I hate Dan Rodricks and his commentary

on_the_rox · Aug 4, 2013

He always makes me so mad. For some reason I still read his crap and as usual today's article was so much more of the same. Blame the dealers for disapproved people getting guns. Then out of the blue he had two paragraphs ALMOST complete common sense. I say almost because he still manages to put in little jabs there too. I just had to share. Here is where he want screwy and actually spoke mostly the truth.

"Like it or not, people have a right to buy guns. If you're going to pass a law requiring them to wait for seven days — a perfectly sound idea — you have to provide enough staff to process the applications in a timely manner. By any standard, a 100-day wait for something as simple as a criminal background check is unreasonable.

We shouldn't blame the state police for this mess, but the O'Malley administration for what looks like a slow response to a demand that everyone knew was coming. This mess isn't about greedy dealers; it's about an administration that can't keep its part of a bargain in the political deal that created Maryland's new law."

Link to full crappy commentary below.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-rodricks-0804-20130802,0,6317820.column

Half-cocked · Aug 4, 2013

Sounds like maybe poor Dan decided (like many liberals) to buy a gun, since they were successful in denying that right to everyone else.

I hope his paperwork gets lost.

w2kbr · Aug 4, 2013

I know "Dippy" Dan from his days in Rhode Island, when he wrote a column in the "WOONSOCKET CALL" daily birdcage liner. He was full left turn then and still is....
Simply a New England Liberal who has not learned a thing since back in the 70's..
A real dipshiza...
R

Uncle Duke · Aug 4, 2013

on_the_rox said:
He always makes me so mad. For some reason I still read his crap and as usual today's article was so much more of the same. Blame the dealers for disapproved people getting guns. Then out of the blue he had two paragraphs ALMOST complete common sense. I say almost because he still manages to put in little jabs there too. I just had to share. Here is where he want screwy and actually spoke mostly the truth.

"Like it or not, people have a right to buy guns. If you're going to pass a law requiring them to wait for seven days — a perfectly sound idea — you have to provide enough staff to process the applications in a timely manner. By any standard, a 100-day wait for something as simple as a criminal background check is unreasonable.

We shouldn't blame the state police for this mess, but the O'Malley administration for what looks like a slow response to a demand that everyone knew was coming. This mess isn't about greedy dealers; it's about an administration that can't keep its part of a bargain in the political deal that created Maryland's new law."

Link to full crappy commentary below.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-rodricks-0804-20130802,0,6317820.column

Baltimore's inner city violence problem is akin to a septic system, and one badly in need of a pump. There comes a time where the functionality of any system requires the unpleasant job inherent to the removal of waste. And yes, some of these characters represent genuine evil, and are genuine waste.

Rodrick's mindset is typical of the breed. "Gun Violence" is a very convenient and a very well thought out choice of words. The people who create these terms aren't village idiots. They are highly educated individuals, oftentimes with an agenda of securing and maintaining their own personal power, who create this and similar terms very purposefully. Repeated often enough, the term "gun violence" serves both conveniently and effectively to deflect attention from fatally flawed ideology, failed policies, and a comparative handful of genuinely bad and predatory actors on the streets.

Here's a novel idea. There's such a thing as evil, and there's such a thing as waste. Bring on the truck. And since you're not going to do that, and instead you intend to leave the waste in place? Then you will NOT infringe on the ability of law abiding folks who choose only a chance to possibly avoid being consumed by these predators. Yeah, 100,000 applications. Where's the mystery? Each one says I'll feel much more confident in entrusting my own personal safety.......... to me.

INMY01TA · Aug 4, 2013

God he almost made some sense here and there.

ma_deuce · Aug 4, 2013

Rodricks would be the last one to actually blame Baltimore's crime problem on the people actually perpetrating the crimes. Not blaming them makes him feel better about himself. "Oh, look at me, look how enlightened I am, I'd never hold the perps responsible for their own acts, I'm oh so much more sophisticated than that, look at me, look at me, ain't I great!" He's a kneejerk, unthinking liberal with all that implies.

Vile Shadow · Aug 4, 2013

Half-cocked said:
Sounds like maybe poor Dan decided (like many liberals) to buy a gun, since they were successful in denying that right to everyone else.

I hope his paperwork gets lost.

