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Daily Archives: December 29th, 2012

The Mayans


It has been decided that the translation of the Mayan apocalypse is not a predictor of the end of mankind but merely an measure of the end of a cycle such as weather, growing season or the like. Now we just have wait for the next cycle of whatever it is and try to decipher it. Is it possible, could the Mayans be referring to the impending “fiscal Cliff?

Firearms Again


The radical statements and solution put forth by the NRA leadership are at once unreasonable and a bit scary. Armed guards in schools and maybe other institutions’ is a bit over the top, if the aim is to keep renewal of the  ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines  off of the table in Congress. This does not and I doubt will affect other firearms laws and rights. It is always possible to have the laws subverted to include more restrictions but vigilance by the public is required to prevent that. The vigilance has more to do with voters looking at what the law may entail instead of accepting a partial explanation from Congress and the media. We often get information from a single source and take it as correct or true, this is a mistake. Each source has their own agenda and that agenda is not necessarily good for us. The modern electronic delivery of information has the ability to inundate us with information and a lot of it is so much  rhetoric and not enough truth. The solution for the assault weapons ban along with high capacity magazines seems simple to me so my thought is: special licensing for owners, restrictions on how many magazines can be owned for these weapons. These ideas may not be feasible or plausible but it is a starting point. This does not need to be played out in the media, the only way to do this is take the information,  discuss it and create a solution.