gun control | gun control
Dec.14.2012
Everyone is posting about gun control, so I will join the rant. Gun control is the third rail of American politics. Most politicians believe that if they touch it they will die, and they are probably right. Hard to believe that when I was a kid owning a machine gun was a Federal crime that would...
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Dec.14.2012
My condolences to the families, friends and acquaintances of children lost in the Connecticut school shooting today.
I'm wondering if anyone besides me thinks of Holden Caulfield when there's a school shooting like this. My mind automatically goes to that final scene, with Phoebe going round...
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Dec.09.2012
Yesterday marked the 32nd anniversary of John Lennon's murder in front of the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan, and not much has changed. Congress has failed to enact any gun control legislation since 1994.
The revolver that was used to shoot John Lennon was a .38 caliber five shot Charter...
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Nov.18.2012
This Thursday is that day of the year when we gather together with family or friends and say a prayer of thanks that my mother took her recipe for Broccoli Mold to her grave. This year, however, is one of those Novembers when Thanksgiving should mean more to us than the start of a four-day weekend...
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Aug.24.2012
Once upon a time there was a rabbit warren where the bunnies lived their lives peacefully. . . most of the time. But every so often, frequently in fact, a bunny or two would go beserk and, grabbing hold of a large carrot, would use it to bludgeon other bunnies to death. "Why is this happening...
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Jul.23.2012
When it is said that ‘we should not try to understand the mind of another’- it is like asking us to starve rather than eat the last cookie in the jar; it’s not gonna happen. We will eat that cookie. We, being folks who have those ‘literary’ creative spirits. I will not personally...
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Jul.22.2012
The latest debate is over gun control -- again -- as if no other weapon kills people. After the massacre in Aurora, Colorado this week during a Batman Rises premiere, people are screaming gun control and if only someone in the audience in this concealed permit state would have had a gun. My best...
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Jul.21.2012
Last night I saw Dark Knight Rises at the Universal Boardwalk AMC Theatre in Los Angeles. In front there was one of the cars displayed from the movie on that shiny shiny boardwalk that looks like Hollywood did a hurl on it. I looked at my movie partner for this Batman movie (this time...
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Jul.21.2012
In my ongoing saga of trying to find the right dog, I've filled out at least four applications for adoption. Actually, not even adoption--for the simple chance to talk to a breeder or adoption agency. The last form I clicked onto not only wanted to know my name, address, and family members' names...
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Apr.28.2012
Here is a link to both the original blog post and the interview that followed. The thesis is that laws are necessary but not sufficient for controlling deviant behavior. I'm not sure what was so controversial about it but apparently some disagreed.
http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-...
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