Kevin Monahan has had almost 9 months to concoct his bs story. I find his version so hard to believe. His inability to be a decent human being cost a young woman her life. He should be haunted by that for the rest of his paranoid existence in my opinion.
Border Patrol has been asking Congress for more money to hire more officers, and update security since President Obama was president. Congress was controlled by Republicans at that time, and voted no, and continue to vote no. The problem isn't immigration, it's REPUBLICANS!!
She continues to be out of touch with reality....so, I guess we'll see if she's successful with tRump pretty soon. I just wish this could be over with. She is deranged!
Monahan’s insensitive, yet well-rehearsed scripted statements (quoted in the Albany Times Union)
…”I just feel like my soul is dead…” and that Kaylin’s death “left a hole in me…” were/are beyond unconscionable.
Monahan lost his soul long before he created a very real “hole” with the deadly wound he inflicted within Kaylin’s body. His cowardly crying jag, and continued disregard for the anguish his words inflict on Kaylin’s family and young friends, with his self-absorbed finger-pointing defense aimed at defenseless drivers and passengers, is disgusting. Especially since it was his own finger on his damn shotgun trigger.
Monahan’s “Alec Baldwin defense” isn’t working very well for Alec Baldwin anymore…since that bad actor was just re-indicted for pulling the trigger on the gun that killed a woman on his movie site.
The NRA and conservative advocates have worked very hard to create a psychologically damaged electorate, afraid, paranoid, resorting to a “shoot first, ask questions later” philosophy. They’ve been very successful. It is a tactic of control and they use it for political control.
Elise Stefanik, whose husband is a gun industry lobbyist, has benefitted from that psychological damage. It benefits her. She has done virtually nothing to heal divisions in our communities. She has emphasized a deluded vision of crime and violence in our communities. She will accept no responsibility.
I find it ironic and almost laughable (not really) that people like Monahan are forever spouting that guns do NOT kill people, that people kill people. Now Monahan is asking us to believe that his defective gun did, in fact, kill this young woman. Talk about having it both ways. Pathetic.
Was his shot gun really standing by his bedside? Who keeps a shot gun within reach while sleeping? Someone who is highly paranoid I suspect. Seems like an irrational thing to have been doing. I wonder what's behind his paranoia?
If our politicians are serious about border crossings, we need to train more folks to process them faster and give them work permits. A former student of mine is an immigration lawyer in NYC and says it’s pathetic haw many able bodied and competent immigrants want to provide for their families, pay taxes and support America, but are weighed down by americas poor immigration policies and ancient, unnecessary paperwork.
They will move up the economic ladder just as we, our parents and our grandparents did. My Jamaican friend and my daughter tell me how hard her immigrant employees work and how those born here are apathetic. That’s not to say this is true across the board, however those not born here don’t take our freedoms for granted as much as many born here do….
I imagine they work like that because they can make enough money over a season here to really do something with in their home country, whether it’s buy a house, get an education, support family or even just to raise their standard of living. While on vacation in Jamaica some years ago, we were chatting with the captain of the resort snorkel boat and found out he would go to New Jersey every summer (the slow season for Caribbean tourism) and work for a couple months like that, just work, eat, and sleep, hoping to earn enough money to buy his own boat and run his own business. The migrant workers and the immigrants, both legal and undocumented come here to work mostly because they want a chance at a better life.
Jill a question about that economic ladder. If it exists, why then is a minimum wage law needed? Do not like the pay just move up that economic ladder.
I never said I was for or against raising the minimum wage. I’ve never much thought about it as upward mobility takes effort. I worked for below minimum wage as a waitress in college and as I applied for better paying jobs. When I earned my BA degree, I sent out over 150 job applications to every state. When I left the Midwest for the East coast to be closer to family, I sent out 200 job applications. I have no opinion on raising minimum wage…. I haven’t researched it
i’m no longer on xitter (thank the universe), but this link was sent to me. can’t verify it, but i want to believe this really is what it purports to be: elise hiding from the “hostages.” https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1748816735229321592?s=20
I’ve never been able to find an account from Elise about where she was during the attack on the U.S. Capitol and I’ve never seen any evidence that she was in the gallery.
