There have been ideas and thoughts that nothing last as long as they did before (?). There are several things that appear to have longevity:
1. Twinkies-it has been said that Twinkies have been found in landfills and still unfazed by the burial.
2. Honey this has been found in Egyptian tombs and still edible.
3. Greed-everlasting
4. Congress (seems like forever)
5. Bigotry (all types)- apparently never goes away.
The events in Colorado has brought up the old discussions of firearm control. The Mayor of new York has made a statement that the two men campaigning for the presidency should talk about it. The issue is not Firearm control, this less than sane person purchased everything legally but misused that ability to carry out his own twisted actions. This is something that could have happened in the most liberal firearm state or the most restrictive. What we will have for a while are debates pro and con on firearms which will end with no valuable insights or reasonable resolutions. Until the mental state of a person can be legally evaluated there can be no valuable or reasonable solutions. A person can be as sane as anyone and degrade into the person who shot up the theater in this Colorado case. A possible solution that could help is a mandated training in order to purchase a firearm. many folks who legally own firearms have the training and knowledge already but new purchasers may not. This mandated training should not be designed to thin the herd so to speak but more to address the knowledge of the weapon to be purchased, its use and purpose. There are enough shooting ranges in this country to get this done. the most recognized advocate (NRA) for firearm ownership and rights should lead the way on this rather than spend millions in electing advocates or like minded individuals to office. I am a firearm owner and learned early on the safe ways to handle weapons, much of my knowledge came from my military service and was enhanced later as I handled more weapons. Familiarity is a way to increase safety in using firearms but common sense is the equalizing factor. The only fear we should have of firearms is the person who owns them. We will be hard pressed to discourage the illegal sales and acquisition of firearms but we can go the direction of educating the folks who can legally acquire and purchase firearms.
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The recent Tv appearance of George Zimmerman to explain what happened on that fateful evening that Trayvon Martin was killed is designed to show Mr. Zimmerman as a better (different) person than he may be. It is possible that he remembers the events the way he states and it is possible that since he is under the advice of counsel he is stating his testimony within the range he can. While his statements may or may not be correct, the one thing we must understand is : Trayvon will never have his say.
Reading several publications on a regular basis has given me a broad view of what we are as people. Many of us have no idea of who they are. They think they are liberal but how liberal? They think they are conservative, but how conservative? They think they are somewhere between but where? This brings up the issue of what we actually believe about the economy and what we know. What we Think we know about the Affordable Healthcare act and what we know. If we read more about these issue ourselves, we would come to the conclusion that we actually know little. The dependence on what is aired is often short of real facts. The constant nattering of the party political faithful is often skewed to garner the most support. Many people will vote in the upcoming Presidential election under a veil of misinformation and the unspoken (and ignored) issue of Race. For clarity: the economy will get better at some point no matter who is in office as sure as it went south with no help from the government. The Congress we have now is as useless as the proverbial teats on a “Boar hog”. Our salvation will come when we the people control the congress instead of relying on them to do what they were elected to do. We do not need media darlings in Congress , we need serious people to do serious work. The key is term limits and revision of their benefits with pensions that mirrors the voters.
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