That Don’t Make No Sense
It Sure Don’t! Broadcast on The Mike Malloy Show February 16, 2012. Listen to Mike exclusively on the non-profit Progressive Voices Radio network LIVE at 9PM ET here: http://www.progressivevoices.com/
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The phrase, “That Don’t Make No Sense,” from the Coen brothers’ movie O Brother Where Art Thou? comes to mind every single time I read news from the U.S.
In an article this week in Crooks and Liars — Amnesty International: Time For Stricter Controls on Taser Use.
“According to data collected by Amnesty International, at least 500 people in the USA have died since 2001 after being shocked with Tasers either during their arrest or while in jail.
“Among the cases reviewed, 90 percent of those who died were unarmed. Many of the victims were subjected to multiple shocks.”
When a cop shoots an unarmed person, and they die on the spot, or later in the hospital, that’s “bad.” But if a cop zaps somebody with a taser and the zapee dies on the spot, or later in his cell … it’s an Oopsie??!!
Where are the investigations? 500 people killed by cops is a headline. When cops kill 500 people, 90% of them unarmed, it means the Firesign Theatre was correct when they said on one of their albums, “Help … It’s The Police!”
In other news … From Police State to Crazy Catholic Capers …
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. The Catholic Church Elite went bananas recently because under Obamacare they’d have to pony up the dough if women in their employ want birth control pills. Obama neatly side-stepped the issue by saying insurance companies will foot the bill because pills are cheaper than paying for delivering babies. Catholic employers are out of the loop. They won’t be forced into an “occasion of sin” by providing contraceptives.
End of story?
Nope.
