Top marks for not trying

It’s snowing. ON MAY 2. Fuck everything.

Gun Violence and Single Moms

edwardspoonhands:

fortunate-tuna:

AK-47 Question

Romney:
“…But let me mention another thing, and that is parents. We need moms and dads helping raise kids. Wherever possible, the — the benefit of having two parents in the home — and that’s not always possible. A lot of great single moms, single dads. But gosh, to tell our kids that before they have babies, they ought to think about getting married to someone — that’s a great idea because if there’s a two-parent family, the prospect of living in poverty goes down dramatically. The opportunities that the child will — will be able to achieve increase dramatically.

So we can make changes in the way our culture works to help bring people away from violence and give them opportunity and bring them in the American system”

Going into dangerous waters there, dude. I understand what you’re trying to get at, but… no. As someone who’s grown up in a single-parent household lemme quickly say that…. you are a douche.

This is a questionable set of statements in any circumstance…but saying this in response to a question about gun violence is just unconscionable. 

I’m sure that all the poverty-stricken, single mothers of America needed was rich man in the White House telling them to get married…I’m sure that would have fixed all of their problems and no one would ever shoot anyone again. Problem solved. 

Don’t give them access to family planning though!

Definitely the most infuriating moment in politics for me in a long time. 

Pinche Migra: Border Patrol Detains Former US Ambassador, Governor of Arizona Raúl Castro

thinkmexican:

Border Patrol agents detain 96-year-old Mexican American retired judge, former U.S. ambassador, and former Governor of Arizona Raúl Castro on June 12 near the town of Tubac, Arizona

The former ambassador was traveling to his own birthday party in Tucson when the Border Patrol stopped his car at a routine checkpoint near the town of Tubac, Arizona, for what the agent reported was a “nuclear threat.” Apparently, a solution Governor Castro took the day before as part of a medical procedure set off an alarm system. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. What happened next is what has raised alarm and caused many to once again question the training and professionalism of the United States Border Patrol.

Agents asked Castro, who was not driving, to step out of the vehicle and stand under a tent while they performed a secondary inspection. The driver and family friend, Anne Doan, writes in the Nogales International that she pleaded with agents to allow Castro to sit in the air-conditioned car while they performed the inspection, but was denied.

In 100-degree heat, Governor Castro and Ms. Doan stood outside for more than half an hour.

“At that point I was begging them to leave him alone. They brought out a document for him to fill out and sign. They had a machine they ran up and down his body front and back. Finally they released us and as we were walking back to the car they stopped him and said they had to see his identification. We were standing out in the sun, by this time, and Gov. Castro reached for his identification and showed it to the agent, they registered the information they needed from his identification and they released us, again,” wrote Ms. Doan.

“I’ve worked on immigration matters all of my life, as an ambassador, a governor and on the border,” Castro said in an interview with Salon magazine. “But this was really bad judgment.”

Unfortunately, this was not the first time the governor’s been stopped and questioned by the Border Patrol.

Governor Castro told Salon of a time in the early 60’s when Border Patrol agents stopped and questioned him while working on his farmhouse fence in Tucson. Agents were about to arrest him when he showed them the sign hanging at the front of his farm that read “Judge Castro.” In a second incident, the former governor was returning home with his daughter when agents stopped him and asked, “Hey, where were you born?” Castro who is originally from Cananea, Sonora, responded, “I was born in Mexico.” The agents kept Castro detained until a neighbor, possibly coming to his assistance, approached and greeted him by saying, “Governor, how are you?”

At the very least, Governor Castro deserves a formal apology by the United States Border Patrol. Secretary Napolitano should also intervene and ensure this doesn’t ever happen to another senior-citizen along the US-Mexico border.

Image: AZ Public Media

(Source: thinkmexican)