Guns don't initiate conversations, they end them. As for Stefanik, if she were so invested in fixing the border issues, she would work with Democrats on resolutions. They are not. They would lose a huge talking point for the election and they need to have something to blame on Biden.
I know that this incident with Monahan has not been mentioned at trial (due to a ‘prejudicial ruling’) but don’t forget that Monahan had a total meltdown at the Motor Vehicle office not long before the shooting. He became furious over some issue, yelling, demanding everyone’s name, taking pictures with his phone and creating a scene. Now as frustrating as some transactions can be, no reasonable person flips out screaming and yelling in public like that. My parents lived for many years on a dead end road that ended in their driveway. Many cars mistakenly drove into their yard in the country. Never once did they ever go out with a rifle and shoot. They would wave hello, maybe give directions....but shoot at the cars.....Never!
The Monahans lived in North Hebron, for heaven’s sake: a lot more cows than humans and a totally bucolic hamlet. I assume that is why he chose to build there. What a sad outlook on fellow humans and a reminder that material wealth doesn’t bring comfort.
Thanks for this morning’s perspectives. Sadly, I would venture to conclude that Mr. Monohan is one among the many who have been brainwashed by the radical right extremists and the gun lobby that we have to arm ourselves against the “enemy” the “invaders” and, yes, even the “government.”
Kevin Monahan has had almost 9 months to concoct his bs story. I find his version so hard to believe. His inability to be a decent human being cost a young woman her life. He should be haunted by that for the rest of his paranoid existence in my opinion.
Border Patrol has been asking Congress for more money to hire more officers, and update security since President Obama was president. Congress was controlled by Republicans at that time, and voted no, and continue to vote no. The problem isn't immigration, it's REPUBLICANS!!
She continues to be out of touch with reality....so, I guess we'll see if she's successful with tRump pretty soon. I just wish this could be over with. She is deranged!
Imagine the number of bodies if he had had a bump action, semi-automatic AR-15 with a minimum 10 round magazine. Seriously, imagine the horror.
Monahan’s insensitive, yet well-rehearsed scripted statements (quoted in the Albany Times Union)
…”I just feel like my soul is dead…” and that Kaylin’s death “left a hole in me…” were/are beyond unconscionable.
Monahan lost his soul long before he created a very real “hole” with the deadly wound he inflicted within Kaylin’s body. His cowardly crying jag, and continued disregard for the anguish his words inflict on Kaylin’s family and young friends, with his self-absorbed finger-pointing defense aimed at defenseless drivers and passengers, is disgusting. Especially since it was his own finger on his damn shotgun trigger.
Monahan’s “Alec Baldwin defense” isn’t working very well for Alec Baldwin anymore…since that bad actor was just re-indicted for pulling the trigger on the gun that killed a woman on his movie site.
The difference is that Alec Baldwin thought he was shooting blanks, Monahan knew he was not.
The NRA and conservative advocates have worked very hard to create a psychologically damaged electorate, afraid, paranoid, resorting to a “shoot first, ask questions later” philosophy. They’ve been very successful. It is a tactic of control and they use it for political control.
Elise Stefanik, whose husband is a gun industry lobbyist, has benefitted from that psychological damage. It benefits her. She has done virtually nothing to heal divisions in our communities. She has emphasized a deluded vision of crime and violence in our communities. She will accept no responsibility.
She has in fact worked very hard to increase divisions.
Amen Amen and Amen...
I find it ironic and almost laughable (not really) that people like Monahan are forever spouting that guns do NOT kill people, that people kill people. Now Monahan is asking us to believe that his defective gun did, in fact, kill this young woman. Talk about having it both ways. Pathetic.
Was his shot gun really standing by his bedside? Who keeps a shot gun within reach while sleeping? Someone who is highly paranoid I suspect. Seems like an irrational thing to have been doing. I wonder what's behind his paranoia?
It’s a question I don’t believe was answered at the trial.
Mark, it's Fox news.
If our politicians are serious about border crossings, we need to train more folks to process them faster and give them work permits. A former student of mine is an immigration lawyer in NYC and says it’s pathetic haw many able bodied and competent immigrants want to provide for their families, pay taxes and support America, but are weighed down by americas poor immigration policies and ancient, unnecessary paperwork.
