled with a spark of hope that among those we've elected to  be our voice there are some who actually care; because those with the power to do something about the lethal epidemic of gun violence raging across our country are - glory hallelujah! - doing something! 

Rep, G.K. Butterfield, Chairman of The Congressional Black Caucus, said “Write this date down — June 22. It’s the beginning of a movement, This is just the beginning.’’
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   From your lips to God's ears, Representative Butterfield;  may your act of civil disobedience be just the beginning of a movement that sets this country on fire to stop gun violence.
So,  does anyone want to go sit-in on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse?
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I'll bring snacks and posters.
References:
1.  http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/politics/john-lewis-sit-in-gun-violence/index.html

2.  http://www.11alive.com/news/local/john-lewis-holds-sit-in-on-house-floor/252394135

3.  http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/politics/john-lewis-sit-in-gun-violence/index.html

4.  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/house-democrats-sit-in-over-gun-legislation-shows-no-signs-of-stopping/ar-AAhtdIZ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UP97DHP


1 Comment
Frank H
6/23/2016 07:11:19 pm

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437043/congressional-sit-in-democrats-gun-control-gun-crime-isis-terrorism

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