Rationalizing

When all else fails, be rational

   Tea Party senators are threatening to filibuster any and all measures that would interfere in any way with what they believe is the unrestricted, unlimited Second Amendment right of individuals to bear arms in any number and in any form.
   Beware of absolutes. The Second Amendment refers specifically to "a well regulated militia." Assault weapons are just that: weapons to be used for assault, not defense. Those who want to assault Bambi are limited to certain types of weapons. High capacity magazines for assault weapons are not among them.
   Recent massacres in America were perpetrated by individuals, not members of "a well regulated militia." A military unit maintains control of its assault weapons, for use in well regulated campaigns against an armed enemy.
   School children and theater goers do not comprise an armed enemy.

   Here's a comment on the Political Apocalypse posting from an academic friend:
   "Politics is about manipulation of emotion rather than driven by some rational economic calculus. It is as if when all else fails in politics, some form of rationality might apply, but only then, and not necessarily even then."

   Put another way, when all else fails, be rational.