With a kind of hissing sound, a rolling of the eyes, or the ever present dismissal waving the right hand in a snippety manner, we usually hear the following responses…”Now is NOT the time”…”Lets not make personal tragedies turn into political rhetoric…’"Right now our thoughts and prayers are sufficient enough!” All three avoidances were used at each and every mass shooting, in this country’s history whenever a reporter or Progressive politician asked about Gun Control. The Republicans, all rehearsing their Party’s line pretending to huff and puff that someone might have the audacity to question the insanity of not one iota of an attempt to curb gun violence, act as if some sensible discussion let alone life saving law is more immoral than the lack of stopping murders of innocents. It was never the right time, immediately after the third, fourth, fifth, sixteenth time of mass murders, and now we still don’t discuss the issue of gun control.
Wildfires in the western states, ravaging thousands of acres of land…Supposedly once in a 100 years catastrophic hurricanes and flooding, not only in the United States but in the Southern Asian Continent…An 8.0 earthquake in Mexico…Drought in Africa and parts of the US…and in response from the same Republicans whose personal space seems to be insulted, when questioned about Climate Change or Global Warming, tell us,”Why are you making this a political issue, its just Mother Nature, shit happens.” The Evangelicals placing their heads up their own asses, respond, God created the Earth and surely wouldn’t ruin it, or that is why God sent his only son, Jesus, to make sure nothing really bad happens. Corporations buy and sell politicians, and try to erase any fact that guns kill, and climate change kills.
So, what happens next! The Congress just passed a bull shit stop gap of billions of dollars, for what? What happens when the money runs out and another once in a Century disaster takes place? What happens when the rebuilding is built for those who can afford to start all over again, but nothing really drips or drops for the poor, the homeless? What happens when murders by the people who own guns rises, or the sea levels rise? “Too soon to discuss anything relevant…too emotional to have a relevant conversation…too much time and effort might have to be asked of the Corporations who are people, or the 1% who somehow think their families will never be killed by a madman with a gun, or that their kids will survive melting icebergs, and polluted air. Harvey is yesterday’s news, and just as quickly Irma will be a blast from the past.
