Political Quotes

“Imagine the headline, ``Outbreak of Serious Illness Strikes; 12 People Killed, 58 Hospitalized,'' just like similar outbreaks, but the Federal Government prohibits the Centers for Disease Control from investigating. Or another headline, ``70 Trapped in a Collapsed Building, 20 Dead or Critically Injured,'' and your government makes it illegal for government organizations to collect data to study what could be done to solve it, to minimize this carnage in the future. People would be justifiably outraged. They expect government to protect them and to help understand the nature of threats in the workplace, the marketplace, or in our homes. At some level, we want to know about why cars malfunction or if there are patterns of disease, illness, injury, or mechanical failure. That is what our government is supposed to do. If food safety, mine safety, or TSA fails, there would be calls for accountability. Sadly, that's not what is happening as the Nation recoils in anguish at another outbreak of gun violence. The 70 killed or wounded are the latest in a pattern that happens repeatedly, predictably, with overall loss of life being in the tens of thousands over the years. What is as appalling as the loss of life is the fact that we not only refuse to do anything about it, but we allow political bullies to intimidate us from even researching the facts.…”