Provisions for a greater legal force for expediting the process were in the bipartisan bill, voted against by our derelict Elise.
Jill what happens to them when all the jobs are filled?
They will move up the economic ladder just as we, our parents and our grandparents did. My Jamaican friend and my daughter tell me how hard her immigrant employees work and how those born here are apathetic. That’s not to say this is true across the board, however those not born here don’t take our freedoms for granted as much as many born here do….
The Eastern Europeans who come to Lake George each summer are known for working 2 or 3 jobs.
Ken, and why would they do that, work to just eat and sleep?
I imagine they work like that because they can make enough money over a season here to really do something with in their home country, whether it’s buy a house, get an education, support family or even just to raise their standard of living. While on vacation in Jamaica some years ago, we were chatting with the captain of the resort snorkel boat and found out he would go to New Jersey every summer (the slow season for Caribbean tourism) and work for a couple months like that, just work, eat, and sleep, hoping to earn enough money to buy his own boat and run his own business. The migrant workers and the immigrants, both legal and undocumented come here to work mostly because they want a chance at a better life.
To make a better life for their families just as most immigrants do.
Jill a question about that economic ladder. If it exists, why then is a minimum wage law needed? Do not like the pay just move up that economic ladder.
I never said I was for or against raising the minimum wage. I’ve never much thought about it as upward mobility takes effort. I worked for below minimum wage as a waitress in college and as I applied for better paying jobs. When I earned my BA degree, I sent out over 150 job applications to every state. When I left the Midwest for the East coast to be closer to family, I sent out 200 job applications. I have no opinion on raising minimum wage…. I haven’t researched it
Jill I did not ask if you were for or against nor did I ask about raising the minimum wage. I asked why the minimum wage law is needed?
As far as working for below minimum wage as a waitress. What no tips?
i’m no longer on xitter (thank the universe), but this link was sent to me. can’t verify it, but i want to believe this really is what it purports to be: elise hiding from the “hostages.” https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1748816735229321592?s=20
I’ve never been able to find an account from Elise about where she was during the attack on the U.S. Capitol and I’ve never seen any evidence that she was in the gallery.
yeah, not verified. but she should be asked if that’s her. not that she’d admit it ...
Guns don't initiate conversations, they end them. As for Stefanik, if she were so invested in fixing the border issues, she would work with Democrats on resolutions. They are not. They would lose a huge talking point for the election and they need to have something to blame on Biden.
Using it as an election issue seems to be the justification by GOP for not dealing with problem.
I know that this incident with Monahan has not been mentioned at trial (due to a ‘prejudicial ruling’) but don’t forget that Monahan had a total meltdown at the Motor Vehicle office not long before the shooting. He became furious over some issue, yelling, demanding everyone’s name, taking pictures with his phone and creating a scene. Now as frustrating as some transactions can be, no reasonable person flips out screaming and yelling in public like that. My parents lived for many years on a dead end road that ended in their driveway. Many cars mistakenly drove into their yard in the country. Never once did they ever go out with a rifle and shoot. They would wave hello, maybe give directions....but shoot at the cars.....Never!
I have also given out directions many times over the years to tourists who took a wrong turn off the Northway and ended up at the base of my driveway.
Yes, I’d like to know why he was so afraid. I did not read that there was a motorcycle and two SUVs in the driveway.?
They were lost, looking for their friends’ party and they were turning to leave. That is why the shot entered through the back window.
Great article.
The Monahans lived in North Hebron, for heaven’s sake: a lot more cows than humans and a totally bucolic hamlet. I assume that is why he chose to build there. What a sad outlook on fellow humans and a reminder that material wealth doesn’t bring comfort.
West Hebron, but the description is apt.
I knew that. Not sure how “north” went in there. Hebron is vast and each division has its claim to selective pride.
Thanks for this morning’s perspectives. Sadly, I would venture to conclude that Mr. Monohan is one among the many who have been brainwashed by the radical right extremists and the gun lobby that we have to arm ourselves against the “enemy” the “invaders” and, yes, even the “government.”
Maury’s recognition is well deserved.