I wouldn't doubt it. Wouldn't surprise me at all for him to be among the "Gun control for the peasants but not for me" crowd.

I'll bet he even has a MD CCP, with G&S bought and paid for by his employers.

TxAggie · Aug 4, 2013

ma_deuce said:
Rodricks would be the last one to actually blame Baltimore's crime problem on the people actually perpetrating the crimes. Not blaming them makes him feel better about himself. "Oh, look at me, look how enlightened I am, I'd never hold the perps responsible for their own acts, I'm oh so much more sophisticated than that, look at me, look at me, ain't I great!" He's a kneejerk, unthinking liberal with all that implies.

That's how the entire "no labels" and "no judgement" crowd thinks. They mistakenly think that judging one's actions and character is akin to judging them based in skin color. These enlightened people forget that words have meaning. These are the same people who have "discriminating" taste and only buy the best things (no Fords or Chevys for them), shop at the best stores (Wal Mart, haha no way), and cocktail with societies finest (no Tea Party in their inner circle).

But when it comes to people who disagree with their world view, well those people are knuckle dragging cave men who are too selfish to care about the plights of the poor because they donate money to charities instead of giving it to the gov't to distribute "equally."

ShoreShooter · Aug 4, 2013

You won't have Dan to worry about much longer. He recently printed a goodbye column saying he was leaving the Sun

on_the_rox · Aug 4, 2013

ShoreShooter said:
You won't have Dan to worry about much longer. He recently printed a goodbye column saying he was leaving the Sun

NICE!!!! Now if we can get some more conservative owners in there and print some real unbiased news.

MDFF2008 · Aug 4, 2013

on_the_rox said:
NICE!!!! Now if we can get some more conservative owners in there and print some real unbiased news.

Honestly, conservative owners would be equally biased about other things. What we NEED is objective news reporting without bias.

crudmucosa · Aug 4, 2013

gprimr1 said:
Honestly, conservative owners would be equally biased about other things. What we NEED is objective news reporting without bias.

+1

ShoreShooter · Aug 4, 2013

There is no way the Sun is going to replace him with a conservative.

ma_deuce · Aug 4, 2013

ShoreShooter said:
You won't have Dan to worry about much longer. He recently printed a goodbye column saying he was leaving the Sun

Where's he going? Going to crawl up Al Sharpton's ass?

BondJamesBond · Aug 4, 2013

on_the_rox said:
He always makes me so mad. For some reason I still read his crap and as usual today's article was so much more of the same. Blame the dealers for disapproved people getting guns. Then out of the blue he had two paragraphs ALMOST complete common sense. I say almost because he still manages to put in little jabs there too. I just had to share. Here is where he want screwy and actually spoke mostly the truth.

"Like it or not, people have a right to buy guns. If you're going to pass a law requiring them to wait for seven days — a perfectly sound idea — you have to provide enough staff to process the applications in a timely manner. By any standard, a 100-day wait for something as simple as a criminal background check is unreasonable.

We shouldn't blame the state police for this mess, but the O'Malley administration for what looks like a slow response to a demand that everyone knew was coming. This mess isn't about greedy dealers; it's about an administration that can't keep its part of a bargain in the political deal that created Maryland's new law."

Link to full crappy commentary below.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-rodricks-0804-20130802,0,6317820.column

I was shocked also. He actually made sense for a short period of time. I am surprised that the Gay Muslim Democrat Newsletter even printed it!

BondJamesBond · Aug 4, 2013

on_the_rox said:
NICE!!!! Now if we can get some more conservative owners in there and print some real unbiased news.

Why would a Democrat Party newsletter hire a conservative? They only have Bob Ehrlich so people can write in and make fun of him.

Seagrave1963 · Aug 4, 2013

gprimr1 said:
Honestly, conservative owners would be equally biased about other things. What we NEED is objective news reporting without bias.

+2

PMD354 · Aug 4, 2013

ma_deuce said:
Where's he going? Going to crawl up Al Sharpton's ass?

He's going to have to ask O'malley to move over.

zoostation · Aug 4, 2013

Dan must have tried to put himself in our shoes and thought what it would be like for him if he had to wait 7-days for a Twinkie. Then he just had to start writing.

SmokingGun · Aug 4, 2013

Why does this douche still have a job? .......seriously.

I hate Dan Rodricks and his commentary

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