They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Jeb Bush's culture of life and the Florida Kill Bill

Timesonline: A Bill giving Florida citizens the right to shoot and kill anyone who threatens them in public - without first having to try to escape - is set to be passed into law in a move that critics say could turn the Sunshine State into the Wild West.

Governor Jeb Bush has signalled his intention to sign into statute the 'Stand Your Ground Bill', which allows members of the public to "meet force with force, including deadly force and defend themselves without fear of prosecution".

Mr Bush, the President's brother, described the Bill, which has been backed by the National Rifle Association and was yesterday passed 94-20 by the Florida House of Representatives, as "a good, commonsense, anti-crime issue". Link

[DB] Its great that Jeb supports his brother's masterplan "to build a culture of life, where all Americans are valued, welcomed, and protected". This vision clearly does not extend to fools who dare to threaten law abiding Americans - because those suckers are going to get there brains splattered on the sidewalk.

As Daily Kos observed recently, Bush's "culture of life" only relates to those subjects of interest to the Religious Right. Certainly not to violent crack-heads or people with beards behaving suspiciously.